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WINFIELD HARPER ("HARPER")10 BOOTS (LEWIS SUBASKI9, JOSEPH8, GEORGE7, HANS ADAM6 STIEFFEL, HANS MELCHIOR5, CHRISTOPH4 STIEFEL, JACOB3, HANß2, OTTO1) was born May 11, 1851 in Spring Valley (Greene Co.) OH, and died Aft. 1941 in ?Kingsburg (Fresno Co.) CA. He married MARY J. SUTTON Abt. 1874 in ?KS. She was born May 1853 in MO, and died Unknown in ?Kingsburg, CA.

 

Notes for WINFIELD HARPER ("HARPER") BOOTS:

  • "Descendants of Adam Boots" [1975], p. 723 by Clyde S. Boots;

  • 1860 Clinton Co., OH census (Union twp) at Wilmington [p. 49; ll. 4-11]: age 9, b. OH;

  • 1900 Linn Co., KS census (Paris township) [E.D. 114; Sh. 11; ll. 70-77]: age 49, born OH, as were parents; married 26 years, 8 children born, 6 living;

  • 1920 Linn Co., KS census [E.D. 125; Sh. 2; ll. 48-50]: age 68, b. OH;

  • Michele Boots Downey to L. Ellingham [e-mail, 30-VIII-2001]: Lewis S. & Mary Ann (Babb) Boots children, their names & birth data;

  • Michele Boots Downey to L. Ellingham [e-mail 30-VIII-2001]: names children as : ‘Lura, Grace, June, Stella, Sardi & Clyde’;

  • Edmund E. Boots [1935] obituary, lists brother, ‘Harper Boots, of California’ as a survivor;

  • 2 articles from Thos. Guynes (Jan 2003) citing 90th birthdat celebration for W. H. ‘Harper’ Boots, one from the Kingsburg Recorder [CA, n.d.]: a newspaper article about this from the Kingsburg Recorder. Here is what a photo caption says:

    • "W. H. Boots, who celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday, and four of his five children. They are standing back of Mr. Boots, left to right, Mrs. James McNeil, Kingsburg; Mrs. Lura Long, Richmond; Clyde Boots, Cottage Grove, Ore., and Miss Grace Boots, Ontario."

    • Headline: 90th Birthday of W.H. Boots is Celebrated Here

    • The 90th birthday of W.H. Boots was celebrated Saturday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McNeil, where he makes his home. The event also marked the ninth birthday of Lawrence Walker, his great grandson. At noon a dinner with a large birthday cake was served to 38 relatives and friends. Pictures were taken of the two celebrants with the cake and showing the table decorated with flowers and place cards in peach and pale green. Four of Boots' children were present including Mrs. McNeil, Clyde Boots of Cottage Grove, rs. Lura Long of Richmond, and Miss Grace Boots of Ontario. S. M. Boots of Centerville, Kans., was not present. Eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren were present. Out of town guests were Messrs. and Mesdames A. C. Fast and children, Doris and Darlene, of Hercules, Jack Long, of Richmond, Cecil Boots and children, Joan and Mary Louise, of Colton. L. H. Walker and childrend Lawrence and Marilyn, of Reseda. Lewis Boots (my grandfather) and children Alice (my mother) and Margy (my aunt), of Fresno, John Southwell, of Stockton, H. J. Reid and children, Fred, Helen and Melvin, of Los Angeles, Edwin McNeil and children, Jimmy and Freddy, of Hanford, Vernon and Donald Long and Miss Dorothy Kinney, of Richmond, and John McNeil, son of the host and hostess."

    • —who Mrs James E. McNeil may be, with whom W. Harper Boots is living in Kingsburg, CA (of 2 possible daughters), and what happened to the other daughter (the 1 not Mrs McNeil) are unclear from this article

Notes for MARY J. SUTTON:

  • 1900 Linn Co., KS census (Paris township) [E.D. 114; Sh. 11; ll. 70-77]: age 47, born MO, parents born KY; married 26 years, 8 children born, 6 living;

  • 1920 Linn Co., KS census [E.D. 125; Sh. 2; ll. 48-50]: age 66, b. MO;

  • Michele Boots Downey to L. Ellingham [e-mail 30-VIII-2001]: children given as ‘Lura, Grace, June, Stella, Sardi & Clyde’; this individual, and 1 daughter, are absent from husband’s 90th birthday celebration (article in an Kingsburg, CA newspaper [c. 1941])

 

Children of WINFIELD BOOTS and MARY SUTTON are:

          i. LULA M.11 BOOTS, b. February 1876, KS; d. Aft. 1900, ?Linn Co., KS; m. … LONG, Unknown, ?; b. Unknown, ?; d. Unknown, ?Richmond, CA.

              Notes for LULA M. BOOTS:

                  1900 Linn Co., KS census (Paris township) [E.D. 114; Sh. 11; ll.

                  70-77]: age 22, born KS; Michele Boots Downey to L. Ellingham

                  [e-mail 30-VIII-2001]: ‘Lura Boots’; a newspaper article from

                  the Kingsburg Recorder [Fresno Co., CA, circa 1941]: photo

                  caption: "W. H. Boots, who celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday,

                  and four of his five children. They are standing back of Mr.

                  Boots, left to right, Mrs. James McNeil, Kingsburg; Mrs. Lura

                  Long, Richmond; Clyde Boots, Cottage Grove, Ore., and Miss Grace

                  Boots, Ontario. … [text] The 90th birthday of W.H. Boots was

                  celebrated Saturday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law,

                  Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McNeil, where he makes his home. The event

                  also marked the ninth birthday of Lawrence Walker, his great

                  grandson. Four of Boots' children were present including Mrs.

                  McNeil, Clyde Boots of Cottage Grove, Mrs. Lura Long of

                  Richmond, and Miss Grace Boots of Ontario. S. M. Boots of

                  Centerville, Kans., was not present. … Eight grandchildren and

                  eight great grandchildren were present. Out of town guests were

                  Messrs. and Mesdames A. C. Fast and children, Doris and Darlene,

                  of Hercules, Jack Long, of Richmond, Cecil Boots and children,

                  Joan and Mary Louise, of Colton. L. H. Walker and children

                  Lawrence and Marilyn, of Reseda. Lewis Boots and children Alice

                  and Margy, of Fresno, John Southwell, of Stockton, H. J. Reid

                  and children, Fred, Helen and Melvin, of Los Angeles, Edwin

                  McNeil and children, Jimmy and Freddy, of Hanford, Vernon and

                  Donald Long and Miss Dorothy Kinney, of Richmond, and John

                  McNeil, son of the host and hostess."

              Notes for … LONG:

                  a newspaper article from the Kingsburg Recorder [Fresno Co., CA,

                  circa 1941]: photo caption: "W. H. Boots, who celebrated his

                  90th birthday Sunday, and four of his five children. They are

                  standing back of Mr. Boots, left to right, Mrs. James McNeil,

                  Kingsburg; Mrs. Lura Long, Richmond; Clyde Boots, Cottage Grove,

                  Ore., and Miss Grace Boots, Ontario. … [text] The 90th birthday

                  of W.H. Boots was celebrated Saturday at the home of his

                  daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McNeil, where he

                  makes his home. The event also marked the ninth birthday of

                  Lawrence Walker, his great grandson. Four of Boots' children

                  were present including Mrs. McNeil, Clyde Boots of Cottage

                  Grove, Mrs. Lura Long of Richmond, and Miss Grace Boots of

                  Ontario. S. M. Boots of Centerville, Kans., was not present. …

                  Eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren were present.

                  Out of town guests were Messrs. and Mesdames A. C. Fast and

                  children, Doris and Darlene, of Hercules, Jack Long, of

                  Richmond, Cecil Boots and children, Joan and Mary Louise, of

                  Colton. L. H. Walker and children Lawrence and Marilyn, of

                  Reseda. Lewis Boots and children Alice and Margy, of Fresno,

                  John Southwell, of Stockton, H. J. Reid and children, Fred,

                  Helen and Melvin, of Los Angeles, Edwin McNeil and children,

                  Jimmy and Freddy, of Hanford, Vernon and Donald Long and Miss

                  Dorothy Kinney, of Richmond, and John McNeil, son of the host

                  and hostess."

           

          ii. MARION S[ARDI] / S. M. BOOTS, b. July 1876, KS; d. Aft. 1941, ?Centerville, KS.

              Notes for MARION S[ARDI] / S. M. BOOTS:

                  1900 Linn Co., KS census (Paris township) [E.D. 114; Sh. 11; ll.

                  70-77]: age 23, born KS; Michele Boots Downey to L. Ellingham

                  [e-mail 30-VIII-2001]: ‘Sardi Boots’ — confirmed by an GenForum

                  entry [Boots Forum 1-II-1999 #207]: ‘Harper had a son, Sardi’; a

                  newspaper article from the Kingsburg Recorder [Fresno Co., CA,

                  circa 1941]: photo caption: "W. H. Boots, who celebrated his

                  90th birthday Sunday, and four of his five children. They are

                  standing back of Mr. Boots, left to right, Mrs. James McNeil,

                  Kingsburg; Mrs. Lura Long, Richmond; Clyde Boots, Cottage Grove,

                  Ore., and Miss Grace Boots, Ontario. … [text] The 90th birthday

                  of W.H. Boots was celebrated Saturday at the home of his

                  daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McNeil, where he

                  makes his home. The event also marked the ninth birthday of

                  Lawrence Walker, his great grandson. Four of Boots' children

                  were present including Mrs. McNeil, Clyde Boots of Cottage

                  Grove, Mrs. Lura Long of Richmond, and Miss Grace Boots of

                  Ontario. S. M. Boots of Centerville, Kans., was not present. …

                  Eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren were present.

                  Out of town guests were Messrs. and Mesdames A. C. Fast and

                  children, Doris and Darlene, of Hercules, Jack Long, of

                  Richmond, Cecil Boots and children, Joan and Mary Louise, of

                  Colton. L. H. Walker and children Lawrence and Marilyn, of

                  Reseda. Lewis Boots and children Alice and Margy, of Fresno,

                  John Southwell, of Stockton, H. J. Reid and children, Fred,

                  Helen and Melvin, of Los Angeles, Edwin McNeil and children,

                  Jimmy and Freddy, of Hanford, Vernon and Donald Long and Miss

                  Dorothy Kinney, of Richmond, and John McNeil, son of the host

                  and hostess."

           

          iii. MARY G. BOOTS, b. March 1882, KS; d. Aft. 1941, ?Ontario, CA.

              Notes for MARY G. BOOTS:

                  1900 Linn Co., KS census (Paris township) [E.D. 114; Sh. 11; ll.

                  70-77]: age 18, born KS; Michele Boots Downey to L. Ellingham

                  [e-mail 30-VIII-2001]: ‘Grace’; a newspaper article from the

                  Kingsburg Recorder [Fresno Co., CA, circa 1941]: photo caption:

                  "W. H. Boots, who celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday, and four

                  of his five children. They are standing back of Mr. Boots, left

                  to right, Mrs. James McNeil, Kingsburg; Mrs. Lura Long,

                  Richmond; Clyde Boots, Cottage Grove, Ore., and Miss Grace

                  Boots, Ontario. … [text] The 90th birthday of W.H. Boots was

                  celebrated Saturday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law,

                  Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McNeil, where he makes his home. The event

                  also marked the ninth birthday of Lawrence Walker, his great

                  grandson. Four of Boots' children were present including Mrs.

                  McNeil, Clyde Boots of Cottage Grove, Mrs. Lura Long of

                  Richmond, and Miss Grace Boots of Ontario. S. M. Boots of

                  Centerville, Kans., was not present. … Eight grandchildren and

                  eight great grandchildren were present. Out of town guests were

                  Messrs. and Mesdames A. C. Fast and children, Doris and Darlene,

                  of Hercules, Jack Long, of Richmond, Cecil Boots and children,

                  Joan and Mary Louise, of Colton. L. H. Walker and children

                  Lawrence and Marilyn, of Reseda. Lewis Boots and children Alice

                  and Margy, of Fresno, John Southwell, of Stockton, H. J. Reid

                  and children, Fred, Helen and Melvin, of Los Angeles, Edwin

                  McNeil and children, Jimmy and Freddy, of Hanford, Vernon and

                  Donald Long and Miss Dorothy Kinney, of Richmond, and John

                  McNeil, son of the host and hostess."

           

          iv. ELLA J. BOOTS, b. February 1884, KS; d. Aft. 1900, ?Linn Co., KS.

              Notes for ELLA J. BOOTS:

                  1900 Linn Co., KS census (Paris township) [E.D. 114; Sh. 11; ll.

                  70-77]: age 16, born KS; Michele Boots Downey to L. Ellingham

                  [e-mail 30-VIII-2001]: ‘June’ — see father’s 90th birthday

                  celebration article: who Mrs James E. McNeil may be, with whom

                  W. Harper Boots is living in Kingsburg, CA (of 2 possible

                  daughters), and what happened to the other daughter (the 1 not

                  Mrs McNeil) are unclear from this article

           

          v. EDITH E. BOOTS, b. November 1885, KS; d. Aft. 1900, ?Linn Co., KS.

              Notes for EDITH E. BOOTS:

                  1900 Linn Co., KS census (Paris township) [E.D. 114; Sh. 11; ll.

                  70-77]: age 14, born KS; Michele Boots Downey to L. Ellingham

                  [e-mail 30-VIII-2001]: ‘Stella Boots’ — see father’s 90th

                  birthday celebration article: who Mrs James E. McNeil may be,

                  with whom W. Harper Boots is living in Kingsburg, CA (of 2

                  possible daughters), and what happened to the other daughter

                  (the 1 not Mrs McNeil) are unclear from this article

           

          vi. CLYDE BOOTS, b. December 1889, KS; d. Aft. 1941, ?Cottage Grove, OR.

              Notes for CLYDE BOOTS:

                  1900 Linn Co., KS census (Paris township) [E.D. 114; Sh. 11; ll.

                  70-77]: as ‘Harper Boots’, age 11, born KS; 1920 Linn Co., KS

                  census [E.D. 125; Sh. 2; ll. 48-50]: as ‘Clyde Boots’, age 32,

                  b. KS; Michele Boots Downey to L. Ellingham [e-mail

                  30-VIII-2001]: ‘Clyde Boots’; a newspaper article from the

                  Kingsburg Recorder [Fresno Co., CA, circa 1941]: photo caption:

                  "W. H. Boots, who celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday, and four

                  of his five children. They are standing back of Mr. Boots, left

                  to right, Mrs. James McNeil, Kingsburg; Mrs. Lura Long,

                  Richmond; Clyde Boots, Cottage Grove, Ore., and Miss Grace

                  Boots, Ontario. … [text] The 90th birthday of W.H. Boots was

                  celebrated Saturday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law,

                  Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McNeil, where he makes his home. The event

                  also marked the ninth birthday of Lawrence Walker, his great

                  grandson. Four of Boots' children were present including Mrs.

                  McNeil, Clyde Boots of Cottage Grove, Mrs. Lura Long of

                  Richmond, and Miss Grace Boots of Ontario. S. M. Boots of

                  Centerville, Kans., was not present. … Eight grandchildren and

                  eight great grandchildren were present. Out of town guests were

                  Messrs. and Mesdames A. C. Fast and children, Doris and Darlene,

                  of Hercules, Jack Long, of Richmond, Cecil Boots and children,

                  Joan and Mary Louise, of Colton. L. H. Walker and children

                  Lawrence and Marilyn, of Reseda. Lewis Boots and children Alice

                  and Margy, of Fresno, John Southwell, of Stockton, H. J. Reid

                  and children, Fred, Helen and Melvin, of Los Angeles, Edwin

                  McNeil and children, Jimmy and Freddy, of Hanford, Vernon and

                  Donald Long and Miss Dorothy Kinney, of Richmond, and John

                  McNeil, son of the host and hostess."

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