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Family Skeletons and Mysteries
by June Shaputis

Where Is:?

__?__ JOHNSON (aka SHIRLEY JUNE FRANK)
and
JOANN BUCKLES ( aka MARY MYRTLE FRANK)

You both had a sister, VIOLET MARIE FRANK WEBER (died 1998)

Myrtle "Toodles" Burch was born 17 Jan 1909, in Colorado. Myrtle died 28 Jul 1983, in Denver, Colorado and was buried in Olinger Evergreen Memorial Gardens. She married (1) Charley Frank and had 3 daughters. She then married (2) ____ Robbins, and next she married (3) ____"Shorty" Hatfield.
Her children by Charley Frank were:
i Violet Marie Frank born 17 Jul 1927, Denver, Co, married 16 Jul 1948, in Denver, Co, Alexander Dee Weber, born 8 Dec 1927, Denver, Co. They have 4 children:
i Jeffery Dee Weber
ii Phillip Dean Weber
iii Violet Marie Jr Weber
iv Diane Kathryn Weber

ii Shirley June Frank born c 1929/30, Denver, Colorado. She was adopted by a family named Johnson after she was removed from the home in Derby, Colorado c 1933 by the State and placed in the Colorado State Children's Home where she and her sister, Mary Myrtle were adopted out.

iii Mary Myrtle Frank born c 1932/33, Denver, Colorado. Her name was changed to Joann Buckles after she was removed from her Derby, Colorado home ca 1933 and placed in the Colorado State Children's Home where she was adopted by a family named Buckles.

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Looking for anyone who may have information regarding the following people or their descendants.

Frank Edward Ford born 05 May 1874/5, Ohio, married (1) Abt 1894, Iva(h) Hall, born Ohio?, died c 1907/09, ?Denver, Colorado. Iva(h) Hall Ford is believed to have died in the Denver County Hospital on or about 1 Jun 1907, Denver, Colorado and may be buried in Colorado or Ohio. Iva Hall Ford had a brother, George Hall, living in Cincinnati in 1911. (Who did he marry and are there any descendants?)

Children by Frank E. Ford and Iva(h) Hall:
i Clarence Edgar Ford born 21 Sep 1895, died 1954 in Denver, Colorado.
ii Margarite Ford born 8 May 1899 in Ohio. (Who did she marry and are there any descendants?)
iii Frank J. Ford born 31 Oct 1900 was murdered in the 1940's.
iv Pearl Ford born 23 Aug 1903 in Ohio. (Who did she marry and are there any descendants?)

The Ford children were first placed in The Denver Orphan's Home in Denver, Colorado, later in the Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio, 5051 Duck Creek Road. We know Pearl Ford was admitted there on 7/19/1911. It is believed the other children were there too, with the exception of Clarence Ford when Ivah Hall Ford's brother, George Hall, was unable to care for the children.

Frank E. Ford remarried 15 Jul 1910, in Golden, CO, (2) Carrie O'Donnell Ford, a widow with 5 sons. In 1908 in Denver, Colorado, he was proprietor of the "Blind Tiger" poolhall at 2263 Blake Street; Denver, Colorado. Frank deserted his second wife; and she divorced him Oct 1927 in Denver.

Frank Ford, in his later years ran a boarding house at 67 Green Street in Dayton, Ohio. Frank Ford died 4 May 1951, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, and was buried: Woodland Cem ?Xenia, ?Dayton, Greene, OH.His death certificate says he died of cirihosis of the liver / hemorrhage, and the informant was Genevieve Harris. He owned the 67 Green St property along with a woman named Lida N. Dufau (deceased in 1951)

Anyone having any information on these people are encouraged to contact:
June Shaputis (june@webpanda.com)
P. O. Box 552
Ruth, NV 89319
or
June Ryan (sioux@starband.net)
17010 County Road 338
Buena Vista, CO 81211


 

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