Birth Family

Ida Jane was the daughter of Samuel Jersey Edward Purcell and Artemissa Boone, who were married on 22 January 1848 in Putnam County, Indiana.

Mother, Artemissa Boone, b 22 April 1829 in Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana and d 3 April 1864 in Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa.

Children of Artemissa Boone and Samuel Jersey Edward Purcell

X Daniel Alonzo Purcell, 1848–1935
Charles Purcell, 1850–1939
Mary J. Purcell, 1852–1856
Elizabeth Purcell, 1854–1856
X Ida Jane Purcell, 1856–1946
William Purcell, 1858–1860
Eva Purcell, 1860–1870
Benjamin Pursell, 1862–1870

Marriage and Family

Jesse Custard and Ida Purcell were married on 04 Jul 1876 in Woodbine, Harrison, Iowa.

Currently Known Children of Jesse and Ida Are:

X (1) Effie E Custard, 1877 in Iowa–1962

X (2) Nellie Maude Custard, 1879 in Kansas –1949

X (3) Artemisa "Artie" Frances Custard, 1881 (Sept) in Iowa –1936 / Md Peter B. Jensen July 1903 in Douglas County, NE. Entry 13148.

X (4) Clyde John Custard, 1883 (Dec) in Iowa–1958 , Md Jennie A. Timperley in Dec 1907 in Douglas county. NE. Entry 20158.

X (5) Ivan Walter Custard, 1886 (Aug) in Kansas–1959. Md Anna Tibke in Nov 1908 in Douglas county. NE. Entry 21906.

REQ (6) Howard Charles Custard, 6651822, 1889 (Oct) in Iowa – 1979

X (7) Jesse A Custard, 1891(Dec) in Nebraska –1959. Md Effie Taylor on 11 March 1911.

REQ (8) Blanche Ethel Custard Probst Rhoades, 67786995, 1895 (Feb) in NE –1981. Md Rudolph Probst, 19999206, in June 1918 in Douglas county, NE. Entry 45496. Last sibling surviving.

In 1880, resident of Valley, Phillips, Kansas with husband, Jesse, and daughters, Effie and Nellie.

In 1900, widowed and a resident of Union Precinct, Douglas, Nebraska. Said to be the mother of 8 children with all 8 still living at the time of the cemsus. Residing with her are children Artie (19), Clyde (17), Ivan (14), Howard (11), Jesse (9), and Blanche (5) (Her two eldest children; Effie and Nellie; were already married and living away from home).

In 1910, resident of Union, Douglas, Nebraska, United States with Howard, who was designated as Head of Household.

In 1930, resident of McArdle, Douglas, Nebraska and residing with daughter, Blanche, and Blanche's husband, Rudolph (b ca 1893 in Nebraska and d in or before 1940) with no other listed occupants in the home.

In 1940, resident of Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska and sharing a home with her now widowed daughter, Blanche Probst as sole occupants of the residence.

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Husband, Jesse:

Jesse, b 5 September 1853 in La Grange, Cass, Michigan (unconfirmed). Same unconfirmed source indicates d 4 March 1959. My research indicates Jesse Custard, b ca 1853-1855 in Michigan and appears to have died between 1895 (birth of his youngest child, Blanche and the 1900 census, when Ida is declared to be widowed).

S/O Orrin S Custard and Frances Vanderhoof

Children of Frances Vanderhoof and Orrin S Custard

In 1860, Orin (b ca 1821 in PA), Frances (b ca 1825 in OH) and family were residing in Lagrange Township, Cass, Michigan. In 1870 in Iowa.

Eliza J. Custard, 1845 in MI - . Present in 1860
William P. Custard, 1848 - . Present in 1860
Gideon Shaw Custard, 7732896, 1850 in MI–1919. Present in 1860, 1870
De Rostus Custard, 7732875, 1852-1910. Present in 1860
Jesse E. Custard, 1853 in MI–1959 . Present in 1860, 1870
Morris B Custard, 46533089, 1855 in MI–1925. . Present in 1860 as Maurice. 1870 as Morris.
Frank Custard, 1858 in MI - . Present in 1860, 1870
Arthur Custard, 8409246, 1860 in MI-1926. Present in 1860, 1870
Elbert Custard, 61187765, 1861 in MI-1926. Present 1870

Obituary Reference

CUSTARD, Ida Jane (Mrs.); 89; 3 Apr 1946 OWH morn p 19 @ Mount Hope* @

Burial Date: 4/4/1946

INFO: 7/11/07 COULDN'T FIND IN OLD BOOK
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