Note: WorldConnect family trees will be removed from RootsWeb on April 15, 2023 and will be migrated to Ancestry later in 2023. (More info)

Individual Page


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Ora Adeline Ponchaud: Birth: 16 MAY 1898 in Iowa Co, IA. Death: 1 OCT 1961 in Columbus, MIssouri

  2. Bessie Ponchaud: Birth: 11 AUG 1902 in Iowa Co, IA. Death: 22 SEP 1969 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA

  3. Elma Ponchaud: Birth: 3 OCT 1910. Death: 27 SEP 1995 in Rock Island, IL

  4. Person Not Viewable


Sources
1. Title:   Obituary
Page:   Jess and Lillie Obits in RH file
2. Title:   Indiana Marriages to 1850 - Elkhart Co
Page:   Copy of Jess and Lillie Marriage Record in RH file
Author:   Ancestry.com subscriber database

Notes
a. Note:   17 July 1954 Mrs Lille Margaret Ponchard, 82, a resident of this community formany years died Tuesday June 8 at a Rock Island, Illinois hospital.She had been living the past six summers with her daughter, MtsLindley Reddick in Rock Island. Mrs Ponchard was born September 17, 1871 in Iowa County. Hermarriage took place June 29, 1888 in Green Valley in Iowa county. Survivvors include four daughters: Mrs Reddick and Mrs WilliamRickey, both of Rock Island; Mrs Francis Rowlan of Cairo, Mo. andMrs Bessie Hall of Millersburg, Iowa; one sister, Mrs Ora Emde ofNorth English; two brothers, Elmer Long of Wellman and Jess Long ofCalifornia; 19 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Powellfuneral home in Wellman. Burial was in the Piersol cemetery in Iowacounty. Jesse Ponchard OBIT Wellman Advance Jess Ponchard Dies TuesdayEvening - Funeral Services for Jess Ponchard will be held Friday afternoonat 2 o'clock at the home of Mr and Mrs Clarence Wetrich. Burial willbe in the Piersol Cemeter. Jess Ponchard, son of Frank and Emma Ponchard, was born January1, 1863 at South Hampton, England and passed away at his home inDaytonville Tuesday evening, February 26 at ten-thirty following astroke which he suffered on Sunday February 16. Mr Ponchard came to this coundty with his parents when eighteight years old and lived at Burdi, Indiana prior to coming to thiscommunity. In 1888, he was married to Lillie Margaret Long, daughter of J Wand Sarah Jane Long of the Green Valley neighborhood. they havealways lived in the Wellman community. He is survived by his wife and four daughters; Ora, wife ofClarence Wetrich; Bessie, wife of Murray Hall of South English; Ella,wife of Lindley Reddick and Emma, wife of William Rickey, both ofWellman. He is also survived by fifteen grandchildren
Note:   OBIT: Mrs Lille Ponchard Rites Held Thursday: Pub. in Wellman Advance


RootsWeb.com is NOT responsible for the content of the GEDCOMs uploaded through the WorldConnect Program. The creator of each GEDCOM is solely responsible for its content.