Elsie Needham in about 1900.

Elsie Loretta NEEDHAM

19 Mar 1877 - 30 Nov 1944

• BIRTH: 19 Mar 1877, Tonganoxie, Leavenworth, KS
• DEATH: 30 Nov 1944, Bellingham, Whatcom, WA
• BURIAL: 2 Dec 1944, Bay View Cemetery, Bellingham, WA

                                                    _John NEEDHAM _____________+
                          _George William NEEDHAM _|
                         |                         |_Betsy CUSHING ____________+
 _Hawley Varnum NEEDHAM _|
|                        |                          _Jeduthan TITUS ___________
|                        |_Risa Loretta TITUS _____|
|                                                  |_Dorcas INGERSOLL _________+
|
|--Elsie Loretta NEEDHAM 
|
|                                                   _William LOWE _____________+
|                         _William Fletcher LOWE __|
|                        |                         |_Bridget MATTHEWS _________+
|_Catherine Amelia LOWE _|
                         |                          _Absalom SMITH ____________+
                         |_Elsie Aquilla SMITH ____|
                                                   |_Anna Mary "Polly" BEAMER _+

[19] Elsie Needham raised Helen Elsie Needham, biological daughter of
Louis Needham and Nellie rule, as a foster daughter.

Elsie Loretta Needham Obituary
"Tonganoxie Mirror", 07 Dec 1944

1880 US Federal Census
Stranger Twp, Leavenworth, KS (ie, Tonganoxie)

1885, 1895 Kansas State Census
Tonganoxie, Leavenworth, KS

1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 US Federal Census
Tonganoxie Twp, Leavenworth, KS

1940 US Federal Census
Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington
Roll: T627_4368; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 37-24.
(Elsie is 63, living with Helen Needham, 35.)

Burial at Bayview Cemetery
Bellingham, Whatcom County, WA
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7819916

Needham Lineage and Genealogical Notes
Previously unpublished; 1962
Hawley Vincent Needham, Kathryne Lowe Needham Shepherd