Ohio Family Group Sheet for the Clarence Elmer Gill Family

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Submitted by: Sallie Lou Morris Nelson
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Husband: Clarence Elmer GILL
Birthdate: 20 Mar 1870
Birthplace: Laura, Miami Co., Ohio
Death date: 1 Jun 1946
Place of death: Logansport, Indiana
Father: John B. GILL
Mother: Minerva J. YOUNT

Marriage date: 24 Aug 1889
Marriage place: Miami Co., Ohio

Wife: Gula 'Elma' JONES
Birthdate: 11 Nov 1871
Birthplace: Bradford/Laura?, Ohio
Death date: 23 Jul 1944
Place of death: Logansport, Indiana
Father: Lyman W. JONES
Mother: Ermina PEIRCE

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Dulcia 'Ada' GILL
Birthdate: 28 Nov 1889 Laura,? Ohio
Spouses' names: Edward Peter KINZIG
Marriage date: 20 Dec 1910 Columbus, Ohio
Death date: 7 Feb 1972 Columbus, Ohio

Child No. 2: Jessie Loretta GILL
Birthdate: 10 Feb 1892 Laura,? Ohio
Spouses' names: Raymond ORR
Marriage date: 4 Dec 1915? Logansport,? Indiana
Death date: Jul 1983 Hollywood, Broward Co., Florida

Child No. 3: Ermina Minerva GILL
Birthdate: 10 Dec 1894 Laura,? Ohio
Spouses' names: Charles T. BENNET
Marriage date: ca 1918 Logansport, Indiana?
Death date: 6 Jan 1985 Harvey, Illinois

Child No. 4: Esther Lillian GILL
Birthdate: 19 Jan 1897 Ohio
Spouses' names: Russell Thomas HILDEBRANDT
Marriage date: 12 May 1917 Crown Point, Indiana
Death date: 13 Jun 1949 Gary, Indiana

Child No. 5: Faye Edison GILL
Birthdate: 16 Jul 1899 Ohio
Spouses' names: [1] Felistis Jeanette BRINER [2] Mary Lou MINNEMAN
Marriage date: [1] 23 Jun 1923 div Peru, Indiana [2] 8 Jun 1944 div Logansport, Indiana
Death date: 6 May 1988 Lafayette, Indiana

Child No. 6: Margaret Leone GILL
Birthdate: 15 Mar 1902 Bradford, Ohio
Spouses' names: Walter DAGGOTT
Marriage date: 18 Jun 1923 Logansport, Indiana
Death date: 6 Nov 1985 LaGrange, Illinois

Child No. 7: Clyde Clark GILL
Birthdate: 30 Mar 1905 Bradford,? Ohio
Spouses' names: Merva L. CASSIDY
Marriage date:
Death date: 20 Aug 1980 Jackson, Michigan

Child No. 8: Merrill Robert GILL
Birthdate: 9 May 1907 Bradford,? Ohio
Spouses' names: Doris unknown
Marriage date: Benton Harbor, Michigan
Death date: 8 Jun 1976 Dowagiac, Cass Co., Michigan

Child No. 9: Charles Jay GILL
Birthdate: 22 Jun 1909 Bradford, Ohio
Spouses' names: [1] Jeanette unknown [2] Lorraine McBRIDE
Marriage date: [2] 1 Apr 1961 Illinois
Death date: 12 Jul 1972 Chicago, Illinois

Child No. 10: Joseph YOUNT GILL
Birthdate: 13 Oct 1911 Bradford, Ohio
Spouses' names: Clara GALLOWAY
Marriage date: 1 Aug 1947 div Logansport, Indiana
Death date: 4 Mar 1987 Kokomo, Indiana

Child No. 11: Lucille E. GILL
Birthdate: 26 Jan 1915 Logansport, Indiana
Spouses' names: [1] Robert BOEGLI [2] Howard SHINKLE [3] Walter ROSS
Marriage date: [1] 1935 div Illinois?
Death date: 27 Nov 1984 Hollywood, Florida

Documentation:
* Clarance Elmer GILL and Gula Elma JONES marriage certificate Miami Co., Ohio Bk 3 Pg 450;
* Both of their death certificates and obituaries;
* Logansport Pharos-Tribune Newspaper articles and picture of their 50th and 51st Wedding Aniversaries;
* 1930 US Census Indiana, Cass Co., Eel Twp., Part of Ward 1;
* Family pictures;

Notes:
* Clarence Elmer GILL and Gula Elma JONES are my great grandparents. We called them Papa and Mama GILL. They had a sweet Bulldog, Boy GILL. Papa retired as a Conductor on Pennsylvania RR. Mama had a big hump on her back.
* Son Charles Jay GILL was robbed and brutally murdered in his room in Chicago. His horrible death ended a valiant and loving life. He was greatly loved by his niece, great niece and great great niece.
* Three GILL brothers served: Faye Edison US Army in Alaska, Merrill Robert US Army, and Charles Jay US Navy serving on USS Missouri, USS South Dakota & USS San Francisco. He participated in the capitulation and occupation of the Japanese Empire, 15 Aug-20 Sep 1945.