Individual Page

Person Info

Name: Floral Oliver Needels ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}
Sex: M
Birth: 8 Oct 1873 in Nodaway Co, MO ^{3 7 8 9 10 11}
Death: 29 Jun 1956 in At Home, Near Eureka, Greenwood Co, KS ^{4 7 8 9 10 12}
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Greenwood Co, KS. ^{3 5 7 13}
Residence:
1. 1905 in Kansas. ¹¹
1. 1953 in Eureka, Greenwood Co, KS. ¹⁴
Person Id: I80
Tree Id: 250792

Search for Floral Oliver Needels in Fold3 World War I Records

Search for Floral Oliver Needels in Newspapers

2090 Possible Record Matches on Ancestry

Parents

Father:

Cubbage Barrett Needels: Birth: 14 Nov 1823 in Fairfield Co, OH. Death: 9 Mar 1905 in Utopia, Greenwood Co, KS

Mother:

Catherine Needels: Birth: 20 Aug 1837 in Delaware Co, OH. Death: 18 Dec 1903 in At Home, Near Utopia, Greenwood Co, KS

Family
Marriage:

Married: Maybelle Adelle Henry on 7 Jun 1911 at In Her Parents' Home, Near Eureka, Greenwood Co, KS.^{3 10 15 16}
Maybelle Adelle Henry: Birth: 31 May 1886 in Bancroft, Nemaha Co, KS. Death: 30 Jun 1961 in Clites Care Home, Eureka, Greenwood Co, KS

Sources

1.	Title: ID #1I - 9 May 1975 letter to Foster and Donna Needels concerning possible relationship between the Gordon J. Needles and the Foster R. Needels fami Author: Gordon J. Needles
2.	Title: ID #1AL - US Census for Wilson Twp, Gentry County, MO, 1880 Page: V12 ED271 S7 L15 Author: US Government
3.	Title: ID #1ACE - Descendants of John Needels, received in July 1998 from Earl Belt Page: 4 Author: Kenard Clark
4.	Title: ID #1ACS - Death Certificate for Floral Oliver Needels Author: Kansas State Board of Health
5.	Title: ID #1ADR - Memorial pamphlet for Floral Oliver Needels
6.	Title: ID #1ARF - Excerpts from "A History of Gentry and Worth Counties, MO," LA Library call # Gen.R.977.81, G33Hi Page: 351 Author: Unknown Publication: 1882
7.	Title: ID #1ATY - Family Group Sheet for Floral Oliver Needels and Maybelle Adelle Henry Author: Provided by Gloria Stevens
8.	Title: ID #1NI - Descendants of Lt. John Needels report Page: 5 Author: Ed Webb
9.	Title: ID #1N - GEDCOM file received from Michael Sheppard on 3 March 1998 Author: Michael Sheppard
10.	Title: ID #1AEN - Obituary for Floral Oliver Needels Page: 13 Publication: The Eureka Herald, Eureka, KS, July 19, 1956
11.	Title: ID #1CG - List of heirs to CB Needels, from the records of the Probate Court of Greenwood County, KS
12.	Title: ID #1AEM - Obituary for Mrs. Maybelle Needels Publication: The Eureka Herald, Eureka, KS, Thursday, July 16, 1961
13.	Title: ID #1AES - Greenwood Cemetery Page: Book 3, pg 131
14.	Title: ID #1KU - Obituary for Mrs. Rebecca Winslow Publication: Las Animas Leader, 26 February 1953, page 4
15.	Title: ID #1AEU - Marriage license and certificate for Floral Oliver Needles (sic) and Mabelle Adelle Henry Page: Journal G, page 182
16.	Title: ID #1CK - Greenwood County, KS Grooms Marriage Index, M-N Author: Gary W Burris & Forest Smith Publication: Greenwood County, KS GENWEB site

Notes

Note: 1. "Ollie" Needels was, at the very least, a cross dresser. Whispered among the family, but unconfirmable, was the rumor that he/she was a true hermaphrodite.
2. On those days when she was dressed as a woman, she was known to the children of her siblings as "Aunt Ollie." On those days he was dressed as a man, he was known as "Uncle Ollie."
3. Reportedly was, at one time, in possession of a book of Needels family history. The current (1998) location of this book is unknown.
4. Died in Eureka, KS.
5. Listed as a daughter, named Flora, in the US Census for Gentry County, MO, for 1880 (Source: ID #1AL) RELI: CONC reek and Caterab, Peoria and Stanton, in Franklin County RELI: SOUR @S03943@ PAGE 13

Note: MI80
Note: (Medical):Suffered a stroke 3 September 1939 Attending physician noted that Ollie was a hermaphrodite.

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.

Name: _needels -- Needels Family

Updated: 05-16-2019 12:05:05. Owner: Foster R. Needels

Individual Page