Individual Details

Clara Maybelle "Bell" McCance

(11 Mar 1864 - 30 Jul 1943)

Source: E-Mail from Dan McCance 19 Dec. 1998 shows her name as Clara M. Bell McCance. Also seen on census as Bell and Mabel. According to the book, "No Time on My Hands", by Grace McCance Snyder and Nellie Snyder Yost, Bell McCance was a teacher in the Cozad, Nebraska area.

On the 1920 Census of Cozad, Dawson Co., Nebraska, C. M. Woodruff, female, white, age 56, divorced born Illinois appears with children Roy age 23, a laborer in an alfalfa mill, his wife Francis age 21 and Marie, daughter of C. M., age 18 are listed. Census taken 3 January 1920, ED109, page 2A.

Events

Birth11 Mar 1864Illinois
Marriage28 Dec 1892Near Cozad, Dawson Co., Nebraska - Ernest S. Woodruff
Death30 Jul 1943
Alt nameBell McCance
BurialWalnut Grove Cemetery, Cozad, Dawson Co., Nebraska

Families

SpouseErnest S. Woodruff (1869 - 1956)
ChildWalter Vance Woodruff (1895 - 1967)
ChildDarcy Roy Woodruff (1896 - 1932)
ChildEthel Marie Woodruff (1902 - 1956)
FatherJames Armstrong McCance (1811 - 1872)
MotherMargaret Sarah Garner (1830 - 1905)
SiblingMary Ellen McCance (1849 - 1909)
SiblingFrances Emma McCance (1850 - 1852)
SiblingElizabeth Jane McCance (1852 - 1938)
SiblingJohn David McCance (1855 - 1924)
SiblingCharles Henry McCance (1857 - 1926)
SiblingMartha Anna McCance (1859 - 1944)
SiblingThomas Jefferson McCance (1861 - 1942)
SiblingJames W. McCance (1863 - 1863)
SiblingRobert Darcy McCance (1866 - 1946)
SiblingJames Allen McCance (1869 - 1870)
SiblingMargaret Hester McCance (1870 - 1952)

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