Andrew Todd1

TMG ID:68381, (c 1758 - 1801)

Vital Statistics

Child of: Andrew Todd

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited1 Feb 2013

Theodore Alton Marah1

TMG ID:68382, (20 Feb 1898 - 25 Jun 1985)
Relationships:7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner
Father*William Thomas Marah1 B: 1 May 1878, D: 11 Oct 1952
Mother*Maggie Martha Todd1 B: 28 Dec 1881, D: 22 Dec 1948

Vital Statistics

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Alias(es)

  • Nick-Name: his nickname was "Theo"2,3

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageSunday, 19 Feb 1922, Theodore, age 23 years, 11 months and 30 days, and Velma Vanhooser, age 17 years, 11 months and 6 days, daughter of: Isaac Marion Van Hooser and Alpha Hanna Bishop, were married at Wright County, MissouriG, Related: 5th cousins once removed.1
     

Children of: Theodore Alton Marah and Velma Vanhooser

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-194016 Apr 1940, Nora Springs, Floyd County, IowaGVelma Vanhooser, Keith Lindon Marah, Audrey Marah, Bonnie Belle Marah, Beverly Jean Marah and Donna Marie Marah4

Occupation(s)

DateLocationOccupation/Industry
circa Apr 1940Nora Springs, Floyd County, IowaGassistant lumber - coal yards4

Known Address(es)

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
  2. [S857] RootsWeb.com, online http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi, Louella Ashbacker (e-mail address), updated as of 27 Oct 2002.
  3. [S1355] Genealogy.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mhajk26, Joseph Franklin Fleetwood (e-mail address), updated as of 26 May 2011.
  4. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Last Edited23 Jun 2013

Velma Vanhooser1

TMG ID:68383, (13 Mar 1904 - 10 Aug 1980)
Relationships:6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 5 times removed of Descendant Wagner
Father*Isaac Marion Van Hooser1 B: 12 Jan 1868, D: 9 Oct 1945
Mother*Alpha Hanna Bishop2 B: 2 Dec 1872, D: 28 Nov 1946

Vital Statistics

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Alias(es)

  • Name-Married: on Sunday, 19 Feb 1922, her married name became Mrs. Marah (née Vanhooser).

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageSunday, 19 Feb 1922, Velma, age 17 years, 11 months and 6 days, and Theodore Alton Marah, age 23 years, 11 months and 30 days, son of: William Thomas Marah and Maggie Martha Todd, were married at Wright County, MissouriG, Related: 5th cousins once removed.1
     

Children of: Velma Vanhooser and Theodore Alton Marah

Known Address(es)

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
  2. [S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
  3. [S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
  4. [S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
  5. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Last Edited23 Jun 2013

Isaac Marion Van Hooser1

TMG ID:68384, (12 Jan 1868 - 9 Oct 1945)
Relationships:5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
5th cousin 6 times removed of Descendant Wagner
Father*James Jasper Van Hooser1 B: Jul 1839, D: 21 Apr 1906
Mother*Elizabeth Jane Cantrell1 B: Mar 1838

Vital Statistics

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
Marriage1895, Isaac, age 26 years, and Alpha Hanna Bishop, age 22 years, daughter of: Elisha Bishop and Mary E. Twigg, were married at Wright County, MissouriG.1
     

Children of: Isaac Marion Van Hooser and Alpha Hanna Bishop

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-190011 Jun 1900, Boone Twp., Wright County, MissouriGAlpha Hanna Bishop, Vassie V. Van Hooser and Willis D. Van Hooser3
Census-191029 Apr 1910, High Prairie Twp., Webster County, MissouriGAlpha Hanna Bishop, Vassie V. Van Hooser, Willis D. Van Hooser, Jessie E. Van Hooser, Velma Vanhooser, Carl M. Van Hooser and Freda L. Van Hooser4
Census-192014 Jan 1920, High Prairie Twp., Webster County, MissouriGAlpha Hanna Bishop, Orval J. Van Hooser, Velma Vanhooser, Carl M. Van Hooser, Freda L. Van Hooser, Lois Consulan Van Hooser and Forrest Van Hooser5

Occupation(s)

DateLocationOccupation/Industry
circa Jun 1900Boone Twp., Wright County, MissouriGfarmer3
circa Apr 1910High Prairie Twp., Webster County, MissouriGfarmer general farm4
circa Jan 1920High Prairie Twp., Webster County, MissouriGfarmer own farm5

Witnessed Events & Occasions

ActivityDetails
DeathSunday, 17 Oct 1920, Isaac Marion Van Hooser was the informant on the death certtificate for Delcho F. Van Hooser.5,2

Citations

  1. [S781] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/o4qflg4, Kris (e-mail address), updated as of 28 Sep 2008.
  2. [S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.
  3. [S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
  4. [S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
  5. [S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
  6. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited23 Feb 2013

(?) McKenney1

TMG ID:68385

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
Marriage(?) and Freda L. Van Hooser, daughter of: Isaac Marion Van Hooser and Alpha Hanna Bishop, were married.1
     

Citations

  1. [S670] Missouri Death Certificates, online <http://tinyurl.com/ez4uw>. Hereinafter cited as Internet - MO Death Recs.
Last Edited1 Feb 2013

Keith Lindon Marah1

TMG ID:68386, (12 Jan 1923 - 13 Aug 1945)
Relationships:7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner
Father*Theodore Alton Marah1 B: 20 Feb 1898, D: 25 Jun 1985
Mother*Velma Vanhooser1 B: 13 Mar 1904, D: 10 Aug 1980

Vital Statistics

  • Born: Keith Lindon Marah was born on Friday, 12 Jan 1923, at Hartville, Wright County, MissouriG.1
  • Died on Monday, 13 Aug 1945 at USS LaGrange, Buckner Bay, Okinawa, JapanG, at age 22 years, 7 months and 1 day. Details as recorded: Cause of Death: while anchored in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, the USS LaGrange came under enemy air attack and suffered the last known kamikaze attacks of the war. Despite accurate antiaircraft fire, an unidentified kamikaze carrying a 500-pound bomb crashed into La Grange’s superstructure. A second suicide plane struck the top of a kingpost and splashed 20 yards from the ship. The transport suffered considerable damage in both strikes, with 21 sailors killed and 89 wounded.1
  • Interred after 13 Aug 1945 at Park Cemetery, Nora Springs, Floyd County, IowaG.2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Memorable Moments & Stories

  • Anecdote: on Monday, 13 Aug 1945, at aboard USS LaGrange, Buckner Bay, Okinawa, JapanG, Keith Lindon Marah (22 years old) WWII Vet Recalls Kamikaze Strike
    Jeff Hunter | Posted Aug 11, 2002

    Commissioned for less than eight months, the U.S.S. LaGrange APA 124 has already seen its share of action in the Pacific Theater.

    Seven times the troop transport ship has sent its Marines ashore, once losing a third of those men, including esteemed war correspondent Ernie Pyle, in a frightening battle for the tiny atoll of Ie Shima.

    Now the LaGrange is at rest, moored in recently-renamed Buckner Bay, as the sun sets on the island of Okinawa on the evening of Aug. 13, 1945.

    The Rising Sun setting, as well.

    Having been devastated by a pair of atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki days earlier, the Japanese Empire is on the ropes.

    The belief that Japan's surrender is imminent is so strong that the previous evening, the LaGrange , the other ships in Buckner Bay and U.S. forces on shore celebrated the end of the war with a hail of gunfire and colorful tracer bullets.

    It's something worth celebrating. Not just because four long years of conflict and bloodshed are at an end, but because the much-feared invasion of the Japanese mainland with its projected 100,000 casualties is no longer necessary.

    Weary from duty and the emotional release of pending peace, most of the crew of the LaGrange settles in to watch a movie in the ship's dining area.

    The film: "The Flying Tigers" starring John Wayne.

    "A great propaganda movie that has plenty of Japanese air attacks," a LaGrange crew member wrote decades later. "It is perhaps the tenth time that the movie has been seen by the crew. But they don't seem to care. It's free. And most important, it is a movie. The bombs and bullets are fakes. Not for real."

    At 2020 hours, the scene on the movie screen is of a Japanese fighter bombing and strafing The Flying Tigers' airbase. Buildings are blowing up. Airplanes are on fire. The chaos of war.

    John Wayne sprints for his plane.

    As The Duke swings into action below deck, Donald Wolford and Marvin McAbee are standing watch on the port side of the LaGrange. Suddenly their

    view of Japanese warplanes is much better than that of their comrades at the movie.

    "The Japanese pilots liked to come out of the sun, so you couldn't see them," says Wolford, a Logan native who served as a signalman on the LaGrange during the final year of the war. "But where we were sitting on that particular evening on the highest deck on the ship, we could see them as plain as plain.

    "We were just sitting there visiting, looked out across (the bay) and here come two Jap Zeros, flying just above the waterline. From where we were sitting, it looked like they going right between our legs. I said the quickest prayer I've ever said in my life, and a couple of seconds later, Wham!

    "I can still remember floating through the air from the concussion."

    Under heavy anti-aircraft fire, the second of the Zeros hits the LaGrange high, losing both of its wings as it collides with the tall masts on top of the ship, and exploding on the other side.

    But the first bomb-laden kamikaze is more successful. It hits the ship right in the center at the main deck and causes a terrific explosion, annihilating the communications room just below the bridge.

    Written from the point of view of the LaGrange itself, Gerald M. Yankee describes the next few moments in "My Crew and I: The Story of the Last Navy Ship Casualty of World War II":

    "My port side is burning. I am hit bad and I am on fire.

    "All my lights go out. There is no electricity. I jump high into the air. I feel like I am clear out of the water. My entire hull shakes and shatters. The movie projector in the crew's mess flies across the room. My shaking hull seems to last forever. The crew is wondering: 'What happened?' Is this real? I hurt all over. I am boiling hot.

    "At this moment, time stopped. We became part of the movie."

    Knocked unconscious, time stops for Wolford.

    When he comes to later in a hospital, he's initially unable to remember his name or serial number. Several hours later, the doctors ask again, and this time, he answers their questions.

    "I can still remember their faces," Wolford recalls. "They were smiling like you'd never believe because that meant I was going to be OK."

    McAbee and Wolford, who is cushioned from the explosion by the bag of signal flags he was sitting on, both survive. But 21 other sailors are killed, including two of Wolford's friends, Loyal Perry of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Orvil Rudd of Plymouth.

    The following day Aug. 14, 1945 Japan surrenders.

    According to Wolford and Yankee's book, the kamikaze attack on the LaGrange marks the last time a U.S. Navy ship is hit by Japanese forces.

    Although heavily damaged, the LaGrange is quickly repaired, and is put to service returning troops to the states. Wolford also returns to work in quick time, despite shrapnel wounds in his back, other injuries to his elbow and right hip and two shattered ear drums.

    Looking at a black-and-white photo of the crater left by the Zero and its 500-pound bomb, Wolford says, "I was sitting right on the edge of it. Me and (McAbee) were the closest ones to it that made it, and I don't know how we did it."

    Wolford serves nearly another year in the armed forces as a guard at a Naval prison in San Francisco Bay. Upon his discharge, he returns to Logan, meets and marries his wife of 54 years, Janet, and raises five children.

    Now 76 years old, Wolford is retired and lives in River Heights after careers in the U.S. Postal Service and auto body repair. His hearing now is all but gone, and he has drawn 100-percent disability from the Veterans' Administration for the last 10 years.

    "Just last night I was watching television and couldn't get the sound right, but I'll be darned if I couldn't read the lips of the people," Wolford says. "I couldn't believe it. It really hit home then how lucky I've been."

    Because of the damage to his inner ears, Wolford also struggles with his equilibrium. But in addition to the physical ailments, there are the psychological effects of that evening, 57 years ago.

    Like many other veterans, he battles Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder "I've woke up many times in the middle of the night just sweating and dreaming nightmares," he says and the condition was understandably worsened by the events of Sept. 11.

    "When I saw those suicide planes in New York, it just made me sick everything I had seen over there just flashed in front of me again," Wolford explains. "I've had a heck of a time getting those thoughts out of my head."

    Looking out the window in his kitchen, Wolford continues, "Hey, we saw quite a bit of our crew hauled out in body bags. Those kinds of things, you don't just take out of your mind.

    "They just stay."

    The Herald Journal, Logan, UT.3

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-194016 Apr 1940, Nora Springs, Floyd County, IowaGTheodore Alton Marah, Velma Vanhooser, Audrey Marah, Bonnie Belle Marah, Beverly Jean Marah and Donna Marie Marah4

Known Address(es)

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
  2. [S1355] Genealogy.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mhajk26, Joseph Franklin Fleetwood (e-mail address), updated as of 26 May 2011.
  3. [S1354] WWII Vet Recalls Kamikaze Strike, online <http://tinyurl.com/m2llbd6>. Hereinafter cited as WWII Vet Recalls Kamikaze Strike.
  4. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Last Edited21 Sep 2022

Audrey Marah1

TMG ID:68387, (4 Aug 1925 - )
Relationships:7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner
Father*Theodore Alton Marah1 B: 20 Feb 1898, D: 25 Jun 1985
Mother*Velma Vanhooser1 B: 13 Mar 1904, D: 10 Aug 1980

Vital Statistics

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Alias(es)

  • Nick-Name: her nickname was "Maxine"1
  • Name-Married: on Sunday, 11 Nov 1945, her married name became Mrs. Riden (née Marah).

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageSunday, 11 Nov 1945, Audrey, age 20 years, 3 months and 7 days, and Harvey Louis Riden, age 23 years and 10 days, son of: Howard Ellis Riden and Mary Schilling, were married at Charles City, Floyd County, IowaG.1
     

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-194016 Apr 1940, Nora Springs, Floyd County, IowaGTheodore Alton Marah, Velma Vanhooser, Keith Lindon Marah, Bonnie Belle Marah, Beverly Jean Marah and Donna Marie Marah2

Known Address(es)

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
  2. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Last Edited23 Jun 2013

Harvey Louis Riden1

TMG ID:68388, (31 Oct 1922 - )
Father*Howard Ellis Riden1 B: 18 Jan 1893, D: Jun 1966
Mother*Mary Schilling1

Vital Statistics

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageSunday, 11 Nov 1945, Harvey, age 23 years and 10 days, and Audrey Marah, age 20 years, 3 months and 7 days, daughter of: Theodore Alton Marah and Velma Vanhooser, were married at Charles City, Floyd County, IowaG.1
     

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited23 Jun 2013

Howard Ellis Riden1

TMG ID:68389, (18 Jan 1893 - Jun 1966)

Vital Statistics

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageHoward and Mary Schilling were married.1
     

Child of: Howard Ellis Riden and Mary Schilling

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited1 Feb 2013

Mary Schilling1

TMG ID:68390

Vital Statistics

Alias(es)

  • Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Riden (née Schilling).

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageMary and Howard Ellis Riden were married.1
     

Child of: Mary Schilling and Howard Ellis Riden

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited1 Feb 2013

Bonnie Belle Marah1

TMG ID:68391, (15 Dec 1927 - 11 Aug 1946)
Relationships:7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner
Father*Theodore Alton Marah1 B: 20 Feb 1898, D: 25 Jun 1985
Mother*Velma Vanhooser1 B: 13 Mar 1904, D: 10 Aug 1980

Vital Statistics

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-194016 Apr 1940, Nora Springs, Floyd County, IowaGTheodore Alton Marah, Velma Vanhooser, Keith Lindon Marah, Audrey Marah, Beverly Jean Marah and Donna Marie Marah3

Known Address(es)

Newspaper Items & Articles

  • Monday, 12 Aug 1946, an article about Bonnie Belle Marah appeared in: The Omaha World Herald, at Omaha, Nebraska. Headline: 3-Way Auto Crash Is Fatal to 2 Iowans.4

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
  2. [S1355] Genealogy.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mhajk26, Joseph Franklin Fleetwood (e-mail address), updated as of 26 May 2011.
  3. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
  4. [S1356] 3-Way Auto Crash Is Fatal to 2 Iowans, The Omaha World Herald, Mason City, IA, 12 Aug 1946, 16. Hereinafter cited as Omaha World Herald.
Last Edited27 Sep 2022

Beverly Jean Marah1

TMG ID:68392, (31 Oct 1930 - 2 Mar 1995)
Relationships:7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner
Father*Theodore Alton Marah1 B: 20 Feb 1898, D: 25 Jun 1985
Mother*Velma Vanhooser1 B: 13 Mar 1904, D: 10 Aug 1980

Vital Statistics

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Alias(es)

  • Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Harden (née Marah).
  • Name-Married: in 1945, her married name became Mrs. Johnson (née Marah).
  • Name-Married: on Friday, 13 Aug 1954, her married name became Mrs. Koch (née Marah).

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageBeverly and Frank Harden were married.1
     
DivorceOn this date, the divorce between Beverly Jean (neé Marah) Johnson and Merlin Gilbert Johnson.1
DivorceOn this date, the divorce between Beverly Jean (neé Marah) Koch and Karl K. Koch.1
Marriage1945, Beverly, age 14 years, and Merlin Gilbert Johnson, son of: Theodore Johnson and Tena Kleen, were married at Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IowaG.1
     
MarriageFriday, 13 Aug 1954, Beverly, age 23 years, 9 months and 13 days, and Karl K. Koch, age 41 years, 5 months and 30 days, son of: Karl K. Koch and Sophia (?), were married at Nora Springs, Floyd County, IowaG.1
     

Other Major Events

  • On this date, the divorce between Beverly Jean (neé Marah) Johnson and Merlin Gilbert Johnson.1
  • On this date, the divorce between Beverly Jean (neé Marah) Koch and Karl K. Koch.1

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-194016 Apr 1940, Nora Springs, Floyd County, IowaGTheodore Alton Marah, Velma Vanhooser, Keith Lindon Marah, Audrey Marah, Bonnie Belle Marah and Donna Marie Marah2

Known Address(es)

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
  2. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Last Edited23 Jun 2013

Frank Harden1

TMG ID:68393, ( - 1992)

Vital Statistics

  • Died in 1992.1

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageFrank and Beverly Jean Marah, daughter of: Theodore Alton Marah and Velma Vanhooser, were married.1
     

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited23 Jun 2013

Merlin Gilbert Johnson1

TMG ID:68394
Father*Theodore Johnson1
Mother*Tena Kleen1

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
DivorceOn this date, the divorce between Beverly Jean (neé Marah) Johnson and Merlin Gilbert Johnson.1
Marriage1945, Merlin and Beverly Jean Marah, age 14 years, daughter of: Theodore Alton Marah and Velma Vanhooser, were married at Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IowaG.1
     

Other Major Events

  • On this date, the divorce between Beverly Jean (neé Marah) Johnson and Merlin Gilbert Johnson.1

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited23 Jun 2013

Theodore Johnson1

TMG ID:68395

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageTheodore and Tena Kleen were married.1
     

Child of: Theodore Johnson and Tena Kleen

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited1 Feb 2013

Tena Kleen1

TMG ID:68396

Alias(es)

  • Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Johnson (née Kleen).

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageTena and Theodore Johnson were married.1
     

Child of: Tena Kleen and Theodore Johnson

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited1 Feb 2013

Karl K. Koch1

TMG ID:68397, (14 Feb 1913 - )
Father*Karl K. Koch1
Mother*Sophia (?)1

Vital Statistics

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
DivorceOn this date, the divorce between Beverly Jean (neé Marah) Koch and Karl K. Koch.1
MarriageFriday, 13 Aug 1954, Karl, age 41 years, 5 months and 30 days, and Beverly Jean Marah, age 23 years, 9 months and 13 days, daughter of: Theodore Alton Marah and Velma Vanhooser, were married at Nora Springs, Floyd County, IowaG.1
     

Other Major Events

  • On this date, the divorce between Beverly Jean (neé Marah) Koch and Karl K. Koch.1

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited1 Feb 2013

Karl K. Koch1

TMG ID:68398

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageKarl and Sophia (?) were married.1
     

Child of: Karl K. Koch and Sophia (?)

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited1 Feb 2013

Sophia (?)1

TMG ID:68399

Alias(es)

  • Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Koch.

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageSophia and Karl K. Koch were married.1
     

Child of: Sophia (?) and Karl K. Koch

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
Last Edited1 Feb 2013

Mary Elsa Leo Marah1

TMG ID:68400, (9 Jul 1899 - 2 Feb 1988)
Relationships:7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner
Father*William Thomas Marah1 B: 1 May 1878, D: 11 Oct 1952
Mother*Maggie Martha Todd1 B: 28 Dec 1881, D: 22 Dec 1948

Vital Statistics

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Alias(es)

  • Name-Variation: She was also known as Elsie Leo2
  • Name-Married: on Wednesday, 28 Jan 1920, her married name became Mrs. Newton (née Marah).

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageWednesday, 28 Jan 1920, Mary, age 20 years, 6 months and 19 days, and Theonley Newton, age 21 years and 9 months, son of: Jasper Seneca Newton and Dulcena Fidela McAdoo, were married at Wright County, MissouriG.1
     

Citations

  1. [S852] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/mo33dp6, Joanne Todd (e-mail address), updated as of 15 Jan 2009.
  2. [S857] RootsWeb.com, online http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi, Louella Ashbacker (e-mail address), updated as of 27 Oct 2002.
Last Edited1 Feb 2013