Francis Alexander Neel1

b. Nov 20, 1895, d. Jan 25, 1950
FatherJohn Neel2,3
MotherAnna Linda Ekshand4,3
     Francis was born in Windom, McPherson Co, KS, on Nov 20, 1895.2,5,6 He was baptized on Dec 26, 1897 in Salina, Saline Co, KS.3
Image courtesy of Linda McCully

     
Francis Neel High School Graduation, c 1913
Photo courtesy of Linda McCully

     Francis Alexander Neel married Florence B. (?) circa 1914.7,6
     
Photo courtesy Linda McCully

     He married Alice Andrea Youngberg in Salina, Saline Co, KS, on Mar 31, 1922.8,2,9,10,11,6,12
Scan courtesy of Linda McCully

     
Alice and Francis
Photo courtesy of Linda McCully

     
Back row: x, x, x, x, x, x, x, Mary Youngberg, x, Elfreda Burt, x, x, x

Middle(ish) row: x, Sara Moreen, x, Francis Neel, Alice Neel (dotted collar), X, X, Dolores Neel, Audrey Neel (plaid dress), Mervin Hays, x, Ruth Hays (white dress) , X

Front: Phyllis Neel, Mary Lou Youngberg, Carl Youngberg, Robert Youngberg, X, X, Dale Burch?, X

     Francis was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census in 517 North 13th Street, Salina, Saline Co, KS. Francis was a salesman for a hosery? company. The family was renting, paying $12.50 per month. They had a radio. Ruth was in school.6
     
Neel Family
Back row: Alice, Dolores, Joan, Francis
Front row: Phyllis Audrey

     Francis Alexander Neel was a witness at Mervin Mitchel Hays and Ruth Julia Martina Youngberg's wedding in the home of Rev. Arend, Clay Center, Clay Co, KS, on Sep 9, 1936.13,14,15
     
From left: Ruth Hays, Reuben Youngberg, Berniece Griffith, Mary Youngberg, Alice Neel, Carl Youngberg, Elfreda Burt
Charlotte and Grace Resser, Ruth and Janice Hays
On back: Grace & Charlotte Resser, me and Janice
Carl, Francis Neel, Mary, Darwin and Berniece Griffith, Edna, Ruth, Mervin Hays
Elfreda, Alice, Chet Burt, Reuben, Bonnie Grace
Elfreda, Grace and Charlotte Resser, Mary Youngberg

     He became the owner of Neel Awning Company in between 1943 and 1949.16

     
Mary Youngberg, Alice Neel, Francis Neel

     He resided in Salina, Saline Co, KS, in 1949, in 254 DesMoines.2
     Francis died on Jan 25, 1950 in home, Salina, Saline Co, KS, at age 54.17,1,18 An obituary was published on Jan 26, 1950 or Jan 27, 1950 in the Salina Journal in Salina, Saline Co, KS.2 He was buried on Jan 28, 1950 at Gypsum Hill Cemetery, in Salina, Saline Co, in KS. Block 16, lot 16, space 13B.2,19
Francis Neel
Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina KS
Block 16, lot 16, space 13B
Photo by Julia Langel, October 8, 2002

Family 1

Florence B. (?)

Family 2

(?) (?)
Child

Family 3

Alice Andrea Youngberg b. December 26, 1903, d. November 6, 1979
Children

Citations

  1. [S681] Ruth Hays, "Ruth Hays FGS", Burch - Neel.
  2. [S25] Salina Journal, January 26 or 27, 1950.
  3. [S2281] Francis Alexander Neel, Certificate of Baptism, December 26, 1897 Linda Marie McDowell.
  4. [S681] Ruth Hays, "Ruth Hays FGS", Neel.
  5. [S1122] Francis A. Neel Cemetery Marker, Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline Co, KS, This source says 1894.
  6. [S1062] 1930 U. S. Census, Kansas, Saline County, Salina, ED 15, sheet 15B, line 92, 517 N. 13th Street, dwelling 374, family 380, Kansas, Saline County.
  7. [S572] 1920 U. S. Census, population schedule, Kansas, Saline County, Salina, ED 142, sheet 5A/83/0177, line 13, 220 1/2 N. Santa Fe, dwelling 84, family 103, Kansas, Saline County.
  8. [S20] The Salina Journal, October 21, 1949.
  9. [S471] Salina Evening Journal, v38, n154, June 28, 1923, page 3, column 3, page 3, column 3.
  10. [S472] Salina Journal, v 79, n117, May 16, 1949, page 12, column 5, page 12, column 5.
  11. [S681] Ruth Hays, "Ruth Hays FGS", Neel - Youngberg.
  12. [S2256] Certificate, Francis Neel and Alice Youngberg marriage of March 31, 1922.
  13. [S472] Salina Journal, v 79, n117, May 16, 1949, page 12, column 5.
  14. [S508] Wedding Album, Hays - Youngberg.
  15. [S2298] 1940 U. S. Census, Kansas, Saline County, Salina, Ward 4, ED 85-26, sheet 6A, line 2, household 115, Kansas, Saline County.
  16. [S27] Salina Journal.
  17. [S25] Salina Journal, January 26 or 27, 1950, This source says Jan 28.
  18. [S1122] Francis A. Neel Cemetery Marker, Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline Co, KS.
  19. [S1079] City of Salina, Gypsum Hill Cemetery Database, online http://www.salina-ks.gov/content/126/168/950/217/…, Francis Alexander Neel.
  20. [S1079] City of Salina, Gypsum Hill Cemetery Database, online http://www.salina-ks.gov/content/126/168/950/217/…
  21. [S2403] Funeral Home Resource Memorials, January 2, 2014.
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