Curtis Rarick family

Curtis Rarick is a first cousin, once removed.  He is the son of Levi Rarick and Amanda Varner.  I have just finished working all of the tree hints on my Ancestry member tree for Curtis's branch in my family tree.

Curtis was born in 1878 in the Miami Country, Ohio area.  In 1901 in Newton County, Indiana he married Vannice Pearl Rench.  They had three sons.  Waymond, Herrald and Dane.  Waymond and Dane survived and each of them had sons.  Herrald only lived eight days.

I have decided to leave the Rarick branch of the family for awhile and work some more on the direct Varner line.

This weeks spot light is on the Amanda Varner Rarick & Levi Rarick family

This past week I have begun working on Daniel Grant Varner's (Sr) children.  I'm currently working on the the family of Amanda Varner Rarick & Levi Rarick.  Their children were Curtis, Pearl, Raymond, Ralph and Mina.

I have found some first cousins 1x removed, second and third cousins.  Added seventeen new people to the family tree so far.

The Ancestry web hints are proving invaluable and the Rootsmagic "Tree Share" is working great.  As I'm going through them I am also adding to or updating the Family Search people and matching them to Rootsmagic.  I will turn on the Familysearch and My Heritage web hints after I've made it through all the Ancestry hints.

I hope to make it through the rest of this branch this week.

Daniel Grant Varner

The Ancestor Spotlight is on my paternal grandfather Daniel Grant Varner.

Daniel Grant "Grant" Varner was born on 17 Jun 1870 in Covington, Miami County, Ohio.  He died on 8 Aug 1916 at the age of 46 in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri.  He was buried after 8 Aug 1916 at Teays Chapel Cemetery in Henry, Missouri.

Daniel was known as Grant his entire life.  He lived in Delaware County, Indiana, in Mar 1882.  

Daniel Grant "Grant" Varner and Ada Florence "Addie" Smith were married on 20 Dec 1899.

Grant was baptized in 1901 at Church of the Brethren in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri  

Grant was a Farmer and Rural Mail Carrier in Henry County, Missouri.

 The family farm was located in Fairview Township. It was situated on the west half of the northwest fractional quarter of section 18 (eighteen) in township 40 (forty) and in range 26 (twenty six) containing 73 63/100 (seventy three) acres.

Grant appeared in the following US federal census records:

10 Jun 1880 in Covington, Miami County, Ohio.  

13 Jun 1900 in Fairview Township, Henry County, Missouri.

20 Apr 1910 in Fairview Township, Henry County, Missouri,

Grant signed a will on 13 Sep 1907 in Henry County, Missouri.  Grant had his estate probated on 12 Nov 1917 in Henry County, Missouri.

Ada Florence (Smith) Varner

The Ancestor Spotlight is on my paternal grandmother Ada Florence Smith Varner.

Ada Florence Smith was born on 4 Jan 1880 in Henry County, Missouri the daughter of John Franklin Smith of Allen County Indiana and Mary Francis Smethers of Madison County, Indiana. John and Mary moved to Fairview Township, Henry County, Missouri in 1877.

Ada was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri

Ada Florence Smith and Daniel Grant Varner were married on 20 Dec 1899. Daniel Grant Varner, son of Daniel Grant Varner and Mary Leckenton, was born on 17 Jun 1870 in Covington, Miami County, Ohio

Ada appeared in the following US censuses:
11 Jun 1880 in Fairview Township, Henry County, Missouri
13 Jun 1900 in Fairview Township, Henry County, Missouri
20 Apr 1910 in Fairview Township, Henry County, Missouri
6 Jan 1920 in Fairview Township, Henry County, Missouri
9 Apr 1930 in Fairview Township, Henry County, Missouri
14 May 1940 in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri

The Daniel and Ada Varner family farm was located in Fairview Township. on the west half of the northwest fractional quarter of section 18 (eighteen) in township 40 (forty) and in range 26 (twenty six).  The farm contained 73 63/100 (seventy three) acres.

Daniel Grant Varner and Ada Florence Smith had the following children:

Earl Franklin Varner, was born 8 Oct 1900, in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri and died 20 Jun 1941, in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

William Harrison Varner, was born 30 Mar 1902, in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri. He married Ruby Phillips, on 22 Dec 1930, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. William died on 29 Dec 1954, in Deepwater, Henry, Missouri, United States. 

Elvie Grant Varner was born 12 Mar 1906, in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri,. He married Zula Marie Cobb on 20 May 1933. Elvie died 10 Mar 1981, in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri.

James Hadley "Jim" Varner, was born 31 Oct 1908 in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri. He married Zelma Mae Cobb on 3 Jul 1936 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. Jim died 9 Nov 1996, Clinton, Henry, Missouri, United States.

Henry Wallis "Doc" VARNER, born 15 Apr 1914 in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri. He married Erma Lucille ARGABRIGHT on 26 Jun 1937. Henry died on 14 Nov 2006 in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Daniel died on 8 Aug 1916 at the age of 46 in Deepwater, Henry County, Missouri leaving Ada to raise their five boys on her own.

Ada died on 26 Nov 1962 at the age of 82 at Wetzel Hospital in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. She was buried on 29 Nov 1962 at Teays Chapel Cemetery in Henry, Missouri. Rev Herbert Zeiler, her former pastor, (Bethany Brethern Church Stet, MO) assisted by Ira Gibbel (Messiah Church of the Brethern, Kansas City, MO) officiated at the service. Pallbearers were nephews: James and Ray Martin; John Wagner; Herbert Dickey; George Pumphrey and Sam Briggs.

Ancestor profile of the week - Paul Holly (Hollopeter)

Thanks to Dawnette for posting a comment on my earlier blog post from 12/13/2012.  This was on the post "Documenting the HOLLY / HOLLOPETER / MARTIN family connection" which can be found at Hollopeter post

Dawnette posted a comment to the effect that Paul Hollopeter had also changed his surname to Holly.  Based on this information I searched ancestry for Paul Holly and was able to find an SSDI entry and a California Death Index entry.  Following is the information I have collected so far on Paul:

Name: Paul HOLLOPETER

Sex:         Male

Father: Harlow Bryant HOLLOPETER (1859-1951)

Mother: Ella B. VARNER (1864-1957)

Birth         6 May 1899 Creighton, Cass, Missouri, United States

Census 22 Apr 1910 Bear Creek Township, Henry, Missouri, United States

Occupation 1919 Agent for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company; Henry, Missouri, United States

Death 4 Jan 1991 (age 91) Palm Springs, Riverside, California, United States

Alt. Name Paul HOLLY

Marriages/Children

1. Bernice WHITE (1900-1985)

Marriage 2 Aug 1919 Clinton, Henry, Missouri, United States

Children Gene HOLLOPETER (1925-    )

Obviously I have much more research to do on Paul (census and military records) but I now have a good foundation to work from.