VanBibber, Ethel

From the Files of Virginia Aldridge

Daughter of William Albert Van Bibber and Anna Mary Sutton
Born: 29 April 1882 Warrick Co., IN
Died: 27 June 1946 Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IN
Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Warrick Co., IN

CHILD OF ETHEL:
    1. Artie Marie VanBibber + George W. Southwell
        b. 8 November 1896 Indiana
        d. 21 November 1918 Warrick Co., IN
        burial: Wesley Cemetery Warrick Co., IN

Married: 1] 18 September 1900 Warrick Co., IN Bk. 10, page 392
    JAMES WILLIAM CROWE
    son of Harrison Crow and Celisia Malissa Lee
    Born: February 1862 IN
    Died: 5 November 1932 Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IN
    Burial: Shiloh Cemetery Warrick Co., IN

CHILD OF WILLIAM AND ETHEL:

    1. Owen Herschel Crowe + Nora Peggy Wright
        b. 2 June 1902
        d. 29 October 1970
        burial: Townsend Cemetery Warrick Co., IN

Married: 2] 11 January 1934 Warrick Co., IN Bk. 23, p. 154
    HUGH EUGENE CAMP
    son of James Martin Camp and Mary Ann Claspell/ Hanea?
    Born: 20 March 1868 Lynnville, Warrick Co., IN
    Died: 12 November 1938 Boonville, Warrick Co., IN
    Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Warrick Co., IN

Married: 3] 5 November 1939 Warrick Co., IN Bk. 26, p. 19
    SAMUEL COLUMBUS WOODS
    son of John Woods and Rachael Hulcher
    Born: 1 June 1880 Newburgh, IN
    Died: 10 July 1954 IN
    Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Chandler, Warrick Co., IN

SOURCES:
'Register of the Inmates of the Orphans'Home Warrick County, Indiana'
Page 23 VanBibber children admitted to Orphans' Home on 4 May 1891.
Page 28 Ethel VanBibber Bound out to Joseph Cook 16 April 1892 - not documented in Articles of Apprenticeship book and does not say when she was returned.
Page 30 Ethel VanBibber Articles of Apprenticeship page 178 & 179 Bound out to Barbara Link of Spencer Co., IN 21 October 1892; returned 3 December 1894.
Page 40 Ethel VanBibber returned to her relative, James McNeely of Pike Co., IN on 25 April 1895. I do not know how this McNeely family is related to the VanBibber family?? Another puzzle to solve.

Census:
Year: 1870; Census Place: Owen, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: M593_368; Page: 603A; Image: 643; Family History Library Film: 545867. Living with his parents.

Year: 1880; Census Place: Owen, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: 321; Family History Film: 1254321; Page: 353B; Enumeration District: 066; Image: 0108 Living with his parents.

Year: 1900; Census Place: Owen, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: 411; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0153; FHL microfilm: 1240411.
LESLIE, William..head...........W..M..Dec 1836..63...M44.............IN KY NC
................, Nana.....wife..............W..F..Feb 1840..60...M44..6 - 3..IN KY KY
CROW, William..boarder.......W..M..Feb 1862..38..S....................IN IN IN
VANBIBBER, Ethel.servant.W..F..Apr 1882..18....S.1 - 1..........IN IN IN
.........................., Marie...dau...W..F..Apr 1897...3..S..........................IN IN IN

Year: 1910; Census Place: Owen, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: T624_386; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0173; FHL microfilm: 1374399.
William Crow 49
Ethel Crow    29
Hershel Crow 8

Year: 1920; Census Place: Owen, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: T625_473; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 183; Image: 935.
William Craw  58
Ethel Craw     38
Herchel Craw 18

Year: 1930; Census Place: Evansville State Hospital, Vanderburgh, Indiana; Roll: 632; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 47; Image: 1168.0; FHL microfilm: 2340367. William Crow is a resident of the Evansville State Hospital.

Year: 1940; Census Place: Ohio, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: T627_1107; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 87-16.

Obituary:
Marie Southwell Boonville Standard, issue 29 November 1918
William Crowe Evansville Courier and Journal, issue 6 Nov 1932
Eugene Camp Evansville Courier, issue 13 November 1938
Ethel Woods Evansville Courier, issue 28 June 1946
Owen Hershel Crow Evansville Press, issue 30 October 1970

Notes: [vla]
Ethel was in and out of the Orphanage, bound out to first one family then another. On 25 April 1895 just days before her 13th birthday, she was "returned to her relative James McNeely of Pike Co." By 1 April 1896 Ethel VanBibber is back in the orphanage and on 15 April 1896 she was sent to the Poor Farm by order of the County Commissioners.
On the 1900 Warrick Co., IN Federal Census she is listed as a servant in the home of William Leslie. Her future husband William Crow is listed as a boarder in this home. Listed with Ethel is a 3 year old daughter, Marie VanBibber. Full name of daughter was, Artie Marie VanBibber.

George and Artie Southwell are buried beside each other in Wesley Cemetery. The mystery is Artie’s date of birth. When she was first pointed out to me, on the 1900 Warrick Co., IN Federal Census, she is listed born April 1897, and age 3. Her marriage record lists her date of birth as 8 November 1895. Her grave marker lists her date of birth as 8 November 1894. Her record of death lists her date of birth 14 November 1886, states her age is 32, her mother is listed Ethel Van Bibber, no father listed. Now her mother, Ethel Van Bibber was born in 1882, so this can not be correct. I suspect Artie's date of birth is 8 November 1896, as her mother was back in the orphanage on 1 April 1896 and could have been pregnant at that time. Artie's marriage record lists Clint Strong as her father. This is the only document that lists a father for Artie.

Ethel was living in Paradise, Warrick Co., IN, when she married Eugene Camp. He was residing in Boonville and working as a Teamster.

Ethel was living in Chandler when she married Sam. His occupation was listed as WPA.


 
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