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GEORGE WILLIAM (BILL) GILLETT FAMILY HISTORY |
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Children of Great-Great-Grandparents
Charles A Rodee and Betsy J (Spaulding) Rodee
Sarah Louise (Rodee) Shedden -- Charles Albert Rodee -- Amelia (Betsy) (Rodee) Hart
(parents, Betsy & Charles) -- Caroline (Rodee) Lattimer
| Amelia Elizabeth Rodee | Born: September 18, 1854 at Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan Died: May 30, 1895 of toxemia in the 6th month of pregnancy in Grundy County, Illinois, at the age of 40 Married: Newton Heston Hart on June 29, 1873 at Gardner, Illinois He was born June 28, 1851 in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of William and Jane (Purvis) Hart. Newton Hart died February 3, 1924 at Morrisonville, Illinois. Children: 2 sons and 3 daughters LeRoy Newton Hart Born May 28, 1875 at Robinson, Illinois. He was blind and died there April 9, 1888, at the age of 12. Arthur Heston Hart Born June 19, 1876 at Gardener, Grundy County, Illinois - married Ida Marie Holt February 2, 1897 in Urbana, Illinois - she was born August 13, 1876 in Monticello, Illinois - they were the parents of four children - Arthur Heston Hart died February 14, 1936 in Los Angles, California at the age of 59 - His wife, Ida, died December 27, 1953 at Santa Monica, California at the age of 77 Maude Amelia Hart Born September 5, 1879 at Onaga, Kansas - married Agassiz Bell Walker November 2, 1898 at Monticello, Illinois - Agassiz was born June 15, 1874, in Elvaston, Hancock County, Illinois - they were the parents of seven children - Agassiz died March 4, 1954, in Washington D.C. - Maude died December 11, 1970 at Litchfield, Illinois at the age of 91 Mabel Irene Hart Born November 20, 1881 at Herscher, Kankakee County, Illinois - married (1) Richard Lee Hart April 9, 1900 - he was born November 25, 1876, in Ripley County, Indiana, the son of John and Jemina (Beamer) Hart - Mabel & Richard were the parents of two children - Richard died September 6, 1907 at Millshoals, Wayne County, Illinois at the age of 30 - Mabel then married: (2) Benjamin Harrison Emmons January 24, 1912 at Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois - he was born October 8, 1888, the son of Edward Thomas and Ida Iantha (Davis) Emmons - Mabel & Benjamin were the parents of four children - Benjamin died October 15, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois at the age of 67 - Mabel died October 21, 1961, at Hamlet, LaPorte County, Indiana, at the age of 79 Betty Jane Hart Born September 2, 1884, at Robinson, Illinois - married Roy Wortham October 25, 1904 - he was born in 1879 - they had no children - Roy died in 1954 in Urbana, Illinois, at the age of 75 - Betty died December 20, 1972 at Urbana at the age of 88 |
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| Caroline Amelia Rodee |
Born: June 3, 1857 in Chicago, Illinois
Died: September 2, 1890, of dropsy at Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, only 33 years old. Married: James Nelson Lattimer on April 23, 1879, at Gardner, Illinois. He was born March 31, 1856 at Coal City, Grundy County, Illinois, the son of Silas and Mary (Sawyer) Lattimer. James Lattimer died May 5, 1935, at the age of 79 at Lyons, Kansas. Children: 1 son and 1 daughter Wallace Edgar Lattimer Born November 12, 1881, at Morris, Illinois - married (1) Frances Marguerite Schuler February 28, 1906 - she was born February 3, 1884 - they were the parents of four children Frances died February 18, 1917, at Little River, Kansas, at the age of 33 - Wallace then married(2) Viola Marie Gould June 9, 1920, at Lyons, Kansas - she was born September 29, 1900 - Wallace and Viola were the parents of five children - Viola died January 17, 1975, at Lyons, Kansas at the age of 74; Wallace died February 10, 1989, at Lyons, Kansas, at the age of 107. To read a special story about Wally, go to: Millie Caroline Lattimer Born August 14, 1890, at Eureka, Kansas, and died of spinal meningitis December 17, 1894, only 4 years old. |
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| Charles Albert Rodee |
Born: December 23, 1859, at Morris, Grundy County, Illinois
Died: May 7, 1947 in Emporia, Kansas, at the age of 87 Married: Olive Agnes Cunningham July 20, 1888, at Robinson, Illinois. She was born there November 28, 1871. Olive (Cunningham) Rodee died as a result of childbirth of their fifth child in Eureka, Kansas on July 25, 1905. She was only 33 years old at the time. Children: 2 sons and 3 daughters, all born in Eureka, Kansas Maude (or Mabel) Rodee Born October 2, 1893, and died the same day. Burrill Benjamin Rodee Born September 6, 1894 - married Gladys Rozella Wright December 20, 1918, at Emporia, Kansas- she was born July 25, 1899, the daughter of G.M. and Mary (Talkington) Wright - Burrill & Gladys were the parents of four children - Burrill died at the age of 78 on April 22, 1973, at Lebo, Kansas, as a result of an automobile accident. Mildred Estella Rodee Born December 19, 1896 - mother of one daughter out of wedlock - married Samuel Gage December 19, 1942, at Emporia, Kansas - he was born February 19, 1897, at Reading, Kansas, the son of Hugh and Mary Ann Gage - Samuel died December 11, 1962, at Emporia, Kansas, at the age of 65 - Mildred died August 25, 1986, in Midland, Texas, at the age of 89 Harold Otis Rodee Born November 22, 1899 - married Lucille (Griffin) Robinson August 2, 1941 - she was born June 19, 1901, at Burlingame, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas Albert and Julie Ann (Rollins) Griffin - she was a widow with four children - Harold died February 20, 1982, at Emporia, Kansas, at the age of 82 - his wife, Lucille, died February 4, 1992, at the age of 90. Olive Izara Rodee Born July 24, 1905 - she died six days later on July 30, 1905 |
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| Sarah Louise Rodee | Born: November 8, 1861 at Algonquin, Illinois
Died: September 9, 1909 at Marysville, Kansas at the age of 47 Married: George William Shedden June 4, 1884 at Westmorland, Kansas. He was born December 25, 1859 in Plato Center, Illinois, the son of James and Elmira (Reser) Shedden. They were the parents of six children.George died of diabetes April 18, 1907 in Frankfort, Kansas at the age of 47 Sarah was Bill Gillett's great-grandmother - for more on her life, go to: |
| Infant son Rodee | Born: Sometime after 1862 in either Grundy or LaSalle County, Illinois
Died: at birth |