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Some of these individuals may not have been at Troost, but part of other KC area assemblies, or visiting itinerants. Help requested identifying these.

** Alice Altergott Gill. Husband: Forest Gill** Marie Altergott Sommerville. Husband: Will Sommerville.

* William "Will" Rigg Simpson '''+1890-1920+'''. Will served as an associate editor of [[Letters of Interest]] from June of 1944 thru Dec. 1968. By 1965, he resided in Los Angeles, [[California]].

Alice’s father Bill Hayward was among the founders of the [[Bible Chapel of Merriam Shawnee, KCKS|Bible Chapel of Shawnee]] in 1949, along with Bill Hayward & his wife's cousin Wayne Matthews. Alice is an early alumni of also attended [[Kansas Bible Camp]] at one of its old locations near Stafford, prior to 1952 when her father was transferred by his employment as an industrial engineer at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble Procter & Gamble] to an office in northern [[California]]. In 1934, his job was "timekeeper" at P&G . Bill's birthplace was in CaliforniaSparta, Illinois and there is a high likelihood that he was in fellowship at the [[Sparta Gospel Hall, IL|Sparta Gospel Hall]] there as his maternal grandfather, William Charles Sommerville, Sr. (b. 1849 Colliertree, New Monkland ([[Lanarkshire,_Scotland#Airdrie|Airdrie]], North Lanarkshire, Scot. - d. 1918 Dallas, [[Texas|TX]]), was a primary correspondent there in 1904. William's wife was Isabella Livingstone Anderson Sommerville (b. 1855 [[Lanarkshire,_Scotland#Wishaw|Cambusnethan]], Lanark, Scot. - '''d. ???''').

* William "Bill" Albert Hayward '''+1930-1949''' (b. 1911 Sparta, Randolph, [[Illinois|IL]] - d. 1970 Citrus Heights, Sacramento, CA), son of William Hayward (b. 1873 Horwich, Bolton metro, Greater Manchester, [[England]] - d. 1954 Claremont, [[California#Los Angeles|Los Angeles]], CA) & Margaret Sommerville Hayward (b. 1876 [[Lanarkshire, Scotland#Wishaw|Wishaw]], North Lanarkshire, [[Scotland]] - d. 1958 Claremont, L.A., CA). * Ruth A. Leask Hayward-Kelly '''1929-1949''' (b. 1910 [[Iowa#Waterloo|Waterloo]], Black Hawk, [[Iowa|IA]] - d. 2011 CA), daughter of William Leask (b. 1855 [[Tyne_and_Wear,_England#South Shields|South Shields]], South Tyneside, [[Tyne and Wear, England|Tyne & Wear]], Eng. - d. 1940 [[Iowa#Dunkerton|Dunkerton]], Black Hawk, IA) & Alice Ramsay Kerr Leask (b. 1877 [[Edinburgh, Scotland|Edinburgh]], Scot.; m. 1908 Philadelphia, PA; d. 1935 Waterloo, IA). In 1881, Alice's family resided at [https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/edinburgh-locals-recall-life-lost-26256752 1 East Thomas St.] in Edinburgh, possibly where she was born. Her father, John Gordon Kerr (b. 1851 Dalkeith, Lothian, Scot. - d. 1894 Newbattle, Lothian, Scot.), Ruth's maternal grandfather, was employed in 1881 as a house painter, by 1891 as a coal miner, and evidently died in the [https://www.railscot.co.uk/locations/L/Lingerwood_Mine/ Lingerwood Coal Pit] at the age of 43 after an "explosion of shot", as per [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9735/records/102522?tid=36276505&pid=28024082054&ssrc=pt Ancestry.com]. * Alice Margaret Hayward Strayer '''19361935-1949''' (b. 1935 Johnson Co., KS). Her husband was raised at [[Parkside Gospel Chapel, CA|Parkside Gospel Chapel]] in San Francisco, CA. Alice remained in Kansas City 1952-1949’’’1953 to finish out her senior year at the original [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawnee_Mission_North_High_School Shawnee Mission High School], while residing with her cousin Wayne Matthews and his family.