The Family of William Seaman and Ethel Jane (ADAIR) CRICHTON
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6__William Seaman CRICHTON
b.
18 Jun 1877, Vandalia, Fayette County, IL
child
of: William Millar & Anna Jane (SEAMAN) CRICHTON
d.
19 Oct 1955, Omaha, Douglas Co., NE
Buried:
West Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, NE (8/58/6)
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m. 4 Jul 1901, Omaha, Douglas County, NE
7__Ethel Jane ADAIR
b.
7 Feb 1879, Smith Center, Smith Co., KS
child
of: William Walter & Martha Jane (BURKE) ADAIR
d.
3 Dec 1930, Omaha, Douglas County, NE
Buried:
West Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, NE (8/58/11)
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Other Marriages:
Dec 1936, William Seaman CRICHTON m. Ethel E. CLINE
Buried: West Law Cemetery, Omaha, NE (8/58/5) Go to
Tombstones
Children:
6.3 Wayne Durwin (Buddy) CRICHTON
b. 13 Jul 1908
d. 10 Jun 1914
Buried: West Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas
County, NE
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6.1 William Lynn CRICHTON b. 12 May 1903
6.2 Marjorie Irene CRICHTON b. 11 Dec 1905 d. 8 Jan 1982
6.4 Betty Jane (BJ) CRICHTON b. 14 Jan 1920 (see #2/3)
Synopsis:
WS CRICHTON (Will) was a teacher in Omaha, NE at Omaha Technical High School and South High School.
He was a
printer, by trade, and a 40-year member of the International Typographical
Union.
He edited
a paper in Bedford, IA, and either worked for or ran a newspaper in Auburn,
Nemaha County, NE.
Ethel
Jane ADAIR’s parents lived in Auburn and this is probably where they
met.
Ethel
Jane died of “goiter” in 1930, when Betty was 10. Betty remembers that she was sick all of her (Betty’s)
life. She spent a great deal of
time going from doctor to doctor looking for a cure for her illness. As her health deteriorated, Betty was sent to spend summers
with relatives (her Uncle Durwin and her brother, Lynn) and finally to live with
Lynn when her mother died.
After
Ethel’s death, Will lived at the YMCA for a year, closing down the house on
Castellar Street where they had lived. After
a year, he reopened the house and brought Betty back to live with him.
Will married Ethel CLINE, a home economics teacher, when Betty was 16. Betty and Ethel did not get along and Betty soon went to live with her sister, Marjorie.
Will and Ethel
moved into Ethel’s house on Wirt Street in Omaha.
Ethel spent the remainder of Will’s life making him miserable.
The happiest times he had were when he came to Blair to watch baseball
with Merton and play with Betty and Merton’s daughters.
Will died
of liver cancer.
Betty remembers taking many trips as a child to visit relatives. Will was interested in history and genealogy. They took trips to Niagara Falls in a Model T Ford and on one trip, they visited every capitol city in each State through which they traveled.
Betty has her mother’s picture album and recognizable pictures of
Lincoln’s grave in Springfield, IL are present, along with family gravestones
of William Millar CRICHTON.
One source indicates Ethel Jane ADAIR was born in Osceola, Polk County, NE rather than Smith Center, KS.
From the Crichton Book by William S. CRICHTON: The CRICHTON Family. The CRICHTON family is a very old family but we have so little of its history that we may say that we know nothing at all about its early records. The word "CRICHTON" is made up of two old German words, "kreich" which means a sheep fold, and "tone" which means a "master" or a "lord." The word "Kreichton," then, meant "The master of the sheep-fold," that is, it means "shepherd." In time the spelling was modified. Some families spell it as we do, others kept up the "ei" and spelled it CREICHTON and some dropped the "ch" and spelled it CREIGHTON. The true English spelling is, as we use it, "CRICHTON." The name appears several times in the writings of Sir Walter Scott, Alfred Tennyson and other English writers and is always spelled as we do. But the CREICHTONS and the CREIGHTONS are all from the same old original family. I used to think that there are very few of the name in this country, but have found out that there are a great many scattered up and down these United States, and strange to say the name has become attached to a black man here and there, a thing I have never been able to account for. I suppose it is an echo of the "slavery horror" that once cursed this country. Our far-away ancestors had their homes in western Germany, and used to battle with the Romans along with the other wild tribes there. For hundreds of years Caesar and other Roman generals tried to conquer the Germans and compel them to pay taxes to the Roman empire, a thing they were never able to do. About the year B.C. 55 Caesar heard through these tribes of the Island of Great Britain, and he went over there and took possession of a small district where the great city of London now stands, and this was all of the island he or the Romans after him were ever able to conquer. The natives were too fierce for him or any of his successors to overcome. The Romans called the island Britania, the origin of the modern word "Britain." They found the metal "tin" there in great amounts and were very fond of it, as it was so easily worked and the wealthy people of Rome used it for the manufacture of table-ware and household ornaments. The Romans kept an army in Britain for about 500 years. But about the year A.D. 450 there was so much trouble at home, so many wars to prosecute and so little revenue coming in that the emperor was compelled to withdraw his little army from the island and it was never afterward occupied or visited by a Roman soldier. While the Romans were in the island there were three German tribes living just across the North Sea, the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes, in what is now Saxony, Holland and Denmark. These peoples in their little sail boats navigated the little sea and traded with the Romans and the tribes in Britain, and so found out that it was a pleasant country to live in. No sooner did the Romans evacuate the island than these Germans began to migrate westward, cross the sea and settle in what is now England, Scotland and Wales, as well as Ireland and other smaller islands 'round about. This was a peaceful invasion and there was so little war connected with it that fighting is not mentioned. The Angles mostly settled in the southern part of the island and called it Angleland, which in time came to be known as England. The Saxons went farther north where they found a war-like people who said they were "Scots." They settled among the Scots but they were never strong enough to change the name of the country and it is Scotland today. The people of the southern part of Scotland were and are yet often called Saxons. Scott often uses the name in his story, "The Lady of the Lake" and other of his novels and poems. And in several cases mentions "CRICHTON Castle," the ruins of which are still standing near the English border. This castle was once the center of a large estate and the CRICHTONs were wealthy and aristocratic. It was here that James CRICHTON was born about the year 1560. His father was the Lord Chief Advocate to the Scottish king, his name was Robert. His son, this James CRICHTON, was so talented that he is known in literary history as the "Admirable CRICHTON." He finished his education before he was twenty, which is remarkable, because it was not usual in those times for men to graduate till they were forty years of age. His career was as brief as it was brilliant. His first public engagement was as tutor at the Italian Court in Veronica, where he was assassinated by one of the princes in the year 1583, dying thus before he was twenty-three years of age. With the deaths of James, the Admirable, and his father, Robert, Lord CRICHTON, the family disappears from history. Those were troublous and bloody times, and we can only guess that the prominent men of the family in choosing sides made fatal errors, were found guilty of treason and their lives and fortunes forfeited and confiscated to the stronger party. Certain it is that for over two hundred years the family history is a blank, and the family has belonged exclusively to the peasantry. There may be some wealthy or celebrated CRICHTONs in the world somewhere, but I don't know of any. My grandfather, John CRICHTON, and my grandmother, Helen PATERSON, were married March 9, 1799. Grandmother died Feb. 13, 1836, and grandfather died March 28, 1843. They were the parents of fourteen children, eight sons and six daughters, two of whom died in infancy. My father, William CRICHTON, was the tenth child in grandfather's family and was born Nov. 7, 1813. My mother's name was Janet MILLAR. Father and mother were married about the year 1838. They were the parents of five children, two sons and three daughters, three of whom lived to reach manhood and womanhood.
Source: Dale
and Deborah MORROW, Betty JENSEN
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WILLIAM SEAMAN AND ETHEL JANE (ADAIR) CRICHTON RESEARCH RECORD
BIRTH/BAPTISM/PARENTS/CHILDREN RECORDS
DEATH/OBITUARY/CEMETERY RECORDS
Dies: Retired Teacher. William S. CRICHTON, 78, of 6502 Wirt Street, retired printing teacher, died Wednesday night at a hospital after a lingering illness. Mr. CRICHTON edited a Bedford, IA paper for several years until he came to teach printing in Tech and South High Schools in 1907. He retired in 1945 after spending nearly 50 years in the printing industry. He was a 40-year member of the International Typographical Union. Funeral services are pending at Kremer Mortuary. Mr. CRICHTON is survived by his wife Ethel; a son, William L., Lancaster, Cal; daughters Mrs. Marjorie RHODES, Spalding, Neb., and Mrs. Betty Jane JENSEN, Blair, Neb; brothers, Robert M., Deer Lodge, Mont., and Thomas, Sitrling, Colo; sisters, Mrs. May BARTOS, Helena, Mont.; Mrs. Leutita KANZELMEYER, Visalia, Cal; Mrs. Belle THOMASON, Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. Helen SANDERS, Loveland, Co.Source: In material owned by Betty JENSEN. Paper was probably the Omaha World Herald.
MARRIAGE/DIVORCE RECORDS
FAMILY BIBLE/RELIGION AFFILIATIONS RECORDS
EMPLOYMENT/MILITARY/ORGANIZATIONS RECORDS
WILL/ESTATE/DEEDS/COURT RECORDS
Henry M. BRISSEY and wife to Ethel A. CRICHTON and William S. CRICHTON. Warranty Deed. Filed for record this 1 day of October A.D. 1904 at 11 o'clock a.m. C.R. HACKER County Clerk, Nemaha County, Nebraska. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That Henry M. BRISSEY and Elizabeth J. BRISSEY, his wife of Nemaha County and State of Nebraska in consideration of the sum of ($300) Three hundred and no/100 Dollars in hand paid by Ethel A. CRICHTON and William S. CRICHTON wife and husband jointly the following described premises, situated in the County of Nemaha and State of Nebraska, to-wit Lot One (1) of Block Three (3) in the original town of Sheridan now Auburn Nebraska together with all of the improvements thereon and appurtenances therunto belonging. And we covenant with the said Ethel A. CRICHTON and William S. CRICHTON wife and husband jointly that we hold said premises by good and perfect title; that we have good right and lawful authority to sell and convey the same; that they are free and clear of all liens and encumbrances whatsoever. And we covenant to warrant and defend the said premises against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever and the said Elizabeth J. BRISSEY hereby relinquishes all her right and title and claime of dowry in and to the above described premises. Signed this 28th day of September 1904. In presence of Ford. G. HAWXBY. Henry M. BRISSEY Elizabeth J. BRISSEY.
Ethel A. CRICHTON & husb. TO Mary RADMACHER & husb. Filed for record January 18th1919, at 2; [sic] O'Clock P.M. WARRANTY DEED. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That Ethel A. CRICHTON and Will S. CRICHTON, wife and husband in consideration of Two thousan ($2000.00) Dollars in hand paid, do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm until Mary RADMACHER and C.A. RADMACHER, the following described real estate, situate in the County of Nemaha and State of Nebraska, to-wit Lot one (1) in Block three (3) Sheridan, now Auburn, Nebraska, as surveyed platted and recorded. subject to all taxes of the year 1917 and all subsequent taxes thereafter levied.together with all the tenements hereditamenta, and appurtenances to the same belonging, and all the estate, title, dower, right of homestead, claim or demand whatsoever of the said Ethel A. CRICHTON and Will S. CRICHTON of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described premises, with the appurtenances, unto the said Mary RADMACHER and C.A. CRICHTON for ourselves and our heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant with the said Mary RADMACHER and C.A. RADMACHER and with their heirs and assignes that we are lawfully seized of said premises, that they are free from incumbrance that we have good right and lawful authority to sell the same and that we will and our heirs, executors, and administrators shall warrant and defend the same unto the said Mary RADMACHER and C.A. RADMACHER and their heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 16 day of January A.D. 1919 In presence of E.G. MILLER. Will S. CRICHTON Ethel A. CRICHTON [note at the foot: $2.00]
Last Will and Testament of Wm. S.
CRICHTON. I, William S. CRICHTON, being of sound mind and
memory and with the intention of disposing of all of my property, real,
personal or mixed, of whatever kind or nature, and wherever situated, do
hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Las Will and Testament, hereby
revoking all former wills and codicils by me made. I. I hereby
direct that my executrix, hereinafter named, first pay from my estate all of
my just debts, funeral expense and expense of last sickness. II. I
nominate and appoint my wife, Ethel Cline CRICHTON, executrix of this
my Last Will and Testament. III. I give, bequeath, and devise to
the following named persons: William L. CRICHTON, Lawndale,
California; Marjorie I. RHODES, Blair, Nebraska; Betty Jane JENSEN,
Blair, Nebraska, all of my property of whatsoever kind or nature and
wheresoever situation subject to a life estate in the real property which I
hereby give to my beloved wife, Ethel Cline CRICHTON. Dated this
18th day of March, 1946. William S. CRICHTON, Testator.
Office of the County Judge Filed Nov 21, 1955, Robert R. Troyer, County
Judge. We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do hereby certify that
the above named testator in our presence subscribed his name to the above
instrument and declared at the same time the same to be his Last Will and
Testament, and we, at his request, and in his presence and in the presence of
each other, hereby subscribe our names hereto as attesting witnesses.
(signed) John R. ? and ?? (illegible)
In the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska. State of Nebraska,
County of Douglas. In the Matter of the Estate of William S. CRICHTON,
Deceased. Bk. 79 P. 432. I, Edward G. Garvey, Acting County Judge
in and for said County, do hereby certify that on December 16th, 1955, the
foregoing instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of William
S. CRICHTON, deceased, which was filed in this Court on November 21st
1955, was duly proved, approved, probated, and allowed as the last Will and
testament of the said deceased, and the same was ordered to be recorded in the
Records of the County Court aforesaid. In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County Court, at Omaha,
on the date first above mentioned. (signed) Edward G. Garvey, Acting
County Judge. (seal) Office of the County Judge Filed Dec 15 1955,
Robert R. Troyer, County Judge.
There are a number of estate papers involved in settling the above estate. See Original Documents for copies of these papers.
CENSUS/CITY DIRECTORIES/TAX LIST RECORDS
MIGRATION/CHRONOLOGY/MAP REFERENCE RECORDS
INTERVIEW/ARTIFACTS RECORDS
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6.1__William Lynn CRICHTON
b.
12 May 1903, Auburn, Nemaha County, NE
child
of: William Seaman & Ethel Jane
(ADAIR) CRICHTON
d.
Buried:
m. 8 Jun 1922, Glenwood, Mills County, IA
6.1s__Goldie M. TIDD
b.
15 May 1904, Dodge, Dodge County, NE
child
of: Elija Seigle (b. 1883, IA) & Ida Minnie
(KURTZ) (b. 14 Mar 1884, Dodge, Dodge
County, NE) TIDD
d.
Buried:
Other Marriages: None
Children:
6.1a William Wayne CRICHTON b. 21 Apr 1923
d. 20 Feb 1984
6.1b Betty Jane (BJ2) CRICHTON
b. 28 May 1926
d. 28 Mar 2007
Synopsis:
Elija,
Goldie’s father, was probably born in IA.
Her mother was born 14 Mar 1884 in Dodge County, NE.
The W.S. CRICHTON
booklet says that Lynn and Goldie were married 10 Jun 1922 and that daughter
Betty Jane was born in 1927.
Lynn CRICHTON
was one of the family’s favorite characters.
He worked in the aircraft industry, for McDonnell Douglas, in CA and
retired to Eugene, OR. In their final years, they left OR and moved to AZ to be
closer to their daughter.
While working in the aircraft industry, he worked in NM with the captured German rocket scientists after WWII, including Werner Von Braun, whom he characterized as a “loner” and “arrogant” although not unkind.
In CA, he
worked with many of the early test pilots who were prominent in the early rocket
era following WWII. Once, while
watching TV with Merton JENSEN, an commercial appeared that
featured Chuck Yeager. Uncle Lynn
was heard to murmur, “egotistical bastard.”
Lynn and
Goldie kept Betty Jane (BJ) during summers while her mother was ill and then for
a year after her death. Betty
attended 6th grade in Howells, NE, where Lynn worked for the
Telephone Company.
Lynn
began working for the Bell Telephone Company, stringing lines and repairing
lines, out of Omaha, when he was in high school and continued to work for them
after he graduated. Goldie was an
operator for “Ma Bell” and that is how they met.
While
living in Howells, Lynn did special colored lighting effects for the local dance
hall – at the time, the largest dance hall west of the Mississippi River.
One of the guest band leaders of the day was a then-little-known Lawrence
Welk. He took Betty to a couple of
the dances where Welk and his orchestra played because he had to do the
lighting. So Betty was able to see
Welk, live, before he became famous and had a television show!
Source:
Dale and Deborah MORROW, Lynn CRICHTON, and Betty JENSEN
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6.1a__William Wayne CRICHTON
b.
21 Apr 1923, Omaha, Douglas County, NE
child of:
William Lynn & Goldie M. (TIDD) CRICHTON
d.
20 Feb 1984, Tucson, Pima County, AZ
Buried:
Memorial Cemetery, Tucson, Pima County, AZ
m. 14 Aug 1948, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, CA
6.1as__Ruth Ann GINDROZ
b.
21 Apr 1928, GA
child
of: Francis & Frances GINDROZ
d.
Buried:
Other Marriages:
6 Dec 1981 Wayne m. Marion S. KENDALL, Tucson, Pima County, AZ.
They operated a trailer park in Tucson.
Children:
6.1a1 Cindy Lou CRICHTON b. 2 Mar 1958,
Inglewood, Los Angeles County, CA
6.1a2 Karen Marie CRICHTON b. 15 Dec 1959
6.1a3 William Gary CRICHTON b. 18 Feb 1964,
Inglewood, Los Angeles County, CA
Synopsis:
Marriage
announcement: On Sun., 6 Dec 1981,
at 2 p.m., in view of God and the mountain, Marion S. KENDALL and William
W. CRICHTON will unite and rejoice for their Journey of Life together at
15251 N. Lago Del Oro Parkway. Chuckwagon
Reception following. Address:
Box 8294 Tucson, AZ 85738.
Source: Lynn CRICHTON, Wayne CRICHTON, Betty JENSEN
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6.1b__Betty Jane CRICHTON
II
b.
28 May 1926, Omaha, Douglas County, NE
child
of: William Lynn & Goldie M. (TIDD) CRICHTON
d.
Buried:
m. 24 Feb 1951, Reno, Washoe County, NV
6.1bs__Thomas
REES
b.
30 Jun 1916, San Francisco, San Mateo County, CA
child of:
d.
Buried:
Other Marriages:
None
Children:
6.1b1 Kristine Lynne REES
b. 12 Mar 1953
6.1b2 Thomas John REES b.
5 Jun 1954, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA
Synopsis:
Source: Lynn CRICHTON, Betty JENSEN
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6.2__Marjorie Irene CRICHTON
b.
11 Dec 1905, Auburn, Nemaha County, NE
child
of: William Seaman & Ethel Jane
(ADAIR)
CRICHTON
d.
8 Jan 1982, Salinas, Monterey County, CA
Buried:
Ashes scattered over
Monterey Bay
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m.
18 Aug 1925, Auburn, Nemaha
County, NE
6.2s__John Rupert RHODES
b. 6 Feb 1903, Ansley,
Custer County, NE
child of: John Ross &
Dora (PATRICK) RHODES
d. May 1951, Spalding,
Greeley County, NE
Buried: Ansley, Custer
County, NE Go to Tombstones
Other Marriages: None
Children:
6.2a John (Beezie) Crichton RHODES
b. 11 May 1927
6.2b Marjorie Joan RHODES
b. 20 Nov 1928
Synopsis:
John (Choppy) RHODES was an assistant football coach at the University of Nebraska from 1926-1929.
He played
on the Nebraska football team that beat the legendary “Four Horsemen” of
Notre Dame.
He was
head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1929-1932, the St. Louis
Blues, a professional football team, from 1938-1939.
Twice, he
coached high school football at Blair High School, and while Betty Jane was
living with them there in the summer of 1939, met Merton whom she married the
following October 1939.
Article commemorating University of Nebraska Athletes: 94 - John "Choppy" RHODES Ansley/1902 or 1903-1951, Football, track & field, baseball, basketball. Played for: Ansley High and Nebraska Cornhuskers. Best moment(s) as an athlete: Nebraska's two wins against Notre Dame and its legendary "Four Horsemen." From 1922 through 1924, the Fighting Irish went 27-2-1, with their only losses coming to the Huskers. RHODES also went on to score a crucial touchdown in 1925 in a 14-0 win over Red Grange and Illinois. Grange was held scoreless at home for the only time in his career. John "Choppy" RHODES was the pride of the town of Ansley in Custer County and was known for his all-around athletic skills. RHODES held three state high school track records at the same time (vault, long jump, high jump), helped Ansley win a pair of state basketball titles and also played baseball. He was the first state gold medal winner to clear 6 feet in the high jump and the first winner beyond 21-2 in the long jump. He was player/coach of Ansley's first football team in 1920, and was later selected to the Omaha World-Herald's first all-state football team in 1921. After graduating from high school in 1922, RHODES went on to earn eight varsity letters at the University of Nebraska - three in football and track, and two in baseball - one of only six athletes to accomplish the feat at the time. As an end for the Huskers, RHODES went on to earn all-conference honors in 1924, and in 1925 helped the Nebraska baseball team capture a conference title. He also went on to win the all-around championship at the University of Illinois Relays in 1926. RHODES, who operated an automobile dealership in Spaulding and died at the age of 48, followed up his athletic endeavors by coaching several sports. he coached NU's baseball team for two seasons, and went on to coach football at Wyoming and the St. Louis pro football team. He also coached the Blair Bears for three seasons. - Joe Clark. Go to Original Documents.
Choppy
held several jobs as a traveling salesman and finally acquired the Ford
dealership in Spalding, NE. An
alcoholic, he had difficulty holding a job for very long.
Marjorie stayed in Spalding for several years after his death, running the dealership. Circa 1956, she moved to CA, probably because her children were there, settling in Salinas and teaching school there until she retired.
Obituary: Blair, NE Pilot Tribune: Former Blair Resident Dies in California. Mrs. John “Choppy” RHODES, a former resident of Blair, died Friday, Jan 8, 1982, after a lengthy illness. She was 76 years of age. Funeral services were held in Salinas, CA, at St. George’s Episcopal Church. A private burial was held in the Garden of Memories. Mrs. RHODES taught at Salinas High School until she retired in 1971. She had lived in Salinas for 26 years. She came to Blair in 1937 when her husband was hired as football coach at Blair High School. She is survived by one daughter, Joan BEATTIE of Salinas; and one son, John C. RHODES of San Jose. One sister, Betty (Mrs. Merton) JENSEN of Blair; one brother, Lynn CRICHTON, of Cheshire, OR; 5 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John “Choppy” R. RHODES in 1951. Memorials are preferred to “Dollars for Scholars” Fund at Salinas High School or Mission Trails Heart Association. Jan 1982.
Marriage Announcement: Nemaha County Herald, Friday, 1 Jan 1926. Headline: “Choppy RHODES makes public Auburn wedding.” Subheadline: “Marriage of a Famous Athlete Performed While Connected with Auburn Ball Team, And Kept A Secret Until Now, Is Announced – Ceremony Took Place August 18.” The cat is out of the bag and the marriage of “Choppy” RHODES which was performed in Auburn August 18 last, by Rev. J.W. Henderson, of the First Methodist Church, is announced through the Omaha World Herald in its Monday’s issue. Just what sort of hokus-pokus Mr. RHODES worked to keep the matter secret all these months is not explained. It was while he was a member of the Auburn Base Ball Team last summer that the happy even was consummated and his most intimate friends here claim they had no knowledge of the event. In announcing the marriage, the World Herald says: “On August 18, at Auburn, Neb., John RHODES of Ansley, Neb. became the husband of Miss Marjorie CRICHTON of Oamha. During the months of September, October and November, it seemed that almost every citizen of the Cornhusker Commonwealth knew everything worth knowing about John RHODES. In masses ranging from 10 to 45-thousand, they assure him that he was all right, that he as a Nebraska man, the peer of any halfback ever to wear the scarlet and cream of Nebraska. But they never knew that he was a married fellow. His bride continued teaching in a rural school, the location of which neither she or John will define with any exactitude. John continued carrying the ball off track or through center or around end. Both continued to keep silent. Just now the secret is out. John at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. CRICHTON, 2021 Castelar Street, told about the ceremony. He said he would have told about it sooner only no one asked him. After helping to pitch the Murphys to another title in the Metropolitan League last season, RHODES went to Auburn to pitch hay and carry ice and otherwise shape up for the football season. Miss CRICHTON went there to visit friends. On August 18, they were married. RHODES will return to Nebraska next fall to complete his course there, although his days as one of the Scarlet’s greatest, if not the greatest, all-around athletes, will pass with the end of the track season. Mrs. RHODES, who attended Nebraska, will resume her studies next fall also. Mrs. RHODES is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. CRICHTON, formerly of Auburn and was born and raised in this city, as was her father before her. The father was, for several years, publisher of the Auburn Republican and was the man who changed its name from that of Auburn Post. Leaving Auburn several years ago, Mr. CRICHTON located in Omaha, where he has been head of the printing department of the Technical High School for some years.”
Dora Patrick Rhodes was the daughter of George and Emily (HURNDON) PATRICK
Source: Marjorie RHODES, Betty JENSEN
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6.2a__John CRICHTON RHODES
b.
11 May 1927, Omaha, Douglas County, NE
child
of: John Rupert and Marjorie Irene
(CRICHTON)
RHODES
d.
Buried:
m. 16 Mar 1948, Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE
6.2as__Joan Marcia (Willie) WILLBERGER
b.
2 Nov 1929
child of:
d.
Buried:
Other Marriages:
John (Beezie) RHODES m. Allison GARAVENTA STEVENSON
b. 12 Apr 1927, CA.
Allison was previously married to a STEVENSON
Children:
6.2a1 LeeAnn RHODES b. 12 Jan 1949,
Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE
Children: Robert RHODES
6.2a2 Susan Yvonne RHODES
b. 16 Aug 1950,
Spalding, Greeley County, NE
m. Michael BRAY
6.2a3 Marjorie Catherine RHODES
b. 8 Nov 1965
m. 18 Jun
1986, Capitola, Santa Cruz Co CA, Mark Randall OUSLEY
b.
3 Dec 1965 (adopted)
child of:
Paul & Linda (?) OUSLEY
Children:
Trent OUSLEY
Synopsis:
LeeAnn
was born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE; Susan was born in Spalding, Greeley
County, NE; and Marjorie was born in CA (probably San Jose).
Beezie
retired from IBM in the late 1980’s and he and Allison live golf.
He previously worked for Willis Jeep.
Beezie
got his nickname when his father, “Choppy,” looked at him in the newborn’s
nursery and saw him screaming and crying, all red and wrinkled and told Marge
that he looked “just like Beelzebub.” Beezie
stuck!
Source: John RHODES, Betty JENSEN
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6.2b__Marjorie Joan RHODES
b.
20 Nov 1928, Omaha, Douglas County, NE
child
of: John Rupert & Marjorie
Irene (CRICHTON) RHODES
d.
Buried:
m. 31 May 1952, Lincoln, Lancaster County, NE
6.2bs__Richard Leon BEATTIE
b.
20 Nov 1928, Springfield, Sarpy County,
NE
child
of: Leon Reuben & Gertrude (LEAR)
BEATTIE
d.
Buried:
Other Marriages: None
Children:
6.2b1 John RHODES BEATTIE
b. 4 Sep 1953, Ainsworth,
Brown County, NE
m.
24 Jun 1983, Kathy KAPPAS b. 31 Jan 1960.
Divorced in late 1980’s.
6.2b2 Lisa Jo BEATTIE b. 10 Aug 1955,
Riverton, Fremont
County, WY
m. 6 Mar 1982, David LeRoy BAUER
b. 7 Oct 1958 in Las Vegas, Clark County, NV
Children:
Kristy Jo BAUER b. 23 Aug 1983
Synopsis:
John was
born in Ainsworth, Brown County, NE. John
became a first mate in the merchant marine and lives (2002) 6 months of the year
in Arkansas and is at sea 6 months of the year.
Lisa was born in Riverton, Fremont County, WY. She was married first on 14 Jun 1980 in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, CA, to Scott CATHCART. Her second husband, David BAUER was born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA.
Leon
Reuben BEATTIE was born 9 Aug 1899 in Norton, KS and died in Jun
1985. Gertrude LEAR was born 21 Dec 1900 in Springfield, NE.
Source: Betty JENSEN,
Joan BEATTIE
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