Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NamePearl Alice Luke 
Birth24 Apr 1877, Iowa
Death27 Oct 1944, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE
BurialWyuka Cem, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE
MemoSec-16 Lot-6 Sp-8
Misc. Notes
Dau of Albert Stone and Juliette Loraine Luke.
Mrs. Pearl A. Brown when she married Charles
[Obituary]
HITCHCOCK-Mrs. Pearl Alice Hitchcock, 67, 7228 Thurston, died Friday. Surviving are her husband, Charles R. Hitchcock; six daughters Mrs. Bonnie Fine, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Eva Matkins, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Jean Garrison, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs, Clara Sowers, Portland Ore.; Miss Enis Brown, Lincoln and Miss June Campgell, York; two sons, Albert Brown and Earl Brown, both of Kansas, 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral service will be at Roper & Sons, Havelock Chapel. Burial in Wyuka.
Mrs. Pearl A. Brown when she married Charles
[Obituary]
HITCHCOCK-Mrs. Pearl Alice Hitchcock, 67, 7228 Thurston, died Friday. Surviving are her husband, Charles R. Hitchcock; six daughters Mrs. Bonnie Fine, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Eva Matkins, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Jean Garrison, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs, Clara Sowers, Portland Ore.; Miss Enis Brown, Lincoln and Miss June Campgell, York; two sons, Albert Brown and Earl Brown, both of Kansas, 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral service will be at Roper & Sons, Havelock Chapel. Burial in Wyuka.
Spouses
Birth18 Nov 1886, Lexington, Dawson Co, NE
Death8 Jan 1964, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE
BurialWyuka Cem, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE
MemoSection 16, Lot 6, Space 7
FatherWilliam Henry Hitchcock (1852-1924)
MotherEmma May Hensley (1864-1926)
Misc. Notes
Son of William Henry Hitchcock and Emma May Hensley, both born in Illinois.
He is listed as Chas H. Hitchcock (23, NE) in the 1910 Colorado census, as a laborer. It says his marriage to Clara is his first and that they had been married 6 months. He registered for the WWI Draft as Charley R. Hitchcock on 5 Jun 1917 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE. His occupation was listed as a Fireman for the Lincoln Traction Co, and it said he was supporting his wife, children and parents.
Listed with his wife, son and two daughters, plus a step-son, working as a section hand on the railroad in Colorado for the 1920 census.
They apparently moved back to Nebraska before the death of his wife in 1924, and all 3 children were listed in a school at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, Iowa in Jan 1925, as children of Charls Hitchcock.
In 1930 Charles was listed in Wichita, KS and remarried to a woman (50, IA) who was firtt married at age 17. His daughters were living with their uncle, Martin Hitchcock, and Lawrence was living with the family of his half-sister, Sylvia (Warner) Beans.
By 1940 Charles was again in Lincoln, NE with his second wife Pearl (62, IA) and working as a night watchman.
After Pearl’s death in 1944, he was married a 3rd time to Martha Jane Wells, widowed sister of his first wife Clara in 1945.
He is listed as alone and separated in 1950 (64, NE).
Apparently divorced, as he remarried again in 1954 to Althea (Randall) Remington (9 Jul 1884, MO - 1961 Lincoln NE).
[Obituary] Lincoln Star Newspaper - Thurs. 9 Jan & Fri. 10 Jan 1964
"Charles R. Hitchcock, 77, 2644 S. 52nd St., died Wed. Lifelong resident of Nebraska. Survivors, daughter Emma Brandt of Baltimore, MD, Miss Clara of Philadelphia, PA, brothers, Martin H., Lincoln, three grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Services 10 A.M. Saturday, Roper & Sons Chapel, Havelock, Rev. Edward Kezar. Pallbearers, Oscar Pickering, Henry Neiswanger, George Vorhees, Lloyd Hitchcock. Burial Wyuka."
He is listed as Chas H. Hitchcock (23, NE) in the 1910 Colorado census, as a laborer. It says his marriage to Clara is his first and that they had been married 6 months. He registered for the WWI Draft as Charley R. Hitchcock on 5 Jun 1917 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE. His occupation was listed as a Fireman for the Lincoln Traction Co, and it said he was supporting his wife, children and parents.
Listed with his wife, son and two daughters, plus a step-son, working as a section hand on the railroad in Colorado for the 1920 census.
They apparently moved back to Nebraska before the death of his wife in 1924, and all 3 children were listed in a school at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, Iowa in Jan 1925, as children of Charls Hitchcock.
In 1930 Charles was listed in Wichita, KS and remarried to a woman (50, IA) who was firtt married at age 17. His daughters were living with their uncle, Martin Hitchcock, and Lawrence was living with the family of his half-sister, Sylvia (Warner) Beans.
By 1940 Charles was again in Lincoln, NE with his second wife Pearl (62, IA) and working as a night watchman.
After Pearl’s death in 1944, he was married a 3rd time to Martha Jane Wells, widowed sister of his first wife Clara in 1945.
He is listed as alone and separated in 1950 (64, NE).
Apparently divorced, as he remarried again in 1954 to Althea (Randall) Remington (9 Jul 1884, MO - 1961 Lincoln NE).
[Obituary] Lincoln Star Newspaper - Thurs. 9 Jan & Fri. 10 Jan 1964
"Charles R. Hitchcock, 77, 2644 S. 52nd St., died Wed. Lifelong resident of Nebraska. Survivors, daughter Emma Brandt of Baltimore, MD, Miss Clara of Philadelphia, PA, brothers, Martin H., Lincoln, three grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Services 10 A.M. Saturday, Roper & Sons Chapel, Havelock, Rev. Edward Kezar. Pallbearers, Oscar Pickering, Henry Neiswanger, George Vorhees, Lloyd Hitchcock. Burial Wyuka."
Marriage5 Feb 1927, Lincoln, Lancaster Co, NE
Marr MemoRRev. John L. Marshall of the Gospel Tabernacle