Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Where Were Your Ancestral Families in 1920?

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:

It's Saturday Night again -

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Our assignment from Randy Seaver tonight:

Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):

1) Where did your ancestral families reside in 1920?  Do you know their addresses or locations?   Have you visited the home? Who was enumerated in the 1920 in each family?  Are any of your ancestral families missing from the 1920 U.S. Census even if they should be in the census?

2)  Put it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook post.  Please leave a link in a comment to this post.

Here’s mine:

Interesting idea to think about which of our ancestors were alive in 1920, about one hundred years ago.  I write about both my ancestors and my husband’s, so really, I’m writing about my daughter’s ancestors.

Grandfather, George J. Gorrell, was born in 1913, so he was alive, living with his parents, Joseph Norman Gorrell and Matilda Pearl Davey in Webb City, Jasper Co, Missouri.[1] His sisters, Bertha M, Ada May, and Clara C also lived at 320 South Roane St.

Great-grandfather, Nils Arthur Nathaniel Nilsen, born 1894, lived with his wife, Agnes Hilma Lundquist in Oakland, Alameda County, California, at 1917 73^rd Avenue.[2] Their son, Arnold lived with them.

Great-grandfather, William Cyril Hork, born 1899, lived with his mother, Julia Ann Sievert in Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana.[3] His older brother, Albert and older sister, Carrie, also lived there.

Great-grandmother, Anna M. Sullivan, born 1892, lived with her sister, Loretta, and Loretta’s husband, James Leroy Patterson in Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana.[4]

Great-grandfather, Tom J Johnston, born 1912, lived with his father, Thomas N. Johnston in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas. Also in the household were his older sisters, Beryl and Mildred, and younger brothers, Halwynn and Luther.[5]

Great-grandmother, Pansy Louise Lancaster, born 1913, lived with her parents, George Warren Lancaster and Lela Ann Loveless in Erath County, Texas.[6]

2x-great-grandfather, Amos Gorrell, b. 1837, lived in Blackwater, Cooper Co, Missouri all alone.[7]

2x-great-grandfather, Nils Malkom Nilsen, b. 1865, lived in San Pedro, Los Angeles Co, California with his wife, Hulda Charlotte Anderson-Carlson, and their children, Ernes, Berger, and Esther.[8]

2x-great-grandfather, Per Alfred Lundquist, b. 1856, lived in Hilmar, Merced Co, California with his wife, Mathilda Lovisa Eriksson-Holm, and sons, John Edward & Davis W.[9]

2x-great-grandfather, John H. Sullivan, b. 1854, likely lived in Anaconda, Deer Lodge Co, Montana. He has not been found in the 1920 census.

3x-great-grandfather, Margaret Tierney, b. 1835, lived in Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon at the Home for the Aged. She was also not found in the 1920 census.

3x-great-grandfather, Rueben M. Johnston, b. 1841, lived in Comanche Co, Texas with his son, Oral D, Ninnie E, and Lloyd S.[10]

3x-great-grandfather, Peter H. Hutson, b. 1853, lived in Comanche Co, Texas with his daughter, Willie M and her husband Luther Wyatt, and grandchildren, Clarence, Ernest, Fay, Nedra, and Joseph.[11]

3x-great-grandfather, William Carl Lancaster, b. 1873, lived in Erath Co, Texas, with his wife, Martha J. Coor, and their children, Earl and Pearl.[12]

3x-great-grandfather, A. Ebenezer Loveless, b. 1851, lived in Erath Co, Texas, with his second wife, Mallissa Settle.[13]

So, a total of 25 of my daughter’s ancestors that were alive in 1920, as follows:

1 grandfather
8 great-grandparents
10 2x-great-grandparents
 6 3x-great-grandparents

I have not visited any of the ancestral homes.

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[1] 1920 U.S. census, Jasper Co, Missouri, pop sched, Joplin township, ED 70, sht 72b, dwelling 291, family 315, Joseph N. Gorrell.

[2] 1920 U.S. census, Alameda Co, California, pop sched, Oakland, ED 141, p. 142, dwelling 427, family 427, Arthur N Nilsen.

[3] 1920 U.S. census, Ravalli Co, Montana, pop. sched., Hamilton, ED 182, sht 12b, dwelling 281, family 315, Julia Hork.

[4] 1920 U.S. census, Deer Lodge Co, Montana, pop. sched., Anaconda, ED 23, p 52, dwelling 146, family 153, James Patterson.

[5] 1920 U.S. census, Comanche Co, Texas, pop. sched., Comanche, ED 70, p 47, dwelling 136, family 138, Thos N Johnson.

[6] 1920 U.S. census, Erath Co, Texas, pop. sched., Dublin Public Highway, ED 7, sht 3a, dwelling 44, family 45, Warren Lancaster.

[7] 1920 U.S. census, Cooper Co, Missouri, pop. sched, Blackwater, ED 67, sht 3a, dwelling 61, family 63, Amos Gorrell.

[8] 1920 U.S. census, Los Angeles Co, California, pop. sched, San Pedro, ED 312, p. 252, dwelling 563, family 266, N.M. Nilsen.

[9] 1920 U.S. census, Merced Co, California, pop. sched, Fairview Prec, ED 252, p. 158, dwelling 11, family 11, Per A. Lundquist.

[10] 1920 U.S. census, Comanche Co, Texas, pop. sched, Prec 2, ED 73, sht 7b, dwelling 144, family 150, Ruben M. Johnson.

[11] 1920 U.S. census, Comanche Co, Texas, pop. sched, Prec 2, ED 73, sht 9b, dwelling 181, family 187, Luther Wyatt.

[12] 1920 U.S. census, Erath Co, Texas, pop. sched, Prec 1, ED 4, p. 41, dwelling 45, family 44, William C. Lancaster.

[13] 1920 U.S. census, Erath Co, Texas, pop. sched, Prec 1, ED 4, p. 42, dwelling 60, family 58, Ebbie Lovelace.

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