Rosella Gertrude Keysor ^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Brooklyn, IA on 15 August 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 14, Family 110
Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Rosella Kysor..2..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Brooklyn, IA on June 1880. ¹¹

1880 US Census
Page 481A, Roll 0362
Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Rossella Kisor..Daughter..11..IA

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1885 Iowa State Census in Victor, IA on January 1885. ¹²

1885 Iowa State Census
Page 19, Line 5, Family 1
Victor, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Township 80, Range 13, Section 20; SE-NW
Rosetta G. Keison..16..IA..Poweshiek County

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Warren Township, Poweshiek County, IA on January 1895. ⁴

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 778, Line 3, Family 1
Warren Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Rose G. Connell..26..Poweshiek, IA..Dunkard

(Living with husband and 2 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Victor, IA on 12 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 110, Family 70
Victor, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 11 years
Rosella G. Connell..Wife..Aug 1868..31..IA..3/3

(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Warren Township, Poweshiek County, IA on April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 127, Family 106
Warren Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Rose Girtrude Connell..Wife..41..IA

(Living with husband and 4 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Warren Township, Poweshiek County, IA on January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 139, Family 97
Warren Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Rose Connell..Wife..51..IA

(Living with husband, 2 children, and mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Warren Township, Poweshiek County, IA on April 1930. ⁸

1930 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 28, Family 82, Roll 680
Warren Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Rose G. Connell..Wife..61..IA

(Living with husband and widowed mother.)

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• Her obituary was published in the Brooklyn Chronicle in December 1954 in Brooklyn, IA.

¹³ Last Rites Held For Mrs. Connell

Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Connell, 86, were held last Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the Church of the Brethren in charge of the Rev. Earl Deardorff, pastor, assisted by S. J. Epler, minister of the Madison Church of Christ. Mrs. District Bartachek, at the piano, accompanied Mrs. O. O. Montgomery and Mrs. Don Anthony singing two selections. Interment was in I.O.O.F. cemetery with Fred Willet, Frank Swatosh, Henry Manatt, Gerald Manatt, Cecil Brannian and Ray Robey serving as pallbearers.

Native of Brooklyn.

The daughter of George and Tamar Keysor, Rosella Gertrude Keysor was born August 17, 1868 in Poweshiek, Brooklyn, Iowa and died Dec. 21, 1954 in a Grinnell hospital where she had been a patient for several weeks. She was married Dec. 20, 1888 to Lloyd Connell who preceded her in death Nov. 28, 1935. Four children were born to the couple; Glen Connell and Mrs. Harvey (Ina) Jones of Brooklyn; Mrs. W. J. (Gertrude) Siemans of Seattle, Wash. and a son, Harold, who died July 8, 1922.

After graduating from Brooklyn High School she taught in public schools for a year and took part in many community debating teams. Mrs. Connell was active in the Brethren church until her illness in July.

Survivors include her three children, one sister, Mrs. George Lyman of Brooklyn; seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

(Source: Brooklyn Chronicle, Brooklyn, Iowa, Dec 1954)
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• She was buried on 23 December 1954 in the Brooklyn Memorial in Brooklyn, IA.

Plot: Block VIII lot 26
Find A Grave Memorial #82112228
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Rosella married Lloyd David Connell, son of Benjamin Franklin Connell and Hannah Belle Swaidner, on 20 December 1888 in Brooklyn, IA.^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8} (Lloyd David Connell was born on 29 December 1863 in Columbiana County, OH,^{3 4 5 6 7 8 14} died on 28 November 1935 in Brooklyn, IA ^{2 3 14} and was buried on 1 December 1935 in Brooklyn, IA ^{2 14}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Warren Township, Poweshiek County, IA on January 1895. ⁴

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 778, Line 3, Family 1
Warren Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Loyd D. Connell..31..OH..Farmer..Dunkard
Rose G. Connell..26..Poweshiek, IA..Dunkard
Glenn A. Connell..3..Poweshiek, IA
Gertrude Connell..1..Poweshiek, IA
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Victor, IA on 12 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 110, Family 70
Victor, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 11 years
Lloyd Connell..Head..Dec 1863..36..OH..Farmer
Rosella G. Connell..Wife..Aug 1868..31..IA..3/3
Glenn A. Connell..Son..Aug 1891..8..IA..At School
Gertrude M. Connell..Daughter..Dec 1894..5..IA
Ina M. Connell..Daughter..Jan 1899..1..IA
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Warren Township, Poweshiek County, IA on April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 127, Family 106
Warren Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Lloyd Connell..Head..46..OH
Rose Girtrude Connell..Wife..41..IA
Glen Alton Connell..Son..19..IA
Girtrude Maud Connell..Daughter..15..IA
Eva Mae Connell..Daughter..11..IA
Hearald Benjiman Connell..Son..6..IA
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Warren Township, Poweshiek County, IA on January 1920. ⁷

1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 139, Family 97
Warren Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Lloyd D. Connell..Head..56..OH
Rose Connell..Wife..51..IA
Ina Connell..Daughter..20..IA
Harald Connell..Son..16..IA
Mrs. Keysor..Mother-in-law..80..OH..Widowed
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Warren Township, Poweshiek County, IA on April 1930. ⁸

1930 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 0028, Family 82, Roll 680
Warren Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa
Lloyd Connell..Head..66..OH
Rose G. Connell..Wife..61..IA
Tamar Keysor..Mother-in-law..90..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

Lloyd David Connell was born on December 29, 1863 in Columbiana Co. OH. In early childhood he moved with his parents to Brooklyn, Iowa, where they resided a few months and then removed to the Connell homestead. He received his education in the rural school.

He was married to Rozella "Rose" Gertrude Keysor (daughter of George Keysor and Tamar Ruth Chambers) on December 20, 1888.

Rose was born on August 17, 1868 in Poweshiek Co. IA. Her mother came with her parents from Indiana in 1865 and married her father on March 15, 1866. They had four children: Rose, Maude, a daughter who died in infancy and Frank, who died at the age of 19. Her father died in 1908 and her mother died at Rose's home in 1934. She was a graduate of Brooklyn High School in 1887. She taught in the public schools for a year and was involved in the community debate teams.

After marriage they made their home on a farm near Carnforth. They moved to their farm in 1894 and resided there 40 years. Lloyd served as township clerk and school treasurer for many years. Both Lloyd and Rose were active in the Church of the Brethren, Lloyd serving as deacon.

Lloyd died on November 28, 1935 in Poweshiek Co. IA. He is buried in the Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery, Brooklyn, IA. Sec. 9, Row 2. Funeral services were Dec. 1st at the Church of the Brethren conducted by Dr. S. B. Miller of Cedar Rapids, assisted by Rev. W. Elkenberry of Dallas Center.

Rose died on December 21, 1954 in Grinnell Hospital, Grinnell, IA. She had been a patient for several weeks. She was buried in Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery, Brooklyn, IA. Sec. 9, Row 2. The funeral was held at the Church of the Brethren, Brooklyn, with Rev. Earl Deardorff, assisted by S. J. Epler of the Madison Church.

Lloyd David Connell and Rozella "Rose" Gertrude Keysor had the following children:

i. Glenn Alton Connell (born on August 30, 1891).
ii. Gertrude Maude Connell (born on December 18, 1894).
iii. Ina Mae Connell (born on January 10, 1899).
iv. Harold Benjamin Connell was born on July 14, 1903

(Source: Ancestry.com, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~connell/index38.htm, Accessed 9 Feb 2014)
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CONNELL-KEYSOR --
Married at the residence of the bride's parents, Thursday, Dec. 20th. Rev. Hopwood officiating, Lloyd Connell and Rose G. Keysor. Only the immediate friends of the family were present to witness this happy union of hearts. Both are young people, well known in this community and their large circle of friends will invite in wishing them a long life together of happiness and prosperity.

(Source: Brooklyn Chronicle, Brooklyn, Iowa, 1888)
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From Ferne Norris; Lloyd Connell was a farmer east of Brooklyn and Rose a busy midwife who delivered many local babies. A lovely picture of her and an interview from The Brooklyn Chronicle shows her to be an attractive and evidently interesting lady. Harvey Jones, with whom she lived in her later years, said she was a wonderful mother-in-law.
(per Dannell Hopkins, http://www.geocities.com/danni_74932/)
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