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Sunday, February 16, 2020

VERTREES sisters, Effie and Ella (Denver CO)

EFFIE and ELLA VERTREES

Identification on photo: Effie Vertrees / Ella Vertrees
Photo taken: Post Studios, Denver CO, late 1890's
Purchased: Kamin's Moment in Time Feb 2020 South Florida Fairgrounds

1880 Census > Missouri > Bernon > Coal
VERTREES, John, 27, born in Ill of KY parents, farmer
VERTREES, Louisa, 21, wife, born in Michigan of Michigan parents, keeping house
VERTREES, Effie, daughter, 2, born in Missouri
VERTREES, Rosa Ella, daughter, 2 mo., born in Missouri

1910 Census > Colorado > Denver > Denver
SCHERER, Henry, head, 35, born in Colorado of German parents, city fireman
SCHERER, Ella, wife, 30, born in MO of VT parents
SCHERER, Louisa, dau, 9, born in CO
SCHERER, Edna, dau, 4, born in CO

Also, on the 1910 Census for Denver CO, the girls' mother Louisa is found living with the Hayden family as a servant (general housework), having split from her husband John. 

In 1918, Ella's husband Henry died at age 44 of pneumonia resulting from Spanish Influenza. This obit was published in the Denver Post, 08 Nov 1918.

Following Henry's death, Ella's mother Louisa came to live with her daughter and grandchildren.

1920 Census > Colorado > Denver > Denver
SCHERER, Ella, head, 38 wd, born in MO of Ill & Mich parents, linen girl in hotel
SCHERER, Edna, dau, 14, born in CO of German & Missouri parents
SCHERER, Frances, dau, 9, born in CO of German & Missouri parentts
VERTREES, Louisa, mother, 60 divorced, born in Michigan of NY & VT parents


Effie Myrtle Vertrees was born in Missouri in 1878 to John Chenowith Vertrees and Louisa Campbell. She married Howard Rusling Horner in Denver, and had a son Howard Chenowith Horner (1898-1960). Effie died in 1916 in Denver.

Mother, Louisa Campbell-Vertrees (daughter of John D Campbell and Ellen Martha Train), born 9 Jun 1859 in Kalamazoo MI, died in Alameda CA aged 82 yrs, 4 Feb 1942.

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