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Husband: John Clarence LEMMONS
(2, 3, 4)
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AKA: John R. LEMONS 1
Birthdate: 22 Dec 1867
- Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA (2, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Death date: 5 May 1952
- Marquette, Hamilton, Nebraska, USA (2, 3, 5, 7)
Buried: May 1952 - Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, USA (5)
Addr: Aurora Memorial Cemetery, Highway 14, Aurora, Nebraska 68818-5321, USA
Father: William Ellsworth LEMMONS (1841-1906) (2, 9, 10, 11, 12)
Mother: Rebecca Catherine BLACKFORD (1840-1901) (2, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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Married: 19 Oct 1898 Place: Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, USA (3, 4, 14)
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Wife: Lida DANCE
(2, 3, 20)
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Birthdate: 24 Nov 1876
- Stanford, McLean, Illinois, USA (2, 5, 8, 21, 22)
Death date: 3 Jun 1944
- Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, USA (2, 3, 5)
Buried: Jun 1944 - Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, USA (5)
Addr: Aurora Memorial Cemetery, Highway 14, Aurora, Nebraska 68818-5321, USA
Father: William DANCE (1843-1917) (2, 4, 10, 23)
Mother: Julia Ellen (1854-1905) (2, 4, 10)
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Children
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1 F Irma Irene LEMMONS (2, 4, 6)
Birthdate: 9 Jul 1903 - South Platte Pct, Hamilton County, Nebraska, USA (3, 20, 24)
Death date: 7 May 1995 - Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, USA (20, 25, 26)
Buried: 11 May 1995 - Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, USA (20, 27)
Spouse: Richard Julius Bruno FENSTER (1900-1998) (20, 26, 28, 29)
Marr. Date: 24 Dec 1923 - Mankato, Jewell, Kansas, USA (4, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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Medical Notes (Husband)
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Cause of Death: Suicide; gunshot to head (34)
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Burial Notes (Wife)
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Gravestone transcription: Lida Lemmons, November 24, 1876 -June 03, 1944.
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Source Citations
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1. United States Federal Census, (Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New
Jersey; 1870), Pg. 40, Lines 20-24. Repository: Ancestry.com Images
Online. Cit. Date: 24 Dec 2003
2. Shirley M. (Deichmann) Fenster. Repository: FENSTER, Dale & Shirley, 2323
Wagon Wheel Road, Nampa, Idaho 83651, USA.
3. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family
Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003), Lemmons family listings by
Irma Irene Lemmons-Fenster. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route
1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA.
4. Leonard & Margaret Johnson, "Family History of William Dance", (compiled
August 15, 2000) Rec. Date: 4 Sep 2001. Repository: McCarty, Bill and
Karen, 10001 W. Frontage Rd #239, South Gate, California 90280.
5. Michelle Thompson-Larson, "Aurora Memorial Cemetery - Gravestone Photos &
Transcriptions", (Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE; gravestones & markers
photographed, transcribed, & indexed; 1994-2001.) Repository: Larson, Dean
& Michelle, 212 East 9th Street, Waterloo, Iowa 50703, USA.
6. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family
Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003). Repository: Rasmussen,
Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA.
7. Ibid, Note on 'Producers' paper. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris,
Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA.
8. United States Federal Census, (South Platte Precinct, Hamilton County,
Nebraska; 1900), Image 11, ED77, Sheet 6A, Date: 16 June, Line 16-17,
Dwelling & family 100, Head of Household: Lemmons, John H. Repository:
Ancestry.com Images Online.
9. How a Jerseyman Did a Brave Deed, (unknown Newspaper; New Jersey; July 22 --
Special). Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59,
Marquette, NE 68854, USA.
10. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen, "My Family Register", (Marquette, Hamilton Co.,
NE), 8. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette,
NE 68854, USA.
11. Bob MacAvoy - correspondent, 18 Sept 2002; Subj: CW Veteran William
Lemmons. Repository: MacAvoy, Bob.
12. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family
Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003), 1. Repository:
Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA.
13. A Sussex County Hobson, (unknown Newspaper, New Jersey, 1899).
Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854,
USA. RE: William E. Lemmons' U.S. Civil War service.
14. Marriage Record: Lemmons, John C. & Lida Dance, (Hamilton Co., Nebraska,
Marriage Record D, pg. 363, Filed 20 Oct 1898.)
15. Sussex County, New Jersey Marriage Books, (Newton, Sussex Co., NJ), Book B,
record #275. Repository: Sussex County New Jersey Marriages. Cit. Date:
16 Aug 2006. Cathy DiPietro (list admin NJSussex at Rootsweb) provided
information on Blackford-Lemmons marriage [Email, 22 Oct 2002,
vdpcom@warwick.net]
16. Harold Smith - correspondent, Email address: 23 Dec 2002, Subj: Lemmons Family
Plot. Repository: SMITH, Harold, , New Jersey, USA. Cit. Date: 26 Dec
2003
17. Ibid, "Descendants of John Blackford", (Email address: 23 Dec 2002, Subj: Rebecca
Blackford Ancestry), Pg. 10. Repository: SMITH, Harold, , New Jersey, USA.
Cit. Date: 21 Sep 2004
18. United States Federal Census, (Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New
Jersey; 1850), Pg. 166, Line 3-9, Dwelling 150, Family 157, Household of
William Blackford. Repository: Ancestry.com Images Online.
19. Ibid, Pg. 165-166, Lines 39-44, Dwelling 149, Family 156, Household of
Stephen R. Blackford. Repository: Ancestry.com Images Online.
20. Aurora News-Register, Irma Fenster, (Aurora, Hamilton Co., Nebraska;
Published 10 May 1995). Repository: Aurora News-Register, 1320 K St., P.O.
Box 70, Aurora, Nebraska 68818-0070, USA.
21. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen & Irma Irene (Lemmons) Fenster, "Family
Keepsakes/History", (continuously updated; 2003), 06/14/2001 Lemmons family
listings by Irma Irene Lemmons-Fenster. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and
Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA.
22. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen, "My Family Register", (Marquette, Hamilton Co.,
NE), 7. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette,
NE 68854, USA.
23. Michelle Thompson-Larson, "Aurora Memorial Cemetery - Gravestone Photos &
Transcriptions", (Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE; gravestones & markers
photographed, transcribed, & indexed; 1994-2001.), Sec. 9, Lot 23, Owner:
Wm. Dance. Repository: Larson, Dean & Michelle, 212 East 9th Street,
Waterloo, Iowa 50703, USA. Lot contains 8 markers: 1 family & 7
individual. unknown if all gravestones mark actual burials. Early cemetery
records were lost to fire.
24. Edna VonHausen-Crow-Stohl-Anderson - correspondent.
25. Dale L. Fenster. Repository: FENSTER, Dale & Shirley, 2323 Wagon Wheel
Road, Nampa, Idaho 83651, USA.
26. Aurora News-Register, Obituary of Richard Fenster, (Aurora, Hamilton
county, NE; September 2, 1998).
27. Michelle Thompson-Larson, "Aurora Memorial Cemetery - Gravestone Photos &
Transcriptions", (Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE; gravestones & markers
photographed, transcribed, & indexed; 1994-2001.), photos taken 1996 & 2000,
double marker. Repository: Larson, Dean & Michelle, 212 East 9th Street,
Waterloo, Iowa 50703, USA.
28. Aurora News-Register, Hold Last Rites for Alvena Fenster Here Saturday,
(Aurora, Hamilton Co., NE; Published March 1960). Repository: Aurora
News-Register, 1320 K St., P.O. Box 70, Aurora, Nebraska 68818-0070, USA.
29. United States Federal Census, (Otis Precinct, Hamilton County, Nebraska;
1900), ED4-75, Sheet 5A-B, 11 June 1900, Dwelling/Family 84, Household of
Jacob H. Fenster. Repository: Ancestry.com Images Online.
30. "Marriage Record of Richard J.B. Fenster & Irma Irene Lemmons", (Jewell
County, Kansas, Record #42722, pg. 322, December 24, 1923).
31. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen, "My Family Register", (Marquette, Hamilton Co.,
NE), pg. 100-107 by Irma Irene (nee Lemmons) Fenster. Repository:
Rasmussen, Edgar and Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA.
32. Newspaper: unknown, News article printed after Monday, Dec. 24, 1923.
33. The Independant, (Grand Island, Hall Co., Nebraska), Today's Obituaries:
Area Deaths, Sunday, August 30, 1998, Richard Fenster.
34. Doris (Fenster) Rasmussen, 01 July 2002. Repository: Rasmussen, Edgar and
Doris, Route 1 Box 59, Marquette, NE 68854, USA.