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Susan Frances Holdren Allvar

Birth
Delhi, Delaware County, Iowa, USA
Death
11 Feb 1930 (aged 69)
Douglas County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Nelson, Douglas County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Unknown
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Died in Hudson township.
Her obituary states that Frances was buried in the Nelson Cemetery. Her husband John Allvar is buried in the Kinkead cemetery.

Last name of first husband was Myers

Obituary:
MRS. FRANCES ALLVARR DEAD
Cerebral hemorrhage was given as the cause of the death of Mrs. Frances Allvarr Tuesday morning, Feb. 11, at 2:15 o'clock, at the home of her son, Eugene Myers, in Hudson township (Douglas County, MN).
The deceased was born at Delhi, Iowa, Oct. 2, 1860, and was claimed in death at the age 69 years, 4 months and 9 days.
After her marriage in 1876, she moved to Nebraska, which was her home until 1892, when she came to Hudson Township, which remained her home for many years.
In 1899 she was married to John Allvarr ands lived in Alexandria township since that time.
Two children, Eugene Myers of Hudson, and Mrs. Elsie Sommers of Essex, Montana, survive. One son and one daughter preceded her in death. Mr. Allvarr also died some years ago.
Funeral services were held last Friday afternoon at two o'clock from the Free Methodist church, conducted by Rev. E. W. Winn of South Haven, a former pastor here.
Mrs. Earl McArdell sang "Saved by Grave" and "Jesus Saviour, Pilot Me."
Interment was made i the Nelson Cemetery. The Pall bearers were John Wahlstrom, Hans Iverson, Steve Sweet, John Iverson, John Taylor and Alfred Jensen.

Death record naming her father:
Name: Frances Allvarr
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 14 Feb 1930
Burial Place:
Death Date: 11 Feb 1930
Death Place: Hudson, Douglas, Minnesota
Age: 69
Birth Date: 1861
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John Allvarr
Father's Name: Dennis Holdern
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02535-8
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
GS Film number: 2242288
Reference ID: 3835

Will record:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSPP-Y31
Name: Frances Allvaar
Titles and Terms:
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: , Douglas, Minnesota
Schedule Type: Will Books
Source Reference: Will Records Volume N 1920-1945
Digital Folder Number: 004442186
Image Number: 212
Number of Images: 3

Minnesota death index:
Name: Mrs. Frances Allvarr
Name Suffix:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 11 Feb 1930
Event Place: Douglas, Minnesota
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Born in Minnesota:
Record Number: 556897
Certificate Number: 003835
Certificate Year: 1930
File Name: 003835
Affiliate Batch Identifier: NF285DO
Typed or Handwritten: H

Her husband John Allvar, Minnesota death index:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4HF-9CK
Name: John Allvarr
Name Suffix:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 15 Oct 1925
Event Place: Douglas, Minnesota
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Born in Minnesota:
Record Number: 440923
Certificate Number: 003713
Certificate Year: 1925
File Name: 003713
Affiliate Batch Identifier: NF229DO
Typed or Handwritten: H

John Allvarr is Johan Allvarr in 1899.
Subject: ALLVARR (ALLVAN ?), Johan and MYERS, Mrs. Francis (May 10, 1899)
Date: 2 May 2003 22:40:20 -0600

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.

Surnames: ALLVARR (ALLVAN ?), MYERS, FERGUSON
Classification: Marriage

Message Board URL:

http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.douglas/2380/mb.ashx

Message Board Post:

Alexandria Citizen, Thursday, May 11, 1899, page 1, column 2.

At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins Wednesday evening, the 10th, Mrs. Francis Myers and Johan Allvarr [sic] [Allvan ?] were united in marriage, the ceremony being performed by Rev. F. P. Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Allvarr are well known citizens of this place and have the best wishes of their friends. They will make their future home near Geneva Beach.

Transcribed from microfilm copy of newspaper at Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN.

Very possibly Frances Myers in 1895, in Hudson township:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQ6Q-BC5
Name: Mrs. S F Myers
Titles and Terms: Mrs
Event Place: Hudson township, Douglas, Minnesota
Age (Original): 35y
Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Birthplace: Iowa
Race (Original): W
Gender: Female
Line Number: 17
Family Number: 17
Page Number: 3
GS Film number: 000565770
Household Gender Age Birthplace
S W Myers M 42y Penn
Mrs. S F Myers F 35y Iowa
Ida Myers F 17y Iowa
Eugene Myers M 19y Iowa
John Myers M 15y Iowa
Elsie Myers F 7y Neb

Frances Allvarr on the 1900 census:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9S7-G8K

Name: Frances Alvor
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Alexandria Township (excl. Alexandria village), Douglas, Minnesota, United States
District: 29
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Number of Living Children: 4
Years Married: 15
Birth Date: Oct 1860
Birthplace: Iowa
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1885
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother of how many children: 4
Sheet Number and Letter: 5A
Household ID: 87
Line Number: 35
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240762
Digital Folder Number: 004120273
Image Number: 00300
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head John Alvor M 47 Sweden
Wife Frances Alvor F 40 Iowa

Mistake, she married John Alvor (Allvarr) in 1899, not 1885. Maybe that was when she married Myers.

I believe Frances Allvarr was divorced from Webb Myers in Hudson township. He is listed as Divorced, and with children that seem to be theirs together in the 1900 census, right after she remarried Johan (John) Allvarr.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9S7-GMQ?cc=1325221

Name: Webb Myers
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Hudson Township, Douglas, Minnesota, United States
District: 36
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Marital Status: Divorced
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children:
Years Married:
Birth Date: May 1855
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marriage Year (Estimated):
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother of how many children:
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Household ID: 103
Line Number: 87
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240762
Digital Folder Number: 004120273
Image Number: 00459
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Webb Myers M 45 Pennsylvania
Son Eugene Myers M 23 Iowa
Son John Myers M 21 Nebraska
Daughter Ida Myers F 22 Iowa
Daughter Elsie Myers F 12 Iowa

the obituary for Frances indicates that her daughter Ida died before she did. I found a marriage for Ida Myers:
DOUGLAS 10/24/1900
HARDY, LEWIS P
MYERS, IDA

Here Frances Allvar is mentioned in a biography of her father, Dennis Holdren, as Susan Frances Myers.

Dennis Holdren
Poultry Farmer & Business
Earlville Twp.


Dennis Holdren, a well known and valued resident of Earlville, was born in Delaware county, Indiana, on the 14th of October, 1836. He is now in the seventy eighth year of his age but he has not put aside all business cares and is still interested in poultry and active in conducting a business along that line. His parents were George Washington and Elsie Margaret (Shidler) Holdren, who were of French and Scotch descent. Both were born in Athens county, Ohio, and there were reared and married. They had a family of fourteen children, of whom but three are yet living: Dennis, of this review; Mathias, who is still a resident of Delaware county, Indiana; and Sarah, the wife of Edmund Turner, of Earlville.
In his youthful days Dennis Holdren attended one of the old-time schools of Indiana, the little temple of learning being a log building, in which the seats were made of split logs, while goose quill pens were used in writing. On leaving home Mr. Holdren walked from Hartford City, Indiana, across the state to Illinois and on to East Burlington, covering the distance in twenty one days. He then came to Iowa in 1856. For a time he engaged in chopping wood and the next spring he returned to his native county. This was in the year 1857. He had appreciation for the opportunities offered in Iowa and on the 21st of May, 1858, again arrived in this state, taking up his abode in North Fork township, Delaware county, where he engaged in raising sugar cane.
It was not long afterward that Mr. Holdren completed his arrangements for having a home of his own through his marriage on the 15th of December, 1859, to Miss Ellen Smither, a daughter of Joel and Martha (Bailey) Smither, and to them were born twelve children: Susan Frances, now the wife of L. W. Myers of Minnesota; Carrie L., living in Portland, Oregon; George D., who was born in 1863 and is now in North Dakota; Effie, who was born May 5, 1865, and is now in Portland; Ida, a resident of Earlville; Martha, the wife of Frank De Shaw; John Milton, a resident of Montana; one who died in infancy; William Thomas, who died at the age of three months; William August, of Rockford, Iowa: Samuel Tilden, of Manchester; and Dick, also of Manchester.
Following his marriage Mr. Holdren engaged in the cultivation of a rented farm for a time and in 1865 purchased a forty-two acre tract of land in Delhi township. He then sold that property and bought eighty acres in North Fork township, upon which he resided until 1887. He then left that place and for a year thereafter was employed at hauling cream. In 1889 he took up his abode in Earlville, purchasing a block of ground and building a home. The following year he began raising poultry and has since continued in that business, which he has carefully and successfully managed, gaining a good living thereby.
In 1911 Mr. Holdren was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away on the 2d of May of that year, her death being deeply regretted by many friends. Mr. Holdren still makes his home in Earlville, where he is widely and favorably known. In politics he is a democrat and for twenty years filled the office of constable. He has done campaign work for his party and has taken an active and helpful interest in public affairs relating to the upbuilding and development of his section of the state. Working earnestly year after year, he has gained the success which is today his and at the same time an upright life has won for him the goodwill and confidence of those with whom he has been brought in contact.


~ source: History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, Illustrated, Volume II. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914, Chicago. Page 79-80. Call Number 977.7385 H2m; LDS microfilm #934937.
~transcribed and contributed by Constance Diamond for Delaware County IAGenWeb
Died in Hudson township.
Her obituary states that Frances was buried in the Nelson Cemetery. Her husband John Allvar is buried in the Kinkead cemetery.

Last name of first husband was Myers

Obituary:
MRS. FRANCES ALLVARR DEAD
Cerebral hemorrhage was given as the cause of the death of Mrs. Frances Allvarr Tuesday morning, Feb. 11, at 2:15 o'clock, at the home of her son, Eugene Myers, in Hudson township (Douglas County, MN).
The deceased was born at Delhi, Iowa, Oct. 2, 1860, and was claimed in death at the age 69 years, 4 months and 9 days.
After her marriage in 1876, she moved to Nebraska, which was her home until 1892, when she came to Hudson Township, which remained her home for many years.
In 1899 she was married to John Allvarr ands lived in Alexandria township since that time.
Two children, Eugene Myers of Hudson, and Mrs. Elsie Sommers of Essex, Montana, survive. One son and one daughter preceded her in death. Mr. Allvarr also died some years ago.
Funeral services were held last Friday afternoon at two o'clock from the Free Methodist church, conducted by Rev. E. W. Winn of South Haven, a former pastor here.
Mrs. Earl McArdell sang "Saved by Grave" and "Jesus Saviour, Pilot Me."
Interment was made i the Nelson Cemetery. The Pall bearers were John Wahlstrom, Hans Iverson, Steve Sweet, John Iverson, John Taylor and Alfred Jensen.

Death record naming her father:
Name: Frances Allvarr
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 14 Feb 1930
Burial Place:
Death Date: 11 Feb 1930
Death Place: Hudson, Douglas, Minnesota
Age: 69
Birth Date: 1861
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: John Allvarr
Father's Name: Dennis Holdern
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02535-8
System Origin: Minnesota-EASy
GS Film number: 2242288
Reference ID: 3835

Will record:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSPP-Y31
Name: Frances Allvaar
Titles and Terms:
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: , Douglas, Minnesota
Schedule Type: Will Books
Source Reference: Will Records Volume N 1920-1945
Digital Folder Number: 004442186
Image Number: 212
Number of Images: 3

Minnesota death index:
Name: Mrs. Frances Allvarr
Name Suffix:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 11 Feb 1930
Event Place: Douglas, Minnesota
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Born in Minnesota:
Record Number: 556897
Certificate Number: 003835
Certificate Year: 1930
File Name: 003835
Affiliate Batch Identifier: NF285DO
Typed or Handwritten: H

Her husband John Allvar, Minnesota death index:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V4HF-9CK
Name: John Allvarr
Name Suffix:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 15 Oct 1925
Event Place: Douglas, Minnesota
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Born in Minnesota:
Record Number: 440923
Certificate Number: 003713
Certificate Year: 1925
File Name: 003713
Affiliate Batch Identifier: NF229DO
Typed or Handwritten: H

John Allvarr is Johan Allvarr in 1899.
Subject: ALLVARR (ALLVAN ?), Johan and MYERS, Mrs. Francis (May 10, 1899)
Date: 2 May 2003 22:40:20 -0600

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.

Surnames: ALLVARR (ALLVAN ?), MYERS, FERGUSON
Classification: Marriage

Message Board URL:

http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.douglas/2380/mb.ashx

Message Board Post:

Alexandria Citizen, Thursday, May 11, 1899, page 1, column 2.

At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins Wednesday evening, the 10th, Mrs. Francis Myers and Johan Allvarr [sic] [Allvan ?] were united in marriage, the ceremony being performed by Rev. F. P. Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Allvarr are well known citizens of this place and have the best wishes of their friends. They will make their future home near Geneva Beach.

Transcribed from microfilm copy of newspaper at Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN.

Very possibly Frances Myers in 1895, in Hudson township:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQ6Q-BC5
Name: Mrs. S F Myers
Titles and Terms: Mrs
Event Place: Hudson township, Douglas, Minnesota
Age (Original): 35y
Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Birthplace: Iowa
Race (Original): W
Gender: Female
Line Number: 17
Family Number: 17
Page Number: 3
GS Film number: 000565770
Household Gender Age Birthplace
S W Myers M 42y Penn
Mrs. S F Myers F 35y Iowa
Ida Myers F 17y Iowa
Eugene Myers M 19y Iowa
John Myers M 15y Iowa
Elsie Myers F 7y Neb

Frances Allvarr on the 1900 census:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9S7-G8K

Name: Frances Alvor
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Alexandria Township (excl. Alexandria village), Douglas, Minnesota, United States
District: 29
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Number of Living Children: 4
Years Married: 15
Birth Date: Oct 1860
Birthplace: Iowa
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1885
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother of how many children: 4
Sheet Number and Letter: 5A
Household ID: 87
Line Number: 35
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240762
Digital Folder Number: 004120273
Image Number: 00300
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head John Alvor M 47 Sweden
Wife Frances Alvor F 40 Iowa

Mistake, she married John Alvor (Allvarr) in 1899, not 1885. Maybe that was when she married Myers.

I believe Frances Allvarr was divorced from Webb Myers in Hudson township. He is listed as Divorced, and with children that seem to be theirs together in the 1900 census, right after she remarried Johan (John) Allvarr.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9S7-GMQ?cc=1325221

Name: Webb Myers
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Hudson Township, Douglas, Minnesota, United States
District: 36
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Marital Status: Divorced
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children:
Years Married:
Birth Date: May 1855
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marriage Year (Estimated):
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother of how many children:
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Household ID: 103
Line Number: 87
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240762
Digital Folder Number: 004120273
Image Number: 00459
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Webb Myers M 45 Pennsylvania
Son Eugene Myers M 23 Iowa
Son John Myers M 21 Nebraska
Daughter Ida Myers F 22 Iowa
Daughter Elsie Myers F 12 Iowa

the obituary for Frances indicates that her daughter Ida died before she did. I found a marriage for Ida Myers:
DOUGLAS 10/24/1900
HARDY, LEWIS P
MYERS, IDA

Here Frances Allvar is mentioned in a biography of her father, Dennis Holdren, as Susan Frances Myers.

Dennis Holdren
Poultry Farmer & Business
Earlville Twp.


Dennis Holdren, a well known and valued resident of Earlville, was born in Delaware county, Indiana, on the 14th of October, 1836. He is now in the seventy eighth year of his age but he has not put aside all business cares and is still interested in poultry and active in conducting a business along that line. His parents were George Washington and Elsie Margaret (Shidler) Holdren, who were of French and Scotch descent. Both were born in Athens county, Ohio, and there were reared and married. They had a family of fourteen children, of whom but three are yet living: Dennis, of this review; Mathias, who is still a resident of Delaware county, Indiana; and Sarah, the wife of Edmund Turner, of Earlville.
In his youthful days Dennis Holdren attended one of the old-time schools of Indiana, the little temple of learning being a log building, in which the seats were made of split logs, while goose quill pens were used in writing. On leaving home Mr. Holdren walked from Hartford City, Indiana, across the state to Illinois and on to East Burlington, covering the distance in twenty one days. He then came to Iowa in 1856. For a time he engaged in chopping wood and the next spring he returned to his native county. This was in the year 1857. He had appreciation for the opportunities offered in Iowa and on the 21st of May, 1858, again arrived in this state, taking up his abode in North Fork township, Delaware county, where he engaged in raising sugar cane.
It was not long afterward that Mr. Holdren completed his arrangements for having a home of his own through his marriage on the 15th of December, 1859, to Miss Ellen Smither, a daughter of Joel and Martha (Bailey) Smither, and to them were born twelve children: Susan Frances, now the wife of L. W. Myers of Minnesota; Carrie L., living in Portland, Oregon; George D., who was born in 1863 and is now in North Dakota; Effie, who was born May 5, 1865, and is now in Portland; Ida, a resident of Earlville; Martha, the wife of Frank De Shaw; John Milton, a resident of Montana; one who died in infancy; William Thomas, who died at the age of three months; William August, of Rockford, Iowa: Samuel Tilden, of Manchester; and Dick, also of Manchester.
Following his marriage Mr. Holdren engaged in the cultivation of a rented farm for a time and in 1865 purchased a forty-two acre tract of land in Delhi township. He then sold that property and bought eighty acres in North Fork township, upon which he resided until 1887. He then left that place and for a year thereafter was employed at hauling cream. In 1889 he took up his abode in Earlville, purchasing a block of ground and building a home. The following year he began raising poultry and has since continued in that business, which he has carefully and successfully managed, gaining a good living thereby.
In 1911 Mr. Holdren was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away on the 2d of May of that year, her death being deeply regretted by many friends. Mr. Holdren still makes his home in Earlville, where he is widely and favorably known. In politics he is a democrat and for twenty years filled the office of constable. He has done campaign work for his party and has taken an active and helpful interest in public affairs relating to the upbuilding and development of his section of the state. Working earnestly year after year, he has gained the success which is today his and at the same time an upright life has won for him the goodwill and confidence of those with whom he has been brought in contact.


~ source: History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, Illustrated, Volume II. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914, Chicago. Page 79-80. Call Number 977.7385 H2m; LDS microfilm #934937.
~transcribed and contributed by Constance Diamond for Delaware County IAGenWeb


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