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.
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
Birth | 11 Mar 1864 | Illinois | |||
Marriage | 28 Dec 1892 | Near Cozad, Dawson Co., Nebraska - Ernest S. Woodruff | |||
Death | 30 Jul 1943 | ||||
Alt name | Bell McCance | ||||
Burial | Walnut Grove Cemetery, Cozad, Dawson Co., Nebraska |
Families
Spouse | Ernest S. Woodruff (1869 - 1956) |
Child | Walter Vance Woodruff (1895 - 1967) |
Child | Darcy Roy Woodruff (1896 - 1932) |
Child | Ethel Marie Woodruff (1902 - 1956) |
Father | James Armstrong McCance (1811 - 1872) |
Mother | Margaret Sarah Garner (1830 - 1905) |
Sibling | Mary Ellen McCance (1849 - 1909) |
Sibling | Frances Emma McCance (1850 - 1852) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Jane McCance (1852 - 1938) |
Sibling | John David McCance (1855 - 1924) |
Sibling | Charles Henry McCance (1857 - 1926) |
Sibling | Martha Anna McCance (1859 - 1944) |
Sibling | Thomas Jefferson McCance (1861 - 1942) |
Sibling | James W. McCance (1863 - 1863) |
Sibling | Robert Darcy McCance (1866 - 1946) |
Sibling | James Allen McCance (1869 - 1870) |
Sibling | Margaret Hester McCance (1870 - 1952) |
Endnotes
1. 1870 Census Cass County, Missouri, Page 703.
2. E-Mail from Dan McCance 18 Dec. 1998.
3. Marriages in Dawson County, Nebraska, Vol. 2 Page 546.
4. Nebraska Gen-Web Site, Dawson County.
5. Gothenburg Area Nebraska History (n.p: Vol. I, 1992, page 358-359, n.d).