Alice Horner's note: I took over this listing from Findagrave on March 9, 2022. This Omar Henry Lloyd was an uncle of Omar Huber Lloyd. The 1919 Freeport, Illinois City Directory shows both of them living in Freeport and rooming at 108 Stephenson Street in Freeport. Omar Henry Lloyd was working as a clerk at an unnamed business. He apparently moved away from Freeport sometime in 1919. I don't show him listed in the 1920 US Federal Census for Freeport, which was taken in January 1920, nor in the 1921 Freeport City Directory. And I don't show him listed in the 1914 Freeport City Directory. No person named Lloyd is listed at all in the 1898-1899 Freeport City Directory.
Of course I'm not positive this Omar Lloyd is the same person as Omar Henry Lloyd. He would have been 69 years old in 1919, somewhat beyond normal working age even in 1919. And he had never been listed in any prior Freeport City Directory. Plus, his listing in the Illinois Deaths And Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 shows his occupation as "land agent," which is somewhat different from being a clerk.
Proof can be hard to find. No city directory shows the date of birth of any person listed, and beyond that the 1914 city directory listed his nephew Omar Huber Lloyd as Homer Lloyd. The only reason I knew he was Omar Huber Lloyd was that he was married to Cecelia Schryer and she is listed with him in the 1914 directory (as Cecelia). Their marriage, with his name as Omar Huber Lloyd, is listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. I keep thinking that the directory people finally figured out when they were publishing the 1919 directory that Homer Lloyd was the wrong name and Omar Lloyd was the right name, but they didn't delete the wrong name and then couldn't decide which one was correct.
OMAR H. LLOYD
Omar was the son of Benijah and Arrelda (Willits) Lloyd. And the grandson of Benijah and Elizabeth (Dunn) Lloyd and Dr. Mark and Harriet Willits.
Omar's siblings were: Arthur Lloyd, Ella Lloyd, Nettie Lloyd, Charles M. Lloyd, William Lloyd, George W. Lloyd, Maurice E. Lloyd, Ida Lloyd and Thomas Lloyd. *NOTE Omar's brother William also had a son named Omar H. Lloyd.
Omar is buried in a family plot with his parents, some of his siblings and other family members.
Of course I'm not positive this Omar Lloyd is the same person as Omar Henry Lloyd. He would have been 69 years old in 1919, somewhat beyond normal working age even in 1919. And he had never been listed in any prior Freeport City Directory. Plus, his listing in the Illinois Deaths And Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 shows his occupation as "land agent," which is somewhat different from being a clerk.
Proof can be hard to find. No city directory shows the date of birth of any person listed, and beyond that the 1914 city directory listed his nephew Omar Huber Lloyd as Homer Lloyd. The only reason I knew he was Omar Huber Lloyd was that he was married to Cecelia Schryer and she is listed with him in the 1914 directory (as Cecelia). Their marriage, with his name as Omar Huber Lloyd, is listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. I keep thinking that the directory people finally figured out when they were publishing the 1919 directory that Homer Lloyd was the wrong name and Omar Lloyd was the right name, but they didn't delete the wrong name and then couldn't decide which one was correct.
OMAR H. LLOYD
Omar was the son of Benijah and Arrelda (Willits) Lloyd. And the grandson of Benijah and Elizabeth (Dunn) Lloyd and Dr. Mark and Harriet Willits.
Omar's siblings were: Arthur Lloyd, Ella Lloyd, Nettie Lloyd, Charles M. Lloyd, William Lloyd, George W. Lloyd, Maurice E. Lloyd, Ida Lloyd and Thomas Lloyd. *NOTE Omar's brother William also had a son named Omar H. Lloyd.
Omar is buried in a family plot with his parents, some of his siblings and other family members.
Alice Horner's note: I took over this listing from Findagrave on March 9, 2022. This Omar Henry Lloyd was an uncle of Omar Huber Lloyd. The 1919 Freeport, Illinois City Directory shows both of them living in Freeport and rooming at 108 Stephenson Street in Freeport. Omar Henry Lloyd was working as a clerk at an unnamed business. He apparently moved away from Freeport sometime in 1919. I don't show him listed in the 1920 US Federal Census for Freeport, which was taken in January 1920, nor in the 1921 Freeport City Directory. And I don't show him listed in the 1914 Freeport City Directory. No person named Lloyd is listed at all in the 1898-1899 Freeport City Directory.
Of course I'm not positive this Omar Lloyd is the same person as Omar Henry Lloyd. He would have been 69 years old in 1919, somewhat beyond normal working age even in 1919. And he had never been listed in any prior Freeport City Directory. Plus, his listing in the Illinois Deaths And Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 shows his occupation as "land agent," which is somewhat different from being a clerk.
Proof can be hard to find. No city directory shows the date of birth of any person listed, and beyond that the 1914 city directory listed his nephew Omar Huber Lloyd as Homer Lloyd. The only reason I knew he was Omar Huber Lloyd was that he was married to Cecelia Schryer and she is listed with him in the 1914 directory (as Cecelia). Their marriage, with his name as Omar Huber Lloyd, is listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. I keep thinking that the directory people finally figured out when they were publishing the 1919 directory that Homer Lloyd was the wrong name and Omar Lloyd was the right name, but they didn't delete the wrong name and then couldn't decide which one was correct.
OMAR H. LLOYD
Omar was the son of Benijah and Arrelda (Willits) Lloyd. And the grandson of Benijah and Elizabeth (Dunn) Lloyd and Dr. Mark and Harriet Willits.
Omar's siblings were: Arthur Lloyd, Ella Lloyd, Nettie Lloyd, Charles M. Lloyd, William Lloyd, George W. Lloyd, Maurice E. Lloyd, Ida Lloyd and Thomas Lloyd. *NOTE Omar's brother William also had a son named Omar H. Lloyd.
Omar is buried in a family plot with his parents, some of his siblings and other family members.
Of course I'm not positive this Omar Lloyd is the same person as Omar Henry Lloyd. He would have been 69 years old in 1919, somewhat beyond normal working age even in 1919. And he had never been listed in any prior Freeport City Directory. Plus, his listing in the Illinois Deaths And Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 shows his occupation as "land agent," which is somewhat different from being a clerk.
Proof can be hard to find. No city directory shows the date of birth of any person listed, and beyond that the 1914 city directory listed his nephew Omar Huber Lloyd as Homer Lloyd. The only reason I knew he was Omar Huber Lloyd was that he was married to Cecelia Schryer and she is listed with him in the 1914 directory (as Cecelia). Their marriage, with his name as Omar Huber Lloyd, is listed in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index. I keep thinking that the directory people finally figured out when they were publishing the 1919 directory that Homer Lloyd was the wrong name and Omar Lloyd was the right name, but they didn't delete the wrong name and then couldn't decide which one was correct.
OMAR H. LLOYD
Omar was the son of Benijah and Arrelda (Willits) Lloyd. And the grandson of Benijah and Elizabeth (Dunn) Lloyd and Dr. Mark and Harriet Willits.
Omar's siblings were: Arthur Lloyd, Ella Lloyd, Nettie Lloyd, Charles M. Lloyd, William Lloyd, George W. Lloyd, Maurice E. Lloyd, Ida Lloyd and Thomas Lloyd. *NOTE Omar's brother William also had a son named Omar H. Lloyd.
Omar is buried in a family plot with his parents, some of his siblings and other family members.
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