hmtl5 Nellie Queen Gritton b. 9 Dec 1894 Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois d. 1 Apr 1972 West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska: Gritton Genealogy
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Nellie Queen Gritton

Female 1894 - 1972  (77 years)

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  • Name Nellie Queen Gritton 
    Birth 9 Dec 1894  Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 1 Apr 1972  West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Burial Scribner Municipal Cemetery, Scribner, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I549  Gritton
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2024 

    Father Charles Elisious Gritton,   b. 14 Nov 1857, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1934, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Hannah Matilda Gritton,   b. 2 Mar 1862, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1944, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jul 1878  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Marriage License Abstract, Vermilion County, Illinois, 1878-1881. Page79. Charley Gritton, age 21 of Potomac, Illinois. Born in Blount Township, Illinois. Father: Laban Gritton. Mother Sarah Potter. Occupation: Farmer. Hannah M. L. Gritton, age 17 of Blount Township, Illinois. Born in Blount Township, Illinois. Father: William W. Gritton. Mother: Amerlia A. Cox. Married by John J. Cosat.
    Family ID F246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Otto Christian Frederick Lange,   b. 15 May 1892, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1977, Scribner, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 10 Feb 1917  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Della Maxzine Lange,   b. 28 Mar 1923, Scribner, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Oct 1998 (Age 75 years)
     2. Kathryn Lange,   b. 13 Apr 1925, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 2015, Scribner, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     3. Edith Estella Lange,   b. 4 Apr 1928, Scribner, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1989, Clay County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     4. Lewis Lange,   b. 8 Jun 1937, Scribner, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 2011, Scribner, Dodge County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Dec 1894 - Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Feb 1917 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Apr 1972 - West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Scribner Municipal Cemetery, Scribner, Dodge County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Lange
      Dodge - Mrs. Otto (Nellie) Lange, 77, died Sunday at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point.
      Services for Mrs. Lange will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Peter's Church in Scribner. Rev. David Nickel will officiate.
      Mrs. Lange was born Dec. 9, 1894 in Penfield, Ill. The former Nellie Gritton, she was married Feb. 16, 1917, in Danville, Ill., to Otto F. Lange. He survives.
      Other survivors include two sons, Charles, Scribner; and Louis, Fremont; seven daughters, Mmes. John (Margurite) Pruitt, Fremont; Evelyn Reimer, Omaha; Thelma McCoy, Baltimore, Md.; Louis (Della) Rebbe, Fremont; Herman (Kathryn) Maas, Scribner; Elvin (Edith) Knoell, Elbow Lake, Minn.; Lake (Loretta) Calloway, Omaha; 42 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Linck and Mrs. Albert Klage, both of Danville, Ill.; and three brothers, Anthony Gritton, Decatur, Ill.; and Shelby and Orsumus Gritton, Danville, Ill.
      Burial will be in Scribner Cemetery.
      Visitation will be 2-9 p.m. Tuesday at Spear Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the church.
      Fremont Tribune, Fremont, Nebraska. Monday, 10 April 1972.

      LKH note: error in obituary - Otto's wife's name was Nellie Queen Gritton.
      [3, 8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.

    2. [S89] census records.

    3. [S17] Obituary.

    4. [S104] marriage record.

    5. [S51] Marriage license abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1878-1881, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society, 1995), Library of Linda Hedges.

    6. [S37] J. Linck.

    7. [S75] Don Claypool, The Family of Gritton, (Don Claypool, 1997), Library of Linda Hedges.

    8. [S102] Newspaper article.


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