A History of the John Cears/Kear family
Lydia Mae KEAR, daughter of William Thomas KEAR and Margaret CLARK, was born on 25 July 1899 [note 1] in Elmwood, Cass County, Nebraska [note 2] and died 25 March 1977 in Hemingford, Box Butte County, Nebraska [note 3]. She married Ernest Bliss OSBORN on 8 March 1919 [note 4]. Ernest was born 29 January 1894 in Nebraska [note 5] and died 4 November 1954 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska [note 6]. Lydia and Ernest are buried in the Hemingford Cemetery, Hemingford, Box Butte County, Nebraska [note 7].
Lydia and Ernest had five children:
1. Wanda Marie OSBORN, married Dale TUCKER.
2. Francis Jean OSBORN married Monroe MORFORD.
3. Marjorie Helen OSBORN married Milo ANDERSON.
4. Naydine OSBORN married Robert OBERING.
5. Margaret Mae OSBORN married Arthur ROUSE.
Notes:
1. Hemingford Cemetery, Bob Stallman, September 4, 2000.
2. Terry Anderson, email to Donald L. Kear,
June 5, 2007.
3. Hemingford Cemetery, ob sit.
4. Terry Anderson, ob sit.
5. Hemingford Cemetery, ob sit.
6. World Family Tree, Vol. 22, pre-1600 to present. Tree 3380
7. Hemingford Cemetery, ob sit. Ernest is identified as a WWI veteran.
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