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Elizabeth 'Savannah' (Dumbauld) Kreger |
Clarinda "Savannah" Dumbauld was born in 1857 in Somerset County, PA, the daughter of Jonathan Cable and Elizabeth (Dull) Dumbauld.
She wed Silas Kreger (1856-1916), whose father Bernard Kreger was an immigrant from Prussia.
Immediately after marriage, the couple set off for new farming opportunities in the flatlands of Illinois.
Their six children were Ira Kreger, Myrtle Hildebrand, Pearl Garvin, George Kreger, Ray Albert Kreger, Elsie F. Judd and Ruby F. Tjaden Bird.
Circa 1880, the U.S. Census shows them residing in Bradford Township, Lee County, IL, where 24-year-old Silas was a farmer. Later, by 1910, they relocated to Lostant, Hope Township, LaSalle County, IL. The census of 1910 shows Silas continuing to be a farm laborer, with his 24-year-old unmarried son Ray -- a graduate of the Chicago Veterinary College -- operating a general practice as a veterinary surgeon; 20-year-old daughter Elsie employed as a post office clerk; and 18-year-old daughter Ruby a school teacher.
Sadly, Silas died in Lostant at the age of 65 in May 1916. An obituary in Somerset County's Meyersdale Commercial headlined that he "died in the west" and that his father had been "an early settler in the Turkeyfoot region." His brother in law Peter Dumbauld traveled from Somerset to Illinois to attend the funeral service and burial.
Savannah was still alive when named in the 1928 Connellsville Daily Courier obituary of her brother George. Her fate has disappeared from our view.
~ Daughter Myrtle (Kreger) Hildebrand/Hiltabrand ~
Daughter Myrtle Kreger ( ? - ? ) was born in (?).
She wed (?) Hildebrand/Hiltabrand ( ? - ? ).
Myrtle made her residence in Santa Monica, CA in 1960.
~ Son Ira Kreger ~
Son Ira Kreger ( ? - ? )
~ Son Raymond Kreger ~
Son Raymond Kreger ( ? - ? ) was born in (?).
He was a graduate of the Chicago Veterinary College and operated a general veterinary surgeon's practice.
~ Daughter Ruby (Kreger) Tjaden Bird ~
Daughter Ruby Kreger ( ? - ? ) was born on (?).
She was an unmarried school teacher in 1910 and was still single in 1916.
Ruby entered into marriage with (?) Tjaden ( ? - ? ).
Then by 1973, she had tied the marital cord with (?) Bird.
She lived in Santa Monica, CA in 1960.
~ Daughter Pearl (Kreger) Garvin ~
Daughter Pearl Kreger ( ? -1960) was born on Jan. 8, 1881 in Franklin Grove, IL. Her maiden name often was spelled "Kregor" in later years.
On Aug. 6, 1903, in Bloomington, IL, she tied the knot with John Garvin ( ? - ? ).
The pair put down roots on a farm north of Wenona, IL and hosted a Christmas dinner in 1933. Then in 1957, they pulled up stakes and moved to Santa Monica, CA.
Sadly, Pearl died in 1960.
The widowed John remained in Wenona and shared a home in 1964 with his daughter Lois Morrison, who was in ill health. On the night of June 5, 1964, he returned home at 11:30 p.m. only to find that his daughter had died.
Daughter Lois Garvin (1905-1964) was born on Jan. 2, 1905 in Wenona, IL. She is known to have been a 1923 graduate of Wenona High School and then attended Illinois Wesleyan University. Lois married (?) Morrison. She was the mother of Mary Catherine Radtke. Lois resided in Joliet for some time before a migration to California. She stayed in California for two decades and then returned in about 1962 to Wenona. She was in ill health in 1964 and lived with her widowed father in Wenona. She held a membership in St. John's Methodist Church. Sadness cascaded over the family when, on the evening of Jan. 5, 1964, the 59-year-old Lois died at home while her father was out. He discovered her body upon his return home about 11:30 p.m. Funeral rites were held in the family church, led by Rev. Richard McGuire. Interment was in Hope Cemetery in Lostant. An obituary appeared in the Bloomington Pantagraph.
- Granddaughter Mary Catherine Morrison (?) wed (?) Radtke. She resided in Mill Valley, CA in 1964 and had one daughter, Peggy Radtke.
~ Daughter Elsie Fay (Kreger) Judd ~
Daughter Elsie Fay Kreger (1889-1973) was born two days before Christmas 1889 in Hope, LaSalle County, IL. Her offspring spelled her maiden name as "Kregor."
She was single and employed as a post office clerk in Lostant, LaSalle County in 1910.
On Dec. 1, 1911, in Bloomington, IL, Elsie married Orrel Perry Judd (Jan. 2, 1883-1933), son of Nelson "Perry" and Elizabeth (Wilson) Judd. An announcement in the Henry News-Republican spelled her maiden name as "Kregor" and said that the "bride and groom expect to reside in Wenona." Within a few weeks, they moved to Eureka, IL.
Six offspring born to the couple were Ruth Baldwin, Roger W. Judd, Marshall "Keith" Judd, Verne Judd, Max Judd and Donald Judd.
The couple lived in Lostant, IL in 1920 and 1930, with Orrel variously earning a living as a farmer, insurance agent, house painter and scale inspector for a local grain elevator. They are known to have moved to Canada and stayed for about two years, returning to Lostant circa March 1933.
Orrel died unexpectedly at the age of 50 on Dec. 12, 1933. The Streator Times said that death occurred"
...following an illness of but a few moments duration. Mr. Judd arose as usual this morning, and left at the accustomed hour to join the men engaged in county road work. Shortly before nine o'clock he complained of pain in his chest, to Ray O. Barr, road commissioner, who removed him to his home in Lostant. Before a physician could be summoned, Mr. Judd passed on... He was well known throughout the community where he spent all his life.
At Christmas of that year, the widowed Elsie attended a family dinner given by her sister Pearl Garvin in Wenona, IL.
Elsie made a relocation to Southern California and put down roots in Santa Monica, CA.
Sadly, Elsie outlived three of her sons. She died at Beverly Manor nursing home in Santa Monica on Sept. 14, 1973. An obituary was printed in the Streator (IL) Times. Funeral rites were conducted in the First Methodist Church in town.
Daughter Ruth Judd (1913- ? ) was born in about 1913. She tied the knot with George Baldwin. They were in Santa Monica, CA in 1945-1973.
Son Roger W. Judd (1915- ? ) was born in about 1915. He made his residence in 1945 in Lostant. Sadly, he was deceased by 1973.
Son Marshall "Keith" Judd (1916-1962) was born in 1916. He dwelled in Los Angeles in 1945. The angel of death cleaved him away in 1962.
Son Verne Judd (1917-1945) was born on Dec. 1, 1917 in Lostant, LaSalle County, IL. He attended public schools in town until his father's untimely death in 1933. Verne then relocated with his widowed mother and siblings to Southern California and was a graduate of Venice High School and studied at Santa Monica Junior College. In young manhood he was employed by the Occidental Life Insurance Company and the Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica. Verne joined the U.S. Army during World War II and was placed in the 304th Infantry, 76th Division. He was part of General George Patton's Third Army, known as the "Onaway Division," having adopted the name from a war cry of the Chippewa Indians. He trained at Camp Kearns, UT and the Michigan College of Mining and Technology at Houghton. In May 1944, he was transferred to Camp McCoy, WI and then deployed to the Europe Theater in November 1944. Tragically, he was wounded in action on Feb. 7, 1945 and taken to an army hospital in Berbourg. There, he slipped away 10 days later on on Feb. 17, 1945. His remains sleep in honored rest in Luxembourg American Cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg. An obituary appeared in the Streator (IL) Times.
Son Max Duane Judd (1920-1996) was born in 1920. He dwelled in 1973 in Santa Monica, CA. He was spirited away into the heavenly host in 1996.
Son Don Kinsey Judd (1927-2002) was born in 1927. He also made a residence in Santa Monica in the early 1970s. He died in 2002.
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