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The Tudgays of Osage County and City, Kansas

1825-50 Unknown but probably emigrated from Longbridge Deverill

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1850-1875 John C. Tudgay
b 1855
d 1935
from England before 1880
John Charles Tudgay
BMD b 1Q 1856, Mere
non further BMD
Carrie M. Meek
b 1856 (Indiana)
d 1889
age 32 yrs, wife of John C
Belle Meek
(Isabel)
b 1853
d 1919
the 1895 Census has her as B C Tudgay
Tudgay
one stone next to Carrie not legible

m 1. Carrie Meek
18 May 1882
m 2. Belle Meek
09/09/1890


Florence Tudgay
m 02 Jun1890
to Ernest Manwarring
Osage County
1875-1900 Walter V/B Tudgay
b 15 Apr 1883
Kansas
d Feb 1965
Kansas
m 16 Oct 1906 to Daisy P Pard
correct name may have been Oard
Daisy Oard b 31 Oct 1882 Jill Orr Oklahoma

Daisy Tudgay,
b 1882
d 1968
? U B Tudgay in 1895 census
Thressa Belle Tudgay
b 1886
female, Kansas, white
m Albert Groff (see Yockey note below)
Mary Tudgay
b 1893
d 1907
1900-1925 John R. Tudgay
b 28 Dec 1907
Kansas
d Oct 1973
Osage City, Osage County, Kansas
m 16 Apr 1933
to Geraldine Winna Hanson
d 12 Oct 1973
(b 14 Oct 1912 d 8 Feb 2006)
will of John R Tudgay in probate records
27 Aug1974, Osage County


Modern Phone Book, etc Mrs John Tudgay, Osage City Jerry Tudgay, Osage City
recent letter on internet
Wanda Elaine Tudgay
m 01/10/1960
to William E Eller
in Osage County


{Osage County, Kansas}The USA 1880 Census for Arvonia, Osage, Kansas, has Jack Tudgay, single white male, born 1856, England (both parents born in England). Living in the household of Joseph G. Booth, a married farmer aged 44, who also had come from England

USA 1895 Census (Kansas State Historical society) -
J C Tudgay b 1855, male, England, white
B C Tudgay b 1856, female, Indiana, white
U B Tudgay b 1883, female, Kansas, white
W V Tudgay b 1883, male, Kansas, white
T B Tudgay b 1886, female, Kansas, white
Mary Tudgay b 1893, female, Kansas, white


USA 1930 Federal Census (Rootsweb extract)

Kansas, Rice, Galt Twp
Tudgay, John C., b 1854
Household
Manwarren, Ernest L., b 1896 - correct name Manwarring?
Manwarren, Florence, b. 1896

Kansas, Osage, Olivet Twp
Tudgay, Walter, b 1883
Household
Tudgay, Daisy, b 1883
Tudgay, John, b. 1908


Some information came from the records of headstones in Osage County (Alpine) and Osage City Cemeteries web link to source
Alpine Cemetery Osage County, Kansas
Headstones
Tudgay, one stone next to Carrie not legible
Isabel Tudgay, b 1853, d 1919
John C. Tudgay, b 1855, d 1935 T
Carrie Tudgay, d in 1889, 32 yrs, wife of John C.
Mary Tudgay, b 1893, d 1907

Osage City Cemetry
Tudgay, Daisy, b 1882, d 1968
Tudgay, John R, b 28 Dec 1907, d 12 Oct 1973
Tudgay, Walter, b 1883, d 1965

Also Osage County Marriage records at web link


Other records

Frances Yockey, 71, Osage City, died Monday, 11 Dec 2000, at a Kansas City, Kan., hospital. Mrs. Yockey had been a real estate agent in Ponca City, Okla., and an apartment manager in Oklahoma City. She was born March 15, 1929, in Osage City, the daughter of Albert and Thressa Belle Tudgay Groff. She lived in Oklahoma City for 10 years before she moved to Osage City two years ago. Mrs. Yockey attended the United Methodist Church in Melvern. She married Charles Ray Yockey on 4 Aug 1946, in Strong City. He died 22 Feb 1984.
Survivors include two sons, Larry Yockey, Melvern, and Garry Yockey, Moore, Okla.; a brother, Charlie Groff, Gardner; a sister, Pearl Green, Osage City; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
web link to source


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