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Updated December 3, 2000


First Generation
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1. Amos Miner.

Amos married Celia MacClandish.

They had the following children:
2 i. Ada (1858-1956)
ii. Hazel. Resided in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in Jan 1956.

Hazel married Jack Palmer.

iii. Charles. Resided in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois in Jan 1956.
 

The family moved to Illinois while Ada was a child.
 
 

Second Generation
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Family of Amos Miner (1) & Celia MacClandish




2.Ada Miner. Born on Sep 26, 1858 in Ohio. Ada died on Jan 29, 1956, she was 97. Buried in Mound Cemetery, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Cause of death: died after a 10 month illness. Religion: Unity Chapel Church.

Ada married Housan F. Duckworth. Housan F. died bef Jan 1956.

They had the following children:
i. Pearl Minor "Mimi". Born on Aug 30, 1879 in Illinois. Pearl Minor "Mimi" died in Oakland, California in Jun 1981, she was 101. Resided in Oakland, California in Jan 1956.

Pearl Minor "Mimi" married Fred Clark.

ii. Daisy M.. Born in Feb 1882 in Illinois.

3 iii. Archie Dale (1887-1963)
iv. Harry H.. Born in Jun 1889 in Illinois.

v. Emma L.. Born in Feb 1891 in Illinois.
 
 

Third Generation
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Family of Ada Miner (2) & Housan F. Duckworth




3.Archie Dale Duckworth. Born on Sep 11, 1887 in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Archie Dale died in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois on Dec 21, 1963, he was 76. Buried in Mound Cemetery, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Resided in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois in Jan 1956. Funeral held at Swickard Funeral Home, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Cause of death: Broncho pneumonia caused by Uremia caused by Chronic glomerulo nephritis. Occupation: Clerk at Retail Lumber Company.

On Oct 8, 1907 when Archie Dale was 20, he first married Myrtle Ladonia Reynolds, daughter of William C. Reynolds & Lizzie Michals, in Coles County, Illinois. Born in 1889 in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Myrtle Ladonia died in 1952, she was 63.

They had the following children:
i. Arnold.  Born on Sep 30, 1908 in Illinois. Arnold died in Oct 1980, he was 72. Buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois.

Arnold married Ruth. Buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois.

ii. Florence Lillian.  Born on Jan 27, 1911 in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Florence Lillian died in Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital, Charleston-Mattoon, Illinois on Aug 8, 1995, she was 84. Buried in Hazel Dell Church of God (South Side), Hazel Dell, Illinois. Cause of death: Pneumonia. Occupation: Homemaker.

On Apr 18, 1925 when Florence Lillian was 14, she married Albert Kenneth Curl, son of Charles Marion Curl (1877-Sep 27, 1924) & Irma Pauline "Pauline" Chism (Sep 18, 1885-Jul 12, 1959), in Coles County, Illinois. Born on Apr 11, 1906 in Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky. Albert Kenneth died in Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois on Nov 6, 1998, he was 92. Buried in Hazel Dell Church of God (South Side), Hazel Dell, Illinois. Resided in Hidalgo, Jasper County, Illinois in Jul 1959. Albert Kenneth last known residence was Lakewood, Shelby County, Illinois. Funeral held at Barkley Funeral Home, Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois. Occupation: Farmer.

4 iii. Robert Leon "Bob" (1912-1995).
iv. Herbert Verle. Born in 1915. Herbert Verle died in 1982, he was 67.

v. Lois. Lois died in Aug 1996. Buried in Mound Cemetery, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois.

Lois married Mr. Hurst.

vi. Vernon F.. Born on Nov 7, 1919 in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Vernon F. died in Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California on Nov 21, 1999, he was 80. Buried in Tower of Memories, Palm Springs Mausoleum, Cathedral City, California. Occupation: mechanic for Chevrolet Dealers and National Car Rental for 41 years.

Arrrangements were under the direction of Desert Hot Springs Mortuary in Desert Hot Springs.

In 1945 when Vernon F. was 25, he married Mary Katherine Gray. Born on Oct 13, 1919. Mary Katherine died on Jul 14, 1997, she was 77.

vii. <Living Male>
 

Archie Dale second married Grace. Born on Aug 14, 1900. Grace died in Sep 1971, she was 71.
 
 

Fourth Generation
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Family of Archie Dale Duckworth (3) & Myrtle Ladonia Reynolds




4.Robert Leon "Bob" Duckworth. Born on Jul 17, 1912 in Illinois. Robert Leon (Bob) died on Apr 18, 1995, he was 82. Buried at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois.

Child:
i. Robert Eugene. Born November 16, 1931 in Illinois.  Robert Eugene died October 14, 1996.  Buried at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois.
 
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