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Kathryn Jean (Ponsler-Elliott) Manship (1922 - 2012)

Kathryn Jean "Wilda Gene" Manship formerly Ponsler-Elliott aka Fangman
Born in Ripley, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Daughter of DNA confirmed and DNA confirmed
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Wife of [private husband (1920s - 2000s)]
Mother of [private daughter (unknown - unknown)]
Died at age 89 in Commiskey, Montgomery Township, Jennings, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

Kathryn was born in 1922. She passed away in 2012. She was adopted at birth. Her birth name was listed as Wilda Gene Ponsler Elliot. She was 6 weeks old when the adoption was finalized and her name was changed to Kathryn (Catherine) Jean Fangman. Her Adopted Parents were Bernard Clements Fangman Jr and Bertha Deldea (Schrader) Fangman. As her request, her adoptive parents are listed on her death certificate and her obituary. No mention of her adoption was listed in the obituary. She was an adult when she learned she was adopted. — Mary F Manship

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  • Birth certificate, Death Certificate, Find A Grave birth certificate for Wilda Gene Ponsler (Elliott), Indiana Department of Health, Ancestry Com, Affidavit signed by Thomas Smith Harrell making his granddaughter, Wilda Gene Ponsler, ward of the court (Ripley County Indiana Circuit Court (Versailles, Indiana) Sept 1922 term. file is located Ripley County Indiana Historical Society Versailles Indiana accessed 26 June 2019. Notice of adoption of Wilda Gene Ponsler by Ben and Bertha Fangman and name change of child to Catherine Jean (Kathryn Jean) Fangman, Osgood Journal (Osgood Indiana) 4 Oct 1922, page 1 Ripley County Indiana Historical Society (Versailles, Indiana) Newspaper Archives, accessed 24 June 2019, in personal possession of Mary Manship.
  • Versailles (Indiana) Grade School enrollment records first grade, School years1928-1929 and 1929-1930 student Catherine (Kathryn) Jean Fangman year of birth changed from 1922 to 1923, Records are now located Ripley County (Indiana) Historical Society Archives, Versailles, Indiana, Record in personal possession of Mary Manship.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4BH-1T4 : accessed 27 January 2018), Catharine Fangman in household of Bernard C Fangman, Versailles, Ripley, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 1A, line 3, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 624; FHL microfilm 2,340,359.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1YT-D3N : accessed 27 January 2018), Kathryn Fangman in household of Bernard Fangman, Osgood, Center Township, Ripley, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69-6, sheet 15A, line 36, family 355, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1090.
  • Funeral Card Stratton Karsteter Stratton Funeral for Kathryn Jean Manship nee Fangman last accessed 26 June 2019 in personal collection of Mary F Manship.
  • Obituary for Kathryn Jean Manship nee Fangman Osgood Journal Tuesday January 11, 2012 page one Ripley County Historical Society Versailles Indiana Newspapers Archives accessed 26 June 2019 In personal possession of Mary Manship.
  • DNA information:
Maternal DNA relationship confirmed by 23 and Me test match taken between Kathryn's daughter Mary Manship (Manship-216) anonymous (CT), half first cousins. Their most recent common ancestor is Ida Ruth Harrell (Harrell 2831), maternal grandmother to Mary Manship (Manship 216) and maternal grandmother to anonymous living. Predicted relationship by 23 and Me is first cousin once removed to second cousins based on sharing 362 cm across 15 Segments.
Paternal relationship is confirmed by Ancestry DNA test match taken between Mary Manship (Manship-216), Kathryn's daughter, and anonymous living second-third cousins. Their most recent common ancestors are William James Elliott (Elliott-15566) and Mary Catherine Ferdinand (Ferdinand-113), great grandparents to Mary Manship (Manship-216) and great grandparents to anonymous (CJE). Predicted relationship by Ancestry DNA is second to third cousins based on the sharing of 182 cm across 10 segments, confidence level Extremely High.




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Mary Manship
My Mother was adopted in a private adoption when she was six weeks old, by Bernard "Ben" Clements Fangman Jr. and Bertha Deldea Schrader Fangman. The "adoptive" parents chose to change her birth name from Wilda Gene Ponsler-Elliott to Catherine(Kathryn) Jean Fangman. Her "adoptive" parents could not agree on the spelling of her first name, Catherine which was her father Ben's spelling choice, because he said she was named for his niece, Catherine Koch. Kathryn, which was her mother Bertha's spelling choice because she said she was named for a family friend, Kathryn Dennert. My Mom preferred Kathryn and she always spelled her name Kathryn. She hated her middle name Jean, and after my parents marriage, she mostly used the name of Kathryn Fangman Manship. My Mom's birth year was also changed , from 1922 to 1923, when she started to school, thus making if 1923 was her true birth year, she was adopted before she was conceived. My Mom never knew she was adopted or the facts about the adoption until she was in her 40s, which was after the death of her "adoptive parents" Ben and Bertha. She chose not to change any of her records to list anyone else as her parents but her adoptive parents , saying Ben and Bertha Fangman were her parents out of love and choice, not by genes, and they were they were the only people she ever called Mom and Dad. Mom knew the identity of her birth family, and always was grateful to them. She was never bitter toward her birth family, saying they made right decision concerning her adoption, out of love and what was best for her. Mom requested at her death, that Ben and Bertha be listed as her parents on her death certificate, obituary, and funeral card and that there be no mention of her adoption in her obituary. My family honored her wishes.
posted 29 Jun 2019 by Mary Manship   [thank Mary]
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Mary Manship
Yes it does She was adopted at birth her Adopted parents were Bernard Clements Fangman and Bertha Deldea Schrader Fangman As to her request Her death certificate & obituary list her adopted parents as her parents and no mention of the adoption is listed in her obituary.
posted by Mary Manship
Downs-977 Debra (Downs) Allison
So if I have this correct Wilda Gene Ponsler, was adopted by the Fangman family. And Elliott must have been the bio-father. I might suggest https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Adoptions_and_Multiple_Parents for styles & standards.
posted by Debra (Downs) Allison
Downs-977 Debra (Downs) Allison
Does the multiple names mean she was adopted? If so, are Elliott her parents due to the DNA tags? Or are Ponsler, due to the name at birth. I'm so confused here.
posted by Debra (Downs) Allison

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