Grace May (Foltz) Webster (abt. 1878 - 1973)

Born about 14 Mar 1878 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Levi Bruce Shank — married 1 Sep 1927 in Fayette, Vigo, Indiana, USA

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1973 at about age 95 in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Grace May /FOLTZ/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 14 MAR 1878

Place: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA

Note: #N170^[3][4][5][6]

Death

Death:

Date: 23 DEC 1973

Place: Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA^[7][8]

Adoption

Adoption:

Date: 1881

Place: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA^[9]

Baptism

Baptism:

Date: 25 MAR 1894

Place: Libertyville, Vigo, Indiana, USA^[10]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 27 DEC 1973

Place: Shirley Cemetery, Libertyville, Vigo, Indiana, USA^[11][12]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 11 MAY 1940

Place: Fayette Twp., Vigo, Indiana, USA^[13]

Note

Note: #H171

PHOTO

PHOTO @M49@

Object

Object: @M45@

Object: @M49@

Marriage

Husband: Levi Bruce Shank

Wife: Grace May Foltz

Marriage:

Date: 01 SEP 1927

Place: Fayette, Vigo, Indiana, USA^[14]

Grace was born in 1878. Grace Foltz ... She passed away in 1973. ^[15] Grace was adopted at age 3 1/2 by Hiram and Emma Foltz. Her origins are unproven at this time, but DNA evidence points to a member of the family of John and Elizabeth Hoke. It has not been determined which child is a potential parent of Grace. This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources?

Sources

1. ↑ Foltz-269 was created by Ellen Welker through the import of Ellen Hamilton Family Tree_2015-02-26.ged on Feb 26, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S574
3. ↑ Source: #S834
4. ↑ Source: #S344
5. ↑ Source: #S848 Page: Certificate No. 39078
6. ↑ Source: #S974 Page: Book 3, Page 29.
7. ↑ Source: #S344
8. ↑ Source: #S848 Page: Certificate No. 39078
9. ↑ Source: #S833
10. ↑ Source: #S833
11. ↑ Source: #S574
12. ↑ Source: #S848 Page: Certificate No. 39078
13. ↑ Source: #S997
14. ↑ Source: #S510
15. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Ellen Welker, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

• Source: S344 Title: Social Security Death Index
• Source: S574 Title: Personal Knowledge - Ellen Welker
• Source: S833 Title: Notes from Kathleen Webster Cox
• Source: S834 Title: Tombstone - Grace Foltz Webster Acord
• Source: S848 Title: Death Certificate - Grace M Acord Repository: #R77
• Repository: R77 Name: Illinois Department of Public Health Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S974 Title: Marriage License - Orringe Webster and Grace Foltz Repository: #R51
• Repository: R51 Name: Edgar County Illinois County Clerk Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S997 Title: 1940 Indiana Census, Fayette Township. Vigo County Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

Notes

Note H171Gracie May Foltz was born Nettie Gertrude Logan. "Official" story is that her father was killed on the Dayton-Ohio Railroad when she was a baby. Her mother's name was Mary Logan and her maternal grandmother was a Mann. She was adopted by Hiram and Emma Foltz about 1881, when Gracie was 3 1/2. The "unofficial" family story is that Hiram Foltz is her real father and that her mother was a servant in his household. Neither story has been proven.

Note N170According to notes from Grace's daughter, Kathleen Webster Cox, Grace was born Nettie Gertrude Logan. Her father was killed on the Dayton Ohio Railroad when she was a baby. Her mother was Mary and her maternal grandmother was a Mann (married name?). Grace was adopted at the age of 3 1/2 by Hiram and Emma Walton Foltz. Exhaustive search has neither confirmed or refuted this information. No adoption records have been found in Vigo County, Indiana. It may have been an informal adoption, since that would have been a common practice at that time. Other family sources contend that Hiram Foltz was actually her father and her mother was a servant in the household.

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