I am looking for information on my grandmother's 1st husband, Lloyd
CARDWELL. We know his parents were Albert CARDWELL and Cora SMITH,
married 10 Nov 1877 in Lincoln, Plymouth County, Iowa. We think Lloyd
was born in 1878 in Concord Township, Woodbury County, Iowa. An exact
date for his birth is one thing we would like to find. He was in the
Nebraska State Penitentiary on the 1900 Census, and he married my
grandmother, Gilka "A" (Gail) BUSS, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, on 17 Jan 1907. They then went clear across Nebraska and
had 2 daughters: Grace Minnie CARDWELL and Helen Mae CARDWELL born 9
Aug 1908 and 31 Aug 1909 respectively in Lisco, Deuel County, Nebraska.
Lisco is currently in Garden County. Aunt Grace and Aunt Helen died in
1987 and 1989 respectively. Lloyd and my grandmother were divorced
probably before the 1910 Census, although I have not even found Grandma
and the girls on that census yet. To my knowledge Grace and Helen knew
very little about their father. My father is their half-brother from
Grandma's subsequent marriage to Charles Madison SCRIVEN. If anyone has
any connection to Lloyd, I would also like to find out when and where he
died. Hopefully if I could find that, I could get a death certficate
and obtain the birth date from that. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Ed Scriven