The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

Richard J. "Dick" Quadri

M, #1326, d. 28 December 2016

Parents

Father	Albert J. Quadri
Mother	Lillian "lil" Sabatini

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BASIC FACTS

Richard J. "Dick" Quadri died on 28 December 2016.¹

Richard J. "Dick" Quadri had reference number 1328. Obituary - Lilian (Sabtini) Quadry (mother of Richard J. Quadri)

Lillian "Lil" Sabatini Quadri, age 99, died Sunday, May 26, 2013 at Forestview Health Care at Springhill. She was born November 5, 1913 in Erie, a daughter of the late Felix and Albina DiPiero Sabatini. She had co-owned and operated Al's Awning Shop with her husband. She was a member of the Tuscany Club and an active member of the Blessed Sacrament Church. Lil was also involved with Prep mother's. She was preceded in death by her husband Albert J. Quadri; a son David J. Quadri; a brother Raymond Sabatini, and three sisters Josephine Kwiatowski, Adeline Cacchione and Anita Ferraro. She is survived by one son Richard J. "Dick" Quadri and his wife Frances; one brother Leroy Sabatini; and two sisters, Rose Agostini and Margaret Baldini, all of Erie. Also surviving are many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to call at the the John R. Orlando Funeral Home, Inc., 2122 Raspberry Street, Inc., on Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and are invited to attend a funeral service there on Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church, 1626 West 26th Street at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made the Alzheimer's Association Greater PA Chapter, 1128 State Street, Erie, PA 16501. To send condolences visit www.orlandofuneralhome.com.

Citations

[S8625] Letter from Frances "Fran" (Reynolds) Quadri dated 2020-04-05

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Judy Unknown

F, #1327

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Family: Gary Reynolds

Daughter	Janine Reynolds
Daughter	Vanessa Reynolds

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Janine Reynolds

F, #1328

Parents

Father	Gary Reynolds
Mother	Judy Unknown

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Vanessa Reynolds

F, #1329

Parents

Father	Gary Reynolds
Mother	Judy Unknown

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Roy Helm¹

M, #1330

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Family: Leona Martindale

Daughter

Irene G. Helm

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[S8881] Marriage License - Willard J. Humpal and Irene G. Helm

J. J. Unknown

F, #1331

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Leona Martindale¹

F, #1332

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Family: Roy Helm

Daughter

Irene G. Helm

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[S8881] Marriage License - Willard J. Humpal and Irene G. Helm

Eliza Unknown

F, #1333

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John F. "Jack" Hillman¹

M, #1334, b. 15 April 1879

Parents

Father	John Hillman, Jr. (b. 1843, d. 21 January 1897)
Mother	Sarah Margaret Mathews (b. 16 August 1847, d. 17 March 1925)

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BASIC FACTS

John F. "Jack" Hillman was born on 15 April 1879 in Burnet Co., Texas.^1,2

John F. "Jack" Hillman had reference number 1336.

Citations

[S360] 1880 Census, Texas (Soundex)
[S706] 1900 Soundex, Oklahoma

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George Washington Zuver^1,2,3

M, #1335, b. 7 December 1846, d. 18 March 1927

Parents

Father	Solomon P. Zuver
Mother	Julia Ann Kerns

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Family: Martha Jane "Jane" Hillman (b. 5 January 1850, d. 4 January 1944)

Son	James Byron Zuver+ (b. 11 March 1871, d. 7 June 1944)
Daughter	Julia Eliza Zuver+ (b. 8 March 1872, d. 31 December 1928)
Daughter	Fronia Robb Zuver+ (b. 20 January 1874, d. 4 October 1958)
Daughter	Sarah Catherine "Sadie" Zuver (b. 20 September 1876, d. 26 May 1961)
Son	Clarence Romine Zuver (b. 5 July 1880, d. 14 September 1956)

BASIC FACTS

George Washington Zuver was born on 7 December 1846 in Cannan, Wayne Co., Ohio.^2,3,4,5 He and Martha Jane "Jane" Hillman were married on 5 June 1870 in Johnson Co., Nebraska.^6,4 He died on 18 March 1927, at age 80, in Geneva, Fillmore Co., Nebraska.⁴ He was buried in Highland Cemetery, Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska.

George Washington Zuver had reference number 1337. He was a Farmer. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF GAGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA - 1888

George W. Zuver, whose farm is situated on section 15 of Hooker Township, is one of the representative citizens of the county in all that goes to make the American gentleman, and not excluding that feature which is peculiarly incidental to this country, that is, the fact that he is a self-made man, having commenced life for himself at the age of sixteen years, with nothing but his education as a fulcrum, and his ambitious, irrepressible energy and good physique as the lever.
Our subject is the son of Solomon and Julia Zuver. (See sketch of B. P. Zuver). His father was a merchant in Canaan, Ohio, and was one of the prominent business men of the place, but by reason of an over confidence in the people among whom he lived he became financially embarrassed, and moved to Iowa in 1856, settled at Mason City, and there kept the Farmers' Hotel, which was liberally patronized, and also after a time was the owner of a valuable farm. Their family numbered five children, whose names are recorded as Byron P., Sarah S., John H. (deceased), our subject, and Henry (deceased). The wife and mother was laid away to rest in Ohio, her death occurring when she was thirty years of age.
Mr. Zuver made his entrance upon the stage of the terrestrial on the 7th day of December, 1846, at Kernan, Ohio, and began his schooling at the age of nine years, when his father had removed to Iowa. At fifteen years of age he began to work upon the farm and remained on it for about one year, and then made his way to Idaho City in the Territory of that name. He crossed the plains in company with his father and several young men from Iowa, starting by the overland route in May, 1864, reaching Idaho City on August 15. He continued one year in the gold mines of that State, making $4 per diem. In the summer of 1866, with pick, shovel and frying-pan, he started on a prospecting tour through the mountains, and opened up a place known as Diamond Gulch, and here found that which repaid him for his toil, labor and danger. He remained here one year, and then returned to Waterloo, Iowa, with a harvest of $2,000.
Upon returning to Waterloo our subject bought an interest in the Valley House Hotel, which was run under the firm name of Solomon Zuver and Son, then entered the Western College, Linn County, and attended there for a short time, but after his life in Idaho it became somewhat irksome, and in July of 1867 he once more started West, and stopped to prospect at Brownville in this State, in company with his brother Byron. The following August he came on to Gage County and filed a claim upon his present farm, and as soon as he attained his majority he homesteaded it, and has since by continued labor marvelously improved it.
In 1870 our subject was united in marriage with Miss Martha J. Hillman, June 5. This lady is the daughter of John and Eliza Jane Hillman, and was born on the 5th of January, 1850, in the State of Pennsylvania. Her parents moved to Iowa when she was about five years of age, and she obtained a fair education. She has presented her husband with five children, who have been named as follows: James Byron, Julia E., Phronia R., Sarah and Clarence.
Mr. Hillman was born in New York State, and was a prosperous farmer there; he removed to Iowa in 1856, and three years later settled in Nebraska, and upon his homestead in Gage County in 1861. His wife was a native of Pennsylvania, and was born about the year 1819. She became the mother of fourteen children, Mrs. Zuver being the seventh. She died in June, 1882, age sixty-four years. Mr. Hillman, who is still living is seventy-four years of age.
In 1884 our subject removed to Garden Plains, Sedgwick Co., Kan., and speculated there and in Missouri for a time. In Garden Plains he engaged in the livery business, which was afterward traded for a farm, which was presently exchanged for horses, and these later for the Avondale Hotel, and not long after this was exchanged for a farm in Harrison County, Mo. Thence he returned to his present home, in addition to which he owns the farm in Missouri, property valued at $2,000 in Wichita, and other real estate. Although quite a young man he is well-to-do, and takes his place among the leading citizens.
The School Treasurer's office had been filled by our subject for one term, to the satisfaction of all concerned. He is deeply interested in the political economy of the nation and all the questions arising therefrom, and is usually found with the Republican party in the campaigns. He is a man possessed of large reserve force, business push and enterprise, and continuously lends his heartiest assistance to those projects that promise the progress of affairs moral and temporal.

OBITUARY

George W. Zuver was born Dec. 7, 1846 at Cannan, Wayne Co., Ohio. He was the forth child of Solomon P. and Julia Kearns Zuver. Both families of his ancestors were of Holland extraction, some of whom were residents of this country since before the Revolutionary War. His mother died when he was about four years old. They moved to where Mason City, Iowa, now is in 1856. In 1864 with his father and others he crossed the plains, arriving at Idaho City, Aug. 15, 1864. Here he worked in the gold mines making four dollars per day. In the summer of 1866, with pick, shovel and pan, he started on a prospecting tour through the mountains, and opened up a place known as Diamond Gulch. He remained here one year and reaped a harvest of $2,000. In company with three other companions he joined in purchase of a boat with which they traveled down the river to Omaha from Helena, Montana. From there he returned to his former Iowa home where he remained about a year and while there attended Western College, Lynn County. He became associated and united with the United Brethren church at this time. In July 1867 he again came West and located at Brownville, Nebr. The following season he moved to Gage County where he filed on Government land, four miles south of Adams, which later became his homestead. June 5, 1870, he was united in marriage to Martha J. Hillman. To this union five children were born, James B. of Adams, Julia E. Bryson of Grand Island, Fronia Dye of Lamar, Missouri, Sarah C. and Clarance R. of Geneva, all of whom are still living, as also is the companion, 17 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. He departed this life March 18, 1927, aged 80 years, 3 months and 11 days, at the family home in Geneva, Nebr.
The body was brought to the home of J. B. Zuver in Adams, where funeral services were held Monday afternoon in charge of Rev. H. W. Wagner. Interment was in Highland Cemetery.

GRAVE STONE

ZUVER

FATHER MOTHER
GEORGE W. MARTHA J.
DEC. 7, 1846 + MAR. 18, 1927 JAN 5, 1850 + JAN 4, 1944.

Citations

[S8714] Letter from Wanda (Hillman) Cartwright dated January 31, 2000, Source Medium: Book
[S185] 1870 Census, Nebraska, Gage County, Hooker Twp, Source Medium: Book, Family 242
[S583] 1900 Census, Nebraska, Gage County, Source Medium: Book, Family 18
[S12372] Records of Karen Kay Krause
[S10271] Obituary - George W. Zuver
[S8824] Marriage Index, Gage Co., Nebraska, Source Medium: Book

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James Byron Zuver^1,2,3

M, #1336, b. 11 March 1871, d. 7 June 1944

Parents

Father	George Washington Zuver (b. 7 December 1846, d. 18 March 1927)
Mother	Martha Jane "Jane" Hillman (b. 5 January 1850, d. 4 January 1944)

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Family: Laura Ellen Jewell (b. 14 January 1873, d. 15 March 1954)

Son	Floyd Sylvan Zuver+ (b. 25 October 1895, d. 19 December 1974)
Daughter	Fern Victoria Zuver (b. 9 March 1897, d. 25 September 1909)
Daughter	Martha Violet Zuver+ (b. 31 March 1899, d. 9 July 1995)
Daughter	Daisy Lucille Zuver (b. 26 March 1903, d. May 1987)
Son	Meryle Dale Zuver (b. 25 January 1905)
Son	George Washington Zuver (b. 21 May 1906, d. 7 September 1947)
Daughter	Pansy Hazel Zuver (b. 20 March 1908, d. 10 December 1913)
Son	Orville Kenneth Zuver (b. 12 October 1909)
Daughter	Myrtle Inez Zuver+ (b. 23 November 1912, d. 23 September 1988)

BASIC FACTS

James Byron Zuver was born on 11 March 1871 in Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska.^2,4,3 He and Laura Ellen Jewell were married on 18 October 1894 in Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska.^5,6,7 He died on 7 June 1944, at age 73, in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska.⁴ He was buried in Highland Cemetery, Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska.⁴

James Byron Zuver had reference number 1338. He was a Manager of Elevator.² GRAVE STONE

LAURA ELLEN JAMES BYRON
JAN. 14, 1873 - MAR. 15, 1954 MAR. 11, 1871 - JUNE 7, 1944
MOTHER FATHER.

Citations

[S8534] I.G.I. Version 4.01, Source Medium: Book
[S1312] 1920 Census, Nebraska, Gage County, Adams Twp, Family 155
[S236] 1880 Census, Hooker Twp., Gage Co., Nebraska, Source Medium: Book, Family 18
[S4140] Descendents of John Killian Finkner prepared by William, Meryl & Olan Finkner, Source Medium: Book
[S4116] Descendents of Frederick Kuhfusz prepared by Oscar and Gertrude Werner, Source Medium: Book
[S8824] Marriage Index, Gage Co., Nebraska, Source Medium: Book
[S8847] Marriage License - James Byron Zuver and Laura Ellen Jewell

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Laura Ellen Jewell^1,2

F, #1337, b. 14 January 1873, d. 15 March 1954

Parents

Father	Willian H. Jewell
Mother	Emma Catherine "Clara" Wonderly

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Family: James Byron Zuver (b. 11 March 1871, d. 7 June 1944)

Son	Floyd Sylvan Zuver+ (b. 25 October 1895, d. 19 December 1974)
Daughter	Fern Victoria Zuver (b. 9 March 1897, d. 25 September 1909)
Daughter	Martha Violet Zuver+ (b. 31 March 1899, d. 9 July 1995)
Daughter	Daisy Lucille Zuver (b. 26 March 1903, d. May 1987)
Son	Meryle Dale Zuver (b. 25 January 1905)
Son	George Washington Zuver (b. 21 May 1906, d. 7 September 1947)
Daughter	Pansy Hazel Zuver (b. 20 March 1908, d. 10 December 1913)
Son	Orville Kenneth Zuver (b. 12 October 1909)
Daughter	Myrtle Inez Zuver+ (b. 23 November 1912, d. 23 September 1988)

BASIC FACTS

Laura Ellen Jewell was born on 14 January 1873 in Monmouth, Illinois.² She and James Byron Zuver were married on 18 October 1894 in Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska.^3,4,5 She died on 15 March 1954, at age 81, in Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska.⁶

Laura Ellen Jewell was christened in Grandview Baptist Church.⁶ She had reference number 1339.

Citations

[S8534] I.G.I. Version 4.01, Source Medium: Book
[S1312] 1920 Census, Nebraska, Gage County, Adams Twp, Family 155
[S4116] Descendents of Frederick Kuhfusz prepared by Oscar and Gertrude Werner, Source Medium: Book
[S8824] Marriage Index, Gage Co., Nebraska, Source Medium: Book
[S8847] Marriage License - James Byron Zuver and Laura Ellen Jewell
[S4140] Descendents of John Killian Finkner prepared by William, Meryl & Olan Finkner, Source Medium: Book

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Michael Kritner¹

M, #1338, b. 3 January 1825, d. 12 October 1885

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Family: Nancy Harriet Roy (b. 25 October 1837, d. 13 December 1915)

Son	Jacob J. Kritner+ (b. 3 February 1857, d. 1 November 1938)
Daughter	Mary Elizabeth Kritner+ (b. 1861, d. 1933)
Daughter	Caroline Kritner+ (b. 21 January 1863, d. 3 August 1929)
Daughter	Anna Kritner (b. 1866)
Son	John M. Kritner+ (b. 24 January 1868, d. 19 March 1908)
Daughter	Alice Ellen Kritner+ (b. 1870)
Son	Boy Kritner (b. before 1885)

BASIC FACTS

Michael Kritner was born on 3 January 1825 in Baden, Germany.² He was born in 1826 in Baden, Germany.¹ He and Nancy Harriet Roy were married on 4 March 1856 in Indiana.^2,3 He died on 12 October 1885, at age 60, in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska.^2,4 He was buried in Hooker Cemetery, Gage Co., Nebraska.⁵

Michael Kritner had reference number 1340. He was a Farmer.¹ Michael Kritner Obituary

Michael Kritner passed away , Oct. 12th, 1885

Hopewell Community

Death has crossed another threshold in our community. An exceptionally devoted father and husband has been called away. An old settler of this county, who endured many hardships incident upon pioneer life, that those who followed later on know nothing about, is gone. An old soldier of the cross, possessing unusual purity, earnestness and simplicity, has been mustered out. A man endowed with all these noble attributes peacefully and triumphantly crossed the river at 2 o'clock A.M. Monday, Oct. 12th, when father Kritner's spirit went to higher climes.
On the 3rd of January, 1825 in Baden, Germany, Michael Kritner was born. He came to America in 1852, and had a short residence in several States before coming to Nebraska. He was married in northern Ind. He was married to Miss Harriet Roy, who survives him. There are six children in the family, Jacob Kritner, Mary (wife of Clarence Hillman), Caroline (Wife of Henery Gerdes, who lives near Humbolt), Anna, John and Alice. It is fortunate for the family in this bereavement to have such a valuable young man as John, to conduct the affairs of the farm. They settled on their present home in 1862, after a few years stay near Humboldt. Mr. Kritner was the first German to settle on Hooker Creek. Was the first German Methodist. This was about eight years before anyone thought of building Sterling. In 1865 Joekel came, then Beisemeier, who was followed by the Krause family. Father Kritner lived to see a prayer meeting started, then a class organized and preaching had at the houses of the few members. (He) witnessed the erection of a fine church property with a membership of near seventy, and his funeral requiems were chimed on a fine church bell.
When he came here, breaking prairie was $5.00 per acre, he without team or money. He drove a breaking team five days for old man Stone, who broke one acre for him. In '65 he had but three Acers broken. Farmers now would not find it necessary to cary(sp) weeds a mile in a sack, to feed a pig or two as this family did. Just as they were becoming confortally(sp) situated, his health failed, and for three years he suffered intensely. the digestive organs were all more or less impaired and nine days before his death, the esophagus was entirely closed, not even liquid food could be taken. So that he really starved to death. This fact was doubly afflicting to the family. A post mortem examination by Dr. McKibbin,of Adams, failed to develop any cancerous affection as was at times feared. The funeral services were held in the Church, and were largely attended. Among them, was found Grandpa Geddes, from Humbodt. Mr. G. moved his family here in '62, and helped build a log shanty for them. The services were impressive, Rev. Ihne officating. As father Kritner has long expressed a desire to depart the text selected was appropriate. " Having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better". Phil. 1-23.
There are many interesting incidents connected with the life of this early settler,(that) we would be glad to narrate, but space forbids. One by one these pioneers fall and it would be a grand consummation if all were as well prepared for the change as father Kritner.
Coppied(sp) from the Original Obituary of Michael Kritner
By Arthur M. Kritner. He immigrated in 1852.²

Citations

[S324] 1880 Census, Nebraska, Johnson County, Source Medium: Book, Page 18
[S11366] Obituary - Michael Kritner
[S10369] Obituary - Harriet (Roy) Kritner
[S4152] Descendents of Michael Kritner prepared by Carol Heidrick
[S3055] Cemetery Records, Hooker Cemetery, Gage Co., Nebraska prepared by Angela Vrtiska

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Nancy Harriet Roy^1,2

F, #1339, b. 25 October 1837, d. 13 December 1915

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Family: Michael Kritner (b. 3 January 1825, d. 12 October 1885)

Son	Jacob J. Kritner+ (b. 3 February 1857, d. 1 November 1938)
Daughter	Mary Elizabeth Kritner+ (b. 1861, d. 1933)
Daughter	Caroline Kritner+ (b. 21 January 1863, d. 3 August 1929)
Daughter	Anna Kritner (b. 1866)
Son	John M. Kritner+ (b. 24 January 1868, d. 19 March 1908)
Daughter	Alice Ellen Kritner+ (b. 1870)
Son	Boy Kritner (b. before 1885)

BASIC FACTS

Nancy Harriet Roy was born on 25 October 1837 in Marion Co., Ohio.^1,2,3 She and Michael Kritner were married on 4 March 1856 in Indiana.^4,5 She died on 13 December 1915, at age 78, in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska.^2,3 She was buried in Hooker Cemetery, Gage Co., Nebraska.²

Nancy Harriet Roy was also known as Harriet Lyons.⁶ She was also known as Nancy Harriet Ray.⁷ She had reference number 1341. OBITUARY - From the STERLING SUN,for December 16,1915

Harriet Kritner (nee Roy) was born in Marion County, Ohio, October,1837, and died December 13,1915,at the home of her son,Jacob Kritner, aged 78 years and 2 months. During her childhood the family removed from Ohio to Indiana, where she was married March 4,1856 to Michael Kritner, To this union seven children were born, three boys and four girls of whom two Sons and daughter preceded her (to) the great beyond. In 1861 they came out west settling on a farm in Nemaha County, near Auburn,Nebr, where they became acquainted with the German Methodist Church and was converted 1862 under labors of Rev. Lange.
The following year, 1863 they came to Johnson County,settling on a homestead near the present Hopewell German Methodist Church, and were two of the twelve charter members of this congregation when it was organized in 1866. Grandma Kritner was the oldest pioneer of this neighborhood and knew all the hardships that attended those first settlers and the privations they endured. Her husband died in 1885 and since then she has spent the greater part of her life with her son, Jacob Kritner and family, who did everything to make her life comfortable in her declining years. She often expressed the wish to go home to her Savior in whose hands she committed her soul. She was not considered dangerously ill but had been ailing for about a week or ten days but on Monday she passed quickly away.
She leaves to mourn her death one son and three daughters, thirty five grandchildren and thirty six great-grand-children and a large circle of friends and neighbors. Funeral services were held on Wednesday at one P.M. conducted by Rev. A.P. Baecker and interment made in Hooker grave yard beside her Husband.
From the STERLING SUN for December 23, 1915
The Funeral of Grandma Kritner last week Wednesday, was well attended considering the unfavorable weather. Rev.Kracher spoke in German, and Rev. Baecker in English and interment made in Hooker cemetery(.) Those from a distance to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Gerdes and children and grandchildren from Auburn,and Mr. and Mrs. Tuxhorn from Kansas. Mrs Gerdes and Mrs. Tuxhorn are daughters of Mrs Kritner.
Copied from the Original Obituary of
Harriet Kritner, By Arthur M. Krither

Grave Stone

NANCY H.
KRITNER
Oct. 25, 1837
Dec. 13, 1915.

Citations

[S324] 1880 Census, Nebraska, Johnson County, Source Medium: Book, Page 18
[S8233] Grave Marker - Nancy H. Kritner, Hooker Cemetery, Gage Co., Nebraska, Source Medium: Book
[S4152] Descendents of Michael Kritner prepared by Carol Heidrick
[S11366] Obituary - Michael Kritner
[S10369] Obituary - Harriet (Roy) Kritner
[S4140] Descendents of John Killian Finkner prepared by William, Meryl & Olan Finkner, Source Medium: Book
[S4154] Descendents of Michael Kritner prepared by Ramona Hartley