Obituary : Katie (Metzner) Kile (1873-1895), Jay County, Indiana

Evangelical Messenger
January 22, 1859, page 59

KILE - Katie Kile, daughter of W. and W. Geo. Metzner, was born in Jay Co., Ind., March 25, 1873, and after an illness of four weeks, departed this life at her home in Portland, Ind., Jan. 1, 1895, aged 21 y., 9 m. and 4 d.  She leaves to mourn her loss husband, mother, one sister and two brothers.  She joined the Ev. Association about two years ago and was a faithful worker and always ready to advance the cause of Christ.  Funeral services were held by the writer.  E. J. Thompson.

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I have not yet placed Katie in my Metzner family in Jay County.  Did locate her marriage record on September 27, 1894 in Jay County, Indiana to Henry Kile.  Henry was born September 19, 1862 in Marion County, Ohio and died September 15, 1933 in Jay County, Indiana.  Both are buried at the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana.

Divorce Notice : Ida B. Hancock v. Samuel J. Hancock, Monroe County, Indiana (1894)

Bloomington World
Bloomington, Indiana
April 26, 1894, page 3

Located this notice of the filing of the divorce of Ida B. (Davis) Hancock (1874-1900), my maternal 2nd great-grandmother.  This is the first time I've seen her name with a middle initial of "B".

New Suits Filed :  The following suits have been filed since the last term of court:.....Ida B. Hancock vs. Samuel J. Hancock, Divorce.  

I've not been able to locate a copy of the divorce record yet. Several years ago I wrote requesting a copy of it, but was unsuccessful.  I may need to pay a courthouse visit.  Now that I have a better date of the filing, I might have better luck in finding the record.

A letter in my files on Ida states they filed for divorce May 1894, were married August 27, 1892 and lived together until February 3, 1893, when he abandoned her. For past two years she was a resident of Bean Blossom Township.

Will continue my search for more on Ida's short life.

Admixture - Eurogenes - Eileen

Used the free tools at Gedmatch.com to compute the admixture of Eileen's DNA using the Eurogenes K13 project.  Admixture is when two or more previously separated populations interbreed.  The Eurogenes project is for those with primarily European ancestry, and more detail can be found at the Eurogenes Genetic Ancestry Project blog.

Population  

North_Atlantic 44.69%

Baltic                 24.31%

West_Med         17.01%

West_Asian        6.64%

East_Med           4.91%

Red_Sea             0.25%

South_Asian       1.52%

East_Asian -    

Siberian -    

Amerindian         0.22%

Oceanian            0.44%

Northeast_African -    

Sub-Saharan -    

This gives an interesting picture of Eileen's deep ancestry, with slight traces of Native American not picked up by 23andMe.