The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

Andrew Archie Francis^1,2,3,4

M, #50876

Parents

Father	Lewis Gordon Francis (b. 9 December 1901, d. 20 January 1973)
Mother	Hazel Nell "Nell" Smalling (b. 12 December 1908, d. 2 March 1987)

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Family: Mary Catherine Witt

Son	Child #1 Francis
Son	Child #2 Francis

BASIC FACTS

Andrew Archie Francis and Mary Catherine Witt were married in April 1966 in Leon Co., Florida.⁴

Citations

[S5963] Genealogy prepared by franjwolf (Ancestry.com)
[S10993] Obituary - Lewis Gordon Francis
[S2321] 1940 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S8917] Marriage Records - Florida, Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 (Ancestry.com)

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Mary Catherine Witt^1,2,3

F, #50877

Parents

Father	Vivian Enloe Witt
Mother	Margaretta E. Clark

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Family: Andrew Archie Francis

Son	Child #1 Francis
Son	Child #2 Francis

BASIC FACTS

Mary Catherine Witt and Andrew Archie Francis were married in April 1966 in Leon Co., Florida.²

Citations

[S5963] Genealogy prepared by franjwolf (Ancestry.com)
[S8917] Marriage Records - Florida, Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 (Ancestry.com)
[S2072] 1940 Census, Florida, Polk County

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Vivian Enloe Witt¹

M, #50878

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Citations

[S5963] Genealogy prepared by franjwolf (Ancestry.com)

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Margaretta E. Clark¹

F, #50879

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Citations

[S5963] Genealogy prepared by franjwolf (Ancestry.com)

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Child #1 Francis¹

M, #50880

Parents

Father	Andrew Archie Francis
Mother	Mary Catherine Witt

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Citations

[S5963] Genealogy prepared by franjwolf (Ancestry.com)

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Child #2 Francis¹

M, #50881

Parents

Father	Andrew Archie Francis
Mother	Mary Catherine Witt

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Citations

[S5963] Genealogy prepared by franjwolf (Ancestry.com)

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Unknown Unknown¹

F, #50882

Parents

Father	Unknown Dyson
Mother	Unknown Sorgatz

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Citations

[S5963] Genealogy prepared by franjwolf (Ancestry.com)

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Unknown Dyson

M, #50883

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Unknown Sorgatz

F, #50884

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Arthur Cole Francis¹

M, #50885

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Family: Birdie Bertie Bier , Sisson/,

Son	Lewis Gordon Francis+ (b. 9 December 1901, d. 20 January 1973)

BASIC FACTS

Arthur Cole Francis had reference number 51199.

Citations

[S5963] Genealogy prepared by franjwolf (Ancestry.com)

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Birdie Bertie Bier , Sisson/¹

F, #50886

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Family: Arthur Cole Francis

Son	Lewis Gordon Francis+ (b. 9 December 1901, d. 20 January 1973)

BASIC FACTS

Birdie Bertie Bier , Sisson/, had reference number 51200.

Citations

[S5963] Genealogy prepared by franjwolf (Ancestry.com)

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Ida Virginia Walton^1,2

F, #50887, b. 25 November 1862, d. 1 October 1945

Parents

Father	Joseph M. Walton
Mother	Lucy Tate Gills

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Family: William Jacob Giesler (b. 6 April 1868, d. 8 July 1912)

Son	William Yancy Giesler (b. 12 September 1893, d. 28 December 1963)
Daughter	Beulah Giesler (b. 1895)
Daughter	Josephine Giesler (b. 1898)
Daughter	Ella Giesler (b. 1904, d. 1986)

BASIC FACTS

Ida Virginia Walton was born on 25 November 1862 in Alabama.^3,1 She was born in November 1870 in Alabama. She died on 1 October 1945, at age 82.³ She was buried in Knights of Pythias Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas.³

Ida Virginia Walton had reference number 51201. She was enumerated on the census in Jefferson County, Alabama (1900.) GRAVE MARKER

IDA VIRGINIA
GIESLER
NOV. 25, 1862
OCT. 1, 1945.

Citations

[S401] 1900 Census, Alabama, Jefferson County
[S6448] Genealogy prepared by KathleenTucson (Ancestry.com)
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

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William Yancy Giesler^1,2

M, #50888, b. 12 September 1893, d. 28 December 1963

Parents

Father	William Jacob Giesler (b. 6 April 1868, d. 8 July 1912)
Mother	Ida Virginia Walton (b. 25 November 1862, d. 1 October 1945)

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BASIC FACTS

William Yancy Giesler was born on 12 September 1893.^2,3 He died on 28 December 1963, at age 70.^2,4 He was buried in Knights of Pythias Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas.³

William Yancy Giesler had reference number 51202. He was enumerated on the census in Jefferson County, Alabama (1900.)

Citations

[S401] 1900 Census, Alabama, Jefferson County
[S6448] Genealogy prepared by KathleenTucson (Ancestry.com)
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S3234] Daybook belonging to Martha Belle "Mattie" (Fain) DeVault

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Beulah Giesler^1,2

F, #50889, b. 1895

Parents

Father	William Jacob Giesler (b. 6 April 1868, d. 8 July 1912)
Mother	Ida Virginia Walton (b. 25 November 1862, d. 1 October 1945)

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BASIC FACTS

Beulah Giesler was born in 1895.²

Beulah Giesler had reference number 51203. She was enumerated on the census in Jefferson County, Alabama (1900.)

Citations

[S401] 1900 Census, Alabama, Jefferson County
[S6448] Genealogy prepared by KathleenTucson (Ancestry.com)

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Josephine Giesler^1,2

F, #50890, b. 1898

Parents

Father	William Jacob Giesler (b. 6 April 1868, d. 8 July 1912)
Mother	Ida Virginia Walton (b. 25 November 1862, d. 1 October 1945)

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BASIC FACTS

Josephine Giesler was born in 1898.²

Josephine Giesler had reference number 51204. She was enumerated on the census in Jefferson County, Alabama (1900.)

Citations

[S401] 1900 Census, Alabama, Jefferson County
[S6448] Genealogy prepared by KathleenTucson (Ancestry.com)

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Joseph M. Walton¹

M, #50891

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Family: Lucy Tate Gills

Daughter

Ida Virginia Walton+ (b. 25 November 1862, d. 1 October 1945)

BASIC FACTS

Joseph M. Walton had reference number 51205.

Citations

[S6448] Genealogy prepared by KathleenTucson (Ancestry.com)

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Lucy Tate Gills¹

F, #50892

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Family: Joseph M. Walton

Daughter

Ida Virginia Walton+ (b. 25 November 1862, d. 1 October 1945)

BASIC FACTS

Lucy Tate Gills had reference number 51206.

Citations

[S6448] Genealogy prepared by KathleenTucson (Ancestry.com)

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Ella Giesler¹

F, #50893, b. 1904, d. 1986

Parents

Father	William Jacob Giesler (b. 6 April 1868, d. 8 July 1912)
Mother	Ida Virginia Walton (b. 25 November 1862, d. 1 October 1945)

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BASIC FACTS

Ella Giesler was born in 1904.¹ She died in 1986, at age ~82.¹

Ella Giesler had reference number 51207.

Citations

[S6448] Genealogy prepared by KathleenTucson (Ancestry.com)

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George Edward Greening^1,2,3

M, #50894, b. 25 December 1921, d. 12 November 2017

Parents

Father	Ira Lewis Greening (b. 9 November 1879)
Mother	Cora Wilcox

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Family: Eleanor Childs Hill (b. 5 February 1927, d. 1 November 2004)

Daughter	Carol Greening+
Daughter	Nancy Hill Greening

BASIC FACTS

George Edward Greening was born on 25 December 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri.⁴ He and Eleanor Childs Hill were married on 26 November 1959.¹ He died on 12 November 2017, at age 95, in Old Bridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.⁵ He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co., Pennsylvania.⁴

George Edward Greening had reference number 51208. World War II, U.S. Army, trained in code and cipher by the British, he served in the Signal Corps at HQ 8th Air Force; then at HQ U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Bushy Park (London).⁴ He was a Messenger - W-? Optical Goods (1940); employed by George A. Breon and Company (1942); employed as an economist at Lafayette College, Lehman Brothers, and Rutgers (obituary.)^2,4,3 He was educated Studied economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Columbia, and at NYU.⁴ He was enumerated on the census in Jackson County, Missouri (1940.) OBITUARY - (Find-A-Grave)

George Greening, 95, of Old Bridge, NJ, died Sunday, November 12, 2017, at home, surrounded by family. Born at home on Christmas Day, 1921 in Kansas City, MO, he married Eleanor Childs Hill of Washington, DC on Thanksgiving Day in 1959.
A G.I. in Europe during World War II, trained in code and cipher by the British, he served in the Signal Corps at HQ 8th Air Force; then at HQ U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Bushy Park (London). From Bushy, beginning in Normandy, he was in and out of England, France, and Germany. Points from a Bronze Service Star and ﬁve (sic) Overseas Service Bars sent him home aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.
He arrived home in time for Christmas 1945. Home was a dressmaking shop in Kansas City, MO where his mother, Cora Greening, had earned their living in the Depression. Postwar, in their apartment in New York, on November 17, 1958, she died suddenly at age 65. His father, Ira Greening, seven years in an orphanage and four in the US. Navy, had died in 1925.
The G.I. Bill gave him the chance to study economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Columbia, and at NYU; and so to be employed as an economist at Lafayette College, Lehman Brothers, and Rutgers. While with Lehman he met Eleanor who was working at Exxon with degrees in economics from Vassar and Columbia, who had worked for the Marshall Plan, but was considered by her husband and children to be at her very best at home with her family. The end came on November 1, 2004 with her death on All Saints Day, just short of their 45th anniversary.
George and Eleanor loved to be called "Granddad" and "Grammy" and nothing made them happier than being grandparents to two wonderful girls. George is survived by daughters Nancy and Carol, granddaughters Paige and Nora, and his cousin Mabel's son Robert.
George will be buried alongside his wife with a graveside service that will be held at 2pm Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 725 Baltimore St, Hanover with The Rev. Joshua N. Rhone officiating. Military honors will be rendered by the Hanover Allied Veterans Honor Guard.

Citations

[S9983] Obituary - Eleanor Childs (Hill) Greening
[S12422] U.S. , World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940 - 1947 (Ancestry.com)
[S2206] 1940 Census, Missouri, Jackson County
[S10248] Obituary - George Edward Greening
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

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Lewis Cass Hill¹

M, #50895, b. about 1847

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Family: Mary Scott MacLeod

Son	Jesse F. Hill+ (b. 27 March 1885, d. 7 December 1963)

BASIC FACTS

Lewis Cass Hill was born about 1847 in New Jersey.

Lewis Cass Hill had reference number 51209.

Citations

[S4718] Email from Nancy Hill Greening dated March 8, 2014

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Mary Scott MacLeod¹

F, #50896

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Family: Lewis Cass Hill (b. about 1847)

Son	Jesse F. Hill+ (b. 27 March 1885, d. 7 December 1963)

BASIC FACTS

Mary Scott MacLeod had reference number 51210.

Citations

[S4718] Email from Nancy Hill Greening dated March 8, 2014

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Paige Unknown¹

F, #50897

Parents

Father	Unknown Unknown
Mother	Carol Greening

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Citations

[S9983] Obituary - Eleanor Childs (Hill) Greening

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Unknown Unknown

M, #50898

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Family: Carol Greening

Daughter	Paige Unknown
Daughter	Nora Unknown

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Nora Unknown¹

F, #50899

Parents

Father	Unknown Unknown
Mother	Carol Greening

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Citations

[S9983] Obituary - Eleanor Childs (Hill) Greening

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Peter Carl Roemer^1,2

M, #50900

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Family: Charlotte Caroline Wilhelmine Guske

Son	Peter Franz Carl Roemer, Jr.+ (b. 24 May 1887, d. 4 May 1920)

BASIC FACTS

Peter Carl Roemer had reference number 51214.

Citations

[S6886] Genealogy prepared by nightwnder (Ancestry.com)
[S11553] Obituary - Peter Franz Carl Roemer, Jr