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The Tudgays of Osage County and City, Kansas

1825-50 Unknown but probably emigrated from Longbridge Deverill link to Longbridge Deverill families
1850-1875 John C. Tudgay
b 1855
d 1935
from England before 1880
Carrie M. Meek
b 1856 (Indiana)
d 1889,
age 32 yrs, wife of John C
Belle Meek
(Isabel)
b 1853
d 1919
the 1895 Census has her, as B C Tudgay
Tudgay
one stone next to Carrie not legible
m 1. Carrie Meek
18/05/1882
m 2. Belle Meek
09/09/1890
Florence Tudgay
m 02/06/1890 to Ernest Manwarring
Osage County
1875-1900 Walter V/B Tudgay
b 15/04/1883
Kansas
d 02/1965
Kansas
m 16/10/1906 to Daisy P Pard
Daisy Tudgay,
b 1882
d 1968
? U B Tudgay in 1895 census
Thressa Belle Tudgay
b 1886
female, Kansas, white
m Albert Groff (see Yockey note below)
Mary Tudgay
b 1893
d 1907
1900-1925 John R. Tudgay
b 28/12/1907
Kansas
d 10/1973
Osage City, Osage County, Kansas
m 16/04/1933
to Geraldine Winna Hanson
d 12/10/1973
will of John R Tudgay in probate records 27/08/1974, Osage County
Modern Phone Book, etc Mrs John Tudgay, Osage City Jerry Tudgay, Osage City
recent letter on internet
Wanda Elaine Tudgay
m 01/10/1960
to William E Eller
in Osage County

{Osage County, Kansas}The USA 1880 Census for Arvonia, Osage, Kansas, has Jack Tudgay, single white male, born 1856, England (both parents born in England). Living in the household of Joseph G. Booth, a married farmer aged 44, who also had come from England

USA 1895 Census (Kansas State Historical society) -
J C Tudgay b 1855, male, England, white
B C Tudgay b 1856, female, Indiana, white
U B Tudgay b 1883, female, Kansas, white
W V Tudgay b 1883, male, Kansas, white
T B Tudgay b 1886, female, Kansas, white
Mary Tudgay b 1893, female, Kansas, white

Some information came from the records of headstones in Osage County (Alpine) and Osage City Cemeteries web link to source
Alpine Cemetery Osage County, Kansas
Headstones
Tudgay, one stone next to Carrie not legible
Isabel Tudgay, b. 1853, d. 1919
John C. Tudgay, b. 1855, d. 1935 T
Carrie Tudgay, died in 1889, 32 yrs, wife of John C.
Mary Tudgay, b. 1893, d. 1907

Osage City Cemetry
Tudgay, Daisy, b. 1882, d. 1968
Tudgay, John R, b. 28 Dec 1907, d. 12 Oct 1973
Tudgay, Walter, b. 1883, d. 1965

Also Osage County Marriage records at web link


Other records

Frances Yockey, 71, Osage City, died Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, at a Kansas City, Kan., hospital. Mrs. Yockey had been a real estate agent in Ponca City, Okla., and an apartment manager in Oklahoma City. She was born March 15, 1929, in Osage City, the daughter of Albert and Thressa Belle Tudgay Groff. She lived in Oklahoma City for 10 years before she moved to Osage City two years ago. Mrs. Yockey attended the United Methodist Church in Melvern. She married Charles Ray Yockey on Aug. 4, 1946, in Strong City. He died Feb. 22, 1984.
Survivors include two sons, Larry Yockey, Melvern, and Garry Yockey, Moore, Okla.; a brother, Charlie Groff, Gardner; a sister, Pearl Green, Osage City; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
web link to source


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