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     Anastacia Margaret McManus was born circa 1894 at Montana CENSUS: 1920 MT, McCone Co., E.D. 148, pg 9695. Anastacia Margaret McManus was a Teacher. She married Francis J. Tracey, son of John Michael Tracey and Bridgett Cecilia McCarthy, on 18 November 1919 at McCone Co., Montana. Anastacia Margaret McManus died on 26 August 1987 at Seattle, King Co., Washington. She was buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Polson, Lake Co., Montana, PLOT     1a-61-17.

     SOURCE: Gary C. Harn letter 24 July 1995. Dorothy McManus married Kenneth Wesley Harn Jr., son of Kenneth Wesley Harn Sr. and Helen Verlinda Voigt.

     Franklin Leroy McMasters was born on 7 July 1907.¹ He was the son of William J. McMasters and May Blanche Harn. Franklin Leroy McMasters died on 19 December 1986 at Bridgewater, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania, at age 79.¹ He was buried at Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.¹

     Mabel Alice McMasters was born in 1902.¹ She was the daughter of William J. McMasters and May Blanche Harn. Mabel Alice McMasters died on 4 April 1937 at Beaver Falls, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.¹ She was buried at Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.¹

     William J. McMasters was born in 1871.¹ He married May Blanche Harn, daughter of Thornton Fleming Harn and Margaret Esther Molter, on 7 May 1901 at West Bridgewater, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania. William J. McMasters died on 15 September 1951 at New Brighton, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He was buried at Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.¹

     Adelaide Gertrude McMillen was born on 30 June 1936. She was born in 1938.¹ She married Steven John Barry, son of Basil Francis Barry and Esther Charlotte McCarthy, on 2 May 1959 at Cook Co., Illinois.¹ Adelaide Gertrude McMillen died on 2 January 2015 at age 78.² She was buried at Christ the King Cemetery, Hesperia, Oceana Co., Michigan.²

     Frieda McMurtry was born on 14 August 1918 at New York. She married Rylan X. Hillick, son of Francis Xavier Hillick and Sidney Virginia Brewer, on 28 June 1941. Frieda McMurtry died on 8 November 2007 at age 89.

     Anna McNally married William R. Kerr.¹

     Brandon McNamara was the son of Thomas Joseph McNamara and Denise Estelle La Croix.¹ Brandon McNamara died before 2009.¹

     Thomas Joseph McNamara married Denise Estelle La Croix, daughter of Clayton Peter La Croix and Patricia Margaret Zimmerman, on 5 June 1992 at Rice Co., Minnesota.¹

     Tyler Joseph McNamara is the son of Thomas Joseph McNamara and Denise Estelle La Croix.¹

     Paul McNeal married Sandre Fowler, daughter of Virgil Beauregard Fowler Jr. and Dorothy Sandre Stansell.

     Stella S. McNeeley married Perry O. Ackerson, son of William Perry Ackerson and Mary Etta Smith, on 23 November 1937 at Bushnell, McDonough Co., Illinois.¹ Stella S. McNeeley died on 4 April 1990.¹

     Martha Jane McNeil was born on 22 February 1861.^2,3 She married Reason Elmer Harn, son of Jonathan Harn and Susan Crabtree, circa 1885.⁴ Martha Jane McNeil died on 11 February 1936 at Illinois at age 74.^5,3 She was buried at Waterford (Sepo) Cemetery, Lewistown, Fulton Co., Illinois.^3,2

     Charlotte Mead was born circa 1923 at Iowa. She was the daughter of Stanley J. Mead and Freda Janet Beaver.

     Stanley J. Mead was born on 11 June 1895 at New York, New York Co., New York.¹

Stanley J. Mead served as a SGT in the US Army during World War I.

He married Freda Janet Beaver, daughter of William A. Beaver and Maud W. (?), on 12 May 1920 at Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa. Stanley J. Mead was buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, Los Angeles Co., Califoprnia.¹ He died on 18 December 1980 at Kern Co., Califorrnia, at age 85.¹

     William Mead was the son of Stanley J. Mead and Freda Janet Beaver.

     Hannah V. Meamber was born circa 1888 at Minnesota. She married Ernest Rector Mosby.

     Dorothy Seykora Barrel Meek was born on 31 October 1917 at Steele Co., Minnesota. She married Paul Emil Bartel.¹ Dorothy Seykora Barrel Meek lived in August 2005 at Hayfield, Dodge Co., Minnesota.¹ She died on 20 May 2007 at Dodge Co., Minnesota, at age 89.

     SOURCE: Alice Morgan letter 09Feb1995. Ida Theresa Mellbloom was born on 6 June 1882.¹ She married Albert Henry Schmaedick. Ida Theresa Mellbloom died on 12 June 1928 at age 46.¹ She was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Skokie, Cook Co., Illinois.¹

     Lee Rushbrook Melleon married Patricia Ann Steele, daughter of Willard Melvin Steele and Joan Barbara Yungers, on 18 June 1976 at Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.¹

     Andrew Melling (Meller) married Margaret (?) Ruple Family in America, 1988, by Jack D. Ruple Sr., pg 146. SOURCE: Jim Coleman FHL film 1673524, item 14. The above two sources, lists surname as MELLING. History of St. Joseph Co., 1880, pg 730, Andrew & Margaret Meller.

     SOURCE: Jim Coleman FHL film 1673524, item 14. James Melling married Nancy Rupel, daughter of Jacob P. Rupel and Ann Maria Stover.

     Sarah Melling was born circa 1818 at Ohio.¹ She was the daughter of Andrew Melling (Meller) and Margaret (?) Sarah Melling married David Rupel, son of Jacob Rupel and Ann Livengood, on 10 January 1836.² Sarah Melling died on 21 February 1875 at St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹ Ruple Family in America, 1988, by Jack D. Ruple Sr., pg 146. Sarah was the daughter of Andrew & Margaret Melling of Ohio. History of St. Joseph Co., 1880, pg 730, Andrew & Margaret Meller.

     Ida D. Mellons married Harry B. Ketcham.

     John Mellott married Theresa Gail Marsonette, daughter of Wallace C. Marsonette and Mary Dorothy Tracey, on 6 July 1968 at Lane Co., Oregon.¹

     Jacub Mencik married Rosiny Shima. SOURCE: Kirk Z. Nestaval letter 24Feb1992. Jacub Mencik was born at Bohemia. He lived in 1809 at Bukovsko, Bohemia.

     Mary Mencik was born on 24 March 1809 at Dolni Bukovsko No. 93, Ceské Budejovice, Bohemia.³ She was the daughter of Jacub Mencik and Rosiny Shima.

Following received from the Czech Republic State Regional Archives in 1999:


Siblings of Jakub Nestaval
(we are listing only shortened transcripts. All children have the same information about the parents.
Register of births of the Roman-Catholic parsonage in Zalsi, Volume 13, Pages:
98 -     1836, February 2, Horni Bukovsko No. 9 - Marianna Nestavalova, illegitimate child
103 -     1838, October 21, Horni Bukovsko No. 9 - Katerina Nestavalova
116 -     1845, January 6, Horni Bukovsko No. 9 - Rozina Nestavalova
121 -     1847, February 18, Horni Bukovsko No. 9 - Matej Nestaval
138 - 1851, December 30, Horni Bukovsko No. 9 - Josef Nestaval
Note: (in Latin)
149 - 1854, March 12, Horni Bukovsko No. 9 - Anna Nestavalova


- Jakub and Marie Nestaval had another daughter, Barbora, who gave birth to 2 illegitimate children in 1853 and 1854, in Horni Bukovsko. She later married Matej Kubes. Her record of birth, however, cannot be found in the registers of the parsonage in Zalsi, for the village of Horni Bukovsko, for the period prior to 1836.



Register of births of the Roman-Catholic parsonage in Zalsi, Volume 12, years 1799 - 1822, Page 215.
Parents of Jakub Nestaval
Year, day and month of birth: 1803, 13 July
Place: Horny (Horni Bukovsko) No. 9
Name: Jakub
Father: Matej Nestaval, farm laborer
Mother: Anna, daughter of Anna Kaderavkova, farm laborer, from No. 10
Godparents: Jan Turek, farmer
Anna Hanzlova, farmer


Register of births of the Roman-Catholic parsonage in Dolni Bukovsko, Volume 4, Years 1804 - 1814, Page 52.
Year, day and month of birth: 1809, 24 March
Place: Dolni Bukovsko No. 93
Name: Mariana
Father:     Jakub Mensik, weaver and neighbor from Bukovsko, son of Ondrej Mensik, neighbor from Bukovsko No. 93, and Eva, born Hajna, from Bukovsko No. 65
Mother:     Rozina Koubova, daughter of Tomas Kouba, farmer from Zablati No. 5, Trebon County, and Anna, born Chinova, from Sedlikovice No. 5
Godparents:     Jan Steiner, or Novotny, weaver and neighbor from Bukovsko
Anna, his wife


Register of marriages of the Roman-Catholic parsonage in Zalsi, Volume 16, Years 1823 - 1889, Page 31.
Year, day and month of marriage: 1836, 17 May
Groom: Place:     Horny (Horni Bukovsko) No. 9
Name: Jakub, son of Frantisek Nestaval, cottager from Horny No. 9, and Marianna, born Kaderabkova, daughter of the field master from Horny No. 19
Age: 32 years
Status: single
Bride: Place: Horny (Horni Bukovsko) No. 13
Name: Marie, daughter of Jakub Mencik, neighbor from Bukovsko No. 47, and Rozyna, born Chynova, daughter of a farmer from Sedlikovice.
Age: 26 years
Witnesses:     Jan Vavra, cottager from Horny
Jiri Vales, cottager from Zalsi


     The death records of Jakub and Marie Nestaval cannot be found in the records of the parsonage in Zalsi, up to year 1881. The priest made an obvious error when writing the above marriage record; he listed that the father of the groom was Frantisek Nestaval.


The translator said "there are some errors in the original text, by which I mean errors in the parsonage registers. For example, the name Frcal is also spelled as Frzal, Marianna is also spelled Mariana, Mensik is also spelled Mencik, Rozina is also spelled Rozyna, etc."


Mary Mencik was also known as Maria. She married Jacob Nestaval, son of Matej Nestaval and Anna Kaderavek, on 17 May 1836 at Horni Bukovsko, Ceské Budejovice, Bohemia. Mary Mencik immigrated on 1 July 1876 to New York, New York Co., New York,

The New York City Immigration Passenger Lists, show that on 01 Jul 1876, the vessel Rhein on it's voyage from Bremen Germany, had the following Nestaval family as passengers: Jacob at 73 years old and Maria at 67 years.

The Rhein was built by Caird & Co, Greenock in 1868 for Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd). Her details were - 2,901 gross tons, length 332ft x beam 40ft, clipper stem, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 70-1st class passengers, 100-2nd class passengers and 600-3rd class passengers. Launched in August 1868, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Bremen to Southampton and New York on 3/10/1868. In 1878 her engines were compounded by the builders and on 16/10/1889 she left Bremen on her last voyage to Baltimore and New York.⁴
She died in 1890 at Montgomery, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota.

     SOURCE: Doris Spilman letter 2/1991. Penelope Ann Mensing was born in 1939 at Illinois. She married Newton Ames Kennedy, son of Everett Kennedy and Elizabeth (?), in September 1958 at Volusia Co., Florida. Penelope Ann Mensing and Newton Ames Kennedy were divorced on 12 November 1970 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota. Penelope Ann Mensing died on 15 April 2014.

     Albert L. Meredith was born on 7 May 1835. He was the son of William R. Meredith and Harriet O. Davis. Albert L. Meredith was buried at Davis Cemetery, Morristown, Shelby Co., Indiana.²