The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — Kristin's 3rd-great-grandparents

Ella (Shreckengost) Warner

Probable mother of Maude Melville Warner

Ella (Shreckengost) Warner

Probable

Probable mother of Maude Melville Warner

Born
about 1858
Sources
8

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. The 1880 census of Cedar Precinct, Boone County, Nebraska, read from the image, lists Clifford Warner, 28, his wife Ella, 22, born in Illinois, and their daughter Maud, born in Nebraska, whose parents are both entered as born in Illinois S824; the 1908 marriage of Clifford's daughter Dessa S682 and the 1956 death certificate of his son Claude Dee S683 give his wife as Ella Shreckengost. What is weak: the census gives Ella's relationship to Clifford, not to Maud; Maud's own 1896 marriage entry leaves her mother blank S463; and the maiden name rests on the records of Maud's brother and sister

Evidence: The 1880 census of Boone County, Nebraska lists Clifford Warner's wife Ella, 22, born Illinois, with their daughter Maud, whose parents are both entered as Illinois-born; Clifford's children Dessa (1908 marriage) and Claude Dee (1956 death certificate) give his wife as Ella Shreckengost. Weak or missing: The census gives Ella's relationship to Clifford, not to Maud; Maud's own 1896 marriage entry leaves her mother blank; the middle name Andora and her birth and death dates are unsourced. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1858
Born about 1858 in Illinois (22 in June 1880), to parents both born in Pennsylvania S824
Record1857
The family tree's middle name “Andora”, birth on 12 October 1857 at Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois, and death on 20 March 1940 at Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska, are not on any record read and are not published here as fact
Census1900
🆕 In 1900 Ella A. Warner, born in October 1858 in Illinois, married 24 years, mother of seven children, five living, rented at Rising City, Butler County, Nebraska, with Elsie B., Marion H. and Martha A. Confirmed S977. By April 1910 she was a widow, 52, still at Rising City with Marion and Martha; four of her seven children were living Confirmed S978. added 29 September 2026
Census1920
🆕 In January 1920 Ella A. Warner, 62, widowed, was living in Alexis Township, Butler County, Nebraska, with her daughter Martha M. and son-in-law Alden R. Moural Confirmed S1042. added 29 September 2026
Census1930
🆕 In April 1930, a widow of 72, she lived with her daughter Martha and son-in-law Alden R. Moural in Rogers precinct, Colfax County, Nebraska Confirmed S1090

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Probable
Probable mother of Maude Melville Warner. Wife of Clifford Warner. Named as mother of Dessa Warner, born in Greeley County, Nebraska S682, and of Claude Dee Warner, born in Nebraska on 24 May 1884 S683

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Ella (Shreckengost) Warner · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

8 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S463Nebraska, U.S., County Marriage Records — Nance County, p. 145: Milton Cleavland and Maud Warner, 4 February 1896. Ancestry record 116059. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Milton Cleavland, 23, born Rockland [Rocklin], California, son of C. E. Cleavland and V. J. Smith; Maud Warner, 18, born Nebraska, daughter of Clifford Warner. Licence 3 February 1896 at Fullerton; married 4 February 1896 at Belgrade. One register page carries both of Ancestry's hints (record 900116059 for Maud). Her mother's name is left blank.
  2. S682Nebraska marriage record, Butler County, 1908. Ancestry record 1350028307. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed George Wustrack to Dessa Warner, 20, born Greeley County, Nebraska, married 22 April 1908; her parents Clifford Warner and Ella Shreckengost.
  3. S683Washington death certificate, 1956, Spokane. Ancestry record 112503685. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Claude Dee Warner, born 24 May 1884, Nebraska; died 12 February 1956, Spokane; father Clifford Warner, mother Ella Shrekengost.
  4. S8241880 U.S. Federal Census — Clifford Warner household, Cedar Precinct, Boone County, Nebraska, supervisor's district 2, enumeration district 126, p. 15, dwelling 105, family 111, enumerated 9 June 1880. Ancestry collection 6742, record 48152479 (image 4242184-00402). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Clifford Warner, 28, farmer, born Illinois, father born New York, mother born Massachusetts; Ella, wife, 22, keeping house, born Illinois, parents born Pennsylvania; Maud, daughter, 1 or 2, born Nebraska, parents born Illinois. The census gives Ella's relationship to Clifford, not to Maud. FamilySearch indexes the same page (ark:/61903/1:1:M8Y7-1WJ), so it is not independent. Collection: 1880 United States Federal Census.
  5. S9771900 U.S. census — Rising City, Reading Township, Butler County, Nebraska, ED 11, sheet 2B. Ancestry record 32675489. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28 September 2026. Confirmed Ella A. Warner, head, born October 1858 in Illinois, parents born Pennsylvania, married (not widowed) 24 years, mother of seven children, five living, renting, with Elsie B., Marion H. and Martha A. Her age and nativity match Ella, 22, in 1880 (S824), and Butler County is where her daughter Dessa married in 1908 (S682). Clifford is not in the household. Image 4120373_00505.
  6. S9781910 U.S. census — Rising City, Reading Township, Butler County, Nebraska, ED 12, sheet 5A, dwelling 116. Ancestry record 15389719. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28 September 2026. Confirmed Ella Warner, head, 52, widowed, born Illinois, parents born Pennsylvania, mother of seven children, four living, renting, with Marion, 15, and Martha, 12, both born Nebraska. Same woman as S977: same town, age, nativity and children. Image 31111_4330827-00881.
  7. S10421920 United States Federal Census — Alexis Township, Butler County, Nebraska, enumeration district 1, sheet 4A. Ancestry record 78484380. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Confirmed Dwelling 74: Alden R. Moural, 23, farm manager; Martha M., wife, 21, born Illinois; Warner, Ella A., mother-in-law, 62, widowed, born Illinois, both parents born Pennsylvania.
  8. S10901930 United States Federal Census — Rogers precinct, Colfax County, Nebraska, ED 19-13, sheet 2B, dwelling 40, family 41. Ancestry record 106725471. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Confirmed 12 April 1930: Alden R. Moural, 37, farmer, and Martha, his wife, 32, with their two children, and Ella A. Warner, mother-in-law, 72, widowed, born Illinois of Pennsylvania parents.

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