Effie Rosealpha Olney

Female 1868 - 1949  (80 years)


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  • Name Effie Rosealpha Olney 
    Born 28 May 1868  Jefferson Co. NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 05 Feb 1949  Custer Co. MT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Custer County Cemetery, Miles City, Custer Co. MT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • OBITUARY

      From Find A Grave

      Mrs. Effie Rosealpha Ferrell, age 86 passed away at a local hospital Saturday afternoon. Rites will be held at the Graves Chapel Wednesday afternoon.

      Mrs. Ferrell was born at Fairburry, Nebraska in 1863. Her dad served in the Civil War, her mother passed away when she was nine years old. When she was fifteen, she went to work as a dishwasher at the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

      She was married to George Washington Ferrell in 1880 in Colorado Springs. Two boys, Tom and Lew were born while they lived there. They moved to Sturgis, South Dakota in a wagon pulled by oxen, as a part of a wagon train. They next moved to Meade County, South Dakota in the Black Hills where Jess, Charley, Gene, Iris, George and Orlando were born. Mr. Ferrell ran a blacksmith shop there and worked on Norman Dam. They moved to Vale, South Dakota where they homesteaded starting in 1893. In 1929, they came to Broadus, Montana and had resided in Miles City, Montana the last three years. Mr. Ferrell preceded her in death ten years ago.

      After some years Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell separated.

      Nine boys and one girl were born to this union and surviving also are 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

      Five sons reside in Miles City, Charles, Eugene, Marcus Allen, George and one son, Tom Ferrell, is in the Veterans Hospital at Fort Harrison. A daughter, Iris Raaen lives at Sturgis, S. D.
    Person ID I29093  Master File
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2015 

    Father Henry Olney,   b. 17 Nov 1832,   d. 31 Jul 1917, Seward Co. NB Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Frances (Fanny) RICE,   b. 06 Sep 1839, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Jun 1878, Jefferson Co. NB Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Family ID F12409  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Washington Ferrell,   b. 03 Sep 1862, Richland Co. OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1940, Washington Co. UT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Ferrell
     2. Lewis Orvil Ferrell,   b. 07 Mar 1890, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1938, Fall River Co. SD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     3. Jess Ferrell
     4. Charlie Ferrell
     5. Eugene Daniel (Gene) Ferrell,   b. 26 Mar 1898, Butte Co. SD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1964, Custer Co. MT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     6. Iris Ferrell
     7. George Washington Ferrell, Jr.,   b. 12 Mar 1904,   d. 16 Jun 1972, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     8. Orlando William Ferrell,   b. 01 Mar 1906,   d. 03 Mar 1923, South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
    +9. Eldon John Ferrell,   b. 13 Jan 1908, Butte Co. SD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Dec 1979, Custer Co. MT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +10. Allen Marcus Ferrell,   b. 07 Apr 1912, Butte Co. SD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1975, Lee Co. FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2015 
    Family ID F12410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart