Almarie Peel1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3732, (1903 - 1987)
FatherDr. Charles E. Peel4,5,6 (abt 1869 - )
MotherRosa Wearren7,8,6 (abt 1872 - )

Key Events:

Birth: 9 May 1903, Illinois9,10,11
Marriage: about 1919, Frank McLin (about 1898 - )12
Marriage: 1924, Urbana, Champaign Co., Illinois, Walter Adam Schuck (3 Aug 1899 - 7 Dec 1949)13,14,15
Marriage: 29 Sep 1934, Marion Co., Indiana, Raymond Carlton Miesel (31 May 1912 - 3 Apr 1994)16,17,18
Death: 3 Oct 198719,20
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Almarie Peel was born on 9 May 1903 in Illinois.9,10,11 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Sangamon Twp., Piatt Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, Dr. Charles E. Peel and Rosa Wearren.4
     Almarie married first Frank McLin about 1919.12 She appeared with Frank on the 1920 Federal Census of Concord Twp., Iroquois Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents.5
     Almarie married second Walter Adam Schuck, son of George W. Schuck and Katherine Elizabeth Oetzel, in 1924 in Urbana, Champaign Co., Illinois.13,14,15
     Almarie and Walter were living at 405 E. California Ave., Urbana, in 1927.21 They then moved in with his parents, at 306 S. Vine, in Urbana, where they are listed in the 1928 city directory.22
     Almarie appears to be listed with her husband, Walter Adam Schuck, and their daughter Frances on the 1930 Federal Census of Urbana, Champaign Co., Illinois, at 304½ E. Illinois, enumerated 9 Apr 1930. However the record is in some doubt because both his wife and child are recorded as Ruth, a name neither of them ever used.23 Further, family oral history has them as engaged in custody litigation in connection with divorce proceedings about two years before this. However, neither Almarie nor their daughter can be found elsewhere in the 1930 census.24
     Almarie married third Raymond Carlton Miesel on 29 Sep 1934 in Marion Co., Indiana.16,17,18
     Almarie and Raymond appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Mickleyville, Marion Co., Indiana, enumerated 16 May 1940, reporting they rented their home, for $12 per month, and that they had lived in Indianapolis in 1935.25
     She was listed as a musician at the Princess Theatre in the 1928 Urbana city directory.22 She was an organist and blues singer, performing in night clubs and on the radio. She adopted the name Billie as her stage name.26
     Almarie died on 3 Oct 1987 at age 84.19,20

Children:
     There were no children with Frank McLin

Children:
     Child with Walter Adam Schuck:

  • Frances Jane Schuck27,28 (22 Jun 1925 - 9 Apr 2009)

Children:
     There were no children with Raymond Carlton Miesel

Citations

  1. [S3902] Charlie E. Peel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Piatt Co., Illinois, shows name as Almarie Peel.
  2. [S3900] "Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1934," FamilySearch.org, record for Walter Adam Schuck and Almarie Peel, citing FHL #338047.
  3. [S381] Reed, "oetzel connection?," e-mail to author, 22 Feb 2001, shows name as Almarie Peel.
  4. [S3902] Charlie E. Peel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Piatt Co., Illinois.
  5. [S3903] Chas. Peel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Iroquois Co., Illinois.
  6. [S2902] Reed, "Re: [Fwd: Re: oetzel connection?]," e-mail to author, 25 Jul 2001.
  7. [S3902] Charlie E. Peel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Piatt Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Rose's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S3903] Chas. Peel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Iroquois Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Rose's husband.
  9. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Almarie Miesel, Soc. Sec. No. 312-62-4285, shows date.
  10. [S3902] Charlie E. Peel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Piatt Co., Illinois, shows age 6 and state, as Kentucky, but the family is listed in the 1900 census, three years before her birth, in McLean Co., Illinois.
  11. [S3903] Chas. Peel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Iroquois Co., Illinois, shows age 17 and state, as Illiniois.
  12. [S3903] Chas. Peel household, 1920 U.S. Census, Iroquois Co., Illinois, shows each of them as married, with surname McLin, and her as Charles's daughter and him as his son-in-law, and her age as 17 suggesting a recent marriage.
  13. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows year, town, and state.
  14. [S3900] "Illinois County Marriages, 1810-1934," FamilySearch.org, record for Walter Adam Schuck and Almarie Peel, citing FHL #338047, shows year, county, and state.
  15. [S3905] Walter Schuck household, 1930 U.S. Census, Champaign Co., Illinois, shows married, with his first marriage at age 25 and hers at 20.
  16. [S3901] "Marion Co. Circuit Court Marriage Records," IndyGov.Biz, record for Raymond Miesel and Almrarie Schuck, citing bk 142 pg 107, shows date.
  17. [S2902] Reed, "Re: [Fwd: Re: oetzel connection?]," e-mail to author, 25 Jul 2001, shows married.
  18. [S3904] Raymond C. Miesel household, 1940 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Indiana, shows married.
  19. [S2902] Reed, "Re: [Fwd: Re: oetzel connection?]," e-mail to author, 25 Jul 2001, shows date, with year as 1989.
  20. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Almarie Miesel, Soc. Sec. No. 312-62-4285, shows month, year, as 1987, and last residence of 46241 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.
  21. [S3899] Champaign and Urbana City Directory, 1927, pg 301.
  22. [S3899] Champaign and Urbana City Directory, 1928, pg 298.
  23. [S3905] Walter Schuck household, 1930 U.S. Census, Champaign Co., Illinois.
  24. [S3909] Reed, "Re: Almarie," e-mail to author, 24 Oct 2012, shows Walter petitioned for custody of Frances then age around 2.
  25. [S3904] Raymond C. Miesel household, 1940 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Indiana.
  26. [S3912] Reed, "Re: Almarie," e-mail to author, 22 Oct 2012.
  27. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  28. [S3907] Hendricks County Flyer, 10 Apr 2009.