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Note N3842 Index

"Mrs. Kenneth Gardner..LEOTI--Mrs. Lucille L. Gardner, 44, died Sunday at her home in Leoti after a short illness.
Born June 17, 1928, at Marienthal, she was married June 1, 1950 at Raton, N.M. She was owner and operator of the Crescent Cafe at Leoti, and had lived here most of her life. She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary.
Survivors include the widower; two sons, Larry and Carl, both of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Silvia Taylor, Leoti, Mrs. Charles Dizmang, Leoti, and Mrs. Austin Glen, Denver, Colo.; two brothers, Deloras Lauber, Leoti, and William Lauber, 1012 N. 7th Garden City.
Funeral will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church, Leoti, the Rev. Glen Epp officiating. Burial will be in Leoti Cemetery. Friends may call until service time at the Weinmann-Price Funeral Home, Leoti."--11 Dec 1972, Garden City (KS) Telegram

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Note N3843 Index

"Leoti Boy Killed When Car Hits Train..--LEOTI--Jerry Gardner, 17-year-old Leoti high school youth, was killed instantly Saturday when the car he was driving crashed into a Missouri Pacific passenger train four miles west of here. The fatal car-train collision occurred at a grade crossing while Gardner was en route to Leoti for a school play practice.
According to Trooper Derald Kauffman, he was alone at the time of the accident. He lived on a farm 11 miles north of Selkirk in west Wichita County.
Skid tracks on the county road indicated Gardner had attempted to stop before ramming into the train. The vehicle was thrown to one side of the right-of-way by the impace, Kauffman said.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gardner. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The death was Wichita county's first traffic fatality of 1956."--26 Nov 1956, Garden City (KS) Telegram

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Note N3844 Index

"OBITUARY Mahala Ann, daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth Gardner, was born at Poplar Plains, Fleming county, Kentucky, August 13, 1854. Died at her home in Council Grove, Kansas, Nov. 1, 1930, aged 76 years, 8 months and 18 days.
At eleven years of age, she with her parents moved from Kentucky to Indiana, in 1865. Three years later the family moved to Kansas, locating near Perry, Jefferson county.
She was married to E. Rl Hotchkiss, December 24, 1871. Five children were born to this union, two of which survive her. Mr. Hotchkiss passed away four years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Hotchkiss and children moved from Perry, Kansas to Kelso, Kansas in 1894, living there until May, 1905, when they moved to Council Grove, which place has been their home ever since. Mrs. Hotchkiss united with the Methodist church when only 13 years old. She was also an active member of the Women's Relief Corps until failing health prevented her further attendance.
Surviving relatives are the two sons, E.J. and F.M. Hotchkiss of Manhattan, Kansas, seven grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Celia Hill of Leavenworth, Kansas, a brother, A.S. Gardner of Quenemo, Kansas, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Other relatives attending the funeral were: Mr. Valentine Hill of Leavenworth; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thomalson and son, Leavenworth; Mr. and Mrs. John Able, and Mr. Albert Williamson of Pehhy; Mr. A. Williamson and Everett Williamson, of Grantville; Mrs. Lulu Tyner and Mrs. Lizzie Snider of Topeka."--10 Nov 1930, Council Grove (KS) Republican

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Note N3846 Index

Winfred Liebrich's research gives a date of 26 May 1836

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Note N3847 Index

Passenger #131 on ship "Ina Russell" arr 25 Aug 1862 at NY from France, with daughter Anna and husband Frederick

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Note N3848 Index

Passenger #132 on ship "Ina Russell" arr 25 Aug 1862 at NY from France, with mother Dorothea and husband Frederick

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Note N3849 Index

Arrived with mother, August, Elisabeth and Catharina on ship "Frisia" from Hamburg on 9 Sep 1874.

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Note N3850 Index

Arrived with mother, August, Elisabeth and Catharina on ship "Frisia" from Hamburg on 9 Sep 1874.

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Note N3852 Index

Arrived 10 May 1873 on ship "Columbus" from Bremen, going to "Wiskonsin". Lines 20-22 on manifest.