Franklin Ferrell 1939

Arvid Ferrell Father	Jerry Ferrell	Anna Craig Mother
	Bertha Caudill Spouse

Franklin Ferrell
Name	Franklin  Jerry  Ferrell
Gender	Male
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Birth and Death Information
Born	20 May 1939
	Middletown, OH
	United States of America
Deceased	11 Feb 2002
	Maineville, OH
Family Relationships
Father	Arvid Ferrell
Mother	Anna Craig
Spouse	Bertha Caudill
Marriage Date	3 Oct 1964
Children	David Ferrell Brett Ferrell 1969
Siblings	Elliott Ferrell Naomi Ferrell Craig Ferrell Marilyn Ferrell William Ferrell Lawrence Ferrell Garry Ferrell Eva Ferrell
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Birth Certificate	Jerry Ferrell 1939 Birth Certificate
Death Certificate	Jerry Ferrell 2002 Death Certificate
Marriage Certificate	Ferrell Caudill Marriage Cert
Obituary	Jerry Ferrell 2002 Obituary
Will/Estate	Jerry Ferrell 2002 Will
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David Ferrell
Brett Ferrell

This one is mom, so it's reasonably well documented, though there a few holes here and there that I wished I'd asked her sisters before they were gone. I did reach out to my uncle John, but it didn't recall her going to Berea College/Prep High School, for instance, because he was the baby of the family and it just didn't make that big of an impression on him.

But, she was born 26 Jan 1947, to Sanford Caudill and Nora Farler in Farler, KY.

Family

[[Image:|Mom and her sisters June and Jean about 1975|left|200px]]Bert was born towards the end of her mom's 10 kids, the 3rd youngest of six girls and four boys (Jean, Frances, Pat, Dave, Dot, June, Otis, Bert, Jerry Wayne, and John)

[[Image:|left|200px]]The old home was in the bottom of a hollow on the right fork, the creek running right behind the house. The house was built on about a short cinderblock foundation, I think partly to protect the house from the creek when it would flood,

Education

[[Image:|350px|left|Berea College 1963 FOUNDATION HS ID]]I'm not sure how much school each of grandma's kids got, but I know my mom didn't get her GED until much later, after having us and living in Ohio. I found an student ID from Berea College<ref>The Foundation School served as a secondary educational

Occupation

[[Image:|150px|left]]Mom and dad both worked at Kroger.

Other

[[Image:|left|200px|Bert at NCR?]]Not a lot of extra notes here, her life was short and happened while I was really young. I know she had another job, which looked to be in a lab from the one picture I have, maybe it was at NCR while dad was there? I'm not sure. I know that my aunt Faye also told me that, although they struggled in Florida because Dave and I were always sick, that she had found a good 'office job' down there.

Life on the move

[[Image:|left|200px|Bert and David in Florida]]Mom wanted the best for her kids, and to live where it was warmer. In my story I talk about getting hit by a car, at which point she basically threatened dad with divorce if he didn't find a safer place for her kids to grow up (we'd also been struggling a bit with local bullies). But this was also after she'd convinced him to move to Florida for a time.

When Bert and Jerry were in Florida, I was super small. There are a couple of pictures, and I'm walking around, so I must have been 2 or 3, and Dave was maybe in kindergarten. Aunt Fay tells me that they stayed with them for a short bit before finding work and getting an apartment, and apparently we spent a fair amount of time at the beach and things, but I guess the salt water was giving us ear infections and various things, and they were always having to pick one of us up at school/day care because we were sick, and it just wasn't tenable.

Timeline

[[Image:|1350px|Jerry's timeline]]
Jerry's timeline

Previous Addresses

6090 Serena Way
Middletown, OH 45044
Bert and Jerry moved here after Brett was hit by a car - Bert insisted Granada neighborhood wasn't safe. 6090 Serena way was our Bert's dream home, and she and Jerry installed the pool and considered putting in a lighted tennis court (that was the big family activity for the family!

510 Grenada Ave
Middletown, OH 45044
Bert and Jerry lived here while the kids were in elementary school. There were some rough kids around that would bully the boys, and eventually Brett was struck by a car.

843 Foster St
Franklin, OH 45005
Bert and Jerry lived her for a couple of years, but moved shortly after Brett was born for more room.

[[Image:|left|150px]] Farm...
Gratis, OH 45042
One of Anna and Arvid's homes, Fay says that about the time of the war (World War II, so 1939-1941, she wasn't sure exactly) the family moved to a farm outside of Middletown in Gratis for about 2.5 years. She says it was about 7 acres of farmland, but wasn't enough to make s living off so Arvid still worked "in town". She also said that Elliott had just graduated, so that would make it about 1941 or '42. The 1940 Middletown City Directory puts them at Fleming.

[[Image:|left|150px]] 701 Elsmere St
Middletown, OH 45042
One of Anna and Arvid's homes.

[[Image:|left|150px]] 1914 Fleming Road
Middletown, Oh, 45044
Anna and Arvid's original homestead. From talking to Fay, she says there were only 2 bedrooms and 7 kids. It was a "shotgun" style house, with living room then the dining room right in front of the front door, with bedrooms off to the right, and the kitchen was built into what had been a back porch. The 1940 Middletown City Directory puts them at Fleming.

Pictures

• Pictures of 'Franklin' Jerry Ferrell 1939

Documents

[[Image:|350px|1947 Birth Certificate-reprint]]

[[Image:|350px|1982 Death Certificate-reprint]]

[[Image:|350px|1982 Middletown Journal Obituary]]