Nellie F. (McCrum) Gilbert (1877 - 1965)

Born 19 Mar 1877 in Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Kelsey Henry Pressnall — married 6 Oct 1895 (to 1920) in Kosciusko, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1965 at age 87 in Polk, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Nellie and her older sister, Lela, were born in Kosciusko County, Indiana. ^[1] Nellie married Kelsey Henry Pressnall at age eighteen, on October 8, 1895 in Kosciusko County, Indiana. ^[2] They had a son, Clair McCrum Pressnall, their only child, the following year. They are shown living in Osolo Township, Elkhart City, Elkhart, Indiana in the 1900 Census.^[3] By the 1920 Census, they have moved to Missouri.^[4] Nellie and Kelsey eventually divorced and she remarried Thomas Gilbert. Her death certificate lists cause of death as "clothing ignited at home by open heater." She died in hospital in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri on February 1, 1965

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9F-DJ7 : 7 September 2017), Nellie Mccrom in household of William Bowman, Etna Green, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 49, sheet 65A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0290; FHL microfilm 1,254,290.
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRQ3-FG4 : 10 December 2017), Kelsey H Pressnall and Nellie Mccrum, 06 Oct 1895; citing Kosciusko, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,311,133.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMBY-GZ5 : accessed 30 March 2018), Nella Pressnell in household of Kelsey Pressnell, Osolo Township Elkhart city Ward 1, Elkhart, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 1B, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,369.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8CT-2Q7 : accessed 1 April 2018), Nellie Pressnall in household of Kelsey Pressnall, Collins, St Clair, Missouri, United States; citing ED 138, sheet 8A, line 18, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 943; FHL microfilm 1,820,943.