Person:Ella Theus (1)

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Ella “Ellie” THEUS
b.6 May 1889 Rock Island, RI County, IL
d.29 Sep 1953 Rock Island, Rock Island Co., IL
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Apr 1887
  1. Clara Lena Maria THEUS1888 - 1972
  2. Ella “Ellie” THEUS1889 - 1953
  3. Edward Carl THEUS1891 - 1978
  4. Lawrence Fred “Boots” “Florenz” THEUS1894 - 1971
  5. Marie Martha THEUS1898 - 1983
  6. Edna Mildred THEUS1901 - 1985
  7. Mabel P. THEUS1904 - 1985
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Philip Acker1885 - 1947
  • W.  Ella “Ellie” THEUS1889 - 1953
m. 20 Mar 1912
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Facts and Events
Name Ella “Ellie” THEUS
Gender Female
Birth? 6 May 1889 Rock Island, RI County, IL
Marriage 20 Mar 1912 Rock Island, RI County, ILto Philip Acker
Death[1] 29 Sep 1953 Rock Island, Rock Island Co., IL
Burial? Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Rock Island, IL

RI County cannot find a BC for her between 1884-1894; another goof for the Theus clan. [TH-IL Probably born at home.

1905-1910: domestic in 1905: boards at 924-7th Ave. Last listing for this address. Data from John R. Sansale, Hampton, IL. from various directories.[TH-IL 41; TH-IL 198] Ella died with assets of $12,200. [TH-IL 14].

Marriage license give age at time of marriage erroneously as 43 instead of 23! Witnesses to marriage were Florenz (Boots) Theus and Marie Stoit. DC [county file #40810] lists cause of death as menigioma from Falex cerebri six days after undergoing an operation by Dr. Shuman, who also treated Clara [TH-IL 49]. Died of brain tumor according to Rita Mangelsdorf [phone call 2/2002]; housewife. Diary of Marie Theus Vollmer says that Marie gave blood for her sister’s second blood clot operation on 25 September.

1930 census: living at 1504 ? Street with Phil; age 40; married age 22, not employed [TH-IL 158].

Obituary in Rock Island Argus, Sept. 30, 1953 [TH-IL 185]: SERVICES TO BE HELD FRIDAY FOR MRS. ELLA ACKER Mrs. Ella Acker, 1504 Thirty-seventh street, Rock Island, died at 9 p.m. Tuesday in St. Anthony’s hospital after an extended illness. She had been a patient in the hospital since Sept. 11. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Hodgson funeral home. The Rev. H.F. C. Wetzel, pastor of Immanuel Litheran church, will officiate. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m. Thursday. Mrs. Acker, the former Ella Theus, was born May 6, 1889, in Rock Island, a daughter of John and Lena Theus. She was reared and received her education in Rock Island and was married to Philip Acker, March 20, 1912, in Rock Island. She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran church. Surviving are four sisters, Mesdames Clara McBride, Marie Vollmer, and Edna Mangeldorf and Miss Mabel Theus, and two brothers, Edward C. and Lawrence, all of Rock Island. Her parents and husband preceded her in death.”

References
  1. ↑ County file number 40810.
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