[M] #11106 Alan Campbell Sutton ( Frank Mechling SuttonMaria Margaret MechlingJoseph MechlingJohn MechlingJohn Jacob MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

Alan was born 15 Dec 1895 in Aspinwall, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania. He died 24 Dec 1951 in Corsicana, Navarro Co., Texas from an embolism caused by a car accident. He was buried in Cade Cemetery, Wortham, Freestone Co., Texas.

The 1910 Census shows Alan living at home with his parents. In 1920, he appears only 10 miles away in North Huntingdon. This family is easily tracked forward to 1930 in Sharon, Pennsylvania. On the 1940 Census things get interesting.

I originally thought that the individual born in Pennsylvania and the individual dying in Texas were two different persons based upon those 1940 records because we have a record in Texas showing Alan married to Nellie and a record of the family still in Sharon with a designation of 'M7', which means "married, spouse not present"—a common designation in the war years—instead of widowed or divorced. This latter record also shows Margaret Sutton as a sister, not sister-in-law, which would be true only if Alan was the nominal head of household.

However, information provided by a descendant has shed some light on this. They are the same individual but Alan has left the family. However, since Helen was Catholic, a divorce may not have happened, at least by this point. If we look at it in this light, the census makes more sense with Helen indicating relationships as though Alan was the one reporting...although we have to question the census taker's naming of Helen A. Sutton as A. C. Sutton. The Texas record also shows Alan and Nellie reported living in Philadelphia in 1935.

Alan married first #67187 Helen A. Shea.

Relationship notes

They married 7 Jun 1917.

 

Other names for Helen: Helen A. Sutton.

Helen was born 1896 in Pennsylvania. She died 1963. She was buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Hermitage, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania.

Children of this relationship:

#67188FiLiving 
#67189FiiLiving 

Alan married second #67192 Nellie Elizabeth Morgan.

Relationship notes

They married.

 

Other names for Nellie: Nellie Elmore, Nellie E. Sutton.

Nellie was born 7 Jun 1915 in Sharon, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania. She died 18 Dec 1998 in Mequite, Dallas Co., Texas. She was buried in Cade Cemetery, Wortham, Freestone Co., Texas.

She is the daughter of Charlie & Nellie Morgan. In 1935, she and Alan lived in Philadelphia. By 1940 then are in Texas.

Before her marriage to Alan she was married Edward Dahringer. This marriage ended in divorce. After her mariage to Alan she was married Carlton Elmore with whom she had children.

Children of this relationship:

#67206MiLiving 
#67204MiiJohn Charles Sutton(24 Aug 1944–19 Nov 1965)

1910 U.S. Census, Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006., Roll: T624_1429; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0134; FHL microfilm: 1375442.

1920 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010, Roll: T625_1664; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 126; Image: 790.

1930 U.S. Census, Sharon, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com Images Online, Roll: 2077; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0065; Image: 871.0; FHL microfilm: 2341811.

1930 U.S. Census, Sharon, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com Images Online, Roll: 2077; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0070; Image: 1084.0; FHL microfilm: 2341811.

1940 U.S. Census, Sharon, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012., Roll: T627_3572; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 43-77.

1940 U.S. Census, Streetman, Freestone Co., Texas, Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012., Roll: T627_4035; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 81-19.

Alan Campbell Sutton death certificate, no. 66846 (2 Jan 1952), Vital Statistics, Dept. of Health, Texas.

Alan Campbell Sutton, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #33663878. Extracted 9 Apr 2015.

Helen A Sutton, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #86441052.

Nellie Elizabeth Morgan Elmore, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #93446769.

West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.


Line Generation: 9

Relationship: Fifth Cousins Two Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling