Notes for Robert Lincoln THURTELL

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Notes for Robert Lincoln THURTELL

Robert L. Thurtell and his family are listed in the U.S. Census for 1920 in Washington County, Colorado, SD 2, ED 219, sheet 4, lines 51-55. He is shown as a farmer, age 33, owning his home with a mortgage, in general farming on his own account, born in Iowa, as were both his parents. His wife, Sylvia A., is shown as age 22, born in Nebraska, whose parents were both born in Iowa. Their daughter, Edith E., is shown as 4 1/2, born in South Dakota. Their daughter, Emma R., is shown as 2 9/12, born in Colorado. Their daughter, Florence S., is listed as born in Colorado and age 10/12.

The Social Security death index shows that Robert Thurtell was born January 22, 1886, and died in August 1965. His Social Security number, 522-20-4665, was issued in Colorado before 1951.

Their marriage certificate shows that Robt. L. Thurtell and Sylvia Ann Pierson were married December 31, 1914, at Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, by a justice of the peace. The witnesses were Tony Thurtell and A. S. Hoyt.

The death certificate for Robert Lincoln Thurtell shows he died at home at 382 Ash, Akron, Washington County, Colordo, on August 12, 1965, at 4:10 P.M. The informant was his daughter, Mrs. N. W. Irving, 4912 Harwood Drive, Des Moines, Iowa. It shows he was born on January 22, 1886, in Kingsley, Iowa, the son of Frank Thurtell and Eva M. Minnick, and that he was age 79, a white male, and a retired farmer. It lists his Social Security number as 522-20-4665, and shows he was married. The immediate cause of death was pneumonia, bronchial severe for the prior 36 hours, with cardian decompensation for one week and generalized arteriosclerosis, severe, and other significant conditions of prostatic hypertrophy and C.V.A. The attendant was V. V. Davie, M.D., of Akron, Colorado, who had attended him from April 28, 1964, until August 12, 1965. The death certificate shows Robert Lincoln Thurtell had lived at the same address for 48 years and that he was buried on August 16, 1965, at Akron Cemetery, Akron, Colorado, with the Funeral Director Donne C. Gordon, Akron, Colorado. The death certificate is on file in Washington County, Colorado, file number 17, district 237, reception number 702030.

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