My Descending from Gov. - D. A. Sharpe

Register Report for William Bradford
Generation 8
that Alberta had left the staff of the University of Chicago Press three months
prior and had joined Rand McNally Company.
Alberta is the relative who provided a good deal of Sharpe ancestry in reply
to my now deceased brother-in-law, Victor Marcus Ehlers, Jr. Vic located
Alberta in Chicago and maintained a correspondence for awhile, and some of
that material fortunately found its way into the database in my files.
She provided the generation-to-generation linkage of the Sharpe family back
to the famous Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford. Vic also was
interested in Willis Sharpe Kilmer, a New York State ancestor who'd left a
large estate in 1941, the final probation of which was still open in the 1970's.
John Elsefer Sharpe of Sharon Springs, New York is the great grandfather of
Willis Sharpe Kilmer and John is my great, great grandfather. Willis and I are
second cousins, once removed.
I made phone contact with Alberta sometime in the 1980's, but, sad to say, I
did not keep up the relationship, nor did I record anything about when we
visited and about what we visited. She would have been in her 70's, age wise
at that time.
54. Donald Allen Sharpe-8 (Dwight Elsefer-7, Sarah Lavenna-6, Lansing-5, Bradford-4, Mary-3,
Mary-2, William-1)[64, 65, 66] was born on 04 Dec 1887 in Ravenna, Portage County,
Ohio[64, 65]. He died on 13 Jan 1960[64, 68].
Notes for Donald Allen Sharpe:
General Notes:
Donald Allen Sharpe's death was reported in the September 12, 1962 letter of Alberta Killie,
his sister, addressed to the law firm in Binghamton, New York that was administering the
estate of Willis Sharp Kilmer.
The Census of 1930 for Don's household in Cook County, Illinois indicated that he had no
military service. That Census indicated the family did not own their residence, but rather
they paid a monthly rental of $100.
Audrie May Palmer daughter of William E. Palmer and Alice J. Platter[83, 64] was born on
06 Mar 1888 in Hicksville, Ohio[64].
Notes for Audrie May Palmer:
General Notes:
Audrie May Palmer was a graduate of the University of Illinois. She was there 1905-7 and
received an Associate Degree in teaching. She was prepared in Englewood, Illinois. She
was at Chicago Teachers' College 1909-10.
She taught in the Chicago Public Schools 1910-11 and in 1913-18. She resided at 6640
Normal Avenue in Chicago. In today's modern world, this is in the northern part of Chicago,
immediately to the west of I-94. Take an exit onto West Marquette Road a few blocks to
Normal Avenue, where you find this address off to the right (north from Marquette). It's a
mile or two on the west side of Lake Michigan. It's about 50 miles from the 1608 Henry
Place address in Waukegan, where our nephew, Mark Andrew Jumper and his family reside.
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