Lydia Ellen Moore was born to Benjamin B. Moore and his wife Sarah (Randol) Moore on 11 June 1859 in Fillmore, Iowa, Iowa. Filmore is now known as North English. Lydia went by the name of "Ella."

Ella's family moved from Iowa to Missouri for a few years and then on to Kansas. The Moore family settled in Clyde, Cloud, Kansas where Ella met and married Florence Joseph Derse (who went by the name of "George Dersey"). Ella and George were married in Clyde,Cloud County, Kansas on 13 March 1878. Around the year of 1893, the Derse family moved to Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado. According to the 1900 US Census, Ella states she was the mother of 6 children, but only two were living.

Known children of Ella and George Derse:

1. STILLBORN INFANT (born and died on 11 July 1878)

2. CHARLES LOUIS DERSE -- born 17 August 1879 in Clyde, Cloud, Kansas; died 1 Feb. 1925 in Los Angeles, Los Angles, California; married Eliza Bell Fawcett.

3. INFANT DERSE -- died 9 December 1880.

4. INFANT (boy) DERSE -- died 10 Sep 1885 in Belleville, Republic, Kansas.

5. FLORENCE ELLEN DERSE -- born 19 November 1898 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; died 14 November 1970 in Spokane, Spokane, WA; married George F. Vogel, Jr.

6. FRANK GEORGE DERSE -- born 14 December 1900 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado; death date 9 March 1963 in Imola, Napa, CA). Note: Frank George Derse spelled his last name as "Dersee," probably because that is how the last name is pronounced, but the correct way of spelling the last name is Derse (it's a French name).


Ella Derse died on 12 December 1903 from pneumonia. She was taken, before her death, to the Pueblo Hospital where she was there for 2 days prior to her death. She is buried in an unmarked grave at the Mountain View Cemetery in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado in the East Lot 14, Block C, Space 4.

Ella's husband George died 11 years after her. He died at his brother Anthony George Derse's home (on a visit) to Kansas and was buried there in Kansas. George is not buried next to his wife Ella in Colorado.