Alpha May Bloomer
F, (22 May 1880 - 5 May 1955)
| Father* | Joseph Watson Bloomer (16 May 1853 - 12 Nov 1919) | |
| Mother* | Nancy Jermima Sloan (13 May 1862 - 15 Sep 1939) | |
Alpha May Bloomer|b. 22 May 1880\nd. 5 May 1955|p2035.htm|Joseph Watson Bloomer|b. 16 May 1853\nd. 12 Nov 1919|p2037.htm|Nancy Jermima Sloan|b. 13 May 1862\nd. 15 Sep 1939|p2038.htm|Allen T. Bloomer|b. 8 Nov 1828\nd. 19 Jun 1908|p2057.htm|Mary A. Baker|b. 16 Feb 1834\nd. 12 Dec 1907|p2058.htm|Abijah M. Sloan|b. 2 Oct 1830\nd. 5 Apr 1913|p2043.htm|Elizabeth J. Hill|b. 30 Mar 1834\nd. 2 Jun 1886|p2044.htm| | ||
| Charts | Pedigree for Vivienne Dorene Richards |
| Relationship | 2nd great-grandmother of James Jay McKinney. |
| Last Edited | 24 May 2005 |
| Reference | MMFFFC |
| Researcher | 0 |
| Unrelated | 0 |
| Jim Ancestry Verified | Y |
| Document* | Notes on life by Grand-daughter Vivienne (nee Richards) Jones. | |
| Photo* | .jpg) Alpha May (nee Bloomer) Kershaw. Identified by Vivienne Jones Scrapbook.. Original in possession of Lyle Jones. Copy in possession of Jim McKinney. | |
| Birth* | 22 May 1880 | New Point, Holt Co., MO1 |
| (Witness) Census | 12 June 1880 | Hickory Township, Holt Co., MO, Bloomer, Watson, W(hite), M(ale), (age:) 27, (Married), (occupation:) Farming, (birth place: Ohio) O, (birth place father:Ohio) O, (birth place mother: Ohio) O -- Nancy, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 18, Wife, (Married), (occupation:) Keeping house, (birth place:Mo) Missouri, (birth place father: North Carolina) NC, (birth place mother: North Carolina) NC -- Alpha, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 1/12, [Birth Month:] May, Daughter, (Single), At home, (birth place:Mo) Missouri, (birth place father:Ohio) O, [birth place mother:Mo] Missouri Willy Burcett,W(hite), M(ale), (age:) 19,Boarder, (Single), (occupation:) Farming, Principal=Joseph Watson Bloomer, Principal=Nancy Jermima Sloan2 |
| Photo* | after 1895 |  Fred Kershaw and Alpha May (nee Bloomer) Kershaw, Principal=Fredrick Kershaw |
| Married Name | 17 December 1895 | Kershaw1 |
| Marriage* | 22 December 1895 | New Point, Holt Co., MO, Marriage License notes Fred Kershaw of Newpoint, Holt Co. married Alpha Bloomer of Newpoint, Holt Co. under age 18. Watson Bloomer, father gives consent. Married by C.L. Moore. Certified that married in home of Ela A. Hardman on December 22, 1895. License obtained on December 17, 1895. Recorded on January 10, 1896., Principal=Fredrick Kershaw3 |
| Residence* | after 5 May 1904 | Barnard, MO, Moved to Barnard, MO from New Point., Principal=Fredrick Kershaw4 |
| Residence | after 6 May 1904 | Guilford, Nodaway Co., MO, Lived in Barnard several years, then moved to Guilford where they stayed for remainder of their married life., Principal=Fredrick Kershaw4 |
| Photo | circa 1906 |  Back row L-R: Alpha May (nee Bloomer) Kershaw, Bernice Marie Kershaw Front Row: Abijah Sloan, Nancy Jermima (nee Sloan) Bloomer. Identified by Vivienne Jones (presumedley by her mother Bernice). Date approximated by Jim McKinney assuming Bernice was approximately 10 based on appearence. Copy in possession of Lyle Jones. , Witness=Bernice Marie Kershaw |
| Census* | 16 April 1910 | Washington Township, Nodaway Co., MO, 1910 Census. Nodaway County, MO. Kershaw, Fred, Head, W(hite), M(ale), (age:) 42, M(arried 14 years), (birth place:) Illinois, (birth place father:) New York (birth place mother:) New York, (occupation:)Farmer, General Farm, R(ent),F(arm), 11 (on farm schedule) -- Alpha B., Wife, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 32, M(arried 14 years), [mother of 2 children, 2 children living], (birth place:) Missouri, (birth place father:) Missouri, (birth place mother:) Missouri -- Bernice, Daughter, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 12, S(ingle), (birth place:) Missouri, (birth place father:) Illinois, (birth place mother:) Missouri -- Iva, Daughter, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 6, S(ingle), (birth place:) Missouri, (birth place father:) Illinois, (birth place mother:) Missouri Lived three doors from Hugh Richards, grandfather of Leland Richards, Principal=Fredrick Kershaw, Witness=Iva Mable Kershaw, Witness=Bernice Marie Kershaw5 |
| Divorce* | 10 October 1918 | Jackson Co., MO, Divorce Settlement. Case 36078 Alpha Kershaw (plaintiff) vs. Fred Kershaw (defendant). Plaintiff won. Custody and control of minor child, vis., Bessie Kershaw was awarded to Alpha. He had visitation rights one weekend a month, the month of July, and Christmas week. He had to pay child support of $5 per week and alimony of $5 per week., Principal=Fredrick Kershaw6 |
| Photo | circa 1939 |  Vivienne (nee Richards) Jones, Bernice (nee Kershaw) Richards, Nancy Jones, and Alpha May (nee Bloomer) Kershaw. Identified in Lyle's scrapbook. Date based on apparent age in photograph and that of Peggy in a picture taken at the same time. Original in possession of Lyle Jones. , Witness=Bernice Marie Kershaw, Witness=Vivienne Dorene Richards, Witness=Nancy Dorene Jones |
| Death* | 5 May 1955 | Sacramento Hospital, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA, Death Certificate. Death certificate states name as Alpha May Kershaw, date of birth May 22, 1880. Occupation: housewife. Birthplace: MO. Father: Watson Bloomer of IL, Mother: Nancy J. Sloan of MO. Social security # unknown.. Informant: Bessie Winifred Jones. Died in Sacramento. Was in town for 10 days. Last place of residence was 4137 Rio Linda Blvd. Del Paso Hts, Sacramento Co., CA. Buried Grant Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Died of destructive biliary cirrhosis.7 |
| Burial* | 9 May 1955 | Grant Memorial Lawn AKA Sunset Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA1 |
| (Witness) Note | 1978 | Notes on New Point, Missouri by Vivienne (nee Richards) Jones A family by the name of Rule owned or bought . the Allen Trimble Bloomer house in the town of New Point . Two Rules were named Jered and Earl. Uncle Clifton was known ans"Shad" Bloomer but now one left seems to know why? Dr . Kearney's office was a house moved in and it had pressed tin siding . The home had been remodeled and one can barely see some of the original siding. The grocery store is not in the old school house . It was remodeled a long time ago to beturned into a store building. It also used to house the Post Office . . It wasn't the post office that mother knew . The town of New Point is now served by the Oregon, Missouri post office. The chunk of cement out in front of the store is all that's left of the old band stand. The now abandoned two story school house is new schoolhouse. At least its not the same one where mother went to school. The old Bloomer store stood one block down from the present store and not even a foundation exists today . It was on the southeast corner and on the main road into New Point. Until four years ago (now 1978) there was a garage in New Point across from the grocery Store . The store is the Lentz Grocery. The Christian Church where Grandfather and Grandmother Kershaw went has been added on over the years and the Presbyteriian Church is still as it was . It is said to be a fine looking church inside . I want to see it the next time I go to Missouri. Mr . Lee Herbert was a good friend of Uncle Cliftons . He (Mr . Herbert) lived on a farm next to Uncle Clifton. Grandma Bloomer would call the Herbert house when Uncle Clifton stayed too late to suit her but he always knew her ring and would tell the Herberts to tell her he had just left as he went out the door. Mrs Herbert and some of the ladies always came in to help Grandma Bloomer cook dinner for threshers . They knew where she kept her condiments and in which jars so this one time they were making chicken and dumplings so they threw in the amount of salt they thought it needed but when they tasted the checken it was sugared . Grandma had switched her containers. Grandma Bloomer used to keep her kitchen floor bleached white with lye . As people said "Her kitchen was so clean you could eat off of her floor ." Sort of messy wouldn ' t you think? Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kneale live in a farm house that formerly was owned by Allen Trimble Bloomer . At one time the house was away from the road and up a long lane but a long time ago it was moved doen by the road and since the Kneales have owned it it has been added on to quite a bit . I was given a letter addressed to Great grandmother mary Bloomer that had fallen out of the attic when they remodedled . I also took a picture of the school mother went to that was some distance away from where the Joseph Watson Bloomers lived . The school is terribly run down and is probably being used for storage on a farm across the road . It seemed like all the roads were either graveled township roads or paved highways with indication of letters as to their place in the township . It was very easy to get from one area to another by car but I ' m sure I wouldn't have cared for it in the old mud road days and with horses and wagons, yet. Grandmother and Grandfather Kershaw lived in the house now owned by the Kenneth Kneales . It was owned by Allen Trimble Bloomer then . They lived there when first married and when Bernice Marie their eldest child was born . Grandfather Kershaw became on the outs with his in-laws and moved to another farm. Also after four of their babies had died and were buried in the Bloomer plot he became estranged from them again and he bought his own lot in the New Point cemetery and had them moved. There are no headstones for those wee babies. A Mrs . Bodkin, daughter of Mrs Milan Bosewell in Oregon, Missouri painted a picture of the Allan Trimble Bloomer farm home . I wonder if she'd take a picture of the painting Uncle Clifton lost the farm after Grandma passed away. He'd bought it just before land prices took a dive in the 1920's so he ' d never been able to do more than make the interest payments according to Mr . Herbert. After he had sold some of his things and the land to pay bills and outstanding debts he loaded up his Dodge pickup with things to take to Aunt Maude's, things he'd thought he would want and the rest he gave to Mr . Herbert for a lump sum. Mr . Herbert has Grandmothers phonograph, a rocker, dresser, cane, a musket and a few other things. Mr . Herbert has also taken a load of things to a flea market for Uncle Clifton but they didn't hardly make expenses. After Clifton left the farm W.W. II broke out and he was drafted . He hadn ' t been able to get a job so he lied about his age to be younger than he was and the draft caught up with hime . He wasn't in the army very long before they discharged him . He was fond of wine and women so he squandered his money on both . Later ke was injured on a job and tthe Vet Agency gave him a pension. He lived in a poor part of town in St . Joseph and washed dishes to help pay his way since his pension wasn't too great. He had a bad habit of yelling at people in a loud voice when he'd see someone from home on the streets of St . Joseph. I always wondered why he was at St . Joseph until I went back . I didn ' t realize how close to New Point he was . The terrain is very much alike. Mr . Herbert said Uncle Clifton used to send a little money now and then to Ruth . I don ' t know how true that is. While he lived or batched at the farm he never washed a dish until they were all dirty . He just piled them in a 50 Lb. oard can and when he moved there was still dirty dishes in the lard can that he left. Mrs Herbert said her husband wasn't any better—he brought them home to her still dirty and in the lard can. Grandma Bloomer spoiled several of Uncle Clifton's romances when he was young . She didn ' t want to lose her boy . After she was gone he said he was too old then. Elmer Kearney had a half brother, who was he? Where did he go? The Shepherds and Preston ' s must have been related because some of the Shepherds inherited part of a Preston estate. Who are Wes Hamm, Bert Hamm, Bob Hamm? Is this mention of Bob Hamm the same as mother talks of having married into the Kershaw family? The Shepherds who visited the Kershaw grandparents lived far enough from New Point that they had to stay all night. Mother dan't remember the name of the town for sure but it seems to be Richvale, Richmond or Rich Hill?? They had a small son ., Principal=Allen Trimble Bloomer, Principal=Mary Adelaide Baker8 |
Family | Fredrick Kershaw | |
| Marriage* | 22 December 1895 | New Point, Holt Co., MO, Marriage License notes Fred Kershaw of Newpoint, Holt Co. married Alpha Bloomer of Newpoint, Holt Co. under age 18. Watson Bloomer, father gives consent. Married by C.L. Moore. Certified that married in home of Ela A. Hardman on December 22, 1895. License obtained on December 17, 1895. Recorded on January 10, 1896., Principal=Fredrick Kershaw3 |
| Divorce* | 10 October 1918 | Jackson Co., MO, Divorce Settlement. Case 36078 Alpha Kershaw (plaintiff) vs. Fred Kershaw (defendant). Plaintiff won. Custody and control of minor child, vis., Bessie Kershaw was awarded to Alpha. He had visitation rights one weekend a month, the month of July, and Christmas week. He had to pay child support of $5 per week and alimony of $5 per week., Principal=Fredrick Kershaw6 |
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Citations
- [S56] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Kershaw Genealogy"; Vivienne Jones group sheet., Ancestral File (c.a. 1977), unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S118] 1880 US Federal Census: Film Number T9-0690 MO, Holt Co.,Hickory Township, Page107D, Supervisor District No. 7, Enumeration District No. ?, Family 153, Line 31.
- [S56] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Kershaw Genealogy"; Marriage certificate., Ancestral File (c.a. 1977), unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S56] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Kershaw Genealogy"; Vivienne Jones notes on Fred Kershaw., Ancestral File (c.a. 1977), unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S5] 1910 US Federal Census: MO, Nodaway Co., Washington Township Page 4B, Series T624 Microfilm 803 Part 2 Family 11.
- [S56] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Kershaw Genealogy"; Decree of Divorce, Ancestral File (c.a. 1977), unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S56] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Kershaw Genealogy"; Death certificate., Ancestral File (c.a. 1977), unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S38] Letter from unknown author (unknown author address) to unknown recipient; unknown repository (unknown repository address), Vivienne (nee Richards) Jones genealogical notes.
- [S12] Interview with unknown informant (unknown informant address). Unknown repository (unknown repository address), Richards-Kershaw Group Sheet created by Vivienne (nee Richards) Jones.