Florence Elizabeth (Nesbitt) Mechling (1895 - 1988)

Born 18 Dec 1895 in Springfield, OH

Ancestors

Wife of Clyde Leroy Mechling — married 30 Dec 1915 in Allen, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1988 at age 92 in Lima, OH

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Biography

Per the 1920 census taken in January, Florence, Clyde, and Marjorie May Mechling lived in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. A memory as told by Marilyn Mechling Kready on 1-27-2021: "Mother, Dad, and Marjorie lived in Bartlesville, Oklahoma in company housing while Dad was working the oil fields there." She remembers being told that there were lots of dust storms there and other relative, a cousin, Dwight Hoskins, and his wife Mabel were there too.

The family appeared on another 1920 census dated February 1920 and they were listed as living with Clyde's father Milton and other family member, in Perry Township, Allen County, OH.

Florence died when she was 92 yrs. old. She was married to Clyde L. Mechling and had two daughters: Marjorie May Mechling Sharp, and Marilyn Eileen Mechling Kready.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1J-FR5 (January 1920 census)
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1J-FR5 (February 1920 census)

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138698659/florence-mechling

Information also taken from my copy of the Descendants of Allan Nesbitt.