Myrtle Mary Thomas m. ___ "Russell"
She was b. Jan. 7, 1892 in Missouri 
(d. 5-15-1949 Sacto., CA)
Myrtle Mary Thomas was born in Missouri
on Jan. 7, 1892
(Her mother was Sara Townsend b. abt 1870
and her father was _____Thomas)
Myrtle had two sisters and two brothers.
1. Alfred Thomas
2. Albert Thomas
3. sister (name unknown)
4. sister (name unknown)

The story goes like this: She was in love with a young man
named Samuel Adams, but they never married.
She later married a man named ____Russell, and
had a baby (S. Adams was the father) shortly after. She gave
the baby the last name of Russell (after her now husband).
Born August 31, 1912 was William Theodore Russell
in Fort Smith Arkansas. He later had 12 childred and
two marriages.
*Myrtle Mary (a couple yrs later) married a Pete Smith.
Pete had four children (3 daughters and one son?)
from a previous marriage. Children's names (only
two known, Laura Smith and Truman Smith).

Myrtle Mary and Pete Smith had a daughter Lenore.
She married very young and died because of
pregnancy complications. She is burried on
Whidbey Island (Washington, near Seattle).

Although we never found William T. Russell's birth
father (or any of his step sisters or brothers), his
first wife and mother were very close. She told
the children and her daughter-in-law this story.

William T. Russell  "Ted" married Elsie Marie Ducan
(when they were both very young)They had 7 children:
Their first child was born in 1934.
1. William Theodore Russell Jr. b. 6-2-34
2. Jeanine Russell 
3. Terry Russell
4. Tom Russell
5. Judy Russell
6. Dennis Russell
7. Tim Russell
He became restless and went to California to be near his mother.

In 1949 Myrtle Mary Died  and William T.Russell (now "Russ") was
living in California (left his wife and children).
In 1951 he met Etta May (Roberts) Harper. She was pregnant
and working in a tomatoe field.
Etta had five small children and one on the way and was alone now.
(see Charles Lee Harper: for Harper children)
Chess L Harper (her astranged husband)
was a restless WWII victum and just could not stay home.
Russ and Etta were married in 1954 in CA
Etta and "Russ" had five children:
1. Gregory Alan Russell
2. David William Russell
3. Linda Carol Russell
4. Mary Etta Russell
5. Penny Deane Russell

*I am told that William T. Russell was married three times:
The first time he had to have been a teenager, because he had a wife and three children before he married Marie Ducan.
However, his third marriage lasted 26 years (until his death in 1980).
I will keep adding more information as I recieve it. This family branch has always been a BIG mystery for us to solve.
William T. Russell with wife E. Marie
1933
William T. Russell with wife Etta May
1978
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*"Russell": meaning Man With RED Hair.
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