| Gertie Lavina MACOMB
d/o of #10-Nathan Birdseye MACOMB & #11-Lula May OVERSTREET |
| name change to Juanita June MACOMB ca 1936-1938 |
| Children
One daughter with Russell Shouse, given up for adoption in 1934-1935 in Jasper Co. MO.
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Juanita June Macomb Hursh 28 May 1944 |
| b 16 Mar 1920 | p Garber, Taney Co. MO |
| m 1st to Russell Shouse, ca
1935
m 2nd ? Andrews, unknown m 3rd George Hursh, 1944 |
p Carthage, Jasper Co.
MO
p probably same as above p Taney Co. MO |
| d 16 Feb 1980 | p Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co. MO |
| bur Eisenhour Cemetery | p near Spokane, Christian Co. MO |
| Hair: brown | Eyes: brown |
| Height: abt 5'2" | Weight: abt 130 |
| What we know: |
| Gertie ran away from home in
Taney Co. MO about 1933. She went to Jasper Co., where she met and
married a Russell Shouse. Grandma says that Russell was killed in
an accident on the railroad, where he worked, the same day they were married.
Gertie gave birth to a daughter 9 months later, which was given up for
adoption. Grandma and Juanita "Gertie" attended the girl's graduation
from HS ca 1952; Grandma says that the girl died shortly afterwards, en
route to CA, in a plane crash that occurred on her senior trip.
Now...admittedly, I've not gone to Jasper County looking for records of the marriage, Russell's death, or the girl's birth. I've been in contact with other Shouse researchers, who know of Russell's existence, but little else. I've also looked for evidence of a plane crash that happened about that time, for a class senior trip from a school in SW MO. There is none. How much is Grandma protecting Aunt Juanita and how much is what Juanita told her, I don't know. I do know I am not going to dig much deeper while my Grandma can get mad and still put steel down her backbone! <BG> I have my suspicions, and I have my clues. #1-the girl graduated, according to Grandma, from a school in Jasper Co. MO #2-there is evidence that the marriage actually happened; whether in the sequence stated or whether or not there was a divorce instead of death is unclear. #3-Uncle George never knew Gertie Lavina existed. Aunt Juanita was a wonderful woman, full of fun and laughs; she had her down times, not the least of which occurred in 1979, when she and Uncle George were divorced and she was diagnosed with lymphoma. She adored her nieces and nephews, making sure that they got to visit and go places with her. There is a "ranch" called Pleasant Valley, near the old townsite of Garber, where George and Juanita lived during the 1960s. It was known previously as the Old Harden Cox place. She ran a beauty shop in Branson, on Commercial Street; Uncle George was a truck driver, gone much of the time, and the winters were impossible for her to deal with the cattle and getting into town to run her shop. They sold the ranch about 1970, and bought another farm outside of Clever, in Christian County, where she lived the rest of her life. She had another shop in her basement, but was forced to close down in the mid-1970s; doctors told her the chemicals from perms and assorted hair sprays and dyes were ruining her health. She was also a smoker. I have a few stories to tell of her, and more pictures. The pictures will be here on the site; the stories you can e me for! |
Joe Wilson, Jim Wilson, Juanita Hursh, Shirley Wilson ca. 1955 |
picture of George Hursh |
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