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John & Mary Muddle’s Family
John Muddle married Mary Saunders at All Saints Church in Waldron, Sussex on 16 June 1822. They lived in Uckfield in Sussex where they had ten children born between 1822 and 1840. Three of their children died young, and when two of them were buried in 1834 the family was living at Teelings Common in the Ridgewood area of Uckfield.
By faith they were Independent Calvinists, the first eight of their children being baptised at the Jireh Chapel in Lewes. In the census of 30 May 1831 the household of John Muddle in Uckfield consisted of three males and four females, one of whom was a labourer and one an agricultural labourer. These seven people would have been John and Mary and the two sons and three daughters they then had. John would have been one of those working, but who was the other, was it Mary or their eldest daughter who was eight years old, their eldest son was then only four years old. On 2 March 1840, when the birth of their youngest child was registered, the family were still living in Uckfield. But over the last three years John’s brothers James and Thomas and their families, and his sister Elizabeth and her family had all migrated to the USA, and John and Mary decided to join them. So a few months after the birth of their last child the family emigrated from England to the USA, they sailed from either London or Portsmouth on the Westminster arriving at New York on 3 November 1840. In the census of 1 June 1840, which took place over about 18 months until well into 1841, they were living at Elizabeth Township, Essex County, New Jersey, with at least four, possibly five, of their children. When his mother died in 1855 John should have got a ninth share of his father’s estate, according to the terms of his father’s will, but if he got anything, which seems unlikely, it was under £20, the sum above which death duty had to be paid, as no payment of tax was recorded in the Death Duty Registers. As John was probably dead his share, if anything, would have been equally divided between his surviving children. Mary must have returned to England, probably after John’s death, as she was a 59-year-old widow when she married 59-year-old widower Thomas Funnell at All Saints Church in Laughton, Sussex on 11 June 1859. They were both then living at Laughton and Thomas was a farm labourer. Thomas was the son of James and Lucy Funnell; he had been born at Laughton in Sussex and baptised at All Saints Church in Laughton on 2 February 1800. In the census of 7 April 1861 Thomas and Mary were living at Colbians in Laughton, and Thomas was working as a farm labourer. Then in the census of 2 April 1871 they were living at Barrack House in Laughton; they were both now 71 years old and Thomas was still a farm labourer. Mary died at Laughton, at the age of 73, and she was buried in All Saints Churchyard at Laughton on 6 September 1873. Thomas died at the age of 80, his death being registered in Lewes registration district during the 1st quarter of 1880.
Their children were: Mercy 1822-? Charity 1824-? Patience 1825-1826 Ebenezer 1826-1900 Ruth 1828-1834 David 1830-? Mary 1832-1834 Naomi 1834-? Benjamin 1836-? John 1840-1923
John and Mary’s eldest child was Mercy Muddle who was born at Uckfield in Sussex on 14 September 1822, and baptised at the Jireh Chapel in Lewes on 27 October 1822. When she was 18 years old Mercy, with her parents and siblings, emigrated from England to the USA, sailing from London or Portsmouth on the Westminster and arriving at New York on 3 November 1840.
John and Mary’s second child was Charity Muddle who was born at Uckfield in Sussex on 18 January 1824, and baptised at the Jireh Chapel in Lewes on 29 February 1824. When she was 16 years old Charity, with her parents and siblings, emigrated from England to the USA, sailing from London or Portsmouth on the Westminster and arriving at New York on 3 November 1840. Eighteen months later, when she was 18 years old, Charity married David Comford in Essex County, New Jersey on 25 May 1842.
John and Mary’s third child was Patience Muddle who was born at Uckfield in Sussex on 23 September 1825, and baptised at the Jireh Chapel in Lewes on 18 December 1825. Patience died at Uckfield when only sixteen weeks old, and she was buried in Holy Cross Churchyard at Uckfield on 11 January 1826.
John and Mary’s fourth child was Ebenezer Muddle who was born at Uckfield in Sussex on 17 November 1826, and baptised at the Jireh Chapel in Lewes on 14 January 1827. When he was 14 years old Ebenezer, with his parents and siblings, emigrated from England to the USA, sailing from London or Portsmouth on the Westminster and arriving at New York on 3 November 1840. In the census of 1 June 1840, which took place over about 18 months until well into 1841, Ebenezer was living with his parents in Elizabeth Township, Essex County, New Jersey. When he was 23 years old Ebenezer married Catherine Brant at Elizabeth Township on 20 November 1849. See the section headed ‘Ebenezer and Catherine Muddell’s Family’ for the rest of their lives and details of their family.
John and Mary’s fifth child was Ruth Muddle who was born at Uckfield in Sussex on 16 December 1828, and baptised at the Jireh Chapel in Lewes on 8 March 1829. Ruth died at Teelings Common in Uckfield, at the age of five, and she was buried in Holy Cross Churchyard at Uckfield on 23 March 1834.
John and Mary’s sixth child was David Muddle who was born at Uckfield in Sussex on 5 November 1830, and baptised at the Jireh Chapel in Lewes on 9 January 1831. When he was 10 years old David, with his parents and siblings, emigrated from England to the USA, sailing from London or Portsmouth on the Westminster and arriving at New York on 3 November 1840. David married Sophia and they had at least two children, the first born at Elizabeth Township, Essex County, New Jersey in 1852, and the second in New York State in 1856. In the census of 1 June 1860, enumerated on 26 June, they were living in Northfield Township, Richmond County, New York, with their two children, and David was a carpenter with a personal estate of $200 but not owning any real estate. Then before the next census the family changed their name to Muddell. In the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 24 June, they were continuing to live in Northfield with their two children; David was still a carpenter and he now had real estate valued at $1200, but no personal estate. Then in the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 17 June, David and Sophia were living at Freeland Street in Port Richmond, and David was continuing to work as a carpenter. (Northfield and Port Richmond seem to be two names for the same place on Staten Island.) David was listed in the 1886 Staten Island, New York Directory as a carpenter living at 45 Columbia Street, West New Brighton. Staten Island
David and Sophia’s eldest child was Ebenezer Henry Muddle who was born at Elizabeth Township, Essex County, New Jersey, on 31 October 1852. In the census of 1 June 1860, enumerated on 26 June, Ebenezer (recorded as Henry A), at the age of 7, was living with his parents in Northfield Township, Richmond County, New York, and he was going to school. Then before the next census Ebenezer’s parents changed the family name to Muddell. In the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 24 June, Ebenezer, now aged 17, was an apprentice carpenter and continuing to live with his parents in Northfield. In about 1875 Ebenezer married Catherine, known as Kate, who had been born in New York State during August 1855. They didn't have any children. In the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 14 June, they were living at 11 Maple Avenue in Northfield and Ebenezer was working as a carpenter. Ebenezer was listed in the 1886 Staten Island, New York Directory as a carpenter living at 16 Maple Avenue, Port Richmond, Staten Island. (Northfield and Port Richmond seem to be two names for the same place on Staten Island.) In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 12 June, they were living in Richmond, Richmond County, where they owned their house but had a mortguage, and Ebenezer was working as a house carpenter. Ebenezer died in Richmond County on 15 March 1914, at the age of 61.[1] Fifteen years later Catherine died in Richmond County on 1 June 1929, at the age of 73 (not 74 as given on her death certificate).[2]
David and Sophia’s second child was Anna E Muddle who was born in about 1856. In the census of 1 June 1860, enumerated on 26 June, Anna, at the age of 4, was living with her parents in Northfield Township, Richmond County, New York. Then before the next census Anna’s parents changed the family name to Muddell. In the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 24 June, Anna (recorded as Annie), now aged 14, was continuing to live with her parents in Northfield, and she was going to school.
John and Mary’s seventh child was Mary Muddle who was born at Uckfield in Sussex on 11 August 1832, and baptised at the Jireh Chapel in Lewes on 19 November 1832. Mary died at Teelings Common in Uckfield, at the age of twenty months (not two years as given on her burial record), and she was buried in Holy Cross Churchyard at Uckfield on 4 May 1834.
John and Mary’s eighth child was Naomi Muddle who was born at Uckfield in Sussex on 29 March 1834, and baptised at the Jireh Chapel in Lewes on 15 May 1834. When she was 6 years old Charity, with her parents and siblings, emigrated from England to the USA, sailing from London or Portsmouth on the Westminster and arriving at New York on 3 November 1840. In the census of 1 June 1840, which took place over about 18 months until well into 1841, Naomi was living with her parents in Elizabeth Township, Essex County, New Jersey. When she was 20 years old Naomi married Frederick Oliver at Elizabeth Township on 24 December 1854. They had at least five children, the eldest born in New York State in about 1856 and the second in Ohio in about 1858. In the census of 1 June 1860, enumerated on 3 July, they were living at Reily, Butler County, Ohio with their then two children; Frederick was working as a day labourer and had a personal estate of $100 but owned no real estate. Their other three children were born in Indiana between 1863 and 1872. In the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 17 June, they were living at Springfield, Franklin County, Indiana with their then four children; Frederick was a huxter (huckster, a peddler or hawker of wares) and now owned real estate valued at $500 and had a personal estate of $300. Then in the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 23 June, they were living in Springfield with their three youngest children, and Frederick was a merchant.
Frederick and Naomi’s eldest child was Sarah Anna Oliver who was born in New York State in about 1855. In the census of 1 June 1860, enumerated on 3 July, Sarah, at the age of 5, was living with her parents in Reily, Butler County, Ohio. Then in the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 17 June, Sarah, now aged 15, was living with her parents at Springfield, Franklin County, Indiana, and she was going to school.
Frederick and Naomi’s second child was Benjamin Oliver who was born in Ohio in about 1858. In the census of 1 June 1860, enumerated on 3 July, Benjamin, at the age of 3, was living with his parents in Reily, Butler County, Ohio. Then in the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 17 June, Benjamin, now aged 12, was living with his parents at Springfield, Franklin County, Indiana, and he was going to school.
Frederick and Naomi’s third child was Mary V Oliver who was born in Indiana in about 1863. In the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 17 June, Mary, at the age of 7, was living with her parents at Springfield, Franklin County, Indiana, and she was going to school. Then in the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 23 June, Mary, now aged 17, was continuing to live with her parents at Springfield.
Frederick and Naomi’s fourth child was Maria Oliver who was born in Indiana in about 1866. In the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 17 June, Maria, at the age of 4, was living with her parents at Springfield, Franklin County, Indiana. Then in the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 23 June, Maria, now aged 14, was continuing to live with her parents at Springfield.
Frederick and Naomi’s fifth child was David Oliver who was born in Indiana in about 1872. In the census of 1 June 1880 David, at the age of 8, was living with his parents at Springfield, Franklin County, Indiana.
John and Mary’s ninth child was Benjamin Muddle who was born at Uckfield in Sussex in about 1836. When he was 4 years old Benjamin, with his parents and siblings, emigrated from England to the USA, sailing from London or Portsmouth on the Westminster and arriving at New York on 3 November 1840. In the census of 1 June 1840, which took place over about 18 months until well into 1841, Benjamin was living with his parents in Elizabeth Township, Essex County, New Jersey. It’s not known when Benjamin moved to Ohio, but that is probably where he married Verlinda in about 1861. Verlinda had been born in Indiana during February 1841. In the 1900 census it stated that Verlinda had then had eight children and five were still alive, these five children were born in Ohio between 1863 and 1875. In the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 24 June, Benjamin and Verlinda were living in Reily Township, Butler County, Ohio, with their then three surviving children, and Benjamin, who had by now changed the spelling of his name to Muddell, was a farmer. Benjamin then valued his real estate at $6960 and his personal estate at $735. Then in the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 25 June, they were still living in Reily, now with all five of their surviving children, and Benjamin was still a farmer. At least Verlinda and her daughter Martha had moved to Oxford in Butler County by 1894 when the Hamilton Daily Republican of Hamilton, Ohio reported on 23 August 1894 that: Mrs. Muddell and daughter, Mamie, of Oxford, spent Sunday the guests of Mrs. Sarah Smith. Benjamin was probably then dead, he certainly was by the time of the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 12 June, because Verlinda was then a widow living in North Street in Oxford with three of her children. Then in the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 20 April, Verlinda and her spinster daughter Martha were living at 16 Race Street in Oxford.
Benjamin and Verlinda’s eldest child was Martha Amanda Muddell, known as Mamie, who was born in Ohio during December 1862. In the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 24 June, Martha, at the age of 7, was living with her parents in Reily Township, Butler County, Ohio, and she was going to school. Then in the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 25 June, Martha, now aged 17, was continuing to live with her parents in Reily, and she was now helping do the housework. By 1894 Martha and at least her mother had moved to Oxford in Butler County. In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 12 June, Martha, at the age of 37, was working as a dressmaker and living with her widowed mother and two of her siblings in North Street in Oxford. Then in the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 20 April, Martha, still unmarried at the age of 47, was working as a dressmaker on her own account at home and living with her mother at 16 Race Street in Oxford. Later that year spinster Martha died at Hamilton in Butler County on 6 June 1910, at the age of 47.[3]
Benjamin and Verlinda’s second child was John S Muddell who was born in Ohio during March 1866. In the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 24 June, John, at the age of 4, was living with his parents in Reily Township, Butler County, Ohio. Then in the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 25 June, John, now aged 14, was continuing to live with his parents in Reily, and he was now working on their farm. John lived at Oxford in Butler County where in 1895 he was associated with (possibly owned) the Oxford News and was also a member of the S.K.E. fraternity. In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 12 June, John, at the age of 34, was living with his widowed mother and two of his spinster sisters in North Street in Oxford. John married Jennie B Murray in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on 9 October 1901, and they had two children. John was Mayor of Oxford during 1903 when there was an attempted lynching and the town was expecting a retaliatory attack. This was reported in the Delphos Daily Herald of Delphos, Ohio on 3 October 1903 as follows: PREPARED FOR RAID Thirty Special Policemen Were Sworn In at Oxford FEARED ATTACK BY KENTUCKIANS Town Was Thrown into Panic by Rumors Which Proved Groundless. None of the Men Injured in Riot and Attempted Lynching Have Died. Hamilton, O., Oct. 3. – A panic seized the citizens of Oxford, the scene of the rioting and attempted lynching of Joseph Spivey, and steps were taken to defend the town against raiders. It had been reported that a large party of Kentuckians, friends of the Spivey boys, was gathering near Billingsville, Ind., with the avowed purpose of “shooting up” the town to avenge the shooting of Louis Spivey and the attempted lynching of his brother Joe. Mayor Muddell at once swore in 30 special officers and resolute men and awaited the coming of the alleged desperadoes. The rumor proved groundless. Joe Spivey is suffering at the Butler county jail from nervous shock and his neck shows plainly the imprint of the mob’s rope. His condition is not serious. Jail Doctor Brown now believes that the bullet that entered Louis Spivey’s side has lodged in the wall of the stomach. Unless peritonitis sets in he will recover. Marshall Woodruff of Oxford and E. V. Jetter, the wounded schoolteacher, are still in a critical condition but are doing as well as could be expected. The Spiveys are in mortal fear of being returned to Oxford, and it is likely that their preliminary trial will be held here. The following month John was accused of embezzlement; this was reported in The Elyria Chronicle of Elyria, Ohio on 12 November 1903 as follows: SAYS MAYOR IS AN EMBEZZLER HAMILTON. – Councilman John Keller made a great sensation in the Oxford council Tuesday night by publicly preferring charges of the embezzlement of village funds against Mayor John S. Muddell. A fight almost followed. The Daily Republican News of Hamilton, Ohio, in its edition of 1 January 1908, in which it listed the events of the year 1907 in Hamilton, records that on 18 February 1907 ‘Mrs John S Muddell kills two children and commits suicide’. In the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 16 April, John was a lawyer with a court practice living alone at 108 Court Street in Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana. Then in the census of 1 January 1920 John was a lawyer lodging in a lodging house at 203 Cass Avenue in Detroit, Wayne County Michigan.
Benjamin and Verlinda’s third child was William D Muddell who was born in Ohio during September 1868. In the census of 1 June 1870, enumerated on 24 June, William, at the age of 2, was living with his parents in Reily Township, Butler County, Ohio. Then in the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 25 June, William, now aged 12, was continuing to live with his parents in Reily, and he was now going to school. William married Lelia M Bake in Franklin County, Indiana on 22 December 1892.[4] Lelia had been born in Indiana during June 1872. William and Lelia had seven children born in Ohio between 1894 and 1910, two of whom died in infancy in 1894 and 1899. In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 9 June, they were living on a farm in Reily Township, which they rented, with their then one surviving child, and William was a farmer. Then in the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 12 May, they were living on a farm at College Corner in Israel Township, Preble County, Ohio, with their five surviving children. The census recorded that Lelia had then had seven children, five of whom were still alive. William was a farmer of a general farm that he rented, and he was an employer. In the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 17 January, they were living on a farm in Union Township, Union County, Indiana with their four youngest children. William was a farmer of a general farm that he rented, and he was an employer. Then in the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 5 April, they were still living on a farm in Union Township, now with just their youngest child, daughter Grace, still at home. William was still a farmer on a general farm and they now owned their farm that was valued at $1500. Their son Herschel and his family were living on the next-door farm. (College Corner is located at the triple junction of Preble County and Butler County in Ohio and Union County in Indiana, hence the varying address for different parts of it. It comes within Israel Township in Preble County and Union Township in Union County. So it seems that William and Lelia and their son Herschel and his family lived at College Corner from about 1910.) Lelia was a widow when she died in McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital, Butler County, Ohio on 7 August 1961, at the age of 89.[5]
William and Lelia’s eldest child was an unnamed son who was born in Butler County, Ohio in 1894 and also died in 1894, probably soon after birth.
William and Lelia’s second child was Herschel Bake Muddell who was born in Butler County, Ohio on 5 July 1895. In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 9 June, Herschel, at the age of nearly 5, was living with his parents on their farm in Reily Township, Butler County, and he was attending school. Then in the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 12 May, Herschel, now aged 14, was living with his parents on their farm at College Corner, Israel Township, Preble County, Ohio, and he was still going to school. During the First World War Herschel, when he was 21, was registered for drafting into the US Army. His draft registration card dated 5 June 1917 at Union County, Indiana, records that he was then living at College Corner, Indiana, and that he worked for himself as a farmer at College Corner, Ohio. It also recorded that he was of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair, and that he clamed exemption from the draft because he was a farmer. Herschel married Blanche Davis in about 1919. Blanche was the daughter of Quincy and Leota Davis, and she had been born in Harrison, Fayette County, Indiana on 19 February 1898.[6] In the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 10 January, they were living on a farm in Union Township, Union County, Indiana, and Herschel was a farmer on a general farm that he rented and an employer. Herschel and Blanche had five children born in Indiana between 1921 and about 1935. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 5 April, they were continuing to live on a farm in Union Township, with their now four children. Herschel was still a farmer on a general farm, but they now owned their farm valued at $1000, which was next-door to Herschel’s parents’ farm. (College Corner is located at the triple junction of Preble County and Butler County in Ohio and Union County in Indiana, hence the varying address for different parts of it. It comes within Israel Township in Preble County and Union Township in Union County. So it seems that Herschel’s parents and Herschel and his family lived at College Corner from about 1910.) By 1 April 1935 Herschel had given up the farm and was renting part of a house on Smith Road in Union Township. In the census of 1 April 1940, enumerated on 8 April, Herschel, Blanche and their four youngest children were renting part of this house at $5 per month from the owner Lawrance Ridenom who lived in the other part of the house. Herschel was now working as a labourer on road construction. During the Second World War Herschel, when he was 46, registered in 1942 for what became known as the 'Old Man's Draft'. This was for men born between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 and not then in the military, and it was for the government to get an idea of the industrial manpower of the country that could work on war production. Herschel's draft registration card recorded that he lived at Liberty, Union County, Indiana, which is about 8 miles northwest of College Corner, and that he worked for F & N Lawn Mower in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. Blanche was a widow living at College Corner, Butler County, Ohio, when she died in McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Butler County on 19 August 1982, at the age of 84.[7]
Herschel and Blanche’s eldest child was Lois Lorene Muddell who was born in Indiana on 7 January 1921. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 5 April, Lois, at the age of 9, was living with her parents on their farm in Union Township, Union County, Indiana. Then in the census of 1 April 1940, enumerated on 3 April, Lois, now aged 19, was living with William and Polly Dils on their farm at 15 Fouts Road in Harrison Township, Union County; she had no recorded occupation but was working 36 hours per week, presumably on the farm. Lois married Ralph Watterson, who was the son of William and Clara Watterson and had been born at Fairfield, Franklin County, Indiana on 22 December 1920. They had two children and were living at Brookville, Franklin County when Lois died on 14 January 2002, at the age of 81.[8] Then two months later Ralph died on 22 March 2002, at the age of 81.[9]
Herschel and Blanche’s second child was Dale Edwin Muddell who was born at Bath in Indiana on 1 August 1923. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 5 April, Dale, at the age of 6, was living with his parents on their farm in Union Township, Union County, Indiana. Then in the census of 1 April 1940, enumerated on 8 April, Dale, now aged 16, was going to school and living with his parents in part of a house on Smith Road in Union Township. He graduated from College Corner High School in 1942. When he was 20 years old Dale married 19-year-old Ruth Margaret Beckman at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hamilton, Ohio on 15 April 1944. Ruth was the daughter of Stephen and Loretta Beckman and she had been born in Hamilton, Ohio on 30 June 1924. Dale and Ruth had one child, a daughter. Dale worked for General Motors Fisher Body for 34 years as a tool and die maker, and retired in 1981. Ruth worked at Ohio Casualty for ten years. Ruth died at her home in Hamilton at 12.50pm on 14 February 2009, at the age of 84.[10] She had been a member of Lindenwald United Methodist Church at 3501 Pleasant Avenue in Hamilton for 50 years and her funeral service was held there on 18 February 2009. She was buried in College Corner Cemetery. Two years later Dale had been in the Hospice of Hamilton when he died on 5 March 2011, at the age of 87. His funeral service was held at Lindenwald United Methodist Church in Hamilton on 10 March 2011 and was followed by burial at College Corner Cemetery. His obituary was published in the 8 March 2011 edition of the Hamilton Journal-News.
Herschel and Blanche’s third child was Myrl D Muddell who was born in Union County, Indiana on 23 August 1926. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 5 April, Myrl, at the age of 3 years and 8 months, was living with his parents on their farm in Union Township, Union County, Indiana. Then in the census of 1 April 1940, enumerated on 8 April, Myrl, now aged 13, was going to school and living with his parents in part of a house on Smith Road in Union Township. He was educated in College Corner Schools graduating from College Corner High School in 1944. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1948 to 1952. In 1954 Myrl married Margaret C Rutherford and they had five children. They were living in Butler County, Ohio when Margaret died in Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital on 21 September 1971, at the age of 41.[11] Seven years later Myrl married Faye E Miller at Redeemer Church in Hamilton, Ohio on 19 November 1978. Myrl worked as a tool and die maker at Fisher Body, General Motors for 37 years until retiring on 1 November 1989, when he was 63. He enjoyed gardening and watching the Cincinnati Red's and Bengals, and was a member of Redeemer Church. Myrl and Faye were living at Fairfield, Ohio when Myrl died at Hospice of Hamilton on 28 August 2010, at the age of 84. Myrl's funeral was at Redeemer Church on 3 September 2010 followed by burial in Greenwood Cemetery. His obituary was published in the 31 August 2010 edition of the Hamilton Journal-News.
Herschel and Blanche’s forth child is Joan Muddell who was born in Union County, Indiana on 24 June 1929. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 5 April, Joan, at the age of 9 months, was living with her parents on their farm in Union Township, Union County, Indiana. Then in the census of 1 April 1940, enumerated on 8 April, Joan, now aged 10, was going to school and living with her parents in part of a house on Smith Road in Union Township. In about 1947 Joan married Clyde Weaver and they had three children born between about 1948 and 1951 before their marriage ended in divorce on 29 March 1957. The following year Joan, at the age of 28 married 28-year-old bachelor Ivan W Martin at the First United Presbyterian Church at College Corner, Ohio on 12 April 1958 by a licence issued on 7 April 1958. Joan was then a clerk and typist living at College Corner, Preble County, Ohio, and Ivan was a milk salesman living at 305½ West Union Street, Liberty, Indiana. Ivan was the son of Herschel and Gladys Martin and he had been born in Union County, Indiana on 30 April 1929.
Herschel and Blanche’s fifth child is Irma Lee Muddell who was born in Indiana in about 1935. In the census of 1 April 1940, enumerated on 8 April, Irma, at the age of 5, was living with her parents in part of a house on Smith Road in Union Township. Irma married Robert Paul Swartz, who was the son of Paul and Mildred Swartz, and had been born on 19 August 1931. Robert and Irma had three children, all daughters. They were living at Metamora, Franklin County, Indiana when Robert died on 19 July 1996, at the age of 64.[12]
William and Lelia’s third child was Curtis Emery Muddell who was born in Butler County, Ohio in 1899 and also died in 1899.
William and Lelia’s fourth child was Ralph Monroe Muddell who was born in Butler County, Ohio on 11 April 1901.[13] In the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 12 May, Ralph, at the age of 9, was living with his parents on their farm at College Corner, Israel Township, Preble County, Ohio, and he was going to school. Then in the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 17 January, Ralph, now aged 19, was living with his parents on their farm in Union Township, Union County, Indiana, and he was working as a farm labourer, presumably on the family farm. Ralph married Edna in about 1922, and they had three children born in Indiana between 1922 and 1926. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 3 April, they were living on a farm in Center Township, Union County, Indiana, with their three children, and Ralph was a farmer on a general farm. Ralph was a widower living in a nursing home at Oxford, Butler County, Ohio when he died there at 10.45pm on 24 May 1993, at the age of 92.[14]
Ralph and Edna’s eldest child was Geraldine Muddell who was born in Indiana in about 1923. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 3 April, Geraldine, at the age of 7, was living with her parents on their farm in Center Township, Union County, Indiana.
Ralph and Edna’s second child was Geneva Muddell who was born in Indiana in about 1925. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 3 April, Geneva, at the age of 5, was living with her parents on their farm in Center Township, Union County, Indiana.
Ralph and Edna’s third child was Betty Lou Muddell who was born in Indiana in about April 1927. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 3 April, Betty Lou, at the age of 2 years and 11 months, was living with her parents on their farm in Center Township, Union County, Indiana.
William and Lelia’s fifth child was Ray F Muddell who was born in Ohio on 24 October 1904.[15] In the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 12 May, Ray, at the age of 5, was living with his parents on their farm at College Corner, Israel Township, Preble County, Ohio. Then in the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 17 January, Ray, now aged 15, was living with his parents on their farm in Union Township, Union County, Indiana. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 4 April, Ray, now aged 25, was lodging with widow Abbie Martin and her children on their farm in Union Township and working as a farm labourer for Abbie on her general farm. Ray never married and worked as a painter in the construction industry. He was living in a nursing home at Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, when he died there on 3 April 1987, at the age of 82.[16]
William and Lelia’s sixth child was Edna E Muddell who was born in Ohio on 27 September 1908.[17] In the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 12 May, Edna, at the age of 18 months, was living with her parents on their farm at College Corner, Israel Township, Preble County, Ohio. Then in the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 17 January, Edna, now aged 11, was living with her parents on their farm in Union Township, Union County, Indiana. Edna married Cecil P Hensley in about 1928. Cecil had been born in Preble County, Ohio on 21 September 1905.[18] Cecil and Edna had at least two children born in Ohio in 1929 and 1931. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 8 April, they were living at 2231 3rd Street in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, which they rented at $25 per month, with their then one child, and Cecil was a wood worker in the lumber industry. Later Cecil was a manager in the furniture industry. Edna had been living at Dayton when she died in a nursing home at Centerville, Montgomery County at 11.05am on 1 October 1990, at the age of 82.[19] Six years later Cecil died in a nursing home at Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio at 9.25pm on 8 July 1996, at the age of 90.[20]
Cecil and Edna’s eldest child was William Hensley who was born in Ohio in about June 1929. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 8 April, William, at the age of 9 months, was living with his parents at 2231 3rd Street in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.
Cecil and Edna’s second child was Robert P Hensley who was born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio on 10 January 1931.[21] Robert had been a manager in manufacturing industries and was married when he died at home in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio at 2pm on 7 July 1995, aged 64.[22]
William and Lelia’s seventh child was Grace L Muddell who was born in Ohio in about March 1910. In the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 12 May, Grace, at the age of 1 month, was living with her parents on their farm at College Corner, Israel Township, Preble County, Ohio. Then in the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 17 January, Grace, now aged 10, was living with her parents on their farm in Union Township, Union County, Indiana. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 5 April, Grace, at the age of 20, was still living with her parents on their farm in Union Township, and she was working as a servant to a private family, this was probably her parents.
Benjamin and Verlinda’s fourth child was Mary L Muddell who was born in Ohio during November 1870. In the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 25 June, Mary, at the age of 9, was living with her parents in Reily Township, Butler County, Ohio, and she was going to school. Then in the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 12 June, Mary, at the age of 29, was working as a teacher and living with her widowed mother and two of her siblings in North Street in Oxford, Butler County.
Benjamin and Verlinda’s fifth child was Alva L Muddell who was born in Ohio on 21 October 1874.[23] In the census of 1 June 1880, enumerated on 25 June, Alva, at the age of 5, was living with his parents in Reily Township, Butler County, Ohio, and he was going to school. Alva first married in about 1903 when he was 28, but his wife must have died. Then in about 1912, when he was about 37, he married Clara who was 35. Clara had been born in England in about 1877 and migrated to the USA in 1880. During the First World War Alva, when he was 43 and had changed his name to Maddell, was registered for drafting into the US Army. His draft registration card dated 12 September 1918 records that he was then living at 1819 East 55 Street in Cleveland, Ohio, and that he worked as a machinist for Cleveland Miniature Electric Company, which was part of General Electric, at 1845 East 45th Street in Cleveland. It also recorded that he was of medium height and build with blue eyes and dark hair, and that his next-of-kin was his wife. In the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 12 January, Alva and Clara were living at 1819 East 55 Street in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and Alva was working as a machinist at a lamp factory. They rented their home, which was one of many apartments at this address. Then in the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 11 April, they were continuing to live at 1819 East 55 Street, and Alva was now described as a tool maker at a lamp works. The rent of their apartment was $40 per month.
John and Mary’s ninth child was John Muddle who was born at Uckfield in Sussex on 7 February 1840. Later that year John, with his parents and siblings, emigrated from England to the USA, sailing from London or Portsmouth on the Westminster and arriving at New York on 3 November 1840 when he was 7 months old. In the census of 1 June 1840, which took place over about 18 months until well into 1841, John was living with his parents in Elizabeth Township, Essex County, New Jersey. Then in the census of 1 June 1850, enumerated on 29 August, John, now aged 10, was living with Nehemiah and Charity Sayne in Elizabeth Township. During the American Civil War John was a Corporal in Company F, 3rd US Infantry (Regular Army) Regiment. On the 15 April 1870 John, as a Civil War invalid, applied for a Federal Pension. In about 1865 John married Sarah Virginia, known as Virginia, who had been born in New York State on 18 June 1847. They lived in Ohio where they had four daughters born between 1866 and 1877. Then in the census of 1 June 1880 they were living at 5 North Street in Northfield, Richmond County, New York State, with their four daughters; John was working as a cooper and they had changed the spelling of their name to Muddell. Virginia died on 28 June 1884, at the age of 37, and she was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Castleton Corners, Richmond County. John was listed in the 1886 Staten Island, New York Directory as a cooper living at Shore Road, North Ferry, Port Richmond, Staten Island. (Northfield and Port Richmond seem to be two names for the same place on Staten Island.) In about 1887 John married Emily, who had been born in Canada on 19 April 1852. Emily already had a daughter who had been born in 1880. The 1890 Veteran’s Schedules state that John was then living at Port Richmond. In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 4 June, John and Emily were living at 16 Albion Place in Port Richmond, which they rented, and John was still working as a cooper. Living with them were Emily’s daughter Mable and her husband Edward Aspinwall. Then in the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 29 April, John and Emily, with Emily’s daughter and son-in-law still with them, were living at 94 Ann Street in Port Richmond, which they rented, and John, now aged 70, was a factory watchman. Emily died on 28 March 1919, at the age of 66, and she was buried with John's first wife in Fairview Cemetery, Castleton Corners, Richmond County. In the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 6 January, John was a widower living with his daughter Grace and her husband Harry Latsch at 622 Richmond Avenue in Port Richmond. This census record stated that John had immigrated in 1840 and was naturalized in 1891. John died on the 6 April 1923, at the age of 83, and he was buried with his two wives in Fairview Cemetery, Castleton Corners, Richmond County. Their grave is marked by an inscribed headstone that records their dates of birth and death.
John and Virginia’s eldest child was Fanny H Muddell who was born in Ohio on 8 March 1866. In the census of 1 June 1880 Fanny, at the age of 14, was living with her parents at 5 North Street, Northfield, Richmond County, New York State. When she was 18 years old Fanny married 28-year-old Clarence E Underhill at Locust Valley on Long Island in New York State on 3 December 1884. Clarence was the son of Samuel and Mary Underhill, and he had been born at Locust Valley on 6 May 1856. Clarence and Fanny had three children born in New York State in 1885, 1887 and 1891, the second of whom died when only 3 months old. In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 11 June, they were living at 53 Anderson Avenue in Port Richmond, Richmond County, New York, which they owned free of mortgage, with their two surviving children; Clarence was captain of a steam boat and they had Clarence’s sister Eleanor Underhill staying with them. Then in the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 23 April, they were living at 125 Manor Road in Port Richmond, which they owned free of mortgage, with just their youngest daughter, and Clarence was a ferry boat captain at the city depot. In the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 7 January, Clarence and Fanny were still living at 125 Manor Road in Port Richmond; Clarence was still a captain at the city depot and they now had their youngest daughter and her husband, Lawson Saunders, living with them. Clarence died during the 1920s, and in the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 4 April, Fanny was a widow and still living at 125 Manor Road. Living with her was her youngest daughter, who was now also a widow, and her two sons, and also two lodgers who were widows in their 60s. Fanny owned her home, which was valued at $10,000.
Clarence and Fanny’s eldest child was Maude F Underhill who was born in New York State on 20 August 1885. In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 11 June, Maude, at the age of 14, was living with her parents at 53 Anderson Avenue in Port Richmond, Richmond County, New York, and she was going to school. When she was 23 years old Maude married her second cousin, 24-year-old Chester Minard Muddell, in Richmond County on 14 June 1909. Chester was the son of Jerome and Josephine Muddell and had been born in New Jersey on 7 November 1884. See section on Chester Minard Muddell on the page headed ‘Ebenezer & Catherine Muddell’s Family’ for the rest of their lives and details of their family.
Clarence and Fanny’s second child was Arthur Underhill who was born in New York State on 9 May 1887. Arthur died on 31 August 1887, when only 3 months old.
Clarence and Fanny’s third child was Ethel Clare Underhill, known as Claire, who was born in New York State during August 1891. In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 11 June, Claire, at the age of 8, was living with her parents at 53 Anderson Avenue in Port Richmond, Richmond County, New York, and she was going to school. Then in the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 23 April, Claire, now aged 18, was living with her parents at 125 Manor Road in Port Richmond. When she was 24 years old Claire married Lawson Malios Saunders in about 1916. Lawson was the son of Alfred and Sarah Saunders; he had been born at Amblecote in Staffordshire and his birth registered during the 2nd quarter of 1888; he had migrated to the USA in 1903 and been naturalized in 1917. In the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 7 January, Lawson and Clare were living with Clare’s parents at 125 Manor Road in Port Richmond, and Lawson was working as a production engineer at an electrical company. Lawson and Claire had two children, both sons, born in 1921 and 1926. Lawson died during the late 1920s and in the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 4 April, Claire was a widow, and together with her two sons, was living with her widowed mother at 125 Manor Road in Port Richmond.
Lawson and Claire’s eldest child was Douglas Saunders who was born in New York State in about 1921. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 4 April, Douglas, at the age of 8, was, together with his brother and widowed mother, living with his widowed maternal grandmother, Fanny Underhill, at 125 Manor Road in Port Richmond, Richmond County, New York.
Lawson and Claire’s second child was Kenneth Saunders who was born in New York State in about April 1926. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 4 April, Kenneth, at the age of 3 years and 11 months, was, together with his brother and widowed mother, living with his widowed maternal grandmother, Fanny Underhill, at 125 Manor Road in Port Richmond, Richmond County, New York.
John and Virginia’s second child was Minnie Muddell who was born in Ohio in about 1871. In the census of 1 June 1880 Minnie, at the age of 9, was living with her parents at 5 North Street, Northfield, Richmond County, New York State, and she was going to school.
John and Virginia’s third child was Virgie Muddell who was born in Ohio in about 1873. In the census of 1 June 1880 Virgie, at the age of 7, was living with her parents at 5 North Street, Northfield, Richmond County, New York State.
John and Virginia’s fourth child was Grace F Muddell who was born in Ohio during February 1877. In the census of 1 June 1880 Grace, at the age of 3, was living with her parents at 5 North Street, Northfield, Richmond County, New York State. When she was about 19 years old Grace married Henry Latsch, known as Harry, in about 1896. Henry had been born in New York State during January 1874. Henry and Grace had two children; the first, a daughter, was born in 1898. In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 4 June, they were living in Richmond Avenue in Port Richmond, Richmond County with their daughter. Henry was a salesman in a dry goods store and they rented their home. Their second child, who died in infancy, was born sometime between the 1900 and 1910 censuses. In the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 21 April, they were living at 618 Richmond Avenue in Port Richmond, which they owned, with their daughter, and Henry was still working in a dry goods store. In the census of 1 January 1920, enumerated on 6 January, Henry and Grace were living at 622 Richmond Avenue in Port Richmond, which they owned but had a mortgage on. Harry was now working as a carpenter in a shipyard, and they had Grace’s widowed father living with them. In the census of 1 April 1930, enumerated on 3 April, Henry and Grace were continuing to live at 622 Richmond Avenue, which they owned and was valued at $7000, and Henry was now operating a machine in a butter factory.
Henry and Grace’s eldest child was Ruth Latsch who was born in New York State during March 1898. In the census of 1 June 1900, enumerated on 4 June, Ruth, at the age of 2, was living with her parents in Richmond Avenue in Port Richmond, Richmond County, New York. Then in the census of 15 April 1910, enumerated on 21 April, Ruth, now aged 12, was living with her parents at 618 Richmond Avenue in Port Richmond, and she was going to school. [1] New York City Death Index, certificate 411. [2] New York City Death Index, certificate 1168. [3] Ohio Deaths, Volume 390, File 30383. [4] Franklin County, Indiana Marriage Index, Book 12, Page 264. [5] Ohio Deaths, Volume 16601, Certificate 53706. [6] Blanche’s date of birth from Social Security Death Index. [7] US Social Security Death Index for Blanche Muddell & Ohio Deaths, Volume 24921, Certificate 053405. [8] US Social Security Death Index for Lois Watterson. [9] US Social Security Death Index for Ralph Watterson [10] US Social Security Death Index for Ruth Margaret Muddell. [11] Ohio Deaths, Volume 20622, Certificate 072296. [12] US Social Security Death Index for Robert P Swartz. [13] Ralph's date of birth from Social Security Death Index & Ohio Deaths. [14] US Social Security Death Index for Ralph M Muddell & Ohio Deaths, Volume 29384, Certificate 032914. [15] Ray’s date of birth from Social Security Death Index. [16] US Social Security Death Index for Ray Muddell & Ohio Deaths, Volume 26832, Certificate 024647. [17] Edna’s date of birth from Ohio Deaths. Social Security Death Index gives 27 October 1908. [18] Cecil’s date of birth from Social Security Death Index and Ohio Deaths. [19] US Social Security Death Index for Edna E Hensley & Ohio Deaths, Volume 28384, Certificate 098218. [20] US Social Security Death Index for Cecil P Hensley & Ohio Deaths, Volume 30745, Certificate 054775. [21] Robert’s date of birth from Social Security Death Index and Ohio Deaths. [22] US Social Security Death Index for Robert P Hensley & Ohio Deaths, Volume 30321, Certificate 057122. [23] Alva’s date of birth from his First World War Draft Registration Form.
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