Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameLydia Ida KAPPLER 
Birth26 May 1881, Indiana8782
Death28 Jun 1913, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona8782
BurialGreenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Arizona8782
OccupationMother of 2 children
Educationwas literate
FatherWilliam KAPPLER (~1839-1895)
MotherSophia Friederike NIEMEIER (1854-1940)
Census notes for Lydia Ida KAPPLER
1880 Indiana, Vanderburgh County, Evansville, E.D. 88, p. 19C, stamped page 476 (taken 7 June 1880)
519 East Virginia, dwelling 173, family 174
Kappler, Wm., white, male, age 41, head, married, work in store, born Wurtemburg, parents born Wurtenberg
———-, Sophia, white, female, age 25, wife, married, keeping house, born Darmstad, parents born Darmstad
———-, Willie, white, male, age 1, son, single, born indiana, parents born Wurtemberg
———-, Ida, white, female, age 1/12, May, daughter, single, born Indiana, father born Wrutemberg, mother born Darmstad
1900 not found 2020
1910 Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix, ward 3, E.D. 61?, sheet 1B (taken 15 Apr 1910)
543? [can’t read street], dwelling 12, family 16
Pecka, Alonzo M., head, male, white, age 34, married once for 4 yrs, born Indiana, father born Bohemia, mother born U.S., real estate agent
———, Lydia, wife, female, white, age 29, married once for 4 yrs, mother of 2 children, 2 living, born Indiana, parents born Germany
———, Frank W., son, male, white, age 2, born Arizona, parents born Indiana
———, Ruth G., daughter, female, white, age 1 6/12??, single, born Arizona, parents born Indiana
——————deceased
519 East Virginia, dwelling 173, family 174
Kappler, Wm., white, male, age 41, head, married, work in store, born Wurtemburg, parents born Wurtenberg
———-, Sophia, white, female, age 25, wife, married, keeping house, born Darmstad, parents born Darmstad
———-, Willie, white, male, age 1, son, single, born indiana, parents born Wurtemberg
———-, Ida, white, female, age 1/12, May, daughter, single, born Indiana, father born Wrutemberg, mother born Darmstad
1900 not found 2020
1910 Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix, ward 3, E.D. 61?, sheet 1B (taken 15 Apr 1910)
543? [can’t read street], dwelling 12, family 16
Pecka, Alonzo M., head, male, white, age 34, married once for 4 yrs, born Indiana, father born Bohemia, mother born U.S., real estate agent
———, Lydia, wife, female, white, age 29, married once for 4 yrs, mother of 2 children, 2 living, born Indiana, parents born Germany
———, Frank W., son, male, white, age 2, born Arizona, parents born Indiana
———, Ruth G., daughter, female, white, age 1 6/12??, single, born Arizona, parents born Indiana
——————deceased
Obituary notes for Lydia Ida KAPPLER
Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona) Sunday, 29 June 1913, p. 6
DEATH OF MRS. PECKA
Mrs. Lydia Pecka, wife of Alonza Pecka, died at the Sister’s Hospital at 3:25 Saturday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Pecka have resided here for years, until about thirteen months ago when they went to Oakland, Calif. After a severe attack of pneumonia, the doctor advised them to return to Phoenix, but it was too late as Mrs. Pecka was taken ill some time after returning. Mrs. Pecka was loved by all who knew her and leaves a host of friends both here and in Evansville, Indiana where she was born and raised. A widowed mother and three brothers beside the husband and two beautiful children are left to mourn the loss of this Christian woman. Mrs. Sophia Kappler and her son Edward arrived in Phoenix last Sunday morning to be at the bedside of their dear one. The furneral will be held from Easterling & Whitney undertaking parlors at 9 o’clock Monday morning. Friends are invited.
DEATH OF MRS. PECKA
Mrs. Lydia Pecka, wife of Alonza Pecka, died at the Sister’s Hospital at 3:25 Saturday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Pecka have resided here for years, until about thirteen months ago when they went to Oakland, Calif. After a severe attack of pneumonia, the doctor advised them to return to Phoenix, but it was too late as Mrs. Pecka was taken ill some time after returning. Mrs. Pecka was loved by all who knew her and leaves a host of friends both here and in Evansville, Indiana where she was born and raised. A widowed mother and three brothers beside the husband and two beautiful children are left to mourn the loss of this Christian woman. Mrs. Sophia Kappler and her son Edward arrived in Phoenix last Sunday morning to be at the bedside of their dear one. The furneral will be held from Easterling & Whitney undertaking parlors at 9 o’clock Monday morning. Friends are invited.