Flora Eva (Williamson) Hearold (1895 - 1955)

Born 25 May 1895 in Liverpool, Fulton, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Clyde William Hearold — married 21 Aug 1913 in Beardstown, Cass, Nebraska, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1955 at age 59 in Sacramento, California, United States

Biography

Flora Eva WILLIAMSON was born 25 May 1895 in Liverpool, Fulton County, Illinois. She died 17 Apr 1955 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co, California and was buried in Elmira Cemetery, Vacaville, Solano County, California. Flora married Clyde William HEAROLD, son of John Sherman HARRELL and Nancy DAILEY on 21 Aug 1913 in Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois. Clyde was born 2 May 1890 in Versailles, Brown County, Illinois. He died 11 Sep 1952 in San Francisco, San Francisco Co, California.

Extracted from a history compiled by daughter Faye Hearold Carey

"Clyde HEAROLD's mother died when he was six years old. Legend has it that he and his four year old brother Owen were cared for for several years by a family named Peterye. They did not know how to spell his (Clyde's) name therefore the two boys had a different spelling than their younger brothers and sisters. As a young teenager Clyde had no place to go when Matt Reich took him under his wing. He lived with the family and worked on their Illinois River ferry boat between La Grange and Beardstown. He cared a lot for the family and named one of his daughters after the youngest Reiche girl.[Birdella]

After Clyde grew up, he worked on a dredge boat where Flora WILLIAMSON was a cook when they met. They were married 21 Aug 1913. Clyde built a houseboat where they lived while he was commercial fisherman on the Illinois River. He then made a fish market out of the houseboat and docked it at Browning, IL. After selling the market, they moved to Pike Co, IL where he worked first on the locks at Quincy, then as a tugboat pilot on the Mississippi River. His next venture was trucking. Clyde had two trucks which were kept busy hauling corn, etc. from Illinois to Missouri. That was the forerunner of the large trucking companies. When the depression caught up with them, they moved to California in 1936 trying to find greener pastures.

Clyde worked as a carpenter at the Southern Pacific Railroad shops in Sacramento for several years and ended up ranching outside of Vacaville for the last few years of his life. He was always a very working man. The day he died he drove a load of fruit to San Francisco and collapsed when he got out of the truck. He died that night from a blood clot in the aorta.

Flora was kept busy raising a large family. During the depression the children were comparatively well dressed and fed due to her capability as a seamstress and cook. She was able to make nice warm coats for the small children out of the good parts of adults' old pants and many other clever ideas that kept the family going. Although they had a large family they always to be able to help others. They frequently had relatives and friends staying with them and everyone always felt welcome. Flora suffered as a heart invalid the last few years of her life."

B. Married by George T. Saunders, Justice of the Peace. Marriage registered Aug 23 1913 on page 31 of marriage register. State Board of Health Register page 68. Source - Marriage License No 8183

Burial

Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery, Vacaville, Solano County, California, USA, Block 04, Lot 159

Sources

Find A Grave Memorial# 54438966