Elizabeth ‘Laura’ GETSINGER

1888 - 1953  (64 years)

• Name	Elizabeth ‘Laura’ GETSINGER
  Nickname	Libby
  Born	9 Aug 1888	Merrick Co., Nebraska   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  History	She disliked her maiden name, Getsinger. Always went by Camp (which appears on daughter's birth certificate). Must have disliked Elizabeth also--Betty always thought her first name was Laura. Met her first husband, a telephone lineman, while she was working as an operator in Central City. He died of peritonitis when son Jack was about two. According to Vera, daughter of her first marriage, Laura married Samuel Houston Smith McAdams in Lodgepole, Nebraska in 1914 or 1915. They were divorced in 1922. Laura married and was divorced a third time in 1924. After her second divorce (third husband), she resumed using the name McAdams. Because she worked on Sunday, Laura took Betty to church at night. They went several times to the "Christian" church in Grand Island, and once to the Holy Rollers. Betty remembers being terrified. Laura came to live with Betty and Bob in Washington, D.C. in 1949 after Betty contracted phlebitis as a complication of child birth. During this time she visited the Alfred Ames family in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, close to New York. Betty remembers hearing of other relatives from Olean, New York. She loved to crochet and liked victorian antiques.
  Died	28 Apr 1953	Sterling, Logan, Colorado
  Buried	Aft 28 Apr 1953	Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Logan, Colorado
  Person ID	I48799	Reid Family | David's side of the family
  Last Modified	10 May 2020

  
  

  Family 1	John Erwin CAMP,   b. Abt Dec 1888, Kansas ,   d. 11 Feb 1913, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska  (Age ~ 24 years)
  Married	3 Jul 1909	Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska
  Children	1. Vera Louise CAMP,   b. 9 Apr 1910, Nebraska ,   d. 14 Jun 1997  (Age 87 years)   2. John Henry CAMP,   b. 27 Jan 1912, Central City, Merrick, Nebraska ,   d. 16 Apr 1977, Castro Valley, Alameda, California  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	10 May 2020
  Family ID	F35900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Samuel Houston Smith MCADAMS,   b. 17 Jan 1888, Mason City, Custer, Nebraska ,   d. 22 Jun 1942, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska  (Age 54 years)
  Married	Abt 1914	Lodgepole, Cheyenne, Nebraska
  Divorced	Abt 1922	Nebraska
  Children	+ 1. Betty Josephine MCADAMS,   b. 4 Jul 1920, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska
  Last Modified	10 May 2020
  Family ID	F9481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 9 Aug 1888 - Merrick Co., Nebraska Married - 3 Jul 1909 - Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska Married - Abt 1914 - Lodgepole, Cheyenne, Nebraska Divorced - Abt 1922 - Nebraska Died - 28 Apr 1953 - Sterling, Logan, Colorado Buried - Aft 28 Apr 1953 - Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Logan, Colorado  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Getsinger, Elizabeth Laura-1888 (HS)

  
  

• Sources

  [S237] United States Federal Census, Fullerton, Nance, Nebraska; Enumeration District #145, Pg. 10B. [S239] United States Federal Census, Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska; Enumeration District #106, Pg. 5A.