Nettie Lou Bess1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3663, (1884 - 1956)
FatherPeter Bess4,5 (Nov 1835 - )
MotherCatherine Shell6,7 (Oct 1856 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 7 Oct 1884, Lutesville, Missouri8,9,10
Marriage: 21 Feb 1906, Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, Harvey Sebastian Glabe (15 Mar 1884 - 4 Mar 1967)11,12,13
Death: 29 Dec 1956, Long Beach, California14,15
Burial: Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles Co., California16
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe

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Narrative:

     Nettie Lou Bess was born on 7 Oct 1884 in Lutesville, Missouri.8,9,10
     She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Lorance Twp., Bollinger Co., Missouri, in the household of her parents, Peter Bess and Catherine Shell.4
     Nettie married Harvey Sebastian Glabe, son of John Glabe and Elizabeth Ruppel, on 21 Feb 1906 in Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, with Rev. A. H. Zahl officiating.11,12,13
     Nettie and Harvey moved to Kansas about 1909. They appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Rosalia Twp., Butler Co., Kansas, enumerated 11 May 1910, reporting that they owned their farm, mortgage free. Their children LaVerna and Fern were listed as living with them.17
     Nettie and Harvey moved to Indiana before 1919. They appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Monon Twp., White Co., Indiana, enumerated 3 Jan 1920, reporting that they owned their farm, mortgage free. Their children LaVerna, Fern and David were listed as living with them.18
     Nettie and Harvey moved to Valparaiso, some 50 miles north, by 1924, where they lived at 607 N. Valparaiso.19 They moved to Flint, Michigan by 1927, when they were living at 722 W. Cornell.20 They appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan, at 2716 Wolcott, enumerated 4 Apr 1930, reporting that they owned a home valued at $1,000. Their children David and Mary were listed as living with them.21
     Nettie and Harvey appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan, at 1122 Decker St., enumerated 2 Apr 1940, reporting that they owned a home valued at $3,000. Their children David and Mary were listed as living with them, They reported everyone had lived in the same house in 1935.22
     Nettie was a cook in public schools by 1930. In the 1940 census she reported she had not worked the last week of March, but had worked 16 weeks in 1939, earning $200.23,22
     Nettie and Harvey moved to Los Angeles Co., California by 1944, when they were living at 872 W. Walnut Ave., Monrovia.24 They appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of South Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at 2642 Washington, enumerated 10 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm and they lived in the same house the year before. John Lagothetis, age 65 and from Greece, was listed as a boarder in the household.25
     Nettie died on 29 Dec 1956 in Long Beach, California, at age 72.14,15 She was buried in Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles Co., California.16

Children:
     Children with Harvey Sebastian Glabe:

Citations

  1. [S3699] Peter Bess household, 1900 U.S. Census, Bollinger Co., Missouri, shows name as Nettie L. Bess.
  2. [S8047] Marriage certificates, Livingston Co., Illinois, vol 1904-1907, Harvey S. Glabe and Nettie L. Bess.
  3. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 22, shows name as Netta Lou Bess.
  4. [S3699] Peter Bess household, 1900 U.S. Census, Bollinger Co., Missouri.
  5. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Netta L. Glabe, shows her father's surname as Bess.
  6. [S3699] Peter Bess household, 1900 U.S. Census, Bollinger Co., Missouri, shows the girl as daughter of Catherine's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Netta L. Glabe, shows her mother's surname as Shell.
  8. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Netta L. Glabe, shows date, with year as 1884, and state.
  9. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 22, shows month and year, as 1887, town, and state.
  10. [S3699] Peter Bess household, 1900 U.S. Census, Bollinger Co., Missouri, shows month, year, age 15, and state.
  11. [S8047] Marriage certificates, Livingston Co., Illinois, vol 1904-1907, Harvey S. Glabe and Nettie L. Bess, shows date, county, and officiant.
  12. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 22, shows month, year, town, and state.
  13. [S3690] Harvey Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Butler Co., Kansas, shows married 4 years.
  14. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 22, shows date, as 28th, city, and state.
  15. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Netta L. Glabe, shows date, with date as 29th and county.
  16. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #71401487, Netta L. Glabe.
  17. [S3690] Harvey Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Butler Co., Kansas.
  18. [S3691] Harvey Glabe household, 1920 U.S. Census, White Co., Indiana.
  19. [S3695] Polk's Valparaio City and Porter County Directory, 1924-1925, pg 88.
  20. [S3696] Polk's Flint City Directory, 1927, pg 358.
  21. [S3692] H. S. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Genesee Co., Michigan.
  22. [S3693] Harvey Glabe household, 1940 U.S. Census, Genesee Co., Michigan.
  23. [S3692] H. S. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Genesee Co., Michigan, shows occupation as cook, industry as public school.
  24. [S3697] Los Angeles Directory Co's Monrovia (California) City Directory, 1944 pg 79.
  25. [S12975] Harvey S. Glabe household, 1950 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  26. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 22.
  27. [S3690] Harvey Glabe household, 1910 U.S. Census, Butler Co., Kansas, shows the girl as daughter of Nettie's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  28. [S2979] "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," FamilySearch.org, record for Eugene Irvin Daffern and Laverne Elizabeth Glabe, citing FHL #1939649.
  29. [S7235] Marriage Certificates, State Copy, Michigan, 1941, Wayne Co., no. 570216, Howard Branham and Fern Glabe.
  30. [S7301] David Glabe, Certificate of Birth.
  31. [S3691] Harvey Glabe household, 1920 U.S. Census, White Co., Indiana, shows him as the son of her husband.
  32. [S3692] H. S. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Genesee Co., Michigan, shows him as the son of her husband.
  33. [S13123] Mary Louise Glave, Certificate of Birth.
  34. [S3692] H. S. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Genesee Co., Michigan, shows the girl as daughter of Nettie's husband.