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Resources: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nefronti/gr.html Other spellings of her name is Elsie Lou Rank
Her father died when she was 5-years-old, then her mother died 3 years later leaving her an orphan. She was taken in by Newsam and Ethzelda Rank. Years later, the Rank's son Henry ran off with Elsie, jumped a train and got married, he was 21 and she was 15. They had their first child when she was 16. Officially they met when he was 14 years-old and she was 8 years-old. Their families probably knew each other. Virginia Wells - her grand-daughter
1899 |
February 16, 1899
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Phelps County, Nebraska, United States
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1916 |
February 20, 1916
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Farnam, Dawson County, Nebraska, United States
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1917 |
July 25, 1917
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Maywood, Frontier County, Nebraska, United States
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1918 |
November 2, 1918
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North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States
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1920 |
February 17, 1920
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1921 |
October 3, 1921
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Hendley, Furnas County, Nebraska, United States
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1923 |
March 24, 1923
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Eustis, Frontier County, Nebraska, United States
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1924 |
September 4, 1924
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Elwood, Gosper County, Nebraska, United States
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1926 |
January 21, 1926
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Elwood, Gosper County, Nebraska, United States
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