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Catherine Launa Hester 1869 – 1926 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Nov 1869

Birth Location: Sand Creek, Union, Iowa, USA

Death Date: 30 Mar 1926

Death Location: Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, USA

Father: Nelson Hester

Mother: Cornelia Hathaway

Spouse(s): Henry Jones

Children(s): Jessie Jones, Ed Jones, Edith Jones, Arthur Jones, Irene Jones, Ruth Jones, William Jones, Lee Jones

Catherine Launa Hester was born in 1869 in Sand Creek, Union, Iowa, USA, the child of Nelson Burgess Hester and Cornelia Melissa Hathaway. Catherine Launa Hester married Henry Bascom Jones, and had children including Jessie Ella Jones, Ed Leroy Jones, Edith Louise Jones, Arthur Elmer Jones, Irene Belle Jones, Ruth Mabel Jones, William Ellsworth Jones, Lee Henry Jones. Catherine Launa Hester passed away in 1926 in Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, USA.

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Biography

  • Catherine Launa Hester was born in 1869 in Sand Creek, Union, Iowa, USA, the child of Nelson Burgess Hester and Cornelia Melissa Hathaway.
  • Catherine Launa Hester married Henry Bascom Jones, and had children including Jessie Ella Jones, Ed Leroy Jones, Edith Louise Jones, Arthur Elmer Jones, Irene Belle Jones, Ruth Mabel Jones, William Ellsworth Jones, Lee Henry Jones.
  • Catherine Launa Hester passed away in 1926 in Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nelson Hester
1829 – 1912
Birth Location: Wayne, Indiana, USA
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Cornelia Hathaway
1841 – 1905
Birth Location: Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA
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Spouses(s)

Henry Jones
1853 – 1914
Birth Location: Ginger Hill, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
HJ

Children(s)

Jessie Jones
1888 – 1966
Birth Location: Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, USA
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Ed Jones
1891 – 1963
Birth Location: Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, USA
EJ
Edith Jones
1893 – 1977
Birth Location: Weeping Water, Louisville, Cass, Nebraska, USA
EJ
Arthur Jones
1895 – 1951
Birth Location: Springfield, Sarpy, Nebraska, USA
AJ
Irene Jones
1897 – 1996
Birth Location: Cass, Nebraska, USA
IJ
Ruth Jones
1900 – 1968
Birth Location: Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, USA
RJ
William Jones
1902 – 1963
Birth Location: Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, USA
WJ
Lee Jones
1907 – 1970
Birth Location: Nebraska, USA
LJ

Catherine Hester's Ancestors

Self
Catherine Hester
1869 – 1926
Birth Place: Sand Creek, Union, Iowa, USA
Parents
Nelson Burgess Hester
1829 – 1912
Wayne, Indiana, USA
Cornelia (Melissa) Hathaway
1841 – 1905
Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA
Grandparents
Henry Hester
1809 – 1837
Clinton, Ohio, USA
Elizabeth Reynolds
1807 – 1888
Orange, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Reynolds
1779 – 1856
Anna Cornell
1786 – 1870
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Daniel Cornell
1760 – 1854
Elizabeth Birdsall
1760 – 1799

Catherine Hester's Descendants

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Catherine (Launa) Hester (23 Nov 1869 – 30 Mar 1926) m. Henry (Bascom) Jones (16 Nov 1853 – 18 Feb 1914)
  1. 1. Jessie (Ella) Jones (22 Sep 1888 – 15 Dec 1966) m. William (Oswald) Baier (21 Jan 1887 – 12 Jul 1966)
    1. 1. Hazel (Kathryn) Baier (9 Nov 1912 – 10 Oct 1984) m. Gerald (David) McCord (16 Mar 1914 – 18 Oct 2000)
    2. 2. Sterling (Ivan) Baier (6 Aug 1916 – 31 Mar 2008) m. Frances (Louise) Minniear (5 Feb 1919 – 19 Jun 1977) m. Grace (Whiting) Becker m. Dorothea (Marie) Sudduth (4 Nov 1918 – 29 Jan 2005)
      1. 1. Bruce (Charles) Baier (16 Sep 1945 – 25 Mar 2007)
    3. 3. Dwight (Carter) Baier (22 May 1921 – 10 Feb 2015) m. Bernice (LaFern) Young
  2. 2. Ed (Leroy) Jones (4 Nov 1891 – 16 Jun 1963) m. Anna (Louise) Gadway (27 Jan 1894 – 6 Jun 1984)
  3. 3. Edith (Louise) Jones (4 Aug 1893 – 17 Jun 1977) m. Fredric (Clay) Beverage (18 Jul 1886 – 26 Feb 1946)
    1. 1. Beatrice (Virginia) Beverage (14 Nov 1916 – 5 Sep 2004)
    2. 2. Estelle (Louise) Beverage (19 Feb 1918 – 19 Feb 1996) m. Raymond (Harold) Bockmann (18 Nov 1914 – 3 Feb 1944)
      1. 1. Sonja Bockmann (9 Sep 1938 – ) m. James Saxon
      2. 2. Rita (Ann) Bockmann
    3. 3. Dorothy (June) Beverage (18 Jun 1920 – 15 Nov 1987) m. John (William) Tanner
      1. 1. Mary (Catherine) Tanner m. David Stawinski
      2. 2. John (William Jr) Tanner
      3. 3. Michele (Maurine) Tanner
      4. 4. Jacqueline (Ann) Tanner
    4. 4. Eunice (LaRene) Beverage (30 Jun 1922 – 16 Feb 1974) m. Carl (Edgar) Tiekotter (1 Jan 1923 – 30 Jan 1968)
      1. 1. Steven (Lee) Tiekotter (28 Dec 1952 – 27 May 1998)
      2. 2. Carl (Frederick) Tiekotter
    5. 5. Charles (Norman) Beverage (16 Sep 1924 – 29 May 1999)
    6. 6. Raymond (Clay) Beverage (1 Nov 1926 – ) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Davidson (7 Jan 1935 – 13 Sep 2012)
      1. 1. William (Clay) Beverage (Oct 1955 – )
      2. 2. Raymond (Steven) Beverage (1957 – )
    7. 7. Ruth (Isabelle) Beverage (16 May 1929 – 1 May 2012) m. Richard (Dale) Glandt (21 Sep 1927 – 23 Jul 2001)
      1. 1. Ronald (Peter) Glandt
      2. 2. Richard (David) Glandt
    8. 8. JoAnn (Kathryn) Beverage (1 Jan 1936 – ) m. Robert (K) McAfee (1939 – )
      1. 1. Laura (Lyn) McAfee (27 Jul 1960 – ) m. Mark (L) Ivory (1957 – )
        1. 1. Robin (Lorraine) Ivory (21 Sep 1984 – )
      2. 2. Randall (Scott) McAfee (15 Sep 1962 – )
      3. 3. Kenneth (D) McAfee (27 Aug 1964 – )
    9. 9. Mary (Jean) Beverage (18 Jan 1939 – 15 Aug 2016) m. Jerry (Lloyd) Smith
      1. 1. Douglas (Spence) Smith
      2. 2. Dale (Lloyd) Smith
      3. 3. Dannette (Louise) Smith
      4. 4. Dawn (Elizabeth) Smith
      5. 5. Denise (Marie) Smith
  4. 4. Arthur (Elmer) Jones (2 Jun 1895 – 14 Jul 1951) m. Garnette (Leona) Moore (20 Jul 1896 – 14 Mar 1958)
    1. 1. Dewey (Lee) Jones (27 Sep 1917 – 14 Feb 1997) m. Doris (Marie) Smith (27 Jul 1916 – 25 Dec 2002)
    2. 2. Glenn (Walter) Jones (27 Dec 1918 – 5 Mar 1999)
    3. 3. Marion (Earl) Jones (18 Feb 1920 – 28 Oct 1989)
    4. 4. Harley Jones (22 Nov 1921 – 4 Feb 2002)
    5. 5. Lyla (June) Jones (11 Apr 1925 – 17 Mar 1999) m. James (Melvin) Odell (29 Sep 1918 – 4 Oct 1997)
      1. 1. Billvia (Gene) Odell (30 Sep 1945 – 15 Jun 1997)
  5. 5. Irene (Belle) Jones (15 Jan 1897 – 30 Jan 1996) m. Clarence (Albert) Brown (23 Apr 1892 – 12 Feb 1948)
    1. 1. Donald (Miles) Brown (27 Dec 1919 – 31 Jul 1975)
    2. 2. Leonard (Clarence) Brown (6 Sep 1922 – 6 Mar 2003)
    3. 3. Laurine (Clara) Brown (13 Jul 1924 – 4 Nov 2000)
    4. 4. Marilyn Brown (8 Sep 1926 – 1 Mar 2001) m. Lawrence (Parvin) Weakley (6 Aug 1920 – 21 Jan 1992)
  6. 6. Ruth (Mabel) Jones (10 Apr 1900 – 8 Jul 1968) m. Hurschel (Wesley) Petty (18 Dec 1895 – 25 Dec 1964)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann) Petty (1 Oct 1922 – 12 Jan 1994) m. Ervin (Theodore) Damms (24 Nov 1924 – Oct 1976)
  7. 7. William (Ellsworth) Jones (26 Mar 1902 – 19 Jan 1963) m. Lillian (Agnes) Gadway (25 May 1902 – Nov 1986)
  8. 8. Lee (Henry) Jones (3 Jun 1907 – 8 May 1970) m. Geraldine (Elva) Metz (11 Jul 1907 – 17 Jun 1976)

Catherine Hester's Timeline

2 Records

1869
23 Nov 1869
Birth of Catherine Launa Hester in Sand Creek, Union, Iowa, USA
Sand Creek, Union, Iowa, USA
1926
30 Mar 1926
Age 57
Death of Catherine Launa Hester in Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, USA
Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1869
    Event Place: Sand Creek, Union, Iowa, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Mar 1926
    Event Place: Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, USA
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