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Genevieve Lena Needham, Arilla Mae Bates Needham and Theckla Emily "Teck" Farrell Needham. Photo taken at the Chism Nursery in Anthony, Ks.

Genevieve Lena NEEDHAM

27 Jan 1910 - 7 Jun 2005

  • OCCUPATION: Florist
  • BIRTH: 27 Jan 1910, Tonganoxie, Leavenworth, KS
  • DEATH: 7 Jun 2005, Anthony, Harper, KS
Father: Hawley Vincent NEEDHAM
Mother: Laura Lena "Lottie" ELLIS

Family 1 : James Everett CHISM
  • MARRIAGE: 12 Dec 1928, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS
  1. +Rosa Mae CHISM
  2. +Virginia Joy CHISM
  3. +Alma Laura CHISM
  4. +James Vincent CHISM


                                                        _George William NEEDHAM _+
                              _Hawley Varnum NEEDHAM __|
                             |                         |_Risa Loretta TITUS _____+
 _Hawley Vincent NEEDHAM ____|
|                            |                          _William Fletcher LOWE __+
|                            |_Catherine Amelia LOWE __|
|                                                      |_Elsie Aquilla SMITH ____+
|
|--Genevieve Lena NEEDHAM 
|
|                                                       _Reese ELLIS ____________+
|                             _Thomas Llewellyn ELLIS _|
|                            |                         |_Sarah A. GRIFFITH ______
|_Laura Lena "Lottie" ELLIS _|
                             |                          _Elwood HIATT ___________
                             |_Rosa Belle HIATT _______|
                                                       |_Mary MOORMAN ___________


[31] 1920, 1930, 1940 US Federal Census
Conway Springs, Sumner, KS
1920: Roll: T625_553; Page: 1B
Hawley L. and Genevieve Needham living with grandparents Thomas and Rosa Ellis.
1930: Roll: 724; Page: 7A
Now married, living next door to grandparents.
1940: Roll: T627_1263; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 96-8

Genevieve Lena Needham Chism Obituary
Wichita (KS) Eagle, 08 Jun 2005.

"Genevieve L. Chism
27 Jan 1910 - 07 Jun 2005
ANTHONY - Chism, Genevieve L., 95, former owner of Anthony Floral, died June 7, 2005. Visitation
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; service 10:30 a.m. Friday, all at Prairie Rose Funeral
Home. Preceded in death by husband, James; grandson, David Nichols; great-grandson, Justin
Brown; 1 sister; 3 brothers. Survivors: daughters, Rosa Mae Blasdel of Bartlesville, OK, Virginia Nichols
of Winfield, Alma Laura Cochran of Edmond, OK; son, James Chism of Montreal, Canada; 10 grandchildren;
17 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren."

Needham Lineage and Genealogical Notes
Previously unpublished; 1962
Hawley Vincent Needham, Kathryne Lowe Needham Shepherd

Needham Family Genealogical Notes
Unpublished work; 1998
Virginia Joy Chism Nichols
Record #61


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