Jane - nice hearing from you, and to hear that you enjoyed my Web Site Yes - I mentally thank Great-Grandpa everyday for saving so many things Of course my husband grunchs as I inherited that trait of "saving" from both Grandpa and from my Father - so our house tends to get full and messy. I have a lot more to add, but I don't know how, and my daughter hasn't learned how yet. You may have noticed from the message of mine that you read, that the book, Cemetery Inscriptions, Kay County, Oklahoma, published by the Pioneer Genealogical Society of Ponca City, Okla, is not indexed. The names in each cemetery are alphabetical, so every person with a certain name may not be related, or buried in the same plot, etc. The persons doing the various surveys did make notations of relationships that help. BLACKWELL IOOF Cemetery - in south part of town. Alfred Kersey Jul 19 1866 Jan 15 1945 Albert H Kersey Apr 14 1833 Jan 9 1901 Caroline Kersey Mar 2 1832 Jan 30 1926 Hattie M Kersey Dec 5 1874 Jul 8 1917 Kelly J Kersey Jul 18 1866 Nov 1 1942 Minnie S Kersey Aug 31 1870 Feb 20 1942 I did not find any Regnier in the Blackwell Cemetery so I checked all the other cemeteries for any other Kerseys and/or Regniers and had some success. = = = = = == NEWKIRK Cemetery - 2 miles north on Highway 77, cross over RR to the right. Aro Ellender Kersey Jun 26 1898 Sep 26 1962 Vierling Eli Kersey Nov 24 1868 Mar 20 1953 = = = = = PONCA CITY IOOF Cemetery - south of town on Waverly. Mausoleum Alfred Louis Regnier 1894 1924 (Father) Alta M Regnier 1897 1940 Louis J Regnier 1859 1937 (wife Lulu B) Lulu B Regnier 1873 1953 (Hus Louis J) - - - - Regular Cemetery Clarence C Kersey Aug 9 1912 Apr 30 1976 (common stone with wife LaVonta) LaVonta P Kersey Jan 22 1908 Apr 2 1974 = = = = PRAIRIE VIEW Cemetery - 3 miles south of Tonkawa on Highway 177, 1/2 mile east & 2 1/2 miles south Florence Lee Regnier Oct 24 1885 Jan 11 1920 (Husband A G) = = = = RESTHAVEN MEMORIAL PARK Cemetery - Township 26 in Ponca City Archie C Regnier Apr 23 1885 Aug 29 1969 Dora Regnier Feb 6 1888 Oct 13 1967 = = = = = == TONKAWA IOOF - northwest of town on highways 77 and 66. Joseph H Regnier 1852 1929 = = = == This may be more than you ever wanted to know - but the names are not that common, so they may all be connected. Good Hunting, Bonnie Johnson @ Wichita, Ks, New Web Site Address, http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~grandpasletters/ A collection of 1890-1920 family letters and photographs ----- Original Message ----- From: Jane <jane@merr.com> To: Bonnie Johnson <bonniej@southwind.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:34 PM > Dear Bonnie, > > I'm pretty new to the OKKAY list so I didn't even know you were gone but > I'm glad to hear things are getting back to normal for you. > > I was also wondering if you'd mind doing some lookups for me if you're > feeling up to it. My great-grandfather's brother, Albert H. Kersey, made > the move from Indiana to Kansas with my grandfather and ended up settling > in Kay County, probably Newkirk or Blackwell. I know he's buried in the > IOOF Cemetery at Blackwell because he showed up on a list of Civil War vets > buried in Oklahoma, but I'd like to know if his wife or any of his children > have graves around there. My mom's cousin actually went knocking on doors > down there when she was in the area once but was unable to turn up any of > his descendants. > > Albert's wife was Caroline Heller Kersey. Their children: > Alfred D. Kersey > Kelly J. Kersey > Vierling E. Kersey (I believe he was with the school system down there) > Lulu B. Kersey Regnier > Minnie S. Kersey Regnier > > I'm pretty sure Lulu and Minnie's husbands were Joseph and Louis but I > can't say right now which belongs to which. This family quite often calls > their children by their middle names so they may show up with different > names. Albert may have been known as "Bert". Any information you might > have in your book on these folks that you could pass along would really be > appreciated. > > Jane Becker > Portage, Wisconsin > >

Was wondering if anyone could do a lookup for the 100F oddfellows cemetery outside of Ponca City, OK. Looking for Smedley's. I know there is a Layfette and his wife, but looking for any additional. Thanks in advance. cat

Catherine - only the two are listed - but remember, the book, Cemetery Inscriptions, Kay County, Okla, was published in 1978. PONCA CITY IOOF Cemetery, on south Waverly, E Smedley Jan 14 1857 July 20 1924 L Smedley Jul 7 1848 Apr 5 1911 = = = = I checked for the surname in the rest of the cemeteries in the book, but no success. Also checked in the Regional Kay Co, Ok phone book - none there. Good Hunting, Bonnie Johnson @ Wichita, Ks, New Web Site Address, http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~grandpasletters/ A collection of 1890-1920 family letters and photographs ----- Original Message ----- From: catherine widener <catz@hit.net> To: <OKKAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 11:40 AM Subject: [OKKAY] 100F Cemetery Ponca City > > Was wondering if anyone could do a lookup for the 100F oddfellows cemetery > outside of Ponca City, OK. Looking for Smedley's. I know there is a Layfette > and his wife, but looking for any additional. Thanks in advance. cat > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >