Arthur Bert Ladd
1887 - 1972 (85 years)Person ID: I3152 | Tree: Lee Martinson Tree | Last Modified: 17 Feb 2008
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Name Arthur Bert Ladd Notes - 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.
Birth 14 Jun 1887 Hartington, Cedar, NE 
Gender Male Died 21 Jul 1972 Denver, Denver, CO Buried 26 Jul 1972 Mt. Olivet Cem, Golden, Jefferson, CO - 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.
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Parents
Father Charles Herbert Hiram Ladd (ID:I3129), b. 27 Dec 1852, Maywood, Cook, IL d. 25 Mar 1917, Hooper, Dodge, NE (Age 64 years) Mother Loretta Whitney (ID:I3148), b. 21 Jan 1860, , , IN d. 26 Jan 1903, Hooper, Dodge, NE (Age 43 years) Marriage 28 Sep 1877 Children (Siblings) 1. Bert Ladd (ID:I3909), b. 1876, Fontanelle, Washington, NE d. 1876, Fontanelle, Washington, NE (Age 0 years)2. Charles Hurlbert Ladd (ID:I3149), b. 7 Aug 1879, Fontanelle, Washington, NE d. Yes, date unknown3. George Elmer Ladd (ID:I3150), b. 2 Aug 1881, Fontanelle, Washington, NE d. Yes, date unknown -
Family
Wife Hannah Pauline Daiss (ID:I3155), b. 16 Jan 1887, Fontanelle, Washington, NE d. 21 Nov 1962, Fremont, Dodge, NE (Age 75 years) Marriage 27 Jun 1908 Blair, Washington, NE - Witnesses were Mrs. F. W. Taylor of Blair and Mary E. Tyson of Arlington. License no. 3726, b ook 7, page 49.
Children 1. Bert Elmer Ladd (ID:I3156), b. 16 Aug 1909, Nickerson, Dodge, NE d. 20 Feb 1986, Fremont, Dodge, NE (Age 76 years)2. Le Roy Herbert Ladd (ID:I3157), b. 28 Oct 1911, Nickerson, Dodge, NE d. 19 May 1993, Tekamah, Burt, NE (Age 81 years)3. Lester Earl Ladd (ID:I3158), b. 13 Nov 1915, Nickerson, Dodge, NE d. 24 Jan 1938, Casper, Natrona, WY (Age 22 years)4. Evelyn Ruth Ladd (ID:I3159), b. 4 Mar 1918 d. 19 Mar 1968, , , NE (Age 50 years)5. Charles Albert Ladd (ID:I3160), b. 13 Feb 1920, Morse Bluff, Saunders, NE d. 16 Apr 2012, Fremont, Dodge, NE (Age 92 years)6. Living (ID:I3161)