My Family Tree

Narrative

Birth: Census of Nemaha Co., KS: 1870 (M593 440) Capioma Twp., page 10B.

In 1918, Lela wrote to her mother (in reply), "Yes mother you have always suffered and everything has gone against you but God loves those best who suffer most and are pure and if anyone ever was pure you are."

Residence:
March, 1919 3521 Smart Ave, KC, MO
1920 living with Lela in Aunt Hattie Burke's in KC, MO
1923 living with son Olie in Spokane, WA N1815 Cedar in US City Directories, ancestry.com
1930 living with Lela's family in KC, MO and moved ~1930 to Wichita, KS
1934, 1935 living in Wichita, KS in US City Directories, ancestry.com

Buried in Riverview. KSGenWeb has this entry:
MYERS DANIEL,MRS W 09-01-1862 8 11 N OLD

In 1930, Adah said father born in VT [was PA], mother in OH [was NY].

KS restricts access to death certificates to grandchildren or closer!

Guestbook for her funeral in possession of Kyle Davenport.

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description
Birth	1862-09-01	Sabetha, Nemaha, KS

Death	1937-03-01	Wichita, Sedgwick, KS

Cremation	1937-03-06	KC, MO

Burial		City of Arkansas City, Cowley, KS	Riverview Cemetery

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Gage, Orange Montgomery	1831-11-18	1914-10-06
Mother	Smith, Elvira	1837-05-31	1866-08-07
Brother	Gage, Cyrus Forrest	1854-05-24	1923-10-24
Sister	Gage, Viola Medora	1856-08-17	1929-02-22
Brother	Gage, Frank Delos	1858-07-20	1896-02-18
Brother	Gage, Henry Denver	1860-08-15	1903-10-13
	Gage, Adah Montes	1862-09-01	1937-03-01
Brother	Gage, Byron or Forest?	1864-06-20	1869-02-18
Brother	Gage, George T or Forest	1866-07-30	1869-02-18

Families

Family of Myers, Daniel Wallace Jr and Gage, Adah Montes

Married

Husband

Myers, Daniel Wallace Jr ( * 1858-08-21 + 1918-01-02 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage	1879-10-23		Marriage of Myers, Daniel J. and Gage, Adah Montes

Narrative

23 Oct 1879 The Seneca Tribune (KS) -
"My. Dan Myers and Miss Ada Gage of Capioma came to the city yesterday and were united in marriage, Judge Graham officiating. Mr. Myers is a thrifty farmer and his bride is an estimable lady. The TRIBUNE congratulates the happy pair on this consumation of their hopes."

residences (from US Census)
1880 Capioma, Nemaha Co, KS
1900 Adams, Nemaha Co, KS
1910 Centropolis, Franklin Co, KS (as "Myer" - D.W.,Ada,Ollie,Pearl,Lela,Vera)
1920 Kansas City Ward 4, Jackson Co, MO (just Adah & Lela with Hattie Burke family, 840 W 40th St.)

residences (from Kansas State Census Collection)
1885 Adams, Nemaha Co, KS
1895 Capioma, Nemaha Co, KS
1905 Arkansas City, Cowley Co, KS 408 N Summit St
1915 Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS

From Ollie Myers WW1 Draft Registration:
1917 Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS

From Lela Myers passport application:
1917 1634 S 21st St, Argentine Station, Kansas City, KS
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=1634+S+21st+St,+Argentine,+Kansas+City,+KS&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.41771,60.380859&ie=UTF8&ll=39.070312,-94.65183&spn=0.009213,0.014741&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1
July 1918 (Lela's letters) moved to 3521 Smart Ave., Kansas City, MO

Lela sent back a stream of letters from Oct 1917 to July 1919 while touring in Cora Youngblood Corson's band. However none of them mention communicating with Daniel. They ask about his poor health instead. In one she says "papa would be angry...but would probably soon forget", so I believe he had some dementia. She was in England when he died. In her journal, she wrote only "Feb. 4 news of father's death"

Buried next to Daniel and Adah in Riverview Cemetery is "Elizabeth Myers b.Dec 29, 1904". Since Adah says in 1910 she is mother of 8, with 8 still living, I believe Elizabeth could be daughter of Virgil and Cora. She would have died before the KS State Census in 1905.

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Myers, Clarence Virgil	1881-12-15	1919-06-13
Myers, Orange Freddie	1885-04-21	1949
Myers, Lester Harry	1886-11-23	1957-04-30
Myers, Lloyd Raymond	1889-07-14	1929-02-25
Myers, Olie Melvin	1893-06-17	1960-12-27
Myers, Pearl Edith	1895-09-22	1954-06-02
Myers, Lela Marie	1897-10-25	1971-06-08
Myers, Vera Viola Vernice	1901-07-10	1964-07-09