Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameHarley Charles ROOT
Birth Date27 Dec 1884
Birth PlaceBates County, Missouri
Death Date28 Dec 1958 Age: 74
Death PlaceEl Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri
Burial PlaceHarwood, Vernon County, Missouri, Lelfer Cemetery
FatherRoyal Marrit ROOT (1842-1928)
MotherMary Ellen HORNER (1847-1932)
Spouses
Birth Date31 Aug 1889
Birth PlaceMoody, McLennan County, Texas
Death Date21 Jul 1964 Age: 74
Death PlacePratt, Pratt County, Kansas
Burial Date23 Jul 1964
Burial PlaceCullison, Pratt County, Kansas, Sunset Cemetery
FatherHiram Monroe RYAN , 10 (1868-1904)
MotherNancy Ann “Nicie” RYAN , 11 (1871-1938)
Family ID314
Marr Date15 Mar 1906
Marr PlaceEl Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri
Marr MemoMissouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
ChildrenEthel Irene (1909-1944)
 Elsie Allene (1913-1967)
 Evelyn N. (1917-1992)
Notes for Harley Charles ROOT
Brother Charley ROOT Married Lulu Myrtle
Research notes for Harley Charles ROOT
Census 1: 1900, Box Cedar Co, age 14, born Dec 1885 TX, in school.
Census 2: 1910, Liberty Warren Co, IA ED 209 Pg 75, age 25. married 3 years, 1 child, 1 living, can read and write.
Census 3: 1920, Beloit Mitchell Co, KS ED 99 Pg 271 Fam 227, age 34, married, 3 children, can read and write, Common Laborer, rents home on ‘Walnut St. Harley W.21
Notes for Nettie Ellen (Spouse 1)
RYAN: Irish: simplified form of Mulryan. Irish: reduced form of O’Ryan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Riagháin (modern Irish Ó Riain) ‘descendant of Rian’; Ó Maoilriain ‘descendant of Maoilriaghain’, or Ó Ruaidhín ‘descendant of the little red one’. Ryan is one of the commonest surnames in Ireland; there has been considerable confusion with Regan. KaM Americanized spelling of German Rein. EG Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press

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Married Twice: Root (all Kids Here) &Packard

In Grandma Johnson's notes lists Nettie's birthplace as El Dorado Springs, Cedar Co, MO

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Census 1: 1900, Box Cedar Co, age 10, born Aug 1889 TX, in school. Nettie E.
Census 2: 1910, Liberty Warren Co, IA age 20. married 3 years, 1 child, 1 living, can read and write. Nettie.
Census 3: 1920, Beloit Mitchell Co, KS age 30, married, 3 children, can read and write, Laundress at home. Nettie E.21

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