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Martha Ella Arnold 1893 – 1976 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Oct 1893

Birth Location: Nebraska

Death Date: 2 Jul 1976

Death Location: Los Angeles County, California

Father: Bowen Arnold

Mother: Martha Staats

Spouse(s): Leon Harper

Children(s): Lawson Harper, Leonard Harper, Hazel Harper, Vera Anderson

According to available records, Martha Ella Arnold was born in 1893 in Nebraska, the child of Bowen Arnold and Martha Ellen Staats. Following those early years, Martha Ella Arnold married Leon Hubert Harper, and their family grew to include Lawson W Harper, Leonard H Harper, Hazel Ollie Harper and Vera Jane Anderson. In the later years of life, Martha Ella Arnold died in 1976 in Los Angeles County, California.

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Parents

Bowen Arnold
1849 – 1902
Birth Location: Ionia County, Michigan
BA
Martha Staats
1855 – 1930
Birth Location: Iowa
MS

Spouses(s)

Leon Harper
1889 – 1964
Birth Location: York County, Nebraska
LH

Children(s)

Lawson Harper
1913 –
Birth Location: Iowa
LH
Leonard Harper
1915 –
Birth Location: Iowa
LH
Hazel Harper
1916 – 1984
Birth Location: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
HH
Vera Anderson
1920 – 2003
Birth Location: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
VA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 29 Oct 1893
    Event Place: Nebraska
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1920; Census Place: Council Bluffs Ward 4, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: T625_510; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 153, Year: 1900; Census Place: Knowles, Frontier, Nebraska; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0181; FHL microfilm: 1240927, Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922; Record Type: Marriage

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Knowles, Frontier, Nebraska
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Knowles, Frontier, Nebraska; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0181; FHL microfilm: 1240927

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Council Bluffs Ward 4, Pottawattamie, Iowa
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Council Bluffs Ward 4, Pottawattamie, Iowa; Roll: T625_510; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 153

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 Jul 1976
    Event Place: Los Angeles County, California
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Whittier, Los Angeles, California
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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