 Descendants of
Andrew Vorce
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Generation No. 5 ~
CLINTON HENRY VORCE5
[PHOTO] (WILLIAM WHITING4, CHARLES HAMMOND3, WILLIAM CLARK2, ANDREW1) was born May 17, 1889
in Oelrichs, SD, and died March 13, 1934 in Hot Springs, Fall River, SD. He married ANNA
G. LYNCH [PHOTO] September
03, 1913 in Hot Springs, Fall River, SD. She was born February 04, 1894 in Chicago, Cook,
IL, and died October 10, 1976 in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Notes for CLINTON HENRY VORCE:
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Born Clinton Harrison Vorce, changed name to Clinton Henry Vorce when he
joined the Catholic Church to marry Anna.
"I took a trip to Hot Springs in July of 1990. I went with my
mother (Mary Antonita Vorce), her sister Roseann and her brothers, John and Jim. Also,
Roseann's husband, Jack; John's wife, Dorothy; and Jim's wife, Joan. There were eight of
us and we had a great time. The purpose of the trip was to first visit relatives in
Minnesota (my maternal grandmother's family). Then we wanted to see Hot Springs. My
grandfather (Clinton H. Vorce) owned a meat market there with his brother Roy. It was
called "Vorce Brothers Meat and Groceries." Clint was a very important
person there in Hot Springs. He was a business owner, a fireman, a school board member,
and a father of six. They closed the businesses and the schools when Clint died,
March 13, 1934. Everyone in town went to the funeral. Even the fire trucks were in the
funeral procession."
Children of CLINTON VORCE and ANNA LYNCH are:
i. GENEVIEVE ROBERTA
VORCE6, b. September 24, 1915, Hot Springs, Fall River, SD.
ii. MARY ANTONITA VORCE6,
b. October 24, 1924, Hot Springs, Fall River, SD.
iii. ROSEANN VORCE6,
b. September 12, 1926, Hot Springs, Fall River, SD.
iv. MARGARET THERESA
VORCE6, b. April 04, 1930, Hot Springs, Fall River, SD; d. May 30, 1997,
Maryland.
v. JAMES WILLIAM VORCE6,
b. June 27, 1933, Hot Springs, Fall River, SD.
vi. JOHN CLINTON VORCE6,
b. June 27, 1933, Hot Springs, Fall River, SD.
COLLIE MAY VORCE5
(WILLIAM WHITING4, CHARLES HAMMOND3, WILLIAM CLARK2, ANDREW1) was born December 05,
1897 in Venis, NE, and died March 1985 in Illinois. She married (1) FAIRY. She married (2)
OTIS HOPKINS. She married (3) FLECK.
Notes for COLLIE MAY VORCE:
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Born in Venis Nebraska, moved with family to Hot Springs, SD abt. 1900.
Collie and her husband, Otis Hopkins worked for the Army at Igloo. After Otis died, Collie
worked for the Navy as a teletypist for 18 months in Hawaii. When Collie left Hawaii she
moved to Illinois in 1946 to be near a friend, Margaret Gunn. Margaret died of cancer in
1948. Collie remained in Illinois.
In Feb. 1976, Collie wrote a letter to her niece, Roseann Vorce Redmond.
Parts of this letter are included here:
"I have learned that my mother and father were farmers and really
lived a rugged life, and had so little that it was pitiful. As Roy said our folks never
discussed their lives with us and my father had paralysis for 18 years. It was caused by a
sun stroke working a thrashing crew on a very hot day. The farmers then did not have the
machines to do that type of work as they do today. Most of the work was done by horses.
They walked behind a plow drawn by horses. The farmers lived a very rugged life, but they
really helped each other, and really never complained of their hardships."
"My father was a very kind man, never scolded us. I remember he
drove to Pringle, a village not too far from Hot Springs to get me a pony to ride. He was
good to all of us, and would try to help do things or chores around the home."
"After I read Roy's letter in regard to the hardships my mother and
father lived, it really made me ill, and also of other relatives too. And how I wished I
had never caused her (mother) the headaches that I did, and I could have been more help to
her." The farmers certainly lived a rugged live, and you think how could they survive
as long as they did. They plowed in those days with horses, and walked miles and miles at
a time. But they always had plenty to eat and my mother certainly had a large garden. Do
you recall the strawberries we had when we lived on College Hill? She also was a wonderful
seamstress. made all my clothes, and crocheted, and quilted too. Never idle a minute. They
had too, in those days..."
Marriage Notes for COLLIE VORCE and FAIRY:
Collie was married three times. First she married a man named Fairy. The
marriage was annulled. Collie had a son , Bruce. Bruce went by his mother's surname,
Vorce. Next Collie married Otis Hopkins in SD. Otis Hopkins died in the early 1940's.
Collie later married Mr. Fleck in Illinois.
Child of COLLIE VORCE and FAIRY is:
i. BRUCE FAIRY6.
EDITH BUTTERFIELD5
(LILLIAN BELLE4 VORCE, CHARLES HAMMOND3, WILLIAM CLARK2, ANDREW1) was born November 07,
1886 in Walnut Grove, Nebraska, and died February 10, 1925 in Walnut Grove, Nebraska. She
married ALVIN FREDRICK BOELTER May 15, 1906.
Children of EDITH BUTTERFIELD and ALVIN BOELTER are:
i. ROY ALVIN BOELTER6, b. April 06, 1907; m.
EVELYN RUZICKA, February 16, 1932.
ii. LEONARD JAMES BOELTER6, b. August 31,
1908, Walnut Grove, Nebraska; d. January 05, 1978, Nebraska; m. MARIE KOTORUS.
iii. VERA BOELTER6,
b. March 07, 1910, Walnut Grove, Nebraska; d. November 22, 1984, Marsing, Idaho.
iv. HOMER
ELLIS BOELTER6, b. February 07, 1912, Walnut Grove, Nebraska; d.
November 10, 1970, Nebraska.
v. CECIL MAY
BOELTER6, b. September 18, 1913.
vi. RENO BOELTER6,
b. May 22, 1915.
vii. JANE BOELTER6,
b. March 12, 1917.
viii. BABY BOELTER6.
ix. KEM BOELTER6,
b. April 28, 1921, Walnut Grove, Nebraska; d. November 22, 1984.
x. LUCILLE
BOELTER6, b. December 25, 1924.
xi. BOYD BOELTER6,
b. January 22, 1919.
EDNA BUTTERFIELD5
(LILLIAN BELLE4 VORCE, CHARLES HAMMOND3, WILLIAM CLARK2, ANDREW1) was born November 09,
1888, and died July 26, 1974 in Walnut Grove, Nebraska. She married CARL HERMAN EMIL
BOELTER February 22, 1907.
Children of EDNA BUTTERFIELD and CARL BOELTER are:
i. RICHARD M. BOELTER6, b. 1907; d. 1929.
ii. DELBERT
ROSCOE BOELTER6, b. 1909.
iii. JULIAN CEDRIC BOELTER6.
iv. WILLIS
WESLEY BOELTER6, b. May 07, 1912; d. December 17, 1992, Orchard,
Nebraska.
v. FRANCIS
CARL BOELTER6.
vi. DOLORES
ELEANOR BOELTER6, b. 1926.
EVADELL BUTTERFIELD5
(LILLIAN BELLE4 VORCE, CHARLES HAMMOND3, WILLIAM CLARK2, ANDREW1) She married FREEMAN
ARTHUR FRANCISCO.
Notes for EVADELL BUTTERFIELD:
Twin to AdaBelle.
Child of EVADELL BUTTERFIELD and FREEMAN FRANCISCO is:
i. ELEANOR FRANCISCO6,
b. August 27, 1921.
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