Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Rhoda Beatrice (Dowding) (Rouse) Shellhorn, 7 South 50 West
In 1881 Exmoor, Somerset, England, Thomas Dowdins is 40, Mary 35, with William 10, Martha M. 8, adn Sarah J. 6. Also with them are William Dowding 77 and Anthony Hustable, 65 - perhaps their parents.
One tree said she was born January 22, 1882 at Simonsbath, South Molton, Devon, England.
In 1885 Leavenworth, Kanss, Thos Dowding is a stone mason, 45, with Mary 41, Wm. `14, Mary 13, S. J. 12, and Rhoda 3.
Next household is Wm. Dowding 49, with sons Wm. Jr. 14 and Thos. 10, a afarmer.
In 1900 Leavenworth, Kansas, Beatrice, born January 1882,
is with Thomas Dowding, a farmer July 1841 and Mary August 1845, all three born in England. Albert May 1885 and Cyril October 1891 were born iN Kansas.
Thomas Dowding 1841-1928 is buried in Bonner Springs, Kansas # 13350048,
with Mary C. Dowding 1845-1903 # 13350043.
July 4, 1966 Kansas City the obituary of William Dowding "....Dowding moved to Bonner Springs in 1945
after retiring as a farmer. He was a member of the Bonner Springs
Methodist church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Dowding of the home;
two sons, Russell G. Dowding, Gilman City, Mo. and Paul L. Dowding,
Linwood. Kas.; a brother, Cyril Dowding, Edwardsville; a sister,
Mrs. Beatrice Shellhorn, DuBois Neb., four grandchildren and a...."
William was farming in 1910 Leavenworth, 39, with Myrtle 23 and Russell 3. His father Thomas Dowding 68 is with them.
William 1871-1966 # 102639720 is buried in Bonner Springs, with Myrtle 1886-1981.
Walter H. Rouse, 24, married Rhoda B. Dowding, 18, on November 14, 1900 in Kansas City, Kansas.
In 1910 Kit Carson County, Walter H. Rouse is 34, born in Texas ??,
Beatrice R. 28 in England. Elmer H. is 3, born in Kansas.
Walter H. and Rhoda B. Rouse divorced in Kit Carson County in 1913.
Rhoda claimed a quarter in section 21, 7S 50W in 1914.
Rhoda married Jacob B. Shellhorn on August 3, 1916, recorded in Arapahoe County.
Rhoda Beatrice "Bea" (Dowding) Shellhorn 1881-1972 is buried
in Pawnee City, Nebraska # 33678869, with Jacob Bartlett Shellhorn 1882-1960.
ELMER
In 1920 Clay County, Kansas, Elmer is 12, born in Kansas,
living with grandmother Carrie Rouse 73, widowed, born in Michigan. Ella is a dressmaker 48, single, born inKansas.
Elmer H. Rouse, born May 18, 1907 in Kansas, died August 13, 1969 in Sacramento County, mother's name "Shellbor."
RHODA'S FIRST HUSBAND WALTER H. ROUSE
In 1880 Morris County, Kansas, James Rouse is a carpenter, 34 born in Iowa,
with Carrie 33, Michigan. Estella 11 Iowa, Ella 10, Anna 7, Walter 3, and Lewis 1 - the last four born in Kansas.
James 1845-1899 is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. So is Caroline 1874-1923 # 139584205.
(Louis J. "Rouce" is divorced in 1910 Arapahoe County, Colorado, 28,
living with sister Anna E. Webster 31 and her husband George B. Webster 35.)
Anna Rouse and George Webster married in Pueblo, Colorado on May 2, 1896.
Anna Elizabeth (Rouse) Webster 1877-1951 is buried in Glendale,
California # 85544191. So is George Chauncey Webster 1872-1938.
Another sister Ersula Elnora "Nora" (Rouse) Motsinger 1888-1949 is buried in Goodland # 90531469.
A brother William Rouse, age 91, of Snohomish Washington, died there June 8, 1977.
Another brother Leonard Leroy Rouse, born June 6, 1894 in Pueblo, Colorado, was in Payette COunty Idaho in 1942.
Leonard and Etta Pentico had Gerald Rouse on September 17, 1918 in Kanorado, Kansas, dying December 20, 2002 in Kansas.
In 1920, Walter is a laborer on a bridge construction, widowed, living alone, 44, born in Texas.
Walter is a laborer in 1940 Nevada County, California, in a boarding house of Milie Tennis.
Walter Harvey Rouse 1876-1949 is buried in Los Angeles National # 3748574.
He was born in Iowa, father Rouse, mother Goodrich, and died in Los Angeles County.
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