NameLora Arecelia "Celie" BAY 1498
Birth27 Jan 1855, Porter County, Indiana173,1526
Death3 Oct 1924, Porter County, Indiana1526 Age: 69
Burial7 Oct 1924, Janes Cemetery, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana1526,66, Janes Cemetery, p. 2.
FatherCyrus Abraham BAY (1827-1900)
MotherLucinda FRAME (1833-1894)
Spouses
Birth8 Feb 1851, Illinois1527
Death28 Feb 1923, Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana1527 Age: 72
Burial4 Mar 1923, Janes Cemetery, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana66, Janes Cemetery, p. 2.,1527
FatherBenjamin CRULL (~1820-)
MotherMary Ann BAY (~1830-)
Marriage31 Jul 1878, Henry County, Illinois1736
ChildrenInfant Son (Died as Infant) (1896-1896)
 Otto (Adopted) (1903-1962)
Notes for Lora Arecelia "Celie" BAY

Family Remembrance:1498 Lora Bay Crull was known to her nieces and nephews as ‘Aunt Celie Crull.’

1860 U.S. Census:416 Lora enumerated in the household of her father Cyrus Bay in Union Township, Porter County, Indiana as Lora, female, age 6, born in Indiana, in school within the year.

1870 U.S. Census:1297 Lora enumerated in the household of her father Cyrus Bay in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana as a female, age 14, white, born in Indiana, attended school within the year, can read and write.

1870 U.S. Census:1296 Celia Bay was also enumerated on 10 August 1870 in the household of her grandmother Elizabeth Frame, widow of Newton, as female, age 16, white, no occupation, born in Indiana, attended school within the year, can read and write.

1880 U.S. Census:1729 Celia enumerated in the household of her bushand Lafayette Crull in Hanna Township, Henry County, Illinois as a white female, age 25, wife, married, born in Indiana, father born in Pennsylvania.

1900 Death of Father Cyrus Bay:
173 On 16 April 1900, Lora A. Crull, Wheeler, Indiana, reported the death of her father Cyrus Bay to the Pension Agency, Indianapolis, Indiana.

1900 U.S. Census:1733 Lora enumerated in the household of her husband M. L. Crull in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana as a white female, born January 1855, age 45, married 21 years, 1 child born, none living, born in Indiana, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio, can read, write, and speak English.

1910 U.S. Census:1734 Lora enumerated in the household of her husband Marquis de Lafayette Crull in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana as a white female, age 54, married 32 years, no children, born in Indiana, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio, can speak English.

1920 U.S. Census:1735 Lora enumerated in the household of her husband Marquis de Lafayette in Union Township, Porter County, Indiana as a white female, age 63, married, can read and write, born in Indiana, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio.

1924 Death Certificate:1526 Lora A. Crull; date of death, 3 October 1924; place of death, Porter County, Union Township, Wheeler; female, white, widow; husband, M. L. Crull, date of birth, 27 January 1854; age 70 years, 8 months, 6 days; housewife; born in Indiana; father, Cyrus A. Bay, born in Pennsylvania; maiden name of mother, Lucinda Frame, born in Ohio; informant, Mrs. J. L. Phillips; burial, Janes Cemetery, Oct. 7,1924.

1924 Obituary:1572 Mrs. Crull Died This Morning. Mrs. M. L. Crull, age 68 years, a well known and highly respected citizen of Wheeler, passed away at her home this morning at 9 o’clock following an illness of rheumatism and heart trouble. She was born in the vicinity of Wheeler and has lived there practically all her life. Her husband died two years ago and surviving is Otto Evanston, who was brought up and cared for by Mrs. and Mrs. Crull as their own son. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church in Wheeler at 2:30, with burial following in the Janes Cemetery.

1924 Tombstone:66, Janes Cemetery, p. 2. Janes Cemetery, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana.
Lora A. Crull
Jan. 27, 1855
Oct. 3, 1924
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