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Ancestors of Lura Louise Abrams

Generation No. 3


      4. Charles Henry Abrams, born February 03, 1850 in Bloomington, Illinois; died July 07, 1922 in Bloomington, Illinois. He was the son of 8. Samuel Abrams and 9. Sarah Ann Spragg. He married 5. Emma Louise Peters August 18, 1875 in McLean County Illinois.

      5. Emma Louise Peters, born February 18, 1859; died January 28, 1939 in Bloomington, Illinois. She was the daughter of 10. Joseph Peters and 11. Magdalina Emma Lutz.
     
Children of Charles Abrams and Emma Peters are:
  2 i.   Clarence Lee Abrams, born April 02, 1881 in Bloomington, Illinois; died March 29, 1948 in Oakland, California; married Ethel Blackwell November 1907 in Bloomington, Illinois.
  ii.   Minnie May Schenk Abrams
  iii.   Ida Belle Ragland Abrams, married George W. Ragland July 15, 1895 in McLean County Illinois.


      6. Thomas Spencer Lee Blackwell, born May 06, 1861 in Tiffin Ohio; died May 07, 1939 in Bloomington, Illinois, Park Hill Cemetery. He was the son of 12. Robert A Blackwell and 13. Jeanette Ginnett Lee. He married 7. Mary Ellen Kraus September 11, 1884 in Bloomington, Ill..

      7. Mary Ellen Kraus, born January 16, 1867 in Fort Hamilton, New York; died November 16, 1937 in Bloomington, Illinois, Park Hill Cemetery. She was the daughter of 14. John Kraus/August Falk and 15. Mary Ellen Sweeny.

More About Thomas Spencer Lee Blackwell:
Fact 1: Thomas was an engineer for the Chicago
Fact 2: Alton Railroad, and did the Bloomington to
Fact 3: Jacksonville run. He was tall and thin and
Fact 4: always wore a straw hat tipped to the side.
Fact 5: He was know as Pa to everyone.

More About Mary Ellen Kraus:
Fact 1: Mary was the daughter of Mary Sweeney,
Fact 2: a nurse in the Civil War for General Hancock.
Fact 3: She had a great sense for adventure and
Fact 4: came to California many times after her
Fact 5: daughters moved out west. She was known
Fact 6: as Ma to everyone.
     
Children of Thomas Blackwell and Mary Kraus are:
  3 i.   Ethel Blackwell, born January 11, 1886 in Bloomington, Illinois; died January 26, 1975 in Hayward, California; married Clarence Lee Abrams November 1907 in Bloomington, Illinois.
  ii.   Myrtle Blackwell, born September 19, 1888 in Bloomington, Ill.; died April 22, 1956 in Bloomington, Ill; married Arthur Dornaus; born September 28, 1887 in Manitowic, Wis.; died 1956 in Bloomington, Ill..
  iii.   Mae Blackwell, born September 11, 1889 in Bloomington, Ill.; died November 1978 in Laguna Beach, Ca; married Fred McElhenny; died in Bloomington, Ill.
  iv.   Harriet Blackwell, born February 09, 1891 in Bloomington, Ill.; died March 30, 1969 in San Fernando, Ca; married Edward Logan Piper October 01, 1913 in McLean Co. Il; born August 05, 1886 in Dale Twp. McLean Co. Il.; died August 02, 1986 in California.
  v.   Pearl Blackwell, born December 02, 1892 in Bloomington, Ill.; died September 28, 1986 in San Jose,Ca; married Francis Cleary.
  vi.   Ruth Blackwell, born May 29, 1899 in Bloomington, Ill.; died April 1979 in Santa Rosa, Ca; married Harold Bolla.
  vii.   Luise Blackwell, born Abt. 1902 in Bloomington, Ill.; died June 11, 1934 in Los Angeles, Ca; married Bill Rovens.
  More About Luise Blackwell:
Fact 1: Luise died in childbirth, and Bill later
Fact 2: married Madeline and had two more children.

  viii.   Madlyn Blackwell, born January 10, 1910 in Bloomington, Ill.; died March 23, 1994 in Medford, Oregon; married Bill Rovens; born November 05, 1906; died August 03, 1975 in San Francisco, Ca..


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