New, 12 December 2004

541. ANNA FLORENCE "Flora" KONKLE⁵ (Isaac R. Konkle⁴, Mary Read³, John Read², Joseph Read¹), was born 7 December 1863 in Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey (Fretz 1908) and died unknown. Fretz (1908) gives her name as Florence. She appears on the 1870 census as Anna F, on the 1880 census as Annie F., on the 1900 census as Florence, and on the 1910 and 1920 census as Flora. Flora appears to have been her preferred name as an adult. She appears on the 1870 and 1880 census as a resident of her parents household. According to the 1880 census she attended school during the census year (1870 United States Federal Census, Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, page 148B, 2 August 1870; 1880 United States Federal Census, Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, pages 388D-389A, 4 June 1880). Although her brother attended Blair Academy, Flora did not. She is not listed among the Blair students in an 1898 reunion booklet. Her brother Andrew is listed among the students (Anon 1898).

Flora married on 26 January 1883, Theodore Wilson (Fretz 1908). Theodore was born 21 October 1856 and died 7 September 1926 (Ruether n.d.). The 1887 Warren County History and Directory lists Theodore Wilson, farmer, as a resident of Hardwick Township. His post office was Marksboro, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County (Weaver and Kern 1887). The 1900 census lists Theodore and Florence Wilson as residents of Hardwick Township. They lived on a farm, which they owned (but with a mortgage). Florence's parents were listed adjacent to the Wilsons of the census. The Wilsons had been married 16 years (an error on the part of the census, they had actually been married 17 years) and were the parents of two children, both of whom were living in 1900 (1900 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 187, Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, page 2B, 5 June 1900).

Theodore and Flora Wilson were the parents of 2 children, who were born between 1885 and 1897. They had at least 3 grandchildren, who were born between 1917 and 1923. Total identified descendants equals 5.

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CHILDREN OF ANNIE FLORENCE KONKLE and THEODORE WILSON:

1187. (i.) NELLIE MAY WILSON⁶, was born 14 September 1885 possibly in Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey (Fretz 1908, Weaver and Kern 1887) and died unknown. She resided with her parents in 1900 on their farm in Hardwick Township. According to the census she had attended school for six months during the 1899 - 1900 school year (1900 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 187, Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, page 2B, 5 June 1900). In 1908, she resided in Blairstown Township, Warren County, New Jersey and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Blairstown (Fretz 1908). She was not a resident of her parents home in 1910 (1910 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 129, Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, sheets number 1A-1B, 15 April 1910)

1188. (ii.) MYRTIE IRENE WILSON⁶, was born 24 April 1897 in New Jersey and died unknown. She appears on the 1900 census as a three year old child living with her parents and older sister Nellie on the family farm in Hardwick Township (1900 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 187, Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, page 2B, 5 June 1900). In 1908, she was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Blairstown (Fretz 1908). She resided with her parents and grandmother Konkle in 1910 on a farm in Hardwick Township, and she attended school (1910 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 129, Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, sheets number 1A-1B, 15 April 1910). Myrtie married circa 1917, William R. Ruth. He was born circa 1895 in New Jersey. In 1920, the couple was listed adjacet to Myrtie's parents on the census. They lived in Hardwick Township with their young son Frederick. While Myrtie's father was still a farmer, William Ruth was a lumber contractor. According to the census he was an employer (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 157, Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, sheets number 2A, 9 January 1920). By 1930, William and Myrtie had moved to a farm in Blairstown Township. William was no longer working in the lumber business, he had turned to farming. They owned their farm, but no value is given in the census. The couple had three children by 1930: Frederick, Willard, and Raymond. Twenty-three year old William Sebling boarded with the family and worked as a farm hand on the farm (1930 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 21-4, Blairstown Township, Warren County, New Jersey, sheet number 12B, 18 April 1930). Children of Myrtie Wilson and William Ruth:

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