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Ivan Winford Mears 1897 – 1988 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Sep 1897

Birth Location: Wilmington, Wabaunsee, KS.

Death Date: 5 Jul 1988

Death Location: Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, USA

Father: Walter Mears

Mother: Emma Shoultz

Spouse(s): Luena Brock

Children(s): Maurine Ford

The story of Ivan Winford Mears began in 1897 in Wilmington, Wabaunsee, KS.. Ivan Winford Mears married Luena Jenny Brock, and had children including Maurine Mildred Ford. Ivan Winford Mears passed away in 1988 in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Ivan Winford Mears began in 1897 in Wilmington, Wabaunsee, KS..
  • Ivan Winford Mears married Luena Jenny Brock, and had children including Maurine Mildred Ford.
  • Ivan Winford Mears passed away in 1988 in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, USA.

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Ivan Mears's Ancestors

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Ivan Mears
1897 – 1988
Birth Place: Wilmington, Wabaunsee, KS.
Parents
Walter Scott Mears
1872 – 1942
Eskridge Wabaunsee, KS.
Emma Shoultz
1874 – 1963
Eskridge, Wabaunsee, Kansas, USA
Grandparents
Anndra (William) Mair
1820 – 1908
Castleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Mary (Jane) McMaster
1828 – 1912
Corpach, Kilmalie, Argyll, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Charles McMaster
1787 – 1867
Margaret Cameron
1806 – 1891
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Allan MacMASTER
1748 – 1843
Anne Macpherson
1750 – 1820
Donald Cameron
1778 – 1869

Ivan Mears's Descendants

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Ivan (Winford) Mears (25 Sep 1897 – 5 Jul 1988) m. Luena (Jenny) Brock (19 Apr 1906 – 19 Oct 1996)
  1. 1. Maurine (Mildred) Ford (28 February 1930 – 29 April 2023) m. Myrl (Humphrey) Ford (abt 1930 – 17 February 2019)
    1. 1. Karen Hemphill (abt 1954 – ) m. Stephen Hemphill
    2. 2. Nancy Qualls
    3. 3. John Ford

Ivan Mears's Timeline

2 Records

1897
25 Sep 1897
Birth of Ivan Winford Mears in Wilmington, Wabaunsee, KS.
Wilmington, Wabaunsee, KS.
1988
5 Jul 1988
Age 91
Death of Ivan Winford Mears in Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, USA
Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Sep 1897
    Event Place: Wilmington, Wabaunsee, KS.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jul 1988
    Event Place: Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, USA

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