[Genealogy] Grandma's 1959 Lake Trip, Recent Tips, Full-Text Search, Consultations, and More

Tue Dec 16 19:54:37 CST 2025

In this issue:

**Who Drove Grandma Around the Lake in 1959?
**Recent Tips of the Day
**Consultations
**Revised Full-Text Searching at FamilySearch webinar

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Who Drove Grandma Around the Lake in 1959?
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Mrs. Luella Barnett drove Mrs. Cecil Neill around the Carthage Lake in
September of 1959. That’s what the clipping “Surprise Family Get-Together”
says.
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A reader wondered if the driver of the car was actually Luella Barnett’s
husband and not her. Perhaps he was in the car and he just wasn’t
mentioned. It was a good thought as newspapers aren’t always clear and
newspapers aren’t always right.

It would be possible except for one thing: he was dead. Cecil Barnett (not
to be confused with his brothers-in-law Cecil Neill or Cecil Trautvetter)
died in the early 1950s. Luella Barnett was a widow at the time of this
party.

The other women were not. They were all married in 1959. Even if I did not
know when the deceased individuals in this notice died, the marital status
is suggested by the way in which couples and married women are listed.
The *Warsaw
Bulletin* during this time (and much of it’s time in print) appears to have
followed the convention of listing a woman as Mrs. John Smith as long as
John is alive and listing a woman as Mrs. Imasingle Barnett when John is
deceased or they are divorced.

Are there occasional exceptions to this rule? Obviously. There are
exceptions to every rule. However as an initial working premise, I start
with assuming Mrs. Husbandname Smith is married to her living husband if
she is referred to as Mrs. Husbandname Smith in a document or record. I
assume that Mrs. Ladiesname Smith is widowed or divorced if she is referred
to as a document or record as that fashion.

I make a note of my conclusions and include the “Mrs. Husbandname Smith” or
“Mrs. Ladiesname Smith” reference as my source. This is not done so much as
to evaluate the source as it is to know why I concluded her spouse was
living or not in the picture on a given date.

Like most references of this type, the relationships of the individuals (if
any) are not given. That’s largely because most people who had an interest
in the item and were reading it likely knew what those relationships
already were. Those relationships were (based upon the order in which
attendees were listed):

   - uncle and aunt
   - nephew and his wife
   - grand-nephew
   - brother and his wife
   - nephew and his wife
   - brother and wife
   - husband and self
   - two sons
   - oldest son’s fiance

Mrs. Luella Barnett is not listed as among attending, but obviously she was
there. Mrs. Cecil Neill (Grandma) is specifically listed and that also
seems obvious.

Grandma’s other sister is noticeably absent. She was still alive at the
time and in good health, living near their brother Cecil. She did not
drive, but was married and does appear in attendance at other family
functions.

Grandma’s birthday is not mentioned, but it was September first. The day of
Grandma’s surprise party was September the 6th.

Of course, there wasn’t anyone around to call Mrs. Cecil Neill “Grandma” in
1959. It would still be a few years before that would happen. And few
called her “Ida” anyway.

She was “Idee.” Always “Idee.”

But Mrs. Idee Neill looks a little strange in print.

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