Ella J Lister - Ruth Lister

LISTER - BRATNOBER - MEEKER

Posted By: Steven Jurgens (email)
Date: 3/22/2011 at 01:09:08

I am looking for any info on a Ella J Lister death place an dates – where buried
and her grand daughter Ruth Lister
are there any living relatives etc

History of Hamilton County, Iowa, Volume 2
By Jesse W. Lee, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company

On the 26th of August, 1880, Mr. Lister was married to Miss Ella J. Coppher, whose birth occurred at Mendota, Illinois, on August 9, 1855. She is a daughter of A. B. and Rachel (Meeker) Coppher, the father born in the province of Lorraine, France, his natal day being the 2Oth of May, 1829, and the mother born in Homer, Illinois, on the 24th of November, 1835. Mrs. Lister accompanied her parents on their removal to Alden, Hardin county, this state, in 1865, and completed her education in the public schools of that place. There the mother passed away on October 31, 1869, but the father was living in Williams at the time of his death.
Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Coppher, Mrs. Lister being the eldest. In order of birth the others are as follows: La Fayette, who was born on the I3th of February, 1857, and died six days later; Charlie, who was born July 15, 1860, and died September 15, 1881; Elizabeth, who was born on July 6, 1862, now Mrs. W. H. Milnes, of Clarion, this state; Belle, who was born November 13, 1867, the wife of R. B. Johnson, of Des Moines,- Iowa; and Albert, who was born on the 3Oth of September, 1869, and died on November 14, 1869. The four eldest were born in Illinois, and the remaining ones in Alden. The father, who was a carpenter by trade, erected many of the early residences and buildings in this section of the state.

To Mr. and Mrs. Lister were born two sons. The elder, Charles William, was born on July 12, 1881, and died in Williams township on April 8, 1910. He was married on the 22d of August, 1906, to Miss Elizabeth, who was born on July 6, 1862, who was born in Canada on the i2th of February, 1883, and to them was born one daughter, Ruth Ella Marie, whose natal day was May 21, 1907. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Minnie Lister and her daughter have resided with our subject and wife. A second son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lister on September 23, 1884, but he died at the age of nine days.

She is a daughter of A. B. and Rachel (Meeker) Coppher, the father born in the province of Lorraine, France, his natal day being the 2Oth of May, 1829, and the mother born in Homer, Illinois, on the 24th of November, 1835. Mrs. Lister accompanied her parents on their removal to Alden, Hardin county, this state, in 1865, and completed her education in the public schools of that place. There the mother passed away on October 31, 1869

The 1925 IA State Census shows Ella LISTER in IA BlackHawk WaterlooWD4, with daughter-in-law and granddaughter, and indicates that Ella's son died prior to 1925:

605 [Rhey?] Street

RUTH [Minnie?], 42, widowed, rent, father Ralph BRATNOBER/Ger, mother Minnie ENDRES/Ger

LISTER, Ruth E., daughter, 17, single, father Charles William LISTER/Iowa, mother Minnie BRATNOBER/Can

LISTER, Ella J., lodger, 69, widowed, father A.B. COPPHER/Fra, mother Rachel MEEKER/Illinois

My mother was a Meeker
Her dad Paul Meeker
His dad was William Meeker
His dad was Melville Meeker
His dad was Squire (William) Meeker of Bremer Co IA

Rachel Meeker was Squire’s daughter

Both Mr. and Mrs. Lister are well read and own a carefully selected collection of books, one of their most highly prized volumes being a Bible that has been in the possession of Mrs. Lister's family for three generations

this really what I am looking for - or pictures -anybody know any of Ruth's direct decsendants

but any info would be great