Langel-Strickler-Hays-Youngberg Genealogy - Rachel Ellen Elivina? Hays

Rachel Ellen Elivina? Hays

b. Jul 27, 1862, d. 1951

Father

Mitchell E. Hays^1,2,3,4 b. Feb 21, 1829, d. Mar 2, 1913

Mother

Harriett Electa Bowen^1,2,3,4 b. Feb 29, 1836, d. Aug 9, 1916

     Rachel was born in IA on Jul 27, 1862.^{1,5,6,2,7,8,9,4,10,11}
     Harriett, Mary, James, Ida, Rachel, John and Mitchell was listed as a household member living with Mitchell E. Hays on the 1870 Census in Shellrock Township, Butler Co, IA.⁴
     She married Charles Chalmers Burr on Dec 3, 1878.^{12,13,14,2,3,15,9}

Photo courtesy Ladonna Weltmer by way of Charlotte Shaffer
Back row: James Peleg and John Byron (not sure which is which), Mitchell Elmer, Oscar Lee, Harriet Isabelle "Belle"
Front row: Mitchell, Rutherford "Rudy", Harriet Electra, Rachel Ellen, Ida Jane.
This would have been taken before Rudy's death in 1902

     Rachel was listed as Charles Chalmers Burr's wife on the 1910 Census in Center Township, Smith Co, KS.¹⁵
     She resided in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, on Mar 6, 1913.¹³
     Rachel Ellen Elivina? Burr was listed as a resident in Charles Chalmers Burr's household in the census report in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, in 1915.⁸
     Rachel was listed as Charles Chalmers Burr's wife on the 1920 Census in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.^16,17
     Rachel Ellen Elivina? Burr was listed as a wife in Charles Chalmers Burr's household on the 1930 Census in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.⁹
     She resided in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, on Oct 25, 1945.^12,18
     Rachel died in 1951.^2,3,11 She was buried circa 1951 at Fairview Cemetery, in Smith Center, Smith Co, in KS.¹¹

Rachel Burr
Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, KS
Photo by Julia Langel, July 2011

Family

Charles Chalmers Burr b. December 3, 1853, d. September 9, 1948

Children

Glen Burr³ d. 1908
Lena Burr³ d. after Apr, 1910
Mable Burr³
Dora Marilla Burr³ b. Sep 3, 1879, d. May 25, 1902
Nellie May Burr+³ b. May 9, 1881, d. Dec 22, 1960
Morrison Burr³ b. Oct 27, 1887, d. Dec 3, 1968
Leonard Lee Burr^6,3,9 b. 1889, d. 1969
Carl Burr³ b. circa 1891
Charles C. Burr+^6,3 b. Jun 2, 1894, d. Aug, 1980
Cleone Burr^6,3,9 b. Aug 9, 1898, d. May 26, 1993
Hugh Alpa Burr+^6,3 b. Dec 31, 1900, d. Oct 27, 1957
Paul Burr+^6,3,10 b. circa 1902, d. Jun 5, 1949

Citations

[S57] Book, History of Smith Centre.
[S378] Charlotte Shaffer, "Re: Pictures," e-mail to Julia Langel, February 10, 2000.
[S546] Smith County Pioneer, September 16, 1948, page 1, column 6.
[S1408] 1870 U. S. Census, Iowa, Butler County, Shellrock Township, sheet 17/721, line 1, dwelling 127, family 134, Iowa, Butler County.
[S264] 1860 Census, Ohio, Jackson Co.
[S375] 1915 Census -- Kansas, Smith Co, Smith Center.
[S57] Book, History of Smith Centre , page 4.
[S375] 1915 Census -- Kansas, Smith Co, Smith Center , part 1, page 23, dwelling 188, family 195, C.C. Burr household.
[S1112] 1930 U. S. Census, Kansas, Smith County, Smith Center, ED 26, sheet 9B, line 70?, illegible address, dwelling 243, family 256, Kansas, Smith County.
[S1489] Atchison Daily Globe, July 31, 1947, page 5, column 1.
[S2010] Rachel Burr Cemetery Marker, Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.
[S153] Chapman Advertiser, October 25, 1945, page 1, column 5 and 6.
[S200] Smith County Journal, March 6, 1913.
[S206] News clipping, Burr, Charlie motorcycle.
[S599] 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Kansas, Smith County, Center Township, ED 200, sheet 2B, line 79, dwelling 49, family 50, Kansas, Smith County.
[S383] 1920 Census -- KS, Smith Center.
[S383] 1920 Census -- KS, Smith Center , Page 12B, line 59, dwelling 166, family 166, Charles Burr household.
[S153] Chapman Advertiser, October 25, 1945, page 1, column 5 and 6, page 1, column 5 and 6.