The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

George Stoffer was born on 25 July 1820 in Knox Twp., Columbiana Co., Ohio.¹ He and Catherine Fox were married on 27 January 1842 in Columbiana Co., Ohio.¹ He died on 21 April 1899, at age 78, in Knox Twp., Columbiana Co., Ohio.¹ He was buried in North Georgetown Cemetery, Columbiana Co., Ohio.¹

George Stoffer had reference number 23881.

Citations

[S5181] Genealogy prepared by Amy Lynn (Stoffer) Welch (email address)

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Catherine Fox¹

F, #23608, b. 18 October 1828, d. 8 October 1866

Pedigree Link

Family: George Stoffer (b. 25 July 1820, d. 21 April 1899)

Son	Stanton Uriah Stoffer+ (b. 27 October 1861, d. 16 March 1940)

BASIC FACTS

Catherine Fox was born on 18 October 1828 in Columbiana Co., Ohio.¹ She and George Stoffer were married on 27 January 1842 in Columbiana Co., Ohio.¹ She died on 8 October 1866, at age 37, in Knox Twp., Columbiana Co., Ohio.¹ She was buried in North Georgetown Cemetery, Columbiana Co., Ohio.¹

Catherine Fox had reference number 23882.

Citations

[S5181] Genealogy prepared by Amy Lynn (Stoffer) Welch (email address)

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Catherine Weaver¹

F, #23609

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Catherine Weaver had reference number 23883.

Citations

[S5181] Genealogy prepared by Amy Lynn (Stoffer) Welch (email address)

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Anna Margaret Bowman¹

F, #23610

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Anna Margaret Bowman had reference number 23884.

Citations

[S5181] Genealogy prepared by Amy Lynn (Stoffer) Welch (email address)

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Charles Burger¹

M, #23611

Pedigree Link

Family: Rosa Zumheln

Daughter

Mable Marie Burger+ (b. 14 May 1895, d. 17 April 1972)

BASIC FACTS

Charles Burger had reference number 23885.

Citations

[S5181] Genealogy prepared by Amy Lynn (Stoffer) Welch (email address)

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Rosa Zumheln¹

F, #23612

Pedigree Link

Family: Charles Burger

Daughter

Mable Marie Burger+ (b. 14 May 1895, d. 17 April 1972)

BASIC FACTS

Rosa Zumheln had reference number 23886.

Citations

[S5181] Genealogy prepared by Amy Lynn (Stoffer) Welch (email address)

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William H. Bell¹

M, #23613, d. before 1870

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

William H. Bell and Augusta Frederica Roberts were married on 30 May 1867.² He died before 1870.¹

William H. Bell had reference number 23887.

Citations

[S2808] Book: Gopsill's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania General & Business Directory for 1870
[S6712] Genealogy prepared by Martha Jane (Church) Lang

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Anna M. "Annie" Unknown^1,2,3,4

F, #23614, b. about 1825, d. 19 January 1898

Pedigree Link

Family: Edward Roberts (b. about 1825, d. 18 June 1880)

Son	William Lorman Roberts+ (b. about 1851, d. 2 January 1889)
Son	Herndon Roberts (b. April 1858, d. 24 September 1858)

BASIC FACTS

Anna M. "Annie" Unknown was born about 1825 in Maryland.¹ She was born about 1831 in Maryland.³ She was born about 1832 in Maryland.² She died on 19 January 1898.⁵ She was buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland (V.)⁵

Anna M. "Annie" Unknown had reference number 23888. She was enumerated on the census in Baltimore City County, Maryland (1850 - 1880.) GRAVE MARKER

R

EDWARD ROBERTS
DIED JUNE 18, 1880
AGE 62 YEARS
-------------
ANNA M.
WIFE OF
EDWARD ROBERTS
DIED JANUARY 19, 1898
AGE 75 YEARS.

Citations

[S30] 1850 Census, Maryland, Baltimore County
[S167] 1870 Census, Maryland, Baltimore County
[S300] 1880 Census, Maryland, Baltimore County
[S5456] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook (Edward Roberts File 10-09-2013)
[S7833] Grave Marker - Edward Roberts & Anna M. Unknown

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Lorman Edward Roberts^1,2,3,4

M, #23615, b. 1 June 1878, d. after 1920

Parents

Father	William Lorman Roberts (b. about 1851, d. 2 January 1889)
Mother	Cora Smith (b. 27 September 1855, d. 8 October 1879)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Lorman Edward Roberts was born on 1 June 1878 in Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland.^1,3,5,4 He and Kate Virginia Gosnell were married on 10 April 1900 in Manhattan Borough, New York City, New York Co., New York.^3,6 He and Luella Toppan Baird were married on 9 May 1913 in Manhattan Borough, New York City, New York Co., New York.^7,5 He died after 1920.²

Lorman Edward Roberts had reference number 23889. He was a Real estate agent (1900); president - Interstate Forwarding Company (1913, 1918); stock broker (1920.)^2,3,5,4 He was enumerated on the census in Baltimore County, Maryland (1880, 1900); Westchester County, New York (1920.) He resided in Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland (1903); New York City, New York Co., New York (1918.)^4,8 LEGAL NOTICE - Sun (Baltimore, MD), March 26, 1890

Demurrer Sustained by Judge Dennis. Judge Dennis, in the Circuit Court, yesterday sustained the demurrer to the bill of complaint of Xanthus X. Chartters, Lucy P. Guy and Chas. B. Guy, her husband, against Lorman E. Roberts, infant, and the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore City, as guardian. The bill set forth that Wm. Lorman Roberts was trustee of an estate in which Susan P. Chartters had a life interest, with remainder to two of the plaintiffs, her children; that the amount to which each of the children was entitled was $8,100; that Roberts sold certain stocks and securities of the trust estate, which he pretended to invest, but misappropriated to his own use, except $2,000 paid to Lucy P. Guy; that while so indebted Roberts effected life insurances in three companies for the benefit of his infant son, Lorman E. Roberts; that the premiums were paid out of funds while he was thus indebted, and that a year ago Wm. Lorman Roberts died intestate, and the proceeds of the insurance policies, $4,325.17, have been paid to the defendant guardian of Lorman E. Roberts. The court was asked to order the amount of the policies to be paid by the defendant company to the complainants. To this the defendant demurred, and the court decided that on the facts presented in the bill the court could not pass the order asked for. Leave to amend the bill was granted, if done in a limited time. On their marriage certificate Lorman said that this was his first marriage. My information is that this was his second marriage.

Citations

[S300] 1880 Census, Maryland, Baltimore County
[S1347] 1920 Census, New York, Westchester County
[S529] 1900 Census, Maryland, Baltimore City County
[S12721] World War I Draft Registration Cards (1917 - 1918)
[S8810] Marriage Certificate - Lorman E. Roberts and Luella Toppan Baird
[S5503] Genealogy prepared by Cathy Cook (Edward Roberts File 10-14-2013)
[S8978] Marriage Records - New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866 - 1937
[S12427] U.S. City Directories, 1821 - 1989 (Ancestry.com)

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Kate Virginia Gosnell^1,2,3,4

F, #23616, b. August 1875, d. after 1930

Parents

Father	William Gosnell
Mother	Clara E. Unknown

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BASIC FACTS

Kate Virginia Gosnell was born in August 1875 in Maryland.¹ She and Lorman Edward Roberts were married on 10 April 1900 in Manhattan Borough, New York City, New York Co., New York.^1,2 She died after 1930.

Kate Virginia Gosnell had reference number 23890. She was enumerated on the census in Baltimore County, Maryland (1880, 1900, 1920); New York County, New York (1930.)² She was a Clerk - earring factory (1920); housekeeper - hotel (1930.)^3,4 Kate was later married to Unknown Buchanan. She is shown using that name in the 1920 Census where she is living with her mother.

Note: Our Kate Virginia (Gosnell) Roberts - Buchanan is not the Katie E. Buchanan that was married to Edgar Buchanan.

Citations

[S529] 1900 Census, Maryland, Baltimore City County
[S5503] Genealogy prepared by Cathy Cook (Edward Roberts File 10-14-2013)
[S1259] 1920 Census, Maryland, Baltimore City County
[S1827] 1930 Census, New York, New York County

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Milan Emmett Baird¹

M, #23617

Pedigree Link

Family: Fannie Luella Toppan

Daughter

Luella Toppan Baird (b. December 1886, d. 18 February 1914)

BASIC FACTS

Milan Emmett Baird had reference number 23891.

Citations

[S6097] Genealogy prepared by HHHJL127 (Ancestry.com)

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Rosamond Ridgway "Rose" Passano^1,2,3,4,5

F, #23618, b. 20 March 1862, d. 5 January 1944

Parents

Father	Leonard Passano
Mother	Parthenia Phelps

Pedigree Link

Family: William Lorman Roberts (b. about 1851, d. 2 January 1889)

Daughter	Eleanor Roberts+ (b. September 1881, d. 5 July 1937)
Daughter	Dorothy Parthenia Roberts+ (b. 14 July 1887, d. 25 January 1971)

BASIC FACTS

Rosamond Ridgway "Rose" Passano was born in March 1860 in Maryland.³ She was born on 20 March 1862 in Maryland.^6,7 She and William Lorman Roberts were married on 6 January 1881 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland.² She died on 5 January 1944, at age 81, in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California.^7,8,9 She was buried in Cremated, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co., California.^7,9

Rosamond Ridgway "Rose" Passano had reference number 23892. She resided in Baltimore Co., Maryland (1900); San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California (1916 - 1944.)^7,10 She was enumerated on the census in Baltimore City County, Maryland (1900); San Francisco County, California (1920, 1930.) There seems to be some confusion as to birth years and ages. In the 1900 Census, Rosamond was reported to have been born in March of 1860. Her death record says she was born in March of 1862.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Sun (Baltimore, MD); Monday, November 5, 1906; Volume: CXXXIX, Issue: 173; Page: 6; (GenealogyBank.com):

Society News
Mrs. Rosamond Roberts and her daughter, Miss Dorothy Roberts, have taken an apartment at 1311 North Charles street.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD); Saturday, July 17, 1909; Page: 12; (GenealogyBank.com):

Society
Mrs. Rosamond Robert and Miss Dorothy Roberts are spending some time at the Dennis, Atlantic City. There is a bit of a problem here. In the 1900 Census, Rosamond Passano is living with her father, Leonard Passano. There are two younger women living with them: Eleanor Roberts who recently married Arthur Stanley Zell (Arthur is also shown in this census record) and Parthenia D. Roberts (Parthenia is believed to be Dorothy Roberts that is shown in subsequent records). In this census record both of these women are listed as grandchildren of Leonard Passano. It seems likely that both Eleanor and Parthenia are daughters of William Lorman Roberts and Rosamond (Passano) Roberts. So far all the evidence leads to this conclusion; however, in this same census record, Rosamond says she has had two children and only one is still living. If one of these two women is not a daughter of Rosamond, it probably must be Eleanor. For the time being I am showing both Eleanor and Parthenia/Dorothy as daughters of Rosamond.

Citations

[S7487] Genealogy prepared by Truman Donoho (email address)
[S9049] Marriage Records: Maryland, Baltimore County, Source Medium: Book
[S529] 1900 Census, Maryland, Baltimore City County
[S1113] 1920 Census, California, San Francisco County
[S1557] 1930 Census, California, Sacramento County
[S1914] 1930 Census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County
[S4987] Funeral Home Record - Rosamond (Passano) Roberts
[S3974] Death Records - California, California Death Index 1940 - 1997 (Ancestry.com)
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S5456] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook (Edward Roberts File 10-09-2013)

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Eleanor Roberts^1,2,3

F, #23619, b. September 1881, d. 5 July 1937

Parents

Father	William Lorman Roberts (b. about 1851, d. 2 January 1889)
Mother	Rosamond Ridgway "Rose" Passano (b. 20 March 1862, d. 5 January 1944)

Pedigree Link

Family: Arthur Stanley Zell (b. 29 February 1880, d. 25 April 1935)

Son	Sidney Stanley Zell+ (b. 30 July 1900, d. 2 July 1978)

BASIC FACTS

Eleanor Roberts was born in September 1881 in Maryland.^4,2,3 She and Arthur Stanley Zell were married on 28 August 1899 in Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware.¹ She and Arthur Stanley Zell filed for divorce on 30 June 1911 in Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland. She and Arthur Stanley Zell were divorced on 4 August 1911.⁵ She and John W. Lyon were married on 18 November 1915 in Washington, District of Columbia Co., District of Columbia.^2,6 She died on 4 July 1937, at age 55, in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.⁷ She died on 5 July 1937, at age 55, in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.⁴ She was buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Baltimore Co., Maryland.⁴

Eleanor Roberts had reference number 23893. She was enumerated on the census in Baltimore City County, Maryland (1900); New York County, New York (1920); Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (1930.)⁶ She resided in Baltimore County, Maryland (1900); Baltimore, Baltimore City County, Maryland; San Francisco, San Francisco County, California (1918); Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York (1920); Germantown Manor, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (1930.)⁶ Eleanor is listed as Helen Zell on Lorman Edward Roberts' World War I Draft Registration Card.

GRAVE MARKER

Eleanor Roberts
wife of
John W. Lyon
1882 - 1937. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Washington Post, The (Washington, D.C.); July 1, 1911; (Ancestry.com):

WIFE SUES ARTHUR S. ZELL
Society Woman Asks Divorce From
President of Motor Company
Special to the Washington Post.
Baltimore, June 30. - Mrs. Eleanor Roberts Zell, a prominent society woman, today filed a bill for absolute divorce against her husband, Arthur Stanley Zell, president and treasurer of the Zell Motor Company, on the grounds of desertion. Mrs. Zell asks for a permanent alimony for the support of herself and her son, 11 years old.
The bill says that Mr. Zell deserted her three years ago, and since that time has had nothing to do with her. Mrs. Zell maintains that she had conducted herself always as a faithful and loving wife, and that his desertion was without cause. She says a reconciliation is impossible.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD); July 1, 1911; Page: 17; (GenealogyBank.com):

MRS. ZELL SEEKS DIVORCE
Suit for Absolute Decree Filed Against Arthur Stanley Zell.
Mrs. Eleanor Roberts Zell, who is socially prominent in this city, yesterday in the Circuit Court filed a bill for an absolute divorce from Arthur Stanley Zell. In the bill of complaint, filed through Attorney Christopher R. Wattenscheidt, Mrs. Zell states that she was married in Wilmington, Del., August 28, 1899, by Rev. Dr. Short. The couple, according to the bill, have one child, Sidney Stanley Zell, who is about 11 years old, having been born July 30, 1900.
The bill states that Mr. and Mrs. Zell lived together in Baltimore until about February 22, 1908, when she states, Mr. Zell left her. Mrs. Zell states that the abandonment has continued for more than three consecutive years prior to the filling of the bill and that the separation and abandonment is deliberate and final and beyond any and all reasonable hope or expectation of reconciliation.
Mrs. Zell states in the bill that while Mr. Zell has made provision for her and her son's maintenance, since the separation she is totally without support and must look to Mr. Zell for her continued maintenance, as she says he is possessed of a substantial and valuable estate and is credited with being a prosperous automobile dealer and a successful and sagacious business man.
Besides an absolute divorce, Mrs. Zell asks that she be awarded permanent alimony commensurate with her needs, station and condition.

DIVORCE ANNOUNCEMENT - Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD); August 5, 1911; Page: 11; (GenealogyBank.com):

MRS. ZELL DIVORCED
An Absolute Decree Granted From Mr. Arthur Stanley Zell
Eleanor Roberts Zell was granted an absolute divorce from her husband, Arthur Stanley Zell, president and treasurer of the Zell Motor Company, by a decree signed by Judge Stump in the Circuit Court yesterday. Suit for divorce was filed by Mrs. Zell on June 30, on the grounds of desertion.
By the terms of the decree signed yesterday, Mrs. Zell is to get $175 a month alimony beginning September 1, to continue until her death or remarriage, and the husband must pay the cost of the proceedings and $250 counsel fee to the solicitor for the complainant.
The couple were married in Wilmington, Del., on August 28, 1899, by Rev. Dr. Short, of the Episcopal Church of that place. In the deposition made before the court, Mrs. Zell claims that her husband deserted her on February 22, 1908, and states that he sent her every month after he left her, $225 for the car of her child, Sidney S. Zell, a 11-year-old son.
In the deposition, Mrs. Zell sets forth that her husband suggested the idea of divorce on the grounds of extravagance, declaring that he "could stand it no longer." Mr. Zell in his answer denies that he left his wife without just cause and ........ and states that relations between himself and his wife became intolerable, claiming extravagance on her part which threw him into debt. Mr. Randolph Barton was the attorney for Mr. Zell. WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT - Sun (Baltimore, MD); Friday, November 19, 1915; Volume: CLVIII, issue: 3; Page: 14; (GenealogyBank.com):

MRS. ELEANOR ZELL WED
Bride of John W. Lyon of Baltimore - Elopement Indicated.
Mrs. Eleanor Roberts Zell, formerly wife of A. Stanley Zell, president of the Zell Motor Company, of this city, was married in Washington yesterday morning to John W. Lyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lyon, of Baltimore.
Just where the wedding ceremony was performed could not be ascertained yesterday, but the Washington records show that the Rev. Paul Sperry, who recently moved to the capital, officiated.
The SUN received last evening the following notice of the wedding:
"Mrs. Eleanor R. Zell and Mr. John W. Lyon went to Washington and were married yesterday in the presence of her son, Mr. Sidney S. Zell, and a few friends. The wedding party had luncheon at the new Willard, after which Mr. and Mrs. Lyon left for a trip North.
"The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Rosamond Roberts and the late William L. Roberts. Mr. Lyon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lyon.
"On their return they will reside at 11 East Chase street."
That the marriage was in the nature of an elopement was indicated by the fact that no one at the Algonquin Apartments, 11 East Chase street, seemed to know last night that it had taken place.
Mrs. Zell obtained a divorce from her husband in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City on August 4, 1911. In her bill, filed two months before, Mrs. Zell alleged that her husband abandoned her without reasonable cause.

Citations

[S7487] Genealogy prepared by Truman Donoho (email address)
[S1914] 1930 Census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County
[S529] 1900 Census, Maryland, Baltimore City County
[S8615] Letter from Eleanor Roberts Duvall (Zell) Weaver dated October 18, 2003
[S9179] Newspaper Article - Divorce of Arthur Stanley Zell and Eleanor (Roberts) Zell
[S5456] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook (Edward Roberts File 10-09-2013)
[S5591] Genealogy prepared by Clifford Zell "Cliff" Weaver

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Arthur Stanley Zell¹

M, #23620, b. 29 February 1880, d. 25 April 1935

Parents

Father	Oliver Carrol Zell (b. 1836)
Mother	Fannie Rosalie Selby (b. 1835)

Pedigree Link

Family: Eleanor Roberts (b. September 1881, d. 5 July 1937)

Son	Sidney Stanley Zell+ (b. 30 July 1900, d. 2 July 1978)

BASIC FACTS

Arthur Stanley Zell was born in February 1878 in Maryland.² He was born on 29 February 1880 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland.¹ He and Eleanor Roberts were married on 28 August 1899 in Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware.¹ He and Eleanor Roberts filed for divorce on 30 June 1911 in Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland. He and Eleanor Roberts were divorced on 4 August 1911.³ He and Gertrude Lamb were married on 9 May 1916 in Flushing, Long Island, New York.⁴ He died on 25 April 1935, at age 55, in Thornton Farm his Riderwood estate in the Green Spring Valley, Baltimore Co., Maryland.^4,5 He was buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Baltimore Co., Maryland.⁵

PROPERTY TRANSFERS - Sun (Baltimore, Maryland); Saturday, April 10, 1915; (GenealogyBank.com):

Power yacht Achelous, 34 tons, from E. P. Lawson to Arthur Stanley Zell, $1

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Sun (Baltimore, MD); May 10, 1916, Volume: CLVIII , Issue: 151; Page: 16; (GenealogyBank.com):

ARTHUR STANLEY ZELL WEDS
Married to Miss Gertrude Lamb at Flushing. N. Y.
Miss Gertrude Lamb, daughter of Mrs. William Lamb of Flushing, N. Y. was married to Arthur Stanley Zell, of Baltimore, yesterday, at the home of the bride's mother, according to a dispatch from New York.
The Rev. Dr. George Drew Egbert, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Flushing, officiated.
After a wedding breakfast at Sherry's Mr. and Mrs. Zell started for Asheville, S. C., and Hot Springs, W. Va. They will live in Baltimore.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Sun (Baltimore, MD); January 21, 1917; Volume: XVII, Issue: 3; Page: 6; (GenealogyBank.com):

PIONEER IN BALTIMORE
Arthur Stanley Zell is One of the Oldest Baltimore Automobile Dealers
Arthur Stanley Zell, local distributor of Chalmers motorcars, has the reputation of being probably the 1st man to take up the sale of automobiles on a large scale in the city of Baltimore.
Back in 1904, the year of the first Vanderbilt Cup Race on Long Island, the automobile was still a new fangled creation, used for the diversion of a few speed mau.... Just at this time Mr. Zell was endeavoring to collect a long standing debt from one of his business associates. In order to close the deal quickly he took an automobile as part payment. He was quickly inoculated with the gasoline bacillus, and it was not long before he had set himself up in business as a motorcar dealer.
In 1905 the increase in his business warranted an expansion of his sales and service facilities. He therefore rented the second floor of a livery stable on a prominent alley for which he paid $50 a month rent.
The handsome new Zell establishment at 11-13-15-17-19 East Mount Royal avenue, containing close to 50,000 square feet of floor space devoted to sales and service, represents the tremendous advance made by Mr. Zell in the last 12 years.
The new Baltimore home of Chalmers cars is one of the handsomest to be found outside of new York or Chicago, and typifies the tremendous growth in importance of the automobile industry. Mr. Zell ranks as one of the largest Chalmers distributors in the country, and is making preparations for a record year's sales.

FROM TERCENTENARY HISTORY OF MARYLAND, 1925

ARTHUR STANLEY ZELL
Arthur Stanley Zell is a representative of a family whose members have long figured prominently in business affairs of Baltimore and displays in his life the spirit of initiative and those sterling qualities which are strongly marked characteristics of the race from which he sprung. He began his independent career at an early age and is now at the head of one of the large automobile concerns in the city, having been connected with the business for the past twenty years. He has also directed his efforts into other channels and is a successful stock breeder. He is one of Baltimore's native sons, and was born February 29, 1880, of the marriage of Oliver Carroll Zell and Fannie Haws, in whose family were four sons and four daughters, one of whom died in infancy. The family came originally from Zell Town, Holland, and Peter Zell, the grandfather of Arthur Stanley Zell, was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in the Confederate army. He was the father of Oliver Carroll Zell, who was reared and educated in Baltimore and became president of the Zell Guano Company, the pioneer dealers in fertilizer in the city. The business was founded by Peter Zell, who conducted it under the name of Peter Zell & Sons, and it was continued by Oliver C. Zell, who remained as its president until his death, which occurred in 1884, when he was forty-eight years of age. The mother is also deceased, having been called to her final rest in 1882.
Arthur Stanley Zell attended a private school and for two years was a student at the Pennsylvania Military College at Chester, completing his education in Cloyne's House School at Newport, Rhode Island. At the age of sixteen he entered the employ of Zell & Merceret, stock and bond brokers, and for two years was a clerk in their establishment. He next became interested in the insurance business and was connected with the firm of Zell & Perkins until 1904. He then turned his attention to the automobile trade, purchasing a half-interest in a firm which had the agency for the Ford, Stevens-Duryea, Buick, Thomas Flyer and Peerless cars. He sold his interest in that concern in 1907 and went to Washington, D. C., where he formed the Zell Motor Car Company, becoming president upon its incorporation. In August, 1908, Mr. Zell incorporated the Zell Motor Car Company of Baltimore and conducted both firms until 1915, when he discontinued the Washington organization. He has since devoted his time to the Baltimore business, which was started in a small store, sixteen by eighty feet in dimensions, and it now occupies more than fifty thousand square feet of floor space. For seventeen years the company were agents for the Peerless cars and for fifteen years they handled the Chalmers, but since September, 1922, have held the local agency for the Packard automobile. They are numbered among the best known dealers in the city and their business is a large and growing one. Mr. Zell has been watchful of every detail of the business, knowing that in this age of strong competition every point must be carefully guarded, and gives to his patrons the highest standard of service. He is also the owner of Thornton Farm, situated in Riderwood, Maryland, and managed by A. R. Maddox. It is devoted to the raising of pedigreed Duroc-Jersey swine and Guernsey cattle. The Thornton farm herd has been constructively bred for generations, offering to the purchaser the best foundation stock for herd material, show purposes, and for economical pork production. One of its herd, Thornton's Lord Baltimore, is the only Sensation bred boar in the east that has been a winner at the National Swine Show. Mr. Zell is also a director of the Celestine Oil Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a member of the discount committee of the Charles Street branch of the Commercial Bank of Baltimore, and was formerly a director of the Seaboard Bank of this city. He is a sagacious, farsighted business man, quick to perceive and grasp an opportunity for advancement, and has been uniformly successful in his investments.
Mr. Zell has been married twice, his first union being with Miss Eleanor Roberts, a daughter of William Lorman and Rose (Passano) Roberts. They were married August 28, 1899, and became the parents of a son, Sidney Stanley Zell, who was born July 30, 1900, and married Miss Munnekuysen. On May 9, 1916, Mr. A. S. Zell was married to Miss Gertrude Lamb, a daughter of William Lamb, deceased, who was a member of an old family of Brooklyn, New York. They were married in Flushing, Long Island, and reside at Thornton Farm, which comprises one hundred and fifty acres and was formerly known as the old Blackstone place, also as the Stevenson place.
Mr. Zell is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church and in politics is a democrat but is not restricted by party ties, voting for the man whom he considers best qualified for the office to which he aspires. He is a member of the board of governors of the Automobile Trade Association and also belongs to the Merchants and Manufacturers Association, the Automobile Club of Maryland, the Baltimore City Club and the Maryland Club. He finds diversion in agriculture and stock raising and believes in scientific methods, keeping abreast of the times in every way. He possesses an aptitude for successful management and the strength that he manifests in business affairs has its root in an upright, honorable manhood that has established him high in public regard.

From TAVARES MOTORSPORT AUCTION

ARTHUR STANLEY ZELL
DOCUMENTED EARLY RACE TROPHIES
ELECTRIC PARK - BALTIMORE - 1903 - 1904
Three early race trophies awarded to Arthur Stanley Zell in 1903 and 1904 for victories in two and five mile automobile races at Electric Park in Baltimore, Maryland. Accompanying these trophies are copies of period Baltimore newspaper articles, obtained from the Baltimore Historical Society, that reference Zell, the Electric Park races, and photos of Electric Park and Zell's Mt. Royal garage.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Washington Post, The (Washington, D.C.); March 23, 1913; (Ancestry.com):

The Washington Motorists' Association continues to grow in leaps and bounds. At a meeting of the board of governors, held Monday night, the 17th, 23 new members were admitted to membership. The total membership to date in round figures passes the 300 mark. A gain of [230] within a period of not quite two months. At the meeting referred to above the following were elected to membership ...... (included Arthur Stanley Zell)

From WELLS GENEALOGY

Arthur Stanley Zell, born 29 February 1880, died 10:20 p.m., 25 April 1935, at “Thornton Farm,” his Riderwood estate in the Green Spring Valley, Baltimore County; from 1902, pioneer Maryland automobile dealer and sportsman; president of the Zell Motor Car Company and of Stanley Zell, Inc.; he was the first automobile distributor in Maryland and one of the first to own a car; he was also a member of the Baltimore Automobile Dealers’ Association, which sponsored the first automobile show in Baltimore in 1906; in the early days of the automobile, he was a race-car driver and held numerous records throughout the east; his interest extended to motor boats and yachting in general; one of his many other interests was his farm at Riderwood, where he raised pure-bred Guernsey cattle and Jersey Duroc hogs; at one time he raised dogs for show purposes. According to Ellis Island records, he sailed from Cherbourg, Manche, France, on the Kronprinzessie Cecile, arriving in New York on 16 March 1909 (a U.S. citizen and resident of Baltimore, so he was traveling as a passenger, not an immigrant). Married Gertrude Lamb, died 14 December 1947 at New York City, left an estate valued at $184,038; buried at Druid Ridge Cemetery; one son.

OBITUARY - Baltimore Sun, April 27, 1935, p 19

Funeral services for Arthur Stanley Zell will be held at 2 P. M. today at the home in Riderwood. They will be conducted by the Rev. William O. Smith, Jr., rector of the Ruxton Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. Burial will be in Druid Ridge Cemetery.
Mr. Zell, pioneer automobile dealer and sportsman, died at his home Thursday night at the age of 55. President of both the Zell Motor Car Company and Stanley Zell, Inc., he had been in the automobile business since 1902. At one time he was a racing driver.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Lamb Zell; a son, Sidney Stanley Zell; a brother, Oliver Carroll Zell; and three sister, Mrs. Harry B. Wilkins, London, England; Mrs. Hiff M. Simpson, Westbury, N. Y., and Mrs. R. Berry Bull, of Catonsville." NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Washington Post, The (Washington, D.C.); July 1, 1911; (Ancestry.com):

WIFE SUES ARTHUR S. ZELL
Society Woman Asks Divorce From
President of Motor Company
Special to the Washington Post.
Baltimore, June 30. - Mrs. Eleanor Roberts Zell, a prominent society woman, today filed a bill for absolute divorce against her husband, Arthur Stanley Zell, president and treasurer of the Zell Motor Company, on the grounds of desertion. Mrs. Zell asks for a permanent alimony for the support of herself and her son, 11 years old.
The bill says that Mr. Zell deserted her three years ago, and since that time has had nothing to do with her. Mrs. Zell maintains that she had conducted herself always as a faithful and loving wife, and that his desertion was without cause. She says a reconciliation is impossible.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD); July 1, 1911; Page: 17; (GenealogyBank.com):

MRS. ZELL SEEKS DIVORCE
Suit for Absolute Decree Filed Against Arthur Stanley Zell.
Mrs. Eleanor Roberts Zell, who is socially prominent in this city, yesterday in the Circuit Court filed a bill for an absolute divorce from Arthur Stanley Zell. In the bill of complaint, filed through Attorney Christopher R. Wattenscheidt, Mrs. Zell states that she was married in Wilmington, Del., August 28, 1899, by Rev. Dr. Short. The couple, according to the bill, have one child, Sidney Stanley Zell, who is about 11 years old, having been born July 30, 1900.
The bill states that Mr. and Mrs. Zell lived together in Baltimore until about February 22, 1908, when she states, Mr. Zell left her. Mrs. Zell states that the abandonment has continued for more than three consecutive years prior to the filling of the bill and that the separation and abandonment is deliberate and final and beyond any and all reasonable hope or expectation of reconciliation.
Mrs. Zell states in the bill that while Mr. Zell has made provision for her and her son's maintenance, since the separation she is totally without support and must look to Mr. Zell for her continued maintenance, as she says he is possessed of a substantial and valuable estate and is credited with being a prosperous automobile dealer and a successful and sagacious business man.
Besides an absolute divorce, Mrs. Zell asks that she be awarded permanent alimony commensurate with her needs, station and condition.

DIVORCE ANNOUNCEMENT - Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD); August 5, 1911; Page: 11; (GenealogyBank.com):

MRS. ZELL DIVORCED
An Absolute Decree Granted From Mr. Arthur Stanley Zell
Eleanor Roberts Zell was granted an absolute divorce from her husband, Arthur Stanley Zell, president and treasurer of the Zell Motor Company, by a decree signed by Judge Stump in the Circuit Court yesterday. Suit for divorce was filed by Mrs. Zell on June 30, on the grounds of desertion.
By the terms of the decree signed yesterday, Mrs. Zell is to get $175 a month alimony beginning September 1, to continue until her death or remarriage, and the husband must pay the cost of the proceedings and $250 counsel fee to the solicitor for the complainant.
The couple were married in Wilmington, Del., on August 28, 1899, by Rev. Dr. Short, of the Episcopal Church of that place. In the deposition made before the court, Mrs. Zell claims that her husband deserted her on February 22, 1908, and states that he sent her every month after he left her, $225 for the car of her child, Sidney S. Zell, a 11-year-old son.
In the deposition, Mrs. Zell sets forth that her husband suggested the idea of divorce on the grounds of extravagance, declaring that he "could stand it no longer." Mr. Zell in his answer denies that he left his wife without just cause and ........ and states that relations between himself and his wife became intolerable, claiming extravagance on her part which threw him into debt. Mr. Randolph Barton was the attorney for Mr. Zell. Arthur Stanley Zell was educated Attended a private school and for two years was a student at the Pennsylvania Military College at Chester, completing his education in Cloyne's House School at Newport, Rhode Island.⁶ He was enumerated on the census in Baltimore City County, Maryland (1880, 1900 - 1930.)⁶ He resided in Thornton Farm, Riderwood, Maryland.¹ He was a Landlord (1900); Automobiles (1905-1909); Zell Motor Car Company (1915); President of Zell Motor Company (1918); Manager of automobile (1920) champion swine & cattle, Thornton Farm, Riderwood, Maryland.^1,6 He had reference number 23894.

Citations

[S7487] Genealogy prepared by Truman Donoho (email address)
[S529] 1900 Census, Maryland, Baltimore City County
[S9179] Newspaper Article - Divorce of Arthur Stanley Zell and Eleanor (Roberts) Zell
[S6446] Genealogy prepared by Kathleen Delaney (email address)
[S7593] Genealogy prepared by Wells Family Genealogy
[S5456] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook (Edward Roberts File 10-09-2013)

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Oliver Carrol Zell¹

M, #23621, b. 1836

Pedigree Link

Family: Fannie Rosalie Selby (b. 1835)

Son	Arthur Stanley Zell+ (b. 29 February 1880, d. 25 April 1935)

BASIC FACTS

Oliver Carrol Zell was born in 1836 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland.¹

Oliver Carrol Zell had reference number 23895.

Citations

[S7487] Genealogy prepared by Truman Donoho (email address)

Family Explorer

Fannie Rosalie Selby^1,2

F, #23622, b. 1835

Pedigree Link

Family: Oliver Carrol Zell (b. 1836)

Son	Arthur Stanley Zell+ (b. 29 February 1880, d. 25 April 1935)

BASIC FACTS

Fannie Rosalie Selby was born in 1835.¹

Fannie Rosalie Selby had reference number 23896.

Citations

[S7487] Genealogy prepared by Truman Donoho (email address)
[S5591] Genealogy prepared by Clifford Zell "Cliff" Weaver

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Sidney Stanley Zell¹

M, #23623, b. 30 July 1900, d. 2 July 1978

Parents

Father	Arthur Stanley Zell (b. 29 February 1880, d. 25 April 1935)
Mother	Eleanor Roberts (b. September 1881, d. 5 July 1937)

Pedigree Link

Family: Sophia Howard Post Duvall (b. 4 November 1898, d. 26 January 1960)

Daughter

Eleanor Roberts Duvall Zell+

BASIC FACTS

Sidney Stanley Zell was born on 30 July 1900 in Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland.^1,2 He and Gertrude "Nellie" Munnikhuysen were married on 7 October 1922 in Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland.³ He and Sophia Howard Post Duvall were married on 8 April 1937 in Las Cruces, New Mexico.⁴ He and Marie Triano were married about 1968.⁵ He died on 3 July 1968, at age 67, in Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland.⁴ He died on 2 July 1978, at age 77, in Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland.^6,2,4 He was buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Baltimore Co., Maryland.²

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT - Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD); December 18, 1921; Volume: CCXXX, Section: Fourth; Page: 1; (GenealogyBank.com):

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mrs. William Temick Munnikhuysen of Belair has announced the engagement of her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Munnikhuysen Kirby, and Mr. Sidney Stanley Zell, son of Mr. A. Stanley Zell of the Green Springs Valley. Mrs. Kirby is the sister of Mrs. J. W. Lyon, Jr., and her brothers are Mr. Bryarly Munnikhuysen and Mr. Laurence Munnikhuysen of Virginia and Mr. Francis Munnikhuysen of Belair. Mr. Zell is the only son of Mrs. John W. Lyon of Guilford.

MARRIAGE LICENSE - Sun (Baltimore, MD); Thursday, October 5, 1922; Volume: 171, Issue: 122 Page: 22; (GenealogyBank.com):

ZELL -KIRBY - Sidney S., 29, 11 East Mount Royal avenue & Nellie M. 25, divorced.

WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT - Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD); Sunday, October 8, 1922; Volume: CCXXXII, Section: First, Page: 13; (GenealogyBank.com):

ZELL -- KIRBY
Mrs. Nellie Kirby, daughter of Mrs. William T. Munnikhuysen of Belair, became the bride of Stanley Zell, son of Arthur Zell of Ridgewood, yesterday morning at the First Unitarian Church, Charles and Franklin streets.
The ceremony was performed by the pastor Rev. Foster Burns, after which the couple left for a Northern trip. Sidney Stanley Zell and Gertrude "Nellie" Munnikhuysen had children in No Children. Sidney Zell was born in Riderwood. He attended Gilman School, Stuyvesant Academy in Virginia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was fond of horses and raised thoroughbreds as an avocation. Until the 1950s he operated Zell Motor Car Company, a business started by his father, Arthur Zell.

RACING NEWS - Repository (Canton, OH); Sunday, May 26, 1940; Page: 35; (GenealogyBank.com):

NORTH RANDALL FEATURE IS TAKEN BY HAPPY LARK
CLEVELAND - Happy Lark, bay son of Happy Time and owned by Sidney Zell of Baltimore, Md., Saturday streaked home in the mud at North Randall to win the featured fourth race, five and a half furlongs for three year olds.
Danny Scocca, a Maryland jockey, took The Lark across the finish line in 1:11 2-5, five lengths ahead of Susie Quit. Vivat came in third.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA); Thursday, December 11, 1941; Page: 12; (GenealogyBank.com):

Holiday Visit To New York City
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Chapin are at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York during their annual holiday visit last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Zell of Baltimore and "Windy Hills," Riderwood, Md. joined them for a few days.

RACING NEWS - Springfield Republican (Springfield, MA); Friday, March 20, 1942; Page: 22; (GenealogyBank.com):

AT TROPICAL
Coral Gables, Fla., March 10 - Mrs. Sidney S. Zell's Incoming wore down More Than Few in the stretch today to take the Lake City purse at Tropical park. The two leaders battled through the final furlong and Incoming proved the stronger to be clear by three-quarters of a length at the wire. Wood Robin was third, six lengths farther back.

RACING NEWS - San Diego Union (San Diego, CA); Thursday, July 29, 1943; Page: 18; (GenealogyBank.com):

UNCHALLENGED REPEATS
Mrs. Sidney S. Zell's Unchallenged became the first triple winner of the present Garden State park New Jersey meeting by running off with the Spring Lake purse of six furlongs in 1:12 4-5. He paid $4.00.
The favored Unchallenged reached the finish line three lengths in front of Sassy Lady, who won a nose from Royal Flush.

WEBSITE - http://dikkedeur.dyndns.org/wrapper/ewiki.php?name=Eshelman_Motors_Corporation:

Eshelman was a marquee of small American automobiles (1953–1961) and other vehicles and implements including motor scooters, garden tractors, pleasure boats, aircraft, golf carts, snowplows, trailers, mail-delivery vehicles and more. The Cheston L. Eshelman Company was incorporated on January 19, 1942 and was based on the sixth floor of an industrial building at 109 Light Street in Baltimore, Maryland, with aircraft production facilities located in Dundalk, Maryland. The company president was Cheston Lee Eshelman, the first vice-president was Sidney S. Zell (July 30, 1900 - July, 1978), and the first treasurer was Frank K. Kris (January 4, 1910 - March, 1981).
The Eshelman company began production of commercial light aircraft in Dundalk after World War II, but was best known toward mid-century for its inexpensive light garden tractors and similar machines (including the Kulti-Mower) which were widely promoted in small advertisements in the back pages of mechanical and scientific magazines.
In 1953 the Cheston L. Eshelman Company, which had produced light aircraft immediately after World War II and then pleasure boats (including the spectacular "Rocket Boat", built from surplus military aircraft wing tanks), lightweight garden tractors and other implements, began producing a tiny air-cooled, one-cylinder automobile, the "Sport Car", in two versions: a basic $295 15 MPH "Child's Sport Car" (CSC) for two children and powered by a two-horsepower Briggs & Stratton #6 engine, and the $395 25 MPH Model 2 "Adult Sport Car" (ASC) for one adult which featured the three-horsepower Briggs & Stratton #8 engine, battery-operated head and tail lamps, seat-cushion upholstery, and trademark chrome "rocket" emblems on its flanks. He resided in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California (1918); Baltimore, Baltimore City County, Maryland (1920-1950s.)³ He was enumerated on the census in New York County, New York (1920); Baltimore City County, Maryland (1930.) He was a Clerk -Import house [probably step-father's] (1920); automobiles (1922); worked for finance Company (1929,1930); President of Zell Motor Company [business started by his father] (1937-1950s); 1st vice-president of Cheston L. Eshelman Company (1942.)^2,3 His Social Security Number was 212-09-3959, issued: Maryland, last residence: Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland.⁶ He had reference number 23897. He was educated Attended Gilman School, Stuyvesant Academy in Virginia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.³ He and Marie Triano had children in No Children.

Citations

[S7487] Genealogy prepared by Truman Donoho (email address)
[S6446] Genealogy prepared by Kathleen Delaney (email address)
[S5456] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook (Edward Roberts File 10-09-2013)
[S5591] Genealogy prepared by Clifford Zell "Cliff" Weaver
[S12281] Phone conversation with Eleanor Roberts Duvall (Zell) Weaver, October 7, 2013
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Gertrude "Nellie" Munnikhuysen¹

F, #23624, b. 13 December 1895, d. 11 October 1968

Parents

Father	William Temick Munnikhuysen
Mother	Ella Gover

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Gertrude "Nellie" Munnikhuysen was born on 13 December 1895 in Maryland.¹ She and Sidney Stanley Zell were married on 7 October 1922 in Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., Maryland.¹ She died on 11 October 1968, at age 72.¹ She was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Forest Hill, Harford County, Maryland.¹

Gertrude "Nellie" Munnikhuysen was also known as Gertrude Munnekuysen.² She had reference number 23898. She was enumerated on the census in Harford County, Maryland (1900, 1900.)¹ She resided in Harford Co., Maryland (1900-1910); Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland (1927-1937.)¹ Her Social Security Number was 212-34-0010.¹ Nellie Munnikhuysen first married to Unknown Kirby before March 30, 1913.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Sun (Baltimore, MD); Sunday, March 30, 1913; Volume: CLII, Issue: 134; Section: Society; Page: 1; (GenealogyBank.com):

Belair News
Mrs. Nellie Kirby, of Norfolk, Va., is a guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Munnikhuysen.

GRAVE MARKER

NELLIE
MUNNIKHUYHUYSEN ZELL
DEC. 13, 1895
OCT. 11, 1968. She and Sidney Stanley Zell had children in No Children. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT - Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD); December 18, 1921; Volume: CCXXX, Section: Fourth; Page: 1; (GenealogyBank.com):

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mrs. William Temick Munnikhuysen of Belair has announced the engagement of her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Munnikhuysen Kirby, and Mr. Sidney Stanley Zell, son of Mr. A. Stanley Zell of the Green Springs Valley. Mrs. Kirby is the sister of Mrs. J. W. Lyon, Jr., and her brothers are Mr. Bryarly Munnikhuysen and Mr. Laurence Munnikhuysen of Virginia and Mr. Francis Munnikhuysen of Belair. Mr. Zell is the only son of Mrs. John W. Lyon of Guilford.

MARRIAGE LICENSE - Sun (Baltimore, MD); Thursday, October 5, 1922; Volume: 171, Issue: 122 Page: 22; (GenealogyBank.com):

ZELL -KIRBY - Sidney S., 29, 11 East Mount Royal avenue & Nellie M. 25, divorced.

WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT - Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD); Sunday, October 8, 1922; Volume: CCXXXII, Section: First, Page: 13; (GenealogyBank.com):

ZELL -- KIRBY
Mrs. Nellie Kirby, daughter of Mrs. William T. Munnikhuysen of Belair, became the bride of Stanley Zell, son of Arthur Zell of Ridgewood, yesterday morning at the First Unitarian Church, Charles and Franklin streets.
The ceremony was performed by the pastor Rev. Foster Burns, after which the couple left for a Northern trip.

Citations

[S5456] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook (Edward Roberts File 10-09-2013)
[S7487] Genealogy prepared by Truman Donoho (email address)

Family Explorer

Gertrude Lamb¹

F, #23625

Parents

Father

William Lamb

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Gertrude Lamb and Arthur Stanley Zell were married on 9 May 1916 in Flushing, Long Island, New York.²

Gertrude Lamb had reference number 23899.

Citations

[S7487] Genealogy prepared by Truman Donoho (email address)
[S6446] Genealogy prepared by Kathleen Delaney (email address)