| Last Edited | 24 January 2002 00:00:00 |
| Name | Minnie was also known as Minnie Spittler. |
| Marriage | She married Izac Spittler. |
| Daughter | Mary A. Spittler+ |
| Last Edited | 24 January 2002 00:00:00 |
| Marriage | Bothwell married. |
| Son | Fred Bothwell+ |
| Last Edited | 24 January 2002 00:00:00 |
| Note | Ezekle Colvin owned a farm and raised cattle. In the fall of 1879 Ezeklewas killed while riding in the caboose of a cattle train with a number ofother cattlemen. The train he was in had stopped for water and had failedto put out a flag to warn other trains that they were stopped in thedense fog. The second train ran into them., killing the two men andinjuring others. Ella Colvin was left a widow with a two year old son, Be. |
| Marriage | Ezekle Colvin married Ella Willson in 1875, in Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri, USAG. |
| Death | He died in 1879. |
| Son | Benjamin Russel Pollock Colvin+ b. 18 December 1877, d. July 1962 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Ella Willson was also known as Ella Colvin. |
| Name | She was also known as Ella Pollock. |
| Birth | She was born, in New York, USAG. |
| Biographical Note | Ella Willson and twin brother, Ernest R. were born in New York. Their parents, who were of English descent had eight children. Their father, a turner, made all kinds of fancy tops, legs, and decorations for furniture and house trim. Ella married in 1875, at Rock Port, Missouri, to Ezekle Colvin, who owned a farm and raised cattle. See more about Ezekle. In the fall of 1880 Ella and her son, Ben, accompanied her brothers,Walter and Ernest to the Black Hills. There Ella established a boarding house for miners and prospectors at Strawberry Gulch. The week before Christmas 1882, Ella and Ben started east on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad to visit relatives. A heavy snow storm caused them to be snowbound at Pierre, South Dakota for several days. While confined in Pierre, Ben became very ill with pneumonia. Albert Pollock came to Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1877 from Nova Scotia, and was the proprietor of the first established photograph gallery in the town. He was en route home for the holidays, and also became marooned in Pierre. Albert and Ella became acquainted and he was good help in caring for her sick son. When the train returned to Deadwood, they decided to go back with it. On the 6th of September, 1883 they were married in Deadwood, by R.H. Dallivin, a Methodist minister. Albert and Ella took their wedding trip to Nova Scotia via boat from New York. They spent a month or so with his relatives, and were given a set of Syracuse china. In the fall of 1886, they sold the photography shop and moved to Wyoming. Albert Pollock filed on a homestead on the Belle Fourche River, three miles below Hulett, Wyoming. He and his brother-in-law, Warter Willson, bought cattle to stock the ranch. In the terrible winter of 1886 and1887, when cattle froze to death near hay stacks, they lost all but forty head. Albert and Ella lived on the homestead until 1897 when they sold to Mr. Soyster, and moved back to Deadwood, South Dakota. Albert passed away in August, 1899, after nearly two years of suffering from cancer. He was a Mason and a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Ella Pollock continued to live in Deadwood until February 1927, when she moved to Alva, Wyoming to make her home with her son Ben and Lana. She passed away the 17th of April, 1927, and was laid to rest in the Alva Cemetery beside her twin brother, Ernest R. Willson. Ella Covin Pollock was proud of her handsome Point Lace which was exhibited at the 1893 Word's Fair.2 |
| Marriage | She married Ezekle Colvin in 1875, in Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri, USAG. |
| Marriage | She married Albert Pollock on 6 September 1883, in Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USAG. |
| Death | She died on 17 April 1927 in Alva, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG. |
| Burial | She was buried in Alva Cemetery, Alva, Crook County, South Dakota, USAG. she was laid to rest next to her twin brother, Ernest R. |
| Son | Benjamin Russel Pollock Colvin+ b. 18 December 1877, d. July 1962 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Note | Albert Pollock came to Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1877 from Nova Scotia,and was the proprietor of the first established photograph gallery in thetown. He was en route home for the holidays and became snowbound andmarooned in Pierre, South Dakota. Albert became acquainted with EllaColvin and he was good help in caring for her sick son. When the trainreturned to Deadwood, they decided to go back with it. On the 6th ofSeptember, 1883 they were married in Deadwood, by R.H. Dallivin, aMethodist Minister. See the account of of their lives on Ella's moreabout. This account was copied from the book 'Pioneers Of Crook County1876-1920, by Crook County Historical Society, Crook County, SouthDakota, copyright 1981. |
| Marriage | Albert Pollock married Ella Willson on 6 September 1883, in Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USAG. |
| Death | He died in August 1899 in Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USAG. Unknown GEDCOM info: Cancer. |
| Last Edited | 9 March 2007 00:00:00 |
| Name | Rachel Hoffman was also known as Rachel Mahoney. |
| Marriage | She married Stephen Mahoney, Sr.. |
| Father | James Roop |
| Mother | Elizabeth Jane Burk |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Luvenia 'Lucy' Ellen Roop was also known as Luvenia 'Lucy' Ellen Delung. |
| Note | Bessie 'Bessie' Lou Lebensburger-Monico lived with her grandmother and grandfather, Luvenia 'Lucy' Ellen (Roop) Thomas Russell DeLung for several years. |
| Birth | She was born on 30 June 1870, in McDonald, Fayette County County, Virginia, USAG.1 |
| Marriage | She married Thomas Russell Delung son of Samuel T. Delung and Mary Jane Burnet, on 27 December 1887, in Bush Creek, Montgomery County, Virginia, USAG.1 |
| Death | Luvenia 'Lucy' Ellen Roop died on 25 February 1948 in West Virginia, USAG.1 |
| Burial | She was buried in Peter's Cemetery, Dothan, Fayette County, West Virginia, USAG.1 |
| Daughter | Mary Elizabeth Bessie 'Aunt Betsie' Delung+ b. 17 January 1889, d. 1991 |
| Son | James 'Dink' Marvin Delung+ b. 19 September 1891, d. 14 May 1949 |
| Daughter | Willi Mae Willis 'Aunt Will' Delung+ b. 18 July 1894, d. 9 March 1949 |
| Daughter | Bonnie Benture 'Aunt Bon' Delung+ b. 10 June 1895, d. 10 November 1988 |
| Daughter | Goldie Jean Delung+ b. 6 July 1903, d. 24 November 1968 |
| Son | Hogge Bernard 'Brisko' 'Uncle Doc' Delung b. 11 May 1905, d. 22 August 1981 |
| Son | John Russel Delung+ b. 27 April 1910, d. 14 August 1974 |
| Father | George Nielsen b. 1861, d. 1928 |
| Mother | Lulu Amanda French b. 12 August 1877, d. May 1976 |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Death | Arlo Nielsen died in 1952 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, USAG. |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Birth | George Merlin O'Haver was born in November 1909, in Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG. |
| Last Edited | 13 April 2024 16:00:05 |
| Name | Mildred Taylor was also known as Mildred Nielsen. |
| Death | She died in 1951 in Alva, Crook County, Wyoming, USAG.1 |