Rachel Clara Shurtz1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18971, (1863 - 1954)
FatherFrederick J. Shurtz4,5 (1832 - 18 May 1892)
MotherMargaret Ann Derr6,4 (14 May 1829 - 18 Sep 1865)

Key Events:

Birth: 23 Feb 1863, Lewis Twp., Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania7,8,9
Marriage: about 1893, Hartley J. Setchell (Nov 1857 - between 1925 and 1930)10,11,12
Death: 1 Nov 195413,14,15
Burial: 2 Nov 1954, Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co., Colorado16,17

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Rachel Clara Shurtz was born on 23 Feb 1863 in Lewis Twp., Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.7,8,9
     She generally used her middle name, Clara, rather than her first name.2,18,19
     She moved to St. Joseph Co., Michigan, about 1864 with her parents, Frederick J. Shurtz and Margaret Ann Derr.20
     Her mother died on 18 Sep 1865, when Clara was 2 years old.21,22 Clara appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Centerville, St. Joseph Co., Michigan, in the household of her father and stepmother, Sarah Elizabeth Riegel.23
     Clara moved to Iowa with her father and stepmother about 1880. She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Fisher Twp., Fremont Co., Iowa, in the household of her father, and stepmother.24 She appeared on the 1885 State Census of Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, in the household of her father and stepmother.25
     She was a teacher before her marriage.25
     Rachel married Hartley J. Setchell, son of Hartley Setchell and Amanda J. [surname unknown], about 1893.10,11,12
     Clara and Hartley moved to Kansas after their marriage. They appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Logan, Phillips Co., Kansas, enumerated 1 Jun 1900, reporting that they owned their home. Their children Fern and Fred and his children by his previous marriage, Hartley and Clara, were listed as living with them.26
     Clara and Hartley appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Soloman, Graham Co., Kansas, enumerated 3 May 1910, reporting that they owned their home. Their children Fern and Fred were listed as living with them, as wer his children Hartley and Clara.27 They appeared on the 1915 State Census of Soloman, Graham Co., Kansas, reporting that they owned their home. Their son Fred was listed as living with them as were his children Hartley and Clara.28
     Clara and Hartley appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Soloman, Graham Co., Kansas, enumerated 25 Jan 1920, reporting that they owned their home. Their son Fred and his son Hartley were listed as living with them.29 They appeared on the 1925 State Census of Soloman, Graham Co., Kansas, reporting that they owned their home.30
     Her husband died between 1925 and 1930.31,32
     Clara appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Soloman, Graham Co., Kansas, enumerated 22 Apr 1930, with her step-daughter Clara was listed with her and shown as owner of the home. Also listed were Robert DeNune and Charles Bourland, farm laborers, described as lodgers.33 Clara appears to have taken over operation of the family farm after the death of her husband.34
     By 1931 Clara moved to Denver, Colorado, to live with her daughter, at 5524 Montview.35 Clara appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Denver, Colorado, in the household of Fern and Roy D. Slagle, her daughter and her husband, at 2450 Julian St.. She reported she had lived in the same city in 1935.36
     By 1945 they had moved to 1723 Vine, Apt. 1-2, where she lived with them until at least 1951.37
     Rachel appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Denver, Colorado, in the household of her daughter Fern and her husband, Roy D. Slagle.38
     Rachel died on 1 Nov 1954 at age 91.13,14,15 She was buried on 2 Nov 1954 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co., Colorado.16,17

Children:
     Children with Hartley J. Setchell:

  • Fern E. Setchell39,40,41 (14 Sep 1894 - Jul 1973)
  • Fred M. Setchell42,43,41 (20 Dec 1899 - 4 Feb 1977)

Citations

  1. [S4985] Cochrane, Family File "Margaret Ann Derr family," 24 Oct 2014, shows name as Rachel Clara (Cora) Shurtz.
  2. [S4754] F. Shurtz household, 1880 U.S. Census, Fremont Co., Iowa, shows name as Clara Shurtz.
  3. [S4755] Frederick Shurtz household, 1885 Iowa State Census, Page Co., Iowa, Shenandoah, shows name as Rachel C. Shurtz.
  4. [S4753] Frederick Shortz household, 1870 U.S. Census, St. Joseph Co., Michigan, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S6017] "Mrs. Sarah Shurtz Summoned on High," Shenandoah World, 30 Nov 1920.
  6. [S4985] Cochrane, Family File "Margaret Ann Derr family," 24 Oct 2014.
  7. [S4985] Cochrane, Family File "Margaret Ann Derr family," 24 Oct 2014, shows date, township, county, and state.
  8. [S4753] Frederick Shortz household, 1870 U.S. Census, St. Joseph Co., Michigan, shows age 7 and state.
  9. [S5017] Hartley J. Setchell household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows month, year, age 37, and state.
  10. [S5017] Hartley J. Setchell household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows married 7 years.
  11. [S5018] H. J. Setchell household, 1910 U.S. Census, Graham Co., Kansas, shows married, his second and her first, married 17 years.
  12. [S4985] Cochrane, Family File "Margaret Ann Derr family," 24 Oct 2014, shows year.
  13. [S12890] Clara Setchell obituary, The Morland Monitor, shows date.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 143554560, R. Clara Setchell, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  15. [S4795] The Gazetteer Co. Inc. Denver Directory, 1951 pg 965, shows her at same address as her daughter Fern; 1953 pg 976, show Fern and her husband, but Clara is not listed.
  16. [S12890] Clara Setchell obituary, The Morland Monitor, shows date and cemetery.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 143554560, R. Clara Setchell, includes tombstone photo.
  18. [S5019] H. J. Setchell household, 1915 Kansas State Census, Graham Co., Kansas, Soloman, shows name as R. Clara Setchell.
  19. [S5020] Hartley J. Setchell household, 1920 U.S. Census, Graham Co., Kansas, shows name as R. Clara Setchell.
  20. [S5001] H. F. Shurtz obituary, unknown newspaper, most likely The Beloit Daily Call, shows the family moved when he was 4 years old.
  21. [S4985] Cochrane, Family File "Margaret Ann Derr family," 24 Oct 2014, shows date, town, county, and state.
  22. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 79601008, Margaret Ann Derr Shurtz, shows date, town, county, and state.
  23. [S4753] Frederick Shortz household, 1870 U.S. Census, St. Joseph Co., Michigan.
  24. [S4754] F. Shurtz household, 1880 U.S. Census, Fremont Co., Iowa.
  25. [S4755] Frederick Shurtz household, 1885 Iowa State Census, Page Co., Iowa, Shenandoah.
  26. [S5017] Hartley J. Setchell household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas.
  27. [S5018] H. J. Setchell household, 1910 U.S. Census, Graham Co., Kansas.
  28. [S5019] H. J. Setchell household, 1915 Kansas State Census, Graham Co., Kansas, Soloman.
  29. [S5020] Hartley J. Setchell household, 1920 U.S. Census, Graham Co., Kansas.
  30. [S5021] H. J. Setchell household, 1925 Kansas State Census, Graham Co., Kansas, Soloman Twp.
  31. [S5021] H. J. Setchell household, 1925 Kansas State Census, Graham Co., Kansas, Soloman Twp., shows him in household.
  32. [S5022] J. Clara Setchell household, 1930 U.S. Census, Graham Co., Kansas, shows his wife as a widow.
  33. [S5022] J. Clara Setchell household, 1930 U.S. Census, Graham Co., Kansas.
  34. [S5022] J. Clara Setchell household, 1930 U.S. Census, Graham Co., Kansas, shows occupation as farmer, industry as general farm.
  35. [S4795] The Gazetteer Co. Inc. Denver Directory, 1931 pp 2061, 2099.
  36. [S5023] Roy D. Slagle household, 1940 U.S. Census, Denver City & Co., Colorado.
  37. [S4795] The Gazetteer Co. Inc. Denver Directory, 1945 pp 1236, 1266; and 1951 pg 965.
  38. [S12889] Roy D. Slagle household, 1950 U.S. Census, Denver Co., Colorado.
  39. [S5017] Hartley J. Setchell household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows the girl as daughter of Rachel's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  40. [S5018] H. J. Setchell household, 1910 U.S. Census, Graham Co., Kansas, shows the girl as daughter of Rachel's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  41. [S12890] Clara Setchell obituary, The Morland Monitor.
  42. [S5017] Hartley J. Setchell household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  43. [S5018] H. J. Setchell household, 1910 U.S. Census, Graham Co., Kansas, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.