Ester Pearl ACHORD

1876 - 1969  (~ 92 years)

• Name	Ester Pearl ACHORD  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Nov 1876	, Dade, Missouri, USA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Census	11 Jun 1900	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
  ED 1090, pg 16A
  Hyde Park Township, Ward 34, 6513 Ellis Avenue Allen N Phelps Head M 46 Aug 1853 Massachusetts m. 10 yrs. Katherine Phelps Wife F 31 Nov 1868 Missouri 1/1 children Margaurite Phelps Dau F 6 Mar 1894 Missouri Pearl Schafer Boarder F 23 Nov 1876 Missouri Ruby Schafer Boarder F 2 Feb 1898 Missouri Allen is a decorator, Katherine is a dressmaker and Pearl is a nurse.
  Census	21 Apr 1910	Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, USA
  ED 216, pg 8A
  Wahkousa Township, Ward 1, 215 S 6th Street Kathryn Phelps Head F 40 Missouri 1/1 children Margearet Phelps Dau F 16 Missouri Esther Schafer Sister F 33 Missouri 1/1 children Dorthy Schafer Niece F 11 Missouri Ruth Dickson Lodger F 22 Iowa The sisters are both listed as widowed hair dressers in a beauty salon.
  Census	26 Jan 1920	Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, USA
  ED 249, pg 6B
  Ward 6, 12 Johnson Place Katherine Phelps Head F 47 Missouri Ester P Schaffer Sister F 37 Missouri They now own a beauty parlor.
  Died	1969
  Buried	1969	Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, USA
  	Address: Oakland Cemetery Webster County Webster County, Iowa
  Person ID	I14599	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Lt Samuel ACHORD,   b. 31 Dec 1838, , Roane, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 1922, , Dade, Missouri, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Susan Bethina UNDERWOOD,   b. 22 Jul 1842, , Dade, Missouri, USA ,   d. 24 Mar 1906, , Dade, Missouri, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Married	22 Aug 1858	, Cedar, Missouri, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F4209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  I'm not sure what happend with these sisters. They lived together for 20 years and eventually owned a beauty parlor together according to the 1920 census. In 1920, Kathryn is getting married to William Henry in Montana. In 1922, Esther marries Ollie Thornhill in Iowa. Both records use maiden and previous husbands' names. I find William buried in Oregon and the memorial is shared with _sther Searl. I find Esther buried in Iowa under Esther Thornill Searl. So there are a few possibilites. We know that William, Kathryn and Esther were all married more than once. The memorial in Oregon has stick-on letters and most of them are missing. (a) Esther Searl is William's first wife and not an Achord; her burial record has only a birth date. This wouldn't explain the Esther Thornhill Searl in Iowa. (b) Esther Pearl married her widowed brother-in-law but was taken back to Iowa for burial and the cemetery put the wrong wife's name on William's memorial.

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] 1880 Dade, MO, ED 18, pg 23 (219D). E P Achord, son [S2398] 1900 Cook IL, ED 1090, pg 16A. Pearl Schafer [S2399] 1920 Webster IA, ED 249, pg 6B. Ester P Schaffer [S59] 1880 Dade, MO, ED 18, pg 23 (219D). age 3, Missouri [S2398] 1900 Cook IL, ED 1090, pg 16A. age 23, Nov 1876, Missouri [S2169] Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991, (FamilySearch.org), Achord, Samuel. to Susan B Underwood, 22 Aug 1858, Dade County, by G W Murphy, MG.