Mabel Elma Bohnstedt b. 18 Jan 1905 Bohnstedt Farm near Adams, Gage Co., NE d. 13 Jan 1974 Redmund, Deschutes Co., OR; burial: Redmond Cem., Redmond, Deschutes Co., OR: Forney & Clark Genealogy Pages

1905 - 1974 (68 years)

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Name	Mabel Elma Bohnstedt
Birth	18 Jan 1905	Bohnstedt Farm near Adams, Gage Co., NE
Gender	Female
Death	13 Jan 1974	Redmund, Deschutes Co., OR; burial: Redmond Cem., Redmond, Deschutes Co., OR
Person ID	I4076	forneyclark
Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

Father	Theodore "Dick" Bohnstedt, b. 10 Aug 1862, Olney, Richland Co., IL d. 5 Dec 1926, Madrid, Perkins Co., NE; burial: Highland Cem., Adams, Gage Co., NE (Age 64 years)
Mother	Mary Ellen Townsend, b. 4 Feb 1870, Tonica, La Salle Co., IL d. 23 Apr 1945, Springfield, Lane Co., OR (Age 75 years)
Marriage	14 May 1887	Beatrice, Gage Co., NE
Family ID	F2378	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Clarence Cockerill, b. 10 Jun 1904, Gretna, Sarpy Co., NE d. 28 Jul 1985, Eugene, Lane Co., OR; burial: Redmond Cem., Redmond, Deschutes Co., OR (Age 81 years)

Marriage 22 Aug 1924 Sterling, Logan Co., CO

Children

	1. Donald Clarence "Don" Cockerill, b. 20 Feb 1926, Ogallala, Keith Co., NE d. 7 Mar 2015, Bremerton, Kitsap Co., WA; burial: Tahoma National Cem., Kent, King Co., WA (Age 89 years)
	2. Wendell Cockerill
	3. Beverly Cockerill
	4. Clifton "Gayle" Cockerill, b. 11 Feb 1934, Perkins Co., NE d. 9 Oct 2021 (Age 87 years)
	5. Darrell Cockerill

Family ID F1582 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Jun 2026

Photos » Slide Show		Bohnstedt, Hazel Merle (1894-1974) & Velma Edith Bohnstedt (1898-1993) & Bernice Ruth Bohnstedt (1892-1911) & Harry Lisle Bohnstedt (1890-1853) & Duane Townsend Bohnstedt (1900-1994) & Theodore "Dick" Bohnstedt (1862-1926) & Mabel Elma Bohnstedt (1905-1974) & Mary Ellen Townsend (1870-1945) & Pauline “Maude” Bohnstedt (1903-1973) & Marjorie Fern Bohnstedt (b.1907) Group photo was taken about 1910 and came from the Clifton Cockerill Archives. Included (L-R, standing) are Hazel Merle Bohnstedt Nielson & Velma Edith Bohnstedt Williams & Bernice Ruth Bohnstedt & Harry Lisle Bohnstedt. Included (L-R, sitting) are Duane Townsend Bohnstedt & Theodore "Dick" Bohnstedt & Mabel Elma Bohnstedt Cockerill & Mary Ellen Townsend Bohnstedt & Pauline “Maude” Bohnstedt Rawson & Marjorie Fern Bohnstedt. See Clifton “Gayle” Cockerill’s website “Samuel Cockerill Genealogy” at http://olypen.com/cliffc/genealogy/index.html
		Cockerill, Clarence (1904-1985) & Mabel Elma Bohnstedt (1905-1974) 2-Persons photo of (L-R) Clarence Cockerill & Mabel Elma Bohnstedt Cockerill was taken in 1924 and came from Clifton “Gayle” Cockerill’s website “Samuel Cockerill Genealogy” at http://olypen.com/cliffc/genealogy/index.html
		Bohnstedt, Mabel Elma (1905-1974) Individual photo of Mabel Elma Bohnstedt Cockerill was taken in 1924 and came from Clifton “Gayle” Cockerill’s website “Samuel Cockerill Genealogy” at http://olypen.com/cliffc/genealogy/index.html
		Bohnstedt, Mabel Elma (1905-1974) Individual photo of Mabel Elma Bohnstedt Cockerill was taken in 1924 and came from Clifton “Gayle” Cockerill’s website “Samuel Cockerill Genealogy” at http://olypen.com/cliffc/genealogy/index.html Restoration of the photo was done by Susan Yvette Todd Barbour.
		Cockerill, Donald Clarence "Don" (1926-2015) & Mary Ellen Townsend (1870-1945) & Lois Nielsen & Hazel Nielsen & Mary Ann Nielsen & Mabel Elma Bohnstedt (1905-1974) & Clarence Cockerill (1904-1985) & Beverly Cockerill & Merle Nielson & Clifton “Gayle” Cockerill & Wendell Cockerill Group photo was taken in Divide, Oregon, in 1939, and came from the Clifton Cockerill Archives. See Clifton “Gayle” Cockerill’s website “Samuel Cockerill Genealogy” at http://olypen.com/cliffc/genealogy/index.html Included (L-R, back row) are Donald Clarence "Don" Cockerill & Mary Ellen Townsend Bohnstedt & Lois Nielsen & Hazel Nielsen & Mary Ann Nielsen & Mabel Elma Bohnstedt Cockerill & Clarence Cockerill. Included (L-R, front row) are Beverly Cockerill & Merle Nielsen & Clifton “Gayle” Cockerill & Wendell Cockerill. Divide, Oregon was located 27 miles south of Eugene, Oregon, on I-5. The town no longer exists.
		Cockerill, Clarence (1904-1985) & Mabel Elma Bohnstedt (1905-1974) & Darrell Cockerill & Clifton "Gayle" Cockerill & Wendell Cockerill & Beverly Cockerill & Donald Clarence "Don" Cockerill (1926-2015) Group photo was taken in March 1954, and came from the Clifton Cockerill Archives. Included (L-R, back row) are Darrell Cockerill & Clifton "Gayle" Cockerill & Wendell Cockerill. Included (L-R, front row) are Beverly Cockerill & Clarence Cockerill & Mabel Bohnstedt Cockerill & Donald Clarence "Don" Cockerill. See Clifton “Gayle” Cockerill’s website “Samuel Cockerill Genealogy” at http://olypen.com/cliffc/genealogy/index.html

Headstones

Bohnstedt, Mabel E. (1905-1974)
Mabel Elma Bohnstedt Cockerill (1905-1974); Redmond Cemetery, Redmond, Deschutes Co., OR, USA. Photo was taken by Clifton “Gayle” Cockerill in 2005 and came from his website “Samuel Cockerill Genealogy” at http://olypen.com/cliffc/genealogy/index.html

Histories

Wheeler, Harold: WWII V-mail written by Harold Wheeler (1920-1988)
This V-mail from Harold Wheeler to the Clarence Cockerill family was written September 27, 1943, from somewhere in the south Pacific. It mentions Donald Clarence "Don" Cockerill, Darrell Cockerill, and Lucille Wheeler. The V-mail came from the Clifton Cockerill Archives.

Notes

Source:
SEE CLIFTON "GAYLE" COCKERILL'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://olypen.com/cliffc/genealogy/index.html
Samuel Cockerill Genealogy:
Clifton "Gayle" Cockerill:
Name, dates, & places

Source:
Dick Cockerill:
Names, dates, & places

Source:
SEE LOIS E. BRANCH'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=loisebranch&id=I55087
The Branch Ranch - A Roundup of Our Ancestors:
Lois E. Branch:
ID: I55087
Name: Mabel Elma Bohnstedt
Sex: F
Birth: 18 JAN 1905 in Bohnstedt Farm near Adams, Gage Co. NE
Death: 13 JAN 1974 in Redmond, Deschutes Co. OR
Burial: Redmond, Deschutes Co. OR
Father: Theodore "Dick" Bohnstedt b: 10 AUG 1862 in Olney, Richland Co. IL
Mother: Mary Ellen Townsend b: 4 FEB 1870 in Tonica, La Salle Co. IL
Marriage 1 Clarence Cockerill b: 10 JUN 1904 in Gretna, Sarpy Co. NE
Married: 22 AUG 1924 in Sterling, Logan Co. CO