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• Cremated: 7 Aug 2004, Westlawn-Hillcrest, Omaha, Douglas, NE

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Leonard married Evelyn Ruth Ladd. Evelyn (daughter of Arthur Bert Ladd and Hannah Pauline Daiss) was born on 4 Mar 1918; died on 19 Mar 1968 in , , NE; was buried in Mar 1968 in Memorial Cem., Fremont, Dodge, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Arthur was called Lester or Bud. He rode out of Fremont one day on his bicycle and was never heard from again. He lived for a time in Wahoo NE, in his later years. Not much is known about him...Bert Ladd.
Arthur and his wife lived in Nickerson when their second son, Roy, was born. He had or worked at a blacksmith shop in Morse Bluff, Saunders, NE when they had their fifth child, Charles. He also worked for the Northwestern R.R. at some unkno point after Charles was born. He worked for a time for the Wahoo Wasp, Wahoo, Saunders, NE. His job was to try and repair the presses when they broke down. The dates of this job were about 1941-1943. He lived in a hotel in Wahoo, NE, located o on a corner of an intersection, on the second floor. Charles and his wife visited him there on more than one occasion. Arthur also traveled to and from CA many times. While in CA on these trips, he would work at his brother Johns saw sharpeninening shop. These trips were by bus. He rode a bicycle quite a bit in his later years in and around Fremont NE. Jack and Charles say he even got his picture in a Omaha newspaper together with a article about his long bike rides.....Charles Ladddd. Arthur's S.S. number was 508-07-6117. His grave is in section 35, block 7, lot 36, grave 10. In the 1917 draft list, he was number 1909 571, his P.O. was Nickerson NE. On his WWI draft registration card he said he was born in 1886 and was married and had 3 sons.

In the 1910 census, Arthur and Hanna were living with his father and brother in Nickerson NE and there were no children listed! Where was Burt?
Charles H Ladd 58 Arthur Ladd 23 Homce p Ladd 22 John Ladd 21

In the 1920 census they were living in Morse Bluff, Saunders, NE., and he was a blacksmith.

Arthur married Hannah Pauline Daiss on 27 Jun 1908 in Blair, Washington, NE. Hannah (daughter of Karl Gottlob Daiss and Justina Gnuse) was born on 16 Jan 1887 in Fontanelle, Washington, NE; died on 21 Nov 1962 in Fremont, Dodge, NE; was buried in Nov 1962 in Memorial Cem., Fremont, Dodge, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In the 1930 census Hannah said both her parents were born in Germany. Arthur was not listed at her home.

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Married:
Witnesses were Mrs. F. W. Taylor of Blair and Mary E. Tyson of Arlington. License no. 3726, b ook 7, page 49.

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Charles was a blacksmith in Fontanelle NE. He invented many tools for the blacksmith trade. May have served in the Civil War. This information from Bert Ladd, his grandson. Marriage info from Nebraska Ancestree. It listed newspaper, The Weekly Burtonian, Tekamah, Polk Co. as the source of info. He was found dead in a wagon at the home of his son where he had gone for a visit. He was a member of Woodmen of the World.

Charles married Loretta Whitney on 28 Sep 1877. Loretta was born on 21 Jan 1860 in , , IN; died on 26 Jan 1903 in Hooper, Dodge, NE; was buried on 27 Jan 1903 in Hooper Cem., Hooper, Dodge, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Loretta was accidently shot and died from the wound. The shooter was a neighbor's son. She lingered for 8 weeks. The boy was Ray Lindquist. He was 10 years old at the time. The funeral was held in the Methodist church in Nickerson, NE, where she was a member. In 1900 she said she had bore 7 children and 3 were living.

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He came to America when he was 21, in 1878, and settled in Fontanelle NE. He died in his thirties of a ruptured appendix. Question; next to the L. Becker gravestone is a Amelia Daiss, daughter of Carl and Amelia Daiss? Who is this Amelia?

Karl married Justina Gnuse about 1884. Justina was born in Nov 1863 in , , Germany; died before 1910 in , , NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Was she also Hannah or Amelia? See Glenn Gnuse farm for info in Arlington NE. On Bill & Charley's death certificate, is Augustini Gustine?