Eckert, Ellsworth

Birth Name Eckert, Ellsworth
Gramps ID I6895
Gender male
Age at Death 57 years

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1871 Illinois, USA  
 
Census 1875 Atchison Cty, Kansas, USA  
1a
Census 1880 Grasshopper Twp, Atchison Cty, Kansas, USA  
2a
Census 1885 Osceola, Polk Cty, Nebraska, USA  
3a
Census 1900 Webb City, Jasper Cty, Missouri, USA  
4a
Census 1910 Platteville, Weld Cty, Colorado, USA  
5a
Census 1920 Greeley, Weld Cty, Colorado, USA  
6a
Census 1925 Mills Cty, Iowa, USA  
7a
Death 1928    
 
Burial   Glenwood Cemetery, Glenwood, Mills Cty, Iowa, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Eckert, John [I6890]1839-05-141916-09-26
Mother Huffman, Elizabeth [I6877]1839-04-241904-12-01
    Sister     Eckert, Mary M. [I6891] 1859
    Sister     Eckert, Katherine [I6893] 1862
    Brother     Eckert, Howard Samuel [I6892] 1865-01-07 1953-06-27
    Sister     Eckert, Lillian O. [I6894] 1868-10-15 1957-10-18
    Sister     Eckert, Fannie Mildred [I6896] 1868 1948
         Eckert, Ellsworth [I6895] 1871 1928

Families

    Family of Eckert, Ellsworth and Clime, Susan [F2386]
Married Wife Clime, Susan [I7363] ( * 1873 + 1959 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Eckert, Bernice [I7364]
Eckert, Neva [I7365]1894-04-041990

Narrative

Note: Researching the family of Ellsworth Eckert

The majority of the records I have been able to find for Ellsworth, his wife, and his two daughters are US Census records, and even those have left me with some gaps in my searches. The following is a summary of their family history, based on what I have found so far.

After the 1885 State Census of Nebraska, which listed Ellsworth in his parents' household in Osceola, Polk Cty, Nebraska, the next record I have been able to find for him is the 1900 US Census listing in Webb City, Jasper Cty, Missouri for his household, including his Ohio-born wife Susie and his Nebraska-born daughters Bernice and Neva. I have not found a marriage record for Ellsworth and Susie yet, though her maiden name appears to be Clime (b. 1873, d. 1959), as shown on the photo of her gravestone listed on the FindaGrave.com website, in Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City. Unsourced online information (including the linked parents on the FindaGrave.com listing) suggests she was the daughter of Fred and Emma (Strauss) Clime, and there is a record from the 1880 US Census that lists the three of them together in a household in Delphos, Allen Cty, Ohio.

In the 1910 US Census, there is a listing in Webb City for Susie Eckert with daughters Bernice and Neva, now age eighteen and sxteen, respectively. In this record, Susie gives her status as married. This is the last confirmed record I have been able to find for Bernice, though I believe I have further information for her detailed below. Meanwhile, Ellsworth is listed living with his older sister Mary (Eckert) Campbell, her husband John A. Campbell, and her teenaged son Ralph in Plattevill, Weld Cty, Colorado, with his status listed as married.

In the 1920 US Census, Susie was listed again in Webb City, this time with only her daughter Neva included in her household; Susie gives her status as divorced. In that same year, Ellsworth was listed again in the household of his older sister Mary and her husband John, in Greeley, Weld Cty, Colorado; he gives his status as divorced, as well.

Ellsworth appears in the 1925 Iowa State Census living with his older sister Kate (Eckert) Utterback in Mills Cty, Iowa; he gives his marital status as widowed. This is the last confirmed record I have been able to find for Ellsworth, though I will note that his parents' marker is shared with a son "E. Eckert," with a death date of 1928 on the inscription. This would almost certainly be Ellsworth, though I have not found a confirmed death record for him. The inscription seems to give his year of birth as 1876, which conflicts with the presumed birth year I have of 1871.

In the 1930 US Census, Susie is listed as a boarder in a household in Joplin, Jasper Cty, Missouri, this time with her status given as widowed, which also seems to suggest that Ellsworth had died prior to 1930.

In the 1940 US Census, Susie is again listed in Joplin, this time with her daughter Neva, now a forty-six-year-old widow bearing the surname "Feree" on the form. Searches for Neva with this surname turn up a burial listing in the same cemetery as Susie, along with a listing for Jacob W. Ferree (b. 1894, d. 1928) with a stone that matches Neva's. I have not been able to find any marriage record for Neva and Jacob, though I have been able to find Neva's US Social Security Death Index record, confirming her death at the age of ninety-six. Her indexed obituary contains only two names of relatives, both indicated to be cousins, though I have not read the actual obituary text as of yet. Also, her listing in the 1930 US Census lists her as a boarder in a household in Kansas City, Jackson Cty, Missouri, as a thirty-six-year-old widow.

Returning to Bernice, I have not managed to find a marriage record for her yet, but the same unsourced online information mentioned above suggests her married name was Harrison. Searches for Bernice with this surname turn up both 1920 and 1930 US Census listings in Joplin for Kansas-born Willis R. Harrison with Nebraska-born wife Bernice B. Harrison, both listed as age twenty-eight and thirty-eight in the respective census records. Further searches for Willis found a burial listing in the aforementioned Mount Hope Cemetery for "W.R. Harrison," b. 1891, d. 1949) on the FindaGrave.com website. The supplemental information for this listing states "[S]pouse: Bernice Eckert b. 1891 in Nebraska d. 1930 in Joplin, Jasper, MO," though no burial listing for her exists on the website.

If we assume this information is correct, then it would appear that Bernice died sometime after the 1930 US Census (date on the form is 3 Apr 1930) at the age of thirty-eight or thirty-nine. No children appeared in her household in either 1920 or 1930, suggesting she had none prior to her death.

The information also suggests that Neva did not have any children; she and Jacob likely married sometime after 1920, and after his death no children appear with her in the subsequent census records.

By all accounts, then, Ellsworth seems likely to have died in 1928, and his daughter Bernice in 1930. Susie died in 1959, and Neva survived the rest of her family by several decades, dying in 1990. Ellsworth's line appears to have ended with her death.

Pedigree

  1. Eckert, John [I6890]
    1. Huffman, Elizabeth [I6877]
      1. Eckert, Mary M. [I6891]
      2. Eckert, Katherine [I6893]
      3. Eckert, Howard Samuel [I6892]
      4. Eckert, Fannie Mildred [I6896]
      5. Eckert, Lillian O. [I6894]
      6. Eckert, Ellsworth
        1. Clime, Susan [I7363]
          1. Eckert, Bernice [I7364]
          2. Eckert, Neva [I7365]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Kansas State Census of 1875 [S0391]
      • Citation:

        "Kansas State Census, 1875", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL66-TDZY : 15 August 2017), Elizabeth Eckert in entry for John Eckert, 1875.

        Event Date 1875
        Event Place Atchison, Kansas, United States
        John Eckert M 36 Switzerland
        Elizabeth Eckert F 36 Ohio
        Mary M Eckert F 16 Ohio
        Kate Eckert F 13 Ohio
        Samuel Eckert M 10 Illinois
        Lilley C Eckert F 8 Illinois
        Fannie M Eckert F 7 Illinois
        Elworth Eckert M 4 Illinois
        Charles Litten M 19 Ohio

  2. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPJ-HB2 : 12 August 2017), Elisabeth Eckert in household of John Eckert, Grasshopper, Atchison, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 7, sheet 440D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0372; FHL microfilm 1,254,372.

        Event Date 1880
        Event Place Grasshopper, Atchison, Kansas, United States
        John Eckert Self M 41 Switzerland
        Elisabeth Eckert Wife F 41 Ohio, United States
        Howard Eckert Son M 15 Illinois, United States
        Lillie Eckert Daughter F 13 Illinois, United States
        Fannie Eckert Daughter F 11 Illinois, United States
        Elsworth Eckert Son M 7 Illinois, United States

  3. Nebraska State Census of 1885 [S0402]
      • Citation:

        "Nebraska State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3F4-TTR : 24 August 2016), John Eckert, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M352 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 499,572.

        Event Year 1885
        Event Place , Osceola, Polk, Nebraska, United States
        John Eckert Head M 45
        Elizabeth Eckert Wife F 45
        Katie Eckert Daughter F 22
        Howard Eckert Son M 20
        Lillie Eckert Daughter F 18
        Fannie Eckert Daughter F 16
        Ellsworth Eckert Son M 14
        Annie Smoker Servant F 22
        T M Hayden Boarder M 28
        S J Peterson Boarder M 45
        Nels Peterson Boarder M 33
        Easton Hante Boarder M 41
        Edward Mcdonald Boarder M 25
        Jane Freelon Boarder M 28
        Lyman Clark Boarder M 26
        John S Harris Boarder M 26
        John S Cline Boarder M 23
        Thomas Hobbes Boarder M 27

  4. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3Z4-1HB : accessed 1 October 2017), Ellsworth Eckert, Joplin Township Webb city Ward 3, Jasper, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 4B, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,866.

        Event Year 1900
        Event Place Joplin Township Webb city Ward 3, Jasper, Missouri, United States
        Ellsworth Eckert Head M 30 Ohio
        Susie Eckert Wife F 27 Ohio
        Bernice Eckert Daughter F 9 Nebraska
        Neva Eckert Daughter F 6 Nebraska

  5. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK4L-X78 : accessed 7 November 2017), Elsworth Eckert in household of John A Campbell, Platteville, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 269, sheet 1A, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 126; FHL microfilm 1,374,139.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Platteville, Weld, Colorado, United States
        John A Campbell Head M 50 Iowa
        Mary Campbell Wife F 50 Ohio
        Ralph Campbell Son M 16 Nebraska
        Elsworth Eckert Lodger M 39 Illinois

  6. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLN-2TZ : accessed 1 October 2017), Ellsworth Eckert in household of John A Campbell, Greeley Ward 3, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing ED 270, sheet 11A, line 27, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 173; FHL microfilm 1,820,173.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Greeley Ward 3, Weld, Colorado, United States
        John A Campbell Head M 59 Iowa
        Mary M Campbell Wife F 59 Ohio
        Ellsworth Eckert Brother-in-law M 49 Illinois

  7. Iowa State Census of 1925 [S0381]
      • Citation:

        "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQQ-XWY3 : 24 August 2016), Kate Utterback, Mills, Mills, Iowa, United States; citing Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,429,456.

        Iowa State Census of 1825
        Emerson-Malvern, Mills, Iowa, United States
        EE Eckert M 53
        Kate Utterback F 63