Re: Mr. Neville, train conductor, St. Louis, MO
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In reply to:
Mr. Neville, train conductor, St. Louis, MO
Wynneth Mullins 6/19/12
a posting from 2002
Catherine "Kate" Zerr, born 1846 in Alsac lived in Vincennes, IN as a child. Her father died in 1866. About that same time Kate married a Mr. Neevers or Mr. Neville, a train conductor. In 1868 Mr. Neevers/Neville, along with two of their little daughters, was killed in a train wreck either in IL, IN, or MO. After Mr. Neevers/Neville's death Kate delivered a baby girl she named Ida. Ida grew up in her step-father's household and became known as Ida Winkler and after marriage as Ida Peters.
In Dec. 1868 Kate married married a German immigrant named Henrich Wilhelm Winkler aka William H. Winkler in St. Louis, MO. Kate and William Winkler had the following children: William Henry Winkler who died in Fannin Co., TX in 1913; Oscar F. Winkler who died in Murray Co., OK in 1939; Joseph Manuel Winkler who became a law enforcement officer and town legion in Hanna, Alberta, Canada where he died in 1964; Nancy Winkler who died in Fannin Co., TX at age 11; Ralph Winkler who died in Fannin Co., TX at age 6; and Benjamin H. Winkler who died in California in 1961.
In 1900 the widowed Catherine Zerr Neville Winkler married Jonathan Holmes, a retired schoolteacher. They lived in Bosworth, Carroll Co., MO and in Fontana, near Twin Springs, Miami Co., KA. Kate died in 1907 and is buried in Fontana, KA. Jonathan Holmes is buried in Union Cemetery, Carroll Co., MO.
finding Ida's birth cert may give her fathers full name