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RUSSELL, Bert J. Sr. and JACKSON, Elva Lavena Family

m. Abt 1905

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  • RUSSELL, Bert J. Sr. Male
    RUSSELL, Bert J. Sr.

    Birth  11 Apr 1886  Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  5 Sep 1954   
    Burial    Olathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  Abt 1905  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5  
    Other Spouse  —?—, Mary | F1674 
    Marriage  Bef 1935   
    Father  RUSSELL, John Wesley | F9 Group Sheet 
    Mother  WOLFE, Martha Jane | F9 Group Sheet 

    JACKSON, Elva Lavena Female
    JACKSON, Elva Lavena

    Birth  Abt 1886  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     
    Father   
    Mother   

    RUSSELL Miss Female
    RUSSELL Miss

    Birth  Between 1906 and 1908   
    Death  Between 1906 and 1910   
    Burial     

    RUSSELL, Cecil H. Male
    RUSSELL, Cecil H.

    Birth  24 May 1909  Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  6 Oct 1986  San Saba, San Saba, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Miami County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  LOGAN, Juanita M. | F1742 
    Marriage  18 Apr 1935  Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Bert Jr. Male
    RUSSELL, Bert Jr.

    Birth  Apr 1915  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Yes, date unknown   
    Burial     


  • Notes  Family Event:
    • Included were their 12 living children, 5 daughters-in-law, a son-in-law and 6 grandchildren. At the time, a son, a son-in-law and a grandchild were deceased. John was 62 and Martha was 53.

      "The children of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell very pleasently surprised them by coming Sunday with well filled baskets and spent the day with them. Twenty-six were present for the day. In the afternoon A. Lawrence, the photographer of Lawrence came out and took a family group picture. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Russell and family [sons Cecil and Bert, Jr.] of Paola; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Russell and baby [son Roy]; and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Russell of Wellsville; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Russell and baby [daughter Marie] of Osawatomie; Miss Katie Russell of Kansas City [MO]; Mrs. Lillie Bryan and daughters [Helen and Bessie] of Lawrence; and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Russell; Myrtle, Ernest, Ray and Grace Russell; and Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, all of this place [community of Belleview in Eudora Township, Douglas County, KS]."
      - Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Journal-World, 5 October 1917, p. 6, col. 4.

      Included in the picture, but not mentioned in the newspaper article, were Mr. and Mrs. William Brecheisen of Johnson County, KS. Mrs. Brecheisen was John and Martha Russell's daughter, Mabel Russell.

  • Sources 
    1. [S803] Military Records - US - WW I - Draft Registration Cards - 1917-1918 (Ancestry), (Ancestry.com. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 : 2005.), 9 Dec 2015, (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 : accessed 9 December 2015), Bert Russell, Serial No. 58, 12 September 1918; Registration State: Kansas; Registration County: Miami; Roll: 1643594.
      US Draft Registration - WW I - Kansas - Bert Russell
      US Draft Registration - WW I - Kansas - Bert Russell


    2. [S784] Author unknown, Artifact - Russell Family Charts - James Russell & John Wesley Russell, 25 Nov 2015.
      Russell Family Charts - James & John Wesley Russell families
      Russell Family Charts - James & John Wesley


    3. [S983] Russell, Katherine D., Artifact - John Wesley & Martha Wolfe Russell's Children Document, 30 Jul 2016.

    4. [S772] Kansas, Miami County, Census - US - 1910 - KS - Miami County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=7602&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), 10 Dec 2015, T624, roll 447, Paola Township, enumeration district (ED) 137, sheet 7B, dwelling 154, family 155, Bert Russell, accessed 10 December 2015.
      Census - Miami County, KS - Bert Russell
      Census - Miami County, KS - Bert Russell


    5. [S789] Kansas, Miami County, Census - US - 1920 - KS - Miami County (Ancestry), (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?htx=List&dbid=6061&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), 10 Dec 2015, T625, roll 541, Paola Township, enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet 6B, dwelling 121, family 125, Bert Russell, accessed 10 December 2015.
      Census - Miami County, KS - Bert Russell
      Census - Miami County, KS - Bert Russell



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