Etta James
1897 - 1971 (74 years)
Person ID: I2173 | Tree: Imported from RootsMagic | Last Modified: 26 Oct 2022
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Name Etta James Birth 6 Aug 1897 Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States 
Gender Female Died 11 Oct 1971 Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States - unsourced obituary transcription
Mrs. Etta Kneipe of Greeley, Colo. sister of Everett James died Oct. 11, 1971 at her home. She was born in Carbondale, Kansas in 1897 and lived here until she moved to Colorado in 1917. Mr. James, John James Richland, and Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Moore and Mrs. Floyd Hoy attended the funeral service held Wednesday in Colorado.
Etta Kneip
Mrs. Etta May Kneip, 1115 5th St., died Monday at her home. She was 74.
Born in Carbondale, Kan., Aug. 6, 1897, she was reared there, and came to Colorado Springs in 1917, where she was married on June 16 to John T. Kneip. After their marriage, Kneip mined for a year in the Cripple Creek area, then moved to Greeley in 1918. He died Aug 11, 1955.
Surviving are four sons and daughter, John R. Kneip of Windsor and Oather Kneip of Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. Dorothy McArthur of Denver and Mrs. Shirley White of Greeley; and six grandchildren.
Also surviving are two brothers, John James of Berryton, Kan., and Everett James of Carbondale, Kan.
Services will be held in Linn Grove Cemetery.
Etta Kneip Obituary - unsourced obituary transcription
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Parents
Father George Grant James (ID:I2170), b. 28 Jul 1871, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States d. 6 Dec 1951, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States (Age 80 years) Mother Ella Rachel Vail (ID:I2108), b. 28 Apr 1875, Shawnee, Kansas, United States d. 7 Nov 1951, Burlingame, Osage, Kansas, United States (Age 76 years) Marriage 27 Apr 1894 Shawnee, Kansas, United States Children 1. James (ID:I10931) 2. 
John W. James (ID:I2171), b. 5 Mar 1895, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States d. 9 May 1989, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States (Age 94 years)3. Ralph James (ID:I2172), b. Dec 1895, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States d. 1904 (Age 8 years)4. Etta James (ID:I2173)
(current person)
, b. 6 Aug 1897, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States d. 11 Oct 1971, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States (Age 74 years)5. Lucy Gladys James (ID:I2107), b. 22 Jan 1899, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States d. 21 Jul 1966, Platteville, Weld, Colorado, United States (Age 67 years)6. Clarance James (ID:I2176), b. Abt 1900, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States d. Abt 1900, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States (Age 0 years)7. Bessie James (ID:I2177), b. Abt 1903, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States d. Abt 1903, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States (Age 0 years)8. Everett James (ID:I2174), b. 17 Nov 1909, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States d. 18 Mar 1987, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States (Age 77 years)9. Lawrence James (ID:I2175), b. 1913, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States d. 26 Sep 1915, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States (Age 2 years) -
Family
Husband John T. Kneip (ID:I9933), b. 4 Feb 1884, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States d. 11 Sep 1955, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States (Age 71 years) Marriage 16 Jun 1917 Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States Children 1. Oather Kneip (ID:I9935)2. Dorothy Kneip (ID:I9936)3. Shirley Kneip (ID:I9937)4. John Robert Kneip (ID:I9934), b. 1918 d. 1987 (Age 69 years) -
Other Personal Events
1900 Federal Census 9 Jun 1900 Marion, Douglas, Kansas, USA [1] - George James, Head, 29
Allie R James, Wife, 25
John W James, Son, 5
Ralph E James, Son, 4
Etta M James, Daughter, 3
Lucy G James, Daughter, 1
1900 Census George James Family - George James, Head, 29
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Event Map
Birth - 6 Aug 1897 - Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States 
1900 Federal Census - 9 Jun 1900 - Marion, Douglas, Kansas, USA 
Marriage - 16 Jun 1917 - Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States 
Died - 11 Oct 1971 - Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [S21] 1900 U.S. Census.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTJ-31K : accessed 27 November 2020), Lucy G James in household of George James, Marion Township, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67, sheet 4A, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,479.