FAMILY GROUP SHEET, JAMES BONAR FAMILY Compiled by William J. Bonner, wjbonner@yahoo.com Name: James BONAR1, G Grandfather ---------------------------------------- Birth: abt 1847 Fork Ridge, Marshall, West Virginia Death: 10 Oct 1929 National Military Home,Los Angeles,Malibu Twp., CA2 Burial: 11 Oct 1929 Los Angeles National Cemetery, Sepulveda Blvd., CA3 Occupation: Miner Education: inadequate: he was illiterate. Father: David L. BONAR (1799-1857) Mother: Emma Annie HICKS "Amy" (1826-1902) Marriage: 3 Sep 1872 Mill Twp., Lancaster, Nebraska ---------------------------------------- Spouse: Elizabeth KEHLER "Lib"4, G Grandmother ---------------------------------------- Birth: 27 Apr 1847 Liberty Twp., Tioga, Pennsylvania Death: 8 Dec 1897 Clancy, Jefferson, Montana.5,6 Father: Joseph KEHLER (1818-1893) Mother: Mary Ann LANDON (1820-1889) Other Spouses: Martin Luther COLEMAN George A. BAILEY Children: ---------------------------------------- 1 M: Lew BONNER1, Grandfather Birth: 7 Apr 1872 , Lancaster, Nebraska7,8 Death: 19 Dec 1940 Austin, Travis, Texas7 Spouse: Nancy Eleanor BLANKINSHIP, G Aunt Marriage: 2 May 19407 Spouse: Laura Allen BLANKENSHIP, Grandmother Marriage: 25 Apr 1899 Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Okla. Terr. ---------------------------------------- 2 M: Joseph H. BONNER, G Uncle Birth: 1 Apr 1873 Nebraska Death: 19 Jan 1925 Butte, Silver Bow, Montana Spouse: Helma "Helen" "Nellie" ANDERSON Marriage: 5 Feb 1900 Butte, Silver Bow, Montana ---------------------------------------- 3 M: Harvey Eugene BONNER9,1, G Uncle Birth: 24 Apr 1877 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska Death: 21 Jun 1949 Galen, Montana Spouse: Margaret KING "Maggie" Marriage: 27 Jun 1898 Lewis and Clarke, Montana Spouse: Mary Marriage: aft 1907 ---------------------------------------- 4 F: Hattie B. BONNER10, G Aunt Birth: 10 Oct 1879 Dudley, Park, Colorado11 Death: 24 May 1956 Winnemucca, Humboldt, Nevada12 Spouse: Fred L. ANDREGG Notes for James BONAR !Birth: Marriage Certificate, 3 Sep 1872, showing age. Also Everett Bonar monogram of 1925 found in LDS Family History Center. !Marriage: Have a copy of marriage certificate from Nebraska Historical Society, Lincoln, NE. !Death: California Death Certificate 29-053679, showing cause as "acute general peritonitis due to strangulated hernia (indirect inguinal)" age 82, in the Hospital at the Soldiers' Home in Los Angeles County, CA. !Burial: National Military Cemetery, Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. 10 Oct 1929. William Bonar (half brother) obituary in 1919 lists survivors of his and Amy or Emma Hicks family and his own. Specifically (tacitly) omits James and Nelson as survivors. Not conclusive, but clearly they had lost contact with James Bonar. See Letter from VA., dated 13 Sep 1999. James died in National Military Home, Malibu Twp., Los Angeles, CA on 10 Oct 1929. !Burial. Letter from National Cemetery on Sepulveda in Los Angeles, dated 13 Sep 1999. Location is Section 61, Row D., Gravesite #23. He was buried on 11 Oct 1929. On 5/28/90, I received a telephone call from Cynthia Monroe, whom I had hired as a genealogical researcher in Lincoln, Nebraska, who informed me that she had found a marriage certificate for Elizabeth Kahler (also spelled Keller) and one James Bonner. His father's name was David Bonner and his mother's name was Emma Hicks. Mrs. Monroe's telephone # is 402-464-7267. Received the data from Mrs Monroe on 6/7/90. The marriage record shows spelling of James Bonar and Miss Elizabeth Kalor., signed by AL Palmer, Probate Judge. on September 2, 1872. They were married on September 3, 1872 by George W. Mayfield, Minister of the Gospel, at the home of the bride's parents, Joseph Kahler (Kalor) and Mary Landon Kalor. Both James and Elizabeth were 25 years of age. The marriage records show two spelling variations: Bonar and Bonner. Also Kalor, Kahler, Keller? Witnesses were John Covalt and Charlott (Kehler). 7/18/90. Found reference to a David Bonar and "Amy" Hicks as a second marriage, the union of which produced John and Nelson Bonar, but no indication of a James. Source is Everett Bonar's 1925 monograph. 10/27/90. Lucille Kehler's notes say that James Bonar was born abt 1847 in Sistersville, W.Va., son of David L. Bonar and Emma Hicks. I think this is in error. Is she confusing this with John Covalt? David Bonar lived in Marshall County. See 1850 Marshall County, Virginia Census. See also earlier records for Ohio County, part of which became Marshall County. March 4, 1991, letter from Wayne Curtis, states that both James and Sarah were children of Amy or Annie Hicks and David Bonar, as well as John and Nelson. After David died, William, his oldest son, married Amy and they moved to Richland Twp, Marshall County, Ill, in 1858, where they had at least two children, William Bonar, born 1858, and Mary Bonar, born in 1860. March 14, 1991, searched the following Soundexes for Bonars or Bonner s (B560), with no luck: 1900: CA T1034 #17; AZ T1032 #3; NM T1061 #3; TX T1073 #3; OK T1066 #5; KS T1046 #12; NE T1056 #9; CO T1035 #6; UT T1074 #3; WY T1080 #2; Montana, T1056#4 see details on Harvey Bonner. May 21, 1998, searched 1900 Soundex for Nevada T0158, reel 1, only a Mary Bonar. Check this again to see if she might be the same Mary Bonar who was child of William and Emma. I don't think so. Iowa T1045 #18. no luck on James, but see Emma and William in 1900 Iowa Census. There was also a Casper Andregg, born in Switzerland in 1920 Nevada Soundex, age 48, but don't think he was related to Hattie Bonner. In the Nebraska 1900 Soundex is listed James T. or J. Bonner at Vol 33, E.D. 95, Sheet 7, Line 84, born Dec 1847, age 52, in Indiana, living in Polk County, Clear Creek Pct., with wife Ida M. b. Mar 1858, age 42, b. Illinois, with 6 children, all born in NE from 1881 through 1897. Caroline H.; Ernest; Mahlon D.; Anna M.; James T.; and Ellen M. I presume this is not the same person, despite roughly the same age. The Ida is much younger, and I presume that James did not divorce Lib Kehler and remarry. (I may be wrong). Lib supposedly died at about age 60 of carcinoma. I have no idea where to look next for this James Bonar or his spouse, Elizabeth Kahler Bonar. (However, note from Charleen Spalding in June, 1998, indicates that James and Elizabeth did in fact divorce.) On Sep 1, 1994, in Anchorage NARA, looked at the Los Angeles, CA 1920 Census, Microfilm #T625, 116. Found a James Bonner in E.D. 486, Sheet No. 19A, line 17, living in the National Military Home in Malibu Township as an inmate. He was 73 years old at his last birthday, born in West Virginia, with both parents born in the U.S. The only jarring thing is that he is listed as single, rather than divorced or widowed. (This was the one. See correspondence dated Sep 13, 1999 from National Cemetery). Must send off to NARA for Pension Record. I did, but the information provided was not on the same person as I had requested information. The person I checked on died in prison-- Andersonville, GA, as I recall. (I eventually visited the grave of this James Bonar, in April, 2004). On 6/26/98, started looking for the records to show whether indeed it was really he (the one in Malibu Twp, Los Angeles County, CA in 1920), since Elizabeth apparently divorced him before 1885. 1870 Nebraska Census Index shows a James Bonner in Douglas County, 501 Omaha, 5th Ward. I checked it on 11/17/98 at NARA, but it was not the right one. This James was age 45, a butcher, born in England, with his family, including a brother living next door. Also checked Adams County, Iowa, Census for 1870, line by line but found no Bonars. No Prescott Twp. listed. James K Bonar, Company D, 778 Illinois Infantry, Private. Misc. 2nd Illinois Cavalry, NARA Microfilm 00539,0008,00002576 James O Bonner, listed in the 1890 and 1891 equivalent of Polk's in Butte, MT, as a mine helper with the Moulton Mining Company and living about a block from the offices. In 1895, listed as a watchman, livng 1/2 mile east of mill. James Q. Boner. In 1896, listed as living at 27 West Quartz. James Bonner. When did he go to California? by 1900? Maybe not. Research in August, 2004, shows candidates for his presence in Washington, D.C. in a temporary Soldiers and Sailors' home in NW Washington, and in 1910, in Carbon County, Wyoming, at an Encampment (GAR?) in April. Query: did he live the last 30 years or so of his life in homes for military veterans? He eventually listed himself as widowed, although the Malibu Twp. home listed him as single. Notes for Elizabeth KEHLER "Lib" !Birth: Betty J. Covalt, Alliance, NE. Also, entry in Kehler Family Bible, received from Lena M. Reed, 832 N St. Sanger, CA 93657, on 10/1/91. Handwriting was that of Joseph Kehler. !Marriage: William J. Bonner, Anchorage, AK has a copy of Marriage Certificate. !Death: Charleen Spalding discovered this on 5/11/2004, in an obituary. According to statements made by Harvey Bonner, her son, Lib died in her early 60's of carcinoma. 1880 Census for Lancaster County, NE, Vol 6, E.D. p. 235, Sheet 11, Mill Precinct, showed the following living with Joseph and Mary Kaler (note the spelling change): Female, Ida Kaler, 20 in 1880. Male, Samuel Kaler, 16 in 1880. Male, Lewis Bonner, 8 in 1880, listed as grandchild. The assumption is that Lewis was the son of Elizabeth. According to Larry (who was told by his father, Laurence Bonner) Lew was born of the marriage or union of Elizabeth and an unknown Bonner. (See later information concerning marriage certificate showing marriage to James Bonner.) After divorce or desertion, she married another man, name unknown, but Lew did not get along with the new husband. He moved back to the home of the maternal grandparents, but left home in his teens, not keeping up contact with them. Query: are some of the pictures that I have, which appear to be of a young blonde boy with much older people, those of Lew and his grandparents? (Yes, probably). 1870 Records for Lancaster County, Nebraska, 8 June 1870, Page 77, Outside Lincoln, page 137. These show that Joseph Kahler was 57 in 1870 and both he and his wife, Mary, who was 49 in 1870, were born in Pa. F. Elizabeth Kahler, 22 in 1870, born in Pa. M. Charles Kahler, 16 in 1870, born in Pa. F. Ida M. Kahler, 10 in 1870, born in Neb. M. Samuel Kahler, 4 in 1870, born in Neb. Thus the Kahlers left Pa some time after 1854, arriving in Neb by 1860. 1860 Nebraska Territorial Index M653, Reel 665, Cass County, City of Plattsmouth, on 16 June 1860, J.D. Sampson, Assistant Marshall enumerated the family, page 9, line 14 through 22., dwelling house 81, family number 64. Shows Joseph Kehler, age 42, Blacksmith, with value of personalty of $300.00, born in Pennsylvania, as were his wife and all his children. Also Mary A. Kehler, age 40, John E. Kehler, age 19, Ellen Kehler, age 17, Charlotte Kehler, age 15 (but seems to be inked through and written over as age 16, and changed from M to F. Thus probably the enumerator started to list Charles next), Charles Kehler, age 6, Elizabeth Kehler, age 12, Clara A. Kehler, age 9, and Mary Kehler, age 3/12. Mary was born in Nebraska. Thus, the family must have arrived in Nebraska in 1859 or 1860. 1850 census for Liberty Twp., Tioga County, PA, p. 277, line 34, shows Elizabeth, age 3, in the household of Joseph and Mary A. Kahler. Letter from Betty J. Covalt (HC33 Box 27, Alliance, NE 69301) to Cynthia Monroe, dated June 20, 1990, is as follows: "I would think that maybe Elizabeth was born in Tioga County, PA, as she was the next child after Charlotte, and that is what all the records we have list her birth place as. I was puzzled over the marriages. In the list it was to Jim Bonner, and two boys, and living in Oklahoma. And in the Bible it was to Luke Coleman and listed a Coleman grandchild in the birth section. I hope you can make sense of that. It might be a clue. . ." Query: Was she first married to (or had a child by) Luke or Luther Coleman, by whom she had a son, Luther Coleman, born 4/4/1870. Did she then divorce him or decide not to marry him, and she then married James Bonar in 1872? Was Luther, the son, actually known as Lewis Bonner? Joseph Bonner never knew in what year his father was born, but thought it to be April of 1870, 1871, or 1872. Need to search for Soundex for Coleman in Nebraska in OK and NE for 1900, as well as for James Bonar. Did. None appear to be the right family of Colemans or James Bonar (Bonner). (But See family of Martin Luther Coleman and Sophronia, who lived adjacent to Kahlers.) Letter including information from Lottie Lehman says: "Elizabeth Kehler married Jim Bonner, had children Harvey and Joe. Lived in Oklahoma." Bible information gives her birth dates. Also notes say that she was called "Lib" by her family. Her marriage certificate to James Bonar or Bonner shows that the witnesses were John Covalt and "Charlott" Covalt, her older sister and brother-in-law. September 3, 1872. Marriage took place in the home of her parents, Joseph and Mary Landon Kehler or Kahler. Letter from Lena M. (Covalt) Reed 10/1/91, says that an old letter that she had seen stated that Elizabeth and Jim Bonner had seven children. Based upon Charleen Spalding's research concerning her grandfather, Harvey Bonner, need to search the 1880 census for Omaha, NE for a possible connection to Elizabeth and James. Also possibly in 1900, if she indeed died of carcinoma when she was about 60. I searched Soundex for both on May 15, 1998, and found nothing except possibly a Joseph and Hattie Bonner, who might be the right Joseph (son?). It wasn't. On June 9, 1998, searched the 1880 Colorado census and found James, Elizabeth, Louis, Joseph D., and Harvey, living in Park County, on Mosquito Mountain (outside Leadville or near Alma) in a mining camp, apparently in a barracks type structure. See page No. 15, E.D. 15, line 9 through 13. On June 18, 1998, received E-mail from Janet R. Graham, genealogical researcher in Foothills Genealogical Society (jrg23@juno.com) via Charleen Spalding, who states that the 1885 Park County Census, p. 24 lists Elizabeth Bonner, housewife, age 35, divorced, with the following children: Joseph, scholar, age 11, born Nebraska, Harvey, age 7, born Nebraska; and Hattie, age 4, born Colorado. Where did James go? Is he the same one in the 1920 census in Los Angeles saying that he was single and unmarried? (Yes!!). Did Elizabeth go on to Montana? Where did she die? On 6/26/98, searched 1900 Montana Soundex and did not find her B560, T1056, Reel 4. On 9/14/98, searched Idaho 1900 Soundex. No Elizabeth, nor any likely Andregg, although there are two John Andreggs, one in Boise, with his wife, Mary C., and a John H, both born in 1846 in Ohio. Perhaps I need to go line by line in Census itself for Elizabeth, on the chance she was not indexed, but if she remarried, then all bets are off, unless I could match her age and place of birth. (See later data showing subsequent marriage to George Bailey). There is an Elizabeth Kyler who married a John Edwin Comstock in Cheney, Sedgwick County, KS 29 Sep 1889. No indication whether this is she. LDS Film 1985495. Charleen Spalding ordered the records and found in February, 2001, that this was not our Lib. Other clues: Harvey's obit says that the "family" moved to Idaho after Colorado, before moving on to Montana. This probably was all related to the mining industry? Cemeteries and obituaries seem the likely source of further information, but Charleen Spalding has about exhausted that avenue, for now. December 2001. On 5/13/2002, Charleen received confirmation that Lib married George Bailey in Nebraska in 1886, and that they lived in Butte, MT when son George Ellis Bailey was born in 1888. She listed her age as 30, instead of 39 at time of marriage. Details to follow about her later death, when received. Notes for Lew (Child 1) !Birth. 1880 Lancaster County, NE Census Vol 6, ED 235, Sheet 11, Line 49, where he is listed as age 8. (NARA microfilm, T9-751, Mill Pct. See also burial book in possession of William J. Bonner, Anchorage, AK, given to him by son of Lew Bonner, Joseph Bonner, who made out the data. !Marriage: Marriage Certificate in possession of Aldine E. Bonner, Nowata, Oklahoma. !Death: Texas Vital Statistics and personal narration by Joseph Bonner, his son. Reared by his grandparents after being either abandoned or orphaned by natural parents who may not have been married. (See marriage certificate obtained in June, 1990, showing names of James & Elizabeth). He ran off repeatedly from home and went to work on the railroad gangs, apparently in the southwest part of the U.S., including Ariz. (A gandy dancer?) Made the run into Cheyenne-Arapahoe land west of Kingfisher. Homesteaded in 1893, married, had children, was widowed, and remarried late in life (1940?) to wife's sister, Ella Blankenship Neaves who also was widowed. Spent winters in south Texas each year until death. Was being driven to South Texas by his son Joseph in company of wife Ella when died of heart failure. Bill Bonner has a copy of funeral book. His body was taken back to Mo. for burial beside the grave of first wife, in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (Baptist Church). According to research by L.Bonner Jr., Lew Bonner was son of Elizabeth Kahler or Kaler, who was 22 in the 1870 census in Lancaster, Nebraska. She allegedly married another man after Lew was born, leaving child with Grandparents Kahler, since Lew could not get along with his new step-father. Do not know what happened to James. (But see updated data on James, as of 1/19/2000.) Most of this so-called history is only family lore, not really documented. According to a burial book at his funeral, he died in Lacy Courts (hospital?) motel in Austin, Texas, and he was born on January 15, 1869. That doesn't square with census records of 1880, when he was listed as a boy of 8 living with his grandparents Kahler. See Lancaster County 1870 census, 8 June 1870, page 7, outside Lincoln, see page 137. Supposedly his mother (Elizabeth?) remarried and Lew did not get along with his step-father so stayed with grandparents Kahler until he left for good in his early teens. According to burial book, "Young manhood spent in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Later he homesteaded in Oklahoma; in central Oklahoma in 1892." This was from Joe Bonner's recollection, who made out the information. See also Lancaster County, Nebraska 1880 census, Vol 6, E.D. 235, Sheet 11, Line 49, Mill Precinct, listing Lewis Bonner as grandson, living with Kahlers. Both father and mother listed as being born in Pennsylvania. Another inconsistency. The 1900 Oklahoma Census, Vol. 8, E.D. 114, Sheet 4, Line 73, Park Twp, Kingfisher County, Lew listed his birth year as 1870, month of April. Obviously he did not know the year of birth precisely, (or was inconsistent in giving it) which squares with both Joe and Laurence Bonner's recollections. See references to the Kehler family bible under Elizabeth Kehler, which make reference to Lew being born to Elizabeth and Luke Coleman, e.g. Martin Luther Coleman, before she was married to James Bonar on Sept. 3, 1872. If James was the apochryphal stepfather, with whom Lew could not get along, then the family story makes sense. This also would explain how he got the name Lou or Lew or "Lu", after his biological father. This also explains comments by Lotte Lehman that there was a Luke Coleman listed in the Kehler family bible as a grandchild. But see the 1880 Park County, Colorado census, where a Louis Bonner is listed with the family of James and Elizabeth Bonner. Date of census is also June 8, 1880. He couldn't have been in two places on the same date. See Lancaster County, NE census for same date: June 8 , 1880. Pictures of him taken in the late 1930's, or 1940 with son Joseph show him to be about 5'9" and weighing probably 200 pounds, with "apple" figure. He probably was diabetic, as well as having heart problems. Notes for Joseph H. (Child 2) Source: Notes from Lottie Lehmann to Betty Jo Douglas. There is no indication whether this person was older or younger than Harvey. Since Charleen Spaulding (Harvey's granddaughter) found that Harvey's supposed birth took place in Omaha, in about 1877, on May 15, 1998, I looked in the Soundex for 1900 for a sibling and for James and Lib Bonner. In the 1900 Nebraska Census, Vol. 16, ED 138, Sheet 10, Line 42, Douglas County, South Omaha, Dwg. 2410, (NARA Microfilm 926 T623), there is a Joseph Bonner and his wife Hattie. He refused to provide information where he was born, or that of his parents, as did Hattie. However the data shows he had been married 6 years, no children, and was occupied as a bartender. He rented a house. This was not the person. Charleen found his marriage license No. 5724 at Silver Bow County Courthouse. See also the death certificate. He died in Butte, survived by Helen ("Nellie"). See 1900 Census, Soundex T1056, reel 4. Born in Colorado, Vol 9, E D 117, Sheet 1, Line 20, on Ohio Street in Butte, Silver Bow Twp., born April, 1873. See 1920 Census, Vol 20, ED 228, Sheet 7, Line 44, age 46, born in Colorado, Lived in Silver Bow County (Butte), also Helen, age 46, born in Minnesota. Lived at 313 Idaho Street. T625, 976. He thought that his father was born in Ohio and his mother in Pennsylvania. He was a miner. Apparently a copper miner. Notes for Harvey Eugene (Child 3) !Source: Notes from Lottie Lehman to Betty Jo Douglas Covalt as to his name. On March 14, 1991, at NARA, Anchorage, viewed microfilm T623 #913, for 1900 Montana Census, Vol 6, E.D. 180, Sheet 7, Line 41, which listed him as born in April 1877 in Nebraska. His mother was born in Pennsylvania and the whereabouts of his father's birth was unknown. Thus, it is likely that his father was then dead or not communicative as to his origins. Harvey had a wife and two children, Fredericka, b. June 1898, age 1, b. in Montana; and baby, born November, 1899, 6/12, b. in Montana. He had been married 4 years to Maggie. He was a miner, and had been unemployed for 4 months during the year. They were renting their house on 11th Avenue, house 841, in Helena, Montana. Letter from Charleen Spalding, on April 23, 1998, who is his granddaughter, confirmed that she has a copy of marriage license No. 2592, State of Montana, County of Lewis and Clarke, and they were both age 21 when married. Received same on 4/29/98, listing James Bonner and Elizabeth Keeler as his parents, and that he was born in Nebraska. His funeral was held at the Retz Funeral Home in Helena, Montana on 6 /23/49, Rev. Norbeck officiating. Retz lists Harvey's father's name as Joseph, rather than James. Harvey lived at 553 Highland (Helena) in 1935. Harvey was a miner in the Belt Mountains, northeast of Helena. He was married at Marysville, MT. Harvey died at the TB Sanitarium in Galen, Montana, and is buried at Forestvale Cemetery. Funeral was held at the Retz Funeral Home in Helena, at 2:00 p.m. on June 23, 1949. Charleen Spalding attended. Obituary in Boulder Monitor 7/2/49: "Former Clancy Miner Dies Last Week. Harvey Eugene Bonner, 72 of 51[ sic] Highland, Helena, and a miner of the Helena district for many years died early Tuesday morning at Galen following an illness of almost a year. "Mr. Bonner was born April 24, 1877 at Omaha, Neb. He moved with his family to Leadville, Colo., and later to Idaho. In 1887, Mr. Bonner came to Butte with his parents. As a young man he worked in the mines in Lump Gulch and resided at Clancy, where he was well known. "He married Maggie Geier (King) in 1898 at Marysville. She died in 1907. "Mr. Bonner was a brakeman with the Great Northern railroad during 1905-1912. He was employed by various mining companies in the Helena district until illness forced him to retire. "Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Harry Moore, 561 Highland; Mrs. Charles Spaulding, 1219 1/2 8th Helena; and Mrs. A. Bailey of Elliston; a granddaughter, Charleen Spaulding; and a sister, Mrs. Hattie Tiernan of Golconda, Nev. "Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock in the Opp- Conrad-Retz chapel. The Rev. Nels H. Norbeck of St. John's Lutheran church officiated. Burial was in Foreestvale [sic]." See 1920 Census at Vol 11 ED 108, Sheet 10, Line 80, showing he was born in Montana, living in Helena, Lewis & Clarke County, at 907 8th Avenue. Notes for Hattie B. (Child 4) She apparently was married to Steven Tiernan. May have been married once previously to a man named Andregg. Source is Charleen Spalding. On 9/14/98, at NARA, found Hattie Bonner, white, b. Oct 1879, age 20, b. in Colorado, living in Shoshone County, Gem Pct., Idaho. See T623 No. 234, Vol 6 ED 98, Sheet 4, Line 91, enumerated with Peter L. Butler as a boarder. (Found in Soundex T1042, No. 2. (B560). This is the right one, since she shows her mother as born in Pennsylvania, but father born in Maine. T623 234. Census taken on 5 June 1900. In early October, 1998, Charleen found that Hattie was a prostitute, and that is why she was not spoken of at home (Harvey Bonner's household). Yet she came to Harvey's funeral. Sources 1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File (TM)," July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996, Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street. 2. U.S. Government, "1900 Census," NARA, @T6470@. 3. "Letter from Dir. Dept of VA, Los Angeles National Cemetery," 13 Sep 1999. 4. Ancestral File. AFN:M1XS-PJ. 5. Funeral Entry. The funeral book entry was on heavy cardboard and gave the dates of birth and death of Mrs. George Bailey, but not the locations. The birth date coincides with that of Lib. Seems conclusive. This card was in the possession of Mrs. Helen Bailey Keller, in Oregon. 6. "E-mail from Charleen Spalding, Helena, Mt," 5/11/2004. 7. Joe Bonner filled out burial book. Burial book from Mr. & Mrs. R.L. Greenwade, Willard, MO. (Funeral Home). in possession of Bill Bonner 8. Kehler family Bible. Shows birth as Apr 4, 1872(3)? 9. Charleen Spalding, his granddaughter, "Biography." 10. "E-mail on census from Charleen Spalding," 2-23-2004. 11. State of Nevada, "Death Certificate," State File No. 56-520, State of Nevada Dept. of Human Resources Division of Health Vital Statistics. 12. State of Nevada, "Death Certificate," Sate File No. 56-520, State of Nevada Dept. of Human Resources Division of Health Vital Statistics. ---------------------------------------- Last Modified: 17 Aug 2004 Created: 27 Nov 2004