The Family of James H. and Caroline Gates Loveless of Prince
George's County, MD
Submitted by Barbara Scherer Rendina bopete67@mchsi.com
On 23 March 2005
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The Loveless Genealogy
Written with much thanks to Jan Owen and the Bergling family who
provided much information about the Loveless family.
James H. Loveless was born in 1825. It is unknown at this time who
his parents were. His age was determined by the 1850 census.
James Loveless married Caroline B. Gates, daughter of Grant and
Caroline B. Gates on December 24, 1845 in Prince George’s County
Maryland. Her death certificate reveals this parentage.
Diversion:
Caroline had a brother William and sister Sarah. William was in the
Civil War and his bayonette was given to Caroline’s grandson Joseph
Bergling in 1920. Sarah Gates was nicknamed Fanny. She married
a Beall? She had a son Frank Gates whose family included his wife
Maria, sons Tom and Frank( dentists) and daughter Mabel Gates
Willard of Berwyn Heights, MD Mabel is found on the 1930 census
as: William Willard age 53, Mary M. age 43,(Mabel) and daughter
Roberta age 20. Mabel was on the same census page as James C.
Loveless Jr. ,his wife Mabel and daughter Anne E. Thomas J.
Gates was born in 1869. He was married to Abbie Unknown.
According to the 1900 census, they were listed as: Thomas J. dentist
age 30, Abbie age 26, Abbie N. age 6, Thomas D age 3 and Herbert
S. age 1. By 1920 the list was as follows: Thomas J. age 50, Abbie
M. age 45, Thomas D. age 23, Herbert S. age 21 , Henrietta age 19
a stenographer, Theodore age 17 ,a machinist and mother Maria L.
age 73 from England. On the 1930 census, Herbert S. Gates age 32
is listed as a doctor. Theodore Gates died on October 5, 2001 at St.
Petersburg, Florida.
Sarah died at the age of 92 at the Sisters of the poor on H. St. in
Washington ,DC
Caroline was born on July 4, 1825 at home near the water tower on
Ridge Road in Greenbelt MD The Gates family had land there that
some say was a result of the Magna Carta. There is an oral tradition
story handed down that relates that Caroline Gates was related to
General Horatio Gates of the American Revolution. Her father did not
want her to marry James H. Loveless because he was not of a higher
class. There was something about, “ he did not have silver spurs”
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Only the well to do could afford silver spurs. James was the
caretaker of a plantation, “Weston” which is two miles southwest of
Upper Marlboro, MD. Caroline died in Beltville MD on April 12, 1903.
She is buried in Christian Brothers Cemetery in Ammandale. James
died sometime before 1865 when Caroline married James Wall on
February 6, 1865. She married Rufus Sabrey in 1874. There is a
land deed showing that Caroline and Rufus Sabery bought land on
January 18, 1894. Caroline and Rufus are found on the 1880 census
as Rufus Sabrey laborer,age 42,father from Florida, mother from PA,
Caroline Sabrey age 50, Richard Carlston age 35, Helen Carlston
age 29.
The 1850 Nottingham district census reported that: James age 25 a
planter with real estate valuing $1000, his wife Caroline age 18,
Elisha age 1, Thomas age 13, John Thomas age 2, S. Kidwell age 25
female, James Riche age 35, labourer, John Riche age 32 laborer
and Thomas Worthington age 27 a physician. Next door to James
Loveless was a Thomas family and a Mudd family. John Thomas
age 2 probably belonged to the Thomas family. Elisha age 1 may
have been a child of James and Caroline but no other reports of him
follow. Thomas ,age 13 may have been a brother of James.
James H. and Caroline Gates Loveless had the following known
children:
1.) Henry Caleb Loveless born in 1852. He married Alice Vinette
Suite. She was born in 1859 and died in 1918. The 1880 Prince
George County, MD census lists Henry C. Loveless age 28 ,a
farmer, Alice V. age 23, Elisha J. age 4, Elizabeth E. age 1 and
James C. Loveless age 26 brother,a carpenter. The 1900
Baltimore Census lists Alice Loveless age 41, Ada age 17,an
operator, Caroline age 13, May age 8, Frank age 5, John Hainey
24 son-in-law, bar builder, and Edith age 21.
In 1910 Alice V . Loveless age 54 lived in Washington DC with
her daughter Caroline V. Loveless Beall age 23 and her husband
Robert Beall age 21 and their son Bernard age 1. Henry was
also called “Kelly”. He died in 1897. Henry was gored by a bull
and in his later years was unable to work because of brain
damage. One day he was standing in a doorway and had a “fit”
He fell on his head and died. James C. and his wife helped Alice
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to raise the children. Henry and Alice are both buried at Christian
Brothers Cemetery in Ammandale.
The children of Henry Caleb Loveless and Alice Vinette Suite
Loveless are:
A. Elisha Loveless born 1874. He was in the Spanish American
War. He returned very sick with TB and was bedridden. His
cousin Lilly Loveless(daughter of James C.) helped take care
of him over the objections of other because they were afraid
she would get TB too. (Oral story passed on by Lilly’s son)
B. Elizabeth Edith Loveless born March 26, 1879. She married
John Haney born March 27, 1871 ( son of Thomas E. Haney
born 1840 ,died 1914 and his wife Mary).They are listed in the
records of St. Joseph Church in Beltsvile.Their witnesses were
George Haney, James Loveless, Hellena V. Doering and
Elizabeth Hannon. The 1880 census lists Thomas E. Haney
age 38 a Machinist, Mary E. age 36, Edward L age 16 a
laborer, Frances E. age 11, John F. age 9 and George L. age
7. . Edith died on September 15, 1908 and she and John who
died on March 11, 1959 are both buried at Christian Brothers
Cemetery in Ammandale. John and Edith had a son
Raymond Sylvester Haney born April 6, 1906 and died Jan.
16, 1951. Raymond married Ellen Veronica Haber born
November 4, 1912 in Pittsburgh.
C. Annie Loveless was born in 1881. She married Charles
Harold Jones on May 19, 1897..They are listed in the records
of St. Joseph Church in Beltsville, MD Their witnesses were
George Haney and Edith Loveless. In May of 1909, her uncle
James Charles Loveless sold Henry Loveless’ home to Annie
and her husband. (The home was built on the Turner property
purchased by James Charles Loveless in 1888)The family is
found on the 1900 census as Charles Jones age 23, rr.
Sealman, Annie Jones age 19. They are living with 45 year
old Charles Loveless also a rr sealman and his 48 year old
wife Elizabeth. They are found again in 1910 as Charles Jones
age 33, Annie L. Jones age 29, James E. Jones age 9, C.
Harold Jones age 7, Mary E. Jones age 4 and Alice Elizabeth
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Jones age 2.The family is listed on the 1920 census as :
Charles Jones age 43 carpenter, Annie L. Jones age 38,
James Edwin Jones age 19 clerk in a grocery store, Harold
C.Jones age 17, Mary Estella Jones age 14, Alice Elizabeth
Jones, age 12, Owen R. Jones age 8, Frank P. Jones age 6,
Aubrey Jones age 4 and Walter L. Jones 9 months. In 1930
the family is listed as: Charles Jones age 53 carpenter, Annie
L. Jones age 49, C. Harold Jones age 27, Owen R. Jones, age
19, Frank P. Jones age 17, Aubrey D. Jones age 14 Walter
Leon Jones age 11 and James R. Jones age 3 ½ grandson.(It
is not known which child was the parent of James R. Jones)
Also in 1930 son James Edwin Jones was listed as James E.
Jones , age 29 clerk for a stock broker, Nellie M. Jones age
28, Harold E. Jones age 5, Melvin G. Jones age 4, and
Donald F. Jones age 1.
Annie and Charles Jones had the following children:
1) Catherine Violet Jones, born April 17, 1898. Besides the
mention in the St. Joseph Church records Catherine is not
mentioned again on the census reports so may have died as
an infant.
2) James Edward Jones, born August 31, 1900 and
baptized October 21, 1900 at St. Joseph Church in Beltsville .
His sponsor was Ida Loveless., James married Nellie M.
Unknown who was born March 15, 1901 and died in February of
1987, They had three children: Harold E. Jones born in 1925,
Melvin G. Jones born in 1926 and Donald F. Jones born in
1929.
3) Harold C. Jones born in 1903, 4) Mary Estella Jones born in
1906,
5) Alicia Elizabeth Jones born October 24, 1908 , baptized on
March 7, 1909 and whose sponsor was R. Mattingly and May
Loveless ,6) Robert Owen Jones born January 11, 1911 and
baptized March 8, 1911 and whose sponsor was Mrs. Ella Turner.
7) Frank P. Jones born in 1914 8) Aubrey Jones born in 1916
and died
March 11, 1992, and 9) Walter Leon Jones born on August
20,1919 and died on June 9, 1998 in Florida..
D. Ada Loveless was born in 1883. She married Lawrence
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Haney, son of Thomas and Mary Haney. They are found on
the 1910 census for Prince George’s County, MD It lists:
Haney, Walter L. age 29 Machinist with the RR , Ada age 28,
Helen age 7, Mabel age 6. Lawrence age 4 ,Emma age 3,
Gilbert age 2, Edward age 1. They lived with two roomers, a
Catholic priest named Martin O’Donoghue and Fred
Monaghan a plumber. Walter Lawrence Haney died at his job
at a young age. Ada is found living in Baltimore on the 1920
census. It lists: Ada age 35, Helen age 17 ,floor girl in a
bakery, Mabel age 16, shirt factory, Lawrence age 15, laborer,
Emma age 14, Gilbert age 13, Edward age 11, Eva age 9,
John age 6, and Mary age 4. By 1930 Ada is living with her
daughter Mabel and her husband William Wells, The census
reports: William Wells, age 29 shipping clerk , Mabel age 26,
Gilbert Wells age 3 and Ada Haney mother in law age 44.
There is a little confusion as another 1930 census, also in
Baltimore has the following: Ada Haney,age 44 homemaker,
son Edward age 21 laborer, daughter Mary A. age 14 and
boarder, Arthur King age 42 worker in a box factory.
Later Ada married again to Arthur S. King.
The children of Lawrence Walter and Ada Haney are:
1)Eva Marie Haney born May 21, 1911. She married Melvin
Curtis Henderson .Sr. Eva died on February 7, 2000 and is
buried at Glen Haven Cemetery in Glen Burnie, MD Melvin
died on December 3, 1989 and is buried with Eva.
Eva and Melvin had 6 sons, and 1 daughter:
a) Melvin Curtis Henderson, Jr. b. 1929 (died from cancer)
b)John Walter Henderson (died, age 2)
c) Edward Leo Henderson, Sr.
d)Donald Eugene Henderson, Sr. married Myrtha Diane
Lutsche. (Myrtha died at the age of 36 from Cancer.) They
had two children: 1) Donald Eugene Henderson, Jr. was
married twice. His first marriage was to Kim Clarke, and
they had a son, Donald Eugene Henderson, III. Donald
and Kim divorced. Donald next married Caren Ann
Pauley, and they just had a son, Liam Jackson Henderson**
2)Myrtha Diane Henderson married Guy Louis Rush Sr.
and had two children: Guy Louis Rush Jr. (died at 4 months
from SIDS) and Jessica Myrtha Diane Rush. Mrytha Diane
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Henderson Rush then married Jeffrey Leland Forloines
and they have three children:Kelsey Diane Forloines,
Brooke Alyssa Forloines and Rebecca Faith Forloines
e)James Franklin Henderson, Sr.
f)David Martin Henderson
g)Frances Helen Henderson who married Unknown
McLean.
Ada Frances Loveless did remarry after Lawrence Walter
Haney died...she married Arthur S. King. Arthur was buried at
Glen Haven Memorial Cemetery in Glen Burnie,
Maryland....but Ada was buried at New Cathedral Cemetery in
Baltimore, Maryland....above her first husband, Lawrence.
Ada is buried under the name "Ada F. King.”
2) John Haney born 1914, 3) Emma V. Haney born 1906 who
married Unknown Warfield, 4) Gilbert Haney born 1907 .He
was found in Baltimore City in the 1930 census. Gilbert Haney
age 22 worker in an iron yard, Josephine age 20, Josephine
age 3,Gilbert age 1 and Delores age 8 months. 5) Mary A.
Haney born 1916 who married Unknown Day 6) Edward
Haney born 1909 7) Mabel Haney born 1904 who married
William Wells They had at least one son Gilbert Wells, born
1927.8) Lawrence Haney born July 5,1905 and died in Sept. of
1966. and 9) Helen Haney born 1903 who married Unknown
Schultz.. Ada Loveless Haney died on June 8, 1965 and is
buried with Lawrence at New Cathedral Cemetery.
E. Caroline Virginia Loveless was born on February 3, 1887.
She married Robert Mason Beall , born 1888,son of Frank
Mason Beall and Alice R. Lewis Beall. Robert died on August
19, 1966 in Leonardtown, MD and is buried at Our Lady’s
Cemetery there. Caroline died of cancer on December 15,
1939 and is buried at Ammandale MD with her parents. She
and Robert had the following children:
1) Bernard Charles Beall born November 4, 1909 and died in
September of 1984. He married Ethel Unknown, born
August 20, 1912 and died January 1982 in St. Petersburg
FL. They had a son , Bernard Charles Beall ,Jr.
2)Catherine Vinette Beall born April 19, 1912. . She married
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Ernest Preston Dovell who was born January 18, 1892 and
died February 1964 in MD.
3) Robert V. Beall born November 22, 1913 and died
January 29, 1995 in MD He married Mary Ellen
Flemming.
They had 6 children: * Mary Catherine Beall, *Robert
V. Beall, born April 20, 1936 ,died January 29,1995 in
MD *Alonzo Lee Beall b. January 17, 1939 and died
February 15, 1992 in MD, *Nancy Beall, *Cecelia Beall
and *Bernadette Beall
4) Joseph Anthony Beall/Bell born February 1915 and died
November 15, 1988 in St. Petersburg,FL he married
Mattie Unknown. They had two daughters: Carol Beall
who married Russel Watt and Rita Beall who married
Kenneth C. Johnson.
5) Ada Veronica Beall was born February 7, 1919 and
died September 16, 1992 in Leonardtown Maryland.
She married Clyde (Pat) Ammann on March 3, 1932.
He was born February 22,1914 and died May 1984.
They had 8 children:
a) Virginia Amman born August 6, 1935 died February
5, 1995 in Maryland ,married David Radcliff who
was born May 11, 1941 and died October 1980 in
Maryland. They had three children: Arianna
Radcliffe, Matthew Radcliffe and Catherine Radcliffe.
b)Alma Ammann
c) Robert Ammann-married Elaine Unknown. They
had three children: Robert Ammann, Richard
Ammann and Jeffrey Amman.
d)Donna Patrice Ammann-married William Ball .They
had one child: Christine Marie Ball born April 29,
1974. Donna then married Robert Shelton.
e)Diane Ammann
f)Joseph Bernard Ammann-married Deborah Hall on
December 1, 1978. They had three children:
Joseph Bernard Ammann,Jr. born December 30,
1980, Amy Lynn Ammann born April 29, 1985 and
Patrick Allen Ammann born January 16, 1992.
g)Aloysius David Ammann-married Wanda Unknown.
Their child is Aloysius David Ammann Jr. Born April
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4, 1996.
h)Cindy Ammann,born September 30, 1961 , married
Kurt Osterman. They had two children: James
Osterman born August 13, 1990 and Caleb
Osterman born August 12, 1991.
6. Aloysius Mason Beall born September 29, 1917
died
January 1984 in St. Petersburg Florida. He
married Mary Unknown and had a son, Jack
Beall.
7. Mary Frances Theresa Beall was born December
12, 1921 in Baltimore. She married Joseph Francis
Van Ryswick on September 10, 1941. He was
born November 19, 1916 and died October 1982 in
Leonardtown MD and is buried at Our Lady’s
cemetery in Leonardtown. They had 6 children:
a. Joseph William Van Ryswick, born July 10,
1942. He married Louise Stone on December 5,
1976. They had two children: Susan Van
Ryswick born November 21, 1977 and Julie Van
Ryswick born December 11, 1979 who married
Daniel Ryan Greewell on April 28, 2000 . Their
child is Mason Gregory Greenwell born
December 22, 2003..
b. Peter Van Ryswick born September 29, 1944,
married Agnes Patricia Harding on November
28, 1970. They had three children: 1) Michael
Peter Van Ryswick born October 18, 1971 who
married Mary Frances Bowles on July 19, 1997.
Their children are *Michael Peter Van
Ryswick,Jr. born June 26, 2000 and *Sara Marie
Van Ryswick born September 4, 2002.,
2)Karen Teresa Van Ryswick born July 12, 1974
married John Pirchio on December 27, 1997 .
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Their children are : *Lindsey Elizabeth Pirchio
born August 13, 2002 and Nicholas John Pirchio
born July 9, 2004.and 3)Stephen Van Ryswick
born May 5, 1981.
c. Leonard Van Ryswick born Nomember 26,
1947 married Shirley Ann Wathen on February
7, 1970 in Mechanicsville, MD. She was the
daughter of William and Lorretta Morgan
Wathen and was born April 23, 1948 and died
January 23, 2004 , buried in Our Lady’s
Cemetery in Leonardtown. Leonard and Shirley
had three children: 1)Loretta Lynn Van Ryswick
born November 13, 1970 who married Joseph
Anthony Scriber on October 5, 1991. Their child
is Shaunte Nichole Scriber born July 30, 1990,
2)Phyllis Ann VanRyswick born April 13, 1972
who married Scott Russell Superioron April 27,
1996. Scott was born on August 12, 1969 in
New Jersey. Their child is Tyler Scott Superior
born June 12, 1997. and 3)Thomas Wayne Van
Ryswick born October 16, 1975 who married
Kelly Dawn Barnett on July 1, 2000. She was
born on July 5, 1978. Their children are: Faith
Kelly Van Ryswick born March 24, 2002 and
Joshua Thomas Van Ryswick born November
20, 2003..
d. Evelyn Van Ryswick born February 22, 1951
who married David Walter Ryce(Sonny) on June
5, 1971. Their children are :1) Michael Anthony
Ryce born May 22, 1972 who married Vickie
Tippett on May 14, 1994. Their child is Lindsey
Ryce born August 6, 2003, 2)Timothy David
Ryce, born September 20, 1973 who married
Lisa Unknown and had these children: Heaven
Marie Ryce and Abigail Maryann Ryce born
September 20, 2004. and 3) Kevin Christopher
Ryce born April 16, 1983.
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e.
David Van Ryswick born February 8, 1956
married Betty Russell. They had three children:
Barbara Van Ryswick born July 11, 1979,
Jennefer Van Ryswick born September 16, 1982
and Jessica Van Ryswick born December 28,
1984.
f.
Margaret Louise Van Ryswick born November
28, 1962.married Leonard Edward Wathen on
August 29, 1981. He was born March 17, 1959.
Their children are: Leonard Edward Wathen Jr.
born March 7. 1982 and Deigh Anna Wathen
born January 27, 1983.
8. Rita May Beall born April 27, 1927 in Edmonston
Maryland. She married Warren Lee Pummil on
December 2, 1944, who was born October 10,
1924 in Centerville Ohio. They had seven
children: a) Catherine Marie Pummil born
October 14, 1945. She married Unknown
Woodyard and had the following children: Mark
Everett Woodyard born in 1964, Rebecca May
Woodyard born in 1966 and then with Unknown
Cox had a son Aaron Cox born in 1985.
b) Judith Ann Pummill born April 1, 1947 She
married Charles BlairJr. and had the following
children: Charles Philip Blair III, , Warren Lee
Blair, Edward Anthony Blair, and Heather Marie
Blair, c) Warren Michael Pummill born July 27,
1949, d) Theresa Irene Pummill born August 1,
1950 in Clearcreek Township, Ohio who married
Samuel James Voisey born May 15,1933 in
South Hampton Island NWT Canada.
e) Miriam Elizabeth Pummill born January
31, 1956 who married Lester George Snyder
born January 29, 1955. Their children are:
Amy Louise Snyder, Regina Snyder, and
Jennifer Snyder. f) Bonnie Louise Pummill born
July 27, 1958 who married Kenneth Healy. Their
Children are : Robert Healy and Julie Healy.
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Finally, g) Matthew Ward Pummil born July 12,
1961 who married Unknown and had two sons,
Adam and Nicholas Pummill.
9. James Beall born after 1928
F. Mary Ida Mae Loveless was born in 1891. She married
Henry O. Earnest,born May of 1880 on September
29, 1910 at St. Margaret Church in S. Pleasant, MD
Henry’s family was found in the 1900 Baltimore census. His
father,Henry was from Germany and his mother Mary from
Maryland. He had six brothers and two sisters
G. Frank Loveless was born in 1896. He was married to Lucy
Unknown.
H. Charles Loveless was born June 18, 1894 and was baptized
on July 26, 1894. His sponsor was James Charles Loveless .
Charles was found in the Social Security index as dying in
October of 1963.
2. Emma Frances Loveless was born on May 24, 1853 and died
August 7, 1944. She married James Polk Riddle (born January
10,1845,died January 1,1926), on March 15,1869.
They are both buried at Ammandale Cemetery in Maryland.
The family was found on the 1870 census: James age 27,
farmer, Emerline age 18, Richard age 8 months and Isaac
Bowie,farm hand. In 1880 they are listed as James Riddle
age 36 laborer, Emma F. age 26, John R. Riddle age 10,
Carie M. age 8, Charles H. age 5, Mariah E. age 8 months. In
1900, the census reads: James P. age 55 day laborer,
Frances E. age 45, William R. age 19, Daisy B. age 17,
Cleveland Henry, age 15 James Robert age 13, Joseph Lee
age 11, Annie M. age 8, Louise Pearl age 6 and Clara age 3.
The family is found again in 1910 and are listed as James
P. age 66 farmer, Emma age 55, Grover Cleveland age 25,
James Robert age 23, Joseph Lee age 20, Anna Mae age 18
Louise age 16 and Clara age 13. The 1920 census finds
James and Emma living with the Ayers:7th St. NE Washington
DC-Jesse Ayer age 25 Occ Clerk at RR,Louise P. age 26 wife
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James R. Riddle age 32 Carpenter brother in law
James P. Riddle age 74 father in law
Emma Riddle age 64 mother in law
Jesse H. ayer age 4 1/2 son
The children of James and Emma Riddle are:
A)John Richard Riddle ,born June 30,1870 died September
4,1955 married Nora Anne Hart. Nora Anne Hart was
born in 1875. She met and married John Richard Riddle
,son of James P. Riddle and Emma
Frances Loveless, on October 29, 1891 in the AME
Methodist Church on 4th St. in Washington DC
The family is found on the 1900 census as John Riddle age 31,
illegible wife 28, Francis age 7, Mary age 5 Charles 6 months,
Charles,brother age 26.
The family is found on the1920 census as John R. Riddle age
49, Nora age 46, Frank age 26, Mizia age 20 (daughter in law),
Charles age 21, James age 12, Norine age 10, Catherine age
7, Mabel age 5, William(grandson )age ½ year(son of Frank).
In 1930 the family is found in Ellicott City in the census: John
Riddle age 60, Nora age 56, Louise age 17, Mabel age 14,
Norine Healy age 20, Henry Healy age 28 and John Healy age
3. John Richard and Nora Hart Riddle had seven children.
They were: 1)Mary Anne Riddle born October 5,
1892, baptized on October 17, 1909 at St. Mark’c Church in
Catonsville. 2) Frank R. Riddle born March 29, 1893, 3)Charles
Welton Riddle born June 11, 1898 and baptized on March 22,
1899 at St. Mark’s Church, May Hoffman was the
godparent. 4)James Riddle born June 3, 1907, 5)Dorothy
Noreen Riddle born August 19, 1909 and
baptized on September 26, 1909 at St. Mark’s church.
Godparents were Francis Riddle and Nora O’Connor. ,
6)Catherine Louise Riddle, born August 24, 1912 and
baptized on September 15, 1912 at St. Paul’s Church in
Ellicott City, MD and 7)Mabel Riddle born October 6, 1915.
She was baptized on November 14, 1915.Nora Anne Hart died
in 1964 and is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in
Sykesville. John Richard Riddle died on September 4, 1955
of cardiovascular disease and is buried at Mountain View
Cemetery in Sykesville.
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1) Mary Anne Riddle was born October 5, 1892 . She married
Henry George Keller, born December 26, 1888 ,son of
Frank and Katherine Dontell Keller, on October 11, 1913 at
St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Ellicott City, MD They had
seven children: Ella Nora Keller born October 14, 1914,
Lawrence Keller born December 25, 1915, Agnes Isobel
Keller born April 22, 1918, Henry Richard Keller born 1923,
Raymond Keller born 1925, John Keller born 1927 and
Mary Elizabeth Keller born 1933. Mary Anne Riddle and
Henry George Keller got divorced in 1951. Mary Anne
died on July 21,1966 and is buried at Mountain View
Cemetery in Sykesville, MD and Henry George died in
1969 and is buried at Meadowridge Cemetery.
“ From memories of Barbara Scherer Rendina------As I remember
her, she always had her long grey hair made into a plaited bun
around the nape of her neck. A short heavy set woman, she always
wore dresses and most of the time an apron.
We didn't see our granparents very often when I was little. Dad
would somtimes borrow his brother's car and take us there overnight.
An escape from our one bedroom apartment in Baltimore to the land
of horses,cats,dogs,cows,pigs,ducks,chickens was a real treat for us
kids and for my mother.
Life at my grandmother's was so different from life as we knew it.
There was a well outside the kitchen door from which water was
drawn and taken into the house for all purposes. On the kitchen table
was bucket full of water with a dipper in it that anyone who wanted
one could take a drink. Of course, we all did it over and over again-and no one ever got sick.
Grandma cooked on a big wood stove and also heated up her iron on
it. The main room was the dining room. She had a big table we all
sat around and she served meals in bowls that you could take what
you wanted. In that room she had a buffet cart which usually
contained all kinds of delicious buns left by her bread man.
There was a living room that I don't think was occupied very often. It
was my favorite place in the house because it had the organ in it. I
used to play that organ for hours. I don't remember ever being told to
stop. Off of the living room was one of the bedrooms. It was where
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grandma slept. When we stayed overnight, we'd crowd in with Mary
Jane upstairs and sleep on fluffy featherbeds.
In the evening one of my uncles would light a bonfire and we'd all sit
around and toast marshmallows and hot dogs. Once I burned my
hand and grandma put butter on it --a no no today!
Sometimes I would just like to walk around the farm. My uncles kept
their coon dogs near the barn and I used to like to hear them bark. I
liked to go out near the sweet smelling bushes; even today my
favorites are bridal veil and lilacs.
When I was eleven my dad died. We moved to Uncle John's farm in
Westminster so we didn't visit grandma's so much. Mary Jane had
graduated high school and had gotten a car. They used to come to
visit us in Westminster and then they stayed overnight with us. On
those weekends, we ate lots of ice cream and cake and drank lots of
cokes!
Mary Anne Riddle was born October 5,1892 to John Richard Riddle
and Nora Anne Hart. She married Henry George Keller on October
11,1913 and had seven children, the eldest my mother,Ella. To me,
Grandma seemed jolly most of the time. I remember my grandfather
as being tall and thin. He seemed stern. They got divorced around
1950 and I never saw him again.
I didn't see my grandmother since that day in 1959 when I left for
college. She died six years later. Since I know her from a child's
point of view, I know she meant the world to my mother. She used to
call me Barbry. If I could see her just once more I'd like to tell her I
loved her. We never said things like that to each other in those days--maybe we should have.!
Mary Anne Keller is buried at Mountainview Cemetery with her sons
Henry and John Keller and her parents,John Richard and Nora Hart
Riddle..”
Mary Anne Riddle was baptized on October 17,1909 by Rev. E. A.
Millcanis at St. Mark's Church in Catonsville,MD This was some 17
years after she was born.
a) Ella Nora Keller married Mahlen R. Scherer. Their children
were: Edward Vincent Scherer born November 1, 1937, Barbara
Marie Scherer born June 9, 1941 and Mary Joanne Scherer
born April 10, 1946. Ella Keller died on January 18, 1985 in
Westminster ,MD and is buried with Mahlen at Veteran’s
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Cemetery in Baltimore.
Edward Vincent Scherer married Theadora Mae Peterson on
April 19, 1958. They had four children: Timothy Wade Scherer
,born December 31, 1958 who married Faith Verna Lende,born
January 9, 1962. Tim and Faith had two children: Gabriel Donald
Scherer born January 5, 1982 who married Kathryne Marie
Metzler in 2003 and Andrew Wade Scherer born August 15, 1983.
Edward later married Levelyn Eulone Harris and had two
stepsons, Timothy and Tony Harris.
Daniel Howard Scherer was born on January 29, 1960. He and
Dannie Unknown had a son, Tomothy Scherer.
Lisa Rene Scherer, born June 11, 1961 and Ted Williams had
three children: Zilah Mae Williams born July 17, 1981, Zuriel
James Williams born April 6, 1983 and Zaleigh Ann Williams born
September 29, 1988.
Ronald James Scherer ,born May 4, 1963 married Julie Wall on
June 1, 1991.
Barbara Marie Scherer married Pete E. Rendina on October 14,
1967. They had one son, Peter Richard Rendina,born May 28,
1971. Peter married Rebecca Michelle Goodspeed on October
21, 1995. They have three children, Peter Tyler Rendina, born
February 18, 1997, Tessa Marie Rendina, born May 26, 1999
and Tayah Rose Rendina born July 28, 2000.
Mary Joanne Scherer married Ronald Siegman on August 10,
1963. They have three sons, Richard Michael Siegman born on
May 16, 1963. Richard married Terri Bankert on July 8, 1989.
They have two children: Isaac born in 1999 and Sydney born in
2003.
Ronald Allen Siegman was born on February 15, 1965. He
married Deborah Lee Small on September 8, 1989. They have
two children: Jessica Lee Siegman born October 27, 1985 and
Margaret Joanne Siegman born February 23, 1991.
Joseph David Siegman born September 28, 1970 married
Chandrea Lynn Seal on June 9, 1990. They have two children:
Blake Kyle born December 6, 1990 and Brittnee Nicole Siegman
born June 23, 1992.
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b)Lawrence Keller married Ruth Eileen Morris on January 16, 1936
and had June Keller born in 1936 who married Unknown Cathart
and Ronald Lawrence Keller born in 1942. Lawrence died on
December 21, 1990.
c)Agnes Isobel Keller married Henry Resch,born April 23, 1918.
They had Mary Agnes Resch born in 1939, Francis Jacob Resch
born in 1951 and Charles Resch born in 1946. Isobel Keller died on
July 20, 2001. Henry Resch died in 1995. Both are buried at Crest
Lawn Cemetery.
Mary Agnes Resch married Robert Charles Spacek. He died in 1995 .
They had one daughter, Teresa Spacek born in 1968.. Teresa
married Christopher Grimes on May 5, 2001 and they have a
daughter, Gretchen Marie Grimes born in 2002.
Francis Jacob Resch married unknown and had a daughter,
Michele Denise Resch born on July 21, 1970. Michele married
Karl Ruppert and they have a daughter Kendal Morgan Ruppert
born in 2003. Francis Jacob Resch married Donna Michelle
Gomez on February 23, 1974 and had three daughters: Elizabeth
Guinevere, Gwendolyn Frances, and Laura Eleanor. Elizabeth
Guinevere Resch born February 22, 1975. She married Shawn
Croumer and they have three daughters: Madison Louise born
February 27, 1998, Emily Abigale born October 9, 1999 and
Rachel Olivia born November 8, 2001. Gwendolyn Frances
Resch was born Mary 22, 1979. She married Jonathan
LaFrombiose and they have a son, Conner LaFrombiose born
October 26, 2001. Laura Eleanor Resch was born on July 29,
1976.
Charles Resch married Sandra Lee Eichelberger and they had two
sons, Gary Lee and James Lawrence. Gary Lee Resch was born
January 25, 1969 and married Sandra E. Pittari on August 12,
1999. They have two sons: Luke Thomas born February 25, 2001
and Kurt William born April 3, 2002.
James Lawrence Resch was born February 23, 1968. He married
Lisa Lynn Shefflet on October 2, 1988. They have two children
Heather Marie Resch born April 22, 1989 and James Mason
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Resch born June 27, 1995.
d)Henry Richard Keller never married. He died on May 31, 1996
and is buried at Mountain View Cemetery.
e)Raymond Keller married Katherine (Tinky) Cavey. They had
one child who died at birth.
f)John Martin Keller had several wives. The first was Margaret
Frizzell who had two children Georgia Frizzell and Kim Frizzell.
Margaret died in a car accident in the early 1960’s. John Keller
died on March 14, 1995. John is buried at Mountain View
Cemetery in Sykesville.
g)Mary Elizabeth Keller married William Hesson born in 1941.
They had one child, Lori Hesson.
2) Frank Richard Riddle was born on March 29, 1893. He married
Mizie Aleshire ,born April 15, 1899 daughter of Joseph and Mary
Elizabeth Koontz Aleshire on January 23, 1938 at St. Alphonsus
Church in MD Frank Richard Riddle died in 1974 and Mizie
Aleshire died in 1980. Both are buried at Good Shepherd
Cemetery in Ellicott City MD. They had 9 children. William
Joseph Riddle born in 1919, Mary Riddle born August 5, 1921,
Dorothy Louise Riddle born June 14, 1923, Frank Richard Riddle
Jr. born July 12, 1925, Helen Etta Riddle, born in 1927, George
Edward Riddle born September 6, 1929, Peggy Riddle born in
1931, Charles Riddle, born in 1933 and John Lee Riddle, born in
1936. Frank Richard Riddle Sr. died in 1974 Mizia Riddle died in
1980. Both Frank and Mizia are buried at Good Shepherd
Cemetery in Maryland.
There is no information for William Joseph Riddle at this time.
Mary Riddle born August 5, 1921 and baptized on September 12,
1921 at St. Alphonsus Church married Daniel Justice born about
1920 son of Thomas and Josephine Justice on October 11, 1949
in St. Alphonsus Church.
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Dorothy Louise Riddle born June 14, 1923 and was baptized on
September 30, 1923 at St. Alphonsus married Woodrow Brown, son
of James Brown and brother of Rosa Brown. He was born on
December 8, 1923 and died in April of 1977. They had two children;
Woodrow Jr. and Janet Brown. Dorothy Louise later married
Unknown Tucker. Dorothy died on March 12, 1988.
Frank Richard Riddle Jr. born on July 12, 1925 and baptized on
August 23, 1925 at St. Alphonsus married Frances Viola Whilock on
April 20, 1946 at St. Paul’s Church in Ellicott City,MD. They had four
children ,names unknown at this time. Frank Jr. died on June 29,
1952 while on a fishing trip in the bay. He is buried at Good
Shepherd Cemetery in Ellicott City, MD
Helen Etta Riddle born on February 12, 1927 and baptized on May 1,
1927 at St. Alphonsus married David Carter and had four daughters.
Gloria, Donna, Mary Louise, and Caroljean Carter. Helen also
married Stanley M. Justice on June 6, 1946,previous to David Carter.
Stanley was born on July 31, 1926 and died February 24, 1993.
Helen Etta died on June 14, 1997.
George Edward Riddle was born on September 6, 1929 and baptized
on April 11, 1930 at St. Alphonsus . He married Zella Lockley. They
had Stephanie Lee Riddle, born on August 30, 1952.
No information on Peggy Riddle.
No information on Charles Riddle.
John Lee Riddle married Mary Lou Troutman in 1956. He was
born in 1936 and died on June 3, 2004. He is buried at
Mountain View Cemetery in Sykesville. They had
three children: Michael Wade Riddle born in 1975, John Lee
Riddle, Jr. born in 1957,died in 1972 and Deborah Lynn Riddle
born in 1960.
3)Charles Weldon Riddle was not married . He died in 1968 and is
buried at Mountain View Cemetery.
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4)James E. Riddle married Mary Elizabeth(Mollie) Pomeroy on May
17, 1928 in Ellicott City Maryland. They are found on the 1930 census
as: James E. age 22 chauffeur for a wholesale store, Mary E. age 19,
and James E. Jr. age 1. Jim and Mollie had two sons: James E.
Riddle,Jr. born February 27, 1929 and John Lee Riddle born 1937.
James Riddle Sr. died in 1987 and his wife Mary Elizabeth(Mollie)
died on January 17, 2001. Both are buried at Mountain View
Cemetery.
James Edwin Riddle Jr. married Edith A. Shifflet born 1926 in VA
and they had two children. James Edwin was born on February 7,
1947 and was baptized on May 15, 1947 at St. Alphonsus and
Lorinda Ann Riddle was born on October 1, 1948 and was baptized
on January 23, 1949 at St. Alphonsus. Lorinda married John Michael
O’Neill on August 31, 1965. James E. Riddle Jr. died on December
7, 1993 and Edith Shifflet Riddle died in 1998. Both are buried at
Mountainview Cemetery in Sykesville, MD
John Lee Riddle married Dorothy E. Dasher on July 7, 1962.
5)Dorothy Noreen Riddle married John Healy Sr. and they had three
children. John Healy, Jr. , Charles Maurice Healy and Elizabeth
Marie Healy born May 21, 1927. Dorothy Noreen Riddle later married
William Douglas Miller. Dorothy Noreen is buried in North Carolina.
John Healy Jr. married Virginia Lucille Squires, born August 8, 1927
in North Carolina on February 7, 1949. They had Judy Ann Healy
born October 6, 1950 who married Thomas Michael Taylor on
February 9, 1974. Sandy Jean Healy born November 8, 1951 who
married Herman Judson Montgomery on April 3, 1972. They had two
children: Monty Montgomery and Herman Judson Montgomery IV
born March 7, 1982. . Ruby Lynn Healy born June 6, 1953, Joan
Marie Healy born November 7, 1956 who married Robert Byran
Jackson on April 9, 1983 and had James Douglas Jackson born
November 15, 1981. Karen Michele Healy born September 25, 1960
who married John Prince and had one son, John Colean Prince Jr.
born December 3, 1979 and who married unknown in 2001. John
and Virginia also adopted and raised her nephew as a son, Harvey
Douglas Healy, born May 26, 1969. Harvey has two children, Austin
Bennent Pomponio born May 22, 1996 and Tristian Healy born April
3, 2002.
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Charles Maurice Healy married Jean Smith and they had five
children. Mary Beth Healy, Skeeter Healy, Glenn Healy, Greg Healy,
and Keith Healy.
Elizabeth was married to William Lodder and they had one daughter
Patricia. Elizabeth Healey married Robert Milton Delosier about 1950.
They had two children: Robert Delosier, Jr. born about 1951, died in
California on November 19, 2000. Robert,Jr. and his wife Sandi
Hodkins had two sons: Robert Delosier,III who married Brenna
Unknown and Michael Delosier. Renee Delosier born February 8,
1956 married Gary Hawkins in 1999..
Elizabeth died on October 24, 1968.and is buried at Meadow Ridge
Cemetery in Woodstock with her husband Robert Delosier.
6)Catherine Louise Riddle was married to Leonard Potts. They had
three children: Nora Potts, Alan Potts, and Mary Jo Potts.
Nora Potts is married to William Michaels. They have three
daughters. Suzy Michaels, Debbie Michaels and Cindy Michaels.
Alan Potts is married to Helen Unknown. They have two sons. Ronald
Potts who is a Catholic priest and Donald Potts.
Mary Jo Potts was married to Denny Nugent. Mary Jo was born
September 27, 1944 and died on January 28, 2004. Their children
are: Cheryll Nugent and Patrick Nugent.
7)Mabel Riddle, born in 1915 was married to Malcolm Iglehart. He
was born March 1, 1910 and died May 12, 2002. They had two
daughters: Joan Iglehart and Maxine Iglehart.
Joan Iglehart married Joel Greer and their daughter is Vicki Greer.
Maxine Iglehart married Harry Holiday and their son is Kevin Holiday.
Mabel Riddle Iglehart died of cancer in 1979 and is buried at
Mountainview Cemetery in Sykesville,MD
B. Carrie Riddle,born 8/28/1872,died 2/25/1960 married
William Edward Feighenne on November 21, 1894.—lived
in Branchville. He was born June 17, 1872 and died on
December 28, 1956. He was the son of Edward Jacob
and Elizabeth Ellen Benson Feighenne and They are
listed on the 1930 census as William E. age 58 a railway
foreman, Caroline M. age 57, Edna E. age 24 telephone
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operator, and Edward Waters age 7 a nephew. Carrie and
William had four children: 1) Mary Isobel Feighnee , born
February 28, 1897, who married Luther C. Chaney on August
16, 1919 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, MD. Their
witnesses were Albert Towney and Rose Feighenne. Luther
was the son of Joseph Chaney and Rosa Anna Becket. Mary
and Luther had three children: * Luther Ream Chaney Jr. , born
July 3, 1920 and died on Aug. 1, 1988 in Florida, He married
Eva Pearl Albright and their adopted child was Patricia Ann
Chaney born August 24, 1956.** Roland R. Chaney born on
January 28, 1925 and died January 29, 1997 in Prince
George’s County, MD. He married Dorothy Eleanor Stimson on
August 28, 1946. They had four children: Linda Eleanor
Chaney born July 5, 1947, Sharon Patricia Chaney born
August 22, 1952 who married William Joseph Watson on May
17, 1975 and then Richard Brown Belnap on April 18, 1992.
Gary Kenneth Chaney born on March 14, 1958 and Sandra
Maureen Chaney born August 22, 1961 who married Albert
Joseph Lora on September 17, 1983. Lastly*** Mary Jean
Chaney born on February 10 ,1930 who married William Paul
Wenzel on May 6, 1949. They had three children: Bernard Luke
Wenzel born February 8, 1950 who married Christine Marie
Easterling on August 30, 1971, Richard Jerome Wenzel born
on August 7, 1952 and Andrew Paul Wenzel born July 25, 1962
who Married Anne Marie Lawson on February 17, 1981 and
then Lisa Michele Clohessey on May 16, 1988 2)Cristina Elzier
Feighnee born August 21, 1903 who married Crammond
Hartman Fletcher on July 19, 1922. and 3)Edna Feighnenne
born on December 18, 1905 who married Walter Anderson.
4) Rose Leo Feighnenne b. October 1, 1901 and died in 1983
who married Albert Monroe Tawney,who died in 1962.
Carrie and William suffered the loss of stillborn twins also..
Carrie and William are buried at Christian Brothers Cemetery
in Ammandale.
C) Charles Henry Riddle,born in Branchville on 12/14/1874
and baptized at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville. He
died on May 30, 1956 and is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery
in Ammondale. He married Mary Catherine Gates. ( Mary
Catherine had a brother Walter Gates married to Bessie
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Rhine and had children: William, Dorothy, Virginia and Lilly
Gates) It is unknown whether Mary Catherine Gates is
related to Caroline C. Gates ,grandmother of Charles Henry
Riddle. Charles and Mary Catherine are found on the 1930
census but are separated. Charles H. Riddle age 56 a
carpenter lives with his son Charles E. Riddle age 19 , a
laborer and his daughters, Lillian L age 18 and Emma Reed
age 29 a widow who was a printer’s assistant. Mary
Catherine Gates Riddle age 46 lives with her daughter
Margaret Mae age 21 and her husband Gilbert Cavileer age
29 a carpenter. [Note: Betty Cavileer Wilson reports that
some of the census report is incorrect. She says that
Emma Riddle Reed worked at Wells Drug Store in Berwyn,
MD . Mary Catherine Riddle did not live with Margaret Mae
but was an invalid and needed care. Mary Catherine lived
with her husband Charles Henry and two youngest children
in 1930, Charles Edward and Lillian Irene and also another
daughter, Emma and her husband Frank Reed lived there
too. Emma and Frank Reed moved to Washington DC.
Charles Henry refused to move to Washington but Mary
Catherine had to go with her daughter Emma because she
needed to be taken care of. ] Charles Henry and Mary
Catherine Riddle had four children: 1) Emma Louise Riddle
born September 6, 1900 and died in 1978. Emma married
two brothers, Charles Reed and then Franklin Thomas
Reed. 2) Margaret Mae Riddle born August 15, 1907 and
died September 1, 1984. She married Gilbert Cavileer who
was born September 1, 1904 and died March 24, 1988.
They had one child Betty Cavileer born September 5, 1930.
Betty married Donald Wilson. They had three children:
*Dona Loraine Wilson married Kenneth Lee Euth and they
had a son Joshua Lee Euth born September 27, 1978. Dona
then married Michael Hardee . They had two children:
Michael Dean Hardee Jr. born in Washington DC on July 13,
1990 and Megan Loraine Hardee born in DC on October 4,
1991. *Steven Wilson married Donna DiPietro. Steven
and Donna Wilson have two children Amanda Wilson and
Zachary Wilson * Donald Ellsworth Wilson, Jr. was born
January 15, 1955 and died January 16, 1955. He is buried
at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood ,MD
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3)Charles Edward Riddle born August 16, 1910 and died in
November of 1984 married twice; first to Fannie Lapolosa
and then to Catherine Dretsia.
4) Lillian Irene Riddle born
July 17, 1914 and died August 8, 1995 married Elwood Vick
Boteler on August 7, 1927.
D. William Rufus Riddle-b.November 4,1880 lived in Baltimore.
He died April 17, 1953.He married Marie A. Taylor in 1901.
They had five children: 1) Robert W. Riddle born January
27, 1909 and died December 11, 1989. 2) Virgie C. Riddle
born in 1911 who married Unknown Geisler 3) Albert A.
Riddle born March 11, 1915 and died October 18, 1988 4)
Agnes Riddle born in 1914 5) Donald P. Riddle born
November 6, 1922 , died December 26, 1987. 6) Pearl
Riddle who married Albert Miller. The family is found on the
1930 census as Rufus W. Riddle age 49, farm laborer, Marie
A. age 46, Robert W. age 21 filling station hand, Virgie C.
age 19, Albert A. age 16, Agnes O. age 16, Donald P age 7
and Marie’s mother, Johanna Taylor age 83.
E. Daisy Riddle,, b. February 21, 1883 and baptized on
November 8, 1888 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in
Beltsville, MD married George P. Whitehead in September
of 1917. George was born in 1877. Daisy died on
December 15, 1969. They had five children: 1) Mariam Ruth
Whitehead born February 21, 1904, 2) John William
Whitehead born April 29, 1906 and baptized on June 1,
1913 at St. Joseph Church in Beltsville, MD (Caroline
Feighenne was his godmother) 3) Joseph Lee Whitehead
born December 19, 1910, and baptized on June 1, 1913 at
St. Joseph Church(Robert Davis and Clara Riddle were his
sponsors) He married Josephine Unknown and died July
17, 1982. 4) Ethel M. Whitehead born in 1918 and married
David Beveridge. She died on April 26, 2001 and she and
her husband David who died on July 15, 1971 are buried at
St. John’s Episcopal Cemetery in Beltsville, MD . and 5)
Beulah M Whitehead born in 1923. She married Wesley
Roby,Sr. and they had the following children, Jeffrey Roby,
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Mark Roby and Wesley Roby Jr. The family is found on the
1920 census as George P. Whitehead age 42 a carpenter,
Daisy B. age 36, Johnnie R. age 14, Lee J. age 10, Ethel M.
age 2, and Joseph Riddle age 30 a carpenter(brother of
Daisy) In 1930 the census lists: George P. Whitehead age
52 capenter, Daisy B. age 47, John W. age 25 ,a carpenter,
J. Lee age 20 a truck driver, Ethel M. age 12 and Beulah M.
age 7.
F. Cleveland Henry Riddle,b. 12/09/1884 and died December
of 1964. He is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in
Ammondale. He married Mary Elizabeth (Bessie) Taylor. He
was known as Pete. He worked for L P Stuart as an oil
delivery man. His son Joseph Lee also worked for L P
Stuart. Cleveland and Bessie had seven children: 1) James
Cleveland Riddle was born 9/13/1914 and died 6/19/1976.
He married Marie Unknown. They had four children.
Cleveland Thomas(Jimmy) Riddle married Patricia Ann
Harrison. Their children were: Cleveland, Deborah, Denise
and Dayna Riddle 2)Dorothy Riddle died on 2/3/1967. She
married Michael J. Paulino who was born in September of
1912 and died on February 5, 1987. They had no children. ,
3)Grover Morris. (John) Riddle born January 5, 1922 and
died June 7, 1983. He married Luceine Unknown. Their
children were Lillian and Linda Louise. Linda Louise Riddle
was born on 1/8/1949 and died 11/12/1999. She married
Samuel Beaton. ,4) Ruth Helen Riddle who married John J.
Strickland . They had the following children: Helen who
married James English, Charlotte who married Benjamin
Canino and Bessie who married Kirby Daniels. 5)Joseph
Lee Riddle who was born November 18, 1920 and died
January 13, 1993. He married Frances E. Six on October 6,
1941. They had at least one child, Jo Frances Riddle
married to Bernard M. King. Bernard was born January 3,
1925. Jo and Bernard have a daughter Robin Lea,born
2/17/1965. Robin married Eric Lednicky and has two
children: Kyle Andrew born 9/21/1997 and Shelby
Grace,born 7/18/1999. Eric is a LCDR in the US Navy
,6)Eva Riddle born on January 4, 1919 and died in
December of 1980 married Edward Lanham. Their children
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are Dicky and Gus Lanham. and 7)Bessie Mae Riddle born
on June 24, 1916 who died on 5/29/1989 She wed Edgar
Eagle born November 3, 1914 and died in October of 1985..
Their child is Patricia who married Buddy Bell .
The family is found on the 1920 census and is listed as :
Grover Cleveland Riddle age 35, chauffer, Bessie age 30,
Dorothy age 7, James H. age 5, Bessie age 3 and Marie age 1.
Marie Ryan age 22 a lodger also lived with them.
G. Joseph Lee Riddle , b. 5/28/1889 and died January 9, 1970,
married Josephine Manders on January 7, 1914-lived in
Washington,DC He served in WWI in the army. In 1930, he
was found on the census living with his sister,Daisy. Joseph
and Josephine are buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suitland
MD.
H. James Robert Riddle b.February 28, 1887–lived in
Branchville,MD married Marie Rhine He died on March 12,
1960 and is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery at Ammandale.
I. Annie Mae Riddle was born on November 12, 1891. She
married Robert L. Lash on January 7, 1914 . He was born
April 16, 1885 and died on July 19, 1950.. Annie died on
January 18, 1966. Annie and Robert are both buried at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood MD Robert had two sons by
his first wife Frank Lash born August 10, 1908 who married
Ruth Unknown and had three daughters and George Lash
born December 29, 1912 who married and had two
daughters and three sons. Together they had Cleveland
Lash born November 13, 1914, who married Mary Louise
Unknown and had a daughter, Ruby Lash born July 31,
1916 who married Earl McWilliams on August 3, 1942 and
had one son Joseph born in 1943, Pearl V. Lash born
December 30, 1917 who married Earl W. McAleer on
September 28, 1941 and later divorced , Ada Lash born
September 22, 1920 who married John Sullivan and Joseph
Lancaster Lash born September 17, 1922 who married
Janie Unknown. The last four children were born in Virginia.
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J. Louise(Lula) Riddle b. 8/8/1893 married Jesse Ayer. Louise
died on July 24, 1972. In 1900, Jesse was found on the NY
census living with his grandmother. Jesse was born
February 24, 1892 and died June of 1965. They are both
buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington VA The
family is found on the 1920 DC census listed as: Jesse M.
age 27,clerk for the railroad, Louise P age 26, James Robert
Riddle, age 32 carpenter, father-in-law James P. Riddle age
74 , mother-in-law Emma Riddle age 64 and Jesse Ayer Jr.
age 4.
Jesse Ayer Jr. born February 2, 1915 and died
October 20, 1969. He married Mary Alice Angelico and they
are both buried at Ammandale Cemetery..
K. Clara Virginia Riddle b. 6/03/1896 married Anton James
Haker on May 31, 1915. She died on May 24, 1975. He
was born May 13, 1892 and died in February of 1977. They
are both buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood
Maryland..- They lived in Berwyn Heights,MD and had four
children: 1) Agnes Louise Haker born December 16, 1928
who married John Berkman Abell on July 24, 1948, 2) Irene
Virginia Haker born on March 21, 1916 and died on May 22,
1917. She is buried at Ammandale Cemetery. 3) Martin
James. Haker born on October 30, 1917 and married
Frances B. Sayre on November 15, 1941 , and 4)Francis
Joseph Haker born on February 6,1926 and who married
Ethel M. Hundsrucker on June 13, 1952 They are listed on
the 1920 census as Anton Haker age 27 ,clerk in a city
office, Clara age 23 and Martin J. Haker age 3. In 1930 , the
family is listed on the census as Anton J. Haker age 38
worker in a yeast factory, Clara V. age 33, Martin J. age 13,
Francis J. age 3 ½ and Agnes L. age 1 ½
Notes: Family is indicated on the 1870 census of PGC. James P.
Riddle was a confederate soldier in the Civil War. He is buried at
Christian Brothers Cemetery in Ammandale,MD. His wife,Emma
Frances Loveless lived in Branchville with James . After he died she
lived for a time with Clara and then lived with Louise for 28 years in
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Washington,DC. Her obit called her the Matriarch of the Democratic
Party. Her funeral was held at Timothy Hanlon’s Funeral Home and a
mass at Holy Redeemer Church in Berwyn Heights. She is buried at
Christian Brothers Cemetery at Ammandale.
3. James C. Loveless was born in 1855 and he died on December
22, 1927. He married Anna Ida Elizabeth Hook on January 27,
1886. She was born on March 22, 1863 and died on August 8,
1931. She was the daughter of John Hook and Mary Stewart.
Mary Stewart’s first husband was John Stewart and they
had a son together, Clarence. Anna and James are both
buried at Christian Brothers Cemetery at
Ammandale, MD . He was a retired carptenter and died at the
age of 72. His funeral was from Holy Redeemer Church in
Berwyn MD He was a Democratic elecction official for Vansville,
MD and a Clerk in the Maryland House of Delegates, 1910
Session. When his first child was five years old, the family
moved from Baltimore to a four room house that James built on
five acres on the East side of the Turner Plantation. He also built
a home for his brother Henry and one for his mother. The five
acres of land was puchased from John P. and Ellen C. Turner
and there is a deed for this transaction dated February 4, 1888.
This land and the three homes on it was on the east side of the
Turner Plantation where the Box Hill Village Apartments are on
today about the 4100 block of Ridge Road north of Greenbelt.
The family was found on the 1900 census as James C. Loveless
age 44 carpenter, Anna age 37, Lillian age 13, Mary E. age 9,
William S. age 7, James C. age 5, and Caroline Sabrey Gates
Loveless age 74 mother.
James C. and Anna Hook Loveless are found on the 1910
census as follows: James C. Loveless age 54 building
contractor, Annie age 46, Mary E. age 20 William age 18
,apprentice carpenter, Charles L. age 15, Effie B. age 10, Albert
L. age 9 Joseph E. age 6 and Frank Wedding roomer age 44 a
farm laborer. They are found again in 1920 as: James C. age 63
carpenter, Ida A. age 55, James C. age 24 cabinet maker, Effie
B. typist age 20, Albert L. age 18 office boy, Emery J. age 16,
and in another dwelling- William Loveless age 28 carpenter, his
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wife Rosie M. age 22 typist, Joseph age 6 and Frank Whiting
age 34 boarder.
The children of James Charles and Annie Hook Loveless are as
follows:
A) Lillian Virginia Loveless born February 18, 1887 married
Gregory Willis Bergling on January 24, 1906 in the chapel at
St. Joseph’s Seminary in Maryland.. Gregory was born on
March 12, 1884 and died on March 13, 1962. A social
security record reveals he died in Florida. They are both
buried at Olivet Cemetery in Washington DC The family is
found on the 1910 census as Gregory W. age 26, switchboard
operator at Union Station, Lillian age
23, Greg J. age 3 , Joseph C. age 2 and Paul E. age 7 months.
Also listed was companion, Laura Smith age 27 and 9 month old
Gutrid Smith. They are listed again in 1920. Gregory, an
electrician, age 35.(It says his father is from Denmark but an
earlier 1900 census says his father is from DC and grandfather
is from Germany.) Lillian age 32, Gregory age 13, Joseph age
11, Paul age 10, Sarah age 8, Genivieve age 3 and also lodgers
Nettie Knight age 58 and Emilie Knight age 31, Eugene Belcher
age 22, Robert Duvall age 28 and Alvin Doherty age 21.
As the oldest child ,Lilly would take care of the younger
children before her marriage. From 1892 until 1906, she went
to Mass every day at the Christian Brother Seminary in
Ammandale ,about three miles from her home. They had a
neighbor that worked for the
Catholic Review that would sometimes have a priest for dinner
and say Mass in her home. Lilly would set up the altar and
help with the dinner. One day, she dropped the chicken while
in the kitchen. She picked it up ,wiped it off and served it
anyway. When she was a teenager she took the responsibility
of teaching the colored children their religion. The other white
ladies would not do it in those days. Lilly often upset the ladies
by bringing the children right to the front pews. Lilly first met her
husband on a streetcar that went from 15th and G St. in
Washington DC to Laurel MD. She ignored him because they
were not properly introduced. One day at Mass he got someone
who knew Lilly to introduce them. They married and had eight
children. Their children are : a) Gregory Joseph Bergling born
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December 4, 1906 married Mabel Tighe. Mabel was born on
August 1, 1908 and died June 1, 1993. He died April 26, 1996
at Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. b) Joseph Charles Bergling born
February 10, 1908 married Ruth Frances Unknown on June 24,
1931 . Joseph died on August 20, 1999. Ruth was born on July
20, 1910 and died on December 23, 1993.
c.) Paul Edward Bergling born August 27, 1909 married Anne
Tighe . Paul died on November 29, 1983 d) Sarah Juanita
Bergling born on February 12, 1912 married Tulio Miguel Corduo
e) Lillian Genevieve Bergling born June 24, 1913 married
Howard Welsh f) Elenora Josephine Bergling born April 24,
1917 married Oscar Lopez g) Sylvanaus Bergling born and died
in 1919. h) Regina Bergling born on July 5, 1924 and died on
July 28, 1928
B) Mary Elizabeth (Mollie)Loveless was born on April 20, 1890 .
She married Albert Hugo Herzog on June 28,1913. Hugo
was born on February 5, 1890 and died on March 20, 1969 of
emphysema.. She died on November 29, 1973 in Bay City
Michigan of a stroke. They are both buried at Floral Gardens
Cemetery in Bay City MI. They had 11 children.
a ) Frederick A . Herzog born March 15, 1914 in Berwyn MD
and died on November 17, 1975 in Brampton, MI. He married
Donna Hemkin. Frederick and Donna had a son Frederick
Herzog ,Jr.who married Nancy Unknown. Frederick Jr. and
Nancy had three children: Charles born in 1946 and died on
September 5, 1990, Margaret Mary Herzog who married
Arnold Larry Pausel and Ardith Herzog who married Roger
Bartlett.
b) Paul Leo Herzog was born on February 22, 1916 in
Washington DC and died December 8, 1964 in Danville
Illinois. He married Alta Leanora Smith on December 21, 1936.
They had a daughter Peggy Jo Herzog born June 22, 1939. She
married Stanley Franklin Huffman in August of 1959 and they
had a son Paul Samuel Huffman born July 5, 1960 in Danville
Illinois. Peggy Jo then married Joseph Franklin Drotos on
August 17, 1962. They had four children:
Patricia Ann Drotos born April 7, 1963 who married John
Weldon Staley on May 1, 1993, Pamela Jo Drotos born June
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15, 1964 who married James Lee Garrett Jr. on April 30,
1993, Andrew William Drotos born April 26, 1968 and married
Janelle Elaine Little-Skaggs on April 7, 1988 and David
Wayne Drotos born August 31, 1984 and died on the same
day.
c) Cecilia Marie Herzog was born on August 22, 1918 in Chicago
Ill. and died June 23, 2000. She married Floyd Glen Rush on
November 27, 1935. They had two children:1)Francis Charles
Rush born March 21, 1937 who married Carol June Jones on
January 24, 1959. They had two children: David Charles Rush
born August 23, 1962 who married Linda McRae on February
25, 1989 and Daniel Wayne Rush born March 6, 1965 who
married Kay Unknown. 2) Sharon Kay Rush born April 25, 1945
who married Joseph Hilyard on June 22, 1963. They had three
children: Sally Janelle Hilyard born on August 19, 1969 who
married Alan Wayne Frahm on June 22, 1995 , Joseph Paul
Hilyard born July 5, 1972 who married Laurie Lee Gray on June
26, 1993 and Janette Marie Hilyard born August 14, 1975 who
married Timothy Ray Decker on May 25, 1996
d) Beatrice Mae Herzog was born January 19,1920 in Chicago,
Ill. She married Floyd James Bradley on December 21,1935.
They had eight children. 1) Shirley Mae Bradley was born
October 23, 1936 in Missaukee MI. She married David Lovette
Warren Jr. on December 12, 1945. He was born October 16,
1935 in Lake City MI They had three children: Michael Lee
Warren born March 28, 1958 in Cadillac MI, Roger David
Warren born September 20, 1960 who married Kelley Marie
McMaster on August 20, 1983 and has two sons: Roger David
Warren born in 1984 and Matthew Phillip Warren born in 1988.
And Marjorie Louise Warren born August 9, 1964 who married
Allen Lee Boyer on April 15, 1983. They have two daughters:
Amanda Marie Boyer born in 1982 and Allison Lynn Boyer born
in 1985.
2) Ronald Floyd Bradley
3) Yvonne Marie Bradley born August 24, 1940 who married
Leon Payne. They have two daughters: Dana Payne born
April 21, 1963 who married Brian Schick. They have three
sons: William Schick born in 1987, Douglas A. Schick born in
1990 and Brian S. Schick born in 1993. Debra Payne was
born February 18, 1965 in Clare MI She married Gary Guy
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and they have three children: Jamie Leigh Kelly Guy born in
1981, Tarah E. Guy born in 1990 and Geoffery W. Guy born in
1994.
Robert James Bradley born in 1942
Mary Helen Bradley born in 1943 who married Unknown
Thebideau
Marjorie Ann Bradley who was born in 1945 and died in 1950
Paul Walter Bradley,born on July 6, 1949 in Merritt MI who
married Marlene Kay Gilmore on September 20, 1969. She
was born on October 14, 1949. They have two children: Scott
Alan Bradley born on December 24, 1973 in Flint MI and Tina
Marie Bradley born December 5, 1976.
Steven Albert Bradley born in 1961
e) Janitia Ester Herzog was born August 19, 1921 in Unionville MI
and died on July 28, 1966 in Grand Rapids, MI She married
Donald Robert Miller on December 19, 1945. They had two
children: Roger Alen Miller born October 10, 1949 who married
Mary Piascki and Gary Lee Miller born March 15, 1952 who
married Miranda Unknown.
f) Charles Herzog Williams was born April 27, 1923 in Midland MI
and died September 18, 1975 in Pueblo, Colorado. He married
Lois E. Friend Furrer. Lois was married first to Robert Furrer and
had a son ,Charles C. Furrer. She then married her first cousin
Charles Herzog(Her mother and his father were siblings) and to
avoid scandal Charles changed his last name to Williams.
Charles and Lois had two children: Daniel O. Herzog Williams
and Linda P. Herzog Williams who married Unknown
Fratangelo. Lois went on to marry a third husband , Arthur
Anderson.
g) Walter Eugene Herzog was born October 20, 1925 In Saganaw
MI and died February 19, 1927 in Deposit NY. He married Olive
Lillian Jacobs born June 3, 1922 in Canda. They had a son
,Stuart Kenneth Herzog born January 18, 1946 in Manhatten ,NY
He married Christine DeCrasta born July 24, 1947. They had two
daughters Jennifer Marie Herzog born May 29, 1971 in
Portsmouth VA and Jessica Ann Herzog born in North
Tarrytown, NY
h) Mabel Ruth Herzog was born December 5, 1928 in Saginaw,
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MI and married Vernon Dean Wilcox on February 23, 1946. He
was born on March 20, 1925.They had two children: 1)Paul Dean
Wilcox born November 9, 1947 who married Diane Marie LeFever
on August 16, 1970. They have three children: Michael Dean
Wilcox born August 6, 1972 who married Andrea Kay Duranczyk on
May 28, 1994, Steven Dean Wilcox born August 6, 1972 who
married Kimberly Jane Banks on June 26, 1999 and Gregory Pual
Wilcox born March 28, 1977. And 2) Janet Carolyn Wilcox born
March 17, 1953 who married Alan Jay Owen on June 3, 1972. Their
three children are : Brian Jon Owen born October 24, 1972 who
married Erin Susan Quigley on May 11, 1996 . She was born
March 27, 1973, Brian and Erin have two children Elizabeth Ann
Owen born December 16, 1999 and Abigail Olivia Owen born May
26, 2001, David Wayne Owen born October 1, 1975 who married
Lilane Ann Harvey on October 31, 1998. She was born October 6,
1975. They have two children Lilli Ana Elizabeth Harvey Owen born
January 14, 1996 and Wyatt David Owen born August 9, 1999,
Christina Marie Owen was born September 2, 1979. She and
Unknown Collins had two children: Sydnie Marie Collins born
January 25, 1999 and Samantha Ann Collins born January 25,
1999.
i) Mary Helen Herzog was born November 27, 1929 in Montrose
MI and married Harold Bowen. She was a waitress for over 20
years. They had the following children:
Wayne Bowen who married Gayle Unknown, Kenneth Bowen
who married Eadie Unknown, Keith Bowen, Kathleen Marie
Bowen and her husband Bob Wilcock. Mary Helen is buried at
Millburn Cemetery in Mountain View, Wyoming. Her obituary
was in the Cody Enterprise.
j) Elizabeth Pauline Herzog was born May 26, 1934 on Montrose
MI . She married George Lund Cole Sr. He was born December
13, 1928. They had six children: George Cole, Jr., Barbara Cole
who married Thomas Ladisky, Sue Cole who married Thomas
Causley had a daughter Jennifer Causley, Carol Cole born
December 28, 1954 who married Scott Compton had two sons,
Raymond and Craig Compton, Richard Cole and Sally Cole who
married Larry Kravat.
k) Stanley Owen Herzog was born January 24, 1935 in Harrison ,MI
He married Ann Catherine Eversole on October 20, 1956. She was
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born January 26, 1935 and died July 14, 1957. They had a son
Robert Lemuel Herzog born on July 4, 1957. He married Patricia
Ann Allen on January 18, 1981 in Escondido, CA
C. William Stuart Loveless was born April 22, 1893 He
married Rose Reed on July 15, 1912. They had a son
Joseph Charles Reed Loveless who was born December 9,
1913 in Berwyn MD and died December 18, 1992 in
Georgetown ,DE. Joseph married Faith J. Clift on July 15,
1945 in Washington DC . Faith was born January 5, 1913
in Madison MD They had two children: 1) Patricia Rose
Loveless born October 3, 1945 who married Herman
Compton on November 26, 1964. They had the following
children: Patrick Herman Compton born October 30, 1965,
Sonja Rose Compton born May 26, 1967, Joseph Edward
Compton born September 2, 1970, Catherine Mary
Compton born October 31, 1974 and Michael Lewis
Compton born August 5, 1976. 2) Michael Joseph
Loveless born September 19, 1947.
William Stuart Loveless was found on the 1920 census as
an age 28 carpenter, Rosie M. age 22 clerk, Joseph age 6.
William Stuart Loveless was found on the 1930 census as a
38 year old cabinet maker. His wife was Irene M. ,age 38
and son Joseph C age 16. Since Rose was four years
younger in 1920, it is possible that Irene is a second wife.
E. James Charles Loveless Jr. was born April 27, 1895 and
died February 12, 1985. His burial was at USSAH Cemetery in
Washington, DC He married Mabel McDermott who was born
November 19, 1903 and died in August of 1968.. They had two
children: Robert Loveless who married Unknown and had a
son Daniel E. Loveless Gloria Loveless ,daughter of James
and Mabel, who married Unknown Venable. The family is
listed in the 1930 census as James C. Loveless, age 35
cabinet maker, Mabel C. age 26 and Anne E. age 66(James’
mother) James Jr. served in WWI. His nephew Joseph
Bergling wrote of these memories and it is preserved by the
family. His obituary revealed that he is the grandfather of
Daniel E. Loveless and Victoria K. Miller, great grandfather of
Christopher Miller.
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F. Effie Beatrice Loveless was born June 3, 1899 in Berwyn,
MD and died in 1943. She married Edward King Smith on
June 22, 1922. He was born June 14, 1901 and died
November 3, 1937. Both are buried at Christian Brothers
Cemetery at Ammandale. They had three children: 1) Aladia
B. Smith ,born October 22, 1923 who married Marcus Wayne
Perkins on August 12, 1944. He was born September 24,
1921 in Goldsboro NC. They have two children: Marcus
Edward Perkins born February 27, 1948 and Aladia Diane
Perkins born September 27, 1955 who married John Sullivan
on November 22, 1975.
2) Edith C. Smith born November 11, 1925 who married
Elwood Lloyd . They had a son, Dwayne Lloyd born
November 3, 1943. . She later married Clement W. Tippitt
on June 3, 1950. Dwayne took the name of his stepfather
and became Dwayne Tippitt. He married Margie Mizell on
May 20, 1967 in Miami Florida. Dwayne and Margie had two
sons: Kevin Tippitt born September 29, 1968 and Keith
Tippitt born June 2, 1971. 3) Joseph Paul Smith born
February 8, 1930. He married Barbara Rider Chapman.
They had two daughters: Joyce Smith born January 1, 1951
in Hyattsville FL, and Judith Ann Smith born September 12,
1953. He later married Martha Jane Owens on May 10,
1955- who was born July 3, 1933. Joseph and Martha had
two children: Joseph Paul Smith Jr. born March 30, 1959 in
Homestead ,FL and Edward King Smith born May 3, 1961.
F. Albert Leo Loveless was born January 27, 1901 and died
on October 29, 1931. He is buried at Ammandale. He
married Margaret Shoemaker around 1921. They are found
on the 1930 census as Leo A. Loveless age 29 a shipping
clerk and Margaret age 29 , a government typist. An article
in the Washington Post (p20, dated October 30, 1931)
revealed that Margaret lived on 10th St. NW in Washington
DC. She and Leo were separated. She was working as a
VA clerk. He went to her apartment hoping to reconcile and
when it did not happen, he beat her badly ,breaking her jaw
and choking her so she had to go to the hospital.. After doing
this, he committed suicide. Albert and Margaret had married
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ten years prior to this. Margaret lived at least until the 1940’s
and died of TB.
G. Joseph Emery Loveless born May 24, 1903 and died
November 18, 1989 . He married Nathallie Willie on October
8, 1926 at St. Joseph Church in Beltsville, MD Nathallie was
born on May 25, 1906 and died in July of 1983. Joseph and
Nathallie are buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Laurel, MD : The
family is found on the 1930 census as Joseph Emery
Loveless age 26, garage mechanic, Nathallie age 23,
bookkeeper in a garage and Joseph age 3. They had the
following children: 1) Joseph Loveless b. 1927 married Betty
Unknown and they live in Joe and Nathallie’s house in Laurel
Maryland,next door to their nephew Brent. 2) Elizabeth
Loveless married Paul Dalton from Baltimore and lives in
Homosassa, Florida. She has two children: Gregory and Jeff
Dalton. 3) Flavie Willie(who goes by Bill) Loveless married
Mary Ann Meuchel. They live in Ocean Pines, MD Mary Ann
was raised on a farm in North Dakota where many Meuchels
settled from Odessa Russia and Alsace regeion of France.
Bill and Mary Ann had the following children: 1) Brent
Loveless who was born October 10, 1969 in Baltimore. He
married Dianne Albrecht from Vesper Wisconsin on October
21, 2000. They have a daughter Hannah Dianne born
October 12, 2004 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD
2) Cindy Loveless was born on December 10,1970. She is
married to Gray Jones and keeps her maiden name of
Loveless They live in Ocean Pines, MD.
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