Individual Record 1332

Name}   Campbell, Cecil Kenneth Family History} Olson                  
  Title}   Race} White Sex} Male
Birth:   Date} Fam 13 Mar 1904 Place} Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas
Marr.: Date} Fam 1930 Place}     , Griggs, North Dakota     (Link)
Death: Date} Exa  9 Mar 1955 Place} Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota
Burial: Date} Aft  9 Mar 1955 Place} Cooperstown Cemetery, Cooperstown, Griggs, North Dakota
  Grave Marker}  
Source 1} 373 = Geog history
Source 2} 394 = Letter
Source 3} 344 = 1910 USA cen
Source 4} 965 = 1915 ND cen
Source 5} 966 = 1920 USA cen
Source 6} 967 = 1925 ND cen
Source 7} 968 = 1930 USA cen
Source 8} 1269=1940 USA cen
Source 9} 1545=Death record
Source 10}1614=Cemetery rec
Source 11}  
Source 12}  
Parents: } Albert Campbell & Nettie Pauline Haley
   Relationship No.} 474
1st Household No.} 105 = Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota
      Occupation 1} Farmer
       Occupation 2}  
  Religion/Church}  
Spouses:   Prime} Steffen, Myrtle Emily
                              Pfeifer, Gertrude
                              Rheinhart, Mary
 Total Number of} 3
Notes:  Cecil Kenneth Campbell was born 13 Mar 1904 in Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas.  He was the only child of Albert Campbell and Nettie Pauline Haley.  In the 1910 U.S. census, Cecil, 6, was living with his parents on their farm in Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota.  His father was a grain farmer.  The 1910 Tyrol Twp. map shows Albert owning 2 adjacent quarter sections, consisting of 320 acres.  [SW ¼, Sec 14, and NW ¼, Sec. 23] 

Cecil's family is found in both the USA and Kansas census records, Tyrol Twp., from 1910 through 1925.  In 1914, their farmhouse burned down, and his father Albert built a modern house with Delco lights and plumbing.  On 25 Oct 1929, Albert was murdered by a neighbor, John Slabber.

In the 1930 U.S. census, Tyrol Twp., Cecil, 26, is listed as head of household, and owner of the farm.  His mother Nettie, 49, is now widowed.  Living in the household were two helpers, Elizabeth Rogers, 49, born in Ontario, and Marjorie Boltz, 20, born in North Dakota
. Cecil married Myrtle Emily Steffen in 1930.  They had one daughter, Donna Mae.  Myrtle died 8 Nov 1939.  In the 1940 U.S. census, Tyrol Twp., Cecil's mother Nettie was listed as head of the household, which consisted of Nettie, Cecil, and his daughter Donna Mae.  Cecil was listed as farm operator, and Nettie as farm partner.  Cecil had had one year of high school.  Living in the household was Edith B. Leir, 18, a house servant

Cecil married Gertrude Pfeifer in 1941.  She died 17 Sep 1950.  Cecil married again to Mary Rheinhart in 1953.  Cecil died 9 Mar 1955 in Griggs County, North Dakota.  He is buried in the Cooperstown Cemetery, Cooperstown, North Dakota.
Time of Birth}   Time of Death}   Fraternal/Social}  
Baptism Date}   Place}    
Confirm. Date}   Photos} None
Immigr'n Date} N/A Port} N/A
Education: Grade} High school, 1 yr. or Top 2 Degrees}  
Military: Service}                                     for the State of}  
Health Condition}  
  Cause of Death}  
Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock
Date Updated}   4 Sep 2014
Date Created}   9 Aug 1993
Copyright © 2014 by Karen L. Hancock.  All Rights Reserved.

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