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This blog is dedicated to my parents, brothers, sister, and cousins who are descendants of Johannes (John) Gutke and Johanna Mork Gutke (pictured above). I am in the process of posting everything I have, so that I can back up documents/photos and also access the info from any location. There are likely to be mistakes, so check back often and feel free to comment if you have corrections!

Sincerely,

Deniane Gutke Kartchner

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Rhoda Ann Player Gutke's ancestry

The following is information about the ancestry of Rhoda Ann Player, Oscar Gutke's first wife. We learn that her Rhoda Ann's grandparents are Emily Melissa Richey and Levi Ward Hancock, and her parents are Temperence Jane Hancock and John Alfred Player. 


1.Emily Melissa RICHEY (William RICHEY2, Robert RITCHIE1) was born 12 Mar 1830 in Pickens Co., Alabama, Alabama, and died 26 Apr 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. She was buried Apr 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Utah. She married Levi Ward HANCOCK 24 Feb 1849 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, son of Thomas III HANCOCK and Ami Or Amy WARD. He was born 7 Apr 1803 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, and died 10 Jun 1882 in Washington, Washington, Utah. He was buried 12 Jun 1882 in Washington, Washington, Utah.
Children of Emily Melissa RICHEY and Levi Ward HANCOCK are:
2  i.Emily Melissa HANCOCK was born 24 Sep 1849 in Salt Lake City, S-Lake, UT.
+3  ii.Temperance Jane HANCOCK was born 1 Jan 1852 in Manti, Sanpete, Ut, and died 8 Jan 1940 in Provo, Utah, Ut.
+4  iii.Levi Ward Jr HANCOCK was born 27 Oct 1855 in Payson, Utah, Ut, and died 28 Feb 1911 in Midway, Wasatch, UT.
5  iv.Cordellia HANCOCK was born 29 Nov 1848 in Salt Lake, Salt Lake, UT, and died Sep 1922.


Descendant Register, Generation No. 2

3.Temperance Jane HANCOCK (Emily Melissa RICHEY3, William RICHEY2, Robert RITCHIE1) was born 1 Jan 1852 in Manti, Sanpete, Ut, and died 8 Jan 1940 in Provo, Utah, Ut. She was buried 10 Jan 1940 in City Cem., Provo, UT. She married John Alfred PLAYER, son of Joseph PLAYER and Ann KEET (OR KELT). He was born 6 Jun 1847 in London, London, England, and died 26 May 1902 in Ogden, Weber, Ut. He was buried 29 May 1902 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.
Children of Temperance Jane HANCOCK and John Alfred PLAYER are:
6  i.Rhoda Ann PLAYER was born 22 Jun 1874 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut, and died 31 Dec 1894 in Ogden, Weber, Ut.
7  ii.Levi PLAYER was born 2 Aug 1872 in Terrace, Box Elder, UT, and died 31 Aug 1873.
8  iii.Alfred Alexander PLAYER was born 4 Apr 1870 in Terrace, Box Elder, UT, and died 10 Aug 1927.
9  iv.Birdie PLAYER was born 13 Apr 1877 in Terrace, Box Elder, UT.
http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=flakey&id=I519599548&ti=5542


Oscar Gutke and Mary Matilda Tillie

I was working on family history today and I am a little confused on something that came up. According to Family Search....

1893 - Mary Matilda (Tillie) married William Henry Olsen 18 Jan 1893 in Terrace, Box Elder, Utah.
1893 - Gladys Lucille Olsen is listed as being born 27 May 1893 in Oakland, CA. (But parents listed on Family Search are Mary Matilda Henderson and Oscar Julius Gutke).

1893 - Oscar Julius Gutke married Rhoda Ann Player 8 Mar 1893 in Smithfield, Cache, Utah
1894 - Rhoda Ann Player died 31 Dec 1894 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.
1894 - Marie Hazel Gutke born 11 May 1894 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.

1895 - Gladys Lucille Olsen died 27 June 1895.

1899 - Mary Matilda (Tillie) married Oscar Julius Gutke 17 April 1899 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
1900 - John Edgar born 6 June 1900 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.
1903 - Doris Gertrude Gutke born 28 August 1903 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.
1905 - Charles Herbert born 1 May 1905 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.
1908 - Alan Lovey born 3 April 1908 in Ogden, Weber, Utah.

1918 - Son John Edgar dies 20 November 1918.

1922 - Gladys Lucille Olsen sealed to Mary Matilda Henderson and Oscar Julius Gutke 20 September 1922.

So, this is what I got from these records. Tillie was married before to a William Henry Olsen, and they had a daughter Gladys Lucille Olsen. This daughter was sealed to Tillie and Oscar rather than sealed to her biological father on 20 September 1922. (Oscar was sealed to both Rhoda Ann and Tillie that day, and all the other kids were sealed to Oscar and their respective mothers the same day according to records on Family Search.)

What about William Henry Olsen? There is a William Henery Olsen born in 1879 and married to Josephine Farr on 15 July 1903 in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Wonder if it's the same person. No death date mentioned but on 30 October 1942 Josephine Farr married Nels Benjamin Lundwall. She died in 1960.