Family Names

I've been thinking about Grandpa Libby's middle name being Ellison rather than Everett. I hadn't looked at my information about his mother's side of the family (the Adcocks from Tennessee).

Grandpa Libby (Edward Ellison)'s mother was Sarah, and HER father's name was James Ellison Adcock.

Okay, now it makes sense. He was named after his maternal grandfather.

I am very curious about Agnes Everett Wescott Libby, Edward's wife. It's a rather odd name to give to a girl! Hmmmmmm....

What Do You Know?

Grandma and Grandpa Libby with their granddaughters.

I was just looking at WWI Draft Registration Cards on-line. Don't know why I didn't catch it before, but Grandpa Libby's middle name was NOT Everett, as I had thought.

His card says (and is signed) Edward Ellison Libby, born 15 Oct 1874, and his wife's name is Agnes Everett Libby. They are living at 2415 E 32nd street in Minneapolis.

Also living at that address, and registering for the draft are Horace E (23) and James Lyman, (19), their sons.

I wonder how Grandma Libby got the middle name "Everett." It sounds like a man's name. It couldn't be her maiden name, as that was Wescott. And her father's name was Otis H (don't know what the H is for).

Oak Hill Cemetery

This summer I went to Oak Hill several times. I was apparently rather oblivious as a child, because I had NO idea there were so many family members buried there - and mostly in just one area!!

Near the main entrance:

Joseph T and Sarah E Libby (my great-great grandparents)
Allen D and Hannah J Libby (Joseph's younger brother and wife)
their son Byron J Libby

Near the entrance on 59th street:

Grace (Libby) and Gustav Lohman (my maternal grandparents)
Gertrude (Libby) and Harry Van Doren (Grace's sister)
Allan Spranger (Helen's husband - Helen is Gertrude's daughter and my mother's cousin)

Just down a bit along the fence:

Richard Lohman (my mother's brother)
Connie Lohman (Richard's first wife, who died of polio in the early 50s)
Jeffery Lohman (Richard and Char's son and my cousin who died of leukemia at age 7)

Agnes and Edward E Libby (my great-grandparents... Edward was Joseph and Sarah's son)
Horace H Wescott (Agnes' brother)
Agnes' mother Sadie Tomlinson
Sadie's mother Mary Smith and her second husband Edward Smith (although there are no grave markers for them)
Sadie's half brother Edward Smith

Edward Libby's four sisters and their husbands:

Ora and Charles Custer
Ada and Leonard Huttner
May and William Peterson
Alice and Harry Lobdell

Alice's children - no names, just a stone saying "BABIES"

Ada's daughter Margaret Trondson
William's parents, Christian and Sophie Peterson
Ora's daughter-in-law Edyth L Cline Custer
Ora's granddaughter Gladys Mae (who died just short of her 2nd birthday)

Harry Lobdell's parents Levi and Ethel Lobdell
His brother Jerome and his wife
Lewis and Jennie Libby (Allen's son and wife)
Edward D Libby, their son

Donald (Uncle Bus) and his wife Gertrude Libby (in another area of the cemetery)

Whew! There are a few more that I haven't mentioned, and a few that I'm still trying to figure out if they are related.

For example, next to Horace Wescott is a stone with the name Minnie S. O'Dell. And just across the road an up a bit is a Carrie O'Dell Rasmussen. Char said that Minnie's name sounds familiar but she wasn't sure who she is. Muriel might remember.

And there is a Thomas Wesley and Sallie C Bowman next to Edward D Libby and Louis and Jennie Libby.... A daughter, perhaps? I finally found them in the census, but with the spelling "Boman"... and I cannot figure out how they could relate to any family members. "Tis a puzzlement," to quote the King of Siam!

Always more to explore. I read recently that genealogy is the hobby where one question leads to (at least) two more! Ack - it's an endless loop! But I enjoy it.

Good night!