Short Marriage for Louis Wastell and Flora Young

Randy Seavers at Genea-Musings mentioned searching The Library of Congress Chronicling America historic newspapers. What a great reminder to check for new listings! I found that the Daily Public Ledger, Maysville, KY had been added! I know that Louis Wastell had married a woman who lived in Maysville, KY. Maybe I could find out a bit more about them.

From previous research, I had found the marriage of Louis W. Wastell and Flora C. Young, on 15 October 1908, in the database, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1852-1914 on Ancestry.com. The couple was married in Maysville, Mason, Kentucky at the home of Mr. H. C. Young. According to this record, Louis was 36 years old and a farmer from Louisville, Kentucky. Flora was 26 years old from Flemingsburg, Fleming, Kentucky.

Records pertaining to Louis W. Wastell, have his birth ranging from 1860 to 1872. Since the 1870 Federal Census indicates that Louis was 4 years old, it is safe to assume that he was born prior to 1870. The 1900 Federal Census indicates that Flora was born in May 1881 so from my calculations, she would have been 27 at the time of the marriage.

Here is the newspaper clipping from the Daily Public Ledger, Maysville, KY, October 16, 1908:

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Mr. Louis W. Wastell, aged, 36, of Louisville, and Miss Flora Young, aged 26, of Flemingsburg, were married at the home of the bride's brother, Mr. L. H. Young, in West Second street, last evening at 5 o'clock, Rev. F. W. Harrop, Pastor of the Third Street M. E. church, officating.

Prof. Wastell is the popular Director at the Princess Skating Rink, while his bride is a well known trained nurse.

Their friends join in hearty congratulations and good wishes.
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This was not the first marriage for Louis Wastell. In 1900, he had been married to Emma for 2 years and was living in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. I have not yet found their marriage record, a divorce record or death record for Emma. The roller skating reference is interesting. From many other newspaper articles and advertisements, Louis Wastell traveled the region giving skating performances with Louise White who was from Cincinnati, Ohio. Was this a contributing factor to the demise of the subject marriage??? We may never know.

Divorce clipping from the Daily Public Ledger, November 2, 1910:

There was no heading and it was buried among other articles. They were married about 24 months.

Louis and Flora were not living together on the 1910 census. Flora was living with her sister and brother-in-law in Flemingsburg, Fleming, Kentucky and Louis was living in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio and was listed as a lodger.

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Unknown Woman

Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany

The photo was orginially in a collection of photos owned by Theodore Eberle and his wife, Julia Ditt. The woman appears to be wearing a tiara. The photographer is Mans Grotme.

Please leave a comment if you have clues to help solve this mystery.

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Eberle Headstone

Greenwood Cemetery

Brookings, South Dakota

Mary Amelia Dolve Eberle b. 26 Jun 1890 d. 27 Jan 1983

Alfred Max Eduard Eberle b. 8 Oct 1892 d. 16 Apr 1968

Eveleen Montana Kennard Eberle b. 6 Aug 1892 d. 2 Nov 1931

Alfred Eberle was Dean of Agriculture, South Dakota State College 1940-1959.

Eveleen was Alfred's first wife and Mary was his second. Mary died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota. Alfred died in Glendale, Los Angeles, California and was initially buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in California. Eveleen died in Boone, Boone, Iowa. They are buried in Block 7, Lot 110.

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Unknown Woman

It is not known who this woman is or the man in the photo on the table. It is believed that this photo originally belonged to Sadie (Sarah) Kennedy Kennard MacKay. She does not appear to be a Kennedy sister.  She remains a mystery. There is nothing on the front or the back of the photo. The cardboard is 7" x 9".

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Possible Church Women

This photo is a group of unknown women except for Sadie (Sarah) Kennedy Kennard MacKay. She is on the right end in the second row. The photo was probably either taken in Miles City, Montana or in Brookings, South Dakota. The building may be a church because there are stain glass windows. Sadie was a Presbyterian. Leave a comment if you can identify anyone or the location of the photo. The photo may have been taken circa 1930.