Name |
Nellie Gale Evelyn WATKINS |
Birth |
7 Nov 1888 |
Kincaid, Anderson, Kansas, United States [2] |
Gender |
Female |
Residence |
6 Jun 1900 |
Marmaton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States [3] |
Attending school |
Residence |
1905 |
Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, United States [4] |
Residence |
14 Jan 1920 |
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States [5] |
Secretary, rubber company |
- Listed under her maiden name and listed as single; but she probably was widowed.
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Residence |
7 Apr 1930 |
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States [6] |
Proprietor, motor supply |
Address: 5701 Grand Avenue |
- Listed as Nellie E Trego, widow
|
Residence |
1 Apr 1935 |
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States [7] |
Residence |
8 Apr 1940 |
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States [7] |
Secretary, retail laundry |
Address: 5701 Grand Avenue |
- In this census, Nellie is listed as a widow, head of household in which her mother and two lodgers are living.
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Death |
17 Sep 1964 |
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States [2] |
Burial |
Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States [8] |
Address: Mount Washington Cemetery |
- MRS. NELLIE STEPHENS
DEATH ENDS LONG BUSINESS CAREER
She was Partner and Wife of A.J. Stephens, Industrialist
Mrs. Nellie Gale Stephens, wife and former business partner of A.J. Stephens, retired industrialist, died last night at St. Luke’s hospital after a long illness. The home is at 6124 Ward parkway.
Mrs. Stephens, the former Mrs. Nellie Trego, was a young widow from Humboldt, Kas., just graduated from business college, when she took a $9-a-week job with a tire manufacturing company Stephens owned here before 1921.
When the rubber market collapsed that year Stephens, a millionaire, was bankrupted. Mrs. Trego borrowed money on her home to enable Stephens to start again in business and from then was an equal partner in his varied enterprises. She was secretary-treasurer of A.J. Stephens & Co. for three decades.
Gradually the company came to specialize in custom-built bank, restaurant and store fixtures and furniture, developing upholstering, sheet-metal, wood-working, painting and finishing departments. Mrs. Trego’s sound business sense was credited for part of the comeback.
Mr. Stephens’s first wife died in 1943, and in 1945 he and Mrs. Trego were married. In 1951, they retired, intending to spend more time on their 100 acre retreat, Basswood, in Platte County.
Basswood led to another business enterprise, the Basswood Springs Water Company founded by Stephens, which sells bottled spring water. In 1958, Stephens started the Hereford House restaurant. But, after her 1951 retirement Mrs. Stephens generally left business affairs to her husband, although she remained in an advisory capacity. The Stephens also bought a home in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Mrs. Stephens, who was born November 7, 1888, was a member of the Country Club Christian Church, the Soroptimist club, the Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the Women’s City club, the Athenaeum, was a charter member of the Business and Professional Women’s club and was treasurer of the Children’s Cardiac center.
Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Sybrandt, Summit, N.J.; two brothers, Benjamin Watkins, Inglewood, Calif., and Emmett Watkins, Indio, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Wood, Hollywood, Calif.; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Person ID |
I4296 |
Watkins |
Last Modified |
22 Aug 2018 |
Father |
James Henry WATKINS, b. 4 Sep 1859, East Liberty, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 9 Oct 1907, Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, United States (Age 48 years) |
Mother |
Rachel Philena COPPAGE, b. 1 Oct 1865, Illinois, United States d. 28 Jun 1959, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 93 years) |
Marriage |
20 May 1887 |
Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States [2] |
Residence |
6 Jun 1900 |
Marmaton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States [3] |
Farm laborer |
Family ID |
F681 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Edward Conner TREGO, b. 18 Sep 1888, Kansas, United States d. 6 Dec 1910, Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, United States (Age 22 years) |
Marriage |
17 Sep 1908 |
Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States [1, 9] |
Residence |
5 May 1910 |
Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, United States [9] |
Plumber, hardware store |
- Listed as Edward C. and Nellie E. Trego
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Children |
| 1. Dorothy Nadine TREGO, b. 21 Aug 1909, Allen County, Kansas, United States d. 19 May 2004, Polk County, North Carolina, United States (Age 94 years) |
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Family ID |
F3127 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
10 Oct 2023 |