Individual 1595: Bell, Freda Phyllis

Individual Record 1595

Name} Bell, Freda Phyllis

Family History} Olson

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Race} White

Sex} Female

Birth: Date} Fam 15 Jun 1904

Place} Logan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas

Marr.: Date} Fam 21 Aug 1928

Place} Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 12 Jan 1987

Place} Newton, Harvey, Kansas

Burial: Date} Aft 12 Jan 1987

Place} Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas

Grave Marker} Yes &

Source 1}	394 = Letter
Source 2}	396 = Geog history
Source 3}	1178=1905 KS cen
Source 4}	413 = 1910 USA cen
Source 5}	1178=1915 KS cen
Source 6}	1620=1920 USA cen
Source 7}	1178=1925 KS cen
Source 8}	1183=1930 USA cen
Source 9}	1619=1940 USA cen
Source 10}	1683=City directy
Source 11}	549 = S.S. record
Source 12}	1614=Cemetery rec
Source 13}	397 = Cemetery rec
Source 14}	363 = Cemetery rec

Parents: } Joseph Thomas Bell & Rosetta Allison
Household No.} 679

1st Household No.} 679 = Logan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas

Occupation 1} Telephone operator
Occupation 2} Housewife

Religion/Church}

Spouses: Prime} Smith, Clement Earl
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Freda Phyllis Bell was born 15 Jun 1904 in Logan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas. Her parents were Joseph T. Bell and Rosetta Allison. Her brother Russell was 3½ years older. In the 1905 Kansas State census, 1910 U.S. census, and 1915 Kansas State census, the family was living in Logan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas. Her father was a farmer.

By the 1920 U.S. census, Freda was living with her family in Blaine Twp., Ottawa, Kansas. Her father was still farming, and owned the farm with a mortgage. In the 1925 Kansas State census, Blaine Twp., Route # 3, only Freda, 20, was living with her parents. She was a telephone operator for the telephone company.

Freda married Clement Earl Smith on 21 Aug 1928 in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas. In the 1930 U.S. census, Freda and Clement, both 25, were living in Sheridan Twp., Ottawa, Kansas. Clement, was a farmer, renting. They had a infant son, Donald.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Freda and Clement were living at 603 4th Street, Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas. Freda had completed seventh grade. Clement, was an underground laborer, operating a rocker. They now had two children, Donald and Ethel. They later had two more children, Phyllis and Larry.

The family moved to 119 Newton, Harvey, Kansas. In 1958, Clement was a shop mechanic for the City of Newton. In 1962, he was a welder for the Hesston Mfg., Co., and in 1963 he was a construction worker.

Clement died 18 Dec 1968. Freda died 12 Jan 1987, her last residence Newton, Kansas. Both are buried in the Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas.

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Photos} None

Immigr'n Date} N/A

Port} N/A

Education: Grade} Seventh grade or Top 2 Degrees}

Military: Service} for the State of}

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Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 1 Nov 2014
Date Created} 23 Aug 1993

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