I found the family!! I was so excited when the 1940 census record came out this past year so I could learn more about our Loveall family. In looking on Ancestry.com several different searches their family name was not showing up. Why? and where are they? They should be showing up!! I looked yesterday and got really frustrated why can't I find them? Today I thought I would look on familysearch.org to see what is showing up on my family lines the website through the LDS church. I have an account and have slowly added info to their family history site over the past few years. They updated their website this past summer and it is suppose to be better with working with. It is going to work a lot like ancestry.com. If I find a source I can now attach to the family name, just like ancestry, which I have loved working with. On ancestry this weekend I was able to attache several sources to Nathaniel Loveall. In one search for records I found a marriage record for Nathaniel Loveall and Margaret Smith in Nevada in 1965. I'm sure this is his marriage record. Because when I meet him for the first time, He came with his wife and her name was Margaret and they had been married for over 12 years. I was married June 7, 1977. This is a 12 year span in their marriage record. Nathaniel left our family living in Texas some time in 1960, and my Mother married to Charles Turner Sept. 11, 1960. There very few Nathaniel Loveall's recorded in any national records that I have found. So the marriage record I found yesterday is most likely a new connection to the life of my birth father. Still frustrated in my searches the past few days, I could not find any John W. or Nathaniel Loveall on the 1940 census. So today I thought to look on familysearch and review what I have done and what is showing up in their family files. In reviewing Nathaniel Loveall on my family tree, I found two sources listed. The 1940 census and his birth record that I had attached to his name. So excited to find the 1940 census record listed as a source.
| Name: |
Nathanel Loveall
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| Titles and Terms: |
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| Event Type: |
Census
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| Event Date: |
1940
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| Event Place: |
Ward 1, Hannibal, Mason Township, Marion, Missouri, United States
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| Gender: |
Male
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| Age: |
12
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| Marital Status: |
Single
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| Race (Original): |
White
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| Race: |
White
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| Relationship to Head of Household (Original): |
Son
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| Relationship to Head of Household: |
Son
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| Birthplace: |
Texas
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| Birth Year (Estimated): |
1928
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| Last Place of Residence: |
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
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| District: |
64-6
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| Family Number: |
575
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| Sheet Number and Letter: |
24B
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| Line Number: |
66
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| Affiliate Publication Number: |
T627
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| Affiliate Film Number: |
2128
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| Digital Folder Number: |
005460063
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| Image Number: |
00178
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Head
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John W Loveall
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M |
47 |
Arkansas
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Wife
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Anna Loveall
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F |
39 |
Minnesota
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Son
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Samuel Loveall
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M |
18 |
Texas
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Son
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James Loveall
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M |
16 |
Arkansas
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Son
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Nathanel Loveall
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M |
12 |
Texas
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Stepdaughter
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Margery Taylor
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F |
18 |
California
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Niece
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Louise Ann Bertram
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F |
5 |
Minnesota
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From this record I learn they are now living in Hannibal Missouri. John W. has remarried to Anna. Children listed living with the family are Samuel, James and Nathanel, step daughter Margery Taylor and their neice Louise Ann. In a phone interview in 1997, Uncle James Loveall told me he had a brother Joseph that died as a baby and a sister Elorrine, not sure the correct spelling of her name yet? He told me she had died from complication from a surgery, buried in Hannibal Missouri. I have not know where to look for her death record. From this 1940 census I learn she past away before 1940 and is most likely buried in the area of this census. This is a great clue to look for her death record. I have looked for Joseph's birth and death record and have not been able to find it on ancestry. They do not have birth record for the area of Arkansas digitized that I need to look for, so I will check on familysearch.org.
In my phone interview with James he told me that their father had remarried to Anna Taylor and that their were step children added to the family, he mentions Margaret and Louise. and another boy named Sunny man. These are all clues that help to fill in missing pieces. I have since learned that Anna' maiden name is Bertram which explains the niece living with them, and that she married a Taylor.
In 2002, when I was able to go to Uncle James home and find what records I could about the Loveall family, I did find the obituary of our Grandfather John Wesley Loveall from this record I was able to track down his death record. I also found many pictures in the home that were ready to be thrown away. I was able to recover them for our family records. In 2004 I was reading the obt of John W. Loveal and it is listed having a daughter living in Pengilly Minn. that has been over 50 years ago. I called information and was able to track Louise done. She is still living in the same area and able to tell me several things about the family. I mailed copies of all the pictures I had collected and she was able to identify who was in the photos for me. She returned the photos with names written on them. This was very helpful in knowing I had indeed recovered family photos of our Loveall family I have more work to do.
In this obituary 1957 all three sons are still living, I learned his birth information and that he is a Rev. He was of the Pentecostal faith - formerly from Grand Rapid Minnesota.
Who are the five grandchildren? Scott Loveall, Debbie Loveall, don't know who the others are?
I need to contact Louise again and ask her more questions about the family. She married Tony Egerdahl, and maybe the other three grandchildren are hers. As far as I know James and Samuel never had any children. I looked in my research log and I still have Louise phone # It has been going on 10 years since I last talked to her so I hope I find her well and can glean some information from her.
.JPG)
