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Daniel Challis1,2

M, #201, b. circa 1675, d. 1760

Relationship=6th great-grandfather of Richard Tonsing.
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     Daniel Challis was born circa 1675 at near Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom.3 Daniel Challis was born circa 1678 at Panfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom.1 Daniel Challis married Rebeckah (?) at Panfield Farm, Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom.3 Daniel Challis married Mary (?) at England, United Kingdom.4 Daniel Challis married Ann (?) circa 1700 at Essex, England, United Kingdom.5 Daniel Challis died in 1760 at Essex, England, United Kingdom.1 Daniel Challis died at England, United Kingdom. His estate was probated 28 July 1737 England, United Kingdom.4 Daniel Challis was buried on 12 January 1760 at Panfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom.1
     Daniel Challis was also known as Daniel Challiss.3 Daniel Challis was French Huguenot.6 Daniel Challis was also known as Daniell Challas.7 Daniel Challis was a farmer. He resided at Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom.3 Daniel Challis left a will in 1730 at Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom.4

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Children of Daniel Challis and Ann (?)

Daniel Challis married Ann (?) circa 1700 at Essex, England, United Kingdom.5

Children of Daniel Challis and Rebeckah (?)

Daniel Challis married Rebeckah (?) at Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom.3

Children of Daniel Challis and Mary (?)

Daniel Challis married Mary (?) at England, United Kingdom.4

Citations

  1. [S372] "Malcolm Roberts ( Toronto, Ontario, Canada, e-mail address) to Richard Tonsing", 1 April 1999. Held by Richard Tonsing (4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California).
  2. [S173] Dr. Ernst F Tonsing, "Notes from the Panfield, Essex, Parish Registers," manuscript, June 2001, Thousand Oaks, CA, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, photocopy #6, page 1d.
  3. [S202] John R Murphy D. D., Memoir of Rev. James M. Challiss ( Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rodgers Co, 1870); Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  4. [S5] Rebecca Chaky and Ruth Martin, Ruth Martin Family Tree 1995 ( PO Box 1712, Friendswood, Texas 77549-1712: Never Done Press, 1995), 22-47; Rebecca Carol Chaky, 1904 Cloud Croft Dr., Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas.
  5. [S1579] Janet Challis Dawson, "Janet Challis Dawson, 440 N 100 W, Mendon, Utah, 84325, 435-753-7192 as submitted in GEDCOM file C:Documents and SettingsOwnerMy DocumentsgenealogygedcomDanielChallisDescend.ged and imported on 2007/09/30 at 20:22:13.," GEDCOM, held by unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  6. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis ( Fort Worth, Texas: Printing Center of Texas, 1979), 23; Sutro Library, California State Library System, 480 Winston Dr., San Francisco, California.
  7. [S173] Dr. Ernst F Tonsing, "Panfield, Essex, Parish Registers," manuscript, June 2001, photocopy #4, page 1b-c.
  8. [S173] Dr. Ernst F Tonsing, "Panfield, Essex, Parish Registers," manuscript, June 2001, photocopy #5, page 2b.
  9. [S173] Dr. Ernst F Tonsing, "Panfield, Essex, Parish Registers," manuscript, June 2001, photocopy #6, page 1a.
  10. [S173] Dr. Ernst F Tonsing, "Panfield, Essex, Parish Registers," manuscript, June 2001, photocopy #7, page 1a.
  11. [S173] Dr. Ernst F Tonsing, "Panfield, Essex, Parish Registers," manuscript, June 2001, photocopy #10, page 1a.
  12. [S173] Dr. Ernst F Tonsing, "Panfield, Essex, Parish Registers," manuscript, June 2001, photocopy #10, page 1b.

Amelia Josephine Harres1,2,3

F, #202, b. 1 February 1837, d. 21 February 1912
Amelia Josephine Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|Gebhard Harres|b. 11 June 1801\nd. 31 May 1863|p4.htm#i77|Maria Grace|b. 2 August 1797\nd. 17 September 1896|p4.htm#i78|||||||George Grace|b. 22 April 1769|p21.htm#i510|Mary Nevle|b. 22 September 1772|p10.htm#i233|

Relationship=2nd great-grandaunt of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Grandmother of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Amelia Josephine Harres was born on 1 February 1837 at 2100 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1,7 She was the daughter of Gebhard Harres and Maria Grace.4,5,6 Amelia Josephine Harres was born in February 1839 at Pennsylvania.8 Amelia Josephine Harres married Alfred Gideon Otis, son of Isaac Otis and Caroline Abigail Curtiss, at 2100 Chestnut St. on 22 April 1862 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Episcopal.9,10,1 Amelia Josephine Harres died at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe on 21 February 1912 at Atchison, Kansas, at age 75 years and 20 days.7 Amelia Josephine Harres died at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe on 2 February 1912 at Atchison, Kansas, at age 75 years and 1 day.11 Amelia Josephine Harres died at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe on 12 February 1912 at Atchison, Kansas, at age 75 years and 11 days. Amelia Josephine Harres was buried at 6920 Rawlins Rd at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas; R21-BL15.7
     Amelia Josephine Harres was also known as Amelia Harris.5 Amelia Josephine Harres may have been in the Gebhard Harres household on the 1840 census at Ward 2, Southwark, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.12 Amelia Josephine Harres appeared on the 1850 census in the household of Gebhard Harres at Southwark, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.5 Amelia Josephine Harres appeared on the 1860 census in the household of William Lawrence Challiss at 2nd Ward, Atchison, Kansas.13 Amelia Josephine Harres appeared on the 1860 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at Atchison, Kansas.14 Amelia Josephine Harres resided on 22 April 1862 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1 Amelia Josephine Harres, Alfred Gideon Otis and Maria Grace resided at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe from 1863 to 1910 at Atchison, Kansas.15,16,17,18,19 Amelia Josephine Harres and Maria Grace resided at 223 N. 1st (now North Terrace), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe from 1865 to 1896 at Atchison, Kansas.9,6,20 Amelia Josephine Harres appeared on the 1870 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at 3d Ward, Atchison, Kansas.21 Amelia Josephine Harres was enumerated as the wife of Alfred Gideon Otis on the 1875 Kansas state census census at Atchison County, Kansas.22 Amelia Josephine Harres appeared on the 1880 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at Atchison, Kansas.23 Maria Grace named Amelia Josephine Harres, Mary Ann Harres and John Henry Harres as beneficiary in her will in 1884.24 Amelia Josephine Harres attended the marriage of Edward J. Dekker and Blanche Challiss at 203 North Terrace (was N. 1st) on 1 October 1891 at Atchison, Kansas.25,26,27 Amelia Josephine Harres attended the marriage of Paul Gerhardt Tonsing and Ruth Martin at 315 North Terrace (was N. 1st) on 7 September 1893 at Atchison, Kansas.28,29,30,31 Amelia Josephine Harres was the head of household on the 1895 census at Atchison, Kansas. Maria Grace, Amelia Otis, Margaret Otis, Carl Spencer Otis, Theodore H. Otis and Alfred Gideon Otis were listed in the household.32 Amelia Mary Earhart was named for Amelia Josephine Harres.33 Amelia Josephine Harres also went by the name of Millie.34 Amelia Josephine Harres appeared on the 1900 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at Atchison, Kansas.8 Amelia Josephine Harres attended the golden wedding anniversary of William Lawrence Challiss and Mary Ann Harres on 1 August 1900 at Atchison, Kansas.35 Amelia Mary Earhart and Amelia Josephine Harres resided at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe say January 1901 at Atchison, Kansas.36 Amelia Josephine Harres appeared on the 1910 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at Atchison, Kansas.37 Amelia Josephine Harres was the (an unknown value) of Annie Maria Otis.8

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Children of Amelia Josephine Harres and Alfred Gideon Otis

Amelia Josephine Harres married Alfred Gideon Otis, son of Isaac Otis and Caroline Abigail Curtiss, at 2100 Chestnut St. on 22 April 1862 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Episcopal.9,10,1

Citations

  1. [S535] Registration of Marriages in the City of Philadelphia for Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres, 1 July 1862, , Department of Records, City Archives, Suite 150, 3101 Market St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  2. [S958] Ruth Tonsing, "Ruth Photo Album," 1967, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California. This is a color photocopy of two original albums once in possession of Ruth's son, Paul Tonsing. Each photo has a typed caption with the date, location, and people listed. The order suggests that Ruth pasted the photos and typed the captions shortly after the photo was taken or sent to her. Online at http://tinyurl.com/2sygxjRuth_Tonsing_Album
  3. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 3; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  4. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 7.
  5. [S155] 1850 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Philadelphia County, Southwark, wards 1-3, Pennsylvania, 99, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication M-432 roll 821. Original data: United States. 1850 United States Federal Census. M432, 1009 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
  6. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, "Challiss Martin Memory Book," collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967, Atchison, Kansas, held by Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas, oversize B C352, 87, unidentified Atchison? newspaper, 16 September, 1896.
  7. [S49] Don Ford, Cemetery Inscriptions Atchison County, Kansas ( Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc, 1987), 255; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  8. [S138] 1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 3 p. 10B, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-623 roll 470.
  9. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  10. [S264] History of the State of Kansas , Atchison County ( Chicago: A. T. Andreas, August 1998), Atchison County, part 22; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, http:/http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/atchison/…
  11. [S5] Rebecca Chaky and Ruth Martin, Ruth Martin Family Tree 1995 ( PO Box 1712, Friendswood, Texas 77549-1712: Never Done Press, 1995), 15-16; Rebecca Carol Chaky, 1904 Cloud Croft Dr., Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas.
  12. [S1344] 1840 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Gebhart Harris household, p. 89, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication M704, roll 486.
  13. [S118] 1860 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, W L Calliss household, p. 33, dwelling 270, family 258, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication M-653 roll 346.
  14. [S118] 1860 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, 28.
  15. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 15.
  16. [S617] Atchison County Kansas Genealogical Society, Combined Standard Atlas of Atchison County Kansas 1887 1903 1925 ( Mt. Vernon, Indiana: Windmill Publications, Inc, 2001), 1887 p. 10; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  17. [S1625] Paul Gerhardt Tonsing (7), Seventeenth City and County Directory including Atchison, Effingham, Huron, Lancaster, and Muscotah, Kansas Taxpayers and Accessible Residents of Atchison County Outside of the Five Incorporated Cities and a Complete List of the Patrons of the Rural Routes of Atchison County with a Compiled List of the Inhabitants, Business Firms, Officers, Educational, Benevolent, Social, and Religious Institutions and Maps of the State, City and County 1903 ( Atchison, Kansas: Tonsing, Paul G., 1903), 191; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  18. [S1626] Atchison City Directory for 1880 Containing an Alphabetical List of Citizens, A Classified Business Directory, List of Officers of the United States, State, County, and City Governments, Churches Schools, Societies, etc. ( Atchison, Kansas: Champion Printing Company, W. H. Haskell & Son., 1880), 181; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  19. [S1628] Paul Gerhardt Tonsing, Nineteenth Directory of Atchison City and County Including Atchison, Effingham, Huron, Lancaster, and Muscotah Kansas A Complete List of the Patrons of the Rural Routes of Atchison County with a Compiled list of the Inhabitants, Business Firms, Officers, Educational, Benevolent, Social and Religious Institutions and Maps of the City and County 1910 ( 500 Commercial St, Atchison, Kansas: Tonsing, Paul G., 1910), 180; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  20. [S1626] 1880 Atchison, Kansas Directory, 129.
  21. [S115] 1870 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, 190, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication M-593 roll 428.
  22. [S838] 1875 Atchison County Kansas Census ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County Kansas Genealogical Society, 2000), page 147 (188/28-34); Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  23. [S46] 1880 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 2 p. 9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication T-9 roll 372.
  24. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967, 87, unidentified Atchison? newspaper.
  25. [S68] Mary Ann Challiss and her children, From Maine to Texas ( n.p: privately printed, 1897), A circular letter from each child to their mother, Blanche Challiss letter May 12, 1897; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  26. [S186] Mary A. Challiss and her children, Woodlawn (privately printed, 1904), 150; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  27. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967, 46, Atchison Champion, no date, "Challiss-Dekker -- A Quiet, But Very Pleasant Wedding in Atchison Yesterday."
  28. [S185] Tombstone, Mount Vernon Cemetery, 6920 Rawlins Rd., Atchison, Kansas; Richard Tonsing, Paul G. & Ruth Martin Tonsing tombstone, read by Richard Tonsing, 24 July 1997.
  29. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967, 40, unidentified Atchison? newspaper, 1893.
  30. [S924] Marriage License Record for Paul G. Tonsing and Ruth Martin, 7 September 1893, 149, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 1000 SW Jackson, Topeka, Kansas.
  31. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 160, Tuesday, September 8, 1931.
  32. [S599] John and Enid Ostertag, 1895 Kansas State Census for the City of Atchison, Kansas ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County, Kansas Genealogical Society, 1997), 58; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  33. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis ( Fort Worth, Texas: Printing Center of Texas, 1979), 87; Sutro Library, California State Library System, 480 Winston Dr., San Francisco, California.
  34. [S68] Mary Ann Challiss and her children, From Maine to Texas, Ida Challiss Martin letter May 26, 1897.
  35. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967.
  36. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 27.
  37. [S33] 1910 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 3 p. 14A, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication film T-624 roll 431.
  38. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928.
  39. [S185] Tombstone, Mount Vernon Cemetery, 6920 Rawlins Rd., Atchison, Kansas, tombstone read by Richard Tonsing, 2009.
  40. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 157, Monday, January 5, 1931.

Alfred Gideon Otis1,2,3,4

M, #203, b. 13 December 1827, d. 9 May 1912
Alfred Gideon Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Isaac Otis|b. 26 September 1798\nd. 12 March 1853|p158.htm#i3934|Caroline Abigail Curtiss|b. 20 August 1808\nd. 12 March 1883|p102.htm#i2545|Ephraim Otis|b. 23 December 1773\nd. 24 March 1850|p319.htm#i7973|Mary Cornwell|b. circa 1773|p319.htm#i7974|||||||

Relationship=Grandfather of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Alfred Gideon Otis was born on 13 December 1827 at Cortland, Cortland County, New York.6,7,8,4 He was the son of Isaac Otis and Caroline Abigail Curtiss.4,5 Alfred Gideon Otis married Amelia Josephine Harres, daughter of Gebhard Harres and Maria Grace, at 2100 Chestnut St. on 22 April 1862 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Episcopal.6,9,3 Alfred Gideon Otis died at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe on 9 May 1912 at Atchison, Kansas, at age 84 years, 4 months and 26 days.7 Alfred Gideon Otis died at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe on 12 May 1912 at Atchison, Kansas, at age 84 years, 4 months and 29 days. Alfred Gideon Otis was buried at 6920 Rawlins Rd at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas; R22-BL15.7,10 His estate was probated by Mark E. Otis.11
     Alfred Gideon Otis may have been in the Isaac Otis household on the 1830 census at Homer, Cortland County, New York.12 Alfred Gideon Otis may have been in the Isaac Otis household on the 1840 census at Van Buren, Wayne County, Michigan.13 Alfred Gideon Otis was an attorney from 1850 to 1895.5,14 Alfred Gideon Otis appeared on the 1850 census in the household of Isaac Otis at Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan.4 Alfred Gideon Otis graduated from the in 1852 at Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.9,6 Alfred Gideon Otis graduated from the in 1854 at Louisville Law School, Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi.9,6 He resided from October 1855 to 22 April 1862 at Atchison, Kansas.9,3,6 Alfred Gideon Otis was filed a plat on 7 May 1857 at Monrovia, Atchison County, Kansas.15 Alfred Gideon Otis was a president on 7 May 1857 at Monrovia Town Company, Monrovia, Atchison County, Kansas.15 Alfred Gideon Otis was employed as an attorney from 1860 to 1873 at Glick and Otis Law Firm, Atchison, Kansas.9,6 Alfred Gideon Otis was the head of household on the 1860 census at Atchison, Kansas. Caroline Abigail Curtiss and Amelia Josephine Harres were listed in the household.5 Served together in the Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry.16 Amelia Josephine Harres, Alfred Gideon Otis and Maria Grace resided at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe from 1863 to 1910 at Atchison, Kansas.16,17,18,19,20 Alfred Gideon Otis ended military service mustered out before 14 April 1865.16 Alfred Gideon Otis was the head of household on the 1870 census at 3d Ward, Atchison, Kansas. Maria Grace, William Alfred Otis, Amelia Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres were listed in the household.21 Alfred Gideon Otis was a lawyer in 1875.22 Alfred Gideon Otis was the head of household on the 1875 Kansas state census census at Atchison County, Kansas. Amelia Josephine Harres, William Alfred Otis, Amelia Otis, Mark E. Otis, Maria Grace and P. Otis were listed in the household.22 As of 1876, Alfred Gideon Otis was also known as Judge.1,9 Alfred Gideon Otis was a manager after 1876 at Atchison Gas Co., s. s. Main, w. of 7th St., Atchison, Kansas.23 Alfred Gideon Otis was a district judge of the Second Judicial district from 1876 to 1881.9,23,6,19 Alfred Gideon Otis was employed as a President at NW corner 5th & Commercial from 1880 to 1887 at Atchison Savings Bank, Atchison, Kansas.23,24,19 Alfred Gideon Otis was the head of household on the 1880 census at Atchison, Kansas. Maria Grace, Amelia Otis, Margaret Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres were listed in the household.1 Alfred Gideon Otis was employed as a regent on 16 November 1887 at University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.6 Alfred Gideon Otis was a witness to first known woman to climb with Amelia Otis circa July 1890 at Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado.25 Alfred Gideon Otis was ill with mental breakdown in 1892 at Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.26 Alfred Gideon Otis appeared on the 1895 census in the household of Amelia Josephine Harres at Atchison, Kansas.14 Alfred Gideon Otis lived with Amelia Otis and Edwin Stanton Earhart at 1021 Ann Ave. after 1 November 1895 at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.27 Alfred Gideon Otis was the head of household on the 1900 census at Atchison, Kansas. Margaret Otis, Carl Spencer Otis, Theodore H. Otis, Annie Maria Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres were listed in the household.2 Alfred Gideon Otis was the head of household on the 1910 census at Atchison, Kansas. Amelia Mary Earhart and Amelia Josephine Harres were listed in the household.8 Alfred Gideon Otis was the (an unknown value) of Annie Maria Otis.2 Amelia Mary Earhart was a granddaughter descendant of Alfred Gideon Otis.8

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Children of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres

Alfred Gideon Otis married Amelia Josephine Harres, daughter of Gebhard Harres and Maria Grace, at 2100 Chestnut St. on 22 April 1862 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Episcopal.6,9,3

Citations

  1. [S46] 1880 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 2 p. 9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication T-9 roll 372.
  2. [S138] 1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 3 p. 10B, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-623 roll 470.
  3. [S535] Registration of Marriages in the City of Philadelphia for Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres, 1 July 1862, , Department of Records, City Archives, Suite 150, 3101 Market St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  4. [S1414] 1850 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Barry County, Michigan, Isaac Otis household, Page: 68, dwelling 35, family 35, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication M-432 roll 346.
  5. [S118] 1860 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, 28, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication M-653 roll 346.
  6. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  7. [S49] Don Ford, Cemetery Inscriptions Atchison County, Kansas ( Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc, 1987), 254; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  8. [S33] 1910 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 3 p. 14A, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication film T-624 roll 431.
  9. [S264] History of the State of Kansas , Atchison County ( Chicago: A. T. Andreas, August 1998), Atchison County, part 22; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, http:/http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/atchison/…
  10. [S185] Tombstone, Mount Vernon Cemetery, 6920 Rawlins Rd., Atchison, Kansas; Richard Tonsing, tombstone read by Richard Tonsing, 2009.
  11. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis ( Fort Worth, Texas: Printing Center of Texas, 1979), 85; Sutro Library, California State Library System, 480 Winston Dr., San Francisco, California.
  12. [S1446] 1830 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Cortland County, New York, Isaac Otis household, Page: 121, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication M-19, film 88.
  13. [S1415] 1840 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Wayne County, Michigan, Isaac Otis household, Page: 261, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication M-704 roll 212.
  14. [S599] John and Enid Ostertag, 1895 Kansas State Census for the City of Atchison, Kansas ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County, Kansas Genealogical Society, 1997), 58; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  15. [S601] Rita L Noll, The Early Settlements of Atchison County ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County, Kansas Genealogical Society, 1997), 53; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  16. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 15; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  17. [S617] Atchison County Kansas Genealogical Society, Combined Standard Atlas of Atchison County Kansas 1887 1903 1925 ( Mt. Vernon, Indiana: Windmill Publications, Inc, 2001), 1887 p. 10; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  18. [S1625] Paul Gerhardt Tonsing (7), Seventeenth City and County Directory including Atchison, Effingham, Huron, Lancaster, and Muscotah, Kansas Taxpayers and Accessible Residents of Atchison County Outside of the Five Incorporated Cities and a Complete List of the Patrons of the Rural Routes of Atchison County with a Compiled List of the Inhabitants, Business Firms, Officers, Educational, Benevolent, Social, and Religious Institutions and Maps of the State, City and County 1903 ( Atchison, Kansas: Tonsing, Paul G., 1903), 191; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  19. [S1626] Atchison City Directory for 1880 Containing an Alphabetical List of Citizens, A Classified Business Directory, List of Officers of the United States, State, County, and City Governments, Churches Schools, Societies, etc. ( Atchison, Kansas: Champion Printing Company, W. H. Haskell & Son., 1880), 181; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  20. [S1628] Paul Gerhardt Tonsing, Nineteenth Directory of Atchison City and County Including Atchison, Effingham, Huron, Lancaster, and Muscotah Kansas A Complete List of the Patrons of the Rural Routes of Atchison County with a Compiled list of the Inhabitants, Business Firms, Officers, Educational, Benevolent, Social and Religious Institutions and Maps of the City and County 1910 ( 500 Commercial St, Atchison, Kansas: Tonsing, Paul G., 1910), 180; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  21. [S115] 1870 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, 190, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication M-593 roll 428.
  22. [S838] 1875 Atchison County Kansas Census ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County Kansas Genealogical Society, 2000), page 147 (188/28-34); Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  23. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 18.
  24. [S617] Atchison County Kansas Genealogical Society, Combined Standard Atlas of Atchison County Kansas 1887 1903 1925, 1887, p. 5.
  25. [S34] Mary S Lovell, The Sound of Wings ( New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989), 8; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  26. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 28.
  27. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 24.
  28. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928.
  29. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 157, Monday, January 5, 1931.

Grace Otis1

F, #204, b. 19 March 1863, d. 3 September 1864
Grace Otis|b. 19 March 1863\nd. 3 September 1864|p9.htm#i204|Alfred Gideon Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia Josephine Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|Isaac Otis|b. 26 September 1798\nd. 12 March 1853|p158.htm#i3934|Caroline A. Curtiss|b. 20 August 1808\nd. 12 March 1883|p102.htm#i2545|Gebhard Harres|b. 11 June 1801\nd. 31 May 1863|p4.htm#i77|Maria Grace|b. 2 August 1797\nd. 17 September 1896|p4.htm#i78|

Relationship=1st cousin 3 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Aunt of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Grace Otis was born on 19 March 1863 at Atchison, Kansas.3 She was the daughter of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres.1,2 Grace Otis died on 3 September 1864 at Atchison, Kansas, at age 1 year, 5 months and 15 days.3 Grace Otis was buried at 6920 Rawlins Rd at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas; R22-BL15.4,3

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Citations

  1. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  2. [S264] History of the State of Kansas , Atchison County ( Chicago: A. T. Andreas, August 1998), Atchison County, part 22; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, http:/http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/atchison/…
  3. [S185] Tombstone, Mount Vernon Cemetery, 6920 Rawlins Rd., Atchison, Kansas; Richard Tonsing, tombstone read by Richard Tonsing, 2009.
  4. [S49] Don Ford, Cemetery Inscriptions Atchison County, Kansas ( Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc, 1987), 254; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.

William Alfred Otis1,2,3

M, #205, b. 2 February 1865, d. 8 December 1899
William Alfred Otis|b. 2 February 1865\nd. 8 December 1899|p9.htm#i205|Alfred Gideon Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia Josephine Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|Isaac Otis|b. 26 September 1798\nd. 12 March 1853|p158.htm#i3934|Caroline A. Curtiss|b. 20 August 1808\nd. 12 March 1883|p102.htm#i2545|Gebhard Harres|b. 11 June 1801\nd. 31 May 1863|p4.htm#i77|Maria Grace|b. 2 August 1797\nd. 17 September 1896|p4.htm#i78|

Relationship=1st cousin 3 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Uncle of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     William Alfred Otis was born on 2 February 1865 at Pennsylvania.1,2 William Alfred Otis was born on 2 February 1865 at Atchison, Kansas.5 He was the son of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres.1,2,3,4 William Alfred Otis married Grace Hetherington.6 William Alfred Otis died from diptheria on 8 December 1899 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, at age 34 years, 10 months and 6 days.7,8
     William Alfred Otis also went by the name of Will.9,4 William Alfred Otis appeared on the 1870 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at 3d Ward, Atchison, Kansas.2 William Alfred Otis appeared on the 1875 Kansas state census census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at Atchison County, Kansas.10 William Alfred Otis was employed as the treasurer at SE 2nd, s. of Commercial circa December 1887 at Symms Grocer Co., Atchison, Kansas.6,8 William Alfred Otis attended the marriage of Edward J. Dekker and Blanche Challiss at 203 North Terrace (was N. 1st) on 1 October 1891 at Atchison, Kansas.11,12,13 Grace Hetherington, William Alfred Otis, Annie Maria Otis and Margaret Otis resided circa 1897 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.7

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Child of William Alfred Otis and Grace Hetherington

William Alfred Otis married Grace Hetherington.6

Citations

  1. [S46] 1880 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 2 p. 9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication T-9 roll 372.
  2. [S115] 1870 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, 190, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication M-593 roll 428.
  3. [S264] History of the State of Kansas , Atchison County ( Chicago: A. T. Andreas, August 1998), Atchison County, part 22; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, http:/http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/atchison/…
  4. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928.
  5. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 15; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  6. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928 & 197, Wednesday, April 17, 1935.
  7. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 27.
  8. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  9. [S186] Mary A. Challiss and her children, Woodlawn (privately printed, 1904), 106; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  10. [S838] 1875 Atchison County Kansas Census ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County Kansas Genealogical Society, 2000), page 147 (188/28-34); Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  11. [S68] Mary Ann Challiss and her children, From Maine to Texas ( n.p: privately printed, 1897), A circular letter from each child to their mother, Blanche Challiss letter May 12, 1897; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  12. [S186] Mary A. Challiss and her children, Woodlawn, 150.
  13. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, "Challiss Martin Memory Book," collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967, Atchison, Kansas, held by Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas, oversize B C352, 46, Atchison Champion, no date, "Challiss-Dekker -- A Quiet, But Very Pleasant Wedding in Atchison Yesterday."

Harrison Gray Otis1,2,3

M, #206, b. 30 December 1866, d. 14 July 1867
Harrison Gray Otis|b. 30 December 1866\nd. 14 July 1867|p9.htm#i206|Alfred Gideon Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia Josephine Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|Isaac Otis|b. 26 September 1798\nd. 12 March 1853|p158.htm#i3934|Caroline A. Curtiss|b. 20 August 1808\nd. 12 March 1883|p102.htm#i2545|Gebhard Harres|b. 11 June 1801\nd. 31 May 1863|p4.htm#i77|Maria Grace|b. 2 August 1797\nd. 17 September 1896|p4.htm#i78|

Relationship=1st cousin 3 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Uncle of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Harrison Gray Otis was born on 30 December 1866 at Atchison, Kansas.4 He was the son of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres.1,2,4 Harrison Gray Otis died on 14 July 1867 at Atchison, Kansas, at age 6 months and 14 days.5,4 Harrison Gray Otis was buried at 6920 Rawlins Rd at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas; R22-BL15.6,4
     Harrison Gray Otis also went by the name of Harry.

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Citations

  1. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  2. [S264] History of the State of Kansas , Atchison County ( Chicago: A. T. Andreas, August 1998), Atchison County, part 22; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, http:/http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/atchison/…
  3. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 8; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  4. [S185] Tombstone, Mount Vernon Cemetery, 6920 Rawlins Rd., Atchison, Kansas; Richard Tonsing, tombstone read by Richard Tonsing, 2009.
  5. [S115] 1870 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, 190, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication M-593 roll 428.
  6. [S49] Don Ford, Cemetery Inscriptions Atchison County, Kansas ( Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc, 1987), 254; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.

Amelia Otis1,2

F, #207, b. 28 February 1869, d. 29 October 1962
Amelia Otis|b. 28 February 1869\nd. 29 October 1962|p9.htm#i207|Alfred Gideon Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia Josephine Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|Isaac Otis|b. 26 September 1798\nd. 12 March 1853|p158.htm#i3934|Caroline A. Curtiss|b. 20 August 1808\nd. 12 March 1883|p102.htm#i2545|Gebhard Harres|b. 11 June 1801\nd. 31 May 1863|p4.htm#i77|Maria Grace|b. 2 August 1797\nd. 17 September 1896|p4.htm#i78|

Relationship=1st cousin 3 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Mother of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Amelia Otis was born on 28 February 1869 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.3 Amelia Otis was born in 1867.5 Amelia Otis was born circa December 1868 at Kansas.6 She was the daughter of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres.3,4,1 Amelia Otis was born in March 1870 at Kansas.7 Amelia Otis married Edwin Stanton Earhart, son of David Earhart and Mary Wells Patton, at Fifth & Utah St. on 16 October 1895 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Atchison, Kansas.8,1,9 Amelia Otis and Edwin Stanton Earhart were divorced circa July 1924. Amelia Otis died on 29 October 1962 at Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 93 years, 8 months and 1 day.5 Amelia Otis was buried at Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.10
     Amelia Otis also went by the name of Amy Otis.3,11,6,7 Amelia Otis appeared on the 1870 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at 3d Ward, Atchison, Kansas.6 Amelia Otis appeared on the 1875 Kansas state census census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at Atchison County, Kansas.12 Amelia Otis appeared on the 1880 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe, Atchison, Kansas.3 Amelia Otis was ill with typhoid fever in 1886.13 Amelia Otis was ill with typhoid fever in 1889.14 Amelia Otis was ill with diphtheria in 1890.13 Amelia Otis and Edwin Stanton Earhart were Amy's coming-out party in June 1890 at Atchison, Kansas.15 Amelia Otis was first known woman to climb circa July 1890 at Pike's Peak, El Paso County, Colorado.16 Amelia Otis attended the marriage of Charles Bunberry Bennett and Dora Challiss at 203 North Terrace (was N. 1st) on 17 June 1891 at Atchison, Kansas.17,18,19 Amelia Otis attended the marriage of Edward J. Dekker and Blanche Challiss at 203 North Terrace (was N. 1st) on 1 October 1891 at Atchison, Kansas.20,18,21 Amelia Otis appeared on the 1895 census in the household of Amelia Josephine Harres at Atchison, Kansas.22 Amelia Otis and Edwin Stanton Earhart resided at 1021 Ann Ave. after 1 November 1895 at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.8 Amelia Otis, Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Mary Earhart resided in 1898 at Atchison, Kansas.23 Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis resided in 1900 at Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.1 Amelia Otis was enumerated as the wife of Edwin Stanton Earhart on the 1900 census at 1021 Ann Ave, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.7 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1907 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Amelia Otis was enumerated as the wife of Edwin Stanton Earhart on the 1910 census at 1443 Eighth St, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.9 Amelia Otis, Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1911 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.23 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1913 at Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.10 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1914 at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.10 Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided circa 1915 at Chicago, Illinois.10 Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis resided at Fourth St. circa March 1922 at Los Angeles, California.24 Amelia Otis and Muriel Grace Earhart resided after 1924 at Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.10 Amelia Otis was ill with injuries sustained in automobile wreck. One of her legs was broken on 3 April 1924 at Los Angeles, California.25 Amelia Otis was enumerated as a lodger in the Henry H Crooker household on the 1930 census at Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.26 Amelia Otis and Margaret Otis resided on 24 September 1930 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.24 Amelia Otis resided on 5 January 1931 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.27

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Children of Amelia Otis and Edwin Stanton Earhart

Amelia Otis married Edwin Stanton Earhart, son of David Earhart and Mary Wells Patton, at Fifth & Utah St. on 16 October 1895 at Atchison, Kansas.8,1,9 Amelia Otis and Edwin Stanton Earhart were divorced circa July 1924.

Citations

  1. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  2. [S34] Mary S Lovell, The Sound of Wings ( New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989), 7; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  3. [S46] 1880 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 2 p. 9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication T-9 roll 372.
  4. [S264] History of the State of Kansas , Atchison County ( Chicago: A. T. Andreas, August 1998), Atchison County, part 22; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, http:/http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/atchison/…
  5. [S5] Rebecca Chaky and Ruth Martin, Ruth Martin Family Tree 1995 ( PO Box 1712, Friendswood, Texas 77549-1712: Never Done Press, 1995), 133-138; Rebecca Carol Chaky, 1904 Cloud Croft Dr., Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas.
  6. [S115] 1870 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, 190, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication M-593 roll 428.
  7. [S1440] 1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Wyandotte County, Kansas, Edwin S Earhart household, Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 157, dwelling 156, family 176, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-623 roll 504.
  8. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 24; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  9. [S1439] 1910 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Polk County, Iowa, Edward Earhart household, Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 111, dwelling 129, family 135, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication film T-624 roll 419.
  10. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis ( Fort Worth, Texas: Printing Center of Texas, 1979), 87; Sutro Library, California State Library System, 480 Winston Dr., San Francisco, California.
  11. [S68] Mary Ann Challiss and her children, From Maine to Texas ( n.p: privately printed, 1897), A circular letter from each child to their mother, Amelia Challiss Dekker letter; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  12. [S838] 1875 Atchison County Kansas Census ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County Kansas Genealogical Society, 2000), page 147 (188/28-34); Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  13. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 18.
  14. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis, 86.
  15. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 20.
  16. [S34] Mary S Lovell, The Sound of Wings, 8.
  17. [S68] Mary Ann Challiss and her children, From Maine to Texas, Dora Challiss Bennett letter April 29, 1897.
  18. [S186] Mary A. Challiss and her children, Woodlawn (privately printed, 1904), 150; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  19. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, "Challiss Martin Memory Book," collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967, Atchison, Kansas, held by Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas, oversize B C352, 48, Bennett-Challiss wedding announcement, 17 June 1891; Atchison? The Patriot newspaper, no date, "The Bennett-Challiss Wedding"; unidentified Atchison? newspaper, no date, "Wedding Bells -- Marriage of Charles B. Bennett and Miss Dora Challiss."
  20. [S68] Mary Ann Challiss and her children, From Maine to Texas, Blanche Challiss letter May 12, 1897.
  21. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967, 46, Atchison Champion, no date, "Challiss-Dekker -- A Quiet, But Very Pleasant Wedding in Atchison Yesterday."
  22. [S599] John and Enid Ostertag, 1895 Kansas State Census for the City of Atchison, Kansas ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County, Kansas Genealogical Society, 1997), 58; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  23. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis, 90.
  24. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 155, Wednesday, September 24, 1930.
  25. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 61, Thursday, April 3, 1924.
  26. [S1446] 1830 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Cortland County, New York, Henry H Crooker household, Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 314, dwelling 175, household 239, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication M-19, film 88.
  27. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 157, Monday, January 5, 1931.

Margaret Otis1

F, #208, b. October 1875, d. 4 January 1931
Margaret Otis|b. October 1875\nd. 4 January 1931|p9.htm#i208|Alfred Gideon Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia Josephine Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|Isaac Otis|b. 26 September 1798\nd. 12 March 1853|p158.htm#i3934|Caroline A. Curtiss|b. 20 August 1808\nd. 12 March 1883|p102.htm#i2545|Gebhard Harres|b. 11 June 1801\nd. 31 May 1863|p4.htm#i77|Maria Grace|b. 2 August 1797\nd. 17 September 1896|p4.htm#i78|

Relationship=1st cousin 3 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Aunt of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Margaret Otis was born in October 1875 at Atchison, Kansas.1 Margaret Otis was born say December 1871.5 Margaret Otis was born say December 1872 at Kansas.6 She was the daughter of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres.2,1,3,4 Margaret Otis married Clarence Baylis on 5 June 1900 at Atchison, Kansas.5 Margaret Otis died on 4 January 1931 at Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at age 55 years and 3 months.2 Margaret Otis was buried on 6 January 1931 at Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.2
     Margaret Otis appeared on the 1880 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe, Atchison, Kansas.6 Margaret Otis attended the marriage of Edward J. Dekker and Blanche Challiss at 203 North Terrace (was N. 1st) on 1 October 1891 at Atchison, Kansas.7,8,9 Margaret Otis was follower of Amelia Jenks Bloomer in 1894. Margaret Otis appeared on the 1895 census in the household of Amelia Josephine Harres at Atchison, Kansas.10 Grace Hetherington, William Alfred Otis, Annie Maria Otis and Margaret Otis resided circa 1897 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.11 Margaret Otis appeared on the 1900 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at Atchison, Kansas.1 Margaret Otis and Clarence Baylis resided circa 1901 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.5 Margaret Otis was ill with critically ill on 24 September 1930.12 Amelia Otis and Margaret Otis resided on 24 September 1930 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.12 Margaret Otis was also known as Pearl Otis.6,3,4

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Children of Margaret Otis and Clarence Baylis

Margaret Otis married Clarence Baylis on 5 June 1900 at Atchison, Kansas.5

Citations

  1. [S138] 1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 3 p. 10B, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-623 roll 470.
  2. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 157, Monday, January 5, 1931.
  3. [S264] History of the State of Kansas , Atchison County ( Chicago: A. T. Andreas, August 1998), Atchison County, part 22; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, http:/http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/atchison/…
  4. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  5. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 28; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  6. [S46] 1880 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 2 p. 9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication T-9 roll 372.
  7. [S68] Mary Ann Challiss and her children, From Maine to Texas ( n.p: privately printed, 1897), A circular letter from each child to their mother, Blanche Challiss letter May 12, 1897; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  8. [S186] Mary A. Challiss and her children, Woodlawn (privately printed, 1904), 150; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  9. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, "Challiss Martin Memory Book," collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967, Atchison, Kansas, held by Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas, oversize B C352, 46, Atchison Champion, no date, "Challiss-Dekker -- A Quiet, But Very Pleasant Wedding in Atchison Yesterday."
  10. [S599] John and Enid Ostertag, 1895 Kansas State Census for the City of Atchison, Kansas ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County, Kansas Genealogical Society, 1997), 58; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  11. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 27.
  12. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 155, Wednesday, September 24, 1930.
  13. [S515] Ruth Martin Tonsing, "April 27, 1939 to April 8, 1946, Book VII," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, Newspaper clippings, held by Linn, Dot, 2400 S. MacArthur, #167, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, p. 51, Thursday, November 13, 1941.
  14. [S958] Ruth Tonsing, "Ruth Photo Album," 1967, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California. This is a color photocopy of two original albums once in possession of Ruth's son, Paul Tonsing. Each photo has a typed caption with the date, location, and people listed. The order suggests that Ruth pasted the photos and typed the captions shortly after the photo was taken or sent to her. Online at http://tinyurl.com/2sygxjRuth_Tonsing_Album

Mark E. Otis1,2,3,4

M, #209, b. circa December 1870, d. before 19 June 1928
Mark E. Otis|b. circa December 1870\nd. before 19 June 1928|p9.htm#i209|Alfred Gideon Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia Josephine Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|Isaac Otis|b. 26 September 1798\nd. 12 March 1853|p158.htm#i3934|Caroline A. Curtiss|b. 20 August 1808\nd. 12 March 1883|p102.htm#i2545|Gebhard Harres|b. 11 June 1801\nd. 31 May 1863|p4.htm#i77|Maria Grace|b. 2 August 1797\nd. 17 September 1896|p4.htm#i78|

Relationship=1st cousin 3 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Uncle of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Mark E. Otis was born circa December 1870 at Kansas.1 He was the son of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres.4,1,3 Mark E. Otis died before 19 June 1928.5
     Mark E. Otis appeared on the 1875 Kansas state census census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at Atchison County, Kansas.6 Mark E. Otis was the guardian for Theodore H. Otis.7 Mark E. Otis was a witness to Amy's coming-out party with Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis in June 1890 at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe, Atchison, Kansas.8 Mark E. Otis resided in 1900 at New York, New York.4 Mark E. Otis administered the estate of Alfred Gideon Otis.9

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Citations

  1. [S46] 1880 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 2 p. 9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication T-9 roll 372.
  2. [S68] Mary Ann Challiss and her children, From Maine to Texas ( n.p: privately printed, 1897), A circular letter from each child to their mother, Amelia Challiss Dekker letter; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  3. [S264] History of the State of Kansas , Atchison County ( Chicago: A. T. Andreas, August 1998), Atchison County, part 22; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, http:/http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/atchison/…
  4. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  5. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928.
  6. [S838] 1875 Atchison County Kansas Census ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County Kansas Genealogical Society, 2000), page 147 (188/28-34); Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  7. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis ( Fort Worth, Texas: Printing Center of Texas, 1979), 86; Sutro Library, California State Library System, 480 Winston Dr., San Francisco, California.
  8. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 20; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  9. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis, 85.

Carl Spencer Otis1,2,3

M, #210, b. March 1881, d. 1912
Carl Spencer Otis|b. March 1881\nd. 1912|p9.htm#i210|Alfred Gideon Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia Josephine Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|Isaac Otis|b. 26 September 1798\nd. 12 March 1853|p158.htm#i3934|Caroline A. Curtiss|b. 20 August 1808\nd. 12 March 1883|p102.htm#i2545|Gebhard Harres|b. 11 June 1801\nd. 31 May 1863|p4.htm#i77|Maria Grace|b. 2 August 1797\nd. 17 September 1896|p4.htm#i78|

Relationship=1st cousin 3 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Uncle of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Carl Spencer Otis was born in March 1881 at Kansas.1 He was the son of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres.4,1,5,2 Carl Spencer Otis died in 1912 at age 30 years.3 Carl Spencer Otis was buried at 6920 Rawlins Rd at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas; R22-BL15.3
     Carl Spencer Otis appeared on the 1895 census in the household of Amelia Josephine Harres at Atchison, Kansas.4 Carl Spencer Otis appeared on the 1900 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe, Atchison, Kansas.1 Carl Spencer Otis was a commercial traveler in 1903.6 Carl Spencer Otis and Theodore H. Otis resided at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe in 1903 at Atchison, Kansas.6

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Citations

  1. [S138] 1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 3 p. 10B, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-623 roll 470.
  2. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  3. [S185] Tombstone, Mount Vernon Cemetery, 6920 Rawlins Rd., Atchison, Kansas; Richard Tonsing.
  4. [S599] John and Enid Ostertag, 1895 Kansas State Census for the City of Atchison, Kansas ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County, Kansas Genealogical Society, 1997), 58; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  5. [S264] History of the State of Kansas , Atchison County ( Chicago: A. T. Andreas, August 1998), Atchison County, part 22; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, http:/http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/atchison/…
  6. [S1625] Paul Gerhardt Tonsing (7), Seventeenth City and County Directory including Atchison, Effingham, Huron, Lancaster, and Muscotah, Kansas Taxpayers and Accessible Residents of Atchison County Outside of the Five Incorporated Cities and a Complete List of the Patrons of the Rural Routes of Atchison County with a Compiled List of the Inhabitants, Business Firms, Officers, Educational, Benevolent, Social, and Religious Institutions and Maps of the State, City and County 1903 ( Atchison, Kansas: Tonsing, Paul G., 1903), 191; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.

Theodore H. Otis1,2,3,4

M, #211, b. 12 November 1877, d. 13 March 1957
Theodore H. Otis|b. 12 November 1877\nd. 13 March 1957|p9.htm#i211|Alfred Gideon Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia Josephine Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|Isaac Otis|b. 26 September 1798\nd. 12 March 1853|p158.htm#i3934|Caroline A. Curtiss|b. 20 August 1808\nd. 12 March 1883|p102.htm#i2545|Gebhard Harres|b. 11 June 1801\nd. 31 May 1863|p4.htm#i77|Maria Grace|b. 2 August 1797\nd. 17 September 1896|p4.htm#i78|

Relationship=1st cousin 3 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Uncle of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Theodore H. Otis was born on 12 November 1877 at Kansas.1,3 He was the son of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres.1,3,5,4 Theodore H. Otis died on 13 March 1957 at age 79 years, 4 months and 1 day.2 Theodore H. Otis died on 10 March 1957 at age 79 years, 3 months and 26 days.6 Theodore H. Otis was buried at 6920 Rawlins Rd at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas; R22-BL20.2
     Theodore H. Otis was adopted.7 Theodore H. Otis appeared on the 1895 census in the household of Amelia Josephine Harres at Atchison, Kansas.8 Theodore H. Otis appeared on the 1900 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe, Atchison, Kansas.3 Carl Spencer Otis and Theodore H. Otis resided at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe in 1903 at Atchison, Kansas.9 Theodore H. Otis was present at the death of Alfred Gideon Otis at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe on 12 May 1912 at Atchison, Kansas. Theodore H. Otis was a drayman and ran express service from 1914 to 1940 at Fourth and Commercial, Atchison, Kansas.10,11 He resided at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe in 1917 at Atchison, Kansas.12 Theodore H. Otis was a poultry fancier in 1917.12 He resided at 304 Mound from 1923 to 1936 at Atchison, Kansas.13,14,15,16,17 Theodore H. Otis was a witness to visited with Amelia Mary Earhart and Ruth Martin on 17 October 1933 at 207 North Terrace (was N. 1st), Atchison, Kansas.18 Theodore H. Otis also went by the name of Theo.19 Theodore H. Otis was a small chicken ranch between Atchison and Monrovia at Atchison County, Kansas.7

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Citations

  1. [S46] 1880 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 2 p. 9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication T-9 roll 372.
  2. [S49] Don Ford, Cemetery Inscriptions Atchison County, Kansas ( Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc, 1987), 255; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  3. [S138] 1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 3 p. 10B, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-623 roll 470.
  4. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  5. [S264] History of the State of Kansas , Atchison County ( Chicago: A. T. Andreas, August 1998), Atchison County, part 22; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, http:/http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/atchison/…
  6. [S5] Rebecca Chaky and Ruth Martin, Ruth Martin Family Tree 1995 ( PO Box 1712, Friendswood, Texas 77549-1712: Never Done Press, 1995), 15-17; Rebecca Carol Chaky, 1904 Cloud Croft Dr., Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas.
  7. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis ( Fort Worth, Texas: Printing Center of Texas, 1979), 86; Sutro Library, California State Library System, 480 Winston Dr., San Francisco, California.
  8. [S599] John and Enid Ostertag, 1895 Kansas State Census for the City of Atchison, Kansas ( Atchison, Kansas: Atchison County, Kansas Genealogical Society, 1997), 58; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  9. [S1625] Paul Gerhardt Tonsing (7), Seventeenth City and County Directory including Atchison, Effingham, Huron, Lancaster, and Muscotah, Kansas Taxpayers and Accessible Residents of Atchison County Outside of the Five Incorporated Cities and a Complete List of the Patrons of the Rural Routes of Atchison County with a Compiled List of the Inhabitants, Business Firms, Officers, Educational, Benevolent, Social, and Religious Institutions and Maps of the State, City and County 1903 ( Atchison, Kansas: Tonsing, Paul G., 1903), 191; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  10. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 191, Kansas City Star Tuesday, October 17, 1933.
  11. [S515] Ruth Martin Tonsing, "April 27, 1939 to April 8, 1946, Book VII," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, Newspaper clippings, held by Linn, Dot, 2400 S. MacArthur, #167, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, p. 10, Wednesday, April 10, 1940.
  12. [S1620] Paul Gerhardt Tonsing, Twenty-First Directory of Atchison City and County Including Atchison, Huron, Lancaster, Muscotah, Oak Mills and Potter Kansas A Complete List of the Taxpayers of Atchison County with a Compiled List of the inhabitants, Business Firms, Officers, Educational, Benevolent, Social, and Religious Institutions and Maps of the City and County ( 500 Commercial St, Atchison, Kansas: Tonsing, Paul G., 1917), 164; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  13. [S204] Tonsing's Atchison Directory, 1936 ( Atchison, Kansas: Paul Tonsing's Sr. and Jr, March 1936), 43; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  14. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928.
  15. [S1622] City Directory Atchison, Kansas 1923 Including Atchison County Directory Classified Directory Street Directory Numerical Directory ( Springfield, Missouri: Dunham Directory Company, 1923), 99; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  16. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 157, Monday, January 5, 1931.
  17. [S1623] Paul Gerhardt Tonsing, City Directory of Heads of Families and Business, Professional, Religious and Educational Institutions Arranged Alphabetically and Numerically by Streets Atchison Kansas Fall of 1928 ( 500 Commercial St, Atchison, Kansas: Tonsing, Paul G.; Twins, 1928), 67; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  18. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 191, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct 1933.
  19. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis, 85.

Grace Hetherington1

F, #212, b. circa 1865, d. circa 1899
     Grace Hetherington was born circa 1865. Grace Hetherington married William Alfred Otis, son of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres.1 Grace Hetherington died circa 1899 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.2
     Grace Hetherington attended the marriage of Paul Gerhardt Tonsing and Ruth Martin at 315 North Terrace (was N. 1st) on 7 September 1893 at Atchison, Kansas.3,4,5,6 Grace Hetherington, William Alfred Otis, Annie Maria Otis and Margaret Otis resided circa 1897 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.2 Muriel Grace Earhart was named for Grace Hetherington.7

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Child of Grace Hetherington and William Alfred Otis

Citations

  1. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928 & 197, Wednesday, April 17, 1935.
  2. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  3. [S185] Tombstone, Mount Vernon Cemetery, 6920 Rawlins Rd., Atchison, Kansas; Richard Tonsing, Paul G. & Ruth Martin Tonsing tombstone, read by Richard Tonsing, 24 July 1997.
  4. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, "Challiss Martin Memory Book," collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967, Atchison, Kansas, held by Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas, oversize B C352, 40, unidentified Atchison? newspaper, 1893.
  5. [S924] Marriage License Record for Paul G. Tonsing and Ruth Martin, 7 September 1893, 149, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 1000 SW Jackson, Topeka, Kansas.
  6. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 160, Tuesday, September 8, 1931.
  7. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis ( Fort Worth, Texas: Printing Center of Texas, 1979), 87; Sutro Library, California State Library System, 480 Winston Dr., San Francisco, California.

Annie Maria Otis1,2,3

F, #213, b. October 1889
Annie Maria Otis|b. October 1889|p9.htm#i213|William Alfred Otis|b. 2 February 1865\nd. 8 December 1899|p9.htm#i205|Grace Hetherington|b. circa 1865\nd. circa 1899|p9.htm#i212|Alfred G. Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia J. Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|||||||

Relationship=2nd cousin 2 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=1st cousin of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Annie Maria Otis was born in October 1889 at Kansas.1 She was the daughter of William Alfred Otis and Grace Hetherington.4 Annie Maria Otis married John Cain.4
     Annie Maria Otis was adopted.5 Grace Hetherington, William Alfred Otis, Annie Maria Otis and Margaret Otis resided circa 1897 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.2 Annie Maria Otis appeared on the 1900 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe, Atchison, Kansas.1 Amelia Josephine Harres was the (an unknown value) of Annie Maria Otis.1 Alfred Gideon Otis was the (an unknown value) of Annie Maria Otis.1 Annie Maria Otis and John Cain resided at 811 West Sixty-second Street from 19 June 1928 to 17 April 1935 at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.4

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Citations

  1. [S138] 1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 3 p. 10B, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-623 roll 470.
  2. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  3. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928.
  4. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928 & 197, Wednesday, April 17, 1935.
  5. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 28.

John Cain1

M, #214, b. circa 1889
     John Cain was born circa 1889. John Cain married Annie Maria Otis, daughter of William Alfred Otis and Grace Hetherington.2
     Annie Maria Otis and John Cain resided at 811 West Sixty-second Street from 19 June 1928 to 17 April 1935 at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.2

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Citations

  1. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928.
  2. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 114, Tuesday, June 19, 1928 & 197, Wednesday, April 17, 1935.

Edwin Stanton Earhart1,2,3

M, #215, b. March 1868, d. 23 September 1930
Edwin Stanton Earhart|b. March 1868\nd. 23 September 1930|p9.htm#i215|David Earhart|b. 28 February 1818\nd. 13 August 1903|p93.htm#i2318|Mary Wells Patton|b. 28 September 1821\nd. 19 May 1893|p93.htm#i2319|David Earhart|b. 4 December 1789\nd. 3 June 1848|p569.htm#i14215|Catherine Altman|b. 12 June 1789\nd. 15 March 1870|p572.htm#i14277|John Patton|b. circa 1791|p571.htm#i14265|Harriet Wells|b. circa 1803|p571.htm#i14266|

Relationship=Father of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Edwin Stanton Earhart was born in March 1868.3 Edwin Stanton Earhart was born in 1865 at Atchison, Kansas.5 Edwin Stanton Earhart was born in 1867 at Kansas.6 He was the son of David Earhart and Mary Wells Patton.4 Edwin Stanton Earhart was born say October 1870 at Kansas.7 Edwin Stanton Earhart was born on 28 March 1872 at Atchison County, Kansas.4 Edwin Stanton Earhart married Amelia Otis, daughter of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres, at Fifth & Utah St. on 16 October 1895 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Atchison, Kansas.8,1,7 Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis were divorced circa July 1924. Edwin Stanton Earhart married Helen M. (?) say April 1927.2 Edwin Stanton Earhart died on 23 September 1930 at Los Angeles, California, at age 62 years and 6 months.9 Edwin Stanton Earhart died in 1929 at age 60 years. Edwin Stanton Earhart was buried on 25 September 1930 at Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.9
     Edwin Stanton Earhart was also known as Edward Stanton Earhart.6,7 Edwin Stanton Earhart was enumerated as the brother of Harriet Augusta Earhart on the 1880 census at Kansas Avenue, Atchison, Kansas.10 Edwin Stanton Earhart graduated from the from 1886 to 1890 at Thiel College, Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.11 Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis were Amy's coming-out party in June 1890 at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe, Atchison, Kansas.12 Edwin Stanton Earhart and Harriet Augusta Earhart were employed as faculty members at Highland Park from 15 September 1892 to 1893 at Midland College, Atchison, Kansas.11,13 Edwin Stanton Earhart graduated from the from 1893 to 1895 at University of Kansas, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.11 Amelia Otis and Edwin Stanton Earhart resided at 1021 Ann Ave. after 1 November 1895 at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.8 Amelia Otis, Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Mary Earhart resided in 1898 at Atchison, Kansas.14 Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis resided in 1900 at Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.1 Edwin Stanton Earhart was an attorney from 1900 to 1930.7,3,2,15 Edwin Stanton Earhart was the head of household on the 1900 census at 1021 Ann Ave, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart, Muriel Grace Earhart and Maria Burgess were listed in the household.3 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1907 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Edwin Stanton Earhart was employed as the President in 1908 at Fort Worth Railroad, Fort Worth, Texas.16 He resided in 1908 at Galveston, Texas.16 He resided in 1908 at Dallas, Texas.16 Edwin Stanton Earhart attended the funeral of Isabella Earhart on 14 January 1908 or 15 January 1908 at Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania.16 Edwin Stanton Earhart was the head of household on the 1910 census at 1443 Eighth St, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart were listed in the household.7 Amelia Otis, Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1911 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.14 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1913 at Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.5 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1914 at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.5 Edwin Stanton Earhart resided circa 1915 at Kansas.5 Edwin Stanton Earhart was the head of household on the 1920 census at Los Angeles, California.15 Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis resided at Fourth St. circa March 1922 at Los Angeles, California.9 Edwin Stanton Earhart was Christian Science before 1924 at Los Angeles, California.5 Edwin Stanton Earhart was ill with throat cancer circa 8 January 1930.9 Edwin Stanton Earhart was the head of household on the 1930 census at 1330 Wildwood Dr, Los Angeles, California. Helen M. (?) were listed in the household.2 Edwin Stanton Earhart also went by the name of Ed.5 Edwin Stanton Earhart was a claim agent at Metropolitan Street Railways, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.9

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Children of Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis

Edwin Stanton Earhart married Amelia Otis, daughter of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres, at Fifth & Utah St. on 16 October 1895 at Atchison, Kansas.8,1,7 Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis were divorced circa July 1924.

Citations

  1. [S281] Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas ( Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co, 1900), 27; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  2. [S1441] 1930 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Los Angeles County, CA, Edwin S Earhart household, Page: 25B; Enumeration District: 668, dwelling 338, family 346, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-626 roll 161.
  3. [S1440] 1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Wyandotte County, Kansas, Edwin S Earhart household, Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 157, dwelling 156, family 176, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-623 roll 504.
  4. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 22; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  5. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis ( Fort Worth, Texas: Printing Center of Texas, 1979), 87; Sutro Library, California State Library System, 480 Winston Dr., San Francisco, California.
  6. [S46] 1880 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 2 p. 18, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication T-9 roll 372.
  7. [S1439] 1910 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Polk County, Iowa, Edward Earhart household, Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 111, dwelling 129, family 135, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication film T-624 roll 419.
  8. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 24.
  9. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 155, Wednesday, September 24, 1930.
  10. [S46] 1880 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, Mourre, Harriet E. household, ED2, p. 268B, dwelling 134, family 167.
  11. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 23.
  12. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 20.
  13. [S1135] Rev. H. A Ott, A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Kansas Together With a Sketch of the Augustana Synod Churches and a Brief Presentation of Other Lutheran Bodies Located in Kansas ( Kansas: Evangelical Lutheran Synod, 1907), 231; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  14. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis, 90.
  15. [S1442] 1920 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Los Angeles County, CA, Edwin S Earhart household, Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 212, dwelling 40, family 293, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication T-625 roll 108.
  16. [S1598] Mary Jane Schneider, Midwinter Mourning The Boyertown Opera House Fire ( Boyertown, Pennsylvania: MJS Publications, 1991), 145-148; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.

Amelia Mary Earhart1,2,3,4

F, #216, b. 24 July 1897, d. say 2 July 1937
Amelia Mary Earhart|b. 24 July 1897\nd. say 2 July 1937|p9.htm#i216|Edwin Stanton Earhart|b. March 1868\nd. 23 September 1930|p9.htm#i215|Amelia Otis|b. 28 February 1869\nd. 29 October 1962|p9.htm#i207|David Earhart|b. 28 February 1818\nd. 13 August 1903|p93.htm#i2318|Mary W. Patton|b. 28 September 1821\nd. 19 May 1893|p93.htm#i2319|Alfred G. Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia J. Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|

Relationship=2nd cousin 2 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
     Amelia Mary Earhart was born on 24 July 1897 at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe, Atchison, Kansas.6,3,7,8,4 She was the daughter of Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis.3,4,5 Amelia Mary Earhart was baptizedin at Fifth & Utah St. at Fifth & Utah St. on 10 October 1897 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Atchison, Kansas.7 Amelia Mary Earhart was not born on 24 July 1898 as listed on her pilots license. Amelia Mary Earhart married George Palmer Putnam, son of John Bishop Putnam and Frances Faulkner, on 7 February 1931 at Noank, New London County, Connecticut.9 Amelia Mary Earhart died say 2 July 1937 at Howland Island, Phoenix Islands, USA.10
     Amelia Mary Earhart was named for Amelia Josephine Harres.11 Amelia Otis, Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Mary Earhart resided in 1898 at Atchison, Kansas.12 Amelia Mary Earhart was named for Mary Wells Patton.12 Amelia Mary Earhart also went by the name of Millie.13,5 Amelia Mary Earhart was enumerated as the daughter of Edwin Stanton Earhart on the 1900 census at 1021 Ann Ave, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.4 Amelia Mary Earhart and Amelia Josephine Harres resided at 223 North Terrace (was N. 1st), SW corner 1st & Santa Fe say January 1901 at Atchison, Kansas.14 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1907 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Amelia Mary Earhart appeared on the 1910 census in the household of Alfred Gideon Otis at Atchison, Kansas.6 Amelia Mary Earhart was enumerated as the daughter of Edwin Stanton Earhart on the 1910 census at 1443 Eighth St, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.3 Amelia Otis, Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1911 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.12 Amelia Mary Earhart was a granddaughter descendant of Alfred Gideon Otis.6 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1913 at Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.11 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1914 at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.11 Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided circa 1915 at Chicago, Illinois.11 Amelia Mary Earhart was educated in 1916 at Ogontz School, Rydal, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Amelia Mary Earhart was a war nurse in 1917 at Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.15 Amelia Mary Earhart was educated circa September 1919 at Columbia University, New York, New York; pre-med.15 Learned to fly.10 Amelia Mary Earhart was a social worker in 1926 at Denison House, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.15 Amelia Mary Earhart was a flyer and writer for an aviation magazine in 1930.8 Amelia Mary Earhart was enumerated as a lodger in the Amelia Mary Earhart household on the 1930 census at American Women's Association Club Hotel, 353-361 West 57th St, Manhattan, New York.8 Amelia Mary Earhart attended the marriage of Albert Morrissey and Muriel Grace Earhart in 1931. Amelia Mary Earhart and Ruth Martin were visited on 17 October 1933 at 207 North Terrace (was N. 1st), Atchison, Kansas.16 Amelia Mary Earhart was dedicated by a tablet unveiled by the Women's Kansas Day Club on 6 December 1935? At Public Library, Atchison, Kansas.17

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Citations

  1. [S958] Ruth Tonsing, "Ruth Photo Album," 1967, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California. This is a color photocopy of two original albums once in possession of Ruth's son, Paul Tonsing. Each photo has a typed caption with the date, location, and people listed. The order suggests that Ruth pasted the photos and typed the captions shortly after the photo was taken or sent to her. Online at http://tinyurl.com/2sygxjRuth_Tonsing_Album
  2. [S1438] 1930 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Manhattan, New York County, New York, Edward Earhart household, Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 111, dwelling 129, family 135, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-626 roll 1567.
  3. [S1439] 1910 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Polk County, Iowa, Edward Earhart household, Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 111, dwelling 129, family 135, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication film T-624 roll 419.
  4. [S1440] 1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Wyandotte County, Kansas, Edwin S Earhart household, Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 157, dwelling 156, family 176, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-623 roll 504.
  5. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 61, Thursday, April 3, 1924.
  6. [S33] 1910 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Atchison County, Kansas, ED 3 p. 14A, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, micropublication film T-624 roll 431.
  7. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 4; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  8. [S1438] 1930 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Manhattan, New York County, New York, American Women's Association Club Hotel, Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 1212, dwelling 46, family 45.
  9. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 158, Saturday, February 7, 1931.
  10. [S5] Rebecca Chaky and Ruth Martin, Ruth Martin Family Tree 1995 ( PO Box 1712, Friendswood, Texas 77549-1712: Never Done Press, 1995), 133-138; Rebecca Carol Chaky, 1904 Cloud Croft Dr., Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas.
  11. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis ( Fort Worth, Texas: Printing Center of Texas, 1979), 87; Sutro Library, California State Library System, 480 Winston Dr., San Francisco, California.
  12. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis, 90.
  13. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart.
  14. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart, 27.
  15. [S34] Mary S Lovell, The Sound of Wings ( New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989), 361; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  16. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 191, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct 1933.
  17. [S199] Ruth Tonsing, "Challiss Martin Memory Book," collection of newspaper clippings, before 1967, Atchison, Kansas, held by Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas, oversize B C352, 99, unidentified newspaper, Atchison, Dec. 6, "Amelia to be Honored by Kansas Women."

Muriel Grace Earhart1

F, #217, b. 29 December 1899, d. 2 March 1998
Muriel Grace Earhart|b. 29 December 1899\nd. 2 March 1998|p9.htm#i217|Edwin Stanton Earhart|b. March 1868\nd. 23 September 1930|p9.htm#i215|Amelia Otis|b. 28 February 1869\nd. 29 October 1962|p9.htm#i207|David Earhart|b. 28 February 1818\nd. 13 August 1903|p93.htm#i2318|Mary W. Patton|b. 28 September 1821\nd. 19 May 1893|p93.htm#i2319|Alfred G. Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia J. Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|

Relationship=2nd cousin 2 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Sister of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Muriel Grace Earhart was born on 29 December 1899 at Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.4,2,3 She was the daughter of Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis.2,3 Muriel Grace Earhart married Albert Morrissey in 1931. Muriel Grace Earhart died on 2 March 1998 at Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 98 years, 2 months and 2 days.5,4
     Muriel Grace Earhart was enumerated as the daughter of Edwin Stanton Earhart on the 1900 census at 1021 Ann Ave, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.3 Muriel Grace Earhart was named for Grace Hetherington.6 Muriel Grace Earhart was also known as Grace M. Earhart.2,3 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1907 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Muriel Grace Earhart was enumerated as the daughter of Edwin Stanton Earhart on the 1910 census at 1443 Eighth St, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.2 Amelia Otis, Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1911 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.7 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1913 at Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.6 Edwin Stanton Earhart, Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided in 1914 at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.6 Amelia Otis, Amelia Mary Earhart and Muriel Grace Earhart resided circa 1915 at Chicago, Illinois.6 Amelia Otis and Muriel Grace Earhart resided after 1924 at Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.6 She resided on 24 September 1930 at Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.8 Muriel Grace Earhart was author of Courage is the Price: The Life of Amelia Earhart in 1963.9 She resided at West Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Muriel Grace Earhart also went by the name of Pidge. Muriel Grace Earhart graduated with a Ed.M. degree degree from the at Harvard University, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.7 Muriel Grace Earhart was a high school teacher.10 She resided at Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.5

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Children of Muriel Grace Earhart and Albert Morrissey

Muriel Grace Earhart married Albert Morrissey in 1931.

Citations

  1. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 28; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  2. [S1439] 1910 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Polk County, Iowa, Edward Earhart household, Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 111, dwelling 129, family 135, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication film T-624 roll 419.
  3. [S1440] 1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Wyandotte County, Kansas, Edwin S Earhart household, Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 157, dwelling 156, family 176, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St., San Francisco, California, micropublication T-623 roll 504.
  4. [S102] "Social Security Death Index Interactive Search," database online, http:/ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi/, held by RootsWeb, unknown repository address, 030-32-1904.
  5. [S244] Globe, (Boston), Globe, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
  6. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis ( Fort Worth, Texas: Printing Center of Texas, 1979), 87; Sutro Library, California State Library System, 480 Winston Dr., San Francisco, California.
  7. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis, 90.
  8. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 155, Wednesday, September 24, 1930.
  9. [S5] Rebecca Chaky and Ruth Martin, Ruth Martin Family Tree 1995 ( PO Box 1712, Friendswood, Texas 77549-1712: Never Done Press, 1995), 133-138; Rebecca Carol Chaky, 1904 Cloud Croft Dr., Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas.
  10. [S4] Ruth Martin, Family Tree: Challiss, Harres, Martin, Tonsing, Otis, 92.

Albert Morrissey1

M, #218, b. circa 1900
     Albert Morrissey was born circa 1900. Albert Morrissey married Muriel Grace Earhart, daughter of Edwin Stanton Earhart and Amelia Otis, in 1931.
     Albert Morrissey was a manufacturer. Albert Morrissey was also known as Abbot Morrissey.2

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Children of Albert Morrissey and Muriel Grace Earhart

Citations

  1. [S5] Rebecca Chaky and Ruth Martin, Ruth Martin Family Tree 1995 ( PO Box 1712, Friendswood, Texas 77549-1712: Never Done Press, 1995), 133-138; Rebecca Carol Chaky, 1904 Cloud Croft Dr., Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas.
  2. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 155, Wednesday, September 24, 1930.

David Morrissey

M, #219
David Morrissey||p9.htm#i219|Albert Morrissey|b. circa 1900|p9.htm#i218|Muriel Grace Earhart|b. 29 December 1899\nd. 2 March 1998|p9.htm#i217|||||||Edwin S. Earhart|b. March 1868\nd. 23 September 1930|p9.htm#i215|Amelia Otis|b. 28 February 1869\nd. 29 October 1962|p9.htm#i207|

Relationship=3rd cousin 1 time removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Nephew of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     David Morrissey is the son of Albert Morrissey and Muriel Grace Earhart.

Last Edited=22 November 2003

Amy Morrissey

F, #220
Amy Morrissey||p9.htm#i220|Albert Morrissey|b. circa 1900|p9.htm#i218|Muriel Grace Earhart|b. 29 December 1899\nd. 2 March 1998|p9.htm#i217|||||||Edwin S. Earhart|b. March 1868\nd. 23 September 1930|p9.htm#i215|Amelia Otis|b. 28 February 1869\nd. 29 October 1962|p9.htm#i207|

Relationship=3rd cousin 1 time removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=Niece of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Amy Morrissey is the daughter of Albert Morrissey and Muriel Grace Earhart. Amy Morrissey married Adam Kleppner.

Last Edited=22 November 2003

Clarence Baylis1

M, #221, b. circa 1870
     Clarence Baylis was born circa 1870. Clarence Baylis married Margaret Otis, daughter of Alfred Gideon Otis and Amelia Josephine Harres, on 5 June 1900 at Atchison, Kansas.2
     Clarence Baylis was also known as Clarence Balis.2 Margaret Otis and Clarence Baylis resided circa 1901 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.2 He resided on 5 January 1931.3 Clarence Baylis was an owned a wholesale leather company on 5 January 1931 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.3

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Children of Clarence Baylis and Margaret Otis

Citations

  1. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 155, Wednesday, September 24, 1930.
  2. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 28; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  3. [S512] Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, 157, Monday, January 5, 1931.
  4. [S958] Ruth Tonsing, "Ruth Photo Album," 1967, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California. This is a color photocopy of two original albums once in possession of Ruth's son, Paul Tonsing. Each photo has a typed caption with the date, location, and people listed. The order suggests that Ruth pasted the photos and typed the captions shortly after the photo was taken or sent to her. Online at http://tinyurl.com/2sygxjRuth_Tonsing_Album

Otis Baylis

M, #222, b. 1903
Otis Baylis|b. 1903|p9.htm#i222|Clarence Baylis|b. circa 1870|p9.htm#i221|Margaret Otis|b. October 1875\nd. 4 January 1931|p9.htm#i208|||||||Alfred G. Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia J. Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|

Relationship=2nd cousin 2 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=1st cousin of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Otis Baylis was born in 1903 at Pennsylvania. He was the son of Clarence Baylis and Margaret Otis.
     Otis Baylis lived with Clarence Baylis on 5 January 1931.1

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Citations

  1. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 157, Monday, January 5, 1931.

Wanton Baylis

M, #223, b. 1908
Wanton Baylis|b. 1908|p9.htm#i223|Clarence Baylis|b. circa 1870|p9.htm#i221|Margaret Otis|b. October 1875\nd. 4 January 1931|p9.htm#i208|||||||Alfred G. Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia J. Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|

Relationship=2nd cousin 2 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=1st cousin of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Wanton Baylis was born in 1908 at Pennsylvania. He was the son of Clarence Baylis and Margaret Otis.
     Wanton Baylis lived with Clarence Baylis on 5 January 1931.1

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Citations

  1. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 157, Monday, January 5, 1931.

Nancy Baylis

F, #224, b. March 1911
Nancy Baylis|b. March 1911|p9.htm#i224|Clarence Baylis|b. circa 1870|p9.htm#i221|Margaret Otis|b. October 1875\nd. 4 January 1931|p9.htm#i208|||||||Alfred G. Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia J. Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|

Relationship=2nd cousin 2 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=1st cousin of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Nancy Baylis was born in March 1911 at Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Clarence Baylis and Margaret Otis. Nancy Baylis married (?) Morse.1
     Nancy Baylis was also known as Nancy Balis.1 Nancy Baylis and Jane Baylis were twins.2 Nancy Baylis lived with Clarence Baylis on 5 January 1931.3

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Citations

  1. [S291] Susan Butler, East to the Dawn: the Life of Amelia Earhart ( Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997), 19; Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
  2. [S958] Ruth Tonsing, "Ruth Photo Album," 1967, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California. This is a color photocopy of two original albums once in possession of Ruth's son, Paul Tonsing. Each photo has a typed caption with the date, location, and people listed. The order suggests that Ruth pasted the photos and typed the captions shortly after the photo was taken or sent to her. Online at http://tinyurl.com/2sygxjRuth_Tonsing_Album
  3. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 157, Monday, January 5, 1931.

Jane Baylis1

F, #225, b. March 1911
Jane Baylis|b. March 1911|p9.htm#i225|Clarence Baylis|b. circa 1870|p9.htm#i221|Margaret Otis|b. October 1875\nd. 4 January 1931|p9.htm#i208|||||||Alfred G. Otis|b. 13 December 1827\nd. 9 May 1912|p9.htm#i203|Amelia J. Harres|b. 1 February 1837\nd. 21 February 1912|p9.htm#i202|

Relationship=2nd cousin 2 times removed of Richard Tonsing.
Relationship=1st cousin of Amelia Mary Earhart.
     Jane Baylis was born in March 1911 at Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Clarence Baylis and Margaret Otis.1
     Jane Baylis and Nancy Baylis were twins.1 Jane Baylis lived with Clarence Baylis on 5 January 1931.2

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Citations

  1. [S958] Ruth Tonsing, "Ruth Photo Album," 1967, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California. This is a color photocopy of two original albums once in possession of Ruth's son, Paul Tonsing. Each photo has a typed caption with the date, location, and people listed. The order suggests that Ruth pasted the photos and typed the captions shortly after the photo was taken or sent to her. Online at http://tinyurl.com/2sygxjRuth_Tonsing_Album
  2. [S512] "1920 to June 4, 1935," Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives, newspaper clippings, held by Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, 157, Monday, January 5, 1931.