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FAMILY HISTORY
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I. Your name Dean Hmueber *
Date of form November 19, iq?^ * (ID H )
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your paper.
^Before 1750 1750-1800 ^ I8OO-I85O
1850-1900 1900 or later
k. Please check al I regions of the United States In which members of your family whom you
have discussed in your paper have lived,
X New England (Mass., Conn., R.I.) Middle Atlantic (N.Y., Penna., N.J., Ma.)
^South Atlantic (Ga., Fla., N.C., S.C.) x East South Central(La, , Miss. , Ala. ,Tenn , Ky
West South Central (Ark., N.M. , Tex., 0T<T7~ x East North Central (Mich., Ohio, Ind.
Pacific (Cal., Washj ^(Hawaii, Alaska) HI. Wis.)
^Plains (ND,SD,Neb. ,Kan. »Iowa, MB)
5. Please check al I occupational categories in which members of your family whom you have
discussed In this paper have found themselves.
X Farming Mining ^ Shopkeeping or small business
^Transportation Big- Business ^ Manufacturing
X Professions x Industrial labor Other
6. Please check al I religious groups to which members of your family whom you have discussed
In this paper have belonged.
X Roman Catholic ^Jewish Presbyterian Methodist
Baptist '^x Episcopalian Congregational Lutheran
Quaker ^Mormon x Other Protestant ^Other
7. What ethnic and social groups are discussed In your paper?
^Blacks Indians Mexicans Puerto Ricans
Jews Central Europeans I tal lans Slavs
Irish ^British x Native Americans over several generations
^East Asian Other
8. What sources did you use in compiling your family history?
x Interviews with other FamI ly Bibles Family Genealogies
fami ly members
X Vital Records ^Land Records ^The U.S. Census
X Photographs Maps Other
II. FAMILY DATA
A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Name Gustave C. Hinueber Current Residence
If dead, date of death Feb. 25. 19S7"~"
Place of birth North leeds, Wis. ^^^^ , g. ^ Feb. I883
Education (number of years):
grade school 5 high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PUCE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Army Supply Sgt. Dates 1st Dates_
2nd Factroy worker Oates 2nd ^Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
'(th Dates <«th Dates
Re t i g I on
Catholic
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. None
Place of Marriage to your grandmotKer Not none ^^te 2-12 15
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age I8) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-l)
6. Grandmother (your father's side)
Name ^^^^^ Hinueber Current Residence
If dead, date of death k-Z-^
Place of birth Brockton. Mass Date of birth ^"^^"^
Education (number of years):
grade school 6 high school vocational college_
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
., (after leaving home)
Ist ^^^^® Dates 1st Rockforcf Dates
Pou]trv '=!hn-n SprinD;field
2nd ^ouixry snop p^^^^ 2nd Dates
3rd Oates 3rd ^ryan. Ohio ^^^^^
^th Dates Ath Dates
_ ,, , Episcoplainan
Religion
t Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather , , , . . 6aTE
'^°^** i^al(<'a;t^S(!»fh»«6a«'W''tiil8 WiVi)? stepmother or another relative give
A- I Siepqrandfalher (your father's side)
Jav Pailey
I I -Ir.ld. .I.UP of d«*tK
Place of birih
^ryan, Ohio
Cduc.itlon (number of years)
giade school ^ ^\g^ »chooJ_
Occupat lon(s)
i^t Fainter
Dates
2nd Federal emnJoyee Dates
3rd Landlord Oates_
4th Dates
Re M q i nn
X.-
estant
Current Residence
l$t_
2nd_
3rd_
'4th
Date of Blrth_
vocational
col lege
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Rockfor(f^'«'* leaving home)
Dates
Sprinp"f ield
Dates
Bryan, Ohio
Dates
Dates
folitlcal parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Am erican Leerion
Flace of in»rr\Bgt to your grandmother"
date 2-15-3;
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your father's side)
If dead, date of death
Place of birth
Current Residence^
Date of birth
Education (number of years):
grade school high school vocational ^college
Occupat ion(s)
ls(
2nd
)rd
_Dates_
Dates
Dates
lst_
2nd_
3rd
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
_Dates_
Dates
M I igioo
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
3.
Grnndfather (your mother's side)
Edward F. Greenbere; _ .
Name Current Residence
If dead, date of death o-l^-^T^
ockford, Illinois . 6-1Q-1891
Place of birth Date of birth ^
Education (number of years) ;
grade school " high school vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home]
»9t
Factory worker pg^^j ,j^ Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
^th Dates 4th Dates
o , , , Evangelical
Religion „^ , ^ ^ ^
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. Motorcycle club
Place of marriage to your grandmother Not Mknown date 6-I-I916
Note: If your mother was raised by 8 SCBpfllfltr Ur insinir rClmlVB (tO S^^e 18)
give that data on the back of this page (C-l)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Alice H. Greenbere; ^ _ . .
Name Current Residence
If dead, date of death x-i^-ivoT
Place of birth Rockford Date of birth 5-1^-1395
Education (number of years)
grade school " high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Housewife Dates 1st Dates
2nd Datas 2ftd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
Re 1 1 g i on
Political party, civil or social clubs*^ sororities, etc.
'' bewme: cluT) •■-■■;■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Place of marriage to your grandfather _ _ ***^*._. ~"
Note: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another r»i»H"» (tr? ;;; '.?J
,!vc :h^; Jala wn (he oacK OT this page (D-2)
A- 1 Slepqrandfather (your father's side)
Jay Bailey
N.inir ^^^^
I f <lr.Td. (I.itp of death
1-^ r^
P Irtcc of birth
rryan, Ohio
Eddc.ition (number of years)
grade school ^ high school
Occupat lon(s)
Current Residence
1st
Fainter Dates
1st
2nd
Federal employee Dates
2nd
3rd
Landlord pates
3rd
^th
3 nor owner
Dates
IJth
Rcl i
qion '^^' ^'^^ estant
Date of Birth_
vocational
col lege
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Rockfor(:Pf'«'' 'eaving home)
Sprinp-field
Bryan, Ohio
_Dates_
_Dates_
_Dates
Dates
Political parlies, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. ^"^ erican Legion
Place of marriage to your grandmother
date 2-15-3.'
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your father's side)
Nai^
I f dead, date of death
Place of bi rth
Current Residence^
Date of birth
Education (number of years):
grade school high school vocational ^college
Occupat ion(s)
Ut
2nd
3rd
_Dates_
Dates
Dates
lst_
2nd_
3rd
Re I i g i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates_
Dates
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
3.
Grandfather (your mother's side)
Edward F. Greenbere;
Name Current Residence
If dead, date of death o-i:?-'/!"^
ockford, Illinois 6-19-1891
Place of birth Date of birth ■
Education (number of years)
grade school " high school vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
!5t
Factory worker pg^^ ,,j Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
^th Dates kth Dates
_ , , , Evangelical
Re II g ion
Motorcycle club
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc._
Place of marriage to your grandmother Not Mknown date 6-I-I9I1
Note: If your mother was raised by a SlBprilllier ur inULlier lelJLlVU (lU age 18)
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Alice H. Greenberg ^ > . .
Name Current Residence
If dead, date of death i-i^-ivoj
Place of birth Rockford
Date of
birth ^-I'^-iaQS
Education (numBe" of years)
grade school ° high school
vocational
col lege
Occupation(s)
1st Housewife pg^es
1st
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
2nd Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd Dates
3rd
Dates
Rel iglon
sororities, etc.
Political party, cIvM or social clubs,
bewine: clux)
Place of marriage to your grandfathec
date
Note: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another r*i»«-iw» (tc :g* 1?,'
,!-.-= :h«: Jala wn inc oacK OX this page (D'>2}
C-l Sr epgrandf .ither (your mother's side)
Nome
I f 'If.id, <lc»io of d«ath
I'l.i..- •.! I.iiili
I •III! .ll i>HI (lilNllIx' r (TT yf.i I •, )
•|i.iil«* •.iliiMil lii<jli school
Ottiip.it Ion (s )
1st
?n.l
3rd
Dates
Dates
_Dates_
Dates
Current Residence
D.llc ol hi I (I)
vocol ioniil
to I Um)«'
)st_
2nd
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
3rd
<tth
Re I i g I ofi
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmothdr
Dates_
Dates_
Dates
datd
0-? S tcpqr.indmothfr (your mother's side)
N.ime
I f (l<!jd, •iittr of death
f'l.ici- of birth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupot ion(s )
Kt
2nfj
3rd
Dates
_Dates_
Dates
Current Residence
Date of birth
vocational
col lege
Ist_
_2nd_
3rd
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Re I i »j i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Dates_
Dates_
Dates
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
CHIkPRbN of A & B ^or A- I or B-1}
u.^ Robert C. Hinueber
Name
Place of birth Mirmeaplois"
Number of years of' 5 chop 'l ) tig
Residence Rockford, 111
your father's name should appear below
*
date
7-2Q-1916
T
Number of~"cRTT3r6n
Gus Hinueber Jr.
Harltfil
Occupatl,6rt "i^"^^
A(jL'umiLa»L
Name
Place of bl rth
Number of years of school Ing
Residence Rock Falls"
Number of children
"3ate
~
l*^ Occupatl6rt EdltbT"
Marital Status Married
f years of' schooMn
_ Park Forest
Karne Dorothy Sloan
Place of birth
Number o
Res I dence
Number of chl Idren
Name "^^^^ Bailey
P lace of bt rth
Number of years of'. 'schooO'nQ "
Residence EvanviIIe. In&T
Number of cM Hdrerj L "
TT
date
Occupation
Marftal Statue MarfTCT
bales lady
date^
^ccupllTTdT-a^'CTrrr^cr
tatus Marrt-eo '
^3^ Helen Dobson
Place of birth
Number of years of schooHhg
Res I dence Bryan, Ohio"
Number of chlldrdh
Name
Place or birth
Number of years of school Ihg
Res I dence
Number of children
Name
Place of birth '""
Number of years of schooling
Res I dence
Number of chl Jdr«n
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Res I dence
Number of chl Idren
— — — — — <^8te
*"" Occupation
^larttat Sbtus ^^^^^^^^
tfate
"^ bccupatlon
Marital Statu*
mmiH. tl'te
' Occupation
larlta! Status ""
"~date
Occupation
Marital Status
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Res I dence "
Number of chl Idren
date
Occupation
Ntrltfil Status
10. Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooUng
Residence
Number oT CHI I U Will
date
nfccupatTofT
^jierital Sta t us
dllLUREN i»l (. and 0 (or (.-I, D-1)-your mothrr's nonni should appmr beUv*
Evel.vn Hinuebe^^
vT'..r'.TTVrn: Ho(?.t-:!orff. IlllnMa .i..u. 3-2Q-1Q17
Moiiiii'-i ..I /i-if . of ;.c>Hx>nnf) 1^^ Occupation office wcrk
t^.--.i.i.-t.,..- Rockforrt- Marital Status Married
Niiiiilirr ol ( h 1 IdrCn -^
u Halph Greenbere:
I'l.M- ..r ImhIi Rockford date 1^^^_
N.jinJ.rr mI y.if. of schooling IZ Occupation ^"OP J^r- siaenx
Hesi.kMce Rocki'ord Harltal Status Marnea
Number fif ch i 1 dren ^
Keniiv Greenbere
N .vm-. ^
Place uf birth KocKicra date
Number ol years of schooling J- -^ Occupation P^lriltJi
Residence Lakewood . L&ior^afl Marital Status Mai'i'lua
Number of ch i 1 dren ^
Nome
Pl.ie.- of l,ir(h date
NijtnJ)i'i i<r ye.irs of schooling OccupatiOh
Ml--, i deiir c Marl taT"Status
Number of ch i 1 dren
Nanie
Pl.icr rjf birth date
Number of ycors of schooling Occupation
Kes i dence Marital Status
HuniJjrr of ch I 1 dren
N.ifm-
Pl.Tce of bi rth date__
Number of years of schooling DccupatlOrt
R«.s i dence Marital Status [
NumJjor of chi Tdren
7. Nang
Place of bi rib date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
He-.idcnce Marl tal Status
Number of chi 1 dren
Name __«_____—________«___»___
P lace of birth date
Number of years of schooling OccupatlOrt
Residence Marl tal Status
Number of ch i 1 dren
Name
P lace of bi rth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Rei i dence Harl tal Status \
Number of chi 1 dren
10. Name
Place of bi rth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation"
Residence Marital Status
Number of chi Idren
s
Your Father
„ Robert Carl Hinueber Rockford, Illinois
i^*'"^ Current Residence
I f dead, date of death • — — — — ^— — — — .
r ^, I. Minneapolis, Minnesoata „ ^^ -,01/
Place of b rth ^B,te of btrth 7-29-1916
Education (number of ^ars) —————————.
grade school Q high school 3 vocational college ^
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Account-nt Dates t^t Oregon ^Dates
2nd ^Dates 2ndJ^^2lll£2f2 °*''**
3rd Dates 3rd California ^O^t^,
^th Dates Itth ^Dates^
l^'^^g^o" Episcopalian
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. ^^^^ ^^^^
I . I ) J I' , , . I' '. ii . jii . iii. I"
Place of marriage to your mother uik^uh- ■ ■ ■■'■'' ■ ^ate 12-'^-1942
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give that data on the back
of this page. (E-2)
Your Mother
u Evelyn Hinueber « i. n u Rockford
Name . . Current Residence
If dead, date of death
Di * ^- .u Rockford ^ ^ r u. .u 3-29-191?
Place of birth Date of birth
Education (number ofgyears) ^
grade school high school^ vocational ^college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Office wor k <«<"'••• 'eaving home)
1st Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates Samfjr^<fis my father ^Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
Religion_^ Episcopalian
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc*
Place of marriage to your father ^^^^ ^
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepmother or another relative give that data on the back of
this page (F-2).
E- 1 Stepfather
Name
I f dead, date of death
Place of birth Date of birth
Education (number of years) —————————— ..,—____
grade school high school vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
• st Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
^th Dates i>th Dates
R« I Igion -^— ^— .._.___ii___..__
PollticarTryPTTerrTTTrrTrrTWrTTl clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your mother Dat<
^■-2 Stepmother
Name
Date of birth
1 f dead, date of death
Place of hi rth
—
Education (number oT years)
grade school high school
__ vocational
1st
col lege
Occupat ion(s)
1st Dates
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
2nd Dates
2nd
3rd
sororities,
etc.
Dates
3rd Dates
Dates
Re 1 i g I on
Political party, civil or social clubs,
Place of marriage to your father
date
CHILDREN of E and F (or E-2, F-2) - your name should appear below
Paul Hinaber
Naine
P I ace of birth Rockford, Illinois
Number of years of schooling
Res i dence Ch^^a^u
Number of ch i Idren
19
-KTe of birth 6-7-1947
Occupatloi^^'O"^^^^"^^ bupevv-rsor
Marital Status singTT
Name Kay Hinueber
Place of birth ROUkruid. IlUnoio ^^^^ ^f bl rth__12-29-1929_
Number of years of schooling . lb Occupation ^alfea
Re b i den ce
Number of chl Idren
Name
Place of bi rth
"S
rrrsR^cr
Marital Status Sin^3:5-
Dean Hinueber
Vi/hlLllur. California
Number of years of school lrig„ ~ TT
Res i dence
Number of chl Idren
Name
Place of birth
DSt^of birth 12-23-19^5^
Occupation SLudunL
Number of years of school Ing
Res i dence
Number of chl Idren
Marital Status
Marital Status
Date of birth
Occupation
Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of school Ing
Res i dence
Number of chlldrert
Date of bi rth
Occupation
Marital Status
Name
Place of bl rth
Number of years of school ing_
Res i dence
Number of chl Idren
Marital Status
Tate of b I rth_
Occupatioh
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of school Ing_
Res i dence
Number of chl Idren
Date of birth
Occupation
"Rarital Status
Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of school Ing
Res i dence
Number of ch i Idrert
Marital Status
Date of bi rth_
Occupation
111. ASblC.NMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willincj)
1 her(4)v donate this family history, along with all literary and adiinriiMrdtivc
.Hjhts.'to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection, depositod in the
Rockford Public Library, Rockford, Illinois
Signed Clfl^!^ /-/^^<e^^g<
Date /.^^2.:i2^
GENKALOGY CHART
Gustave C. Hinueber
Grandfather
Robert C. Hinueber ^. 2-7-1883
: 2-10-1953
7-29-1916
12-5-1942
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Edith Aobinson
Gr'andmothcr
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Edward F. Greenberg B
fGrandfathcr
n 6-19-1-391
,i 6-1-1916
r;b-15-19^5
Evelyn A. C-reenberg
Mother
B 3-29-1917
M 12-5- 1^^2
D
Alice H. Anderson
Grandmother
B 5-li;-l395
D 1-12-1963
To Robert and Kvelyn for all t'aeir love and understanding
The sources for this rr^aper are Robert and Evelyn Hinueber
J
1.
Paternal Grandfather Gustave G. Hinueber
Gustave C, ''INUEBER was born in February I883, in North
LeedSr Wisconsin, he was the son of German parents having their
origin in Germany. The Hinueber' 3 then moved to Sto Paul,
Minnesoiba, the approximate date of this move is not known,
Gus Hinueber 's family consisted of brothers Charlie and Louie
and sisters Margaret and Tina.
During Gus Hinueber 's life he held many jobs, he was a
railroad man and also a policeman for a short period of time,
Gus was a laboring man holding a job in Camp Grant, Illinois,
and also a factory job in Rockford, Illinois, As a laborer
his pay was not too high, nor was his rate of advancement,
Gus was well regarded by his fellow employees, he is
what one might call, "a good mixer," he got along veil with
people. He was a good dancer, and unfortunately he did not
know how to control alcohol, which later led to his divorce
fror" his wife Edith, It appears that Gus and Edith never led
an extremely happy life, because of the alcohol.
Religion did not play a big part in Gus Hinueber 's life.
Gu3 'iinueber served during the Philippine Insurection in 1893-
99, in Cuba, during the Spanish-American War,
Gus Hinueber "died in February 1958.
Paternal Grandmother lidith Hinueber Bailey
Edith R6BiN36ti was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on 18,
February, 1336, She was the adopted daughter of the Robinson
family. Edith Robinson married Gus Hinueber on 12, April 1915.
Edith Robinson went through all the steps of nurses train-
ing, up to graduation, but she did not graduate and regretted
it later. Edith supplemented the Hinueber family income during
the Depression with this nurses training, by going out on calls
as a private nurse, she was very good at this as evidenced by
her always being with these calls. Edith's nurses training
came in handy when,»Rooert her oldest child, contacted pneum-
onia.
Edith was a small attractive women who was alwaysiii ffood
health. Edith was always a super-emotional person. lidith
Robinson came from the average working mans background.
She was an average cook and house keeper, Edith had a
profound love for playing cards even though she was not very
good at it, but she enjoyed the socializing, that comes with
almost any card game.
Edith was an Episcopalian when Robert was young.
Shb chanp-ed to Catholic when Gus Jr. and Dorothy went to
Catholic school. After Edith's divorce from Gus Hinueber,
she married Jay Bailey, who was a Prodestant. Edith and
Jay moved from church to church, mainly because they liked
to hear the sermons of certain priests.
Edith Hinueber, after a prolonged illness, died on 2, April I969-
Jay Bailey
Edith HIiiUEBER divirced Gus HIHUEBER in 1935 or I936
approximately. Jay Bailey owned ^ snjall noultry shop in
in Rockfcrd, in which, Edith Hinueber was employed. It was
after Edith's divorce from Gus, that the fondness between Gus
and Edith surfaced, they were later married. Jay Bailey's
home was in Bryan, ©hie.
In order to nrovide irore support for his family, Jay
joined the Illinois National Guard. As a result of World War
II, the Illinois Unit was called into active duty. This
forced Jay and Edith to move to Springfield, Illinois, where
Jay served as a selective service a.srent.
After the War, Jay and Edith moved to Bryan, Ohio, which
was Jay's homesite. Jay's father passed away after World War
11^4 Jay's mother lived with Jay and Edith for a period of
time. Jay Bailey had two children from a prior marriage,
Helen and Walter. Thb family relationship for the period of
time that Jay and Edith lived in Rockford, was good and Helen
and Walter joined the family unit without any upset.
After Jay's return to Bryan, Ohio, he supervised some
rental housing, which his fattier Hays Bailey had owned.
Jay was also a house painter in his spare time. Jay Bailey
was also a rember of the American Legion in good standing.
Jay Bailey was more of a family man than Gus Hinueher in
that he did more for and with the children. He would help the
children with loans of money whenever they need it.
Jay Bailey also graciously remembered the Hinueber children
in his will, when he passed away in I969.
Paternal Grandparents Family Life Together
The Hinuebers were considered to be your average working
man's family. Gus Hinueber was not a good manager of the family
finances, and was always in debt, yet his pay was average for
that time.
Gus hardly, ever to6k his family on very many trips,
because transportation in those days was not as good and you
could not go as far or see as many things as you can today.
Gus did have a love for baseball, which he transmitted to his
children, Robert, Gus Jr., and Dorothy. The Hinuebers never
attended any family reunions or social gatherings of this ■.:;
nature, such as picnics.
Edith Hinueber and her children attended the Episcopal
Church regularly. Later because of some minor school diff-
iculties, Gus Jrv and Dorothy attended Catholic school and
ihen became Catholic.
Gus Hinueber had a different kind of love for his family.
He did not participate too much with them, rather he spent his
free time with his friends. The Hinueber children were dis-
ciplined jointly and Gus Hinueber did not spare the strap.
In the early 1920 's the Hinuebers lived on 11th Street
Road, just north of. Kishwaukee Road, on which two government
farms were located. During this time Gus Hinueber was employed
as a supply sargeant for the state of Illinois. As a result
of Gus Hinueber 's job the family was constantly moving to
different locations around Camp Grant, Illinois.
After a change in politics the Hinuebers were forced to move
to Rockford, Illinois, as Gus lost his job in a political
sense. Gus Hinueber then took a job in a Rockford factory
and the children went to school in the Rockford School
System, The heightening of the. Depression of 1932 found the
Hinuebers moving frequently with houses on 11th Street across
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from Southeast End Park and in the Hall-Benton-Crosby-Lone;wood
Stree"t area, which is west, of the present day Rural Oaks Shopping
Complex.
The first automobile that the Hinueber's owned was a Ford
Kodel-T Touring car. The first radio that the family owned
was an Atwater-Kent with a goose-like neck for reception.
In the Hinueber-Bailey family, Robert Hinueber, the oldest,
is a graduate of the University of Illiijois in accounting, and
is now a par-*"ner in Pollard and Wheeler, Harms and Elliott,
Certified Public Accountants in Rockford. The second oldest
is Dorothy Sloan, wife of Jack Sloan, who live i% P^^^ Forest
Illinois. Dorothy was a member of the WAVES as a dental tech-
nician. In Springfieldj Illinois she met Jack Sloan, they were
later married. The Sloans have two boys Greg and ;v:ike.
Next oldest is Gus Hinueber Jr., who is also a graduate of the
University Of Illinois in 4ournali3mo Gus Hinueber Jr. is now
married and lives in RockPalls, Illinois, Gus is now the editor
of advertising flyers that are handed out door to door.
Gus has children Katt, Mark, Peter, Elizabeth and Margaret.
Walter Bailey is also a graduate of the University of Illinois
in architecture, and is now married and living in Evansville,
Indiana, where he is sales manager for a plastics company.
Aalter has children Kevin, Paula, Jody, and Karen. Helen
Bailey wai married at an early age then divorced. She is now
married to Wayne Dobson. They live in Bryan, Ohio and have
two sons Rodney and Huey.
Robert Carl Hinueber
Robert remembers the chores he had to do at an early as;e
as being: Keepin? his room clean because his mother wa3 cons-
tantly after him about this. Ke also had to chop wood for an
old Army stove, which has mother was always hollering about,
she complained that the stove had no rceans of temperature
control. Robert also had to clean a dirt driveway when tlie
Hinuebers lived in Camp Grant, Illinois, and also had tc
cut the g-rass. When Robert was in high school in the Depression
years he went to the landlord's farm to work off the rent that
the family owed .the iBrtmaxotti .
Robert Carl Hl!lUSB2R was born 29, July 19l6.inSt, Paul
Minnes©ta= When the Hinuebers moved to Carap|Grsuit, Illinois,
Robert attended New Mulford 3chool» At an early age Robert
was given a rifle, and he used it frequently durin? his free
time, with a good friend Halsey Smiths //hen the Hinuebers moved
to Rockfcrd, Robert went to Turner School.
It was at this time that Robert began to develop a love
for baseballandd relayed on the school softball team.
Robert then went to Lincoln Junior High., where he tried out
for footballj but was too skinny and did not make the squad,
Robert also played on the lightweight basketball squad at
Lincoln, but did not get a letterc Robert played softball
with pickup teams around Lincoln. September, 1931 found
Robert Hinueber starting Rockford Senior High School, on Walnut
Street f as a sophmore. As a sophmore Robert was on the light-
weight basketball team, and as a junior and senior he was on
the heavyweight squad. There was no high school baseball, at
this time, as a result of this Robert t)layed with American
Legion teams during f-e summer. It seems that the highlight
of Roberts b?5seball cariFer, was when his American Legion team
went to the state championships in Jacksonville, Illinois,
to play in the state finals that year. At this tournament,
the whole team really had a gcod time. After the games the
teaT, would sneak into the swimming pool where they were staying
for a quick dip. Robert Hinueber graduated from Rochford Senior
High School in June of 193'(<'.
After graduation Robert wen' into the "CCCj" which stood
for the Civilian Conservation Corpc In this ccrp they did such
Tobs as soil conservation and building fire roads in forests.
This program was started under President Franklin Roosevelt
in 1Q35. The salary for this job was JO dollars a month,
Robert then p>irr>'i?d his college education at Indiana
State College in Evansville, Indiana, He stayed at Indiana
State for one year, before he had to return home because of a
serious back injury, incurred in a scrub football game.
This injury resulted in Robert's having to leave school for
two years to recuperate. Robert began the University of
Illinois in 1937. He graduated from college in 19^0 as an
accounting raa^or. After Robert was married and livins at 405
M. Longwood, he recieved his C.P.Ao certificate, which was in
1^53.
Maternal Grandfather Edward Frank Greenberg
Edward Frank GREENBERG was born IQ, June I891 and died
15, June 1955 four days before his 6i|-th birthday. Ufiward-
started Kishwaukee School when he was 7 years old approximately
and went through the eighth grade. Edward started working in
a factory when he was about 1^ years eld,
Ed Greenberg had two brother and a sister. Ed was the
second oldest child in the family, his sister being the oldest.
His sisters naff? was Anna, and his brothers names were Oscar
and Elmer. Ed's mother and father were both born in Sweden
and were 13 yrirs old vhen they came to the United States.
On the whole n:"> family was just about average^ no more
or less prominan't than others. One of Ed's favorite passtimes
was fishin? on the Rock River. A favroite fish story of his
concerned a fish so big, he could hardly carry it home, he
practically had to drag it. Other passtimes that he enjoyed
were ice skating and motorcycle riding. He belonp-ed to a motor-
cycle club, and they used to ride all over on their motorcycles.
All of F^'s uncles lived on the same block, of the same
street, which was Eighth Avenue Court. They lived one right
next to the otherc . Also on the same block lived Ed's paents
John and Mathilda Greenberg. Edward Greenberg was not a very
religious man, but he was confirmed in the Evangelical faith.
Maternal Grandmother Alice Hilda Greenberg
Alice Hilda iSHDEriSON was born on Ik, Kay 1895 and died
on 12, January 1963. Alice was the daughter of John and fgu&t'sC
Anderson, Alice Anderson had two brothers, John and Einar and
two sisters, Esther ana Gertie, Alice's first home was on a
farm in Belevidere. Alice attended a country scholl through
the eighth grade. It was after this that the family moved to
Rockford, Illinois. Alice did not attend high school and got
a job working for iJational Lock Company soon after the family
moved to Rockford. The only person in Alice's family to graduate
from high school was her :younger sister Gertie. Alice loved
ice skatinfT on Rock Aiver, and also loved any kind of dancing,
Alice was not a very religious person but she did g;et confirmeci^-
in the Evangelical faith. Thet. major chores that Alice partook
in on the farm were helping her mother with the household ..
chores and working in the fields, during plowing and harvesting.
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Maternal Grandparents Family Life Together
Alice Anderson loved to dance, Edward Greenberb never did
yet the ironic thing about all this is that th0y met at a dance.
Together Alice and Ed enjoyed sleigh rides in the winter and
riding motorcyclesj with \.lice in the side car in the summer,
Ed and Alice also attended picnics and various other social
gatherings with the motorcycle club, Edward Greenberg and Alice
Anderson were married 6, June I916.
Evelynn Alice Greenberg was born 29, March 1917, as 'he
Greenberg's first child. The first house Evelynn knew was on
Fifth Street, v/'iere a gr-ind'iiother lived upstairs in her own
room. The next ten yo-vos brought two other boys to the family,
first was Ralph in 1922, then came Kenny in 192?. Kight aftrr
Kenny was born, the family started building a house on tenth
Avenue,
ThS Greenberg's loved to go on picnics with relatives
and friends. Alice belonged to a sewing club and a lot of the
picnics and birthday celebrations would be with these people,!'
Sunday dinner -'.th relatives and cousins was a regularity with
the Greenberg family. The Greenberg's enjoyed their summer
vacations^ by camydng in *Visconsin, after they moved to their
house on Tenth Avenue. Vlhen the family moved to the house
on Tenth Avenue, they were within walking distance of Churchill
Park. During t ^e winter Evelynn, Ralph, and Kenny enjoyed
ice skating at the park. Thj Greenberg's were very friendly
with their neighbors on Tenth Avenue, in fact all the neighbors
on the block got together each year and had a picnic, Evelynn,
Ralph, and Kenny used to play baseball in the alley behind the
house on Tenth Avenue, or other games in front of the house,
Ralph and Bvelynn graduated from Rockford Senior High
School in IQ^O and 193^ respectively, Kenny graduated from
East Hie;h in 194^1,
Evelynn 's main chore was helping her mother with Kenny
when he was a baby, and also helping to cock the meals.
The boys, when they got older, helped their father outside
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with sucn chores as cutting the grass, and weeding the gardens.
Both Kenny and Ralph were newspaper boys. The Greenbergs \.er£;
considered to be your average American family.
An average day inthe ireenberg househould would find the
father the first up in the morning, followed by by mother then
the children. Ed Greenberg would leave the house early in the
morning and sometimes not return until after six p.m., Evelynn
would leave next for school followed by her two younger brothers.
The only time of day the whole family would meet would be at
dinner time. The Greenoergs had many gardens during the Depre
Depression, which xook up a great deal of the summer nights.
A great deal of "che family time was spent listening to
the radio, particularly to the Cub's games. Ralph and Kenny
used to go to the Cub's games quite frequently with their
parents. Evelynn used to like to stay hoive and play golf
on the weekends. Holiday time would find the Greenbergs,
with relatives, picnlcing in the summer, or gathering with
relatives at someone's house in the winter. Family reunions
were held on both sides of the family. Religion didnot play
a big part in the family, but the children were always expec-
ted to go to Sunday School. Most of the family decisions were
made jointly by the father and mother. Thb disciplinarian
in the family was the mother, vwho used the back of her hand as
an enforcer.
The first auto the family had was a Model-T Touring car.
In 1024 the family got a I-'iodel*^ sedan with a self-starter.
On the Greenberg side of the family are my uncles Ralr^h
and Kenny, who live in Rockford and Lakewood, Colorado ^respect-
ively. Ralph and Ad Greenberg are the parents of four boys,
Neil, Denny, Barry, and Brian. They are also the prouo grand-
parents of one grandaughter, Karen. Kenny and Darlene Greenberg
have one sone^, Jeff ''
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Evelynn Alice Greenberg
Evelynn Alice :;RE£liBERG was born 29. Jferctl' 1917. in
Rockforc^ Illinois. When Evelynn started school she lived i^
her grandmother's house on ?ifth Street near Broadway.
While living lihire jhe attended Brown School. She started
there in first grade, since there was no kindergarten at that
time. Brovm School has since been torn down. Evelynn then
went on to Abraham Lincoln Junior High School, which was quite
new at that tia.e , on Charles Street. Evelynn then went on
to Rockford Senior High School for three years and graduated
in 193^.
The only club Ev"5j.ynn -was in was the commercia club for
three years in high school. She was an officer in the club
as secretary-treasurer. The club used to hold it's meetings
Tfter school. Evekynn enjoyed being in the club becaues it
was a lot o^ fun. The club was not a real social club because
they never sponsored any dances or fund drives of any sort.
Evelynn' s favorite subjesrt in high school was history.
She also liKeJ to go to the high school football ^ajnes. ."
which were played at Beyer Stadium, on Saturday afternoon.
The majority of the time after school was taken up in
walking home frorr; school. Afternoon dances were held at the
school, which were attended by a lot of people, Evelynn* s only
job during high school was babysitting for some of the neighbor's
this always took up least Saturday nights. She also enjoyed
ice skating at Churchill Park, which was not to far from her
home on Tenth Avenue. PJvelynn also liked to dance and she
would always arrange to go to the dances with her girlfriends.
The downtown ^ost office which has recently been evacuated,
was built d^:'ring Evelynn 's high school years. She recalls the
entire school heinp; excused to watch the cornerstone layin? of
that building. East and Vest High Schools were built a few
years after this, during the Franklin Roosevlt administrations
"New Deal".
My Parent's Life Together
Evelynn Green\"-?r^ and Robert !iinueber knew each other
from Rockford High School, but they never went out with each
other in high school. "Phlfe Easter vacation of 1935 is v.'hen they
became reacquainted at ^ dance, and Robert saw Evelynn a ccuple
rr.orec bimes before he had +o return to college a1 Indiana Central,
The couple did not exactly go together at first, because Robert
was away at school and Evelynn was working in Rockford,
After awhile the two of them began what one could call a formal
cour + ship. Robert p-raduated from college in 19^0 and then he
had to go in f^e Anry nnd the twc of them were seperated again,
Evelynn Greenberg ^nd Robert Hinueber were finally married 12,
December 1942. They had a small wedding, with #just the two of
them, because it was during the time of war, so they were married
in Oregon where Robert was stationed.
In ■"'"•'^6 long courtship that ensued for Robert and Evelynn,
they »^id such things together as golf, dancing at a place ciiJLed
Rainbow Gardens near Belevidere, and goin^ to baseball ?ames,
inteitherChicago or Rockford. They also enjoyed going to Lake
Geneva, and going to some of the big ballrooms for d^.ncinff in
Chicago, such as the Aragon Ball Room, Evelynn went down to
college while Robert was there and went to some football games.
Robert and Evelynn have three children, Paul, who was born
June 7. 1947* Kay, who was born December 29th, 19^9, and Dean,
who was born December 23rd, 1^5» The chores the children
would grow up to do are: Paul and Dean would help their father
with the outside work, such as grass cutting, and washing the
car and painting. Kay would mainly help her mother with the
inside f^^eneral cleaning of the house. One story will always
be remembered by the Kinuebers, and that is, the wa^ Kay would
run for the bathroom when it was time to do the dishes and come
out just in time to see the rest of the family finishing up
the dishes.
Ik
Thi homes the family lived in are Lanninp; Drive Whittier,
California, 405 North London Avenue Rockford Illinois, also
in Van Nuys, California and 1321 Northfield Avenue Loves Park,
and at our present addeess of 2820 Pelham Road, Rockford,
Illinois.
Robert Hinueber is a partner with Pollard,- and v;heeler,
Harras and Elliott, Certified Public Accountants in Rockford.
Evelynn has held various secretarial jobs such as, Prodestant
Community Services, whore she is presently employed, Sh# has
held other jobs wit'-' f^v.'edish- American Hospital and American
Bank. Paul Hinaber; who had his last name changed prior to
Seventh ^rade to make it easier for pronunciation. Paul has
Held various jobs during the summers of his collep^e days, which
were at tJational-Detroit, 8nd as a summer supervisor for the
Park District. Paul is presently em-oloyed as a production
supervisor for Cracker Jacs*-, „in Chicago, Kay, was a checkout
girl at 'iilander Poods on Ruiml Street, and also wojgked as a
park supervisor for the Rockford Park District, 3h^ is presently
employed as a salesperson for Hunt-vVesson Fodds in Chicago.
Dean Has worked as a stockboy for Hilander Foods and for
Union-Hall, and is presently unemployed while attending Rock
Valley CollcTe. The Hinueber's would be considered an averap:e
middle class family.
The daily routine would find Paul and Kay up and off to
school, followed by father, and Dean and ?/,other would stay home.
The family would not meet as a whole again until dinner time.
This has since been changed, with Kay and Paul living in Chicap-Q,
and only Dean Robert and Evelynn still living at home.
The^iiamily has always celebrated the holidays of Christmas,
Easter, and Thanksgiving together. During the summer whi,le
my grandparents on my father's side were still living th#
whole family would go to Bryan, Ohio for family renunions.
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Picnics rather than reunions were held on the Greenberg side
of the family.
Religion did not p^'.r.y a hie; part in the fainily life,
although every Tnember of the family is a confirnied Episcopalian,
T^e chupeh the family attends is Emmanuel Episcopal in downtovm
Rockford,
The decisions en daily family business were mad^; jointly
between my mother and father. Ky father did the majority of
the disciplinir^p' in the farpily, and as far as I can remember
his punishments, "A-ore rore on the order, of groundin?' and cut-
ting allowances, rather than spanking,
Kay and Dean attended Bloom School, while Paul attended
Windsor School while we lived in Loves Park, All -^hree children
attended Lincoln Junior High School. vhile there Paul was on
the swim.m.ing team, Kay was a cheerleader and Dean ran track
and played intramural basketball. The Hinueber children all
attended Guil:*'ord High School. While at Guilford Kay was a
cheerleader for cne year, Paul v/as on the swimming and baseball
tenms and Dean was on the track team for three years. Kay
went to colle'^e at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.
She erraduated as a history major. Paul spent his college days
at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin and graduated as a
psychology major.
The Hinueber family enjoyed many a summer vacation, at
Shell Lake Wisconsin, we began going there when I was one
year old and have been going there off and en ever since.
Last summ.er we went up there with my Uncle Ralph and his family.
The only other vacation that the family went on wa-; our trip
to California in I965, The thino- I liked most about that trip
was goinp" to all the baseball games.
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Dean Robert Hinueber
Dean Robert 'HlNUEBER was born 23, December 1955. I-'iun
T^resently a freshman at Hock: Valley College, and plan to
fuirther my studies next year.
I am actively invollflCd in The Big Brothers Association.
I am a Big Brother to Mike iVicmillan of 113 i'orth Longwood.
Kike is eight years old.
1'^^ only lived in two houses in my life time, that I
can remember. One waj at 1321 Northfield Avenue, behind Harlem
High School in Loves Park. The other is at 282':) Pelhara Koad,
my current place of residenee. I was very ^oun?- when the
family moved to Rockford, from Whit tier where I was born.
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The only couple with two
different wedding; days.
Evelyn and Robert were
originally scheduled to pe
married, October 31st buo
because Robert was in the
>iospital with a back injury
the we ding had to be post-
poned until December S^h
[Evelyn Greenberg,
Lieut Hinueber
Say Vows Dec, 5
Ros-Mor photo '
Miss Evelyn Greenberg
From Medford, Ore., has come
news of the marriage of Miss Eve-
lyn Alice Greenberg, daughter of
the E. P. Greenbergs of 2317 10th
avenue, and Lieut. Robert C. Hinue-
ber, son of Mrs. J. W. Bailey of
Springfield, formerly of Rockford.
The service was read Saturday,
Dec. 5, at the First Baptist par-
.sonage in Medford by the Rev. W.
A Dawes, and the bridal couple was
unattended. Evelyn wore a soldier
iblue frock with dubonnet acces-
Isories and an orchid shoulder cor-
sage. Immediately after the weadmg
they went to Portland, Ore., for a
khort honeymoon, rid now have,
teturned to Camp White, Ore.,j
Iwhere "Bob" is stationed with tnej
(service command.
r Both Evelyn and her husband are
'graduates of Rockford high school i
and he received his bachelor of
iscience degree from the University!
iof Illinois in 1940. He was in the;
{college of commerce on the Illmij
campus and was promient m ath- 1
letics. , .
E\'elyn is a former employe oi
Helm's Machinists Supply company.
Her husband entered the army m
March, 1941, and was stationed for
a while at Camp Croft, S. C. He
took his officer's training at Fort
Benning, Ga., and was advanced to
|the rank of second lieutenant there
ithis summer. Later he was trans-
jferred to the infantry at Camp
White.
HINUEBER-GREENBERG
The First Baptist parsonage in
Medford, Ore., was the scene of the
! marriage on Dec. 5 of Miss Eve yn
■Alice Greenberg, daughter of the
E F Greenbergs of 2317 10th flve-
fnue 'and Lieut. Robert C. Hinueber,
I son of Mrs. J. W. Bailey of Spring- .
field formerly of Rockford. Rev.
W A. Dawes officiated and the
bridal couple was unattended.
A soldier blue frock with du-
bonnet accessories and an orchid
■shoulder corsage was worn by E\'e-
lyn for her wedding. She and thel
groom spent their brief honeSTnooii
in Portland and are residing^ at |
Camp White, Ore., where "Bob' is,
stationed with the service com-|
roand. , , ,
Both are Rockford high school
irraduates, and Bob received his
( bachelor of science degree from the
University of Illinois in 1940. He ,
was prominent there in athletics j
land was enroUed in the college of?
commerce. . , !
Evelyn was employed by Heim s
Machinists Supply company. Her
husband entered the army in
March, 1941, and was stationed at
Camp Croft, S. C, before taking
officers' training at Fort Benning,
Ga After receiving his second heu-
tenant's bars there, he was trans-
ferred this summer to the infantry
(at Camp ^Vhite.
\ Evelyn Greenberg
! Will Be Bride Oi 1
Lieut. Hinueber]
When Mrs. E. F. Greenberg ofj
2317 10th avenue entertained at a
dinner party Wednesday evening,
the hostess and Mr. Greenberg
made known the approaching mar-
"ia^e of their daughter, Evelyn
/^lice, to Lieut. Robert C. Hinueber,
son of Mrs. J. W. BaUey of Sprmg-
field, formerly of Rockford.
The 12 dinner guests found in-
dividual corsages of gladiolus,
chrysanthemums and oak leaves, at
their places and tucked in among
the flowers were scroUs inscribed
with "Ev and Bob, Oct. 31." Evelyn
I wore a wool frock of Shanghai red
for the announcement party, and
a bouquet o! autumn flowers cen-i
tered the dinner table.
The attractive bride-elect wiU
travel west for the ceremony which
is to be solemnized at Lieut. Hinue-
ber's army post on October's last
Saturday He is stationed as a- sec-
ond lieutenant in the infantry at
Camp White, Ore*
Both Evelyn and her fiance were
graduated from Rockford high
school in 1934, and Bob received
ihis bachelor of science degree from
I the University of Illinois in 1940.
He was in the college of commerce
on the mini campus and was prom-
inent in athletics. At Rockford.
high school. Bob was a star basket-
ball player.
The future Mis. Hinueber is em-
, ployed here by Helm's Machinists
Supply company. Bob was called
to army duty in March. 1941, and
was stationed at Camp Croft, S. C.
'for a time. He took his officers
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Famos Negro
Scientist Dead
TUSKEGEE, Alamaba, Jan. 6
— (LP) — The world of science has
lost one of its most eVninent
characters-^a man who started
life as a slave. Doctor George
Washington Carver, the famous
Negro chemist, died from, a fall
he suffered 'a month ago. He
was 79 years old.
Doctor Carver's discoveries of
usfs for sweet potatoes and pea-
nuts saved the southlands when
Chey petered out from too -much
planting. And they added mil-
lions to the south's annual in-
come.
w* 73rd >74th 75fh 76ti| ' 77th 78th
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'Republicans hn r gradually nai-;owed the margm of control held
by Democrats injCongiess duung the past |0 jears of the Roose-
Ivelt administration until now the elephar^ and tne donkey are
I practicaUjvneck and neck in both houses. * fhart shows number ot-
1 Democrats snd Republicans in past ave Cpngcesses and new 7Btn.
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^anKUn D. ..oosevelfs new Congress of .9^3 and tne aeath of
Doctor George .Vashington Carver made the news of the day
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Athletics
Heavyweight Basketball
Even though Coach Laude's heavies,
composed mostly of underclassmen,
were not very successful from the
standpoint of games won, they will pre-
sent an experienced, determined squad
next season.
John Pierce.
December 8
Rockford 16; Mount Morris 18
This game, being the first of the sea-
son, was a cause for us to be very ex-
cited and over-anxious to win. Stasica
was our bright spot and high scorer.
Arthur Sadtler.
December 15
Rockford 19; DeKalb 33
We went into this game with dyna-
mite in our veins, determined to start
our winning streak this very night.
Hinueber was our scoring star.
John Peterson.
December 16
Rockford 19; Morrison 17
Being too over-anxious to win nearly
caused us to lose. Near the end of the
third quarter they overtook us, and
only a last minute rally gave us this
victory.
Louis Castigmoni.
December 22
Rockford 16; Freeport 24
We had high hopes that Ignatchuk.
recently annexed to the squad, would
be the missing link in our line-up;
however, the crack shot quintet
(juenched all our hopes.
DoN.vLD Snyder.
December 29
Rockford 30; Alumni 32
We were confident of our ability to
overcome our rusty predec-essors, but
Nelson of the opponents slipped in a
last minute basket.
Robert Hinueber.
January 5
Rockford 17; East Aurora 20
It was a hard fought battle with
Castiglioni and Ignatchuk high scorers
for the Rabs while Hearny, flashy
.Aurora center, led for the east siders.
Carlo Branca.
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—Rockford chalking up two poiii
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S E n 1 O R s
FRANK GIERWIATOSKI
Ncvt-r a nickname has been given this hul. All sorts of
sports interest him greatly, and he enjoys watching athletic
contests. His course in school has I.een a general ..ne.
WALTER LAMONT GILMORE
Orclieslra 2. 3. 4; Knui.iecriMt; 4; Student Conncil 2.
•■Walt." an al.le nuinl.cr of the high school orchestra,
brought home honors from th.- state orchestra meet. His
favorite pastime is driving about with a carload of
friends.
WILLIAM WELDON GILMOUR
"Bill" wants to become a printer. He likes golf and foot-
ball, because he claims that the tighter and the good loser
always come out on top.
GERALD CLEMENT GLAIN
"Jerry" likes to travel and to explore remote regions.
He would like to visit "Little America" an, I actually see
the place where Commander Ityrd liveii. He finds travel
and nature magazines very interesting.
DOROTHY EVLEYN GOFF.
Although Dorothv entered K. H. S. late, her charming ways
h.ive won many friends for her. Soft brown eyes and a
winsome smile are a part of her pleasing personality.
GEORGE HUGH GOODWIN
George's sociology class is his favorite in high school. Among
his pastimes, eating occupies a [irominent place; in fact,
he usually lunches l,ef..re the third hour.
MARGARET JOSEPHINE GOUGH
liccause "Marge" likes all sports she belongs t.. the Kock-
ford Ciirls' Physical Culture club. She lias a hobby of col-
lecting antiques. Being interested in aviation, she hopes
BARBARA GERTRUDE GOULD
Fasces 2, J; Seco 3, 4; French .i. 4; Home Room treasurer 3.
Barbara plans to enter the University of HIinois. Her
favorite sport is ice-skating. Barbara would like to teach
Knglish. She enjoys reading stories by Temple Bailey and
Faith Baldwin.
TOM GRAY
National Honor Societv 4; Hi V 4; Swinui.ing 4.
Tom chose swimming for his favorite sport. His anddlion
is to obtain a scholarship for O.xford; there to take up a
medical course and later branch into psychiatry.
ALBERT STEAD GREEN
Football 2; Track 2; Hi-Y i. 4; 8-5-3, 3, 4.
"Abie" enjoys the study of animals as his hobby. He
wants to attend N'ortlnvestern and in future years he
would like to own a big department store.
EVELYN ALICE GREENBERG
Commmercia 3, 4.
"Always have your lessons prepared." is Evelyn's advice
to the underclassmen. High school has enabled her to meet
and associate with many interesting people.
DOLORES MAE GREENE
.\ Cappella 4; Cllee 3, 4; German, secrctarv J, vice-president
4; Fasces 3; Treble Clef 3.
Although she is also interested in German, Dolores excels
in music. Her soprano voice never fails to win applause,
and her record shows that she is active in musical organ-
MARJORIE LUCILLE GREENLEE
.\Iarjorie loves typing and shorthand. With such a pleasant
outlook on business, someone will some day have a perf.-ct
stenograplier. She has a smile for everyone.
ELIZABETH ANNE GREGORY
.<--i-3. 4; A. B. I.. 4; Owl J; Fasce, .!
Latin and chemistry were Khzabeth's f..vorite subjects
She likes the teachers and pupils in those clas.,es. Hci
favorite sport is swiniiuing.
/"iii/r one hiimtrcii fifty
S E n 1 O R s
ROBERT KARL HINUEBER
liasketball 2. 3, A; Cvrman 2, S.
"Hine" will lie rcmemhered for his work on tlie li:isketl..-ill
siiuail. He is interested in many sports, liut basketball is
his favorite.
IRENE ANN HIPPJ
Amazon 2, 3; Tri-V , ., ,„
Irene is one of the ha|.|J -/^locky kifcU vsh.. lias "I.i
and let live" as her nyA/i. Sli/} .ijoioys tennis and
always a,
23.
GUNHIWO MARIE HOGLUND
3, -1; Monitor 3.
iht suspect, Gunhild is a very clever young
Her honor-^il! grades and popularity have com-
bined to make herVtoul days successful.
:hA«D H^mB
r KobeiV^niotto. Of all his studies
' '"^'^S-'-'i'" ''' ^'^ favorite sporU
HELEN^^5^[JE HOMMEWrt^
l^'ilH^has been a IWViVrS>Hc. and she is gen-
PiySlyf herXrrriity-tiv^vpe and to take
;<»XaRINNE ELOISE HOPKINS
^TH C^'"l ■'. ■•; -\ma2on 2; 8-5-3, 3; Biology 4; Home Kooni vice-
sTSA^aSl^resident 2.
* >5NK^t'"-inne is a sweet young miss with blonde hair which she
Vi l\,arranges charmingly. During her high school career, she
^jjr->«„^V^JSv^juyed her work on the Owl staff very much.
THEODORE ARTHUR HOPKINS
Hi-Y 3, 4; Philos 2, 4. treasurer 3; Rab Authors 2, presi-
dent 3; Walter Hampden 3, 4; Class Play 3; National
Honor Society 4.
Ted wants to go to Northwestern to learn to become
a doctor. He enjoyed the study of I.atiu because he has
Iwavs been interested in ancient Rome.
LEON HOWARD
Clee 2, 3. vice. president 4; Operetta 3, 3, 4; Football 2, 3.
Music occupies quite a bit of Leon's time. His favorite
club is the Glee club, and his favorite entertainment is
dancing to a good orchestra.
ROY BURTON HUDSON
Burton displays the true tyiie of high school boy. He
seems t.j enjoy everyone and everyone enjoys him. Friend-
ships h;ive been most important to him.
WILBUR LAVERNE HUDSON
Wilbur has learned about the spirit of cooperation while
in high school. He advises pupils to study harder, ffe en-
joys listening to concerts. His favorite actress is Janet
Gayr
JUNE CHARLENE HUNT
••[•orget all males" is June's parting advice to the Junii
She likes to dance belter th.iii to do anything else.
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Emmanuel Epixopal Church
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HOFFMAN, JOE C 1949-
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Sj l.-iol your fan. y .\...^^. / can oo na. mort „ ._ , , n;
ric.ir, Ta.nilies, wo ar>, os.^inq you , •..; oui th< .ornib i- low. .il-.
^ rr, ,..,.cs, .incj will ,u mji i ly r,i6(,c . .' .rUo an Index which v; ' .jr..iv
;ebs tcj jusl liiose kinub of family ...storicb needeu.
Your name Joe C, Hoffman
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Date of form |.« . -^ lAmi -^ • d //
M<iy a , )97i,^
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Roc l< f o rd , iTTT no"i s •■
1,. CiK.v ^ the earliest date for which you have oeci aole to b..^ tnir.|jS ooout ,
yo -r paper.
Before 1750 175C-,300 1800-1 850
X :850-1900 1900 or later
^. ?'.>_ase check a 1 i regions of the United States i r, which memoers o. your f..
nave ciscussed in your paper have lived,
New Englana (Mass., Conn., R.!.) Middle Atlant.c (N.Y,, ?eana. , N.
South Atlantic (Ga. , Fla., K.C., S.C.) ^East Soutn CentraULa. ,Mi.s:..
|^.^est South Central ;Ark. , N.X, , Tex., Ok.) cast North Central (Mic. ..o.
Pacific (Cal., WasrJ (riawaii, Alaska)
X Mid West (111, Iowa, Neb)
5. Please check al 1 occupational categories in which members o. your family v. .... y<^- . .
ciscussed in this paper nave found themselves.
X Farming ^Kilning ^Shop^eeping or small business
Transportation Big Business ^^'lanufacLur ing
^Professions X . ndus trial labor x Other (stor.e mason, exalosive eng. )
6. Please check a 1 i religious groups to which memoers of your family whom ycu
in this paper have belonged.
Roman Catholic ^Jewish Presbyterian Mechodist
^ ^Baptist Epi scopal ian Congregational ., Lutneran
Quaker Mormon ^ Other Protestant ''^~ Other
7. What ethnic and social groups are discussed In your pu^jc:r?
German and German-American
^Blacks inoians ^Mexicans ^Puerto Kicans
Jews ^ Central Europeans Italians Siavs
Irish British Native Americaf.s over several i.^^r.erat ions
Eas t As i an Otner
J. What sources did you use in compiling your family history?
X Interviews with other Family Bibles Famiiy Goi.t;..iog icb
fami ly members
Vital Records ..ufid Records ^The u.'_.. v:c(..ub
X Photographs ^ Maps x Other
. FAHI LY DATA
1 A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Name Her:n.ann George Hoff.-.ian Current Residence
I f dead, date of death Easter 19^5
Place of birth Seward, Ileb. Date of Bi rth J^ov 1^, 138^
Education (number of years):
grade school 8 yearshigh school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st farmer Dates 1909 1st (iuttenberg, iowa Dates 1999
2nd factory laborer Dates 1927 2nd D:.tes_
3rd Dates 3rd Dates_
^th Dates ^th Dates
Re 1 i g i on German Lutheran
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. Democratic -^^^'^j'
Place of Marriage to your grandmother ^ , , '. Z date TfwT
Guttenoer '■ lov/a . 1909
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-1)
B. Grandmother (your father's side)
^^"^ Clara LouJ-f.^ Drv^r- Current Residence
If dead, date of death -^Vt-^
Place of birth Elkrort lov/a Date of birth ^'^^^ 3, I'^gO
Blk^jort^ lo'.va
Education (number of years):
grade school ^ years high school vocational co". '.ege
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Kousev.ife Dates I909 1st uuttenber,-;, Iowa 1909 Dates
2nd Dates 2nd ^:ockford. 111 Dates 19^6
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
4th Dates 'ith ^Dates
Re 1 i g i on German Luther? r:
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. De:r.ocrrtic party
Place of marriage to your grandfather guttenber^. iov/a DAT^ 1909
^°^^'- tLHata^Sf'.*fhl^^Sa£g'S?\|(:f§ 3a|i^\A-^)f stepmother or another relative give
i.
Grandfather (your mother's side)
Nome Henry Gasper Bailey Current Residence
If dead, date or death Ouly 12, 1933
Place of birth Bed Wing, -Minn. O^^e of birth 1890
Education (number of years):
grade school ; yp'^r high school vocat i onal college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
^st Gnmfflfircial fishing: Dates I908 1st clavton. Iowa Dates 1922
2nd Sandpits Dates ^^22 jnd ^ubuoue, Iowa Dates ^^55
3rd Ooinaercial fishi:- ^^^^^ 1931 3^^ q^^^^
itth ^ailrord q^^^^ 1933 ^^^^
Dates
Re 1 i g i on t-rotestant
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. De:nocr3.t3.c party
Place of marriage to your grandmother Clayton, lov/a cia'ce TTT2'
Note: If your mother was raised by a-VTepfa Lhcr 'Or anOTfTtJr f^t3Tr75-tTC~'age 18)
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Name Jeanette .lead Current Residence
If dead, date of death -^ug ^^» I7o3
Place of birth ^one Rock, V.isc Date of bjrth i'6Q3
Education (number of years)
grade school ^ years high school vocational college
Occupation(s) _ PLACE OF RESIDENCE
, ,_ (after leaving home)
1st Housewife Dates ■'■ 1st Clayton, Iowa Dates l?!^
2nd Dates 2nd Dubuque, Iowa Dates ^^5'
3rd ^Dates 3rd Guttenberg, Iowa Dates -°?^'
Religion Lutheran
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. Ber.iocraoic rar oy
Place of marriage to your grandfather Cl?ytda, lov-'g. date 1'12
Note: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relative (to age Ib^
give that data on the back of this page (D-2)
CMLDREN of A & B (or A- 1 or 3-1) - your father's name should appear ijclov;
Jame_g;:^y;ir>n^ Hoffman
Place or Dirth ;-i]ttfinhpr ;•, lov;" date Julv H. 1110
Number of years of schooling 11 years Occupation retired (factory laborer;
Residence Rockford. ill ~ Marital Status widov/er (.narried twice;
Number of ch i Idrcn Four
N a me M ar ^g.ret Hoffman
Place of birth Guttenberg, Iowa date • 1912
Number of years or schooling none Occupati6n_
Residence deceased Marital Status
Number of chi Idren none
Name -i^e Roy Hoffman o^ iqik
Place of' bl rth iiuttenDers, J-Owa date Aug ^/, ±^±y
N^mb^rof velrsor scnoolin, H — — Occupation i^;^;^^^T^^^er
Residence Hockford, 111 Marital ftatus -^^ years
Number of chi Idren °t^^
Nam^ J-a Verne EarnestHoffman
Pl.cc of birth bULleiiuei'b, iom date ^^^ 3, 1918
Number of years of schooling "''"'",., Occupati Oh factory laborer
Res i dence pnnkforri, ±11 Marital Status ^i years
Number of chi Idren tv;o
Name
Place of bi rth ^^^^
Number of years of schooling OccupatiOn_
Residence Marital Status
Number of clTTldren
Name
P 1 ace of birth date ^
Number of years of schooling OccupatiOn_
Residence '"'arital Status
Number of chi Idren
Name
PlAce of birth d^t® ,
Number of years of schooling Occupatioh_
Residence Marital Status
Number of children .
Name ^_
P 1 a ce of birth ..J^^'^
Number of yp;^r^ of schooling "Occupation_
Residence Marital Status__
Number of chi Idren
Name ,
Place of bi rth ^^^^
Number of y^^r<, of schooling Occupation_
Residence Marital Status
Number of ch i Idren ~^
10. Name
Place of birth d3te_^
Number of years of schooling Occupation_
Residence I'larital status
Number of Ch! Idren
iniLDREN of C and D (or (-1 n- i 1 , ■
\o, (. I, [) l)-y„„r molluM-'<. ,K,MK- should uppe.ir i.e
N iiiK' Robert Bailey
f ' 1 • I " ■ of i)i I III 'L:igyton, lov/a
NuinlxT rjf yc.ir', (.f ;.clK7,TT7r^ TT
;;'■■'; '''•"^'-- dP.^.n...^ - —
Niitiibcr nl children ~~ ~
ppe.ir DC low
d.a.- ■ 1913
OccupoL i on larmer
Marital Status never married
nonp
N.iirif Helen He vers __^^
P I -'c^; of birUi Clayton, Iowa
Number of years ol bchool ing To"
Residence Guttenbers:. Iowa
Number of ch i Idren five ~
date March 6, 19' 7
Uccupat Ion iGctory laoorer
Marl tal Status "? year-
_ Nainc Raymond Bailey
P 1 a ce of birth 'Jlayton, lov/a
Number of years ot" school ing
Residence Eagley, V.'isc
Number of ch i 1 dren fc
N amc Gladys Gohde
P 1 ace of birtli Clayton, , Io"wi~
Number of years ot' school Ing TCT
Residence McGreq-or, lo'.va
Number of ch i 1 dren
Place ot birth Clayton, lov/a
Number of years ot school ing 1
Res i dence Cedar Rariid
Number of ch i Idren
lov/a
Name Grace Vivian Hoffiaan
Place of bi rth Clayuon, lov/a
Number of years ot school ing
Res i dence gockf nrd , Til
Number of children "two"
10
Name Richard Bailey
Place ot birth Clayton. lo^j^j"
Number of years ot school ing IF
Res i dence Dubuoue, lov/a
Number of ch i Idren
three
Name
li fiord Bailey
Place ot birth Clayton, Iowa"
'dumber of years ot school Ing ID"
^es i dence Dubuque, Iowa ~
;Jumber of ch i Idren ?
Name Clarence Bailey (born dead )
1' ' ace of birth Clayton, lovTa
Jumber of years ot schooling
;^esi dence
dumber of ch i Idren ~"
ilame
'lace of birth
lumber of years of schooling
'esi dence
^"'"t'er of children
date March 21. I919
Occupation factory laborer
Marital Status / years
date Hay 3, I92I
Occupation factory 1- borer
Marital Status " ye'crs ~
__ date Hay 27, I923
Occupat ion I'sctory 'a borer
Marital Status '■ years
date Sept 27, 1923
0 ecu pa t i on nousev.'ife
Marital Status ^1
date Feb
1933
Occupat iOn runs numane society
Marital Status ^'^ years
"date A ril 1, I935
Occupation ^'^."^ ^- L(Jhyr
Marital Status^ari'1-U Lwl 'y
date
Occupation
Marital Status
date
Jccupat I On
Marital Status
CHILDREN of E and F (or E-2, F-2) - your name should appear below
£1
^ame
Place
'Jumbe
of birth Knck-^r^d.' IL Date of birth Octn her )0 l9</C
'Jumber of years of schooling g Occupati^J^^^ Pr^ha^,.-.A nU.rc.r-
Residencep/ LO^/fon Bra, h . Pl.r,^. Marital Status ,y.^rc./d ^Ij-cL "^'^^
^lumber of children O
'Jame ^. f) g- ^ ■ j"^ of-f m'a ^
Mace of birth K^eokuW . 1 0 u;a Date of birth Juj , 7, / ^7 /^
dumber of years of schooling ^ 3 Occupat ioFTt^^'^-^;; (^j^ /r^^^ uJori^^er
^es i dence KDLk^,,rdl ^ IL Marital Status 5 u^^rs
'Jumber of chi Idren ^ '^
*lame
'lace of birth ^Date of birth
'Jumber of years of School ing Occupation
Res i dence Marital Status \
*Jumber of children
*ilame
'lace of birth Date of birth
fijuraber of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
^lumber of chi Idren
^ame
Place of bi rth Date of birth
Mumber of years of school ing Occupation
Res i dence Marital Status ]
Number of chi 1 dren
Name
Place of birth 'Ba'te of birth
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of ch i Idren
Name
Place of birth Date of birth
Number of years of schooling OccupatiOn_
Residence ~M a r i t a 1 Status
Number of chi 1 dren
Name
Place of bi rth Date of birth
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Res i dence Mar i tal STatus
Number of chi Idren
111. ASSIGNMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willing)
I hereby donate this family historv, along with all literary and administrative
rights," to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection, deposited in the
Rockford Public Library, Rockford, Illinois
Signed jLv^ ^~ f^^'^^pAA^br-^:^:^
Date V^_Ji&^2^
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List of SourceG of Information
Interviews:
LaVerne Hoffuan Sockford, 111
C-rrce Hoffman Rockford, 111
Mildred Hoffman Kockford, 111
Wrote letters to:
Iinn.iijration and Naturalization Service in Nat'l Archives (no answer)
Albert Dryer Missouri
Gladys Ghode McGregor, Iowa
other sources:
Birth certificates
confirmation papers
Wedding licenses
fa.nily photos
school records
array orders
Introduction
This paper ir an atte;.-^it to recreate, in c historical contort,
a rnst history of :ny fa.aily.
;iost of my information covers :ny father's side of the f-.aily,
so consequently x will have more information on then than my i.;othor'i
side.
I too.: my paper as far back as the 1^70 's coverin,'^ my great-
grandparents on my frther's side. being that both sides of his
family migrated from Germany around 1870, they most likely came
through ijllis island in riew ifork, but i didn't receive an answer
to my request for information, so this can not be confirmed.
iiy paper goes up to the present, but not into as much detail
as the pact does.
Casper Hoffnan
Jr^aternal Great Gr-ndfather
Eorn: I^ast PruGcia in loifO
died: Guttonburrj, lov/a 1926
Rclision: Gerrr.an Lutheran
Socioecono.T.ic statue: middle class
Occupation: Stone Ilason
My great grandfather brought his faaily out of Gerrncny to the United
States after the iJ'rrnco-Prussian War in the 1370 's. Ho had served in the
Prussian or Gcruan array as a Captain during the v/ar. It is thought that
he left Germany to take his faraily out of the conflicts he saw co :in-; fol-
lov/ing the war .
Once in the United States, he first settled in Seward, iMebraska. L^ter
he aoved to lov/a where he took up his occupation as a stone mason, lie had
learned this occupation while serving in the arny in Germany.
As a stone raason he was quite capable and earned a substancial incone.
'iTiere are still churches and schools .standing in i;lkport and Guttenburg,
iowa that he built out of quarrey lime stone.
r-ly Great Grandfather was an extremely proud and strong nsji who held
litule faith in the banks of this new land. His famous line when asKed
about his credit was, "ny name is Gasper Hoffman und 1 have mine col-
laterol in mine pocket-.
In his occupation as a stone ;nr.son he earned enough money to buy
each of his three sons a farm in the uuttenburg area.
Casper had five children, Henry, iiTederick, lizzie, Anna, and my
grandfather Hermann George Hoffman.
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'.vilhelm Jjrier (.Dryer;
Paternal Groat urandfathcr
tiorn: !ior;lcndburt'7, Geruiany l':'>bk
Died: Guttenbur;";, lowa in 1950
Kelisi on: German iiUtheran
ijocioeconoiuic status: middle class
Occupation: Explosive engineer
My great (';^rai.dfc..ther migrated to the united states at a young ago
with his fanily in 1 >70. xt is figured that v/ilhclm's father v/as trying
to take his family away from the onco;aing vicr with i- ranee.
After corning to the united iitates wilhelm's father changed the
spelling of his last nane from Drier to Dryer to look more .'j^.icrican.
There isn't too auch else Icnov/n about ^*ilheln(,v/ho later changed his
name to |;d>illiara; except that when he grew up ho took up his occu-oation as
an explosive engineer, ne married r-iarie iienke in 1333 r.nd settled in Klk-
port, Iowa.
wilhelm had nine children, iJlsie, ueorge, riinnie, illlie, Raymond,
IjOu, V/illiam jr., Albert, and 'my grandmother (Jlara Dryer.
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Marie tsenke
i'aternal (ircat lirandiaother
Born: Mrnchecter, xowa 1369
Died: 1955 i^uttcnburc, lowa
Kelicion: C-ornian iiutheran
ijocioeconoiaic status: upper middle
Occupation: housewife
narie cenke married vdlhelm Dryer in lov/a. There is no other inform-
ation available to me on her.
i-iarie had nine children, j;;lsie, ueorge, riinnie, alllie, i^aymond,
ijou, Viilliaiu jr., Albert, and ray greindmother ulara uryer.
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Henry Casper Bailey
Maternal Grandfather
Born: i^od V.'inc, i-Iinn. IG90
Died: Dubuque, Iowa 1953
Eelicion: Protestrnt
Socioeconomic status: lower class
Occupation: laborer, co..imercial fisherman, hunter and trapper
My grandfather went to school for only four years in Red V/ing,
Minnisota. In I9OO his family moved to Clayton, lov/a, but he never
went back to school. His family was very poor and he would do odd Jobs
in the area to earn a fev/ pennies a day to help the frmily income.
As a young man ray grandfather spent a lot of time riding the Trails
to different places all over the United States and even Canada. He did
this for a few years before returnin-: home to Clayton where he started
hunting and fishing along the Mississippi tilver for a living. Fishing
was a fairly popular occupation in Clayton since the Mississippi Kiver
borders the town on one side.
In 1911 his commercial fishing carried him farther up the Mississippi
Kiver to McGregor, Iowa where he met Jeanette Head. At the time she
v;as 16 years old and he 21. They courted for a year and v/ere married
in Clayton, lov/a in 1912, v/here they made their first home.
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Jeanette Head
Maternal GrandrriOther
Born: Lone hiock, Wisconsin 1395
•tJicd: Dubuque, Iowa 1968
Keli.sioi^: Lutheran
Socioeconomic status: lower class
My /grandmother was born in Lone Rock, V/isconin, a small tov/n of
around 500 people, situated about fifty niiles due weot of Madison.
At the age of tv/o years her family r.ioved to McGrefiOr, Iowa in
1397. McGregor lies on the riississippi Kiver just wect of Prarie du
Chi en, V/i scon sin.
in McGregor ay grandmother attended just four years of element-
ary school before quitting to help out the family. Being from a
poor family of seven, she had to aid in the family's income. She
done various jobs, baby sitting, ran errands and even sold bake goods.
In 1911 she met nenry tsailey, a commercial fisherman from Clayton,
Iowa. I'hey courted for a year and were married in 1912 when she was
seventeen years old.
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nenry Gosper liailey
and
Joanette Bailey
Haternr-l Grandparents
SocioeconD;.iic status: lower class
After r^ettin^ narried in 1912, my grandparents :aade their first
home in a snail five room tar papered house built by r/.y -randfathcr
and Ms father, Samuel Bailey. The house was situated between the
railroad tracks and the Mississippi Kiver. After the bprin^ thaw
the river would raise and the house would get flooded., 'i'o prevent
this from happenins anymore my grandfather and Samuel iiailey placec/
the house up on stilts.
My grandfather continued to be a commercial fisherman until 1922,
when he went to work in the sandpits in Clayton.
m 1913 the first of their nine children was born. Even as
poor as they were my grandfather didn't want my grandmother to work
but stay home and raise the family.
In 1931 the depression hit and my grandfather w-;s layed off when
the sandpit was closed down. During the depression he went back to
fishing and hunting to provide for his family.
Times wore very hard during the depression, xho children often
didn't have any shoes or had to wear shoes to small or to large for
them. The lack of money also had an affect on the children in their
schooling. Because of tjio lack of food they often v/ent without
brealuast and only had a lard dcndwich to eat at noon. They - Iso
had to walk a great distance along the trackc- with the cold wind
coniing off the river during the winter. Also they often couldn't oa.y
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the necesscry cupplies to do their school \'jot.\. The older children
hcd to quit school in ear . y £;rade3, and ;;^o to v/orl': ond earn noney
to support the f.aily income.
Clayton had a welfare system, of vhich the mnyor •.vcs in chcr'-,e, »f.
The food thr t was distributed v;a3 usually rr.ncid with wor;v.s and mold.
Hy grandparents attributed this to the uayor who they said was crook-
ed and uu'kinj a profit by selling the 2;ood food on the bl'ck :narkot.
Burin.'j this tir,io my grandmother often -cteri as physican, educator,
and disci pliner. Gince there wasn't any money, she would handle all
the minor medical problems. At Christrars time she would even be
Santa Glaus. She would repair old toys and paint faces on old dolls
of the ^i^l^' Then she would carefully wrap them in what paper she
could find and put them under the Christmas tree.
In 1938 my grandfather went to v;ork for the railroad. Ke worked
for them for a number of years, and left when he moved his fariily
to Dubuque, Iowa. This was in 1955, and all the children had left
hoiae except for the youngest Clifford. Once in Dubuque ho '^ot a job
in a furniture factory where he made a mecTer income. He held this
job until his death in 1958.
After my grandfather's death my grrandraother moved to Guttenberg,
Iowa. There she lived in a mobile home in the yard of her oldest
daughter Helen. She lived there until her death in 19'o.
During their lives ny grandparents were hard workJ.ng, but were
unable to make a very large of aft increase in their socioeconomic
status.
My grandparents had nine children, IJobert, Helen, Raymond, Harry,
Clarence (born dead), Richard, Gladys, Clifford, and ray mother Grace
Bailey.
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. Herrasnn George Hoffman
Paternal Grr.nd father
Born: Reward, Nebraclia l38/f
Died: Guttenbers, Iowa 1956
Beli^ion: German Lutheran (American Lutheran)
Socioeconomic status: middle class or lower middle class after dep-
ression
Occupation: farmer, factory laborer
Hy grandfather was born in Sev/ard, Nebraska of German immigrant
parents. At this tine his father Casper, had a small farm. As my
grandfather was grov/ing up on this farm he learnt his first occupat-
ion.
He attended school through the eighth grade in Seward, then had
to quit because of the distance of the junior high school from his
home .
In around I9OO he along v/ith his parents and brothers and sisters
moved to Elkport, Iowa. Once in Elkport his father returned to his old
trade as a stone mason. Hy grandfather and his two brothers v/ould often
help their father in his work.
Around 1912 his family moved to Guttenberg, Iowa. Guttenberg is
a small German tov/n situated on the IlississipDi i;iver in eastern Iowa.
In this tov/n almost all German customs are follov/ed, esoecially at this
time. Birth certificates, marriage licenses, confirmation certificates,
etc. are all printed in German. Host families were either German im-
migrants or first generation Americana. , so strict German upbringing
was the rule.
At the age of 23, in 1907 my grandfather met Clara Dryer another
first generation German Ajiierican. They met in Klkport and courted for
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two years before nnrrying in 19^9. They were married in a Gernan
wedding in the Guttenberg German Lutheran Church.
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c;lara Louise Dryer
Paternal Grandmother
Born: Slkport, Iowa 1390
JJied: East Moline, Illinois 19 64
Reli/jioii' German Lutheran
SocioeconOiTiic status: middle class
Occupation: housewife
My grandmother was born in Elkport, Iowa, a small pocket of
German /unericans in eastern iowa. There she attended r:rade school
up to the eighth or ninth grade. She had to leave school then be-
cause of the difficulty of seating to the ne::t higher school.
She grew up with a strict German upbringing, with a close af-
filiation with the local Lutheran church.
Being from a fairs^ly well to do family, she never had to toke up
a physical job, but v/ould often do part time work for extra money.
Ho-^t of her time was spent at home helping to care for the younger
raenbers of the family, aeccuse of this she learned to preserve food
and make various jams and jellies. This would come in handy later
in life during the depression of the 3-'s.
At the age of seventeen in 190? she met nermann George Hoffman
at an Elkport gathering. They courted for two years and were mar-
ried in 1909 in Guttenberg, Iowa.
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Hermann Ueorf;e uoffman
and
Clara Louise Hoffman
Paternal Grandparents
Socioeconomic status: middle class (.lower uiddle class after depression;
After bein^ married in 1909, my c^andpcrents r.iadc their first
home in a farm just outside of Guttenberg. ITiis farm was given to
my grandfather from his father (Jasper Hoffman.
iiy grandfather v/as a very industrious hard world.ng man. he v;as
the only one of the three boys in his fcXiuily that his father had "iven
farms to who made a success of it. However in 1927 he lost his farm
because of his concern for other less fortunate members of the family.
He had signed as co-signer on some loan for these relatives and v/hon
they were unable to make the payments he had to. isecause of the amount
of these bills he had to give up his farm to make good on them.
After giving up his farm, he moved his family of three boys and
v/ife to Guttenberg, where he got a job in a factory. There he earned
fairley good wages for the day and his family was fairley well off.
■ Hy grandmother was always a housewife from the time she was mar-
ried. She raised three boys in the same manner she was raised, very
strict, Kven though ray grandfather was the head of the house, she
handled the house chores and discipline of their children, ny father
told me her favorite way of correcting them was to send them out after
their own willov/ switch. The smaller the switch they brought back the
more she would use it.
Pajnily life was fairely smooth up to the depression, which struck
thera in 1931. In 1930 ray grandfather had bought a brand new car for
around U750 and in I93I he was layed off his job.
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uui'in.j the deprcscion ray srandfnther would liire hiiarolf out
to local f ar icrs for payi.icnt in nroc'uce. Hy 'jrr.ndr.'iother would
raise a large "arden in the backyard, bhe would can and pre-
serve the produce she raised for use during the long winter montlis.
As hard as the tiaes were there was still tiraes for fun. r.oth
sides of the ftuily Uloffnan and Dryer) being German, they would
often on holidays have big family gatherings along the MiGsissippi
Kiver . Large, meals were alv/ays served for the holidays, and for the
religious holidays the mornings were spent in the Lutheran church.
Both of lay grandparents, as most of the people in Guttenbcrg
backed Franklin Roosevelt when he took, of iic>-' . They hoped he would
end the depression that had chsngod their life style so much.
V/hen the war cajne it brought jobs to the peoTile in the i^rea.
During the war years ray grandparents te;:iporarily moved to Rockford
for employment in the large factories there. While in r;ockford
th^ei" home was ramsacked and they lost many valuable papers (which
I could have used in this report) and possessions.
The prosperity after the war brought some new industries and
revived some old industries in the Guttenbcrg area. Because of this
my grandparents returned to Guttenberg after the weur in 19^5-
My grandfather started workang for the Button factory, wr,ich
was the largest factory in the area at 'the time, and worked there
until his death.
After my grandfather passed away my grandmother moved to Roci-:-
ford where her three boys had moved fee- earlier. Her house and pro-
perty were auctioned off in Iowa and she came to live vath her old-
est son Raymond.
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She lived off and or. with each of her boys until che v/as afflict-
ed v/ith Parld.nson diseaae. She i ived in our ho..ie for a lon:^ time after
she had it, but v/e were unaware of it. This caused many unha oioy events
because jsrf my brother and I'^-s^ lackScrf\£nov/led;'^e>-ebeut her condition.
V,'e were younr; and didn't understand some of the things that this di-
sease made her do. At the ti-.e it had even changed my opinion of her.
She later moved in with her oldest son again. She stayed there until
she 5ot so bad that she could no lon.-cr be taken care of by rny aunt.
My father and his two brothers got to_^ethor with her physician and
it became apparent that she v/ould have to be institutionalized. They
then made arrangements for her to be placed in East Moline State Hos-
pital in 1964. She was there for around eight or nine months before
she finally died of the disease later in the year.
My grandparents had four children, Raymond, Margaret (died at
1-J- years of Rheumatic Fever), Le Roy, and my father La Verne Hoffman,
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La Verne Z. Hoffman
Father
Born: GuttenberG, Iowa Oct 3, I9I8
Koli.;^ion: Lutheran
£ocioccono::;ic status: middle class
Occupation: factory laborer
My father was born in I918 in the family fan.i house, Just out-
side of Guttcnber,'-, Iowa. The renson :;:y father v;as born in the
house and not a hos\utcl was mainly because there v/eren't any hos-
pitals around in that area at that time.
Hy father began doing chores like 3hucld.ng corn, fetching fire-
v/ood, etc., at the age of six. He spent much of his time '.vorid-ng
with iiis grandfather, Casper Hoffman, who had corao to live with
them a few years earlier, jlnother chore my father and his two bro-
thers did, was to go along the railroad tracl: \vith a bucliet and
pick up coal that had fallen off the trains as they went through
town. They would have to use this to heat their home during the
winter and also provide heat with which to cook with.
At the age of nine in 1927 the family moved off the farm and
into a fairley large house in Guttenberg. The house was situated
at the base of a hill and beside two large oonds. There was -olenty
of land in back of the house whore many kinds of bcrrys and fruits
grew abundantly. The boys would also spend many hours o:: Ihe banks
of the ponds and Mississippi iliver fishing for food. The pur.p for
the house was situated about -} a block away so another very import-
ant task for the boys was to fetch water.
When the depression set in, in 1931 it more or less changed
the life style of the family. It made it hard for my frther to go
to school because he couldn't always obtain the books necessary for
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the class. Also because of the lack of inoney in the faiily ho had
to qwit school in the twclvth .^rade to aid in the fa..,ily incoiuc.
During the de-pressi.m when times were bad, (fntertninricnt was
very scarce. One thinr^ that i.iy father and many youn,'^ men in the
area did was to ^ilay "lU-ttenball". This my father explained to me
was the same as softball today basically. Every business in the area
had a team and it was a very [;rQat crowd nleaser.
In 1936. after my father's oldest brother ?.ay.,;ond served his
time in the GCC camp it was one of the other two boys turn to go.
The duty fell on my father, and he had to quit school after hio- 11th
grade to join. He was sent to McGregor, Iowa for training and camo.
liis particuliar unit built erosian dams around McGregor and i?"t. Des
Moines, iowa, to protect the local farmers. This was one of the Tiro-
grans set up by i:!)^, to combat the depression and give neo-Je a
chance to earn on their own.
My father was-paj^d five dollars and twenty dollars was sent
home to his parents each month. This was a six month progrcjTi. but
my father reenlisted four times and stayed in for two years, from
1936 to 193y« ''iy father told me that many' of the men he was in the
CCC comp with were also drafted into the army with him in I94I. it
v;as believed by many of these men that one of the purposes of the
CCC v/as to organize men and prerjare them for enlistment in the array.
My father was in the cjCC'g until 1933. After leaving the l;CC
camp he v/ent to work in construction on soine other ■cCx< rirograms.
He worked on such programs as the .niCAj doing highline construction
and the fWA building school houses in i^lkader, iowa. Also through
this program, he helped put a new highway in Luxember, Iowa.
In 19^1 at the onset of the war, ray father was drafted. He was
m various campaigns in iourope, including JNormandy and the ^^ttle of
the ^Ige, finally ending up in Paris as the war ended.
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He rccei .'cd hits boot trainin,'^ in i''.r.ye ttevillo, r^.". ct i'ort L,r->!^p;.
r-iy father first ..ict ray .nothor t^Grocc cailcy^ in 19'iO v/hilo r.ho
v/as v/or;d.n^ in a sir.all .'grocery store in Ba,':;ley, wise, Afoer that
fir!:t ...ecting they didn't see each other a^ain for r.l;noot a ye-r.
At that time they met ar^ain and started dating rec^lsrly and were
married in 19^3 in Kockford, xll.
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Grace v. fiailey "
.■•.other
iiorii; Clayton, Iowa September 27, 1923
Keliui*3n: Protestant
iiocioeconoriiic status: lower class
Occupation: Factory laborer and housewife
lly mother was born in 1023 in olayton, iowa, when times were .'gen-
erally ^ood for most Aiaericr.ns. This was not the case for her fa.dly,
they were in the lower class even during these times.
ahe was horn in the small family house situated between the rass-
issippi Kiver and the railroad tracks. :iy mother was a middle child
in a family consisting of nine children.
iieing from a poor family, she had very few pleasures v;hile growing
up in (Jlayton. what pleasures there were, were home made without fin-
ancial aid. Much of her free time was spent along the river or along
the railroad tracks, the only playground she and her brothers and sis-
ters had. During the winter months, they would get their intertainmont
from sledding down the slopes pn to the river. This was dangerous as
most their enjoyments were and injuries were more or less common -jlace ,
The faiTiily life at home was usually pretty close, iseing thct they
were relatively poor they had to be a very close nit fairdly to survive.
My mother began school in 1929, just prior to the deoression. 5he
went through school during the depression years, which made getting an
education very hard. There was seldom enough money for shoes, clothe5
or school equipment. She wou d have to go to school without any break-
fast and have or.ly lard sandwiches for lunch. Because of these hard-
ships along with the lack of money in the family she had to leave
school after the tenth grade and help with the family income.
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After lenvinr^ .-school, r.ho v/ent to wor:-- in a rw.ir.ll '^rocory ntore
In noarby Ba;^ley, v;i.-;c,. It wan tliero th-:t in I9h0 nho firct i.iot
LaVor;;e Hoff.ian. After thin first moetin'^ they didn't i.ioot n";ain
until 19^4! almost a year l:;tor. This tirao they uct in Clayton at
the hone of some of the Dryers, couGinc of La Verne Hoffman. At this
time they began dating and v/ere married in June of 19^3 in Rockford,
Illinois.
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La Verne E. Hoffiuan.
and
Grace V. Hoffman
Parents
Socioeconomic status: middle cIdss after tiie 1950's
LaVerne Kofirian and Grace Bailey were narried in Hockford, 111.,
in a little cnurch off of East Jefferson St, by i<everend Bannon. At
this tine :ny father was home on leave from Frederichsbur ;, Va. . .iy
mother was oresently employed at Colonial Bakei^y at 750 on hour and
my father was malJ-n'^ v20 per luonth in the service. A^ the t. me of
their "ettin^ narried my mother was living with Geor^je and Ci-ra Hoff-
man, who had moved to r!ocl:ford for employment. After r^ettlrnr, married
they lived va.th ray father's parents the before mentioned, until his
leave was up.
At troLs time my father returned to Fort Dix in New Jersey orior
to boin,'; ship .ed over seas. Ily mother took a train out to Trenton,
N.J. to visit ray f-^ther in October of 1943 for three days just before
he shipped out for Europe.
After setting out of the /o-my in October of 1;45 ray mother and
father moved in v/ith his parents, v/ho had :;ioved bacl: to Guttenberg,
Iowa by this time, for a few months.
In 19^16 they moved back to Rockford and rented an apartment on
Green St. At this time my father jot a job worl-a.ng at Kock.ford lietals,
■oolishins and buffing soda cup holders and hub caps. At this time he
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made the top wage they were paying, which was about CI. 25 ^er hour.
Also in October of llho their first child Richard LaVerne Hoffman was
born in Swedish Aiaerican Hospital.
In 1943 my parents moved to Keokuk., Iowa, where -iSB got a job work-
in;^ ct Electro Metals, where they made pig iron. In July of 1949 their
second child Joe Curtis Hoffman was born in St. Joseph Hospital in
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Keokuk, Iowa. The nrrao Joo wp- not t.:^..en froin the horsltol, but from
vnrious fr.;'.iou3 nnort.o fi.'^uroG an Joe Louie, Joe Diinr,,^r-io rnd of c'-.urce
a not GO athcTtic norr, -n in the form of my frither'.-; favorite br^rtcndcr ,
In Irtor l9^)-9 they moved b.-'Ci^ to kocuford, v/iicre my f.-'ther ,";ot
a job \vor;vin5 at Tlotionol Lock, polis^iin,'^ and buffin;;. Alno in
1950 ray mother started vvorkdnr: at Mid-State V.'ood Products on Seminary
St. starting out at 753 per hour. in 1952 my fr;ther p;ot a job at
Sundstrands v;here. he is still employed. After movinr^ back to Plockford
my parents lived in a mobile home on i^eston and later built a house
en the same lot. In 196?. they finally were more or less forced to
move out of the home on Freston and purchased a house on ^Irthur Ave.
Ky father was always the head of the house. Everything th: t was
done in the house had to be cleared by him. Being a very honest oer-
son, who always worked hard for a living just as his father nnd grand-
father before hira, he was a strict enforcer of discipline. .4e r.lways
made sure that my brother and I never came up with something that
didn't belong to us and if v/e did he made sure it v/as returned exactly
where v/e had picked it up. Also there was a strict sittin'^ arrange-
ment at the meal table, with no nonsense going on v/hile the family
was eating.
Holidays were always celebrated with large meals and v;hat ever the
traditions v/ere for that particuliar holid'ay. Often if it was a rel-
igious holiday the morning would be spent in the Church of Christ lo-
cated on Lincoln Par.; Blvd.
My father was always a snorts fan and encourr.ged my brother and
i to participate in all sports. This along with his strict upbringing
kept my brother and 1 from getting into trouble while grov/ing up on a
tough west side of Kockford.
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in April of lOCo jwy brother v/a:^ :,iarricd c-nd also cnli;;tcd in
the Marine Goriis. The ncxl year he v/ac in viot Ma-i whore he npcnt
15 iiionthG. Ill January of 1963 1 enlisted in the Marine Cor -a and
spent 11 nonthG in Viet I'.am in 1970. Thic is ;.iore or less tradition-
al in t'ne iioffinan family, the boys servin.r; in the armed forces.
Hy fiither and mother -re still presently livin[;j on /U'thur Ave
and my father is still worlans at 3undotrands. ny brother ir;ichard
hoffi.ian is a Probation Officer in i-'ort v/alton aeach, i'lorida. he
graduated froia UIU with two years at Kocl: Valley OollCc'^e. Myself,
Joe Hoffraaji, am married with two girls named Fenny and /Veredith, and /ny
wife's najne'/Arlene. I 'a presently purchasing: a house on the west
side of Kockford and aa employed at winnibago Juvenile Detention
iiome .
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* Luxeinbers,C</i^Gre La Verne Hoffman worlced under F'.VA r^r o'f?r ani ;
Dubucue *,( where Jtiailey family last lived) •"
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in':ADr7TARTT';RS
FIRST UNITED STAWS Arc.IY
Office of tho Commanding General
APO 230
9 May 19ii5
SUBJECT: Comraendation of Major General Clarence R. Huebner, 04-552.
TO : Major General Clarence R. Huebner, Ccxnmanding General, V Corpa, APO ''05.
On this day which marks the conclusion of the fighting in Germany, I wish
to congratulate you, your staff, and the troops of your command on your magnifi-
cent performance.
Since landing on the fiercely contested Omaha Beach nearly a year ago V Corps
has made for itself an enviable reputation. After the broakrthrouch, it was your
corps that closed and cleaned out the Argentan-Falaise pocket with such disastrous
effect on the enemy. It was V Corps that sped ahead to liberate Paris and moved
on without pausing to be the first to enter Germany. During the December coiintor-
offensive your corps held like a stone wall at the Elsenbom corner. The courage
and tenacity of your fighting men in that engagement marked a high point in the
tradition of gallantry of our armed forces. Under your driving leadership V Corps
raced across central Germany to capture Leipzig and pushed on to be the first of
the western forces to meet the Russians at Torgau.
Your own tactical ability, determination and inspiring leadership have won
the respect of all who have observed you as both a division and corps commander.
I desire to commend you on your outstanding performance and to extend to
you and to your fighting corps my personal wishes for continued success. Please
let your corps troops and divisions know that I am deeply appreciative of their
accomplishments .
(^,^yt^ ?/)U^^
COURTNEY y«. HODGES,
General, U.S. Army,
Commanding.
201.22 (CG) Ist Ind.
HEADQUARTERS V CORPS, APO 305, 18 May 1945.
TO: Commanding Generals of Divisions, Commanding General, Corps Artillery, and
Commanding Officers, Corps Troops,
I desire to add my personal comraendation to that of the Commanding General,
First United States Army. The outstanding combat record of the V Corns is due
solely to the Individual effort, determination, loyalty, and courage on the oart
of each ani every soldier who has served under this commnd.
C. R. HUEBTER,
Major General, U.S. Army,
Commanding
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FAMILY DATA
A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Nf"^ Jr-h r\ ,P. ^i>t(in'^ Current Residence S ^ Ccr ^ r^/ZJi y
If dead, date of death ' /
Place of birth h ,> J/^^^ J 6 j: J / Date of Birth S,ep^ //, /(■'^S
Education (number of years):
grade school ^X-. high school vocational col lege
Occupation(s) PUCE OF RESIDENCE
,. - (after leaving home)
Ist T^u^c/l^M-, Dates P'j^? lat S y^ r,a ^ di ^^e^ Dates /^Q
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd ^Dates_
^th Dates Ath Dates
Religion fj^nO^^ Ca//?/\//C.
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of Marriage td your grandmotner / date ^ /)/J>/4'/)
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-))
B. Grandmother (your father's side)
ame /yjA^H I d^ I J^'CV^.Jo ^ I Current Residence — ■
f dea<r. (^ate o^ death zi^A '~7'D2 "~
Place of birth Qjh<p£^ /UofiCOi^ y Date of birth \jot I ^ S./^9A^
Education (number of years):
grade school V^ high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
' ' t rl^u'^jL' U^ it-^ Petes
1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
'tth Dates Ath Dates
Religion /2^ xK^^^^r? C^^fAD/fC
< Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather ^^^:^^ J^ 6ATg /^ /}, X^./^/T
'^°''- il^aTOt^Sfi»th»*6a«'*f**tiil? wie^^A-J)! »W"«^her or another relative give
A- 1 Stepgrandfather (your father's side)
N.inr
I f ili'.id. tl.itr of death
Current Residence
Place of bl rih
Educ.ition (number of years)
qiade school high school^
Occupat lon(s)
Ii,t
2nci
3rd
Date of Blrth_
vocational
col lege
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
'♦th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re I i q i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc._
Place of marriage to your grandmother
date
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your father's side)
• f dead, date of' deatK
Place of bi rth
Current Residence^
Date of birth
Education (number of years):
grade school high school
vocational
col lege
Occupat ion(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re I i g i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
3.
Current Residence
Grandfather (your mother's side)
Name [J Q h 1) C Au'^S
If dead, Jate of death /y]^, ^ f^^'}
Place of birth G^da 'J^/ 1 Date of birth ^>7/7 ^9, /jP 77
Education (number o^ years): '
grade school ><L. high school vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
^^ (after leaving home)
^»t h^^XAyvA^M. Pates cUj^ X^,:)\iX. Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3 rd Dates 3 rd Dates
^th Dates ^tth Dates
Religion /Y) d -I L o A i<i
Igion /?^^// oAy
itical parties, civil
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother ^.^.c^^y^c^ T77 date r ^ .. . .
Note: If your mother was raised by a s'lBtifaiiier ur inoiriir relative (lO age 18)^^" '"^f ^ ^^ f
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Name fj/tncv { fC^^ ^ CfC ) /( U "^ S, Current Residence
I f dead", date of death ~Ax^ '^ .A^^c)
Place of birth R^. / U i'cU^Ul J^ / / Date of birth ^^>^ /? / ^ 9 2^
Education (number ofP^ears) cy
grade school ><r high school vocational college
0ccupation(5) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
/" // .r /I / r (after leaving home)
1 s t ^ fiJLr/ne/L ^ AP'MAf.UJiU-^Bt^i OcU^ //r^%t Dates
2nd Datas 2nd Dates
3 rd Dates 3rd Dates
Religion /T^^S^q^/-
Pol itical party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
F^lace of marriage to your grandfatha>- 7o,^;;>>t^:t: 1-^^^^ date f^i^/(:> /Ry
Note: If your mother was raised by a stepmotner or anotner r*i»ti«« ff? =;; \z)
,!vc th^; Jala wn ihe oacK or this page (D-2)
C-l Slepgrandf-^ther (your mother's side)
Nun^ Current Residence
If .Ir.id. <\Alr .)f death
I* I. It. ..I l.iiili I). lie ol III till
i •iili .il i<iii (iiiHiiliiT tif yr.i I ■. )
•l».iilf •.«liiM»l liiyii school vocolioniil ^loI It-in'
Ottup.ll Ion («.) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Is I ^Dates Ist Dates_
7n.i ^Dates 2nd ^Dates_
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
'♦th Dates kth Dates
Re I i g i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, f raternl ties, etc.
PTjc«f of marriage to your grandmother date
0-? S tcj)f|r.indmothfr (your mother's side)
N.vne Current Residence
I f (Urjd, <l.jt»- <J death
f'l.itf of hln^i Date of birth
Educdtlrxi (number of years)
qradc- school ti i gh school vocational college
Oct.jpot ion(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
I'. t Dates Ist Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
Dates
Ist
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
Re I i »j i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather Date"
CHIkDRtN ot A & B ^or A~ I or Q-\) - your father's narne should appear below
'. of birth rfT^iJp TFT
\x of years of school mg < -- ir
I . Name , ,^..>- , .^ ^ ,- ■..--■■
Place of birtli^^/rpTT""^ f/Y date />?6^ gA /\ /qs^
Number of years of schooling , ,.^0^ Occupatl6rtVy/;x>>c/"(^^,^.J^ Z^^^ .
Res I dence /L^ C t 4 o A (\ T/f Marital StatU8 j/yic^tAtr-^
Number of ch Tl dran & /f
2- Name Jo a sjc^^^^S 4^//^-^ , .^-^-^ ,-. ^ /^/^
Place of birthjKr^t^^/^^y;;^ /y'^
Number of years of schooling f—zX Colh^u^ y^J^cupatl6h <i.pMAyo/ p/lc r-^T<:r->
Res I dence 0>Ac.yJU^ A'A . f/f Marl tan Status /TT^&^yto'r/ ^
Numbe
/e_
3. Mame
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schooling Occupation^
Residence Marl'taH Statue
Number of chl l^r«n
*•• Name
Place of bt rth
Number of yea rs' oT "s'c'K'o'o 11 ng
Res I dence
Number of ch! Idren
5. Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooHhg_
Res I dence
Number of chl Idren
S. Name _______
Place or birth
Number of years of school Ihg"
Res I dence
Number of ch 1 1 dren
7» Name
Place of birth
Number of yea rs^ o? s choc 1 / nfl_
Res I dence
Number of chl ldr«n
B. Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Res I den ce
Number of chl Idren
da te
bccupatlbrt
Marlf I Status
ZIZZZZZII date
' OcsupatTSrT^
Pifirltal Sta tus
"Jatq
__^^__^^__^ fccupatlon
_ Marl'tsl Status
' date
Occupation
Marital status
date
Occupation
Marital Status
9. Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Res i dence **"
Number of chl Idren
10. Name
Place of birth
Number of years of achoollng
Residence
Number of CHI lUrwr
Ncrltfil Status
. date
Occupation
narital Status
date
Occupation
IHILOREN i>( (. and D (or f- 1 , 0-l)-your mothrr's runio should apptvir lielow
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Niimiici ijf ye.irs of scnoolin
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Numb»;i of yeors of Schooling
Kes i dence
Nuoitir r o f chi Idren
Marital Status
date__^
Occupation
6. Nami-
P I oce of birth
Number of years of School I ng
Ri.s i dence
Numiicr of ch i Tdren
Marital Status
____ date
bccupatlOh
7. Nanc
P lace of b I riFi
Numbr r of years of schooling
He-, i dcnce
Number of ch i I dren
_ date
Occupation
Marital Status
Name
P I ace of bi rth
Number of years of schooling
Residence
date
Occupation
Number of ch i 1 dren
Marital Status
Name^
P lace of bi rth
Number of years of schooling
Rei i dence
date
Occupation
Number of chi idren
Harital Status
10. >*imn
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence
date_
Occupation
Number of chi Idren
Marital Status
Your Father
Name
I
ame f)o n^ jO C H€)Pti/i_<L Current Residence ^a /Lhnd / ij—
f dead, date of death ^-— ^ ^ ~ =* ' ^
of blrth^ ^Dete of birth //)a^ /^. /?^^
tlon (number ofyeTrsJ ^^-^^ ^^^ ^
Place
Educa
grade school / — fT
Occupatlon(s)
high school ^-/6
vocational >^ col Iege_
lst^/^/?oyd-//,.wA-/ Dates /f4^^-^^ 1st,
2nd1^/ ■r^rl/rlcjayy. Dates /9.^^J^3> 2nd_
3rd 7// ^c>..^^.^^ Dates /Uo - /9^^ 3rd_
^xh(^lo.<;j(l CnojuJ 7^6 Dates /9i9-/fy^\xh
Religion /' _. ^ ^ /^. /z_ /,>
PUCE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
_Oates_
_Dates_
_Oate$_
Dates
'9'°" /cjirnnr} A^r.7>/^r
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your mother ^VoVi^ >>>7 a, /?^;T/y / date /J,^^ Ij /9^^
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfath/ftr or anotner reiatTve give tnat data on/the back
of this page. (E-2)
Your Mother
ame r)jl^/llC^ / AJe^/) /^ / /^ ^ Current Residence /Ltctro/2/'^
f dead, date of death ^,.^'
Name
I
Place of birth (^y^^'^OCx^
Education (number of years'
:n±
high school f'-'/J- — vocational
grade school /"^V^
Occupation(s)
1st. ^(l/(J>>^ /^^c>U<_, Dates ifC^/— ^7 1st
2nd Dates 2nd
3rd
Date of birth /:j /o /? /%^C
col l<
lege ,A^- V
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
3rd
_Dates_
Dates
Re I
Poll
Itical party, civil or social clubs,
sororities, etc«
Place of marriage to your father <r^<o^^^^>tjg_:'' 27// date /Ju^ ^3l ^^^
NOTE: If you wet** raised by a stepmoth/Cr or anotner relative give that data or t/ie b'aci< of
this page (F-2).
E- I Sf pfjther
I f itAd , date of death
Place of birth Date of birth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school vocational college
OccupatlooCs) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st ^Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd ^Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
^th Dates ^l»th ^Dates
Religion — — — _________
Pol i t icaT pflr'Uei, di'vll fif SSiHI clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your iwother Dat<
P-2 Stepmother
Name
If dead, date of death
Place of birth
Date of birth
Education (numter of years)
grade school high school
_ vocational
1st
col lege
Occupat ion(s)
1st Dates
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
2nd Dates
2nd
3rd
sorori ties ,
etc.
Dates
3rd Dates
Dates
Re 1 1 g I on
Political party, civil or social clubs,
Place of marriage to your father
date
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CHILDREN of E and F (or E-2, F-2) - your name should appear below
Number of years of scfioonng V-yX ^y r.^Occupatlon^
Res i dence /^^^/^y.; HaritalTt^uS ^-/W-^
Number of chi Idren
N.me /)^.//rs/ A? hLfih^^
P I ace of bl.^ /?J^r^^J^r^ ,
Number of years of 'schooling
Date of bi rth
Place of blYth z^.,^.,^^ i^^te or "'rtn yg^ y^r^
Number of vears of^XyiVnT / ^ i ^, TTTtTT; /^yOccupatlO,1 .///^ ^ c^ /^^/^^^
Residence J)^/I^C^/in Margtal Stdtus <^/yx<^/^ 1
Number of children V--^- '
Pl.rrTTrbTTTTT ' y7.::i/..^\) ^ ' Date of b'rth ^; ^^ y
Number of years of iXooTln'q \, ^ , 2^ ^-^^.'^"j-. /'^ OccupatlOrt^^/^-7/, /f $^
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Name
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Number of years of school I ng_
Res i dence
Number of ch I Idren
TJate of birth__
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Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of school lng_
Res i dence
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late of birth
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ITarltal Status
Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of school lng_
Res i dence ____—
Number of chi Idrert
Marltai Status
Date of bi rth_
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List of Sources
Mr* John P. Hopkins
Mrs, Ida Bosecker
Mr. Jon Hopkins
Mrs. Marie Paulson
Mrs. Alice Peterson
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hopkins
Mrs. Hattie Ecklimd
Problcass
I did haY« a fdw probleva in tlio research of ny family
history. I had sotee problems gattlng exact detail. Perhaps
this prohlea is due to the fact ny parents are so young in
their perspective il^arailies. They could not remember much
about their grandparents. Both of my parents did not remember
any of their parents early life. I had to dig back to Great-
Grand Uncles and Atmts. and in en old family this is rery
hard l^ecatzse many are deceased.
Also I have be^ very limited in time for actual re-
seftreh*. because we are in the process of moving to a new
XoeAtion, I had a unic^ue problem getting information from
an uncle.
Its Jx&rA tor B» to write about ny grandparents sine*
all but ona is daad. My mother's parents both died before
I was bom and ay father's mother died before I really got
to Irnow her* The only liring grandparent I have is toy
father's father.
My grandfather's name is John P« Hopkins. He was
bom Septermber 11, 1895 in Oelcalb Illinoia* His parents
nasaes were Michael Hoplcins and Mary (Casey) Hopkins. By
the way, I was named after his father Michael, His parents
were both bom in Ireland,
My grandfather never re^aULly slteod out in the pair of
then whenever they would visit, y\y grandmother was always
the one who was doing all the talking, I naturally used
to think she was the deolsicm maker. It was not until later
when I was able to interpret these situations that I was
able to tell he was the sain nan.
My grandfather had foxir brothers and no sisters. His
four brothers naises were ^aa»a, Charles, Henry and Frank.
Frank died early in youth. They were all bom in Dekalb,.
Illinois and lived their lives in America. His parents were
very good to him and his brothers. They lived at 218 South
Third Street for 22 years,
Ifot much was exprecnsed to ne about his childhood ejteept
one story ny father told me. My grandfather bought a horse
«^ta h« was jrowts* T&e horsi was •Xderl?. Rt had «8«d
hla hard earned tnoBvy which ha had eamad by delivering ntws-
papara. He brought tha harav heaa and took It to a shad out
haek far th« ni^t. The rvrf n9i$i vaoming that horse that ha^
had |«tat bought had dlad« Rjr grandfatJ^ar waa hurt, but ha
laamad his f irat big huainasa-lika lasaon.
Hia aiai ixx Ufa waa to boeoiao a first elass oeat man*
Ha atartad baing a batehar when ha waa 12 jears old* Ha
waa helping iceap the nei^l^erhood aeat looker clean* Ha
was a sausage aaker imd.a^aiifitar uxi^to iMdt en tzt»le« He
workad at thia for over 50 yaara* Ha also nanaged a seat
looker for 13 years* His first job as a butcher lasted 6 years.
He finailly settled ^estn and worked in Sycamore, Illinois for
38 yaara.
My grandfather got laarriad before World War I, but he
waa not fortunate enough to aiaa tha draft. These years ha
apant in the sarviea, ware tha roughest on hia marriage.
B^ grandparmta met through an introduction by tars. Joe
Obriva in June 191^. They wera both living in Dekalb at that
tiaue. They were carried February 12, 19X7 in a catholic
Cathedral.
Ry grandBether's raa» la 6«mie« Hoplcins. Shft is vjr
father's aoth«r« Sl&« strangely t&ottgh kaa tlw flftae naao as
ny mothar. I did n&t ga^ vary naab ix^fonoation about har*
Tha infonwBition I did raeeiva waa from a vary elderly lady
nasiad Maria Paulaaa. Sha vas bqt grandmother* a slstar. fily
graadmothar waa bem in Norway and cama to Asariea in 1913.
Har fat)iar*8 nai^e was Rasama Jaeabaan and her mother's nana
was Xdrina (olsan) ^aeebaaa, Har father migrated to tha
United stataa in 19^. Kara ha sat up a husineso and worlcad
a faw yaara. Ha got endttgh A<»iay to bring his faaiily over to
tha Onltad States five years later, v>^. -^
Heir father bron^t up 3 ehildrati la Aaariea bat one
died in Narvay, She died &t tha age of thirteen, isy grand*
vather had a sister H&ria txiA a brother Rangvall. Their
ehildhoeds vera full of love and lots of fan. My grandmother
waa wall liked and had many friends. They lived in a very
niea cottage setting home up in the mountains in Norway. They
both want to aehool over in Norway and a few years in America.
They did not attend much loora than early high school* My
grandBother would clean a school teachers home for 25^. She
woul4 scrub the floors wash the diahea and other houaehold jobs.
They had a v«t7 traditional noirthem Scandinavian child*
hood. Flaying up in tha feeuntaina was not iinceamon. The
weather was loild, and when it snowed it seldom remained very
long, vxettpt in th» nountalns «lMrt it wM eensid^rablj eold«r.
Sh« Imd vaxxT f«HA n««»rlafl of the novntains, H«r and
har sister took tfao eaVls esr ap to tha neantain tops* Thare
was om plaeo oho reeallst ithora tha cabla ear travoXod ri^t
throttf^ tho raouBtains. Sho still remoi^rs how cold that
darvM up in tho oountains.
My utnt 6an roiAoialaor goin^ doim to tho fish oarkot*
Zt*s located in Bergen Norway, Placed along the side of the
road* the market was saall emd alvsys erowdod. There you
woald pick up fresh fish» flowers asid other goods« I gaass
its still some what like that today. They sold such things as
reindeer hides, Alaskan slippers and other northern fmr goods.
My grandaother married lay grandfather on Fetnraary 12, 1917*
It was a ehuroh wedding. Both of them were very religious.
They were wed In Dekalb snd spent the early part of their liTOs
thsro. They later moved to Syeaaore. He was a butcher and she
was simply a housewife.
lay grandmother was most special to me when I was a child.
She would be so very nice to us. She was not strict towards us
at all. She always brou^t us goodies whenever she visited.
I always enioyad their visit and hated to see them leave.
My grandmother diod from a series of strokes. She past
away several years ago leaving me with only one grandparent.
Their early aarriod life was good, except for those few
years my grandfather was in the army. They had no trouble
bringing up their ohildr«si except helping my Undo Jon through
eollege. Ry father often thougbt he was spoiled because they
«#T^ 80 Ivniant, I e«n tmdorstand this because they never
treated m* to laad.
Each of these two grandparents were t>rought up in a
very luring home so it rubbed off fm. w ^d and is ttHtasane
inflttence on tte« BSy parents like their parents* seareh iBore
for the answer than the puhlshmtnt*
My mother's fathers name was John C* Aves. He was bom
April 29, 1877. His parents were Christina (Greene) Aves,
and William Aves. Christina died in 1926 and William died in
1929. I was \mable to find out their birth dates. Ky grand-
father's grandfathers name was Predfiok Aves, he was bom 1818
and died in 189^, His grandmother's name was Hannah 1 she
was bom 183^ and died 189^^,
.. There is a small thought I*d kind of like to brii^ up here
however. Of Fredrick and Hannahs children who were all bom in
GerBsany, 6 of 8 came to the United States. The other two re-
raaindd to raise families in Germany. These two might have had
families who might have fou^t against my grandfather and my
father during World War I and II •
I9y grandfather on my mothers side, died before I was bomi
he died May 1953. Of all my relations I had the most difficulty
getting information about his early life before marriage. I
wish however to try to give a little insight to his personality
to attempt to make up for the lack of early life detail.
My mother recalls her father as a liberal minded man.
He was not prejudice and he let her mother share in the decision
maiking. My mother recalls a situation when her father demon-
strated these qualities of being libersd. minded. He let my
mother stay over night with a colored girl and her family.
In those days such practices were seandeless and often frowned
upoB. He also let her marry a Catholic, which in many families
was not perBitt«4 at all. He hald little against his children
and let them do what they wished. He let her go to college
even though he did not think it was a girls place to go to
school. I suppose its because her mother died so very young
that ny mother got so close to h^r father.
Ry grandmother on my mothera side was, Vina Majc (Rubeck)
Ar«8. She was bom January 13* X692 at Beltidere, Illinois.
She died January 2, 19^0 at Kingston, Illinois. Her father's
name was Fredrick Willian Rubeck. He was bom Novenber 10,
I858 in Germany. Her mother's name was Tamer Rebecca (Westfall)
Rubeck. She was bom August 22, 1866 at Garden Prairie, Illinois.
She died April 14, 1963» on Easter, at Highland Hospital in
BeliVldere, Illinois.
My grandmother had five sisters and three brothers, ono
of which died when he was a baby. Their names were, from
oldest to youngiBtat Roy, Hattie, Elmer, Ila, Ester and Alice.
Hy grandmother was between Roy, the oldest and Hattie the third
oldest.
I received the inferiaation about my grandmother from my
great Aunt Hattie and great Aunt Alicj^.
For the chores my grandmother experienced a very similar
life as my mother. She worked on a farm in Kingston. She
di4 the common household jobs such as washing dishes, cleaning
laundry, and cooking. Her outside jobs consisted of feeding
the chickens, the cows and horses, and cleaning the bam. The
field chores were mostly conducted by her brothers and father.
After she graduated from iight grade she was able to tsUce
on a job away from home. She went to work for a neighbor as a
cleaning girl. She earned a small amoxmt, which she saved for
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soall r«er«ati«m and Chris'tBas goodies. It was on this
neighboring farm she net my grandfather.
For fan my grandmother played baseball or a form of the
game. Using a ball she and another member of her family would
toss it back and forth.
Recreation was not defined as well then as it is today
especially on a farm. Simple things like going to church was
considered very enjoyable. Picking up groceries and shopping
in the near by town also was a joyous experience, B!y aunt recalls
taking the horse and buggy to Genoa, Illinois t the nearest town
for groceries. This trip often took three or four hours round
trip. Small gatherings were special like, the Old Settlers
Picnic held annually. Seeing folks and talking to nei^bors as
well as family activities were considered fun and recreational.
She met my grandfather while working for a neighboring
farm master. She was eqttally employed at the same farm 4Bnd
they eventually fell in love and got married.
They were married February 10, I909, They were married
in a house by Reverend William H. Tattle, Her sister Hattie
and her brother Roy stood witness to the ceremony.
Their early married life was simple. They owned and
farmed his fathers farm in Kingston, Illinois. They workdd
this farm together for about a year until their first child was
bom, his name was William. Then came three girls, Ida^ Mabil,
and my mother Bemice,
They all helped on the farm and with total mutual partici-
pation they kept their little 80 acre farm during *The Depressimi,*
My grandisethor died at the age of 52. She had been in
bed for a year -with heart problems* She was finally able to
get around again after that year in bed when she died. She
was in the kitchen one day and as she grossed the floor and
sat tlown at the table and with her arms folded, she died
suddenly.
My uncle took it very hard as most of the other members
of the family including my grandfather who took it quietly.
Life carried on but my grandfathers health began to
fail him. The girls all got married and Willie took control
of the farm. My grandfather continued to remain on the farm
while Willie ran it.
The girls moved away to continue their lives and their
new families. My miother remained at home throughout her
college years and until she too got married.
My grandfather died the same year my brother David
was bom. He died of natural causes and ha: died in the
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was horn March 13, 192^ in Dekalb, Illinois. He was part of a f
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My father is probably as normal as any American can be. ,j
He can be conservative or liberal which and whenever the
situation warrants. He's always tried to instill patience and
perfection In all I've ever tried to do. If I were doing
some kind of art work and asked him for help or if, he just
happened to be there* he'd give me a pretty tough time if it
was not as good as it could be.
He always choosses the man in a political campaign rather
than the party. I also agree with this procedure. He is very
good at the things he does. For example he can fix just about
anything having to do with automobiles, electronics or any
other mechanical problem. He is I suppose, strong willed, harsh, J
but always pretty reasonable and helpful.
He was bom in Dekalb, son of a butcher, who worked in
Sycamore. The first hoBie my father recalls in which he lived
was a four family apartment in Dekalb
The apartment was on Ftak Street in Ddkalb. In -tibis.
apartment along with the Hopkin's were the Capeharts, the Myers
and the Cassers.
This apartment was a large structure with two stories. The
apartment had a large basement sectioned off into four equal
parts I one for each family.
The apaxrtnent ha lived In had three bedrooms a spacious ll
living room, dining room and a kitchen and bath. His grand* p^
paxIfeoAs both lived In Dekailb In their own homes, so they did not V
live with my father and his parents. ^^
My fathers household ^obs were very different from «3ir tj
mothers. He did not have many dally jobs which left him and 4
his brother plenty of spare time. He did however do the usual tl
household jobs, take out garbage, clean windows, clean his room,
do dishes, etc. His spare time was much more extravagant than
my mothers.
Ky father did not have It aWfully bad considering a
national depression was raping the cotmtry and hurting millions
of American homes. I*m not saying b^ grandfather was rich
because after all he was just a butcher. Meat is fairly expen-
sive during troubled times In our nation. He did however enjoy
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many pleasures that other ehildrep probably did*ntv Mis favorite
things to dot and he still feels for themt were roller skating,
riding his and his brothers bike and going to the movies along ;J
with kicking cans down the street.
Movies he recalls were 100 to 28{( and generally musicals.
He remembers one in particular, Zlgfleld Follies. The Zigfield
Follies were a series of musicals presented in a series. These
series of musicals were very popular in the 1930*8.
Roller skating also provided much of his pare time. He
would race up and down the street and compete against others for
eompetition. He reminds me he won many many times. He also
remembers kicking the cans which were in the road. Perhaps
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Deispite his fun as a child ray father was brought up to respeet mf
God and continue his educational fields. He went to a Catholic ^*
school first grade, through eight grade. His grade school was ^|
strict and fairly tou^ for eleaientary schools. He had a less ^1
strict high school, "but it was tough also. Re ettc^ide^ Dekalb
High School in Dekalb,
My father quit school after his high school years. Shortly *i
after he got out of High School my dad was inducted into the -I
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armed forces. His brother also was drafted a few years prior jg
to oy father's induction. My father was 18 years old. They 'I
both served over seas during World War II.
My father does not express many memories about the next
3 and quarter years of his life, I can occasionally catch
something he says about the war and war situations, which he
vaguely explains to me. , My father almost lost his feet fighting
in the winter in Western France and Belgium. He had an extreme
case of frost bite which almost called for the removal of his
feet from his ankles down, I can not perceive the things he will
tell me once in. a while? for example we -were watching "Patton"
which was on television, that night he was reminded from a few
scenes how terrible it really was. He explained slowly how
they'd spent days, weeks and months out in the fields. It was
freezing cold in those fields during the winter months. They
slept in fox holes which were not much more than ditches of mud
and ice. He recalls for Christmas they received meat and a roll
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the field* you were in for some eold times. It was wet and ^|
cold during mueh of the time ny father spent in Europe. My ^1
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father came across a dead English Soldier with a pair of dry 1
woolen socks a'ttached to his pack. I9y father took those socks tf
for his free sing feet, |^
The war came to an end but not in time for my father. t|
He came home in a hospital plane. His feet were frost bitten «3
and he could not walk. They transported him from the fields f|
to a. hospital in Western France to New York, Florida across ]1
the mid-western states to California and finally home and ^]
Rockford. i|
He met my mother before he was completely out of the -I
army, at that time he was stationed at Camp Grant and he visited (i
Dekalb often. KJy mother recalls his visits as» "those days
when all the service men were ccadng home and he was one that
came in regularly for egg saliad sandwiches and me." She
was working as a cashier. He dated her in Sycamore. This
is where I say good-bye to my father as a bachelor and where
he becomes a married man.
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vas bom Pehraary 13^1926 in Kingston, Illinois* She was J
part of a six member family including her parents (John, Vina) 1
their oldest and only son (William), (Ida and Mabel) two '.*
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daughters aged respect iyely. Jly mothers family was very *i
widespread for example? William or (Wille as they commonly
called him) was 16 when ray mother was bom. My Aimt Ida was ; |
married when my mother was 8 years old. My mothers closest i
sister is 7 and half years older than my mother* J
Probably the most influential person in my life is my 1
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mother. She has been a big factor in all I've ever done. She
has been v^ry important in helping me choose the field I may
pursue as an occupation. She's probably the strongest influence
in all my families lives so far.
My mother is often the go between in all the decision
making in the household. She sets at the middle man between
argttementa emd S3rmpathizes with both sides. She rarely thinks
of herself in anything she does. She never expects favors or gifts
for her unselfish efforts. She*s liberal minded perhaps its
because she teaches elementary school and is exposed to young
people's lives and problems.
She gave me my most support last year when I attended Layton
School of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was my
first try at College and I had to do everything myself and believe
■• it was difficult. I wits extir«n«ly worried abotit i«y gradas •§
tha first few weeks of school. I was not doing very well at j»
my studies. She gave me much needed moral support, I never 4i
thought 1*A ever need. 1 did finish last year in school very
well in fact. Layton School of Art and Design closed and then
again she came to my rescue. She helped me decide where to
g9 from there. She understands very well. Her feelings are
geftuine and unique. Possibly the fact she was youngest in her ■'il
family givers her an added feeling for younger people's lives.
^ving gone through college herself she can get a glimpse of .'
our problems and help us deal with them. She remembers ;
things and uses them to bring us up. BIy mother is one of a v^
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My mother lived all of her childhood on a farm. The *i
farm rested upon 80 acres of land. She had diagramed her f|'
farm one year and I reproduced it for this paper. The farm had
eleven buildings including a farm house, a larcer bam, a f
smaller Sam, a machine shed, chicken coop, hogs shed, a r^'
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brooder, comcrib, garage, a grainery and an old chicken coop -l
which was used for storage.
The house itself had seven rooms downstairs including,
kitchen, parlor, living room, dining room, 3 bedrooms and a
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My mother had to help with jobs on her farm since there <|
was only one male of her family. She helped her sister Mabel J
outside in the farmyard jobs. Feeding pigs, chickens, weeding ^!
the garden and chasing cows were not uncommon things for her to do. 1
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Her recreation was not elaborate, but it Is genuine and I
think its neat. She wrote me a short paper which I'm going to
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were home centered and basie. The reason for this obviously, 4
was lack of monetary facilities since these were the days of ■■^i\
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Fondest memories are those which included the participation > '
of the entire family. The get togethers, that included the /
greates number of people, were family reunions held at a nearby
park, a community affair named 'The Old Settlers Picnic",
Christmas get togethers and school functions.
Family reunions were seldom missed by anyone. The traditional
meal was assemble by everyone bilging a sandwich euid a dish
to pass. Activities for youngsters the meal included ball
games, hide and seek, relays and the bike while the older folk
remihis'ed times gone by.
The Old Settlers Piei^ic was the biggest deal of all.
Farmers hurried to have their crops harvested, women an^ ehildnui
were especially ambitious to make sure the chores were completed
so that attendence was certain at the two day two evening affair,
A lunch was prepared and taken siztcft finances were too limited
to feed a family of six. Thtf actl^rities which were so attractive
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adults were more attracted hy the opportiinity to see and eonimmicate J
with folks that perhaps had not been seen since the last "Old '1
Settlers Picnic". In addition an afternoon 1>all^Lme oomprlced l!
of the area sportsman attracted the men-folk. $'f
School functions that helped to congregate people were 'J:
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participated. Spring time closing of school would never have ^|
been complete without an "All School Picnic" at which the
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Christmas at my home was a somewhat smaller affair, a 1
family affair. Since Aunts and Uncles lived in cities, towns 1 '
and communities a distance away and travel hazardous, the immediate :
family was left on its own. It was a gay happy affair, decorations %
all over the hous, foods always on hand and simple but meaningful '1
gifts. ^T
Aside from the above mentioned affairs, a particular
meaningful activity that was a yearly event in my home was the
shelling of com. The chore was a necessary job but there was no
dislike for it. The whole family sat in a circle, joked and talked
and shelled com \mtil the job was completed. This provided a
unity in the family that was fare in all other chores.
Schooling for my mother consisted of elementary school,
high school, and college.
Her grade school years 1-8 were completed at country grade
school, ICingston. Th^gs were onch more strict then and a little
was tolerated. All eight grades were. under one roof and often
olasses were going on at the saas time. Independent work was ^^'
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a nust daring those hours that one was not in a class. Her r
favorite subjects were geography uid nmsie. The grading systea |*
was numerical rather than alphabetical t for example an A might ||{
Savi been a 100, 1j
My mother attended Kingston High School for fotir years, ^\
19^0«19^. She took up all of the basics to persue college. The' ,
High School was also strict and did not bend for trouble makers*
If you were not in class you were either home or at assembly hall.
In assembly hall, speaking was not permitted. She loved music 4
and was in the school band. She played jMecdtone and tuba. ri
She began college in the fall term of 19^ at Northern 'J
Illinois University. She was a general science major and a ij
mathematics chemistry minor. College to her seemed even h«rder ^|
than high schools She wag in a dorm end in thos* days restriotixi^ i?
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'**tro placed oa tliaea and tJi5f^0B- vMeh people 'xapt. In college J
she played in th* band. She worked while attending college. ^
The first year of her schooling year she worked at storees and
babysat. She had two years as a waitress at the dorms to help
pa^ for her room and board there. The fourth and final job .1
she had in her fourth year was student teaching in Aurora. Illinois. -^^
She met my father while she was in school working at a f
drugstore in Dekalb, She recalls how he would come in and always
order egg salad sandwiches. They went out together for sometime
before they got married. This is where my parents lives begin
and my mothers dingle life ends.
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to Loves Park, Illinois, They then resided at a home which they >i
tfuilt. This house is still on First Streets directly in back N'
of the Meadow Mart Shopping complex. Life was never easy for *;|
my parents, but they got along. My father worked in Roekford f|
as a movie projectionist while my mother stayed at home and was ^
a housewife. When they got married b^ father was making $66 dollars '^v
a week and this was substantial enough then. Kly mother did not
get a job until they moved to First Street, then she became
a waitress part-time. My father remained a projectionest.
My oldest brother (Dan) was bom in 1951 and was reared on
First Street. BSy brother (David) was bom in 1953 and it was not
until the summer of 1955» when I was bom, that my parents moved t<j
a small 10 aeret farm. lilTy parents never farmed it much more than :]
a family garden, but it had a farm atmosphere to me. The final
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and she was the only member of our family who spent all her happy '^
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theater. He l)egan servicing televisions for H and H in Loves .|
two years. This was always very special for vlb kids because
we could always associate so well when ever we turned the
because it was different working with teachers and in x>articular
the students* He always had fun teaching them as much as he
ceald about the equipment they were using. My mother in the
mean time got a job working for the school system as an elementary
teacher. She taught third grade at Ralston elementary school for
a few years and then was moved to fourth grade. She's been
teaching at Ralston school for 13 years.
My home played a big role in iqy development. Hart Rd
was everything to me, it was ray personSility, my strength and
often times lead me spiritually. Whenever I needed peace and
serenity this home gave them to rae« It isn't often I suppose
Park. After a year or so ny father went back to working as
a projectionist and was diong pretty well. He and my mother Vl
decided that his job robbed him from the family so he quit and |*
started to work at WTVO the television station in Rockford. if
He was an audio visual technician and worked there for about i%
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television on. He needed more aioney so he got his next job '<i
at a factory as an electrician. He worked at John Barnes Co. J
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for several years and then his big break came. He was offered w
a job working as a closed circuit technician at Northern Illinois %
University. We still lived at Hart Rd. address and would live Ti
there for 8 years to come. He liked his job at Northern Illinois i-t
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ajoyei&B really loves and needs a heme as oueh as I did. It |^
was a beautiful place to grow up. It had tall trees, different i
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colored fields, streams and a few small buildings. 'j
The building consisted of three homes two which were 'h
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original an one which my parents built about eight years ago. ;i
One old building was the very original building, it had a tile ^i
roof and tiled outside with four rooms and no garage. Only name ^]
I could find who lived there was Old Man Johnson. There was the A
original building which we lived in for eleven yeairs. It had |j
a dining room, a kitchen, a living room, a bath, a laundry il
room and a very large bedroom, which we used as two at one time. ||
This building also had a garage, ^oioA «iy father latcj^made i|
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The newest member of the trio was ti-plex built in I966. ^|
It was a huge with kitchen, dining room, living room, family ,'A
room, utility room, two baths and four large bedrooms. Our i|
home had 10 acres of land. We had about 4-. 5 acres of woodland - 1
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and about 5.5 acres of open field, including the land our
building rested upon.
This year our land was purchased by the State of Illinois
for continuation of Pierce Lake - Rock Cut Park Complex, We
lost our home for public improvement. I lost a home that means
more to me than anything else. That home holds me together
soraethimes. 1*11 always go there to find myself and I hope
1*11 always be welcome, 1*11 always be able to find that old
Maple tree out back by the old baseball field. I can not
even put ny feeling down to the way 1*11 surely miss that gravel i
road and the home I love so well. ♦'
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living room, full finished basement and on© bath.
My brothars are attending Collego, Dan is attending
We live at ^206 Conet Dr. Rockford. Its much smaller ' ?
-'■♦
of a house. It consists of - 3i bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, ^
the University of Illinois and David is attending North Central ^
College in Naperville, Illinois. Tina is going to graduate *|
from Harlem High School and I'm attending Rock Valley Jr. M
College, My parents are still at their jobs at Northern Illinois
University and Ralston elementary school.
Family histories are very large, I can illustrate this
in a little story. My mother was talking to me telling me
about the love she had for musical instruments and she said,
"You've written so much and yet you never talked about this
medal I got for being in the band." I could have written
so much about so little yet it's hard to. Family history, so
little so small, but perhaps I mentioned enough to make someone
happy.
H
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HOUSEV delaine DAUN CORPIANV 193^-
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1. Your natnc Delaine Daun ffp^p;rAM *
^•'^"^ "^ ^"'•'"^6, November 1974 * ^'^ " ^
2. Your college: Kock Vd I lev (.ol lege (10 H )
ITdckford, Illinois ''•■
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your paper.
V Before 1750 1750-1800 1800-1850
X 1850-1900 1900 or later
k. Please check al I regions of the United States In which members of your family whom you
have discussed in your paper have lived,
_New England (Mass., Conn., R.I.) x Middle Atlantic (N.Y. , Penna. , N.J., Va.)
South Atlantic (Ga., Fla., N.C, SO.) ^East South Central (La, , Miss. , Ala. ,Tenn, Ky
West South Central (Ark., N.M. , Tex., 01(77" x Eas t North Central (Mich., Ohio, Ind.
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S. Please check all occupational categories in which members of your family whom you have
discussed In tills paper have found themselves.
X Farming y Mining x Shopkeeping or small business
Transportation Big Business Manufacturing
^Professions x Industrial labor x Other
6. Please check al I religious groups to which members of your family whom you have discussed
In this paper ^ave belonged.
^Roman Catholic Jewish x Presbyterian 3^ Methodist
Bapt ist Episcopal Ian Congregational -x; Lutheran
Quaker ^Mormon Other Protestant ^Other
7. What ethnic and social groups are discussed in your paper?
^Blacks Indians Mexicans Puerto Ricans
Jews Central Europeans I tal lans Slavs
Irish British x Native Americans over several generations
^East Asian ^Other
8. What sources did you use in compiling your family history?
X Interviews with other Fami ly Bibles x Fami ly Genealogies
fami ly members
Vital Records Land Records The U.S. Census
X Photographs Maps Other
FAMILY DATA
A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Name Jesse Lee CORPIAN Currant Residence
If dead, data of death 17. Aucnist 1956
Place of bl rth Ellenboro. Wisconsin Data of Birth 24, August 1880
Education (number of years):
grade school ? high school vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Farming Dates 1st Dates
2nd Well-drilling Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
^th Dates ^th Dates
Re I i 9 1 on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.^
Place of Marriage to your grandfflOtKer date
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-1)
6. Grandmother (your father's side)
Name Eva HILLERY Currant Residence
^"* Eva ^tmSY , ^ ,.
f dead, date of daath__r|24.
Place of birth Centerville. Wisconsin Date of birth June 1885
Education (number of years):
grade school ? high school vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st House Cleaning 0«tes 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
'(th Dates 4th Dates
Rel iglon
t Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather . . ... DATF
'^°'*- il^an;t^Sfi*fh»*6a«'8f*'t<l? PS^jS^^bj^a stepmother or anoth
er relative give
A- I Stepgrandfather (your father's side)
f^ ,„^ ^_^.^_______»«-_ Current Resld«nce__^
I f .if.Tfi- d.uc of death
Pl.ice of blrih Oit« of Birth
Ediif.it ion (number of years) I
giade school high school vocational college |_
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
l^t Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd J}ates_
kth Dates '»th Dates
Re I i q i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc._
Place of marriage to your grandmothar ^ate
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your fathar's side)
Wafpg Currant Residence^
I f dead, date of death
Place of birth ^Date of birth
Education (number of years):
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) ^ ' PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates 1st Dates]
2nd Dates 2nd Dates ,
3rd Datea 3rd Dates j
I
Re 1 i g i on r
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather ^Date
3.
Grandfather (your mother's side)
Name Emest STEIN
If dead, date of death 1930
Current Residence
Place of bIrthEuten, Oldenburg, Germany Date of birth 20, October 1868
Education (number of years):
grade school ? high school vocational college
Occupat lon(s)
»5t Lumber camps
Dates
1st
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving honrje)
Dates
2nd Carpenter
Dates
2nd Edgar, Wisconsin Dates
3rd Farmer
Dates
3rd
Dates
kth
_Dates_
Dates
Re 1 1 g i on Presbyterian
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. Democrat
Place of marriage to your grandmothtffa Marathon Citv Wisconsin ^^ iqq-
Note: If your mother was raised by a 8Llit'T8ffliT^Ut TflUlMer leYynW (lU dye l8) *^*^
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Name Mary Jane STAGKPOLE
If dead, date o^ death 19;
Current Residence
■ 954
Place of birth chazy. New York
Education (number of years)
grade school ? high school
Date of birth ip. April 1874
vocational college
Occupatlon(s)
I s t House vork
2nd
3rd
Dates
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1 s t Edgar. Wisconsin Da tes_
_Dates_
Dates
Jrd
_Dates_
Dates
Religion PrgsfeYterJan -. ,^
Political party, cTvIl or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather MarWthpn d^ tv. Wi Rronsin '' date Ib^z"
Note: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or anotner reiaf-iv/» (tn >^> TBT~—
,!.'£ th;;: J. la wit ine oacK or this page (D-2)
C- 1 brepgrandfather (your mother's side)
Home
I f «Jeod, (lalp of d«ath
Current Residence
I'lic. mI l.i I III _^
I ilili .il i<Hi (iiiMiiliiT 'iT yr.ii •, )
• |i.iil«« -.jIiimiI liiijli school
Octiip.ll lon(«i)
Isl
Pnd
3rd
'4th
_Dates_
_Dates_
_Dates_
Dates
D.ile ol III I ih
vocol ion ill
col loin"
Ist_
2nd
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
3rd_
'4th
Re I i g i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc._
Place of marriage to your grandmother
date
Dates
Dates_
Dates
D-? Stcpt)r.indmothiT (your mother's side)
N.imc
I f (U.'jd, <i.jt<" of death
f'l.iti- of birth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupot ion(s )
IM
2nd
3rd
_Date8_
_Dates_
Dates
Current Residence
Date of bi rth
vocational
1st
2nd
3rd
Re I i fj i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
col lege
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates_
Dates
Dates
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Uate
CHikDRtN ot A & B ^or A- I or b-\) ' ycur fathar's name should appear below
f , Name Leila CORPIAN
Place of bi rtii
data 17. January 1905
Cccupatldh Housevlfe
Number of years of jchoollrtg *8 Occup>l.w.. — ,
Res I dence Cassville, WisconsinMarltal Statu» Married-seoong"
Number of ch J idran 5 '" '
Name Una Mae CORPIAJL
Place of bl rtlT
Number of years of school _
Res I dence Boggpbel. Wisconai^ Marital St«tu8 Married
chi Idren _ g
^te23. May 1907
Occupatlbrt Hbusevife
Number of~cl
Marne W3j.lj.ain Cecil CORPIAN
til gp^b. Wis<?9fi§4ft
ars of schoom
date 25. April 2909
Place or Dlr ^ ^
Number of years of school Jftj 9 , "* Occupation Motel Owner
Res I denceFt.AtJginson. Wiscons'iR«'rTt'aT'l'titu> Married
Number of chl t<^r«n 2 "
Name Kenneth CORPIAN
Place of bl rth
date 13. October 1911
TTccupatibrt Well-Drillfer
Number of years of schooling 9'
ResldenceBoscobel, Wisconsin _ MaWtVl Status Mcurried
Number of ch! idren , 7
Name Evelyn CORPIAN
Place of birth
Number of years of schoojilfifl' 8
Res I dence Rockford, Illinois "~Pter I taT' "Status Married- fourth
Number of chl Jdrdfl 5
date 3. September 1915
Oceupati6ii Hotisewife
Name Velma CORPIAN
Place or bl rth
ihg
Number of years of school
Residence Madison. Wisconsin
Number of"
^disQn,
chl Idren
Harl'£«l
"Tata 3, Septermber 1919
"Sccupatlon Housewife
Status Married- third
'• Name Leland CORPIAN
Place of birth Boscobel. Wisconsin data 6. October 1924
Number. of yearF'o'f schooling ...."" Oectiip^tibrt
Residence Dead Marital Statui
y- Number of chl Idrcn "^
J. Name
Place of birth J^^^^
Number of years of schooling Occupatidrt .
Residence HafTTal Status
Number of chl Idren. .
I. Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of achoelUng Occupation
Res I dence W«rltcl Status
Number of chl Idren ————————
0. Name
Place of birth ' ' " '""' date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence """"^nRErrFaTTFatus _—
Number of enimw.fr—- — ■■ —» "*'^'f«' *"="»^
CMILUREN ..I (. and 0 (or (-1, t)-l)-your mother's runn: should apptvir beUiw
'*•"" Ira STEIN
'••••• '»r i.i'in. Edgar, Wisconsin
"'••"•»••• ■•! /•■•If (if St Ii(x,l irifj ■
i<.-.i.i.-t.c.- Seattle. Washington
N>niiiiri >tl « li I l(fr«?n 5
N I.
I' I.
Ida STEIN
;.r i.:,,t; —
Edgar. Wisconsin
Nijinl.i-r 'il yi-.irs of bchoolinq
HfMiltiiee Dead — — — —
Number f.f ch 1 1 dren
3. w.v.„ Wally STEIN
f idcc i<r f)i rth Edgar, Wisconsin
Number i)( ye-ir s of school ing
Residence Dead
Number nf ch i 1 dren
T
<•.
N.w Melvin STEIN
^'•"" "^ i'^'^' Edgar, Wisconsin
Numiifi ),f ye.irs of school i nq '
Ri'-. idenrc Arizona '
Number of rh i 1 dren
Nan»- Mildred STEIN
; '''\" "\^''^^^ Edoar Widr-^i^^iiir
Numbei of years of schooling
Hes i dence Wausau. Wisconsin
NuiiiJ.fr of ch J Idren 3
^' N.im.- Viola STEIN
^ ' -^cc of birth Edgar. Wisconsin"
Number of years Of schooHng
Ri.s i dence Athens. Wisconsin"
Numl)(.T of chi I^dren 5
Nang oren STElNf
Place .fbirth_ Edoar Wjsrr^SilH:
^fr of /erirs of school fng
Res i dcnce
Numbe
Numb*
n:ch?f|.rr- gi'^-'-n.in
r?V;^
STETNJ
Name
Place of Dirth p^^^^ ,j- ~: —
N.-nber of vears of^^cTiJj;! ! n"j '^^"'^^ ^
years of scncxji mg
"'^ ' ^g"ce Woodruff, wisf^;?;7^T;r
Number of en 1 Idren i
9.
Nane Clifford STEIN
Place o\ b.rth Edgar. wisconsiA'
Number of years of schooUng
Res i dence Dead -
Number of cKI Idren -j
10. Name
Plac
e ot^1>^^jh'^g^^^^^"g.Q^.^^ :T^TN
>.:::b\%^:f^:::.^.^^^uyi,r^-in
Res i dene ar^*. m^., ■'
"tit Atk-inqr>n, Uiopnn^jp
Number of children 3
d.it,-
26, May 1894
Marl tars tat us Married-seor^nr^
ctatc 29, April 1896
Occupation Housewife
— ""'■'^•^ Status M^rr^^H^
._ date 23, October 1898
Occupation Bartaer "
Marital Status Married-^fi..;>nr^ri
date 16, November 1900
Occupa 1 1 Oh Carpenter
Marital Status Married
_ date 6. Noveinb«>r ^Q^f
Occupa tion House vifg
Marital Status Married
date 6. December 1904
Occupa 1 1 Ort Houseinife
Marital Status Married
date 9 November 1 gpf^
- OccupatlOn_^ndu^t;jri^l.I,abni
_ Marital StatuSMafxisdzfiaCCaj
date 27. January ;I90Q
Occupation Industrial Labor
arltal Status Married
date 4. January 1911
I
— u , Occupation Industrial Labog
H«rrtaT Status Married —
date 13. March 191.?
^ ,... Occu"pat i on Houseyife"
Marital Status Married
Maternal
Name Gorman STEIN
Place of birth Edgar, Wisconsin
Number of years schooling
Residence Dead
Children 7
^date 22. June 1918
7 Occupation Laborer
Marital Status Married
icai ps:
tHILOREN ..( (. and 0 (or (-1, l)-l)-your mother's njnie should oppe.ir below
**•"- Ira STEIN
'■'""■ "^ '■ > .'i. Edgar, Wisconsin ^i,,t,. 26, May 1894
h::::::Z^^^^^ Washington Marital Status M^ry^^^g^^p^ J
** '"" Ida STEIN .
'■'••"■ ••'''•'"•' Edgar. Wisconsin elate 29. April 1896
N..n,.., „, ,. .,■ o> schooling — — T7ccupat lon^ Hgusewife —
Hrstijfiite Dead ^^^^^^^^^^^TSTrTTTT c * « » , . _ .
N.«^cr >,f eh ildren b ^^ Status MarrJPfi
N.V.; Wally STEIN
Place of hirth t.agar, Wisconsin date 23, October 1898
^•^7 ■" ye.rs o school. ng ffccuoatlon iJarb^r
"csKlencc Dead U«rlf«1 c»-i. : — —
Number of children 1 MarTtaTStatus Married-s^Pr^r^r^H
'•• waiw Melvin STEIN
m'J ••"V'^'^' ,^^g^^', Wisconsin date 16, November 1900
; :' "' ^^-'[^ ^' schooling Occupation Carpenter
!"J ? U U ^^°"^ . Marital Status HarrieS
Nomber of rh I 1 dren l ■
I
I
Nanif Mildred STEIN
P I .icf of h I r tH
6. N.imi- Viola STEIN
Numl)er of ch i fdren fi
7. Nanc
PI
"■c Oren STETfsf
ace 'jl birtTi i
Number of chlt?ren^' il^^^^n'^in _ _ Marital StatuSMarri^d-c^onn
Name
Place of birth Eda;.^
Number of ye.rs of^^cT^ci;! ! n^J '^^"'^^' " date 27. January 1 QOQ
Nar>e Clifford STKTM
Place o/ birth Edgar.
Number of years of school
"evidence Dead ^^^^^^^,^., j.naust
Number of chlPdrVn 9 ««ritaT Status Married
I'^ir.AX^mi^Ji,, t--"--^ " =ZZI ^»e 4 January ,.„
"eiidence Dead "^ — — n Occupatiort Industrial Labg
'°- M::eof^!,^7^-^gpp^^"r.."^^^ ^^^^-f^^^'
""-ber^f years If ^^^h-ootinY^"'^^" » ^ -—date 13. March 1911
1esidencar»4. .^^. ,:. r^^ . „„._ Occupat lon Housewife
'*«s I oenccir»*. »i.i • , -v.v,^J^^al lun rtouse;
Number Of chl IdreV"''"^ ^^ '^'^^^^^ " - "'^^^ ' Status Married
Maternal
Name__Gorman_STEIN ^
Place of birth Edaar. Wisconsin ^date 22, June 1918
Number of yo^^^ ^.-hnollna 7 Occupation Laborer
Residence Dead Marital Status_Jlarried
Children 7
"T:
x-r».'>.^r 1 '.n'!-^
/our Father
ame uf William Cecil CORPIAN Current Residence Ft. Atkinson. Wisconsin
f dead, date of death —————.«-—.—_«,—_
ilame
I
t>lace of birth Cobb, Wisconsin Date of bfrth 25, April 1909
iiiducatlon (number of years) ——.---——————
grade school high school 1 vocational ^college
)ccupation(s) PUCE OF RESIDENCE
'^ter leaving ho»ne)
fZnd Rug Weaver Dates 1935-42 2nd DAtes
brd Road Construction Dates 3rd Dates
iiith Farmer Dates 1946 ^tth Dates
Methodist
^e 11 g { on
I , I I I I". I. .1 ... . '. I' . fi . ii . 1
»olltical parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, 0tc,_
Place of marriage to your mother DObUicjiafe; IdlTct ^ ^ • • date June 29. 1931 "7
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give tKat data on the back
I of this page. (E-2)
Your Mother
Name Hazel Josephine Olqa STEIN Current Residence Ft. Atkinson. Wisconsin
If dead, date of death '
Place of birth Edgar, Wisconsin Date of birth 13, March 13
Education (number of years)
grade school 8 high school vocational ^college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Housewife Dates 1st Dates
2nd Factory Worker Dates 2nd ^Dates_
3rd Truck Weigher Dates 3rd Dates
Re 1 1 g I on Methodist
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etCc
Place of marriage to your father rhi>yiy|i,o, Tr,t»- • ^ _ date 29 June 19^1
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepmother or another relative give that data on the oack of
this page (F-2).
E- I Stepfather
Name
I f dead, date of death
Place of birth n^^. ^, . , ^.
cj ,,,-^ / I ■ 1 Date of birth
tducation (number of years) ^— -^^— — — — — .^— —
grade school high school vocational
col lege
^""P''"^"^'^ ' PLACE OF RESIDENCE
1st Dates 1st ^^^'"' '"^'"5_home)
2"<^ Dates 2nd
^''^ ^Dates 3rd
pates_
Dates
Dates
illHgion ^"" ''' ^°^'«.
Political N-'Mei, divll 61- ?6«iai clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your mother
Date
F-2 $tep<wother
Name
I f dead, date of death
Place of hirth n^*^ ^r ki_»i.
c. .. , I ■ - — ^ Date of birth
tducation (number of years) ^— — —————— —. .
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PL^cE OF RESIDENCE
1st Dates 1st ^^^'"' '"""^ ^°"*^
Dates
2nd
^Dates 2n<i 0^^^^
l^?,glon °'^"— ^'' '-^-K
Political parly, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Mace of marriage to your father " — 3ate"
CHILDREN of E and F (or E-2, F-2) - your name should appear below
Name Duane William CORPIAN
Place of birth Wausau, Wisconsin
Number of years of schooling ""
Res i dence Dead
Number of ch i Idren
Date of birth 14, June 1932
_^___^__^^_^ Occupation
Marital Status
Name Delaine Da\in CORPIAN
Place of birth Boscobel, Wisconsin
Number of years of^ schooling 14 "*
Residence Davis Jxinction, Illinois
Number of chl Idren 2
Date of birth 25. October 1934
' Occupa t i on Student
Marital Status Married
Name Joyce Leah CORPAIN
■p I ace of birth Oshkosh. Wisconsfn"
Number of years of^ Schooling 16
Res i dence Kingsport, Tennessee
Number of chi Idren 1
Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of schooling
Res i dence
Number of chi Idren
Nan>e
Place of bi rth
Number of years of schooling
Res i dence
Number of children
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of school Ing
Res i dence
Number of ch I Idren
Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of schooling
Residence
Number of chi Idren
Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years of school Ing
Res i dence
Number of chi Idren
Date of birth 24^ September 1936
0 c c upatIon_ Teacher
Married
Marital Status
Marital Status
bate of birth
Occupation
Date of birth
Occupation
Marital Status
'gate of birth__
• ' Occupation
Marital Status
bate of birth
Occupation
"Rarltal Status
Marital Status
Date of birth_
Occupation
ill. ASSIGNMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willincj)
1 hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and adminiMralivc
nyhis/to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection, depositod m tlic
Rockford Public Library, Rockford, Illinois
Signed Go£nji.yUi Bcm^^^
Date Novenaber^6jL^^l?74
'.'li'c.'iiu. ■ , "t'ljci . . nin
GENEALOGY CHART
.aine Daun CORPIAN
n 25, October 1934
ried 28, November 19^9
i
Grandfather
„ . B 24, August 1880
William Cecil gOggJA^M 1964
Father
B 25, April 1909
M 29, June 1931
D
WilliamGip CORPIAN
\ Great grandfather
Jesse Lee CORPIAN
4, July 1856
D 17, August 1956
jjLinnie CULVER
Great grandmother
Eva HILLERY
Grancimotner
B Jvine 1885
D 1924
B
D
Henry HILLEgy,,.
B
M
D
Mary PERRY
Wilhelm GOLDBAUM
Ernest StEIN
Hazel Josephine Olg; STEIN
Mother
B 13, March 1913
M 29, June 1931
D
Grandfather
B 20, October 1868
M 1892
D 1930
Mary Jane Stac)cpol(
Grandmother
B 10, April 1874
D 1954 B
D
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Joshua N. CDLVER
"b 30, NovemBer~T$08
D 1892
Henry Morton CULVtR
Joshua Culver
Timothy CULVER
B 1750
B IVVS
no
Gr . , Gr . Grandfather
B September 1833
D 7, May 1864 | Caroline C. TILLOTSON
B December 1814
Elizabeth THOMAS ^o^^l^-,-, r^,. i_ ,oc-a
4;r.TGrr Grandmother ^^^'^ 22, December. .1863
William HILLERY
Gr., Gr. Grandfather
D 17, October 1906
Margaret CALVERT
B 17, October 1834
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SOURCES
This paper was a much larger undertaking than I had
anticipated. I was hampered by the fact that both sets of
my grandparents are dead. My paternal grandmother emd ray
maternal grauidfather were dead before I was born. Most
of my information was obtained by interviewing ray parents
and correspondence with two paternal aiants and one maternal
avmt. Even though the letters were flying back and forth,
there were several of ray questions they would not or could
not supply the answers to, I found it amusing that even
though I was able to obtain the name of the father of nty
maternal grauidfather, V.io was an illegitimate child, neither
ray aunt nor my mother knew the nairae of his mother.
Genealogical information on my paternal side was secured
from a cousin who has an interest in genealogy.
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JESSE LEE CORPIAN
Paternal Grandfather
Jesse Lee Corpian vas bom in 1880 at Ellenboro, Wisconsin
in Grant Coimty. He was the third child of Linnie and William Gip
Corpian. Jesse had one brother, Lyman, and two sisters, Mayme euid
Lulu. His fcunily was quite poor. He grew up on a farm near Beetown,
Wisconsin. (See map page 31) As he grew older he worked out on
other farms as a farmhand. Eventually he entered the trade of well
drilling. At Potosi, Wisconsin he met Eva Hillery who was living
with an avint cuid loncle and doing housework for others. In 1904 at
the age of twenty- three, Jesse Lee Corpian married Eva Hillery.
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EVA HILLERY
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I Eva Hillery was the third child of Henry and Mary Hillery.
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three sisters j Lydia, Ora, and Mae and one brother,; Charles. Eva's
father was killed in the mines when she was four and left her mother
with five children to support. They had a very hard time. Eva's
mother died a few years later leaving her family to live with one
relative and then another. It was not a good life. Eva's brother,
Charles, ran away as soon as he was old enough. They did not hear
from him for over thirty years. As Eva grew up, she did housework
in Potosi for various people to try to make her living. She lived
with am aunt and uncle. She met Jesse Lee Corpian in Potosi at the
age of eighteen. Several months later, in 1904, they were married.
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EVA AND JESSE CORPIAN
Paternal Grandparents
Eva Hillery euid Jesse Lee Corpicin were married in 1904 after
a short courtship. Seven children were born to Eva amd Jesse)
Leila on January 17, 1905| Una on May 23, 1907; Cecil on April 25,
1909; Kenneth on October 13, 1911; Evelyn on September 3, 1915;
Velma on February 8, 1919; Jind Leland on October 6, 1924.
Jesse and Eva were destined to live in many places throughout
their lives and Jesse was to engage in many varied occupations. They
lived in several communities in the southwestern comer of Wisconsin,
Some of these towns were» Mt, Hope, Highland, Fennimore, Wauzeka,
Steuben, Boscobel, Oshkosh, Clyde, Woodman, Avoca, Potosi, auid Cobb,
(See map page 31) They were average homes and sometimes quite crowded,
At times Jesse's parents would live with the family. They would have
their own rooms, but in the same house. Mining, farming, a second
hand store, horse trading, barber, tavernkeeper, well drilling, and
stump removing were some of the meuiy ways in which Jesse earned a
living for his family, Eva was a very good housekeeper and ironer
and sometimes would do work outside the home for extra money,
Jesse and Eva had a very good relationship. Many times in the
evenings Eva would read to Jesse or she would embroider >^ile Jesse
played cards or gcunes with the children. Neighbors and friends often
visited them or they returned their visits.
Eva died in 1924 of a combination of childbirth and "brights
disease." Her son Leland was taken care of by his older sisters until
he died in 1925 of pneumonia,
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Flora Karsten, ^o had two sons. Flora and Jesse lived all their
married life in Boscobel, Wisconsin, ^fhey had a very stormy marriage
involving many separations, a divorce, and a remarriage.
Jesse became senile the last three years of his life and made
his home with his daughter, Una. Jesse I^e Corpian died on August
17, 1955. Flora Karsten Corpian died in 1960.
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WILLIAM CECIL CORPIAN
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William Cecil Corpian, better toiovn as Cecil, was the third
child of Eva and Jesse Corpian. He was born at home, as were all
his brothers and sisters, on April 25, 1909, in Cobb, Wisconsin.
He had four sisters and two brothers. One brother died a few months
after birth. His family led a kind of nomadic life moving from one
home to another in the southwestern corner of Wisconsin,
Cecil started to school at the age of six. Most of the
children in his family completed the eighth grade. Six years of his
schooling was spent at the one room school at Clyde, Wisconsin, It
was a Bohemian neighborhood and there were a lot of fights. All of
the teachers he had were women. It was not unusual for the teacher
to have completed only one year of high school. Upon one occasion,
the teacher was only a year older than some of her students. Cecil
was taught reading, geography, arithmatic, music, writing, spelling,
2md history. He completed grade school eind tooJc a few classes in
the three room high school at Steuben, Wisconsin.
Everyone in his family was expected to help with the chores.
When he was six he was alredy helping milk cows, carry wood, clean
bam and helping with the cross cut saw. Whenever possible the
children attended Sunday School and church. Sometimes they would
walk as far as two miles one way. Swearing was not allowed in the
home. Baptisms were held in the church or at home. The minister,
his family, and close friends and relatives would be invited to
dinner afterwards. Weddings were held in the church with dinner
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funeral homes at that time and all funerals were held in the homes,
also.
Cecil's mother liked surprises and they had many surprise parties,
Sometimes the grown-ups would have a dance in the home to celebrate
someone's birthday. The children also attended but usually did not
participate. Holidays were big celebrations. Friends and relatives
would come for dinner, supper, and stay over night.
The children made most of their own amusement. Card games,
reading, fishing, and hunting were some of the ways they chose to amuse
themselves. The family got their first phonograph in 1919. It was the
disc type record made by Edison. The new phonograph drew a lot of
company. They got their first car in 1919, also. It was a second
hand Model T and they tipped it over the first day. Their first radio
was purchased in 1926.
Discipline was quite strict. Cecil's father, Jesse, disciplined
the children. He usually gothis point across by the use of a razor
strap. Cecil's parents made all their key decisions together as they
had a very good working relationship. His mother died vrtien Cecil was
fourteen .
When Cecil was old enough to find employment for himself, he
started working as a truck driver for a road construction crew. One
week-end he went home with a friend he had made, Gilbert Stein. He
met Gilbert's sister. Hazel. Several months later they began corre-
sponding. Through the next three years their relationship grew. At
the age of twenty- two, Cecil married Hazel Josephine Olga Stein in
Dubuque , I owa .
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ERNEST STEIN
Maternal Grandfather
Ernest Stein, an illegitimate child, was born to a blind
inother in Euten, Oldenburg, Germany, on October 20, 1868, his
father was a workman, Wilhelm Goldbaum, on the farm of Ernest's
grandparents. His grandparents were well-to-do farmers. He had
a twin brother, Henry, The twins were raised by their grandparents,
They were not required to do many farm chores but mostly helped
their grandmother around the house. They were baptized and con-
firmed in the Evangelical Lutheran Church,
In 1S85, when the twins were sixteen, an uncle brought them
to the state of Wisconsin in the United States to avoid having to
go into the Array, Ernest found work in the lumber can^s. Henry
died of black diptheria when he was twenty-two. At the age of
twenty-four, Ernest met Mary Jane Stackpole at a dcince. After a
courtship of about three months, they were married in Marathon
City, Wisconsin
MARY JANE STACKPOLE
Maternal Grandmother
Mary Jeuie Stackpole was born in Chazy, New York on April
10, 1874, She had four brothers and four sisters. The family
resided in upper New York. It was mostly wilderness at that time.
Her father, Paul, was a liimberman. He died of hardening of the
arteries when she was fourteen. Mary Jane met Ernest stein at the
age of eighteen at a dance. They were married a short while later.
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Mary Jeuie Staclcpole and Ernest Stein were married in i-iarathon
City, riisconsin, in 1892. They made their first home in iZdgar,
(See map page 32) Edgar was a mill town in Marathon County, Wisconsin,
All worlc in the cx>xinty centered around the lumber mills, Ernest got
work in the lumber camps near surrounding communities , such as
Schofield and Rib Falls, They were to have a large family » Ira
arrived on May 26, 1894j Ida on April 29, 1896; Wally on October 23,
1898; Melvin on November 15, 1900; Mildred on November 6, 1902? Viola
on December 6, 1904; Oren on November 9, 1906; Gilbert on January 27,
1909; Clifford on January 4, 1911; Hazel on March 13, 1913; and Gorman
on Jvme 22, 1918. There was a total of four girls and seven boys. All
the children were born at home. Each child received three given names.
One name was given them by their parents and the other two names were
the given names of the people who were their sponsors in baptism,
Mary Jane and Ernest lived in several large home in Edgar,
Ernest took up the trade of carpentry. They usually had a couple
boarders to help with making a living. They also had a large garden,
a cow, and several pigs. They belonged to the Lutheran Church and
for a while the Lutheran minister would stay with them on week-ends
as he had several small churches to alternate.
In 1912 they bought a fsirm about a mile from Edgaur. In 1914
they changed their membership from the Lutheran Church to the Pres-
byterian Church. The sermons at the Lutheran Church were all in
German and only Ernest could speak German.
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Mary Jane traded the farm for a house in Wausau, Wisconsin and thirty-
five hxindred dollars cash. After the money was all used, she had to
igo to work and found employment doing housework. She began corre-
sponding with an old acquaintance, Thomas Arnold, from New York. He
had heard of Ernest's death through her son, Gorman, who now lived in
New York,
Thomas Arnold asked Mary Jane to come to New York to marry
him. They were married in New York in 1931 over the objections of
some of her married children. Thomas was considerably older than
Mary Jane and he died three years after their marriage.
Mary Jane returned to Wisconsin where she sold her home for
a small price to her daughter, Mildred and her husband, and the
right to live in the home with them until her death. Mairy Jane
traveled among the homes of her other children when she was not
living with Mildred. She usually spent a month or two with each
child. She died in 1954,
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HAZEL JOSEPHINE OLGA STEIN
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Hazel Josephine Olga Stein was the tenth child of Mary Jcine
and Ernest Stein. She was born on a farm near Edgar, Wisconsin,
on March 13, 1913, At the age of six she started school at the
Edgar Public School. It was a one mile walK to the eight room
school where she studied reading, history, language, spelling,
arithmatic, physiology (health), and agriculture. All the teachers
Hazel had were women. She grew up mostly svirrounded by boys as her
three sisters were from ten to seventeen years older than she. When
her brothers went hunting, fishing, or swimming. Hazel went along.
She was also expected to help with the chores on the farm. Milking
cows, picking up stones from the fields, and cutting com were some
of her jobs.
The family considered themselves poor but they always had
plenty to eat by raising livestock and farm produce. Clothes were
not elaborate. Many of their clothes were "hand-me-downs" from
relatives and friends. Svinday School was faithfully attended cind
swearing was not allowed. From time to time relatives would come
to stay with the family. Mary's brother, George, lived with them
for quite a while — until his death in 1918.
The family made most of their own amusement. They would
fish, hunt, swim, sing, play piano, play games, wrestle, ice skate,
or ski. Family picnics were a favorite. The whole family would
get into the buckboard and ride five miles to the Big Rib River for
an outing. Christmas was a special time. There would be a large
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pails of candy and pop corn balls. There was singing, guessing games,
and sledding. Each child received one store boughten gift.
Discipline was quite harsh in the family. The father had the
'♦old country" school of thought on discipline and the temper to go
with it. He was quite a selfish, self-centered man cuid it took very
little to provoke an argument. If someone took the wrong piece of
meat at the table, the argument began.
As the sons grew older, a nightly argument accompanied by
table pounding at the supper hour could be expected. The father,
Ernest, would grab a piece of wood, a pitchfork, or anything handy
to accent his side of the argument. Sometimes the father and one
of the boys would resort to a fist fight. One source of contention
was the fact the sons were Republicans and the father was a Democrat.
Many heated discussions were held during World War I. The father
Wcuxted Gerraciny to win the war.
The mother was the peacemaker in the family; sometimes
resorting to threatening suicide to calm her husband down. However,
she, too, was quite harsh with the discipline. If the children
misbehaved in any way, they were sure to get a taste of the "rips."
The rrips" was a long flat piece of wood with three strips of leather
attached to it. (See drawing below)
In 1926 the^ family purchased their first radio. It had only
one set of ear phones and only one person could listen at a time.
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radio he heard the song, "Oh Little Liza, Little Liza Jane." Because
of the poor quality of the headset, he misunderstood and began singing,
"Oh the Kaiser, the Kaiser Jane," much to the amusement of his children.
Hazel's mother suffered many fainting spells and she missed a
lot of school to take care of her mother when she was in eighth grade.
Finally she quit a the age of thirteen before she completed eighth
grade .
When she was fifteen, her brother, Gilbert, brought a friend
home for the week-end from Oshkosh where he worked. His name was
Cecil Corpiaui and he was nineteen years old. Hazel was apparently
attracted to him as three months later she wrote to her brother and
asked him to have Cecil write to her. The correspondence and court-
ship began. They went out for dates mostly with groups.
At sixteen Hazel went to work in the basket factory in Edgar,
Cecil proposed to her at this time but her parents thought she was
too young. When she was seventeen. Hazel went to work for her sister,
Viola, at Athens, Wisconsin. She cleaned house, cooked, and helped
care for her sister's fast growing family.
At the age of eighteen Hazel mcurried Cecil Corpian.
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I Hazel Josephine Olga stein and William Cecil Corpian were
married by a Justice of the Peace in Dubuque, Iowa on Jvne 29, 1931.
Their witnesses to the wedding were just two passers-by. By this
time Cecil had his own gravel truck auid was working at Cash ton,
Wisconsin. Cecil and Hazel moved in with Cecil's brother, Kenneth
auid Kenneth's wife, Leone, for about two months until they were able
to rent two rooms in a house for themselves. The road construction
work was to carry Hazel and Cecil to many different towns in Wisconsin,
They bought a trailer house so they could be more mobile.
On J\ine 14, 1932, Hazel gave birth to a son, Duane, at Wausau,
Wisconsin. Hazel had convulsions during the delivery and the doctor
had difficulty taking the baby. The baby was born with a vertebrae
out of place in his back and was not well. It was a very difficult
time for the parents as he was a lot of concern, care, and expense.
He died at Boscobel, Wisconsin, at the age of fifteen months. He was
buried next to his maternal grandfather at Wausau, Wisconsin.
Another child was born to Hazel euid Cecil Corpicui on October
25, 1934, at the home of his father and stepmother in Boscobel,
Wisconsin. The birth was accomplished with the aid of Cecil's
stepmother. Flora, as they were unable to obtain a doctor. The
town had only one doctor and he was busy delivering twin girls at
the time. The doctor. Dr. Freymiller, did come later. The child
was a daughter and they named her Delaine Daun in close proximity
to the name, Duane, they had given their son.
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Shortly after the birth of their daughter, Cecil and Hazel
moved to Osh)cosh, Wisconsin. Cecil had been wor)cing for his
brother-in-law, a construction contractor, and could not get him
to pay him the money he was owed. It was a very bad time financially
for everyone. There were bad feelings for many years because of
this incident. Cecil sold his truck and gained employment at the
Deltox Rug Company in Oshkosh. There, he was a weaver of rugs.
They rented an apartment, only one of many they were to live in
in Oshkosh in the next seven years.
On September 24, 1936, another daughter was born to Hazel
and Cecil. They named her Joyce Leah. They were to almost lose
this child also. When she was five weeks old she had double
pneumonia. The nurses told the parents she would not live but by
some miracle she lived.
In 1941, with the help of a friend, Cecil built a small two
bedroom house in Oshkosh. It was very close to the County Fair
Grounds. During World War II Cecil was classified 2A. When his
name was called before the draft board he was in the hospital with
pneumonia. Fortunately for his family, his name was not called
again. To save on gasoline and rubber at this time, Cecil rode a
bicycle to work as did many others.
. After some time, Cecil worked his way up to foreman at the
Deltox Rug Company but the factory was taking the toll on his health.
The factory was located right over the lake at Oshkosh and Cecil began
to be troubled with rheumatism. Some evenings his legs and feet would
hurt so much, he would have to crawl around the house on his hands and
knees. They decided he would have to change occupations. They sold
their house in Oshkosh and moved back to Boscobel where they again
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to work for his brother-in-law. Herb IXirner, Jr., of H. Turner & Son,
trtio by now had a thriving business.
Hazel and Cecil bought a trailer and started a pattern of
living which was to comprise a major part of their life. During
the school year Hazel and the girls would live in Boscobel. Cecil
would come home on week-ends from wherever his road construction
work took him. Sometimes he worked close enough to be home during
the week one night. Occasionally he worked close enough to be home
every evening. Hazel worked for two years a the Parker Pen Factory
at Baraboo, commuting daily. Hazel had many health problems in
1943 and 1944 and had several operations. With no insurance, this
was a drain on their financial resources. In 1945 Cecil's work
took him to IndieUia to work on a government construction project.
The family moved their trailer to Indiana to spend the summer.
In 1945 Cecil and Hazel decided they wanted to try farming.
They purchased some livestock with their remaining savings and
rented a farm near Spring Green, Wisconsin on halves. The owner
was to furnish the machinery and farm. Cecil was to supply the
labor cind livestock. It was not a good decision. Cecil and Hazel
lost their savings. The owner was always late with bringing the
machinery as he hcid his own work on another farm first. Prices were
down. They sold out their livestock and moved back to Boscobel
after one year,
Cecil again went to work for H, Turner & Son, They were
able to erect a little quonset type house with what they salvaged
from the farm. They always managed to have enough to eat and
cind to keep the childred dressed well. Although Cecil worked himself
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Wisconsin. Every winter Cecil would be without work from two to
three months and they would have to draw on savings. The children
grew up and completed high school.
Delaine took an accounting course at Madison Business School,
Madison, Wisconsin, in 1953. Joyce entered Platteville State Teachers
College in Platteville, Wisconsin, in 1954. Joyce planned to teach
science at the high school level and also minored in music.
In 1955 Cecil had an accident which changed many things in his
life. While working on a government construction project near Toarah,
Wisconsin, he got a speck of dirt in his eye. He went to the local
doctor in a town near the project. The doctor was not qualified to
remove the dirt and damaged the eye. He also gave no antibiotics to
combat possible infection. Cecil had to spend a month in the hospital
while the specialists tried to save his eye. They finally had to
admit defeat for fear the infection would spread to the other eye.
The eye was removed. He was awarded ten thousand dollars by the state
through workmen's compensation. Cecil and Hazel put the money toward
a new house. Cecil went back to work and adjusted well to his loss.
Their daughter, Joyce, married Gary E. Paar, a man she met in
college, on December 21, 1958. Delaine married Larry House, a
high school classmate, on November 28, 1959. This left Hazel and
Cecil alone for the first time in many years. Cecil continued to
work for H. Turner & Son as manager and foreman of a sand and gravel
pit at Sussex, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee. Hazel was employed to
weigh the trucks for the same company. They retained their new home
in Boscobel where they spent their week-ends and a trailer they had
located at Sussex where they spent the week days,
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difficult for him. They sold their home at Boscobel, their trailer,
euid took what savings they had and invested the money in a motel at
Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin. It proved to be a very wise financial move
and meeting the public in this capacity proved to be a very agreeable
occupation for Cecil emd Hazel. They completed paying for their
business in 1973, They plan to put it up for sale and retire. They
want to buy a home near their daughter. Delaine, and enjoy their
grandchildren. Travel is also in their plans.
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DELAINE DAUN CORPIAN
Delaine Daiin Corpian was bom October 25, 1934 at Boscobel,
Wisconsin, in the home of her paternal greuidfather, Jesse Corpian,
There was no doctor to assist in the birth as the one doctor in town
was delivering a set of twins. Her father's stepmother helped with
the delivery. Delaine had one sister, Joyce, two years younger,
and an older brother who died at the age of fifteen months. Shortly
after her birth, her parents moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Dd.aine started school at the age of four in Oshkosh Euid
spent a year and a half in kindergarden. The school she attended,
Lincoln Elementary School, had half grades. She was not allowed into
first grade vintil she was six. Delaine and her sister, Joyce had
just about every childhood disease which came along; imimps, German
measles, measles, chicken pox, whooping cough, and scarlet fever.
There was very little immunization at the time except for small pox.
Everyone was quarantined for diseases. When the children had scarlet
fever, their father, Cecil, was not allowed to live at home. He was
forced to live with his brother-in-law or he would not have been
able to go to work. This quarantine lasted six weeks.
When Delaine was in third grade, her parents sold their home
in Oshkosh and moved back to Boscobel, Wisconsin. Delaine had one
month of school to finish before she would have been promoted to
third grade in February of that year. Her school record showed
second grade. Boscobel Public School did not have half grades and
would not accept her in third grade. Delaine spent a year and a
half in second grade.
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A pattern started in Delaine's family life ^ich was to continue,
with the exception of one year, vintil her graduation from high school.
During the school year. Delaine, her sister, cuid her mother lived in a
house in the town of Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin. Delaine's
father worked in road construction. He would spend week-ends with the
family and the week wherever his work took him. Occasionally he would
work close enough to Boscobel to come home once during a week or on
rare occasions, every night. In the sununer the entire family lived in
a trailer near the job where her father happened to be working. Most
of the time these jobs were in the central or southwestern part of
Wisconsin. Twice these trips led the family out of Wisconsin. One
summer was spent in northern Illinois.
During World War II in the summer of 1945, the entire fcimily
lived near Charleston, Indiana where her father's work had taken him.
It was an unusual summer for Delaine euid her sister. At the ages of
ten and eight they were able to earn over forty dollars apiece to
help pay for fall school clothes. There were so many men in Indiana
on the government job location, the contractor provided a "cook shauaty"
and a male cook for the men. Delaine and Joyce received twenty-five
cents for wiping dishes, ten cents putting pies on the table, and ten
cents for swatting flies.
The core of Delaine's life was spent in Boscobel. Boscobel is
a farming community along the Wisconsin River with an approximate
population of twenty-six hundred people. The town is situated in a
valley in the rolling hills of Grant County. The town has one theater
and Delaine and her sister, Joyce, saw just about every movie which
came to Boscobel. Her parents were quite permissive.
The big treat was Saturday night in Boscobel, All the stores
stayed open until ten o'clock. The farmers from the surrounding area
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come to town to visit. Often people would drive down the main street
in the morning to find a good parking place and spend the day. Every-
where theie were groups of people conversing with friends and neighbors
they hadn't seen since last Saturday night. To walk down the street
reminded one of walking elbow to elbow at a crowded country fair.
In 1945, when Delaine was twelve, her family moved to a farm
near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Delaine was not very happy about the
move. She had to leave all her friends. Delaine auid Joyce attended
a one room school house a mile from their farm home. The school had
twelve students, including Delaine cind Joyce. Delaine was in sixth
grade and took the identical subjects with the seventh and eighth
graders including agriculture. The farm was not a successful venture
for her parents and the family moved back to Boscobel after a year.
Delaine's childhood and youth were very happy times for her.
Although her family was of the lower middle class economically speaking,
Boscobel was not a snobbish community. Her mother cuid father always
saw that the children had presentable clothing and their friends
were always welcome in their home. Although their parents seldom
attended church. Delaine and Joyce attended the Boscobel Methodist
Church faithfully. Every birthday weant a party of some sort. Both
girls were very active in school organizations and held various
offices within the organizations eind their respective high school
classes, attended the class formals, and achieved scholastic
success. Joyce was a cheerleader and Delaine, Joyce, and their mother
attended all the basketball eind football games whether they were at
Boscobel or in one of the surrounding communities.
In her senior year Delaine attended the class prom with Larry
Beattie. She was not aware then of the big part he was to play in
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her life. On May 21, 1953, Delaine graduated from Boscobel High
School in an outdoors ceremony. Delaine was elected by her class to
be a speeiker.
As many young people today do. Delaine had a difficult time
deciding what to do when she finished high school. She finally decided
to attend Madison Business College in Madison, Wisconsin. She enrolled
in the one year accovinting course. She still dated Larry Beattie cuid
the relationship was becoming serious. By this time Delaine had
learned that Larry Beattie was really Larry House. His real father
had been shot when he was four. The stepfather had never adopted the
children at the request of their paternal grandmother because she
didn't want their last name changed. Larry had taken the name of
Beattie at the suggestion of a teacher when he entered high school to
save the numerous explanations one must make when your last name is
not the same as your parents.
In May of 1954 Delaine graduated from Madison Business College
and secured a position as payroll accountant with the same firm her
father worked in Boscobel, Wisconsin. In November of 1954 Larry went
into the Army by voluntary draft for two years and was forced by law
to use his legal name again. Larry was stationed in Germany and they
maintained a steady correspondence. When he returned in 1958, he was
employed by Da-Nite Equipment Co. of Rockford, Illinois as parts
manager.
After their "whirlwind" courtship of six years, Larry and Delaine
decided to be married in November of 1959. Delaine took instructions
and joined the Lutheran Church. In August of that year Delaiie moved
to Rockford, rented a two room apartment, and secured employment as
payroll accountant for Damascus Steel Products on Kishwaukee Street
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in Rockford. Delaine and Larry had saved enough money for a down
payment on a home. They did not look for a house in Rockford as
neither was very fond of city life. They found and purchased a three
bedroom home on route seventy-two between Monroe Center and Davis
Junction, Illinois. The home was three years old, had been lived in,
but was not completely finished. Larry moved a folding cot into the
house euid he. Delaine, and a friend of theirs, Peter Waltz, spent many
evenings resanding floors, varnishing and painting.
On November 28, 1959, Larry and Delaine were married in St.
John's Lutheran Church in Boscobel, Wisconsin. As was the custom in
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November 28, 1959
the community, they had a large ice cream euid cake reception following
the afternoon wedding. That evening a wedding dance was held in the
neighboring commijnity of Fennimore, Wisconsin. The bride and groom
took a honeymoon trip to Texas.
Larry and Delaine joined the Paynes Point Lutheran Church near
Oregon, Illinois. Delaine found her job at Daunascus Steel Products
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unchallenging and sought new employment after eight months. She went
to work for Micro Punch euid Die Co. which had a one girl office. The
variety of work and responsibility was quite satisfying but she was
soon to leaurn her employer had a problem with his nerves as a result of
World War II service. He was quite difficult to wor)c for. She worked
there for three years euid decided that was enough of that atmosphere.
Delaine amd Larry planned not to have a family until they had their
home mortgage paid. Delaine secured a job as accoxints payable clerk for
the Reed Electromech Co. as they had not quite attained their goal.
They had a burn the mortgage celebration in June of 1963. Delaine quit
her job.
On May 29, 1964 Delaine gave birth to a son, Kent Michael, at
Swedish American Hospital in Rockford by Caesarean section. They were
very happy with the child cuid planned to have another child. Kent
was baptized at Paynes Point Lutheran Church with Peter Waltz as his
sponsor. Peter had gone through school with Larry from the first
grade through the twelth grade and through the high school years with
Delaine. They held a large family dinner after the baptism.
Travel and camping were major interests of Delaine cuxd Larry
and they did a lot of both. They camped cuid traveled through thirty-
two states and Canada at various times in their married life. In
1968 they received an all expense paid trip to Bermuda through Oa-Nite
Ecjuipment Co. where Larry is still employed. There were four other
couples from the company who made the trip also. They like to go
deuicing, play cards, and have friends in for dinner.
It begein to seem that Delaine and Larry were not going to have
cuiother child of their own even though the doctor assure them there
was not anything medically wrong. Larry and Delaine started prelimi-
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HoirevBr, God was good to them and before they had their first major
interview for adoption. Delaine found she was again going to have a baby.
This time a girl, Dguia Lynn, was born to Larry and Delaine at
Swedish American Hospital in Rockford on October 1, 1968 by Caesarean
section. Dana was baptized at the Paynes Point Lutheran Church with
Larry's sister and her husband, Shirley and Emil Ward of Madison,
Wisconsin, as her sponsors. The traditional family dinner was held.
Life went along routinely with Kent entering kindergarden at
Monroe Center Elementary School in 1969. In 1970 Larry and Delaine
purchased a lot in Mariman Woods, a subdivision approximately one half
mile from the home they owned. They felt they had outgrown their present
residence. In February of 1971 they moved into their new home. Larry
and Delaine also trainsferred their church membership to the Monroe Center
Community Church, a nondenominational church, located in Monroe Center,
Illinois. They felt they were not participating in the life of the
church as much as they would like to due to the distance away of the
Paynes Point Church,
When Kent was in first grade. Delaine, as many other first grade
mothers in the commxmity, helped for an hour a week in the first grade
room. Althou^ Delaine liked the teacher personally, the inadequacy
of Kent's teacher in such a responsible position, convinced Delaine that
schools need better teachers. She was convinced she could do a better
job. It gave her the "gumption" to start out on a goal which had always
been somewhere in the back of her mind. Larry was very cooperative
and enthusiastic about it and laid down only one restriction, no night
classes.
In the fall of 1971 she enrolled in a class at Rock Valley
College with the determination to become an elementsuy teacher. In the
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and two classes per semester respectively as Dana did not enter kinder-
garden until 1973. Delaine is a full time student now and is working
toward her goal.
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GENEALOGICAL TIDBITS
Paternal
Joshua Culver Bom in 1750 Soldier in the Revolution
Timothy Culver Born in 1775 in Massachusets
Son of Joshua
Soldier in War of 1812
Levi Meriryman Culver. . .Brother of Timothy
Levi Merryman Culver and Levi P. Morton,
Vice President of United States 1889-1893
were named after the saune man,
Joshua N, Culver... Bom 30, November 1808
Randolph, Portage County, Ohio
Son of Timothy Culver
Married Caroline C. Tillotson
Had seven sons
Moved to Harrison Township, Wisconsin 1846
Died in 1892
Line of descendants. . .Henry Morton Culver
Linnie Culver
Jesse Cor pi an
Cecil Corpian
Delaine Corpian
Margaret Calvert and William Hillery were from Cornwall, England
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GENEALOGY CHART
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Father
M/i'//' 5 7
D
Mother
Grandfather
Grandjmotner
Grandfather
B /^ ■*^^/ /ir-^y
M
Grandmother
D
Great grandfather
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S 0 R C E S
flennie Irank Howard 1 atlier
Lucile Howard Llothcr
Annie Lee ..ashiniiton Aun"c
Carrie Jones Aunt
John Henry Jeanc Uncle
ioREiwORiJ
Even thou£;h the iniomation here may seem spase ior a
lamily History toaCiiground, and some d^^tes may be incon-
tradiction v.ith others, I vould lix>e to say this project
has had quite an eiiect on ae. I never helore gave thought
as to hov> little I ^mew about ay laaily, and as I searched for
information, I was surprised ho\7 little they Colder member o..
the family) knev/ of the History oi our laiaily, jiay Paternal
grt,ndmother passed away before I completed this project and
the new awareness caused by this atjsignzient coupled with how
little I knew about my grandmother had a profound impact on sie,
Paternal Grandfather
iuy Paternal Grandfather James Brantly, v.as a _anaer all his
life ajad at one time ovmed his ovm farm land, in Brov.-nv/ood ,
Georjia, However, he lost his land through incurred debts
and tv/o or three bad crop years, I never Icnev/ much ab^ut
my Grandfather nor did his own children, I say thin because
my c^uert for infonaation they could not tell me anything a-
bout hie- background, I don't knov; his reason but n^ne oi
his children were educated to any extent, not even to their
present day standards ^or Blacks. Some guecs at their a^e
and the others siaply have no idea. My lather told me ior
instance that he arrived at his a^e when he was drafted in-
to the iiavy.
They also have no knowledge o.v him ever attending church or
Religious Services, apprantly he did not trust or believe
in Social Institutions,
Paternal Grandmother
l\y Grandmother Uinnie Lee Jaclcson v.-as "born the iVionth oi
January (, i)he month ;7as her clioice). She clamed she v;cS hall
Indian, but '. e never really knev. lor sure. She met my Grand-
lather, v.'hen her mother died and she came to live with her
married sister, v.'ho ax the ticie lived not to - ar fi'om my
Grandfather fuiaily. Alter a shcrt courtship was married,
luy Grandiiiother ..as hieved to ae about lourtcen or iilthteen at
that time and iron tall:s with her, I think she lelt that her
sister iorced her into marriage so she vvould'nt have to support
her.
i lovod my Grandmother very much and use to visit with her quiet
often and \.e T.ould la gh and tal.. a lot but I never a£>ked her
about her past und she never talked about it veiy auch.
dhe passed avjay wi.ile c-sleep Ijovember 8, 1974 and as i have
stated, i never realized hov/ little 1 knew about her until
her death.
MI PATERNAL GRAKDPARENTii LUE TOGETHER
As i have stated my i^ra.ni-r rants met when ay grandiaother
came to live with her married sifter and my ^rundprants
aarri£i£e vras an econouic diciaion. After they were mcrried
they continued to live v ith hip folks lor a nuuber oi years,
I could »nt get any information as to how aiy
Cirandfp-ther accquired his land, maybe it v/as left by his
father. As near .-.i- I can li^sure he lo^'t it during the de-
pression, luy Grandparents then moved to the area oi Terrell,
County Geori;ia, where he qaw. his family worked as sharecroper^i
and fai'uer labor? c, Houseing and living c-^nditions \,ere
ci..ite primitive. Old wood irame houses vdth tin roofs Y/ere
very cold in vrinter and the hot sun beaiain^ on tin roofs was
some what imbrearable in the Summer months.
My Paternal Grandparents lile together was one of
hard work and survival, they reared their children ^ore often
than not iroa their ^rhe c--ilclren; , ovai labor.
My Grandlather died in the ISbO's and my Grandmother after
his cieath, moved to Illinois, v;here she died iioveinber 8, 19V4,
m lATHER
Uy lather Bennie 1 rank Hov/ard, and I suppose you noticed
the sunaame is di-lerent than his lathers, uo one scens
to know v.hax happend here, but we do ha-ve noae 16 ca,
Ly lather's criildhood -.vt^s one ol laoctly v:ork on the iar-i
and very little ed Ci-tion, The only tiaie he attended
school was when the weather 7;^s bad or in the I all oi the
year v.-hen the crops were all in.
I Could •nt ^^ez any information about ay Grc^nd parents caild-
hoods, apparently there is no records iu either laoily,
lay Liatemal (irandj-atiier was i~ ixan ol aanj'' talents. A farmer,
Preac-ier, and a go between in his community ol the white and
the blachr. iie was not a sharecroper he rented his land.
There is a great different here. A person or 1 suould say
lilack aan v,no had the ability to -ent kept his own books and
records and he kuew v/hat hie profits v.ere, A sharecropers
I'ecords v.ere kept by the land owner and when the crops were
all in he just gave you what he v;anted, no question asked.
lAy Maternal Grandfather v.as quite presperoue he, had four boys
and he hired people to do fara labor xor nim, he seldom dia
farm labor himself, althou£;h I suppose he did as a child,
I say he, \;as a Preacher but I never i elt he
was a hij^hly Kelijious person. He, soui;ht oi used the church
to let the blacks people know what the white mans law was :or
him. iny Grandfather v;as the ciiild oi a v;hite man, his skin
was very lii^ht and he had ^reen eyes, utr'in^ly enoUt^h he al-
ways drove a big automobile, and he educated his children to
what ever extent they v.anted, Two dau£;hters went to Gollei^e,
one, ^rauduated and one for two years. Alter his children £jreT»'
up and le_t home he had to _ive up j-armini^-. He moved in vith his
oldest daUi_hter where he lived until his death Au^just 28,1957.
MY LiATERliAL GRAI'iDLiOTHER
..iy Latenial Grandmother born June 19, 1337. la remembered as
a very Uelisious person and a devoted mother by her children.
They knovi little o^ her ciiildhood or background. I never re-
ally ..new her .or I was very youn^, at the tiiue c-he died Dec-
ember 3# 1944. iShe lived her liie mostly in the background ol
her husband who as I understand v/.ts very protective of her.
MY MATERNAL GRANDPARAi^Tii LI.E XOGLTHER
liy Maternal Grandparents life together was one of plenty
compared to my Paternal Grandparents. As I have stated my
Maternal Grandfather was a very good provider .or his
family, ne ov/ned lots o- cattle hogs and horses, smoiie
houses of cured meat and molasses and grain. About all 1
could oet from ay mother is tliat their life toi^ether ?/as
one 0 plenty, a very good life.
UY MOIHioRii CHILDHOOD
Liy Mothers Childhood was one o . average jor black children
at that time. The diiferents bein£ she could attend school
everyday il she lii:ed. If joxx did'nt v.iah to attend school
you had to v/ork in the fields all day, if she attended
school she still worked in the iield after school,
£uy mother and father aet at school on one oi the lew days
he could attend and eveiitu.elly they v='ere married. 1 ai^ht
ac-d againct htr fathers Vrill,
m PARENTS LUE togethlr
My liother and lather met at a high school basketball ^i^me
and a.ter a lone, but, diilicult courtship ^difficult because
they lived miles apart). They were married December 11, 1937.
I'hey lived v/ith my lathers parents ior tiuoe years. My Mother
told me that condition were very crov;ded and there was veiy
little privtcy.
My Parents finally moved out to lara on their oim and their
family began. ILy lather was drafted into the Kavy sometime
during laorld War 11. At that time my v/as expecting her fourth
child.
After my lathers tour of duty with the liavy he moved the
family to Kockiord, Illinois, Vihere v.e did quite well, hov;-
ever my Liother and rather never could ad;just to city so they
moved baok to Georgia, to the farm, i must aduit I think it
was a very bad move.
There v/as a time in the iiouth when a bi^- family could do
quite well but then larming became more mechanize and there
v/as no need ior the lar^^e family s, v/e began to catch hell.
All the ,Lids old enough to v/ork at any job available had to
to work. There v/as little time ior school. We just sort of
existed irom year to year, Ue would work and live any place
we could, it was a very hard li.e espescially alther living
in Rockford, te moved back to Georgia in 19A9t and I did*nt
get back until 19cO.
MY LIxE
I think l*ve pretty liuch deseribed my lile up to IS'^9,
That's the year 1 caxie bacK to Illinois, I came back to
Chicago, v.ith a cousin who had driven aouth to aii Uncles
lurni-1. 1 lived there lor about 8 months. 1 could 'nt -et a
TOO 1 moved to Kockiord, hov/ever 1 had met my future ?,-ife
T/hile in Chicago who was Irom Alabama, After I found v/ork
I would take the bus back to Chicago, every v.ce,v to see her,
I think unhappinese with this situation caused us somewhat
oi an eu.rly marriatie. We got married June 23, 19t2, And
about two v/eeks later 1 was dralted into the Army for zyio
years.
After my Army duty 1 ceune back to Kocklord, and in 19^3, 1
started v/ork lor Chrysl,er Corp, 1 cim nov. attending Uockvally
Colledge on Veterens Benefits, 1 have two Ciiildren, A son
five years old and a daughter lour years old. And we are a
very hapi,y taiiily.
HOXIE, NEIL J 19^19-
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A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Name Fg^MK BVAfe V-lo.>^J>
If dead, date of death T^eCEM^R \
Current Residence
Place of bi rth E^VAOoR)f\ , VOXV^Sf^S Date of Birth //f^
Education (number of years):
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Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
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2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd ^Dates
kth Dates kth ^Dates
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B. Grandmother (your father's side) , .
Name 14Mr\lAV\ Ul LHiajmSia (CAgLS6U^ Current
If dead, date of death ^sForHBCK \^^'^
Residence
Place of birth Qr.C^^(-.^lb , ^U 1 K\n\^ Date of bi rth(\lK^ l^T (^ .\R^^
Education (number of years):
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Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
•A (after leavi ng home) .
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2nd -^(NcWy VlorUpr Dates \q4-^/yj7 2nd
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4th Dates Ath ^Dates__
Religion Lix\Wran
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Place of marriage to your grandfather (^^l_\/ll^6l<^, ^IJ D^V^ \^ fl
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A- 1 Slepgrandfather (your father's side)
N,,nie ^ Current Residence
I f dead, djte of death
Place of birth Date of Birth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
iith
3rd Dates 3rd ^Dates
'•th Dates ^th Dates
Re I i g i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother ' date
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your father's side)
Name Current Residence
If dead, date of death "" ~ — — — — —
Place of birth Date of birth
Education (number of years):
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Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
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2"d Dates 2nd__ ^Dates
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Re 1 i g i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather Date
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Grandfather (your mother's side)
NameAl-CNJZO ££(^£5T lAJ£5rhC!gf,LA^^Current Residence
If dead, date of death \QJ^3 '~~~~' "
Place of b i rth^laviMg-S^Q^ Date of birthQCT 1& \ fig>0
Education (number of yearsji :
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Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
n I \ (after leaving home)
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3rd rr£J^\ V}CsX\<iar Dates i^Vj2 -/^f ^3rd ^Dates
^th -mXi AC[\/^C ^Dates kth ^Dates
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Place of marriage to your grandmother ^p\^!l i\ HpV^ A C PVUVFORHlA ^*^
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Education (number of years)
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BIBLICGRAHiY
Guinn, J.]'.. A^ Hirstory of California, Historic Rocord ConpTny.
Los Inciftles, Caiiforni-i, 190?.
Hoxie, Jn-i'S. Interviews, I'^rch - april i'.>7^.
Hoxie, L'^olie. Tho Hoxie FAinily. be.ittio and Company, Fortinnd,
Ore(;;on, ly^'J.
hoxie, imth. Inteirviews, March - April ly?^,
Morrison, .'.n.'rio L, History of San Luis Obi a do Count;yr and ivivironr. .
Historic Record Gomp-iny. . Los Angeles, Olifomia, I9I7.
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THE ONTIVEROS LINE
I. Juin Pacifico Ontiveros
The earliest known progenitor of this family line, Juan Pacifico
Ontiveros was born in Los Angelos County » California, in 1782, It is
not known when the Ontiveros line emmigrated from Spain to the New
World, The only foference to his ancestors is a mention of a martial
background. Juan Pacifico himself joined the Spanish soldiery early
in life and as a reward for his services was granted a nine thousand
acre tract of land in Los Angeles County, known as Cajon de San Quan.
In I856, he sold the ranch and purchased the Tepusquot Ranch of nine
thousand acres, in Santa Barbara County, California. Though he had
thirteen children, the name of his wife is unknown. Two of his chil-
dren were Patricio Ontiveros and Abraham Ontiveros. Juan Pacifico
Ontiveros died at ninety-five in I877.
ir. Patricio Ontiveros
Patricio Ontiveros was bom March 17, 1826, in Los Angeles
County, California, the son of Juan Pacifico Ontiveros. In I856,
his family moved from Los Angeles County to Santa Barbara County,
California, He married Serrano Leonor, a member of a prominent Cali-
fornia-Spanish family. She died in I898 at the age of fifty-eight
after bearing fourteen children.
Patricio Ontiveros was a rancher for all of his adult life. It
is noted that he was a member of the Republican Party and a Catholic
who reflected deeply his Spanish background.
Patricio's children vrere:
1. Dalphinia, who married Geronimo Carranza.
2. Rosa, bom February '? , 18^5, in Los Angeles County, California,
wife of Feliz Carranza,
3, Sarah, wifo of Miguel Carranza . It is interesting to note
that these three sisters married three brothers,
4, Natilia who remained sinfjle.
5. Charles, husband of Virj^lnia Gonr.alos,
6. Thomas, who married Paulina Gonzales, Again these two
Ontiveros brothers married sisters.
y. iviblo, who was unmarried,
b. ,>ilo, also unmarried,
9. Napoleon, unmarried.
10. Leandro, who also remained xinmarried. Four other children
died in infancy,
THE C.lRR.-u-!ZA LINE
I'. Joseph Carranza
Joseph Carranza was born in Mexico, the date of his birth unknown.
He was educated in Mexico and it was there that he married Agapite
Toros. Ho then moved to San Bomadino County, California, around
185^, whero at least one of his five children, Geronimo, was born.
From San Bomadino, he moved to San Luis Obispo, California, and then
returned to Mexico, living on a ranch in lower California.
Joseph's daughter, Satumia married Felisciano Ruiz D*Esparza, who
became governor of Lower California. When revolution overthrew the
government-, Ruiz D'Esparza, along with Joseph Carranza, was forced
into exile. Joseph Carranza and his family spent nearly two years on
the desert island of Guadalupe before they were rescued and brought to
San Diego. There Joseph died; the year is unkno^-m, probably around
I873. Agapite Carranza brought the family to Santa Barbara County,
California, in 1873.
Joseph's children were:
1, 3-^turnina. who marriod Folisciano Ruiz D'Esparza.
2. Goronimo. (I85O - 1920) who mrriod Dolphina Ontivoros.
J. F^aiz, married to Rosa Ontivoros. (I85I - 1915)
I*. Kiguel, narriod to Sarah Ontiveros.
II. Foil 7. Carranza
Foliz Carranza was born on October ?A . IH5I, in San Luis ObVspo
County, Ciiifornia. Dviring the first twenty years of his life h«
shared In the adventure of his father, JoGoph. In the early 1870«s,
Feilz settled on a small ranch near Sisquoc, California. He and his
wife, Rosa Ontiveros, had seven children. He died around 1915.
Feliz Carranza 'S children were:
1. Jose, who married Erminia Carranza, his cousin.
2. Gerardo, who was unmarried.
3. Unez Albortina.
4. Josef a Louisa, who married Alonzo Westmoreland.
5. Pilar Felicita, who was unmarried.
6. Odulia, who married Monte Dilie.
7. Clorinda Rosa, who married Charles Howard.
III. Josepha Louisa Carranza
Josepha was bom on June 21, 1893, on a small ranch in the
Tepesquet Canyon of Santa Barbara County, California. Her mother
died when she was young, and her father took the family to Sisquoo,
California. She received an Bth grade education and married Alonzo
Westmoreland in 1919.
Californi.n, in I873.
Josopii's children were:-
1. Giturnina, who narriod Fclisciino Ruiz D'Esparza.
2. G^roniino, (I85O - 1920) who marriod Dolpt^ina Ontivoros.
_}. F'^inz, marriod to Rosa Ontivoro.'?. (IB5I - 1915)
4. Iliguel, marriod to Sarah Ontiveros.
II. Foil 7. Carranza
Fol^^r, Cirr&nza was born on October 21, l'"51. in San Luis Obispo
County, CTilfornla, During the first twonty years of his life h*^
shared In tho adventure of his father, Joseph, In the early lB70*s,
Feliz settled on a small ranch near Sisquoc, California. He and his
wife, Rosa Ontiveros, had seven children. He died around 1915 •
Feliz Carranza'S children were:
1. Jose, who married Erminia Carranza, his cousin.
2, Gerardo, who was unmarried,
3, Unez Albertina.
4. Josefa Louisa, who married Alonzo Westmoreland.
3. Pilar Felicita, who was tinmarried.
6. Odulia, who married Monte Dille.
V. Clorinda Rosa, who married Charles Howard,
III. Josepha Louisa Carranza
Josepha was bom on June 21, 1893t on a small ranch in the
Tepesquet Canyon of Santa Barbara County, California, Her mother
died when she was young, and her father took the family to Sisquoc,
California, She received an 8th grade education and married Alonzo
Westmoreland in 1919*
•THE LE/yU)IJ LINE
Little is knoi-m about the Loamon lino, other than st-itistics, prior
to Alonzo Westmoreland. The information available was collect ed by
Alonso Wcotmoroland,
I, Jacob Loamon
Bom October 27, 1789, in Baltimore, Virginia, he married
Sussannah M, Smith on October IB, I8I9, in Barron County, Kentucky.
Sussannah was bom on March 1^, 18')1, in Tennessee. Jacob Loamon h-ad
one known con, James G. Leamon. Jacob died on June 6, lb?!, In MetcalT
County, Kentucky. Sussannah died on July 22, Ib/l.
II. James G. Leamon
Bom December 5. 1820, he died July 2tt, ltt95. He married M&ry E.
Branstetter on November 19, IcWb. Mary was bom July 23, 1^28; she
died February 2j), loy2. They had one known daughter, Melissa E. Leamon,
IIX. Melissa Leamon
Bom October 2'/, 185?, in Metcalf Coiinty, Kentucky, she married
White W, Westmoreland.
THE WESTMORELAND LINE
I. White W. Westmoreland
The first known member of the Westmoreland line. White W,
Westmoi'eland, was bom on April 2, 18*44, in Tentressa, Tennessee. He
Married Melissa E. Leamon on February l^, IbV^, in Metcalf County,
Kentucky. They had seven children. White Westmoreland was a subsis-
tence farraar. He died on March 20, lbb5; Melissa died on September 7,
188?, in Metcalf County, Kentucky,'
White Vfestmoreland's children were:
1. Millard (1875 - 19^3)
2. Ilircus (la76 - 1077)
3. Tony R. (laya - 7)
^. Aionzo E. (1879 - 1963)
5. Dowey E. (1501 - Y)
b. A. G. Blaino (lob3 - I89O)
7. ASaral, A. (1UB6 - 1893)
II, Alonso V/estmoreiand
Alonzo Westmoreland was born on October It), lb79t in Kentucky,
presumably In Hetcalf County, At a young age he was orphaned. Ho
lived for a while with his mother's sister who treated him cruelly.
After that he and three brothers moved in with his maternal uncle,
John Leamon, who accepted the responsibility of raising him in spite
of the fact that he himself was a newly married younfT man, iVlonzo
was thus raised and received an education of approximately eleven
yeats in Pensperville, Kentucky,
Aroun<3 I90O, Alonzo foxind his way to California, riding the
rails and talcing odd jobs . He worked in Los Angeles County as a farm
hand and store keeper. In approximately 1905t ^® worked his way to
Hawaii on a steamer. He returned to California shortly thereafter
and married Josepha Carranza in I9I9, in Santa Maria, California,
They had one child, Ruth Maxine,
During the 1920's, Alonzo worked as a farm laborer and drofee a
taxi between the small towns of the Santa Maria Valley, The taxi
proualy bore the title, "Sta.ge'*, reminicent of the stJigecoach of a
bygone era. His wife, Jose '.rorked throughout the 1920»S and I930's,
first as a chambennaid, then as a laundress and housekeepjer, Alonzo
2»ost his job at the beginning of the depression and because of his
age was not able to find work until 19'^0 when he worked as a laborer
on % T.il. ry hisp aI, Smi L'iir, Obinpo. T'l I'A^, ho was etiployoii it
tho t)ost Tice in S'^nti Il'ri.i. ]{n rnt^rod aflor tho w^p an'l di^i in
r^63. J'' ■ ,; fstmoreland wor'-:od at th'? pr,r,t office botwoen l'!*''*-'^' nn-i
lo^iO, on niral delivery ro'ite. Sho corrontly re."ido3 it M? B.
i:;'i-t Coo. Jtroet, Santa I'lria, California,
JTI. R'l*" H. Westnorelanti
Bern /prU 2?, VXl'], in Santa Ilario, Californin, the d.nno;htnr of
Alnn^.o, i' th '/is rair.od a Catholic. Ilor '^irly r^choolin^ wr\r. in Dant4
r.'ii'ia, C' 'ifornia, gnduatinr; from Santa Taria llinh School in l^'^^.
Sho attei ' d Santa Maria J inior College and thon San Jose Statn Colle:^e
i;h'3re sh" -niiuated with a .;.A. in iDdiic tlon in \0'^k»
In 'l 'r-j, she mot Jaru'^ iioxlo at a U.30 function near S'Anta. M'.ria,
They wor ,-.arried on Octob';i' l6, 19'(-3. Slio and hor husband lived in
various iices, finally sGttlin(2; dovm in Rockford, Illinois, aft^r tho
war, /Vf : r raising a family, she took a. t'sachinr: position in l95'-'»
She is n ■■ " a second ;:^rade t'^acher at V/ort View T'.T err^ntary School in
Rockford. (see Jamos E. Ho>:ie)
TtVtL C.'vRL. ■: LINE
I. Andr- Carlson
Bor.. In Karlstad, Swodon, in l'-'^'\ ho immif^rated to tho Unitod
St-ati^s in l833, to avoid I'andatory railit:;ry service. He settled in
Rockford, Illinois, in the Seventh Street area. Shortly thoreaftor,
he rriarri'. 1 Mary Birk, who vzas also a rec'^nt Swedish immicrant.
Kary's f- .ily had changed thoir naMe to Dark wh^n they arrived in the
United S' tes; she was boi'n Mary Jnhnsoi in l^''?, in VannD-md, Z'^in''.enx
Anc!: .; worked in tho iv. per Stove C I'nany facl.ory in Rockford .
Ho died : ■ 19^5. Mary C-rl'^on vrorkod ar; a chambermaid in var.if>;ii i;o:nr>">.
and at Uoclrford C0II050. She dlod in l9'4-0.
Androv: Carlson's children were:
1. Jf^nny, who married Ed Monroe; she had seven children. She died
in 1973.
2. Huldio, who married Charles Mortensen; he died in the 1930'3
from residual effects of poison gas he experienced in World War I,
Huldie died in 1973. She had no children.
3. Hannah - see below,
^, Axel, a roofing contractor In Rockforti, remained unmarried.
He died in I963.
5. Oscar, a veteran of the Arterican force involved with Poncho
Villi I married Evylen Redmon and had one son. H« died in
1955.
6. Harold, who married Florence , was a World War I
veteran. He was a carpenter by trade and is now retired in
Florida. He had two children.
7. June, who married Bill Pollard. He died, and she then married
Peter Gealey. Employed at the Illinois Central Railroad, she
is now retired and living in Rockford, Illinois.
II. Hannah Carlson
Born August 6, 1892, in Rockford, Illinois, she was the daughter
of Andrew Carlson. She was raised a Lutheran, and received a third
grade education at Johnson Grade School in Rockford. After leaving
school, she worked in a knitting factory. In I9I6, she married Frank
E. Hoxie, whom she had met while demonstrating sewing machines. From
her marriage until her husband's death in 19'^'lt she was a housewife.
Daring World War II, she was employed by the Byrd Ring Company. She
retired in 1957. That same year she and her sister, Huldie, went to
Europe and visited bheir father's hometown in Sweden. Hannah died in
1973.
THE HOXIbl - lURTIN LINE
Loslio R. Hoxie has published a f^enoology entitled Tho Hoxio Finiil.y»
Three Contnries in Amorica . In this book Mr. Hoxie traces the Hoxie name
b-ick to Lodoi-fich Hoxie, who was known to have lived in Sandwich, Plymouth
Colony, in the year I658. Althouf^h all existing Hoxie families are pre-
c
sumod to be desended from this common progenitor, Leslie Hoxie has failed
to find a direct connection with my immediate family. My earliest
knox-m ancestor is James B. Hoxie, bom in 1855»
I. James B. Hoxie
James B. Hoxie was born in Erie, Pen nsylvania, in April, 1855,
From Erie , he moved to Emporia , Kansas , where he worked as a rancher and
a stagecoach driver. He married Mary E. Martin, in Topeka, Kansas, in
ISO*^. Mary was born in Rockford, Illinois, in I8bl, and had beon em-
ployed as a nurse. She accompanied a patient suffering from tuberculo-
sis to Kansas, in search of a healthful, climate. It was there that she
met her husband. Between I89O, and I896, James B'. Hbxie moved to Rock-
ford, Illinois, where he lived on Stanly Street, and later on Horsman
Street. In Rockford, he worked on various road and quarry operations.
He had four children. He died in 1922, his wife died in 1931.
James B. Hoxie 's children were:
1. Lou J., born in I885, in Emporia, Kansas, married Adolph
Torgerson in 192? in Rockford, Illinois. They had one daugh-
ter, Virginia.
2. May F. , bom in 188?, in Emporia, died in 191'+ in Rockford,
Illinois ,
\,
3. Frank E., born in I89O, in Emporia, Kansas, died in lyl'4-,
in Rockford, Illinois.
k, Lillian 0., born in I896, in Rockford, Illinois, m-irrled li-irl
Andrews in Rockford in 1913«
II. Frank E. Hoxie
Born in Emporia, Kansas, in 1890, he was the son of Jamos D. Ho'tio.
He was raised in a Protestant home. His family moved to Rockford, Illi-
nois, when he was a younr^ boy. They settled in an Irish neir^hborhood
in the Wo.it End, on Stanley Street. He w.ms educated at Franklin Grade
School and Central High School where he completed the eleventh grade.
Around 1910, he took a job as a saddle maker at Hess and Hopkins
Leather Company in Rockford. He worked there until 1931? when he was
laid off for two years. He returned to work in 1933 1 and remained there
until his death.
Frank Hoxie married Hannah Carlson on April 28, I9I6, in Belvidore,
Illinois. They had two children. He was an excellent baseball player,
playing on industrial teams, which were at that tine the equivalent of
the minor league. He was also president of the Eagles Club, He died
in December, 19'+!.
Frank E. Hoxie 's children were;
1. James E. - see below.
2, Richard T., who was born on May 25, 192^, is a veteran of the
European Theater of World War II, where he received the Purple
Heart, He married Jean Martin and had one son, Robert. They
divorced and he married Evylen Harkness ; they have one
daughter, Dana. He is presently living in Morton, Illinois,
employed by a wholesale ITorist.
III. James E. Hoxie
Born on October 30, 1919t in Rockford, Illinois, he is the son of
Frank E. Hoxie. He attended Ellis Elementary School, Roosevelt Junior
High School, and graduated from Rockford Central High School in 1938,
His family was forcfid to take relief during; the depression. He
worked odd jobs to help support himself. After graduating from high
school, bo worked for his uncle. Axel Carlson, as a roofer. From
there he wont to National Lock, and in 19'^'0, he became employed at
the Illinois Central Railroad.
In October, l'/+l, James Hoxie was drafted into the army. Ho
was trained at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, and finally wound up at Camp Hood,
Texas, attached to the 606th Tank Destroyer Battilion. He was homo
on leave attending his father's funeral when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
His unit was put into desert training in preparation for the North
African Campaign but was never utilized. In 19^+3. l^e was transferred
to Camp Cook, California, where he met Ruth Westmoreland. They were
married on October l6, 19^'J. He was sent to several other bases be-
fore being shipped to Siapan Island in the Pacific Theater in May
of 19'+5« He left Siapan in December, 1'9^^, after the end of the war.
After the war, James Hoxie and his wife returned to live in
Rockford, Illinois. They first lived with his brother on Knight
Avenue, out in ly4-7i bought a house at 303^ Lawndale Avenue on the
Northwest side. He still lives there today. He returned to the
Illinois Central Railroad and worked there until lybO,
He is a Catholic and a staunch member of the Democratic Party,
He was a Democratic Precinct Committeem.an in I96O, and campaigned ac-
tively for John F. Kennedy,
Jamos Hoxie 's children were:
1, Susan, who was born ftn February, 19'+5r-'9'l» died in infancy
in August, 19'^5.
2. I!ary Ruth, who was born on October 13, 19^^6, married Dennis
G. Cook in 196*?. They have two chaldron, Timothy, and
Ilatthew. She is active in a figure skating club, and is a
fifpire skating judge. She and her husband currently live in
Itilwaukoe, Wisconsin.
3. Noil J., (see below)
4. Julie E. , who vraa bom 4n October, 1951 f attended George
Washington University in Washington, D.C. While living in
Washingtbn, she worked in the office of Representative John
B. Anderson from Illinois. She now lives In Icfwa City, iGwa,
and is attending the University of Iowa,
5. Ann L. , who was born in December, 1953 t married Ron Holm in
1971. She now teaches music at Charlotte's Web School of
Folk Music. Her husbsmd and she also perform as musicians and
have produced an album. They live in Rockford,
lY. Neil James Hoxie
I was born on June 14, 19^9 t in Rockford, Illinois, and lived my
early years at 303^ Lawndale Avenue in Rockford. I was baptized a
Catholic, attended Summerdale Elementary School, Roosevelt Junior High
School, Boylan Central Catholic High School, and graduated from Rockfoivi
West High School in 196? . The members of my family were active traveters
during that time. We visited California at least eight times by rail-
road, riding on free passes obtained through my father's job. We also
spent vacations in northern Wisconsin and Canada.
After completing high school, I enrolled at the University of
Illinois in Champa ign/Urbana but soon withdrew and took a job as a
land sui^ey crewmember at Arnold Lundgren and Associates in Rockford.
In the fall of 19&8» I attended Rock Valley College, but returned in
'^u'iy ] '■ to Lundrcron*.' . T wis nrnftod into th*^ nr'^y in Vi^ust, 19^''>.
Af U r tninini^; it Fnrt '^liss, Tn:->r>, nni Fort lyomr 1 ','ooH,
ir;;Toiri, I .arrivn'i in SouLli Viotnm on Jinmry 'i-, l'^70, in'l itlich^d
to iio^d^M. !-tors Compiny l"th isni-^in'»irin-: !'^i>-Tdfi nt Donf^ B". Thin, i
-mil b-T ■ on the Cfintnl rmnt, iporoxim ' nly thirty mil.o:; sontli r.f
jMia Trin ■ . Diirinp; my tour I took lnr>.vDr> to vinit tiinf^kok, HiailTnl,
ind Tii p-'^ I , TTiwin. i lelt ''/l»tn.-im on llTrch 1/, I'J?' t altnr lilto'va
months i'l '.-ountryand wan S'>]nrat,od from tho amy the sumo diy.
On V .-il 3, 1971 f I '"^1'' ninrrlod to honoe LjTin Pernot.
Aft' r rcturninr; to Lund-rron's for ovor --i voir, my wifo and I 'iuit
work and ; lent the summer of 1973 in Europe. I an currently atteniinr;
Rock Vail y College.
SOCIAL HISTORY
When my father brought his wife to Rockfcrd after World War II,
then, alonr with millions of other ex-servicemen's families, settled
do'.'m and -tarted to build lives for thomsolvps. He returned to work
at the Illinois Central Railroad, bought a house, and proceeded to
fill it with furniture, appliances, and children. Tlio important
thin.^TS to my parents at that time were family stability and economic
security. After the economic chaos of the 1930*s, and the social up-
heavals of World War II, those seem to be relevant goals.
Although my father worked hard, and my family was never desti-
tute, we were never able to plan our budget too far ahead. My mother
sowed and Icnitted, and used children's clothes circulated constantly
around our neighborhood. We had a large garden in the back yard, and
my mother home - canned the small crop for the winter. Our diet was
sound, but plain. A major event was the occasional steak dinner, which
never seemed to go far enough.
My father worked hard around the house, making improvements.
Over a period of time, he remodeled the upstairs, landscaped the yard,
and built a garage. I helped on the latter project, although Fwas
old enough only to offer marginal aid, Ih addition, I' somewhat reluc-
tantly helped in the outdoor chores such as movring the grass and shove-
ling snow. My three sisters hesitatingly shared some of the domestic
work, but the majority was left to my mother.
My mother is an elementary teacher by profession, but she never
attempted to give us children any formal training at home. We never
had a television when I was young; our early education consisted of
family experiences. We were read volumes of faiiy tales and nursery
rhymes. We spent hours in parks, developing an awareness of nature.
and hivin - our inquiries answered as wrII as possible. Above -iTl , we
w-?rf» list ned to, well ciro'i for, and lovini;ly disciplined. I consi-
der t'nf s^ "ispocts of my i.'Tnily of ut-nost importance in the development
of mv [ic." onalities ind inl-'H Inctual awamness.
,!\ir I was onrollcd in 'jrad'i scViool in l^.'}'*-. 'ind thron-^hout. r-y
school c"'-'^er, my parents did not oxort undo pressure on my ability
as a stu :it. To bo sure, thoy wanted no to succood and T was at Cirit
a |-nod a lovnr, but // tlr t-o was no rowird or punishment for ri-i'-ln,
and ro^l ^ no pressure to '^I'cell .
Oir inily is Catholic and I was baptized at an early -"Pie. I'/
exparionc > with reli^^^ion was attendinr; Catechism on Saturday and Gund^y
Kass wit'"i ;ny family. Tho major force in determining the moral charac-
ter of t: • children, however, was at home. Later in life outside in-
fluonces .-ould come to bear, but as all young children, we learned by
contact.
All children anticipate holidays. At our house Easter meant
colored ''-z;s, chocolate and baskets. Thanksgiving was marked by a
gathering of relatives and the traditional turkey dinner. At Chi'^-t-
mas, the ; ree was decorated, gifts exchin",ed, and the family again
assfmblei for dinner consisting of Swedish dishes along with the nver-
present t -rkey.
Sun- 'r vacations were i time of nd---:"iture. My father rec4iv-d
free rai ! -oad passes, and vto took advan1a-e of them by visiting my
grand par' 'its in California. Needless to cay, the three day journoy v.'ith
four small children was more of a fiasco than an adventure to my parents.
The trir - , however, wore very enliiThtening to us children,
Onc^ in Santa Maria our family kept quite busy engaging in acLi-
vities ti:-it seemed exotic to a midwostern child. Wo swam in tho ocesn,
combod tho beach, picked apricots, duj for clams, visited rolatives,
and enjoyed a family barbequo featuring tortillas, beans, enjalatas,
and huge steaks. We vfapo- always felt bad about leaving and coming
home to what seemed like a dull Rockford.
Of course we did not always go to California, Other summor va-
cations wore spent camping in nofcthern Wisconsin with several trips
to Canada. My father and I fished while my mother and sisters swam
or relaxed in tho sun.
I left the care of my family when I was drafted in 19^9 *t ago
twenty. Although I have not lived at home since, I am still very
close to my parents and feel very grateful to have been raised in
their hone,
Neil Jsimes Hbxie
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LEASE TYI'I': PLEASK PLACE THESE SHEETS AT THE FRONT OF THE SECOND COPY OF YOUR
\M1I.Y HISTORY.
ear ConLributor to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection:
1^ Sn rhat your family history can be made more useful to historians and
ttit-rs studying American families, wc are asklnj? you to fill out the forms
elow. 'I'liis will take you only a few minutes, and will bo easily made over
nto an Index whicli will permit archive users ready access to Just those
jnds of family histories needed.
SURVEY
1 . Your name Linette Hultman
Date of form April 26, 1976
Office Use Code
(ID // )
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Your college: Rock Valley College
Rockford, Illinois
Check the earliest date for which you have been able to say things
about your family in your paper.
Before 1750
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1900 or later
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Please check all regions of the United States in which members of
your family whom you have discussed in your paper have lived.
X New England(Mass. ,Conn. ,R.I .)
Va.) South At]antic(Ga.,Fla.,N.C.,S.C.)
(Ea. ,Mlss. ,Ala. ,l'enn,Ky.)
Middle Atlantic (N.Y., I' enna., N
East South Central
Wast South Central(Ark.,N.M.,Tex.,Ok.)
^ East North Cen t ra 1 (Mi ch . , Ohi o , I nd . ) Pac i f ic (Ca 1 . , Wash . )
(Mawai 1 ,A1 aska) (111., Wise.,)
Please chock .i 1 1 occupational categories in which members ol your
family whom you have discussed in this paper hav(^ found themselves
_X Fa rming
T ransportation
X Professions
Mining
Big Business
Industrial Labor
Shopkeeping or small business
Manufacturing
Other
Please check all religious groups to which members of your family whom
you have discussed in this paper have belonged.
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Baptist Episcopalian Congregational x Lutheran
Quaker Mormon X Other Protestant Other (name)
7. What ethnic and social groups arc discussed in your paper?
X Swedish Other Scandinavian German French
Blacks Indians Mexicans Puerto Ricans _
Jews Central Europeans Italians Slavs
Irish British
lia stern Ivu r op c
Native Americans over several p, cncrations
East Asian
Other (Name)
What sources did you use in compiling your family history?
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family members
V ital Records
X_Pho tographs X Maps
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Family Genealogies
The U.S. Census
Other
FAMILY DATA
Grandfather (your father's side)
Name K-rriRst. Hup-q Hm.TM/\N Current Residence deceased.
Date of birth February 17. 1878 Place of birthuirika, Sweden
Date of death January 19. 192^ Place of b ur ialRpckf ord, -.■Ji nneha^n, THinn^^
Kdaca t ion (numb e r of years);
grade schools year high school vocational i yeax College
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Rockford. XL Dates 190^-19?^
Dates
D ate s
Dates
4th
Religion Lutheran
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Republican Party
Place of Marriage to your grandmother Minneapolis MM date Qntohpy 7 IQl^ |l
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another I
relative give that data on the back of this page. (A-1) '
Grandmother(yourfather'sside) )'
Name Jeanetta Belle RING Current Residence deceased '
Date of birth January 25. 1888
Date of death December
5. 1888 Place of b ir th Stillman Valley. Ogle, Illinois U
26, 19^9 Place of burialRockford. Winnebago, Illinois
Education (number of years):
grade school 8 years high school
college
vocational
1 year
Occupa t ion (s )
1st Domestic
2nd Clerical
3rd Clerical
4th Domestic
5 th Clerical
Religion Protestant
DatesiQ0Q-1Q1?
Dates 1912-1914
Datesi92'S-1929
Dates 1929-1934
_Dates 1934-1940
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
IstRockford. IL Dates 1910-]
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
4 th
Dates
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Republican Party
Place of marriage to your grandfather K±xineaJ.
da t(
7_1914_
NOTE: If your father was raised ( i o age 18) by a stepmother or
another relative give that data on the back of this page
(A-2) .
A- 2 S tepgrandf a ther (your father's side)
Name
Current Residence
Date of birth Place of birth
1!
Date of death Place of burial
Education (number of years)
1
grade school high school vocational
college
, , PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Occupa t ion (s ) / r^ i j ._ \
^ (after leaving home)
%
1st Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
4th Dates 4th Dates
Religion
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother date
B-2
S tepgrandmo ther (your father's side)
Name Current Residence
1
Date of birth Place of birth
—
Date of death
Place of burial
Education (number of years):
grade school high school_
coll ege
vocational
Occupa t ion (s )
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
lst_
2nd
3rd
4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving homc>)
Dates
Dates
Da t es
Dates
Rel Iglon
I
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
Grandfather (your mother's side) 4
Name Carl Julius CARLSON Current Residence fjpniqa.RpH
Date of birth March 21, 1889 Place of birth Fjaras, Sweden
Date of death January 10, 1972 Place of b ur ia 1 Stillman Valley, Ogle, IL
Education (number of years):
grade school 8 years ^igh school vocational college
OcLupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st l^armer Dates 1Q07-19S3 Ists+.mman V^llpy TT. Dates 1907-X972-
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
4th
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
4th Dates 4th Dates
R e 1 i g i o n Protestant
Political parties, civil or social cTubs, fraternities, etc.
Republican Party
Place of marriage to your grandmo th er Rpckford IL da t eja^nary 29, 1914
NOTE: If your mother was raised by a stepfather or anotlier relative (to
age 18) give that data on tlie back of this page (C-l)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Name Hilda Marie BENGTSON C urrent Resid enceStillman Valley, Ogle, _IL. _
Date of birth February 4. 1891 Place of birth yjslanda, Sweden
Date of death Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade schools years bigh school A), ypa-rc; vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCl'
(after leaving home)
1st Domestic D a t e s 1911-1914 1 s tstillman Valley .XL. •> a t e s „1911-.present
.2nd Dales
3rd Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
4th
Dates
Religion Protestant
4 th Dates
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Republican Party
Place of marriage to your grandfather Rockford, W innebafrn, TJ. '''T- '^' January -29^1914
NOTE: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relative (to
'■K' H< gflve th»t dA-ta on the back of this page (D-2)
C-2 S tepgrandf a ther (your mother's side)
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupa t ion (s )
1st
2nd
3rd_
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Current Residence
Place of birth
Place of burial
vocational
col lege
Ist
2nd_
3rd
Ath
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmother
D-2 S tepgrandrao ther (your mother's side)
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Date
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupa t ion (s )
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Da tes
Current Residence
Place of birth
Place of burial
vocational
c f ) 1 leg!
.1st
2nd
.3rd
4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
D n t e s
Rel Iglon
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather
D a t C!
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1LI_LDRE.N of A & B (or A-2 or B-2 ) - your father's name should appear below
Name John Ernest Sanford HULTMAN
^ ^ ^ ce of birthRockford^Wjmneba-o^Jl^d a t e October 20. 191?
Number of years of schoollngll2 years 0 c c u p .rTlT^^^nical En^in^PT.
I Residence Rockford, TT, ManTal S ta tus Marri ed
Number of children two Death -t^'t^^'^^'^
• N a m e JLAllian_Jeanette Ulrlka Shold
IMace of h i r t h ^ockfo^.,_Winnebago . II date November 3. IQIQ
Resid"n°'/?/L° tt"'*'^"''"^^^^^^" Occupationjn_structQr of Nursing
Res idenceRockford. IL Marital Status Married
Numb IT of children three Death
^ •■ ' '" ^ Pauline Jane Pearson
Place of birth Rockford. Winnebago. TT, date March ^. IQ??
Number of years of schooling 12 years Occ upa t ion Honsewnf p
Residence Rockford. IL Marital Status Married *^^'-^^" " r^
Number of children_ two Death ___
N a m V
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling ~ O^cT^TuT^iT
Residence Mar i tal ~S ta t us
Number of children death
Name
Place of birt h date
Number of years of schooling "_ 0 c c u p a ri"7r^
Residence Marital Status
Number of children ' J)eath
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling "(Tccupa t ion"
Residence Marital Status ~
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence__ Marital Status_ '
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling TjTcupation
Residence Marital Status "
Number of chlldren_ death
N a m e
I'laci' of birth date
Niimb.'r .>l years of schooling oT^^jT^ ri^n'"^_ ^
Residence ^ Marital Status ____
Numbi^r of children deatli
Name
Place of blrtli date
Number of years of schoolingJl — --------_,,^^
Residence Marital Status
NuiiihiT ol children dealli " " '
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CHILDREN of C and D (or C-2, D-2)-your mother's name should appear below
1. Name Vilf-rpd r-ust^v ClAPT.qnv
Place of birthq.nnn,«n Vanpv, TT. date Ont.nhpy 3, 101?
Number of years of schooling i? yp^-r^ Occupation Slerstri r.n^ C.nr^-^-.-ra.n+.n-r
Residence^tnim^T^ V.-:.npy TT, Marital Status Marri Pd
Number of children thres death
Name Linnea I'.arie Hultman
Place of birthstillman Vallpv. TL da te January l-^. TQ??
Number of years of schooling 12 years Occupation^
Residence Rockford. TL Marital Status Harried
Number of children two death
Name Elmer 3arl CARLSON
Place of birthStillman Valley. IL date 1932
Number of years of schooling none Occupation —
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death 19'^3
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation^
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Res 1 dene e Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation_
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
Same
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children- death
Name
Place of birth _date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death .
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children\ death
10. Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Ri-B idence Marl ta 1 S ta tus
NtirobiT of children death
Your Father
Name John Ernest Sanford HULTMAN , Current Residence Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Date of birth October 20, 1917 Place of b itth Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Date of Death Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade s chool 8 years h igh " school k- years vocational co 1 lege
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
is t Mechanical Ena:ineer Dates 19'3')-present 1st Rockford. IL Da tes lQ47-pres.
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Da t e s
4th Dates 4th Dates
Religion Protestant
Political parties, cM.vil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. li
Republican Party ,
Place of marriage to your mother Stillman Valley IL date September 27. 19^7 '
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give that data
on the back of this page. (E-2)
Your Mother
Name Linnea Marie CARLSON ^ Current Res idence Rockford, Winnebago, ininni
Date of birth January 15, 1923 Place of b ir thStillman Valley, Ogle, Illinois
Date of death Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade s chool 8 years highs- s chool k years voca t ional co 1 lege
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1 s t Industrial Labor D ate s 1941-194q 1 s t Rockford, IL D a t esiqU?-j>Te..
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
4th Dates 4th Dates
Religion Protestant
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Republican Party
Place of marriage to your father Stillman Valley, IL date .qfiptpmbe-r ?7, IQU'^
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepmother or another relative give that data
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Name -R-ryan T^-rTiP?^+. Sanfr.-rrl HTTT.TMATJ
Place of birth Rof^i^ford, Winn., TT, Date of birth May 3, 19S0
Number of years of schooling 17 years Occupation Application Engineer
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Number of children two death
Name Linette Marie HTJLTMAN
Place of birth Rockford. IL Date of birth January 12. 19 5^
Number of years of schooling 1^ years Occupation Student
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[. ASSIGNMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willing)
I hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and
administrative rights, to the Rock Valley College Family History
Collection, deposited in the Rockford Public Library, Rockford
Illinois
Signed (At^Jyy:£- ^J+uJ±/mA^
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GENE.AJ^OGY CHART
„ John Rrnest .S.anf ord HULTMAN
l^inette Harle HULTMAN
3orn:
viarried:
Died:
January 12, 1956
Father
B - Octobe.r 20, 191?
M- September 27, 19'+?
D- -
^ J^innea Marie C^LSOJ}!,
Mother
B- January 15, 1923
D- -
Ernest Hugo HULTMAH .,
Grandfather
B - February 1?, 1878
M- October 7, 191^+
D- January 19, 192iJ-
eanetta Belle (Nettie) RING
irr.-tT(t,..-.»..- I,.-. ...ritimi I .,1 LJiy.j.i..t, J.», ii
Grandmother
B- January 25, 1888
D- December 26, 19^9
,.Ga.r:l. Ju.l.ius. CARLSON
Grandfather
B- March 21, 1889
M- January 29, 191^
D- January 10, 1972
Jphq.;^e;T. (MPSRSQW) .HUUMIj.
B - April 25, 1847
M - January l^^, 1877
D - May 23, 1922
Clara Christine PERSDOTTER
B - October k, 1851
D - October 1, I917
John RING
jnhn Hm.M (mm)
B - November 20, I85I
M- July 14- , I87I
S D- March 1, 1925
Gustava ^ (Augusta)_ FELDT
B- March 8, I851'
D- April 6, 1922
Carl Aron LARSON.
Ka-jsa
August FELDT
Sarah
B-Marcfh 28, 18^1-6
M- February 2^4-, 1882
D- After I8O7
Hilda,^ Marie BENGTSO)^
-^
Grandmother
B - February ;+, I89I
D - -
B- August 16, 1852
D- 1892
Bej^gt SWEtTSON
B- March 8, 186^4-
M- -
D- 1952
Susanna, JOHNSON
B- April 29, 1863
D- 19'^9
♦
«
SOURCES
My thanks toj My mother and father - Sanfor"! and. Linnea Hultraan
My grandmother - Hilda Carlson
V-y great uncle - FA Hinr (vhc ir, r-reat in more ^ra.ys
than one)
My three aunts - Rosalia Gailson
Lillian Shcld
Pauline Pearson
JOHN PER (AMD^SON) TOLTMAR
and wife
CIAHA CmiSTINA PERSDOTT'UR
John Anderson -.^as bom A^)ril 25 » iB^t-? in Dorhult, Sweden. He was
married to Clara Christina Persdotter on Jamxary l>^'r, 1877. Clara was
bom October ^, 1851 in Ostergotland, Sweden. Their only child,
Ernest Hufro, was born on February 17t IB78. Since the United States
was the "land of promise," John left his horaeland for America on
^^arch 28, 18il. His destination was Hockford, Illinois where some of
his cousins were livings;.
On his trip from Sweden, John found many other passengers with
the last name Anderson and thus John decided to chanf^e his name.
Somewhere he had visited a place named Hult and fallen in love with the
town. Because he was a man, John felt this should be a part of his
name. He combined the name Hult vrith man and once in the United
States, John Anderson became John Hultman.
Havin/5 been in Hockford for one year, John sent for his wife
and four year old son who were still in Sweden. They left for the
United States on April 7, 18B2. Together once again, the Hultmans
settled in a house at I603 Ei.;7:hth Street. John was a carpanter by
KiunjirH (noemnu) fan mot
•^^l tea
spTgoBBSsn AurreraHt) ahajd
■«if mH .iwA»wi. .J'lfrirc' ' ,^S i^xuA (nod asm aoertsJbnA nriol
ttmi jnt&XC .V^X .'Vf vxiu^n^l. no Titob&rBl dnilairrfD bx«IO o^ bmtrram
thiifto tXoo Tl»r<'i '^jjfiorantBioO nl r?8l ,4 rr»rfo*oO rrrorf
M#«#8 teiitfC ai1# Mai^; .S'^SI ,^I txatrscfe^ no rrrotf asw ,o^H fBomX
nc «9iYMiA rre^ tamlnmoii mlti Del nHol. ".sAimrtv '^o hn«I" edi aow
1o saoe rx^ilM rIqiiIIXI ,irio1t4ooH sjiv noliMtt&39h ptH .U'SI ,SS. dotcsN
.^afvtl mw Miieuuoo a^rf
rt#l» vxsTvran&MF :i»d^ X'l'" Aoirol nrfoL ,a9bei»(i aoTl glTl »lrf nO
.MMD clff •niuBdo oi telii9*b ndol aviii baa nosTsbnA onsn &bb1 9itS
tU ot nl rmlUi bOM ilvH teaan aoalq a te^irlv barf arf rxMfwvao
^m 1o iviV a atf blvoria mlti& tlt'i rrrfoL ,naa a saw m( ftavaoaH .rtwoi
bailMJ «t^ al •one bna naa ditM iluH mum vdi ImnMmoo eH .eaan
.naa^IirH arioL •mm09d noA^abaA nrfol. «e«^a^E
t/f TOl Inaa futol. .laax ano tol bnrol;f3oH ni naatf ?«nivaK
atii tmJ S^ml xw^ .a»b*M8 al UI&b a-xav oriv non bio raufx i»ol Ana
•MMH^IiiH «l# .fllajia aovo Taril«>)oT .S88I «V X^xqA no aaia^C batinU
Vf T»i >»TiS rfiWjftiZ CO^X ia aauorf a ni beXl^as
trade both In Sweden and in the 'Jnited States. He bocanie a naturalized
citizen November 1, 1888.
After the death of Ernest's first wife, Clara and John helped
to raise granddatighter liosalia. Clara Kas a ^-^ood woman, but she
was a strict mother amd grandmother. When Ernest brought his second
wife home to live, she found switches over every door which had been
used by Clara to discipline Rosalia. An active member of the '^'irst
Lutheran Church cf ^ockford, Clara died suddenly on October 1, 1917.
After her death, John moved in next door with his son.
John was a handsome old man with brown eyes and a beard. He
loved his little grandchildren and even boui^ht his only grandson a
pony. Although he liked to drink in his jrounger years, he did re-
form as he grew older. John also like to chew tobacco but Yie broke
this habit by chewing on celery. After givine; up his work as a
carpenter, he vrent to work for the Stonefield and Evans Shoe factory
as night watchman. Nettie, his da\i^hter-in-law, wotild pack him a
lunch to take to work and often times he would save the piece of
fruit and r^ive it to one of the grandchildren as a special treat.
When John retired from the shoe factory, he decided he would like
to live alone. Ue bought a piece of property and house in Winnebaf'O,
Illinois, however, he lived there only a few weeks when he took ill
ajid had to move back with Smest. John was sick about six weeks
before he died on May 23, 1922.
.88ar ,1 •xBdmoyo* nesiiio
finot nrj' /'.xsxj ,sixv j^^xi r'.T;omS ^ rfia^b Mli 70^1 A
n*»<f terf Hmtim mot xn^^ ^w^ ^sdsilws tmo^ ada ,avll oi^ efl«ri a^lv
,vi,<tA ,j TMoioO no \Ia»wbta.'« J^iJ> jruIO ,ir:.)iy:x<>- io rfsii/dS B<aart^a>T
oa airf 4^^ «ooi> J-xno ai tevoa mteL ,rUaaJb nead iWlA
'soa aa>%a tnnatf riiiv iuw lx£o »aociKM»ri « ajw jtdaw
.r vinm mid trty^iod amtm ttiM earxhLitiaimMXfi ^1&411 aid l^avol
»naaiY Tvyaxa^ xiii al ioiob oi SmUil art t^SBOrtilA 'X^ioc
f -<nu '>!' jtKf oaoaifo^ wads o^ •ill eaXa mlcl .i|»&£o mrxst ad cji sao)
,. :''v* .'' -/• r-.ivis ^ttilA .ipcoXa» *!• niiiMado t<x ^id«(f »tii&
vTGJo«^ u^ aXallaa«^e adi :co) jhtow «# isav ac( .-xainsqaaD
a Mf.i r-io/eq: clu.'ow ,MAt<«f~trai/1j|insJb eJM ,aiii«H .fUMirfo^«v MAla aa
7 adi a««B UuoM art aaaiU Aa-tlo Ms Ataw oi »Hmt o& d&aat
iitlMUitxuas mtU )o aoo oi ii avjt^a tea itiad
q 'i^i rj.i>ow 9n ■«- oaI aofia adi matgCl iwxl&wx ndoL oaidf
: »»uot'i bof^ {.jy^ccrq to ao^iqf a MjMKxf aK .anoXa «wiX ot
■u,: ^pOv »•■ nedw ajiaaK Mai a r.leo eradi tevlT or( .laroirorf i^ilOflJUXI
F-^taaw xlm U*9tM jioia raw nrtol .J-aafrxH (Ut« ilOiad evo« oJ bai ta»
,SS^i ^ 1^ no Jbaib art a^rolad
BRKEST HTJGO H^JLTMAN
IJmest Huc:o Hultman was bom I^'ebruary 17, 1B73, the son of
John and Clajra Hultraan. He was born near Ulrika, Sweden and csime
to the United States with his r>arents at a^e four. Attendimt the
old Marsh School in Rockford, he found learning?: difficult at first
since he knew little or no TDn^^lish. Completing eipchts yeai's of
grsunmar school, he also attended Brown's Business Collei'^e in
Rockford.
On October 26, 190^+, ErrSe was married to Hilma Sword of
Rockford. They settled in a house built by Srnie's fatlier located
at 1127 fifteenth Avenue. Their only child, Rosalia Irene Prir5Cilla,
was bom on November 27, 1905 . They had been married only three
and a half short years wVien Hilma died on April 3, 1900 after a
lin^erixv; illness.
With a small daughter to raise, Smie moved in with hie parents
who lived next door. John and Clara helped care for Rosalia until
Smie reraaxrled. Introduced to Nettie Rin,°r by Charlie Wedman,
Ernie soon realized he wanted her to be his wife.
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MUK> btiM nmSmmc. ,M7Uhd\J Tumn nrod .nitntluH «xbID boM ndoL
luoJ^lil) vtima»I tni nio
to e-rr' f»IqmoQ .timllyr tn
^'tmorS bebamtfA orXs •H .loo
■^o trrow
.»0n»vA ffin»«J '
.aaanXIi wrJhre'Vf-tX
•ir
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JCHN (KSLM) ring
and
WIFE KAJSA
John Helm was born in the early 1800 'n in '••reden. At about
twenty-one years of &r.e he j^oined the army. During: his first week
in the service the new recr'Jitr, vrere ordered to line up. As the
commanding officer went down the line he found two men with the
sarae last name, John lielra and Charlie 'telm. '.•ince they would not
allow two men in a comoany with the sarae last name and findinf' the
two men were not related, one name had to be champed. Pointinfr a
finder at John, he told him from tlmt day forward his name would
be Ring. Thus, John Helm became John Ring. John spent thirty- three
years in the army patrolling the border between ?^weden and Norway .
He was only able to visit his wife and family when p:iven a furloupch.
After his many yeatrs in the service, John was given a small plot of
land and a pension of twelve crowns per month by the government. He
died at the age of sixty-five.
John Ring wsis married to Kajsa who was from a large family. It
was said that when Kajsa got together with her two sisters and talked,
you could hear them all over the county. John and Kajsa held many
■: 3T:x.r.v ffrc-Y^nsw^
brrv »Tftv -.T rjrrD' ■ :', f«ofvTe« sf(* ni
' ' i»oi^o ffnltnsmmoo
<T>n cii'O' Y""^ "o/T/ .mis" ')Xi-t:*<ic 'm^ «.i!?>' arioL ,*«A(T iRfiJ «■««
«r(i .- - ^ ^«j8X »■« •■ oIX«
. '>-">'--/;n3 «d ©* fuRP /'CLGi ano ,iK>Jj:'.i;-- Tor. *)-T^tw uom ow*
cw otiisn airf Ircciml ^«4 ^jstii «ail «±ff ' ' ' , :)L is. fy^H
»mni-xtyltU tOBqa nriol " nrlot •WK>e<f » 'VtiK srf
- f. la a*I>»w8 nie»vj©o Toirrorf *r(i vili/oiJi'^ vr-t^ :<n.T nl arumx
rtiMM a fwis ««H fBtol ,«olTa»a vili^ nl atenx x"^" ^tii ratt'iA.
-nrrravo^ » . r ^f„^^ .j,^ aawoxo •ytvwi Jo noienaq b Ikia JmmI
•- ' • ■ " • :-.9jtfc
iteiLi^ feu «»JBia <nri T»if rillw -xprlio^io^ Jon aat^tH norfv dariJ Lie; a«i#
yjum bmt «at«l te« tirfol .x^mmo miJ t»vo II« m»r(t -uind bluoo t/ox
children, however, only five lived past infancy. on John Has bom
November 20, 1B51. Kajsa lived a lon^c life. She died while in her
nineties bein^ blind the last nine years of her life. Since John and
Kajsa could not afford to buy their own cemetery lot, they are buried
separately on the lots of different friends.
frwxJ --SI' octoL oo: -xon*^-* *8«I i->hvix c'^'h xi-co .tovhwoiI ,n»rcMirfo
ficL. 9onir .01.11 -nri lo ai«#x •atn ia«I arf* bnild TUil»rf MttBtitn
AUGU:1T FSLDT
and
WIPT5 SARAH
Auprust i^'eldt waf? a tailor in ;'weden during the early 1800' s.
Little is known about Au(?ust except that he Has a deeply religious
man. He was married to a woman named Jarah and together they heid
five children. Dauj^hter Gustava was born to them on T'arch 8, 1851.
in*
HAP A?! amy
X \iiiit> »nj gnnuD n»neir< iti rtoLtMS x »«*« jnln "^ jrin^v^
f.^ v»f .7 itiimgoi bns dsrcc' bMMn (usawir m at f«JtTXJuH «£w sH ,atm
.^ (ianuM ffo mmU oS mod mmi MrmtavO ^nittnusti .amibllcte •vH
JOHN x^ING
and wife
GUSTAVA FEIDT
John Ring was bom November 20, IO5I in Tiydaholia, Hweden, the
son of John ling and Kajsa. ;Te left Sweden at age sixteen to avoid
the draft and went to Gemajiy where he haul heard there was much work
on the farms. After working? there for a year, he returned to S^^edan
to say good-bye to his parents. He left for the United Htater, with
a group of thirty other Svr^e boys in 1870. After a twenty-one day
boat ride, they landed in America. As soon as they arrived; a
railroad a^-rent signed them up and they foviid th-emselves in New Jersey
working on the railroad. When woi?c was completed there, they were
all sent to Lockport, Illinois. Chicapo was still smolderinf; after
the great fire when they passed through.
It was while John was in Lockport that he sent for his sweetheart
in Sweden. Guctava (or Augusta) Feldt was born on March 8, 18 5I to
AufTUst and Sarah Feldt. The Ring and Feldt farallies had lived
neighbors in Sweden. John and Gustava had attended school and been
confirmed together. Gustava came to the United States in I87I and
was married to John on July 'r of that same year in Lockport.
reran avatpco
ittrnt rtaOH !•«« V3«(# taawf tmi arf avMlw yiuHn*!) (N^ i-n«w £n« i^sri) arft
XA^ 9C»^tmmt B i»#!tA .C^X fli eyotf •tewB itMlto ^^itfi lo qmns «
« ,ft»vi<ns itMfl lui ttooa a A .BdlrasA nl teJbruJ! xorii ,9btx &MOd
-SI ,«T><f^ tetalqnoo a«w Jfxow fr»i"fV .Jbts<nlfin eff^ no ytiatywf
rmi\L -n lltf9 omH tr\MohiO .eionlXXI ,i*x(xpfoo.I o;^ ^e? XI«
.itvTcnili' t»aaj$^ x^*^ rrsdw •Til Saorn »iiS
iiumitioev' airf lol frtaa e/f iadi i-roq^^ooJ nl ami nrfoL sXlrtw 8«¥ .+ T
OS 'isruii ao mod ajw tbla/^ (ataofiftA «») mrjii^aixO .naJbrnrE; al
■i=»jll iMvf MtClul iKTa'^ bOM yxifl •rlT .^M«^ r(«x«!? £n« iuT^wA
Myfd* l]»An»Ma barf «Tj(MuDO-£m ndoL .rwtewe al 8T0(frf:aiun
ttu. lS:iil at amSmtB te#lntt tiS o^ mmjao MrtimaO .imd^^T^S bmentYn^o
.t90€[ihod ni lamx •<mo ^"^ ^® ^ T^<'^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^ brntrum ajar
The group of thirty 3wedes weis still together and when word, came
from some relatives that the work situation was good in Rockford,
Illinois, they soon gave up railroad, vfork. H^tring that some Svredes
would "be sirriving in Rockford and needing a good farm hand, a man
named Alexander Ualker of Stillmaji Valley, Illinois decided to make
a trip to Rockford and look the boys ov&ro Out of the group of
thirty, he picked Jorm Ring to be his hired hand. That Jay Alexander
rode his i-jorse back to 3tillraan Valley while John walked alonf^ side.
Gustava and John set up housekeeping in the Hixon House on the
east edge of Still man and with $2.50 worth of Ivunbsr, Johii rriade all
the basic pieces of furniture they needed for the house. John worked
for Mr. Walker for a timev ^-raJking from hir, heme to the fanri every day.
John moved his family to another hone while he worked a year for
a man i;anied .'hite. After the death of Mr. ialker, Mrs. Walker
anked John to cone back and run the farm for her. John agreed gind
the Rings moved and settled on the Vfallcer farm vrhere they remained
until they moved to Rockford. It is sadd tl^t they were the first
Swedish settlers of Jtillman /alley.
Gustava and John were deeply religious and they helped to
start the ?Vee Church in Jtillraan Valley. The :ling farm was a
gathering place for the young people of the arsa and hardly a
Sunday afternoon v/ould go by when there wasn't a fxoup playing games
and having a good time.
,tavMb«fl ffl Jbao9i aoM aolfsuilr: ;txcv eHi iadi asviJaXa^ •roc soil
•ffoe Ijtff^ sol^aaH .jIsow iMOxXiiST en; •v«9» nooe x^f^ .aionilXI
cuw « .ln«r{ mxMt Jbo«g| « r ' ^<ui irto^jtoofl ni ^nlviTXA od Mxwm
•jlM A^ teMo*ft slcailXI ,\ . 8 )o -milM -nbtuoobLk fiaitt
'x^ gifvnqi Mfi )o iuO .idvc e\oc' ^.ij ilookl Jbcus £n»l3looii oi qJhc^ «
•x«>lnaEic»£A xttt iW .tearf iiiaJd aHf stf •# ^n-^H nrfoL Jbctablq art ,>[iTli{i
.«*te iMtto te^ijv ofift AiidH x»J~rAV tumllUC o^ ai£>4Kf se^otf elii •kta
wit a* •MwK Bttxf H mti4 itl ytiq— A— 'Ori qv iM orlAl. &n« «7«tMfD
■r*^l i9iL£k ,tH !• tOmb oiif im&'iA .•&M< JbMwn turn m
koM tevTiui i;:-c~ .:2MI lal aixsl adi nits' te« JicMtf •so9 o;^ adoL JhMlM
fllilMil ^iMi- «»TM!y aoBal »ji£j|V •d* m teliiM iviA tevM mjifilfl iirf^
^9:til erii mMr t^li tarfl liiaB ai il »tmiiHt)ei\ o^ i^wofi ^adf Ubl«v
M ami arxdi xRtft arfT .ysXXaV cmJXUI b1 iistudQ Mrt^ •tH rxMtfi
m xtimmit hmm wtx» tti To •X^ioMr Arasfty •<{# ■xol aoiaXcr wrlradJaqi
.»MJLi lkM9i « stil««d tmM
Abundantly blessed, John and Gustava had eleven children.
Victor was the eldest. Bom in 1873t he became a preacher and died
in 1910 at a youjig a, '3. Carl Kiail (Ame) was bom in 18?^ and died
January 10, I968. He and his wife, Ida, visited every state in the
United Statest except Alaska, winning a trip to Haviaii in a contest.
Alice (Olson) was the eldest daughter. She was bom in 187^^ and died
in 19^1. Nauinie (Wedman) was born July 4, 18?9 and died June 2, 1952.
Prank was bom October ^, 1881 ajid at a^e ninety-five, he and his
wife still live in the home John am. Gustava built when they caine
to Rockford. Godfrey was the only child who did not live past
infancy. He was bom late in 1683 and died at the aip;e of nine months
in 1884. ills death was caused by "brain fever. When someone would
ask one of the childx-en how many children there were in the family,
they would reply, "There were ten children and ther little Godfrey,
but he didn't count." >Jd was bom December 18, 188^1-. He stayed and
helped on the faim until his dad rehired and was a member of the
Rockford police force for many years. Today at age ninety-one, "^^d
still drives a car and works part time at Lloyd Hearing Aid Corporation.
Mabel (Anderson) was bom in 1686 auid she died last yeao: in August.
One of her tbaree children is Congressman John B. Anderson. Nettie
(Uultman Djupstrom) was Iwm Jan'iary 25, 1888 and died December 26, 19^9.
Arthur was the youngest son, bom I89I and died in 1971. The baby of
the family was Lillian (Long) whio wels born January 22, 1892 and died in 1957.
bmlh ins tm&amt'mi a •■BO«d ad «CV£i oi (rx«cl .^*M» wit asM soiol^i
imXt fam ^^SI^X ni imtf eusv (•■A) Ii«i lo*^ *«^ ^¥Wo\ m iJt Oi^I a±
«tt 4rt •^^^ rwv* b^tBtr ^l ,»XkM aid te« •» .Sd^X «0i ^iMoA
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John was a strict "but loving father. He liked to read aind if
the house 'becajoe too nolsj, it too'k just one word from his lips and
ten lively children suddenly becajr.e ouiet. By 1913 most of the
children hakd left home and since they were getting on in age, John
a«l GuRtava decided to give up farming aM move to Rockford. To-
f^ether with their daughter Nannie and her husband Charlie, they
"built a tno family house at 125 Twelfth Street. After moving to
Rockford, John took a job running the freight elevator at Ilechanics
where three of his sons were wo3Cking. ¥hen two of the sons went to
worit at Greenlee Brothers, Jcrfin began working there ailso.
Gustava died April 6, 1922 leaving her husband and nine
children. Lilly cared for her father until she was to be married
and then "ettie, who had been recently vd.dowed, moved in with her
four childrer. ?he took care of John until his death i-iairch 1, 1925.
John never vrrote a vrill beca^ose he thaugHb his children were t-uch
good Christians that there vrould be no problem dividing; the estate
after his death. He was wrong and there v?ac such a disagreement
that bn'other aM sister would pass on the street and neither would
show recognition tov.'ard the other. The matter was settled in court
but it took many years for the wounds to heal. The Ring Reunion was
begun in the latter days and it in still an annual event.
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JSANETTA BELLE HITTC
On Januaxy 25, 1888 a ninth child was; bom to Gustava and John
Rinp;, it was a girl. Although they named hei' Jeanetta Belle at birth,
she was called Nettie throughout her life. Bein^ one in a family of
ten children, she never had to look far for somethin,°: to do or scnie-
one to do it with. She was a good helper for her mothei- who was
always busy with ten kids around.
Nettie and her brothers and sisters attended school in Stillman
Valley which v?as a three mile walk from their farm. If the weather
was bad, they just stayed home. Hvery fall Kettie would have a
haircut and get a nev dress for school.
Living on a farm, Nettie and her brothers and sisters had to
make their own entertainment. If they weren't cutsxde playinfr
games, they were inside sinsrin/?' while sonieone accompanied on the
old pump organ. Most of the girls had a talent for music and could
play the organ. They also named the cows on the fairtn. All thirty-
six cows were known by naiiia.
As she pxew older, Nettie became active in the young people's
group of the Free Church in Stillman. Her first job ira.s housekeepinf
for a store owner in Stillman.
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In 1910 Nettie left the faxm and moved to Rockford where she
stayed with her sister Nannie and brt>ther- in-law Charlie. She
worked for a time as second girl in the homes of some of Rockford's
wealthy residents. After attendin,r Brown's Business Collepre, Nettie
went to work at the Free "^ewin^ Machine Company, At noon she would
work in the cafeteria where she met many people. Nettie ^•ra.s parti-
cular about men but when she :ras introduced to Ernie Hultman it
must have been love at first sight.
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ERNEST JWLTMAN AM) TreTTIE HULIIIAN
kS MAN AND WIFE
ExTiie and Nettie were married October 7, 191^« Before their
marriage, Ernie attended the ?irst Lutheran Church and IJettie
attended the S^'irst Svangelical ?ree Church. Although Ernie had
gone with Nettie to Proe Church during their courtship, he vrould
not be married in Free Church. Since Nettie >fould not be married in
a Lutheran Church, they went to ?!inneax)olis, Minnesota and were
married by Reverend Halleen. While in Hinneapolis, they stayed at
the Nicholas Hotel. When they arrived at the hotel on their wedding
night, Bmie was so proiid and happy he walked up to an old soldier
sitting in the lobby and said^ "I would like you to meet ray new bride,
Mrs. lamest Hultraaun."
The newlyweds returned to Roekfoi^i where, with Rosalia, they set
up housekeeping on fifteenth avenue. Their only son was born October
20, 1917 in the eld city hospital. Ernie was so proud he bought
Nettie a diamond ring ajid had her and son Sanford taken home in an
ambulance- Although named John ISmest Sanford after his grandfathers
and father, he was alway called by his middle name, Sanford ^ Also
born to Nettie arnd Ernie were two girls. Lillian Jeanette Ulrika was
bluCH Mf tqiria^-xifoo -xisrli^ istfilTaib do-airtO •OK^ o:r ai^^s' o^
nt tmtrxjm 4Mf ion Msiov •i^isK ftonie .il9X]:;rfO aen^ nt tmimuji -^ ion
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Mv mflrXV •i^anaal nAilXiJ .slrriit owt amv aimff bnt ai#i»H o^ cntotf
born October 8, 1919 • Although she was named Vivian at birth, when
she came home frora the hoFipital Graxjdpa Hultman couldn't pronounce
the name correctly so they changed her name to Lillian aXter Nettie's
sister. Pauline Jane was born at home on iiarch 6, 1922.
i^nie made a good living and took good care of his faaiily. He
was a salesman for Forest City Wholesale Grocery Company. He was a
good salesman and everyone liked him. When hs went to south Rockford
to do business, the Italians \«5uld offer him 'fine tliat they had made.
Since he didn't drink but did not want to offend the people, he would
have tham fill one of his empty sample bottles a.nd then told them he
would drink it when he got home. He was not only a salesman b\it a
speculator. After buying bankrupt stock, he would then sell the
merchandise at a profit. He had a coffee and tea store on Seventh
street for a time and obi^ining the secret recipe for Duke's polish,
he had planned on Taanufacturing it- Also investing; in property-, his
last bi^ investment was purchasing; stock in the Schuller and Glands
Company shortly before his death.
Nothing was too gocd for "mie's ■•rife and family . Even durins;
VTorld vJar I when sugar \m.s being rationed, there was always sugar on
the Hultman table, Hettie was a very stylish dresser. ?he always had
the biggest hats, the fanciest high-buttoned shoes and the most beauti-
ful dresses. The women of the neighborhood would wait for Mrs. Hultman
to walk by to see what the latest styles were-
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The Hultmans happy life was short li'/ed, however. Cmie
died suddenly on January 19, 192^1- of a ruptured appendix and com-
plications, lie left hir3 Klfe, daughter RosaJLia, three small children,
as well as many friends. He had been a leader in the First Lutheran
Church, being a trustee and Sunday School superintendent.. Someone
said of hira, "EzTiie always had a cir?;ar In his inouth but he iras the
nicest tjuy I ever did business r-fith."
TIow Nettie was left vfith full responsibility for four children.
Srnle left her with a small life insurance policy, no will, his money
tied up in investments and real estate and she soon found herself in
financial difficulties. People told Nettie to put her children in an
orphanage but thoy were her whole life and she T^fonldn't do it. In
those days a widow had to go to court and le^lly fret custody of her
children which 'lettie did.
The <iay after the funeral Nettie took her children and moved in
:Tith her father. Selling the hone on Fifteenth Avenue, she made a
dov-Ti payment on a t^c family house at 301 Williams Park, With the money
she received from rent, she vras able to keep up vrlth the payments. She
stayed at home for a year but needinr more financial support, she found
a job at Bloomquist*s Furniture Store. Her sister Nannie who lived up-
stairs watched after the children.
Nettie's father died in 1925 a«i \<hen his estate was finally settled
two years later, she had to move. Together with Fannie, Charlie and
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taa oL:.z.^:LL ,eixuLB^ rl^iw <a»it#a90T .ava* o^ bmi «rr1a ,'xaMI roccx »v^
their Ron Haxnhall; Nettie and her family moved into a.r aTtartraent at
Ikyy Gh.arles Street. They lived el^ht Tj'jople in a two hedroom apartment
until Karshall was married in 1^33 to Margaret Djupstrom.
When BlooiBquist*p went out of buf=lner;s around 1929, Hettie wag
able to earn a living by doing the washiT^r for some wealthy families.
In 193^^- Charlie get her a job at Carpetline on Sever.th Street. vn-!en
Sanford graduated frcir. high school in 1935 ^^^ found a job, they moved
to their apartment or VJilliaais Par'<. Hosalia was raarried. in lQ3i^ and
Lillian started nurses training at Swedis^h American Hospital in 1937 •
On Hay 29, V^\-0 Nettie '.ras narriec'. to G^ist Djupctrora. Gust was
alvrays p;ood tc Tettie and once they were narried he wouldn*t let her
wor*:. In 19'^!-2 ITettie contracted tuberculosis and wa? in the Rockfoid
Municipal Sanitcrium for a half year. She wss not completely cured,
but was allowed to ro hone if she would tal'e care of herself,
Pauline >ras married in 19^^., Sanford in 19U?, Lillian i-n 19'»-8,
and in the summer of 19^ TIettie and Gust visited Sweden. The climate
of Sweden was hard on Hettie' s lun^. and shortly after they returned
horae, she went back to the ?aritoriura. She was in the ss^nitorium from
July 22 until she died December 2f>, 19^9. Nettie was a lovinfc, hard-
working vicanan and she vra.s loved by her fanily and friendr. Gust had
been Rockford's last Macksmith, retiring in 195^1-. He died on
January 30, 1970 after a sliort illness.
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JOHN iUR?rB?!T '^ATTFOPD HUT^TfTAF
John 15mest Sanford war. born Octo'ber 20. 191? to IDmest and Nettle
Hultrtian. The first few years of his life were happy ones. He would vrait
for his father to pull up in their Model T sedan and give him a ride to
the "bam behind their house which they used as a giaxage. Sanford went
many places with his father. On Sunday he vrould go with him to First
Lutheran Church and sometiiaes during the week he would go with while
his father transacted business at one of the stores.
The first sorrow came to Sanford 's life vrhen his grandfather
died. Sitting in chair at the funeral he wasn't scared for his father
was sitting with him. Two years later it was a different story. This
time Sanford was scared for it was his fathex'*s funeral and he v?as now
sitting, alone. He was only six years old when his father died. Gone
were the happy times when the Hultmans would vacation at Waubesa and
Larson's Lake. Sanfoiti had to grow up faster than a boy his age
should have been expected to.
Sanford started first grade Brown School but transferred to
Jackson School after they went to live with his grandfather Ring.
He went through fourth grade ^^ Jackson School finishing grade school
at White School after his family moved to Charles Street. He went to
Junior hi/':h at Lincoln and finished his fr)rraal education by )=-raduating
Central Hirch School in 19?5«
After nrradiiatin^ he was given a job at Greenlee Brothers -'here he
still worTcf'. today as a mechanical en,5ineero ^ince he na?. no'.' ahle to
help support hi-^ Tnother, they moved into the ti-ro-family house she owned
on 'fillisims Park.
lanford had attended the ?xrst 'Kvangelical Free Church vrith his
mother and f^isters since the death of hi:-; father. He had many friends
at FVee Church and quite a few ^irl friends, '-^hen he finally decided
to •settle dOT-m and rret r^sxried, it -^as a blond '-.tfede from StilLnan
Valley named Linnea Carlson who he asked to be his wife.
CARL ARON LAH30N
and td-f e
HEDLENA CHRISTINA JOHAKSDOTTER
Carl Aron Larson was bom March 28, 18^6 in Fjaras TIalland
in Sweden, lie was a farmer and it is kno'-m that he played the
violin. On .^ebiruary ^, 1382 he was married to Helena Christina
Johansdotter. Helena t-ias also born in Fjaras on Au^st l6, 1852.
To Carl ard. Helena were bom two daughters, two sons, and another
child who died at an early age. 3on Carl Julius was born on
March 21, 1839. Helena died in 1392 when Carl was just three
years of age. Unable to raise the children alone, Carl sent his
children to be raised by their aunt and uncle. In 1907 son Gaxl
left for the United States and it was some time after that father
Carl died.
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GARL JULIUS CARLSON
Carl Jiilius Caxlson was bom to Carl and Helena Larson March 21, 1889
in Pjaras Holland, Sweden. When his mother died, while he was very young,
his father sent him to live with an aunt and uncle. His uncle was a
cabinet maker or woodworker and Carl lived with than until he left
Sweden. Also living with the family was the nephew of Carl's aunt
whose name was John Caarlson. John also left Sweden and eventiially
became Garl*s hired hand.
Carl left Sweden at age seventeen arrivim; in the United States
in the year 1907. He made his way to Stillraan Valley, Illinois and
the home of Charlie Hambirrg. Charlie's brother had visited Stlll-
TO
man and returning to Sweden, Carl l^sd been encouraged ''make his
home in Stillraan. He stayed with the He^burgs until he tarted
working for Gilbert Smith near Holconb. Next Carl woiked for a
man named Dan Wills, 'nfhile Dan Wills was in an institution for
a short time after suffering a breakdown, Carl wa.s hesidraan on the
farm and had Sd Ring help him. After leaving the V.'ills farm, Carl
went to work for Haa Richolson on a farm neax Steward, Illinois.
When Tom Richolson moved to a farm near Stillraan, Carl was able
to renew acquaintances.
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boM mtcalUl ,^XX«V lumlUtB ot \0n nltt •Jam •H .V09X «mv
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iai - -nKfasH adi riiiv te^fita aH .nMrntltse al Mod
s -atfl te]how XxaO 1»K .rfaeoXoN xmn d:ti«5 J^cadXlC -xol lyxi^mr
fit n^t^uSUmnt ita ni mbw aXXiW luQ mlltiV .aXXiW ruia tewM lUM
0tlS no IT— (hid a«ir XxoC tmtohUmrtt » snXvalCloa -zoila aai^ trotlm m
JCxsO .*?£! cXXlV «U jviItmX loilA .jiid qrXad TwrXR HI iMd tea km!)
f I tbtmft9. trnm irx£\ » no ooaXodoXfl aoT -xo^ 3hKw oi inov
9ltf^ nMr fT«0 .lUMdrXllS rtflon arxjA m oi Aavcw irooXorioiR ooT narfV
. nooftA^nlJirpo« N»n»:r Oi^
Gaxl Has active in the Free Ghvirch of Stillman Valley as well
as the youiv^ peoples ftxoxxp. A very handsome younfr man, nviny of the
girls had their eye on him. Carl, however, had his eye on a jnoun^
woman who had recently come from Sweden ard it was Hilda Bengtson
who he asked to be his wife.
•fl# le HUH »ium lavet wwlwrl t»t A .qiMroi s«I^FO«r jhbioy •<<# m
yoivt « 00 rt* >i^ 'M ,T>¥»wod .XibO .B±rf ao vt* 'XJtadi iMd alxts
■— tytff abXlH UK #1 fn« ns^- " -r~^ «jboo zlSnmon bait oriw aiwmr
BSNGT 3WSNS0N
and '.Tif e
SUSANNA JOHNSON
Bengt Swenson was "bom March 8, 1864 and his wife Susanna
Johnson was bom April 29f I863. Bengt was a farmer all of his
life. He was a poor nan and very religious. The family would
go to church on Sunday but they would have to walk as they did
not have a bu^y. Bom to Benf^ and Susanna were six children.
Sva was bom September 15 # 1838; Hilda on February k, I891j
Anna Lisa on January yi, 1394; Ruth on January 5. 1898? and then
Gu'otav on Hay 1?, 1901; and Oscax vra.s bom September 8, 19CW-.
Only Hilda left Sweden and moved to the United States. Susanna
had two brothers and one sister living in Stiiiman Valley, Illinois.
One son, Gustav, never married aJid is still living in the old home.
Susanna died about 19'*'9 and l}en«rt in 1952.
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AUUBMfC vliv F.hi btiM <tid6l ,6 rftncaK mod &sw aoeffowc Jt^isi:
aiii le XIa ibkuiIl « b«n ^bix^S .C^)6l i^ ItsqA tnod ami noanrfoL
btutm xllMM^ MfT .axn}±s^s^ t^iav isns rwa Tooq « bjiw ^H .•111
lilli t*<1^ ** ^Umu •# •vjtti MxKw ifSfU iud ^AfxiL'S no rfsxudo Oit ag
.orzMlrts xia rxB« aoiuhut^ tas ian*S oi naoG >XS!^ » »>nsci i<m
- rxstritf*^ no JiftliK ; -x«d«»^e8 irxocf am mv2
ff»rU jsui |0^ftl ,^ Txsuuil no ri^H |4^U ,IC TX^^M**^ no ssiJ «imA
.<K>^I ,fi :c»rfnB;rq«8 nrotf tjew i&a^O fin* iXCXjX ,VI X*H no va/^uO
MBaattat ,o9iai2 ta&tnU tit o& bavcm taa ttobamE i^I abllh \IaO
.attnllll .x^XXaV n«iXIi^8 nt y^xtvJtl -mtala mm brut arxatitorrd o*tJ tati
.MnH ft£o wtt 0i tfttrll Ltlta at bna batrxjm -nvvn ,ymtatjQ ^noa •oO
.^191 al iame baa ^ifRI tuoda balb atmaaa^
HILDA MARIE BSircTSON
Hilda. Kaxie Bengtson was bom February k, 1891 to '.>us2Lnna
and Bengt Swenson. She •.ra.s born aM raised on a small farm in
Vislanda, Sweden. Hilda attended a school near her home poing
throiigh ei^t yearr, of j^rstde school and four years of high school.
?he school was located close enougli so that Hilda and har brothers
and sisters could ■•^aUr. home at noon for dinner.
Bein^ somewhat independent and adventuresome, Hilda decided
to leave her home and family arai move to the United States. 8he
worked in the fields of stwie of the farms in Sweden to earn enough
money to make the trip, and she also borroned some money fran her
sister. Her mother l^iad two brothers ard. one sister living; in
Stillman Valley, Illinois so when Hilda arrived in America, that
was her destination. Ghe left Sweden or: her twentieth birthday,
Februaiy i+, 1911.,
Arriving in Stillman Valley, Hilda stayed with her aunt and
uncle iintil she found a job at the Osgood farm. She was house-
keeper at Osf^ood's earning ^3*00 a week. After repayinp; her sister,
she saved her money to purchase a wedding gown and linens. Often
diirinfr the evening she would waLk to the Hia<T farm and visit viith
jMuuHuic: ttt X^ei .*^ Tx*- 'tsaaC eloBM shLlV
al msmt ILamn a no i»sijrt ixie morf &sir ^AH .fU»aa»«B ^^yxeQ boui
■»ff
Am >iiu« nd (Uiw tev^a aMiH ,t«XX«V aamJlltZ at anlvlrxA
Gur.tava Rinf^. When it came time for Hilda to leave, Gustava would
have her son Ed walk with her. As they neared Osjroods, Hilda would
tell 5d that he had walked her far enough and he could pp back.
Many of the youn^ women in Stillman were jealous of Hilda as it
seemed some of the eligible bachelors had their eyes on her. One
woman went so far as to accuse her of waiting purposely in the
livery stable so Carl Carlson would give her a ride home from
Stillman. Hilda didn't have many boyfriends but when Gaxl Garlson
asked her to marry him, there was no doubt in her mind that he
was the man for her.
bloem MTM^uO ,trramt ecf jifxffH tl/i. Milt WMO $t fisrfV ....:, ^.^.i;^-
hlsrot abllH ,«teosaO Jbaoswr >:Mlt bA .rwri rf^iw ilsH bS ao« "swi »T«d
.iomd «% Mooo aW Ms (tPlvoa« tflt larf fviIXsw bad ti tj^Jt Vfi llmt
tl a« «MiH )• 8tfor«9t *3t»w nsallltB, at n9mo» Jinufox «(^^ "^ Xf*^
MiO .TMf no ««nc» xttii bati wnalitoad •Mt^le »'^^ '^•^ ?««>« tenMa
Mfi nl xlesoqrxu? :iiRiH«ir Ibo ^nrf •aoooa ol c^ ^w v,» &r»v fUMWw
tfonA •aori •M? m tmd •vt^ Mbwit mMuCTte'^ ''-,«'-: ^.r. ..r^ =+o '\f3>Til
^.■,,.W ^«V „^.,: ._^f^+ gjyif
CARL CARLSON km HILDA BSflGrJON
AS MAN AND WIPE
Carl and Hilda were married January 29, 191^ in Rockford by
Reverend Pearson. A few days before their marriage, they went to
Bloomquist yiimiture Store and Agnew & Cole where they purchased
all of their furniture and household floods for ^353 •9^' The
newlyweds stayed with Frieda and Prank Anderson for a short time
until they bepan farming: on the Bly farm.
Shortly before the birth of their first child, the United States
was drawn into Jorld War 1. Carl was not called upon right away to
figrht because he was a farmer and married and by the time they
would have needed him, the war was over. Born to Hilda and Carl
on October 3, 1917 was their first son, Wilfred Gustav. A few years
later they moved to another farm, the "30. " It was on this farm
that their daufrhter, Linnea Heirie, was born on January 15, 192?.
vhen Linnea was two years old, the family moved to the Gueld farm
where Carl and Hilda remained until their retirement. It was here
that son 31mer ras bom. He died at a^e thirteen months of pneumonia.
Both Carl and Hilda were active aembers of the Pree Church in
■^tillman and later in the Mission Covenant Church. Carl was trustee
f«r£f<cruje Ysrf^ tmtU •loD A wmirA fcn« toitoi . eiu^lirtu^ iaJ'tr-rrodlS
•«r t 10^ eJtiewa &rori»Rjiorf bn* ertuilmtfi ilsrfi "Jo II«
mmli ^:sOil£ £ ^0"^ nofmlnA I'ner'i ban fibeJhr^ rf^lw fir<c«^8 aJb»«y:Iwwi
.nasi x-C^ ^^ 10 ■uptKXB'i a«^*(f y*rt^ Xiimf
»»*«;tS I»&laV tit .Wirio i^«Til xl*<li lo rfiiclrf •rf* woterf Yl-f^^OffS
oi ^toaia ^itiJhc rr«qu bellao ion mtai X-zsO .1 'xsV blioW oitif nw^oi) mm
^d^ eaii sdi t*' fn^ ftairrMi brus T»n:«) ii esv vd esusMMf irf^iH
ItsO In« fMlH oi irxofi .:»yo aaw Tjm tit ,Jiiri iisiwsn •v«ri Mmm
navt «•*) A .TjwtauD fwndXiW ,n«e iirxil tiMli bjw ^XPI ,C -x^dcioQ no
■oaI aiiil no ajM il ' .06" e/fi ,«xb1 :i»f(tons oi tevow x»'^ i»i»L
.t^Pl ,fl t'xaimaL no ertod bmh .•JhtsM aenalJ .voirf^Ab xtodi iarfi
«T«1 UotfO vrli oi fcovofl Y-C^aaI o^^i ti»Xo otxjmij, ewi ajw oMUXla norfV
•rrmi Kjr>! il .iaonrrlioa ilodi Ztitus bmnlsimr jiMfK fin/s IxeO ondu
.staoBvn^ "to acfinoa nooirirli •>»« iA teJ^f> eH .trsorf ativ isnij^ no« ijvli
MfS^ Mtt %• afsedflM ovlioji 97«v MbllH bns ItsO rtiof;
••#wrxi ami XxsO .rfTwrfD iiuwovoO noisalN ilt ai i»$mI boM ammlSttZ
for a time and Hilda '.ra,s a member of the Dorcas and >i omen's
Missionary Societies, ohe was also a Sunday School teacher. Caocl
was an honest, good -hearted man and he felt that if he couldn't pay
for something, then he wasn't ^olnp to have it. He wasn't an ex-
tremely strict father, but if one of his kids desex-ved a licking,
they got it. Hilda was able to understand the 5np;lish lamma^e
after livinfr in the United States for some time, but she never
spoke it. When Wilfred was married in 19^+2, Hilda was forced into
speaking English since Wilfred's wif^ Charlotte, could not under-
stand Swedish.
Wilfred and Charlotte live<i and helped on the farm until
they star-bed farming on their own. They have three sons; Roj°:er,
bom March 17, 19*+^! Russell, "bom March 16, 19^5; and David, born
July 3, 1952. Vfilfred. ard Charlotte now live in r^tillman Valley
idiere Wilfred is an electrical contractor.
Hilda and Carl never enjoyed many of the conveniences found in
the city while they were on the farm. Electricity cane to the farm
about 19*^3 • The first automobiles owned by the family were a Motel T
and then a Model A. There was a pump in the kitchen for soft water,
but drinking water had to be csirried in from outside. They did,
however, have an attached outhouse which wa„s a convenience not. en-
joyed by many farmers. They raised cattle mostly and com and oats
for feed.
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i(af I'oAXmk) arf li tsAf li«l «m1 tea luut bmtttmA-bMf% .taccMd na aaw
-a» «a /*oMH •!! .#1 •▼£' '*■ '"-tcfh yamm ad naitf ,?^ifUaao8 tea')
.snijiail a Aarwaal BhiH ..... a^ <»io 11 fwi ^iml^tTi totxis \lmmrst
•jiatoifial ifallsBl aiU Ixia^antet/ o^ aXtfa tUM jJbiXiH .i-i i^o^ xa<li
i»v«a «la it*^ «ftKi^ apoa tcolt aa^a^ii fiaiinU arfi ' " • ' -^ila
•#nl Jbaaon^ aaw aAC^I ,S4>9X nl ItaXnoaa atsK fiat'' ' ' cxra
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Oi ixiuvi rii.wlnavnoo adi lo yo^m Aa^otna Tsvan X-xaO ftna jRbi^ .
■sal arfi ai aaao ^^ioJCTioaia .aoal 9dS no o:e»w i;^<^ aXIdv xi-to ttt
T XaioK a aaav xllms'i •di \d LaoHO aaXJitfoao^ua tnti tttTt .C^X ^ootfa
.laiaa iloa -xol nadaiJJ artt ai qta^ a aaw arcarfT ./ XateM a narfi Jna
,h:Jb xaifT ,9httitvo WKTfi at tmiruo fuJ o& bf' -»t- ^jit^txb #arf
tea 99a0U»vrmo a aak rfolrfv aeuo^iro barf9«j.» ^* >7«a/1 ,rEayaw9<f
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Linnea was married in 19^7 and in 1953 » Carl and Hilda retired
from the farm. They then built a house and moved to Stillman. In
1957 they visited friends and relatives in Sweden traveling in an
airplane for the first time. Retumin^r home, they' both agreed
that things had cl"ianp;ed too much in Sweden and they could never
live there.
Life in the city vfasn't as scheduled as it had been on the farm.
They could visit friends without having to worry about frettinrr home
in time for chores. During warm weather they would tend to their
large garden and Carl would often help on a friend's farm. In the
winter Carl would catch up on his reading while Hilda would keep
herself busy crochetlnf^. Carl read a lot and he had a ^od memory
for remeraberinjpr even the small details of what he had read,,
On JaJiuary 10, 19? 2, Carl passed away after a short illness.
He left behind his wife, two children, five prandchildren and three
great-rTrandchildren, as well as many friends. Hilda still lives
in her home in ".tillman. Her four f^andsons are married and be-
tween them they have blessed Hilda with six preat-grar^sons and
three great-gramddau^hiers . Hilda's only f?:randdau^hter is still
attending college.
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Itoo^rv diotf ton^ ^nm-. ■ *fi .««. . ^di -xol •(!(»I<fxis
iwvs.-r ixTiraa YAtfi bcu asbamE rl tioxm coJ bo:»aailo hui s-naldt ia(i&
MRff :>w at f^lyf^i iuotiJty 9tfs»Jt^ tl&±y bluvo x^sCT
twmtftt ^^mte « vMt* X^im ib»iia«q Irc«D . . \:-x«ufxjil. oO
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-•4f btut fmirsjm wnm aaoclirunA srol «|iK .n—trii^ a4 »<>iod tibd mi
bat. amtetDMx^mmfi ^* <(^^^ «hr>N ^aiii«X(f •vsrf y^c»<^ a*^ a»>o#
LINNEA MARIS CARLSON
Linnea Maxle Carlson wais bom Januairy 15, 1923, the danfrhter of
Carl and Hilda Carlson. 3he was bom on a farm near Stillman Valley-
called the "30.' Living on the farm tended to be a lonely life for
Linnea. In the summer she would help en the farm, feedinf: the pip;s
and chickens, driving the hay wa^^on, and helping her mother. As a
young girl, Linnea viould follow her dad as he did the chores. By the
ti-Tie it fi;ot dar!;, it ivas also time to milk the cows and since she i>ras
afraid of the cows, Linnea would head for the house.
Thrashing was always a fun time of tine year x^or therrj would be
lot 3 of people around. Vacations were unknown of to most farm families
but Carl would often take his family to Stillman on a Saturday nipht for
Ice cream. Sometimes they would go to Rockford ana have foot-ionr
hotdogs. The Fourth of July, li^asta: and Christmas were big holidays
and Limiea would always ^et a new dress, iiemorial Day and the Sunday
School picnic were also big events.
Linnea attended both grade school and high school in Stillman
Valley. She would usually wall? the two miles to school with her
friend from up the roaid and if it was bad weather, they would pet a ride.
Because she was in the pep band in hicch school, Linnea vrent to all the
te :»trt7tfi&b arii tCS^^' ^fu>r(«L a^otf 8«w floaXtcaO sixain «enn: :
YaliaV rear rrxorf luBv, ^ '>riH bos LibO
a^q arfi ;yiii>»a'i ,inu>. r,xxiJ
a aA .^ad^o qimi iiu Jbna
ad.' nvoy,
saM arte aoeia iaa u ■ ^ji tmiJ oai«.
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sailiaa'i
'VToI-iooi avati igna mmix aol
law aaaiaixffC/ lir
X^ nb wao . ina
.ttinava Tito Of .:
ruMlii^E Ai Xaarfaa di^ taj^ loodoe eitax^ iliod be>tiioS&e M»nrt^
■xmrt ilthi Xoc«i:>e oi aaXia cmS atU Mm t^Xaoau Ziliiow l "^ v
.mktx a i»:i Umw tm^^ ,'xa<tfaaw iarf aaM il tf bam bman »ti.f qu mcrti fmaiil
aif^ XIa oi ifiaw aannlJ .Xoorfoa ifnJM nl Bnatf q^q ecit nt aycw ada aHt/aoafl
baskefball p;ames tliat were out of to-.irn. Arriving home late on Saturday
night, she would walk to the Art Nelson home in Stillman and stay the
night.
Liiinea grajduated from high school in June of 19'*'1 and started
working at the Tester Corporation in July. She lived honie and rode to
HocI?:ford with another employee for the first year. Vfhen she began
working the night shift, she found a room in Rockford and v;ould stay
the week returning home on weekends. After spending a v.-eekend at home,
Linnea would usually maJ:e it back to Rockford in tine for the evening
worship service at the First Evangelical Free Church. Like many young
women, she had her eye on a certain young man who also went to Free
Church. Sanford Kultman must have had his eye on Linnea, too, for it
wasn't long before they started dating.
SANPORD HULTMAW AMD LIMNEA CARLSON
AS MAN AND VilFE
Llnnea and "anford were marrisd on September 27, 19^7 on the
farm of Linnea's parent-^ iv. ^Itlllman Valley. They bad been enf^a.'?ed
for about a year b\it had to vrait to ret narriefl. \jntil they found a
place to live, Apart:nients and hOMses -were p.o hs,rd to find th^t
people would look for the deaths in the parsr and then call and ask
If they could buy or rent the deceaf^ed's residence. They live(3. in
an apartment on Bouth Ghicar'O Avenue in Rockford until they purchased
their hone at 2015 Charles Street in 195C.
Bom to Linnea and Sanford on T'ay 3. 1950 vreis Bryan Ernest
Sanford. A snail six and a half pound boy- he (^rew into a lar^re
boy. Bryan T^ras a irraduate of "^ast Ificrh School and ^ock Valley Gollese.
He majored in sociologj'" at Trinity Collefre in Deerfield, Illinois
graduating; in 1972. He rras married to Joyce Carlson on June 5. 1971
and he has two sons. Jeffrey Steven was born March 29 y 1973 and
Gregory Bryan was bom July <^, 1975 • Bryan now lives in Rockford and
is employed by Qaiacar.
Sanford, like his mother, contracted tuberculosis and spent
one year in the Hockford Municipal "lanitoriiom in 1952. Linnea took
care of 3Tya,n during this time vrith the help of her ,^ood frisnd
Mar^erite Strid. AlthoiOc-^h it took a considerable amount of time,
Sanford regained his good health aM was able to return to work.
It vas not until January 12, 195-'' that their second child,
Linette Marie, wa- bom. '-fhen Linette was six monthr. old, Sanford
became ill af:ain only this time with rheianatic fever. Altho\i(Th he
vras confined to bed for aone time, life was not totally unbearable,
Linnea would r^et Linette in her Jump-seat alon^r; r.ide of the bed
with plenty of toj^R to keep her occupied. Linette would throw the
toys on the floor and her dsA -rould pick them up a^ain and so they
entertained each other for most of the da,y.
Sanford and Linnea moved from their home on Charles Street in
the fal?. of 1973 and now reside at 1664 Telemark Drive. They are
both fine. Christian people loveci by family and friends. They pro-
vided their children ^ith childhoods that were full of :=;ecurity and
love and they never cease to love and support their crdldren and
grandchildren.
I, Linette Multman, graduated from F.ast Hi.r^h School in 197^
and I am now attending Rock Valley College. I plan to f:raduate from
Rock Valley in May and attend Trinity Collef^e next fall.
PERSONAL NOTE
Researching and learning about my family's past has piiven roe
a better graf.p of history. It has made events of the past more relevant
for they v;ere thin(:;s vfhich Happened when someone that I can relate to
was alive. The year 1917 is no longer just the year the United States
was drawn into ?iorld War I, it is also the year my father was bom.
The election of 190S had little meaning to me until M Rin^' said that
he voted for Taft in the election of 1908. I can noi< relate to events
of the past i'or my ancestors lived thorough those events.
I'm now better able to understand my parents and why thsy act
the way they do. i can now see why my father would never allo^r my
mother to work while my brother and i were f^'owin<?; up. Having a
parent uo vjatch over you while you're growing up is important and my father
wanted to give us what he never had.
I also recognize and appreciate tlie herita'T;e which my ancestors
have given me. It is a herita.'^e of wealth, not of money, but of love.
One of my aunts itiade the coinment, "If only dad had lived we might all
be rich." I think we are rich, and I thank my parents for passine; the
love on to me which :ras passed on to them from their parents.
PICTURES ARE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL
U 11 I T 3 D 3 T ;. T E 3 0 J' A LI S R I C A.
. Sa'--^T3 OF CCJIJTY OF
ILLi:iOI3, Jinneoc..,jO 33.
\h?j IT RE:;EivIB:i?.£D , Tha't; l/H the I'-'t '..-i.y of Uovma'ze-c in tht year of oux*
Lord, One Thousand Eight Hiindi cd -",nd Eighty E--t,ht personally c-pjeared
befors RU?"^ C. BAILEY, Pred._ding, Judge of sie County Court of gIig
Coimty of '.7iai.Gb--1.5O c^iiG State aforesaid (':he .■.■--me bein^j a Cour'u of
Recor', Laving and e2^erci3ine- corxion lav/ jurisdiooion, a ^oa.1 and a
Clerl-:), anj. sitti-ig judicially for the dispatch of ousiness at the
C:i"rt House, in the city of Rockforo., in the County aforesaid, John
Hultman an alien born, free white male person, above the a?:e of Tv/enty-
One Years, and applied to the said Court to be admitted to become a
naturali:^ed citi-^en cf the United States of ixmerica, pursuant to the
several -cts of Congress heretofore passed on that sulgject, and the
•said John Hultman having thereupon produced to the Court record testi-
mony sho'.vine that he has heretofore re'oorted hiriself and filed his
h
Itfeclaration of his Intention to hecorae a Citii^en of the United 3tate2,
according to the provisions of the said several -^cts of Con,-?ress, and
the Co'irt being satisfied as v/ell from the oath of the said John
Eultnan as from the testimony of John Ilelson and Gust 0. Garlin ■."ho are
•knc'.n to be citizens of the United States, that the '.:aid John Hultman
has resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United
States, for at least five years last past, and at lea .t one year l6,st
past within the State of Illinois, and that during the whole of that
tine he has behaved himself as a m-;n of good nortil chc.ractsr, attached
to the pri*.ciples contained in the Constitution of the United itates
;ano. well disposed to the good order, v/ell being and happiness of the
iS'ar.e, and tv.'o years and upward having elapsed since the vaid John
Eultman re oorted himself and filed his Declaration of his Intention as
'aforesaid, IT V/A3 ORDERED that the said John Hultman he "--emitted tc
!,ta:-:e the oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and
,;the usual oath -vhereby he renounced all allegiance and fidelit-y to
;v :-7 forei.^n orince, yotentT.te, stuts and aoverei?;ni3y -'."hatever, and
mors particularly "o Oscar 2nz i:ing of 3v/eden ancl Ilorv/ay vhersof he
,v;£S her?,to-ore a subiect-, v;hich said OL.th havinj been adninistGrod
to ths iaid Jol.n Plultia-in iDy t'r.e Clcrl: of said Court, it _.:. ordered
b-T- the C3-.;rt that the said John Hultman he iidmitted to all ano singular
the riirhts, privileges and i:-.nunitie3 of a naturali::ed citi.en of the
United :t-dte3, i.nd that the _ar.s "be certified hy ^he Clerk of t}:i3
Court, under the seal of said Court, acco:din?ly.
Ii; 'JZiSZTiICir/ .niERSOi', I'he Seal of said Court
i3 hereto affiled at the Cleric's Office in.
the City cf Rochfor'., this Ist aay of
llover/oer --. '^ . 1388, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States the One
Hundred and Thirteenth.
3y order of the G^urt:
i
( seal)
Marcus A. Ilorton
Clerk 0^ the County-
Court o:f V/inneh: go
County,
ST^TZ 0? ILLIi;0I3, ■)
) 33.
Winnehc'.jo County.
I, Trunan Johnson, Clerk of the Gcimty Court v.'ithin and for
said County and ^tate, and custodian of the Records thereof, do herehy
certify that the ahove and foregoing is a true a,nd correct copy of
the Record of the order of r^aid Court adinitting John Eultman to ■be-
come a citi:3en of the United States.
Ill TR3TIII0CY './H3R305', I have hereunto
set my hand and affiled the Seal of
said C^urt, at the Gtty of Rockford,
this 11th. day of March -x. ^. 19.\1
y^/ ;> j.^i-f-^.-u . v>rfz^^ y^^^U C l er k .
■Rv
lie 2uty.
rPAY. AUGUST 26, 1807.
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PAGE THP.E
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Th3 H. Al. Chaimers stock wili be closed
>nsisting of
■■it
^ In fact everything in the store. The entire stock wiJl be sold at le.s,,
than wholesale prices, it will pay you to call and investigate; the sooner
the better. Opening day.
l
TO-MORROW, o A. M.
122 SC-'-'rl CHURCr-"
k
jBUYS
CWAUIH!?:^
STOGI0
Ernest H'lltmnn ii
t' of Church Sli
C'se Out Stock;
■ft Grocery.
l-EJmpM Kiiltman, formerly connect^|
|a with Ui« Forcsl. City Wbolf'SiiIeS
Gvorery company, has purchased the,
H. ^r. Chalraera' grocery stock, andjj
K'ili (iisposo.of ■the same at a \ovl^
price. ' ;'i
I, Mt. Uriitnmn wii! conLIniie at Cha.l*j
fcers" olrt' stand, on South Churchy
6^,ct., until ih<; first of the monthiy
liter which lie will move ti> Sevent:^^
Itvect, occupying th« store in Sveaj
Stuslc hall, arijoinlnig the branch \y
trnry Dchlrlne to diKpof'e of his;
llork, Ml-. 1: I" '■'f-'- ^li*
|am« at A
'■•W
CtiFhfct SI UK!
OH 7TH ST.
ICiiusI Ihiltiiwiii <;«ts l.in-i- on Sloi*
ill S\.ii Mitsic H:ill lilixU I'loiii <'"'■
I,ilir:i!y lti);iril — l!iiys llu' Clml-
■ iii.-iV .'•^(oik.
Eriiost Hultnian. who \v;is fornior--
ly connoi Cfd with tho Fon-st Cily^
Mniolcsali^ llrocpry ("oinii:iny. has se-;.
cured ii ieu!-e foi' the- ston; in the,
Sv<>:v Music H:ill BlocU. lectiitly va-j
ci'iteci bv W. A. Peterson, tlie tiiilor, !
and infnd.s to open a c-offee and toa,;
store thera about Oct. 1. Ho sot the;
le:rsr troiii tUo library boiird and it.
will ((iiuiuuo until the expiration ot^
(he hoiud's lease on the lowjr lloor ot:
the biiildiiin;
Mr. Ilnltnian is thor+,
iuted with the req\ilre'^
Imsinoss lie is entering^
a„,l ,1 ,1 1^ well .nofinalntod on Sov-g
.ouih t-unei. ilo will eqiiiji hi.-^ slorejj
Willi an Mllractivc lUorU a.ul the nioslj
modern fixUires and Intends to niak^
a titron;; bid for luitronagn. *"
INlr. Miillnian has jUKt purchase
the ph'cl; or ■''
^roi!,.e sin.v .V
which he Will
be lore openiuf
anit;
I haTfl imrchasort the entire
bsnkriii>l stock of H. M. Chal-
mers CoffiH? and Spiro Mills and
■aill. for llio ooiiiinu wpek K'jU all
poods en hand ;u same low prices
tiat have been prevailing during
Oie past month, a bargain In
everything in the store at less
tJhan wholesale cost. Will give
a few price.s rs a convincing
proof:
TEAS
Oolong 60c Teas, lb 27c
Ceylon Tens, 6Cc Tea, lb 27c
English Broakfast 50e Tea, lb 27c
Basket Fired Jap.in 50c Tea,
per lb 25c
Japan Siftings lb 12c
SUNDRIES
Japanese Cups and Saucers,
up from 15c
Japanese Creamers and Sugars,
up Irom 24'-.
Japanese Plates, up from . . .20c
^ Jelly Giacscs. dozen 18c
H Water Tumblers, dozen 20c
I CROCKERY
\* Gibson Soap Polish, 19c size.. 8c
■•'i Glosa -Starch, ICc size 4c
Ij! Cold Water Starch, 10c. size.. 4c
n E-Z Stove Polish, 10c size 8c
N Ground Ails;;icc. Pepper, Must-
s' 3fd, Cloves, Gingrr, etc., 10c
U\ iiio 7c
l\ Extracts, ICc size 8c
j^ Cracker Jack, 5c pkg 3c
8 1 lb. Good Coffsc and Prcm-
la lum ZAc
jij Tho Mtorn wil! clo.s.- f-':itiirday
« firenlMr. SVptin.lior 2V, wlicii Ib't
U r^malnlnK hloi k will Imj moved.
^ E. IT, HUT-TMAN,
.s ,., „ «-«_4t «/ ft/ *" '. 'S)i..
xix. v/iutiuiers
1 Imvt' piu'cliii.siMl the on
[•tiro I>aiikrui)l. Stock oi' 11
.M. ('linliiK'i'.s' C'olTcu antl
♦Spiel- .Mill^ aiul will for tin
r ('Vmiui;' wc.ik scU.jiU .u;otKlH
on liiUKl at snino low ]moi;
: that, lias liccn' iii'ovailin.s;'
durhift' tht! ^'-Ai^t )!'->iUli. A
\[ hai't^'aiii in c'("'i'vthinu' in iht
.storti at less tlian whoh'sah
cost. Will (|Uoto a ft'w lU'icos
I asf cM^nAiiicin^' yroof.
;> Ti:.\s.
> OolonK. COc To.'i, nt, por ih UTo
J Oi-ylon Tcii, OOr,' poi' lb., u(: . . . .27f
t.Ennli.sh Krgakl'.ist, r.n.; Ten, at
.IJuKkot Fin-a .l:qi;in, ijdc Tea, at
I Japan Silllngs, I'er 11) tUo
CItOCIvKItV.
^Ja|)anos,e ('ii))S ,aiul S^iucov.s,
\ip from 1."ic
f .l:i|]:iiii's,' ('n';iini'iT :imi| Siifrar.'*,
'. ll|) ll-DMl "•<•
, j!il>iiniso ri:il0K. II]) from -<>o
^\I'>lly (MussoK, per do/. IS<'
Water Tiiniblcr.i, pi.T doz Udc
.SlMHtlKS.
Oibson Slovo I'oli.sh, 10c size, . .Kc
filoRs .Shirrh, 10c .size Ic
Cold Wiit'-M' .Siarcli, lOi! fiizn . . , . -Ic
10-/. Slovo Poll.Kh, lOn siKO ;" «c
^Ironnd Al'Ridce, I'epper, Cloves,
[• MiiHlard, (ilUKer, elc, lOc alz ;, 7d
' Kxf acts, i Or .size 8«
,Prar;itL'r-Jaflt, r>c .slu" ;Je
i\ 111. K<Ki<l ColTen iirid iireinlinn, iMe
■ C. I!* PpIfMOT,
A copy of the hospital bill for Ernest Hultman - 192^.
cp;-^
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^rnle Eiilti^iinn-
^tirkfotii, 311., _
Jan 25 192 4
1127 15th A73.,
12 Operating ^jozi
19 Hosoital S3rvic3
liedecine i Dressings
-a"b oratory Tone
Soecial Nurse Board
Miss XicVols
laiss Doyle
AFTER 4 MONTHS 5 PER CENT INTEREST
10
00
25
00
o
50
3
00
11
15
S51
40
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3S
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95
v+iqeoff 9ci&
^•r^
s'i:\ ^/ wo SER. D'Cj), \ J- -
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(A COPY OF HILDA MARIED BENGTSON CARLSON'S REPORT CARD. SHE WAS A VERY GOOD STUDENT
AS THIS REVEALS)
Bf g a ng s b e ty g
Fran foIksk(>lfl'^ vid -;- '^ <r-> -^\^^^-^
socken, fodd den ^/^ /f^/ ^
At"^ undsrgitt afgftngsprofning med foljande vitsord:
frill
i ^Q:.^ (^^^
r^'^r
har bevistat folkskolan harst^Jes i t/^ ff. dr.gar och denns
Innanlasninj
Spii\klaia
'/^A >^^ ^ >'aturkunnighct
Teckniiiii
Biblisk historia tJ^eW^ f-e.^.^ ^i'^/Lcr,^^ Historia
Katekcs c-^-^-^ -^zy -i^'^ ^/'A ^
Kattskrifning ... , c^^^fo^ -^-^^ye^ ^i^ c^K^a-^^,^^
. Uppsafsskrifniug c^ o <:^^ '^^-^^
Valskrifniiig ...
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■ans.
4 — Gymnastik
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(a copy of HILDA MARIED BENGTSON CARLSON'S REPORT CARD. SHE WAS A VERY GOOD STUDENT
AS THIS REVEALS)
f g an g s b g ty g
fran folkskolP'^ vid ''-^<f'r>/^\,^^..^^
i c/^^ j.(^^.^t t<'^<
socken, fudd den 4^/^ /f/9/ hai- bevistr.t folkskolan harstiles i t/^ (f. dagar ocli denna
dpg nndsrgdtt afgAngsprofning med foljande vitsord: ..
\
Biblisk historia e^^e-^ ^i-t^^e- ^/^ ^^ ^, ^ ^ Historia
Katekcs
Innanliisning ... >V^«-<^ .^^ ^,r- ^ i? A^
Spiiiklilia 6/0 ' "
RiUtskrifning ... ,i>2«^<*^
Uppsatsskrifning
Vjilskrifaiiig ...
^ O ^-^—^ at.^-*-n.^!l!^
p ^ang (/ ^r c<C^ a^^i^,i:(C'
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J Tradgardsskutse]
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Geonietii
Gcdirrali
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Fur UppfGrande cy<^ r> /r.^^ ^a-^^
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I.iL'ire ,y<u skolan.
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■•«r ■w-^-'*?-^ w r^ww Wv" ""5^* 'ir.W •.ri'V'"-"'? : '«yg*g'»w.M!
Dtfl.-N:r ...M..
Infl.-N:r
Flyttningsbetyg
(for ensam person).
2. _ __ .=.
3. ar fodd den ^ 7%^'^^:'^^. ar . /^^/ ( <'z<-4'i<i>-<64".-x-.
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vaccinerad ^
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forsamling i
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7. har inom svenska kyrkan konfirmerats och ager .^
8. har inom svenska kyrkan begatt H. Nattvard,
9. ar till Nattvardens begaende oforhindrad
i- £Xyf^ t)C
kristendomskunskap,
_"I^..medl5orgerli§r tonroendeT
aktenskap .x^>?t^V^
15. -uauum VflMipiilaig
16. flyttar till //• ^-^t^>ri€/r>\n:<eL: joraMiling i. „__ jan;
17. betygar K Z^yCtCii^^a^aL, forsamling i .^~^^:t?'>?r:<r^'?-«
18. den V ^/'^^^ A^ Ii- 19/^
Ian
Kyrkoherde _V p'jj'i'i; Uomniinijigr.
N:r g24 h. Uasse W. TuUberg^ Slc'-choim. — U.K.
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"The undersi-ned will >ili al i "ibhc auction at the old Gueld farm,
Ta.Ke Paynes Point blacklup road at the west edge of StiMman Val-
ley, go west '2 mile, rfich south 1 mile; or IS miles south of Rock-
ford. Watch for sale signs on
THURSDAY, FEBRUi
STARTING AT 12 O'CLOCK
" . UNITED CHKISilAN CHURCH WILL SERVE LUNCH
12 HEAD WHITEFACED STEERS— Weighing around 800 lbs.
9 POLAND CHINA GILTS — Will farrow in middle of March.
3 HORSES— One 9 year old, weighing 1800; team 10 and 12
years old, weighing 3000 lbs. ' <j
HAY & STRAW— 250 bales clover hay; 25 bales straw.'
F\R"\I MACHINERY — 19*46 model M tractor, all overhauled
la^t winter, has new tires and 2-row cultivator, looks and runs like
ne » • IH power corn binder with bundle earner and motor; IH --row
pu'-type corn picker; IH 3 bott. 14 in. plow; IH 8 ft. tanuem disc
1 v-ar old; IH 8 ft. tandem disc; J.D. tractor manure spreader; M-M
m";=nure spreader, on rubber; J.D. 999 corn planter; 2-row rotary
hoe- endgate seeder; steel wheel wagon; wood wheel wagon; rubber-
tired wagon; hay rack; IH 6 ft. horse mowerpNew Idea side deliv-
erv rake; hay loader; 4 sec. dras: with folding drawbar; 2 sec. drag;
J.D 10 ft. power grain binder; power 10 ft. weeder; 7o ft. endless
drive belt; K&H 36 ft. elevator; 2 triple wagon boxes; Cowboy tank
heater; 2 gas drums; rotary gas pump; wheel barrow; SxlO can%as;
feed cooker; 3 10-gaL milk cans; 4 rotary hog feeders; 4-hole hog
feeder; 6-hole hog feeder; 10-hole hog feeder; some chicken feeders;
8-sal. electric chicken fountain; forks, shovels and other articles too
nuT^erous to mention; Kitchen Home Comfort cookstove; kitchen
cabinet; studio couch; 2 9x12 rugs and some other iiousehold goods.
TERMS: The Illinois National Bank will extend their usual fav-
orable credit ter.ms of 'A or more cash. 6 to 12 months time on the
balance at 67c -simple interest with monthly payment-^. All pur-
chases must be settled for day of sale. Buy what you want and sign
your own .lote. -:- ' ,
CARl. J. CARLSON, Owner /e
JOHN MAAS, .\uctioneer - / '
THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO., Clerk
This and the following page contains copies of the itemized bills
for all of the furniture and household goods purchased by Carl and
Hilda Carlson when they were first married.
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EASE USE INK; PLEASE PLACE THESE SHEETS AT THE FRONT OF THE SECOND COPY OF YOUR
^ FAMILY HISTORY
jr Contributor to the Wock Valley College Family History Collection:
So that your family history can be made more useful to historians and others studying
lijerican families, we are asking you to fill out the forms below. This will take you only a
fvmintues, and wi I 1 be easily made over into an Index which will permit archive users ready
:ess to just those kinds of family histories needed.
SURVEY ***A-.ViVAAAAAAA!'.-AAAAA*A*-.\iV-,
/^ j / — v— / * OFFICE USE CODE
'• Vour name ^rt./q^rl ^ .sJO^Cg^^ * ,
Date of form |0_lS?""^W *(ID H
2. Your college: Kock Valley f-o liege (ID 1/ ; )
FoHford, IlUnois
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3. Check the earliest date for which you have been able to soy things about your family in
your paper.
^Before 1750 1750-1800 \ 1 800- 1850
1850-1900 1900 or lateV
k. Please check al 1 regions of the United States in which members of your family whom you
have discussed in your paper have lived.
_New England (Mass., Conn., R.I.) *^MIddlg^Atl antic (N.Y., Penna. , N.J., Va.)
i,^?5uth Atlantic (Ga. , Fla., N.C., S.C.) <^East South Central (La, , Miss. , Ala. ,Tenn, Kyi
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5. Please check all occupational categories in which members of your family whom you have
discussed in thi s paper have found themselves.
t^arming Mining i^^^opkeeping or small business
^Transportation ^-^Big Business ^Manufacturing
^Professions fa^^ndus trial labor Other
6. Please check a 1 1 religious groups to which members of your family whom you have discussed
In this paper have belonged.
^Roman Catholic ^Jewish Presbyterian Methodist
t'^ffa p t i s t Episcopal ian Congregational ^^^"^Lu the ran
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_Jews •"TTen t ra 1 Europeans I tal ians ^Slavs
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fami ly members
W^^tal Records Land Records The U.S. Census
holographs i^'^aps Other
FAMILY DATA
Grandfather (your father's side)
Name (JV, V ^ r -T'O. 0 a £ pf 5
If dead, date of death ) 9 <^ 7 "*
Current Residence
Place of birth jfi) |e^ C'O . Y^LL,^^'/, Date of Birth 7' .3 /" / S^^V
Education (numbe^of years):
grade school o high school
vocational
col lege
Occupat lon(s)
1st p'QrKVlgK
2nd
PUCe OP RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates \^^<^. ;90 Ist^/, r. j-LL,.o., O^tesl^^tJ^J
3rd^
Ath
Dates^
Dates_
Dates
2nd_
3rd.
ijth
Dates
_Dates_
Dates
Rellglon6-Tsrw^t.^ ]j)(^^^J TL/cJ
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. /| vi^/y^g.^ Lrc^n
FT
ace of Marriage to your grandmother ^^^/^ f^ J^T7
date^.c^.y^"^
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-1)
B. Grandmother (your father's side)
Name ff^^r^utrjte \Jc^ WTh>)<^<^ Cu
If dead. dat<< of death [9 fa I
Place of birth (^Q L Co JZL >
Education (number of years);
grade school ^ high school
rrent Residence
Date of birth | ^9^^
vocational
col lege
Occupat ion (s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Oates_
Dates_
Dates_
Dates
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st r^j U C . 1^- DateslVhbi
2nd Dates
3rd_
'tth
Dates
Dates
Re 1 1 g I o^Vr^w^o;^ fl^tof^-'J C h^rc^
t Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather (T^q/^ Y^:>>, . ,^/_ DATE' *!? ~ 9 "l^JJY'
'^°^*- i^aHat^Sf!»fhl8(^Sa£g'8f^ill§ pa|i^A5^)f stepmother or another relative give
A- J Stcpgrandfather (your father's side)
N.intp '^ Current Residence
1 f ilr.id, d.ilc of dea
Place of bl rth
til
Date of Bl rth
Education (number of
grade school
years
)
high school
vocational college
Occupat ion(s)
1st
Dates
1st
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
2nd
Dates
Dates
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
3rd
Dates
i.th
^th
Dates
Re 1 i q i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
''lace of marriage to your grandmother " ' Ja" f «
A-2 Stepgrandmothcr (your father's side)
'*^"* „.___ Current Residence
If dead7 date of death ^^^^""'T""
Place of birth^ Date of birth
Education (number of years):
grade school high school vocat lonely ^college
Occupatlon(s) PLace OF RESIDENCE
, (after leaving home)
'5t^ Dates 1st
2"«^__ Dates 2nd
^'■''_ _. ^Dates ^__ 3rd
Re I i g i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Dates
Dates
Dates
Place of marriage to your grandfather Date
3.
irandfather (your mother's side)
<ame ]Z. \ iV)Orf A^. AoIiH^Toa^ Current Residence I'^ronktlh S eg Ci^^Jkte^
If dead, gate of death
>lace of birth Date of birth 1 '3 /^ i?^?
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I hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and administrative
rights, to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection, deposited in the
Rockford Public Library, Rockford, Illinois
Si gned JAo^^^tJ^' I- /'11>i^<^yT
Date )^- /"^py
Id Laveme Jacobs
n Jl 1211950
rpifid 6/15/68
mr-IGRFE CHAkT
'B 9/22/1928
H 6/15/19^
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p 7/31/1894
William Harvey Jacobs ^ , 3/9/1921
Evert Johnson Jacobs
Grand richer
Fathe-*
Evert J. Jacobs
\ Great tsrandfcit.- sr
In 1851
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D 1925
Margaretha Munk
n 1858
D 19^
Alardus Van Bettings
mg65 "'^^ ^^' ■
Marguerite Van Hettingae «
Sranc.i.othsr j D 19^
B 1899
D 1961
Lena B, Frey
t~-i860 —
D 19^
Elmer Johnston
Elmor Alexander Johnston;,^
j Grandfathsr
JB 1/31/1907
ffl t931
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j Jane Herberg
Patricia Jane Johnston ;
Mother
B 1/8/1933
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Ruby Belle Miller
B Vl/1911
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pi I960
Clifford Alvin Killer
h 5/971889
!;; 1910
!i 5/30/193^
^Ifeiude Sylvia White
l; 9/27/1890
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Grafstrom, Eileen
Heaseldon, Patricia
Jacobs, Leonard
Jacobs, Marvin
Jacobs, William
Reid, Ruby
Evert J. Jacobs and Margai^tha Munk
Evert was bom in I851 and Margsiretha in I858, both in the vicinity'
of Emden in the Principality olfSchleswig-Holstein. The town they called
their home was Greitsiel, located near the junction of the North Sea
and Holland. They talked little of their life before enmigrating to
America. A few facts are known. The family included brothers and sisters,
parents and Evert and Margaretha. All who could were employed on the
dike building and repairing crews. Evert would tell his grandchildren
of forming balls of mud and straw and constructing the dikes of these.
The family was very poor and barely subsisted, a brother apparently was
forced to beg by the circumstances. Evert sometimes related an illustra-
tion of these circumstances. A portion of the workers pay was in the
form of clothing which was badly needed but one time vhen Evert went
to collect his pay and clothing he was turned away without recieving
the clothes. After a family discussion Evert decided to protest this
treatment and went to gain satisfaction from the town officials q This
action was considered so bold that his family seriously feared he would
be jailed for his impertinence.
In 1870 or?! Evert was of prime age to be conscipted into the mil-
itary . When he became aware of his impending military service he arranged
for his family to leave Germany. A friend named Peter Hayengae had em-
migrated to America and after a number of years of working was able to
finance others passage to America. Arrangements were made for the house-
hold to leave Germany, this was done over a period of five years from
I870-l875o The members of the family who came to the German community
in Ogle county were Evert and Margaretha, his parents, and her brother
who had reached draft age and was eager to ^eave Germany. They arrived
in Ogle County between I87O and 1875. They worked for about two years,
repaid the passage money to Peter Hayengae, and saved eno\xgh to begin
farming. During the early years in the dead of winter, and with no fuel
for their stoves and no money to buy any. Evert was told of a man twenty
miles distant vho was giving away coim cobs. Evert drove his wagon the
twenty miles in harsh weather only to be refused the com cobs because
of his expressed Protestantism. Evert's father, John Ho died in l873t
just two years after arriving in America. In I883 Evert and Margareitha
were persiiaded to move to South Dakota by railroad investors who were
seeking to populate the area as an income source.. They settled in Scotland,
South Dakota. The land contracted to them turned out to be in. a Russian
community which caused friction for some time due to customs and language
differences. In I885, while in South Dakota, his mother , Lebina West
(or Westen), died. The farming venture in South^ Dakota was a failure
and in 1886 they returned home to Illinois where they rebuilt their sav-
ings and farmed until their retirement to Oregon. After their retirement,
their son Evert operated the farm. They retired in relative comfort
on continuing income from the farm they owned and rented out. They were
devotly religious and were among the people vho founded the Ebenezer
Reformed Church in the manner of worship they were used to in Germany.
Evert retained no love of Germany and in fact encouraged his son
\ttien he was sent to France to fight Germans in 1918. Evert died in 1925,
Margaretha in 19^.
Ala]*dus Van Hettingae and Lena B. Frey
Alardus was bom in I865 and Lena in i860, both in Schleswig-Holstein. '
They emmigrated with their parents to the United States at about the same
time and under the same conditions as Evert and Margaretha Jacobs. Alardus*
family settled in rural Ogle County and Lena's near Forres ton. Alardus
vorked as a hired hand for many years. As soon as he had enough money
saved he vould buy land on the Brick Road near Oregon* He steadily ac»
cumulated over two hundred acres and by 1912 erected the building includ-
ing the house that would shelter three generations of his family* He
was an austute buisness man and acquired yet another farm which generated
income for his retirement. Alardus was reponsible for bringing many
people to the United States from Germany. He was highly regarded by
his neighbors for his piety, buisness sense, good hxunor, and generosity
toward, prospective immigrants. The command of English never advanced
very far partially due to the prominence of German in the community.
Their children included Marguerite who married Evert Jacobs, two
children who died at .in early age and a son Henry *rtio left home against
his fathers wishes to go to college. He eventually became Chairman of
the Board of Ginn and Co* book publishers.
Alardus and Lena were active in Chxirch affairs where Alardus was a
fine singer and organ player* They retired to a house in Oregon* Lena
died in 19^ and Alardus in 19^*
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Evert Johnson Jacobs
Evert was bom Jtily 31, 189^ in rural Ogle Co\mty near Oregon at
his parents home His parents h°ad been in the United Stated for about twenty
years at the time of his birth. He attended school at the count^'^ school
located near the "lighthouse" area, he completed eighth grade vdiich was the
norm for the communiiy. In 191? he enlisted in the amy. His military service
was marked by combat duty in France. (Material ccsiceming military service
is included.)
While serving in France he was infonned by his sweetheart that she
found another man. This was an experience that was remembered by him
for many years. In later years he would often speak of his war experiences
but the stories invariably concerned humerous incidences such as some of
his companions bartering with God before a battle, the trade usually in-
volved foregoing various vices in exchange for safety, he related how the
soldiers veiy seldom remembered the deal after the battle vra.s over. He
sometimes related how eager his friends were to be granted leave to visit
Paris and "whoop it up", this was an urge that was not shared by h^m. He
wanted most to return home.
After the war Evert worked for two or three years for the Carnation
company in Oregon xintil he had saved enoxigh money to begin farming.
Evert was a tall, powerfully built man who was known as the "strongest
man in the territory".
Marguerite Van Hettinga*
Marguerite was bom in 1899, the third child and first daughter of
fcmr children bom to Alardus and Lena B. Van Hettinga. She was bom in
her parents home located on the Brick Road nesgr Oregon. Her sister Anna
died in an influenza epidemic in 1923 at the age of twenty years.. Marguerite
spoke of her frequently in later years, the sister were very close and
Anna's death was a severe blow to Marguerite.
It was common practice to fit girls with shoes that were too small
in order to enhance their femininity, this caused Margetirite a great deal
of problems later in life and she wore canvas shoes to decrease the discom-
fort »
She attended the local county school vrfiich was located ^ mile from
her horaee She completed eight years of schooling. She was bilingual
and was able to write in German.
Evert Jacobs and Maruerite Van Hettinga
Evert and Marguerite were married on March 9f 1921 at the Ebenezer
Reformed Church, located on the German Church Road near Oregon, Illinois.
For a short time they resided with her parents. In about 1923 or 2k they
began farming on 100 acres which was owned by his mother. The farm was
directly across from the Ebenezer Church. They operated on a shares system
with "I of the crops and income as payment for the use of the farm. The
farm income was supplemented by seasonal employment at canning companies
in Rochelle. In 1925 or26 the first automobile was purchased which replaced
the horse and buggy as their mode of transporation. All farm work was done
without the aid of engine powered machinery. Evert was an excellent farmer
and as soon as hisions were old enough to aid in more strenuous work they
moved to a larger farm, this was the same one where Marguerite had been
bom. This was the only time they ever changed residence.
Evert acquired a reputation for breaking horses to farm work and
neighbors would bring three year old horses to him to train. Inexchange
for his efforts he would then have the use of the horse for one growing
season. This anrangement spared him the expenses of foaling, feeding and
possible early loss of the animals. One or two horses were owned by him
on a permanent basis in addition to the horses he broke. When they began
fanning on the Brick Road the farm vas in a state of overgrowth and under-
productivityo Many years of very hard labor resulted in a viable farming
livlihood. Six sons and one daughter were bom to them from 1922-32, Evert,
Marvin, Lawrence, Leonard, William, Gerald Laveme and Joanne, The children
were vital to the operation of the farm and shared in all duties. The boys
shared a large bedroom on the second floor. The upstairs was not heated
and the boys slept together for mutual warmth. During winter a glass of
water left near the bed the night before would have become ice by morning o
the hours the family worked were very long and leisure time was spent rest-
ing at home listening to the radio or playing parlor games. The family was
structured with Evert exercising primary authority and making all decisions.
The farm provided most of the food consumed and they were able to remain
relatively unaffected by such outside occurances as the Great Depression
although a herd of cattle was lost to a tuberculosis epidemic at the
height of the depression. Marguerite was capable of performing many of
the most strenuous tasks of the farm in addition to her household respon-
sibilities. She was known as a very fast cpmhusker, her sons remember the
pain experienced whenever they inadvertently got in the path of flight of
an ear of com being thrown into the wagon o The family regularly attended
Church at the Ebenezer Reformed Church. The children were baptized there. The
family was active in Church affairs. The children experienced no feelings
of having been deprived or poor, they were very much like all of their
neighbors in the respect of working hard and living without great need.
Indoor plumbing wasn't installed until 1965« Evert was a strict disciplin-
arian who tolerated no feedback. Marguerite 's identity in large part was
absorbed into Evert 's although she was known by all as a perscai of outstand-
ing character.
Two of their sons served in the Second World War, Evert in Europe and
Lawrence in the Atlantic. Evert III, Marvin , Lawrence, and William were
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all married between 19^5 and 19^, Joanne in 1952.
The home on the Birick Road was the scene of regular family get togethers
which involved their children and fifteen grandchildren o In later years
the farm was operated on a shares basis by Evert and sons Evert and Marvin.
Major projects such as baling hay, shelling com, etc. were accomplished with
communal effort on the part of Evert, sons, and grandsons.
When William.* s marriage ended Marguerite often would spend periods of
months assisting in the raising of the children and running the household.
Evert became an avid baseball fan of the New York Yankees, Marguerite re-
mained in good health until the year of her death of a heart attack at
her home in 196I. She was bom and died in the same hovise. Evert lived
alone and actively imtil his death in 196? of cancer of the liver.
Elmore Alexander Johnstai
Elmore was bom ai January 31 t 1907 in Seattle Washington. His parents
were Jane Herberg and Elmer Johnston. The family name had been Johnston
since the early 1900' s >Aien Elmer added the "t" to Johnson in order to
distingTiish his family from the multitudes in Minnesota who were named John-
son. The family returned to Minnesota, their original home in 1909« Elmore's
father was a farmer in the area around lindstrom for the rest of his childhood.
His father died when Elmore was a young boy. Until about 1930 Jane and her
children Elmore and Eileen operated the farm. The family was athletic and
accomplished outdoorspersons ; this being considered quite unusual for a rural
fajsdly,
Elmore moved to Dixon, Illinois about 1930, the reason for this move
was apparently financial as the farm yielded little and there was little
outside work for a young man. In Dixon Elmore,* who acquired the nickname
"Swede", found employment with the utility company vrtiere he quickly became a
foreman.
Ruby Belle Miller
Ruby was bom April 1, 1911 in Mt. Morris, Illinois at her parents home.
As a child she lived in Mt, Morris until the age of nineo Sine early recol-
lections inclxide trips about tovm in a cutter (small sleigh) drawn by the
families St. Bernard. Her father was a blacksmith and was skilled at making
unusual toys such as the cutter and harness for the dog. She had a sister
and two brothers bom while in Mt. Monris, Robert, Joseph, and Dolly. She
attended school at Adeline for about one year. The family then moved to
Byron. All of these moves were for the purpose of the father being able to
pursue a career as a blacksmith. The family moved to Rockford vrtiere her
father began working for Rockford Screw products. At the age of fotirteen
she withdrew from school in order to care for her grandparents who were ill.
She lived with her grandparents for two years after which she returned home
to her parents. During this period she was employed as a domestic by sev-
eral Rockford hoxiseholds.
Elmore Alexander Johnson and Ruby Belle Miller
Elmore and Ruby were married in 1931 • THey made their first home in
Dixon where they lived for less than a year. In 1932 they moved to Lindstrom,
Minnesota. They lived with his family for a very short time which resulted
in them moving because of frictions piroduced. They took up residence in a
log cabin built atop an Indian Mound. They lived there for a matter of months
until KLmore became ill with mumps. Ruby returned to Illinois fearfvil of
the disease harming her unbom child. She lived in Mt. Morris with her parents
until after Patricia Jane was bom^ she then returned to Minnesota. They
lived in Minnesota for 2 to2i years during which time Richard was bom.
Elmore moved the family back to Mt. Morris, Illihois where he was employed
by the utility Co. Their 3rd child Gerald Eugene was bom while they lived
in Mt. Morris. In 1936 they moved to Dixon vrtiere they lived together until
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1942, The family spent much time outdoors and the children diveloped ath-
litieally.
In 19^2 Elmore left the family and moved to Greenville, Mississippi.
Elmore and Ruby were divorced in 19^5» In 19^5 Elmore raanried Viola Olson*
Ruby and her children lived on in Dixon through 19^. During World Warll,
Ruby worked as an inspector for a company manufactviring combat boots* In
19^ Ruby moved the family to Oregon where she still lives. In 1956 she
married William Reid. She is active in Church Affairs and is the Chtirch
historian for the First Baptist Church of Oxygon.
Elmore lived in Mississippi until about 1950 when he moved to West
Palm Beach, Florida. In Florida he was actively employed as a lineman until
1970 when he retired at the age of Sixty- three. He presently lives in
Franklin, North Carolina where he pursues a hobby-career in gem mining,
polishing and mounting.
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William Harvey Jacobs
Williain was bom September 22, 1928 in his parents home in rural
Ogel county near Oregon. He wds the fifth son in a family that included
four brothers and one sister, a brother having died of suffocation in
bed during infancy. His father operated a relatively small farm
where he lived for the first nine years of his life. His was only the
second generation of the family to be bom in the United States so he
was bilingual from his earliest years, learning English and Gentian con-^
currently. The German spoken by the family was referred to as Low German
which was a Dutch influenced dialect. His generation is the last in
the family to speak German. It is still used often vdien the family con-
grgates whenever added clarity or generat;' onal confidentiality is desired.
The family was strictly ordered with a great deal of difference shown
tojolder members. It was considered a punishable affront to speak English
in the presence of grandparents >riio possessed limited fluency in the
English language. On one occasion, William was called to account by
his father for addressing his maternal Grandfather with the pronoun for
you rather than the defferential ye. The grandparents were called Opie
and Okya, a type of German Grandma and Grandpa. His childhood routine
was overwhelmingly centered upon the operation of the farm. The work
was done with very little mechanical assistance. As the youngest boy
William's (or Willie, his nickname) routine consisted of more domestic
chores than his older, stronger brothers. Countless trips from ths wood-
pile and well were made^ cattle herded to the bam each day for milking
(he especially disliked carrying wood and water). Seasonal type chores
were com husking/^ pickingj. shocking oats( tying the stalks into bundles
preparatory to "thrfshing" the grain), cultivating com, weeding the
crops. The work was hard for all in the family and all shared in its
performance*
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Willie is by far the smallest member of the familj' standing 5 "6",
with his brothers each being 6 'or taller and of muscular physique.
He attended the community grade school where for a time he per-
formed the duties of fire building and sweeping the floor. Early years
in school were marked by a lack of interest and achievment. High School
saw better grades and stimulated an interest in history which remains
today.
The long hours left tiHla leisure time. Among family activities,
high points came when his father would initiate an occasional family card
game of " pitch", lotto( bingo), or bunco(a dice game). Sometimes his
father would crack and pass out walnuts or his mother would pop popcorn,
both of which were home grown as was almost all the family food. His
first toy was a top that his father (Pa) had whittled from a thread spool.
The first fajmily radio was purchased when he was nine years old. He
loved to listen to the radio especially Jack Armstrong.
Willie's first paying job was at the Paynes Point Store at the
age of 1^. His duties included cleaning spitoons and stocking shelves.
The wages he earned were turned over to Pa and were part of the farailie's
incone.
Willie was Seventeen when he bought his first car, a 1936 Ford, An
engine from the Wards catalog, a custom paint job, and many hours of
work were involved in making his first car a very special event. As
a young man, recreations included movies and roller skating.
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Patricia Jane Johnston
Patricia was bom Januiary 3, 1933 at Freeport, Illinois, The family
lived in Dixon. She vas the oldest of three children. She had two brothers,
Richard Ij years younger and Gerald three years younger,
Pat lived in Dixon for her first eleven years. The area of Dixon where
the family lived was known as Dement-town, The family was very close at
this time and all participated in playing games together and other activities
as a imit, Pat remembers her mother playing hide and seek with the children
and sliding in the snow, Pat was very adventurous as a small child and
prone to wander away from the house. She attended Lincoln School in Dixon
through the sixth grade. She did well in school while in Dixon, When she
was eleven years old her father and mother separated withrer father leaving
Dixon and moving to Mississippi, The family (minus Elmore the father)
moved to Oregon, Illinois where Pat attended Sixth through Eighth grade.
She attended Oregcm Community High School for one year through 1948,
William Harvey Jacobs and Patricia Jane Johnston
Willie and Pat met at the roller rink that was located in Oregon,
Illinois in 1947» As Pat relates it, it was an embarrasing evening for
her. She was seated in a car with a friend Joanne Jacobs \rfiom Pat knew
from school, Pat- had been skating earlier and was telling Joanne about a
guy who she said looked like a monkey. The fellow in question then walked
up to the car and began talking to Joanne who tiimed out to be the "monkey's)
sister. They dated for about <xie year. Their dates usually involved movies,
skating, or family get togetheirs. They were manried on June 15, 19^ at
the Ebenezer Reformed Church near Oregon, They made their first home in
Oregon in the former house of his Grandfather Van Hettingae, Willie was
employed at this time at Woods Brothers Manufacturing Co, in Oregon, Be-
tween 19^ and 1958 they lived at fifteen different addresses. They incliJde
l^f
Oregon, rural Oregon, Byron, Ashton Daysville, rural Byron, and Rockford.
Willie worked at many jobs in this time including two unsuccessful ventures
into owning and operating Dry Cleaners. Six children were bom to Willie
and Pat, Kristine Louise, January 12, 19^, Gerald Laveme, March 12, 1950,
Scott William , June 22, 1952, Marlene Loree, October 20,1953t died Octo
21,1953, Suzanne Patrice, January 20, 1955, Rober Douglas^, June 30,1956.
The marriage ended in divorce in 1958. Patricia remarried in I962
to Eric Heaseldon from Nottingham, England. They had a child Matthew Cei^en,
bom in I9630 They were divorced in 1972. Pat currently lives in Rockford
and is employed as a bookkeeper in the office of the County Clerk.
In the divorce Willie was awarded custody of the five children. The
pattern of life was much the same as before only minus Patricia. The family
lived at six residences between 1958 and 1963. The pattern of employment
was the same with Willie working at a succession of jobs. The children
were cared for at various times by live-in housekeepers. Grandmother Jacobs,
and during the last two years the older children.
On January 3» 1963 their rented house caught fire. The oldest son
Gerald awoke and detected smoke, he woke his father and all six in the family
escaped the fire but lost all of their belongings. The children stayed with
relatives for a short time. Within a month of the fire, an Ogle County
judge niled that the children be declared wards of the county and placej in
foster homes until such time as William could assume proper care and support
of them. Gerald, Scott and Robert were placed in the home of Williant's
older brother Marvin, rural Oregon; Kristine and Suzanne with another brother
Lawrence also of rural Oregon. In August 1964, they were placed in other
homes, Gerald to his Unid.e Richard Johnston, Kristine and Scott to Kings
Daughter Childrens Home in Freeport, Suzanne to Edward Scott residence in
Polo and Robert to the Gordon Carlson home in Rochelle.
William remarried in 1972. He currently lives in Rockford with
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his wife Delores and her three children from an earlier marriage.
Gerald Laveme Jacobs
In early 1950 William Jacobs and two of his brothers were each ex-
pecting children soono Each wished to name his first son after the brother
who died in infancy, bom March 11, 1931. On March 12, 1950 Gerald Laveme
Jacobs was bom to Willie and Pat Jacobs. Pat didn't care for the name
Gerald and on first sight of the baby exclaimed 'he's ray little Peter-
Peter-Purapkin-Eater" the nickname Pete stuck and has been used almost ex-
clusively since.
Pete was bom in Oregon at the local clinic. His first home was at
Rock River Terrace. When he was three the family lived at Ashton, Illinois,
this is the time of his earliest recollections. From 1953 tol957» the
family lived in Byron in a large farm house that has since been dismantled,
Pete attended Kindergarten through 2nd grade at Byron Grade School. In
1957 the family moved to Rockford where they lived from 1957-59. Pete at-
tended three grade schools in Rockford due to his father's penchant for
changing residences. In 1958 his parents separated. William and his five
children moved to a farm house near Stillman Valley for about a year. In
1959 Oregon became home for about a year and a half. Two houses in rural
Oregon were home during 196liS:62. The second house near Oregon burned com-
pletely in 1962. (this incident is related in the section on William).
Pete attended Seventh and Eighth grades at Ghana Elementary School, he
met Roma Hepfer while attending shool there. At this time he was living
with his father's brother and family. In 1964 shortly before entering
High School he was sent to live with his mother's brother, Richard Johnston,
irtiere he lived through the high school years.* In writing this section of
my family history, I experienced difficulty in remembering any facts con-
cerning my childhood of a positive nature. The early years in Byron
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ecmtain the only fond memories of play and family lifeo School was never
very meaningful because of the constant shifting of residences and lack of
tranquility and motivation; at home. Books were the main interest for most
of my life, Diiring my school years I averaged 200-300 books yearly.
Pete married Roma Geneve Hepfer on June 15» 1968, Both Pete and Roma
attended Pillsbury Baptist Bible College inOwatonna, Minnesota during the
1968-69 school year. They were both active in chvirch affairs before
marriage at the First Baptist Oiurch in Oregon. Pete spent another year
of theological training with the intention of becoming a minister. The
2nd school was Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa. During the
2nd semester there the ministry was abandoned as a career for a number of
reasons, chief among which was a growing conviction of dissatisfaction with
the extreme fundamentalism being learned. On June 27, 1971 in Des Moine,
Iowa, a Girl Anne Elizabeth was bom. Shortly after that the Jacobs
returned to Oregon where Pete worked as a shipping and receiving foreman
for a textile company in Oregon and Rochelle. From August 1972 through
Jtily 1973, Pete traveled extensively throughout the coimtry, first as a
member of the Socialist Workers Party Campaigning in behalf of the Socialist
Workers Party candidates for Nationaliregional office. After the elections
of 1972 he left radical politics and continued traveling. He returned to
Illinois in the summer of 1973 and together with Roma and Anne moved to
Florida with intentions of living and attending College there. Natalie
Melissa was bom on March 6, 197^ at Hollywood, Florida. The Florida
economy was experiencing a severe recession at this time and the family was
foiled to return to Illinois where employment could be found. The family
cunrently resides in Kings, Illinois. Gerald «nd Roam are attending college
each pursuing social science disciplines.
n sen:iini^ ^he enclosed certified copy of discharge for our fathor, i-VKHT
ANHGEM JACCPP., T thou*^,ht I would , add to tlie information f^iv.^n on th^i
ischarfTo. th9 copy doesn't show that ho was thn 5:on of f-:vr:RT and MARG-
,RETHA (nee Wunk) JACOBS or that he was born 31 ■J'JIy l^'^'^- '"« ^^^ ^^^^^
m his physical description, I believe, except the decription of his hair
?hich could be classified as bla-k rather i.han iH'ht.
?he discharge shows his rank as Private, actually he was a Wagoner (private
irst class )o
le was drafted and inducted 27 April IQlR and initially stationed at
Jarap Grant, Illinois. Along with other men of Ogle and surrounding counties,
le was sent to Camp Funston, Kansas. Here, the 89th Infantry Division
lad been activated and manned by men of the midwest. Thus it was nick-
laraed the Midwest Division. Primarily, the civillian occupation of the
sen was farmers
Our father was first assigned to the 3^2nd Machine Gun Battallion of the
89th, but received little if any training at Funston as a member of that
unit. The division left for Carap Mills, New York and after only a short
stay there. Pa left for Eurfpe on the U.S.S. Ma.iestic with his unit.
On arriving in France, he was transferred to the supply company supporting
the 355th Infantry Regiment of the a9th. The division took extensive
(in that day) training preparing for combat. This training took place
in June and July of I91B0
In August, the division went into the line in the Lucey sector. It was
said that this was the first American division to go into th? line as a
total unit rather than by regiments »
Each infantyy regiment had a supply company to bring ?uprlit^s to the front
line. This would include ammunition, food and arms. Fa wai- used primari^-y
s a teaT.sterj driving a team of horses pulling a wagon.
e was now— EVERT JOHNSON JACOBS, Wagoner 209^214
Supply Company
355th Infantry Regt. ° 8Qth Division
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Ihortly after going into the line, the 89th took part in the St. Mihiel
)ffensiveo Pa mentioned ©n one occasion that a shell landed near him
>ut failed to explode, a "dud"c On another trip to the front lines, his
supply unit came under fire. Sgt. Fisher ordered the men to abandon the
wagons, unhiteh the team and ride out of the impact areA. In doing the
ijnhitching, Pa give one of the horses a good rap with his hand and in the
process, dislocated his thumb.
i
irhe 89th received casualties that matched some of the more celebrated
Idivisions such as the 32nd Rainbow Division. One of the casualties of
[the 89th was a regimental company runner, Shirley Tilton if Oregon. I'a
said that to the best o^ his knowledge, Tilton was running a message (on
foot) and tired, resting against a tree. Evidently, a German sniper shot
him as he rested. Shot between the eyes, he remained in an upright sitting
position, (it was said) and was found just that way, sitting. The American
legion Post in Oregon is named in his honor.
The division took part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Constant trips to
the front line were being rr.ade by the Supply Company. While bqCk of the
front lines. Pa was with others of his unit resting and washing up. In
the act of shaving. Pa hoard the sound of a plane and immediately "flopped**
when he heard the nl^inp was in a diveo ?he German aviator dropped "air
bombs" right in the mid'Hr; of lh<- ^roup. Naturally, (while shaving) ^a
was not wearing hi'- '^nr.al holmot. In a natural reflex action, he put his
Lht banc to his head and flopped. A fragment of the explosive went
hrough the palm of his right hand and continued into his forehead. This
nocked him nut for a short while but when he recovered he found himself
!ith a sight he never forgot. Men and horses were strewn about. He always
■emembered the flesh color of the -open wounds i brown,
'his was on the 5th of November in 1918. He spent Armistice Bay (November
1, 1918) in the hospital, '"^'he army termed his wounds as "severe."
le rejoined the division in occupation duties in Germany at Koblenz.
luch to his chagrine, he performed military police duties in that city
"or the rest of his tour in the army,
:n »ay of 1919. he boarded the confiscated German liner Der Vaterland
(re-named Leviathan) and returned with his unit tm the U,S, Arriving
,Ln New York, he was shortly sent to Camp Grant, Illinois,
I
Phere, at tkh "convenience of the Government, Demoblization of Organizilini^,
per Circuiar 106 W D (War Department) 1918". our father was discharged
from active military service,
I • L»J, J» ,
P,S. The supply company commander was a Captain Scherf of whom Pa always
spoke ©f in high regard.
P,S,S. The discharge shows no decorations. He was however awarded the
Purple Heart medal for wounds received approximately 5^ years after the
fact. He was entitled to two campaign ribbons; St, Mihiel and Meuse-
Argonne .
P.S.S. Pa always referred to the place of his wounding as "Tailly farms."
f^i*,.^>-^
JOHNSON, GLEN RUSSELL 195^1-
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f!ri.;tinc Ari'' -• ••:nn v.m ■ Icrii o?) 'i,.|,, m , I'JO] ,
■he S"ven!i' '"hiT i nC /■ h ht, l''il, v'Qrr' ' o 'n ;• to
;■ ■ -115'i ("lanijla .'■)•', '-
■li ■! to the U.:J. i a \^ ■ ■ ,
- ivr dcciiied to In;/ n. ' . ■ ' t-rjt c;.
rn about thir, l,imf>. 'J'h': i j ••od in iron ■ iv' r
until the firL'>t floor of ''o (n;.-'-. r-^rrn boune .'0.3 built,
.'■iiortly after thoy movorl in (J ! i vcr. w:". born, l^yron ,
iiarf.e , Albert , aiHl Miri-' vor-. Ijorii bolv/een L89G and
1900 . Kobert the yrMinf^est v/a;; lu^rn in ]/302.
';'he firat floor of tbo hare houao v/ar; t'M" OTi'iy
finicbcd part . It coiiniatod of a kitf^hon, pantry ,
inar-ter bedroom , Hinin/^ ronm , ; nl a hune living room,
Peter had grand ideas but n'^ver seeraoiJ to have the
time or money to f Irish Lheni , 'Vhen he pl.-^nn'^-l the
house it v/as to ha^-e ei/';lit bedrooms on the r;r.conf1 fJoc-.r,
only three were ever finird.ied. Christine shared a b dioora
•■/ith her two sisters.
j'eter was a v(;ry siriot fa i. her. '.'.'hen th'; v/loie
family gathered a', the din in;- -'oora table for breakfast
and r.Tjpper no one v/as allowed to speak except the
grov.'iiiips. Peter and [Oamila each sat at one end of
labl( \;ith th/-' boy:; on one sidf; and tlie girl:; on ll;-.'
otlK.:-. Peters word was law an'i no one dared diaagrco.
!' il:i made v.io.rt of li'^r f .■;;i Hi o:; clothOo and t.h'J
r,\Ylv. verc tauf';ht at an early ai,e to hclo v;itn the
cooki';; and scv/inr. Chrictine c •.celled in both. Each
of the sons had his own list of chores to do every day
such as chopping firewood , milking and feeding the
c ov/s •
Every Sunday the family went to the Presbyterian
church in Iron River. Afterwards they went home and
ate the big meal of the day. Little work was done
and friends visited them often. They had no relatives
in the U.S.
Christmas was the big holiday of the year.
Christmas Eve the family visited friends and cut their
Christmas tree. Christmas day the tree was decorated
and gifts were exchanged.
At sixteen Christine moved in with a family that
lived in Iron River so she could finish her High School
education. To pay for her room and board she worked
as a maid and governess for the family she boarded
with. She was not treated as an equal by the new family
and it was rather lonely. After she graduated in 1919 ,
she moved back to the farm . Later that year at a
Social gathering in Iron River , Christine was intro-
duced by a family friend to Gust L. Johnson.
*;ust Lav;crcnno .iohnsou wa:; the Gocond non born to
Ciistri'- A. John;'on n'vi Fiar^'o. lie v/;u; bor-n Ont. 1 , 1':'30 .
-■Dnd Marf'e i ■■=';■'■ .rrotpri to l,bo U.,-. . G. 1^>''() ,
i (•:; h Hctllo'l in 'Ml i r;i (^o 1 'vn tb^Ny movo''! to Iron
I'Our)' in , Miohir'n' a lof:''inr: nnd iron ore mjnr: boorM
tov;ri. iiily wac Lho firnt l.torn , aTid Waller v/an tlie oidfr't
:"on , Ted and Anna \.he yoiinf';(:!n t v/^^ro tv/inr;.
(!u::tav v/ont inl.o a par t,n''r.'-h i {> v/i Ui 'Jfiarlco
Ander,;on in 1898. '\']\<} Andornon Johnson build.inr; v/ac
bniJ-l. across from t.ho Jolmron ii'^me on Horth l-ajn ot,
Tv;o ; irds of the fir-nt floor nonrsinted of Aiulrroon &
.Tohn:""'nG Grocery I: !''ancy Mcatr. . Tlie other shop taking
up t''.'' otlier third was rcntod out. The oecond p-Hory
had i ..'o apartment:!. Tn I'JOZ Gun lav bour;hx Anderaon out
of thi! partnership.
(rustav also ov/ncd a thour'.and acre farm. Only l.'^O
acre^ v/ere cleared the rest v/u:; all timber, Tiiroui;h
out I ;)e years Gus Lav acnnircd o*her pnrc^ls cf land
arour.d tov;n. He al.':;o built a four flat apartnent house,
and another house tliat he rcntf.d.
'Che families life con.tered aro^.ind two tliirco,
tho ;;•. tore and the J'^irst Luthrran Cliurch. The v/holo
family v/as active in church of lairs . Gustav donated
the land for the sanctuary in 1911.
Anderson Pc Johnsons: Groro-y & (■'ancy Meats tecame
very successful . It had four delivery wagons that.
ope^" 1 ted in a fifty mile radius.
^!KTt !j. v/'^nt ;^'! I'rn- '■•■ ilv fonrtli rTrado in hln
■,c\iOo\.inr,. He quit f '^ \ior\'- in 'h'? i-itoro, Jill , Ted
-n , were II ■' "i)!y ' (■r>''n rf.o frc-'. hlfh
ncbo) !
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Gust. ■
Hive ,
n l')!"} at ncv'-ntcr-M Gu:-. ' Ti. v/rini. to v/mi-;- in
on Mountain rninoo. He v;oi k od loi; Iho mi nine
.V until r)1;. llf^ \Mnn ;; tar !,'.;d back at the ctore
clivry v/apon drivrr.
n 1919 GuGt L. Jolmrion vmg Introduced to (,'hri::t jr.e
con at a Sooinl ^';a therin,'i; in Iron River, by .".ven
n. Sven waa nn old friend of the Andre-'inonn and
I. had met him from bin deli very route to Iron
!'■ rr.ont.h n f U •• Gtr; I I, ;i'ii ''h r i :• |, i no trie' Mioy
, ; . 'Im ■ ; 'If' 1 Lvf r;; P'ru'" to IrO'' iiiV'.r
' :or!r;1 Mo for' him l.o ;;■ . ':Wri.! l i ne .fairly of't.'.Tt.
i '^rlod .Juno I'3 , ^')''0 , in the I'M 'tjI,
Lu+.h'' •■•in C'lnrc!) oi ! ^on liiuin ','■ i n ,
ii;!. ii. coui.i ini'^'l v;j. Mi tlic [-.rocory fleli.vry ron ' «
.'it': :i!T'if^ Uk' i !' hoinn fl'Mvc: t}io-Gloro jn fi>if of.
tb""' ' "o a|\'ir l-mon I;:: , TlT-Mr f ir:; I ' r;',) i. J '1 'IcTiavo" voo
born ' rt. 30 , 19::1 .
• n 1923 Gust L. and i-hrlo moved to Groon Bay ,
'.;isc "Gj.n v/hcre Guat drove a la>'i and ]?t.er a bus,
Tliel:' second child Bruce waa bom in Green Bay on Karch
in1926 they riovod back to the apartment in Iron
HoTin f. in , and Guat L. went to work for Ford Motor
Co. as a laborer. On June 28 , 1929 Lois was born.
About this time Gust and Christine lost their savings
that they had in the Commercial Bank because of its
failure. Their other savings in the National Bank
was returned after the Depression,
The grocery store was never quite the same after
the Depression. Gustav lost thousands of dollars by
giving credit to store patrons who never payed it back.
The mines closed down in Iron Moiintain , some to never
open again.
L -
Gu3taf Andre v;a3 the second 3on. He was born on
Oct, 5 , 1932. HiG being named Gust followed the
tx-adiMon of the cocund son talrln/^ on the fathers
name •nd the r.ranri f'.-i IherM r:'id'i!c name or initial,
Jnfnp . t,!.o ,70nnr;er;t vis bor-n on Ont. 10 IS'J'i.
n;'l L. advanrr- i fait\l.7 r-'ipidly ryX Ford Fiot.or Co,
and ■■ 'Mi-lod lip .''-: fiiiof r.vi P'^r i n1,rndnn t of \,\\". T'ov/er
rian'. Rccaune of }ijr5 por.il.ion Onr;t L. met llonry Yocf\ ,
ThoiP- •• Kdison and Mr. Fircoto.no v/hilo they toured the
plant.
TuGtav died iii 1953 i:v.'onty ycarG after hJ.r. v/ife
died . T'ily inheri ' od the f an i i ;- house , v/al -i c^r tlie
hone -hat was rented, Teddy and Anna co-ov/ned the
store , Gust Ii, and Anna r.ol.d t!ie apartmont hoiiMc an.d
:~pli' the money. Gnr:t L. reca'^yed all savinpc- , and
eacli idiild recievod an equal :;.haro of tlie farn.
In 1954 Gust Jr. and family moved to Quinnesec
rich, three miles from Tr. I't. Gust's second coxisir
AndrC'V Brynglson o.".]-:od him and the family to move .in
and nre for him. Alter his dr-ath in 1958 Gui-t T,.
inherited the twelve room hou -o in Quinnescc and his
120 acre farm. He also recievod all of Andrews stor^ks
anrl b'onds with the excojitinn of a small por'tion
that v/as divided among Gur; t's ch.ildt.'en, Gur. I L.
retj red in 1956 aflcr tlie For': plant jn Iron "onni.iin
shut dovm. Since then Gust L, and Chris have traveled
through out the U.r>. and Canada.
T, ■ rvj Thonian
- rilanch .lohncon-i Pn, tr rn" '," rn. ri'lf-i.thor
A. V/i 'c - F,Gter
13, \'l' I nb deocent
n. c'' i 1'^ ren - 4
D. F" !e - ( Henry Rosr; )
E. I-: ■•■Lba
F. YjII
G. * '"-rif - ( Ilo.ry Gloaoon )
1,1, -'aines Gloaoori
I - Blanch Jolumons Ilaternal. Grandfather
Ai, v; : .:'e - Margret Cunlngh-'un
B, Irish descent
C, c: i Id ren - 9
D. F.rank
E. r'!.- rtha
P. KcJ;e
G, E(iv;ard
H. Tom
I» Andrew
J. Theodore
K, * Mary - ( Grif Thomas )
L. Maggie
III. Grif Thomas
- Blanch Johnoons Father
A. Bo-n 1/ "5 / 1867 V/aukau , V/in.
B. M.-i-riod - M-i.ry Gloason 12 / 1 P. / 1802
C. 0"i'U])ation - fnruif.T
I), CM i Ldrcn - 8
F,. K • ^ - ( Hoy (Vn'lr.on )
?. E. ' :jr - ( T'Mvrin HoorlMtifl )
n. n.v'yja - ( F,;!v/Mrfl Nicholc )
II. E' ari
I. * 'lanch - ( Alvin Johnr.on )
J. U : ;1<:
Ix'. I'or-thy - ( Tlioinac! Hnodonald )
L, E": I anor - ( Oris Mclaln )
TV, 'rank Jnhnrjon
- Alvins Father
A, \\' i. To - Elma
B, Sv.-odish descent
C, children - 8
D, Vnlborg - ( R;i.ynold Oui.'vh )
TO. Rj la - ( Charles .Trnoot )
F. Alfred
G, ■>= Alvin - (Blanch Tliortian )
H, Clifford
I, Fi;rtle - ( Ualnh Cotter )
J. 1' 'rma - ( Romn Dan link )
K, a 1 osie - ( James Mckoy )
V, .'. ivi.n .1 ohtKion
- ill;.) t.ornal Gran'.ifo.thor
A. i:--'i 12/7/04 f;ornro.->nv/o," 1 t,b V; i neon;;- in
: , i'! ■ V-! I,j on - 4 yc 'T's
C". , 0'-'' jpationr! - Ic-i'-or inner , fnt-m^r ,aii'l li'.vy
cn"l]'rnent opera t,or,
J), R' 'ir:Lon - l.u t,1icr.in ]'nliticT.l I:art,y - Dnmocrat
!■;. ?■. T-lori niinoli Tliom-i;; , Fl':rf!nc;e blll'cA
. 1 . i'^irn 2 IVAliV)
2. Oied 9/ / 6R
5- fvnication , flnirOno'; hir-:h Sf;hool two ycirc.
early , teach ore rolloge two years
4. Oconpation - toaehcjr
• 5. nfligion - preabytorinn , , I'-arty ~ Dcraonrat
I
J?* c'- • Iclron 6
G, 7/(7/26 Roy K. - ( rinrgrr-t )
]I, 3/720 Franklin , died 9/15/ '16
I. 4/.: 1/30 V/allace - ( Hazel )
J. '^/ /•52 Lloyd , died 2/6/33
K. * ■/V28 /35 Joann -(Gustaf A, Johnson)
L. Kathleen 1/31/41 - ( Peter V/itynski )
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IMlMlODTATi'; FAMILY
VI. Gust A . Johnson
- Father
A. Born 10/5/32 Iron Mt.
B. Education 11 yrs,
C. Married , Joann Johnson 2/13/54
D. Occupations - air force , laborer ^ brick layer,
and Mason Contractor
E. Religion (family ) Lutheran
F. children 4
* F, Glen 9/29/54
G. Sheri 1/6/56
K. Gus-t 3/2/57
I. Kim 3/11/58
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Mrs. Hoy (Ka'.luyn)
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■• \V. Tliomn<. FfMicc Also by
•=r. Mrs. Mavtie Cotlinon. Kn-
^^o. Oioson, nnd 31 p.and-
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vi I'^'oriTS and two ftr»:at
l-'unt-ral scrviros were hch\ from
llir 3arni lioim- a( 2 iVcliu-k \'.v\'\-
(1; y Mil iriiicjM, H>-\\ d'lni C. Wirk-
•,|;;ii:n oii ii'ial,in,;r. Oniiii!' tile .<'r-
vicc Mr:. WifK.slnini. l.oriia Wick-
stii'i" auii I.-aRiinif H<'rklnn<) sanR
•i-;!ilill \\f Gatlu-r Al tin- R.ivor"
a;,.i 'T.ni.kijin This Way."
l'al!i>i-ii"crs wore E(i\yin Hoap-
hnui. Kdv.ard Nirhols. Ah^n John-
son. Ori.s McLnin. Thomas Mc-
D-m: 111 and Hoy Carh;on. all son.s-
in-l:iv.- of I he dccra.<;od. Burial
Wii.s in the Fence cemetery.
In charge of Ilower.s were Mablc
N'i'liol.s. Vcrna "J'iioina.s, Uori.s
" ■ nas ind .Janet IIf>a',liind.
• '/ndiiig rron\ r.-.ay weie Mi
■'Tr;- Roy Cavl;i>n and tamily
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Name Arle<vJe ffllidVec^ 6cqUs, iohn5<;A Cur rent Residence £dc|feC4c<0 C^ i S C .
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Your Mother
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111. ASSIGNMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willing)
[ hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and administrative
"ights/to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection, deposited in the
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righ.^, „_ ...- - - _
Rockford Public Library, Rockford, Illinois
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Date //Ml_/^fii-
As FAR AS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO BACK, ON MY MOTHER'S
SIDE, IS MY GREAT GRAND PARENTS. MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WAS
NAMED Mary Peters, she was born in England around 1850.
She met and married John DeSilver on the Island of sir
Michail, just off the coast of Portugal. Mow on my mother's
Father's side, Sara Correa met and also married Joseph
DeCosta on the island of Sir Michail. The occupation of
BOTH John and Joseph was that of a farmer. From there
THEY travelled TO BERMUDA TO WORK AS FARMERS, AND LATER
after HAVING EARNED AND SAVED THEIR MONEY, THEY BOUGHT THEIR
OWN LAND. Years passed and in 1897 Sara and Joseph DeCosta
bore a son bearing the name Manual. A few years later Mary
"and John DeSilver had a daughter named Hilda.
Hilda and Manual were raised in Baptist homes and met
ONE DAY while GOING TO CHURCH. FROM THERE THEY BEGAN DATING
AND WERE MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER 1915. MANUAL AND HILDA BOTH
HAD NO EDUCATION, THEIR YEARS OF YOUTH WERE SPENT HELPING
OUT AROUND THE FARM DOING CHORES AND WHATEVER ELSE HAD TO
BE DONE.
AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE, MANUAL GREW TIRED OF FARMING AND
THEY CAME TO NEW YORK C I TY , NEW YORK TO TRY TO EARN HIS LIVING.
He was a CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND LOVED TO BUILD THINGS.
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HOWEVER, HE HATED THE CROWED CITY AND THE INCONSIDERATE
PEOPLE. His DISLIKE FOR THE CITY WAS CLIMAXED ONE DAY WHILE
WALKING HOME FROM WORK HE WAS HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A FLOWER
POT THAT HAD FALLEN FROM ONE OF THE LARGE BUILDINGS. HE VMS
GIVEN STICHES AND THOUGH HIS WOUND HEALED, HIS HATRED HAD
REACHED ITS PEAK AND THEY MOVED BACK TO BERMUDA SHORTLY THERE-
AFTER. WHILE IN New York they had a son they named Joseph
AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER. THEIR SON DIED SHORTLY AFTER HIS
BIRTH AND WAS BURYED IN NEW YORK.
^iow BACK IN Bermuda, Manual decided to go into business
FOR HIMSELF AS A MASON. IN 1917 ANGELINA WAS BORN, THEIR FIRST
DAUGHTER, SOON TO BE FOLLOWED BY EMILY WHO DIED RIGHT AFTER
BIRTH. Two YEARS LATER ANOTHER DAUGHTER WAS BORN, HER NAME
WAS CmILY she, STILL LIVES IN BERMUDA AND IS MARRIED. IN
1923 ESTER WAS BORN AND ALTHOUGH SHE TRAVELS A LOT SHE STILL
MAKES HER HOME IN BERMUDA AND IS EMPLOYED AS A SECRETARY.
NINETEEN TWENTY-FIVE SAW THE BIRTH OF ANOTHER BOY GIVEN THE
NAME JOSEPH, AFTER HIS DECEASED BROTHER AND HIS BRANDFATHER.
Joe WORKS FOR THE ELECTRIC COMPANY AND IS A BOAT BUILDER IN
HIS SPARE TIME. IN MARCH, TWO YEARS LATER CAME THE BIRTH
OF Ernest soon to be given the nick name "sonny" and as far
AS I CAN remember HE LIKED ICE CREAM. LILIAN WAS BORN IN
1929 AND UNFORTUNATLY BORN CRIPPLED, HOWEVER, SHE HAB NOW
OVERCOME THIS AND IS DOING QUITE WELL. MY MOTHER, LOUISE,
WAS BORN IN 1931 AND EVERYONE JUST CALLS HER LOLLY. SHE
WAS THE BABY OF HER FAMILY AND HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH FOUR
BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
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IVHEN MY MOM WAS NINE YEARS OLD, HER PARENTS SEPARATED
AND SHE AND HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS LIVED TOGETHER WITH
THEIR MOM. Three years later her mom left and it was just
THE KIDS ON THEIR OWN. MY MOM WENT THROUGH SCHOOL AS FAR AS
SHE COULD AND THEN TOOK A JOB AT THE MOVIE THEATER, THE ONLY
ONE IN Bermuda at that time. It was there that she met my
father and they were married september 7, 1950.
i asked my mom if she ever experienced the depression,
she said no because the island was small with not many incoming
products so whatever they had, they always rationed anyway.
as far as knowing about any wars she said yes for three reasons!
Bermuda began to draft men into the army, many planes stopped
there to refuel, and they began to find cans of bood goods
on the beaches that were washed up on shore from sinking
ships and ships unloading their cargo for various reasons.
after almost two years of marriage in bermuda my father
was transfered to kansas and it was there at fort leavenworth
May 8, 1952 that my oldest brother Daniel was born. A couple
years later and another transfer saw the birth of my sister
Debbie at the Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska. From
Nebraska he was sent to Greenland and my mom, brother and sister
went to live near my father's parents in f.dgerton, wisconsin.
After Greenland my father chose not to re-inlist and in 1955
TOOK A JOB AT Tw I N DISC INC. WHERE HE STILL WORKS TO THIS DAY.
WE HAD LIVED IN ROCKFORD FOR ONLY A FEW WEEKS WHEN I WAS
BORN. SINCE WE HAD ONLY LIVED THERE A SHORT TIME AND OUR
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FAMILY DOCTOR WAS IN EdGERTON. MON WAS TAKEN THERE AND I
WAS BORN. In 1958, My little brother Kelly was born at the
OLD ST.ANTHON's hospital ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 12TH.
Dan, my oldest brother is the Assistant manager at the
WOOLWORTH's store in DES PLAINES. He and his WIFE, Pam,
HAVE NO KIDS AND ARE CURRENTLY MOVING TO DES PLAINES. DEBBIE
MY ONLY SISTER IS A SECRETARY AND PLANS ON GOING INTO THE
REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AFTER HER MARRIAGE IN AUGUST. ME, I 'm
just a young tennis buff currently enrolled at rock valley
College with plans on going to western Illinois University
NEXT FALL. KELLY IS A SOPHMORE AT HARLEM AND ANXIOUSLY
WAITING FOR HIS DRIVERS LISCENSE.
The JOHNSON name can be placed back to 1874 in a little
TOWN called URKILLA, JUST OUTSIDE OF OSLO, NORWAY. IIDTTHAT
TOWN LIVED MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER JOHANN STENSBY WHO
was a farmer. on his farm tobacco was raised. he had five
childreo, three sons and two daughters. my great-grwbdfather
Morris helped out around the farm until he took a job at an
insane asyleum, where he worked until he was 18. morris was
the oldest child being born october 31, 1874 and he somewhat
cleared the path for one of his brothers and one of his sisters
by coming to the united states first. he borrowed the money
and came over here on a fishing boat. my dad told me that
when he was yound, great-grandfather would tell him that he
was scared and drunk the whole voyage. 50 when the captain
OF THE SHOP ASKED WHAT HIS NAME WAS HE SAID " I'm JOHANN's SON".
AND THE CAPTAIN TOOK THAT AS JOHANNSON OR JOHNSON. SO THAT's
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HOW OUR NAMED CHANGED FROM STENSBY TO JOHNSON. MORRIS JOHNSON
SETTLED IN STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN BECAUSE THAT's WHERE MANY OF
HIS FRIENDS WNET TO SETTLE. HE MET ANNA SOPHIA GiLBERTSON,
WHO WAS BORN IN OSLO, NORWAY AND HAD COME OVER AND SETTLED
IN STOUGHTON. THEY WERE MARRIED JULY 24, 1895 IN STOUGHTON.
LUTHERENWWAS THEIR RELIGION AND THEY HAD BOTH BEEN CONFIRMED
BACK IN NORWAY. ANNA DIED IN HER HUSBANDS HANDS IN 1913.
BLAIMING HIMSELF FOR HER DEATH, HER NEVER RE-MARRIED AND
lived for 65 years after her death. however during those
18 years of marriege they had produced nine children. two
had died at birth. lidia was the oldest, then nora, mabel,
Clara, Bill, Elmer, Clarbnce, who was my grandfather, Lee
AND Bud. Clara and Elmer died at birth, when my grandfather
was four years old his mother passes away. He was then raised
BY his father and HIS TRREE OLDER SISTERS. MY GREAT AUNT
Mabel told me "Kay", that was his nick name, "was always there
when you needed him BUT HIS SPECIALITY WAS PUTTING THE COFFEE
ON". Both Kay and his father Morris had very little education,
SCHOOL WAS SECOND BEHIND HELPING OUT AROUND THE FARM. MAY
Great-grandfather died ^PRIL 1967 at the age of 97.
When Kay was 20 years old he married Arlene Boyles
in Decmeber 1928 in Rockford. It was depression time and jobs
were scarce and so for a few years he did just abount anything
HE COULD. Until the works Progress ^DMlNlSTRATlON gave him
EMPLOYMENT OF HELPING TO BUILD A SHOE FACTORY. V/HEN THE BUILD-
ING WAS DONE, HE WAS THEN HIRED TO WORK IN THE SHOE FACTORY.
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Meanwhile three sons had been born. Clarence Jr. or "hap"
as he was and is called, then my father donald, next richard,
Darlene, Robert and the twins Patrica and Pauline. Kay con-
tinued WORKING AT THE SHOE FACTORY UNTIL HIS DEATH IN JANUARY
1968.
MY FATHER WAS BORN OCTOBER 30, 1930, A DEPRESSION BABY.
The ONLY THING HE SAYS ABOUT THAT TIME WAS ROOSEVELT GAVE
his father a job, put food on his table and kept them all alive.
During the war, my father was only 12 years old so be worked
at a dairy down the street from his house. he continued work-
ing at the dairy until after he was out of high school when
he then enlisted into the alr force in 1948. donald was raised
with the methodist religion and thats the way he has raised us.
His CHILDHOOD WAS RAISED BY SOMEWHAT STRICT WRENTS IN A TOWN
OF ABOUT ONE THOUSAND AND REALLY NOT MUCH TO DO. V/H I LE HE
WAS WORKING, HIS P ^RENTS TOOK MOST OF HIS PAY ONLY TO SPEND
IT ON THEIR WASTEFIflLL NEEDS. AFTER JOINING THE SERVICE IN
"48" WHERE HE MET MY MOTHER AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1950.
During my interview my great aunt fMBEL Petersen, I talked
TO HER ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS SUCH AS WORLD V/ABS , DEPRESSION
AND THE Red SCARE. SHE WAS MARR I E : IN 1917 AND A YEAR LATER,
HER HUSBAND LEO PETERSON WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY. SHE RE-
TURNED FROM ROCKFORD, TO EDGERTON TO LIVE WHILE THE WAS WAS
going on. she told me about a song the germans used to sing
in support of the german caqbe during •/.'.v.l. the irish and
Dutch people hated the song and the Germans and great fights
USE to take place between men and men and even their childres.
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The Norwegians used to have to act as a neutral force to
stop all the fighting. during the 1 920 ' s a family that lived
ON FuRMON Street in Rockford was accused of being Communist.
The people of the neighborhood formed a committee and questioned
THE family. However no further action was taken, aunt Mabel
loved F.D.R. and said he talked real nice. She served as a
chairman for the election board form 1932-45, and claims to
have voted for Roosevelt all those years. During the Bepression
she did sewing and went out house cleaning while her husband
did various jobs and worked ONi day a week at Ingersol Millyng
Company. She said most things were steady around 1933.
She described talkies as being "wonderful" and claims that they
were one of the last ones to get a car, not until 1934. after
Pearl Harbor everyone was unified in the war spirit and she
realized that both her sons gene and jim would have to go fight.
During the war she worked a Pierce Paper Company and when I
ASKED her what THEY MADE SHE SAID "OH SOMETHING FOR SECRET
MISSLES".
JOHNSONV MICHAEL R 195^-
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I, FAMI LY DATA
A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Name CV>e\\K V^c,^<c:>v-> -^oV\va<;.^wx Current Res i dence 3.vx^ .csva Ugke . €-^-vciA^s
I f dead, date of death
Place of birth QajTon. XL-I^I.VCi'S Date of Birth /?//P. 7,7 / ^ 0 6>
Education (number of years):
grade school £) high school *"} vocational college
0ccupation(5) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
A (after leaving home)
Ist O^CLA.^rrUA , Dates /fl, A 1st /^^^ /J ^^o 1 Dates //X (^
Dates
2nd K} K^ ^'o K^ Os k^ J^oeK. Dates I ^ .^4 2nd_
3rd Cpoee/^u STo.?e. Dates j ^ 3 _5 3rd Dates
^th U f\\o lO Al L g J Dates /94-/ i»th ^Dates
Re 1 i g i on Vlf^y^ ^
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. r*Anfl-s,^ CVo\n wM^MVic^r
Place of Marriage to your grandmother (?~T7? I date v
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-l)
B. Grandmother (your father's side)
Name LWyopA '\\U^ C j^nr^re,^ Current Residence lvNdvawNUv\<p> ^^.\r-.\^^
I f dead, date of death
Place of bi rth
U-^1t^ o,te of .-.nxfL/f /f/y
Education (number of years):
grade school & high school H vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
l5tfi..A\^ ^^v.\.(^ ...^c^.A r. . Dates 1st Dates,
2ndun...^ ....;X. ....A \.c.\nc^ci Dates 2nd Dates_
Dates 3rd Dates
3rd v<e,^^ V^ooW'=. C^^,^r^v^A-
^thCAwp.- ^v. \rA.^* W..^,.^^<. Dates_
Religion_^;;^^>^3j^_ij2^^,^^j^3
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc._
'♦th Dates
Place of marriage to your grandfather Wy-^^LjCy.^^ DATE i ^., /y^d..
^°^^'- il^aHatPSfl»fh^^Ba£l'a?dtl'.i§ pifi^^A-^) f stepmother or another relative give
A- 1 Stepgrandfather (your father's side)
Ncinie
I f dead, dale of death
Current Residence
Place of bi r th
Date of Bi rth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
vocational
col lege
Occupat ion(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
Itth
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
'^th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re I i g i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandnxsther
date
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your father's side)
Name
I f dead, date of death
Current Residence
Place of bi rth
Date of bi rth
Education (number of years):
grade school high school
vocational
col lege
Occupat ion (s)
1st
2nd
3rd
Dates
Dates
Dates
lst_
2nd_
3rd
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re 1 igion
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
3.
Grandfather (your mother's side)
Place of birth /Oi-^-^(-j)U^^,l. Date of birth l-yVK^^/L I C /f/f
Education (number of years)i , y
grade school high school y vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
/^ y ^ , , (after leaving home)
1st /^ (M^^Cc^ ^^..t^ Dates //;? / 1st ^Dates_
2nd /cfc^J rr^dL^A^^ > Dates /9j^^ 2nd /U^-cx^ vA-Aa-</ v^^ , Dates
3rd6%,nCP /UAr.o.^^'^l Too/^Dates /^<^ O 3rd ^Dates
'♦th ^Dates ^ijth ^Dates
Religion ^c^^r. v^ Cr.^^^^V.c^
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. P'VwNV-ier U.)\A;b? EQc.\e'^
Place of marriage to you> grandmother Q i C ti date ^^ o\ io\'/
Note: If your mother was raised by a !»lA^VjLlfer^l»r anoitlHr rtflailVK (tO age 18)' '^'( ^"/' ^^ ' I
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Name \l<^<v^c^ 9r. v^Nr> vn ^.k ^Current Residence Lua\ .ovvvV> o rg. 9A Vr<V^r,cr\ .
If dead, date or death J
Place of birth
Education (number of years) "^
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st ^Dates 1st ^Dates
2nd (/iuJj.^ /LL/^J Dates 2nd Dates
?nd^^^ XL^J
3rd ^Dates ^3rd ^Dates
Re] igion figmc^^/^r.-^v^riliT.
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. \,'M\\^ (^cjr,\(^^
Place of marriage to your grandfather /t?^ y V > v^ . ^ date /?) ^ ;^^ /^c^y^
Note: If your mother was raised by a stepmotnerc^ another relative (to age 18) t y
give that data on the back of this page (D-2)
C-l Stepgrandfather (your mother's side)
Name Current Residence
I f dead, date of death
1*1. ic<- .il liirlh D.iU- ol hirlli
F (liK .it i irii (riiiiiihf r of yr. 1 1 ■. )
tji'idp •.thoid hii
Occupat ion(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
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Dates
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Dates
Dates
2nd
3rd
'<th
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Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re 1 i g i on
Political parties, civil or social ^clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother dat«
0-2 Stepgrandmother (your mother's side)
Name Current Residence
I f dead, date uf death
Place of birth Date of birth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupat ion(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
vocat
ional
1st
col lege
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
2nd
3rd
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re I i g i on
Political party , civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather Date
CHIkDREN of A 6 B (or A- 1 or B-1) - your father's name should appear below
Name lovv-\^ \r^\-> vrvSo>o
Place of bi rth
rit^l status rririrnert ^
Residence (^S^/S^ (t^^^i^oc^ 6ct^ ^ Harfth] Status /T)
Number of children :2 ^^^^ -^
Name J SQK Q. C^o Kj u S o J
P ' ace of birth R6c.<,^pp(^ tz. j^ date nc< m XI l^bO
Number of years of schooling )Q ^^^ Occupatidtv" -'
Residence ^/on Aar^uP^ Marital Status -^ifear:^/),,,^^^^ /^
Number of chi Idren i ^
Name
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Number of years of schooling " Occupation ^ 5ea n e. -t- a. ^ ^^
Residence |Oii K ' "b l^i^ a ^ K e-^arl tlTTtatus ^^ ^
Number of children / ~' 7 " '■
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Number of years of schooling Occupati6rt ' """
Residence Marital Status
Number of chi Idren — — — — — -
Name
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Number of years of schooling Occupation
Res i dence Marital Sta tus "
Number of chi Idren
Name
Place of birth ~Jate
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status "
Number of chi Idren
Name
Place of bi rth date
Number of years of school ing Occupation
Res i dence Marital Status "
Number of ch i Idren
Name
P 1 a ce of bi rth "date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of chi Idren
Name
Place of bi rth date
Number of years of schooling "Occupation
Res i dence Marital Status '
Number of chi Idren
10. Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Hari taTTFatus
Number of LlH lUryil ' _______
CHILDREN of C and D (or C- 1 . D-l)-your mother's name should appear below
N„nrfM'r o> yr..r-. f.t scKoolinq ■ j :^ ^ Occupy tTotfy.-^.^, /k
^^ ''"^rH'f. ^"^"'1^ ^" - ^^ ^^-'^^' Status_j^,,_;^^ -''-^"
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Place of hi '^th ^^^^
Number of years of schooling ftccupaTTSPr
'^^^'^e"" Marital Status
Number of children
3. Name
Place of birth
5. Name
Place of birth
6. Name
Place of bi rth
7. Name
Place of birth
9. Name
Place of bi rth
Res i dence
Number of chi Idren
10. Name
Place of bi rth
Number of years o\ schooling (TccupatToT
S«^:^^"«_^, Marital Status
Number of children
'♦. Name
Place of* birth j^^
Number of years ot schooling Occupatibn
N*^'^''"'f-r-n ^^rital Status
Number of children
Number of years ot schooling OccupatToIT
Residence Marital Status
Number of children
Number of years of schooling TTE^pation'
J"'^^""—, Marital "Status
Number of children
Number of years of schooling ^OccupItTbi;
Residence — — _~_ — _______ ^ ^—
4, . , — r-m — Marital Status
Number of cnilcfren —
Name
Place of birth ""date
Number of years ot schooling g^upati^
Residence ^ ___>_^___ j
., ^ , — , , , . ^^ Marital Status
Number of children ""■ — ~
Number of years of schooling Occupatioh
Marital Status
date
Number of years of .chooi.ng g^^natip-
'"^*^"" Marital Status "
Number of children
Your Father
Name ^0 (->n vJo Jx.. v--5o a) Current Res i dence fcg / S" Co^O^^D dir>c^C
If dead, date of death
Place of birth K^oCKPoKgO JT/^/, ^Date of birth 0(x n-C. I ^ J9 ^^
Education (number of years) J" ^
grade school ^ high school V vocational ^college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Q (after leaving home)
1st Tcvipe r Qc ^ Dates j q q Q^ 1st ^Dates
2nd GpQC^ OK ST'or'6 gLf^ates I "^ M 9 2nd Ddtes
3rd (^ a 3 STaT jo ,\J Dates \'\Sq 3rd ^Dates_
4th rOanfi q-g P Dates 1 ^ (^ 3 4th ^Dates
Religion J fo e 6 ft 0| 1^7^ a /O
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. K-^ >a Q_| u. (^
Place of marriage to your mother /^ c'-k-^-/_-^^^^ iX-,^i^ dateCt^ l5 / <^^ 5
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or arwtner relative give that data on-^he back
of this page. (E-2)
Your Mother
Name Do I oig_€S ( 3^u_ra&e-K:) cToKjuvSojO Current Residence 6^ /j^"^ Q-fi/^'OP' Q/rXj^'L
I f dead, date of 'death
Place of bi rth PoC-\< F ot^ €> Date of birth -S^^y t 3.3^ /9,?'^~
Education (number of years) ,
grade school ^ high school H vocational col lege
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
. (after leaving home)
1st 5e(ine-ta o u Dates )^^H 1st __Dates
2nd " Dates / 9 (^ ^ 2nd ^Dates
3rd Dates 3rd _Dates
Religion CaTho//0 . ,
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your father fe^oq,l<^bg: C:>- T<-.z-- ' ' date ftgcA /<r. /9_C3
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepmother or another relative give that data on^he back of
this page (F-2).
E-1 Stepfather
Name
If dead, Jdte of death
Place of birth ^ ^^^t® °f birth
Educaticxi (number of years) ~
grade school high school vocational college
0ccupation(5) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
Dates
'4th
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
^th Dates '4th Dates
Re 1 i g i on
Pol i t i cai* Part les , civii or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your mother Date
F-2 Stepmother
Name
I f dead, date of death
Place of birth Dote of birth_
Education (number of years)
grade school high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates 1st Dates_
2nd Dates ^2nd Dates_
3rd Dates ^3rd Dates_
Re I I g I on
Pol i t i ca I party , civil or social c lubs , sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your father date
HILDREN of E and F (or E-2, F-2) - your name should appear below
lame ro iClKn PJ^. Sohu^OA.'
■ lace of birth \^oc J^p^qf2 O J: /^A DaTe of birth Ja fV. /^
Number of years of schooling -^ jq ^ g c>. r S Occupation Stuude^ji
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Number of years of schooling Occupation
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In beginning this awesome task, of compiling information,
I was amazed at the depth and the roles all people piay in
history. We each have some general idea of our ancestors and
their achievements and failures, but to probe one's family history,
even to barely scan the surface of ancelitral documents, produces
knowledge, pride and respect for the kind of men one's family
has bred. Not necessarily famous or outstanding men, but good,
sturdy, hard-working men. An interest in one's self, also develops
while doing this type of research. Often I found myself thinking
about what others might someday say of me and the times in which
I live. A textbook version of history seems to highlight the
important people and then discuss the times, because the important
figures may not reflect the thinking or the actions of the times
they are in. Men like Jean Jaques Rousseau, or Thomas Jefferson's
personal philosophies were well beyond the way the average people
acted during their lifetimes, and ideas they had, only found
acceptance many years later. But the average man in his own shop
or working beneath the sun tilling the soil, he reflects the times,
for in his intellectual capacity he must conform to the will of
others to survive, since he is part of the whole majority, a look
at him could give us some information about that whole, and the
average man unlike the leaders or philosophers of a time, has a
direct line of communication to the masses since he is a part of them.
The actual writing of this paper then, has proven to be a
different kind of task. Faced with factual information, this paper
may tend to read like a newspaper or more like a historical map.
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and lacks any kind of real story. In it information of different
segments of ray family has been lacking or plentiful, depending on
the side one looks at. One side may appear more or less interesting,
but each contributed to an important understanding of many peoples'
lives and this alone makes the information worth remembering and
recording.
Paternal Side
The Tilley side of my family had it's American beginnings in
England during the religious persecution that took place there. In
the l600's,King James' actions so enraged many religious dissenters
that they left England and moved to Holland, where religious
persecution was lacking, but still the new settlers looked for an
open land where they could farm and build homes, and practice their
religious beliefs. These desires prompted many of the dissenters
and a handful of opportunists to obtain rights from the Virginia
Charter Company to settle in the new world. The hardships endured
during the voyage are well-known, and when the Pilgrims arreved, around
forty of the men signed a document known as the Mayflower Compact.
John and Edward Tilley signed the Compact. With their families
they began to farm in New England and later their descendants
moved westward across America, in search of wider spaces, and a
new way of life.
The new world the pilgrims moved into presented it's new
residents with a very hard life. Colonies sprouted up and failed,
Indism trouble arose £ind was met by violence. Trade lines were
established with England but the expanse the goods had to travel
must have been even more immense, taking the speed the ships
could travel into consideration. But the colony must have prospered,
and according to historical texts, was made a part of the Massachusetts
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Colony, and here contact is lost with the Tilleys until the early
1800 's where Samuel Tilley and his family moved into the Ohio
River Valley continuing the family tradition of farming and in
this rugged environment a permanent home for the Tilley family
was found, unlike Massachusetts, where no traces of the Tilley
line live today. Other descendents were to leave of course,
including ray grandmother's direct ancestors, but the Ohio River
Vallay must have been a pleasant place to live for branches of
the family grew up and lived there and made their own families,
and life styles all along the side river. I managed to find a
pair of newspaper clippings depicting one member of the Tilley
family as a very important and able Chief of Police in a river
valley town. My direct ancestors weren't destined to remain here,
they traveled through the Mid-West and in the course of two generations
had roamed this part of the country and had run-ins with Indians
and out-laws alike. My grandmother seems to feel that her great-
grandfather was indeed an outlaw, but what facts that were available
only mentioned his final settling down in Minnesota and his taking
of an Indian bride of the Sioux tribe. Their son, John Tilley
remained in Minnesota and farmed in the St. Paul-Minneopolis area
and on Sept. 21, 1889, John and Emma Francis Tilley had a son named
William Tilley, my great-grandfather and who later would marry and
have a child of his own, my grandmother. John later remarried,
leaving his former wife and his child in Albany, where they had
lived for a number of years. Emma, John Tilley 's first wife, and
ray great-grandmother ( whom is still living), moved with her only
child, at llihis time, under the protection of Clarence Moore, to
Rockford, married Clarence and had two sons, Clarence Jr. and Warren.
This family of two sons and a half-sister (my grandmother) moved
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b^rom ('M/ftonbrtBia Yn) I9t8i8-1XBX< b bnB anoe o«t lo yXXoibI aiiff
to Custer Avenue and built the corner house, which still stands
and is still owned by the Moore's descendants, after Clarence Sr.'s
death in i960.
Meanwhile, William Tilley served as a corporal in the First
World War and saw extensive action in Northern France sind Belgium.
After the war he became a well-known baseball player and played
professional tiil with a St. Louis team. He died a decorated
soldier in 19^1 and was survived by his widow of a second marriage,
his daughter (my grandmother), and two grandchildren, at the time,
my father Tom and his brother. Jack.
My grandmother Hazel met her husband to be, Chelis Johnson,
dated, and were married and lived west of Rockford, farming and
where my father s'J>ent the first six years of his life. My father
vividly remembers the farm and the one room school house he attended,
which still stands.
Chelis Marion Johnson's families recorded history doesn't
extend far beyond his own grandfather! Evidently continuing a
heritage in farming in this area of the country, most Johnson^s
were farmers with parts of the Johnson family still living in
Stoughton, Wise, and Byron, Illinois, some of whom continue to farm.
Marshall Johnson was born in the Byron, 111. area in 18 61 and
grew up there receiving a minimum education but from wfekt I am told
he was a competent farmer and continued to live off of a farming
income, after his son Mathew Johnson was born, who also worked as
a farmer. Financial problesas sent Mathew into Chicago where he
worked at industrial labor and where he also met his future wife,
Clair. Mathew continued to work in Chicago a short time, and then
moved back to Byron, where they were married and where my grandfather
Chelis, was bom. He has one brother, Chris and two sisters, Sara
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and Mary. Chelis took over the farm, and this was where he lived
when my father was born. My grandfather's brother moved into
Rockford and began work as an apprentice carpenter. Both sisters
married men who owned farms.
193^» the year my father was bom, was a Depression yesir,
and to bolster the family's income my grandfather began a job at
National Lock and soon after became part owner of a grocery store.
He kept this job for five years and in 19^1 the Chelis Johnson
family moved to N. Main St. where my aunt Sal was to be bom, and
where my grandfather began a new job as a driver for Union Linen,
a linen and towel supply firm located at the time on S. Main St.
Chelis stayed with the company and eventually around 1950 became
manager of the Rockford branch and held this position for 15 years.
For most of this 15 years they remained in the home on N. Main St.
They since have moved to Florida and gone into retirement.
My greindiiKsther, Hazel, loves to garden and cook. She is a
very outdoors tyi)e of jierson as is my grandfather. School has
always been important to her and she reads extensively. She is
definitely an animal ftover. Both grandparents are very content
with the past as they view it, after raising three children and
both are totally enjoying themsetves, basking in Florida sunshine.
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Maternal Side
Mary Romanek, my great -grandmother, was a child in a very
large Polish family near Krakow Poland. As was the custom of
the times , Polish families would save up their money and devote
it to the oldest child. In her family Mary wsis the oldest child,
so at an early age she was sent to America by herself to live
with some distant relatives in Milwaukee. She still has relatives
living in Poland and writes and exchanges gifts with them.
Economic troubles abroad were prompting immigration to
America and Polish people were numerous among the new immigrants.
Receiving some education in Poland my Great-grandmother finished
elementary school here in America, and later met Walter Romanek,
himself a Pole whose parents had immigrated to America before
his birth. He was a skilled machinist and through his early
life he strove hard to improve his trade. He met and began to
court my great-grandmother, but his proposal of marriage came
only after a meeting with Swan Hillman, who offered Walter a job
at his new factory, which Walter Romanek accepted auid became one
of the first machinists at Rockford Skrew Products. The house they
first began their family in is located on Ogilby road and is still
owned by my great-grandmother. They became members of St. Stanislaus
Parish in 1920, on Magnolia St., and sent thcee children to that
school. St Stanislaus was also my grade school and I believe
the school is operating today as iJart of a community grade ex-
change program with St. Anthony's and St. Peter and Paul.
The Romanek family has been a religous family. The two boys
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.mmAt xl^iw atlia aadOBilotxa brut sa^iiw bas boaXo^ ni ^iviX
ot noitsisinai ^i;tqino'xq a^iaw bBoicfa eelduoit oiaonooa
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-xa •bars x^lntamoo a lo t'xaq aa yabo^ snitaidqo ei Xoorfaa aift
.Xuai*l bna oato'I .t2 bna a'tRArttnA .t8 iftiw nBTSO^ mj^mHo
mxod owt a/fT .YXiaial auoalXai a naad aaif ^lioal M^navoH a/(T
and one girl raised, all attended a Catholic grade school and each
learned to speak Polish, both at school and at home. Both brothers
and the sister, Verna, are alive today. Verna Ramanek was married
in 193^f she would later be ray grandmother.
When I spoke to each of my grandparents about the Depression
the views I received were alike yet neither set of my grandparents
knew each other until my parents met about ten years later. Words
such as terrible, tight, very tight, seem to set out in my mind, when
I remember talking to them. Both grandfathers and my great-grandfather
Romanek found jobs most of the time during this period, but my
gmadfather Jurasek, had to work for a short while with the Civilian
Conservation Corps. Money was tight but all managed to feed their
famalies. Pdiitically, in this period of time Roosevelt was
considered a great man and president, according to my grandparents.
The men seemed more aware of Roosevelt's involvement but both
women were well aware of governmental policies in the 20 's and 30 's,
almost as if it were a common practice for the men to come home
and speak about the Depression, Roosevelt, and work with his wife
and family. This appears even more so after speaking vti0i my
parents about the Depression. Taking into account that they were
very young, the knowledge both my parents have does fascinate me.
The Depression must have been economically devistating, but disasters
tend to bring people closer together, so you hear stories of unlimited
credit in stores, systems of barter or exchange cropping up, women
going to work and a further break down in rigid Vic tor ism ideals
that still clung to American thinking. The Depression, I feel,
brought many people and families together, Iknow here are two examples
of closely knit families emerging from difficult times.
My grandfather, Joe Jurasek's family also came to America during
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a«o/i aaioo oi nasi ailt lot 9 9itaB'xq rroanroo b arcaw ti ti bb tsomis
a%iw sill iltlw 3(rtow brta ,tl9v-e3ooH (noieaetqBCi a/ft tiroda ^[aaqe brra
len ini^w ^i^faaqa iBttB oa aiom neve e'lsaqqa airfT .^IlfnBt bna
anw x^it^ tarit tnuoooa otni i^rfl3(BT .noieaa^aG a/ft tuods atnaisq
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nattaw ,qx/ Tiniqqorro asnarfoxa to latrzad to amatBYa isaiota ftl ftbtrio
alaabi naliotolY bl^ii nl rtwob 3(aaarf 'rafftii/l b brrfi tItow ot :^t^
«Iaat I «noiBeaiqaa a<fT .^ni^fnldt rrBoliefflA ot -gnulo llliB tBtit
aalqaaza owt b'sm btbA wovoCI .laiftasot eailinjil bna alqoaq YnAtr trl^ktia^
• Barait tlifoittlb atonrt snisiaaia aailimBt tltdi ylaaolo to
aniii/b aoinamA o^ aMao oaXa yXjUuI a'^aaaTuL aol. .'xafltatbnB'xa x^
the economic troubles which beset the nation and the world at
the beginning of the century. It was his parents which immigrated
to America in I9OI and moved to Buckbee St. in the St. Stanislaus
Parish area. There, they helped in raising the money and my great-
grandfather actually helped in the building of the Church Parish
Hall, and school. St. Stanislaus School still stemds, as does
the house the Jurasek family first moved into*
From what I was told second-hand from my grsmdfather Joe,
about Poland, subsistance was how most people left their land.
After scrimping and saving fare could be bought to bring the immigrants
to America. Impressions of America were high in esteem and respect.
Even though they weren't born in America, my grandfather tells me,
his parents were strongly American.
While in America, my grandfather and his two brothers and
one sister were born. This was still a poor period in America so
the early years of Joe Jurasek, Frank, Walt and Marion Jurasek,
were ones of lean times and a hard life. His childhood was happy,
finding pleasxire in the simple things children love, and he grew
up content because of a warm home, into a strong industrious young
man who found employment early inilife as an apprentice tool and
die maker. He was so adept at his trade that he was given an
exemption to World War II, active service just to work building
munitions. All three Jurasek sons and Marion married and had
children. All were members of the White Eagles Club on 15th Ave.
Bowling, golf and baseball were the leisure activities of my grand-
father and his brothers, and Frank still often places as a finalist
in Rockford golf tournaments. It was during theis time that Joe
met Vema Romanek and they dated during their high-school years.
After graduation they were married and had one daughter who would
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.rusoliafliA Y-tS'wi** »iew &tn»iiKi alri
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:^utrc auoltteubnl ^orcfe a o&nl lemori miaw a lo eauaoeKf tastnoo qu
bam Xoot aoitna'xqqB na aa atillat yXiba tn»ta\,olqm» bauol otiw aaa
tia navA^ esv a/1 ^a/lt abait airi ta iqaba oa asw aH *79jUff aib
^IbXiiK/ Mlov ot tatit aoiviaa avl;fOB ,11 oaW bXioW ol noi;fqmfxa
barl bna balTxaai noiiaM bna enoa iaBaruilM aaiiU XXA .snoitXmni
• avA (tt^l no duXO aaXsaS atixfV atit lo a^adaaa a^aw XXA •ne':tbXirio
obna-z;^ Xm lo aaitiritoa aivaial atlt aiaw XXacfaaatf brus ^o^ tytllvoS
tallanit m ma aaaaXq naSlo ILlSa TLamrfi bna tanetltoiaS alii bna lodtat
aoL imiU mmlt mlmtit yiiii/b aaw tl > a^namamci/ot IXo;^ biolitooH ni
•aroMY Xoodoa-it^iil tlaiit -^livb ba^ab yc^tit bna Jlarumofi atnay &m§
biuom odm latd^ab ano bail bna baitxam otaw x^t^ noitaubai^ -xatlA
later be the mother of my sister and myself.
After six years as an apprentice tool and die maker, Joe
Jurasek began a small partnership in a tool and die shop. He
eventually bought his partners share of National Tool and Die,
and began building and adding to his shop and business.
Taking immense pride in his health and home as well as his
family, my grandfather now spends mush of his time active outside
and leisurlly relaxing fishing or at golf. Both my grandmother and
grandfather are still active members in St. Stanislaus Parish and
the White Eagles Club, and still remain devout Catholics.
The Polish Catholics in St. Stanislaus take immense pride in
their heritage and their religion. During the formation of thai
community, ethnic centers grew up around the city, with a differsnt
ethnic group predominating in hisown section. Each Catholic
section tended to have it's own church. The Italian section
contained and still surrounds St. Anthony's, and the Polish, St.
Stanislaus, and since inter-ethnic welcomes weren't usually exchanged
betweenssnae groups in the city,, the church became the sociil center
of the ethnic community.
Dolores Jurasek, my mother, was an honor roll student at St.
Stanislaus aad at Washington Jr. High and received a monetary
scholarship from the parish to help with tuition for the schooling
that followed. She attended West High School where she met the
oldest son of Chelis and Hazel Johnson, Tom.
Tom's first ;jobs revolved around farming chores, which built
a strong, hearty boy. The Johnson family's move to the city
brought a new life and experiences to the young Tom Johnson and
he finished elementary school by attending Marsh on Hoffman Blvd.
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Tom attended West High, which is where he and ray mother began
dating. They were married in 1953 after graduation from high
school. They moved to 13th St., where I was bom, Jan. 14, 1954.
We later moved to Christina St.^ where I attended St. Stanislaus
for seven years of elementary education.
New job opportunities opened for Tom Johnson, he purchased his own
semi-tractors and a number of trailers, and later obtained a job
of reconditioning department manager at Frontier Ford.
Six years after my birth my younger sister, Melodie was bom,
and she now attends Marsh Middle school and is going to Byjlan
Central Catholic High School next year.
Politically"^! my father has tended to be Democratic, except
during the Nixon Administration. He voted for Nixon but has his
doubts lately about Richard Nixon's credibility.
Both sets of grandparents spent most of their time in Reckford
and fit well into the industrial framework of this dity.
Their children married and had children of their own, and
here too, conformity within the city of Rockford is seen. For
in each case the family unit was influenced by the society
around itl Scooling, elders* opinions and reading material, shape
our outlooks on life, by looking at the past we can see how certain
people, in this case, our family, were effected by where and how
they lived, but also how they helped to make that society grow.
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dot A banlB^do riai^al brts » eial jtaat to 'xaunu/n a bna sto^osi^f-jtaraa
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•\tib aldf lo sCxcmajBS'Xl Islitzubnl Btit ocTni Il9w ttl bna
btia «nwo liadt \o naiblirio baxf bna baiTxam nsablixfo liarlT
ToS ./taae ai b^otioofl lo Y^-t^ ©^^ nirf^iw x^ittiiolnoo ,ooJ^ sTtaif
Yi'aiooa a/ft Yd baonaullni aaw t/.nir y-I^-^^abI Biif aaao ifoae ni
agaifa 9lBl'i9tBm ^inibaarc bna snoiniqo ^siaLIa ,^JUo<yo2 I;M bnirota
niai"iao trod aaa two aw ;^aaq adt tm ^niMooX Yd ^allX no bAooI&vo rxuo
woA boM a-xadw YCf bataalla aiaw ,YXi«fil iiro ,»aao aidt nl ,ei.qoaq
•wons Y^^Xooa t»ii& ajLoa ct baqlad Yad;f wod oala ;t-ud ,b9vil ym<^
JOHNSONV sally KAY, 1952-
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I. Y"ur name ^nlly K. .Tnhnsnn
Date '.f form November 26, I974 * ('0 H )
7. Your ujii(!c)e: Kock Va I lev (.ol lege (ID H )
IToickford, Illinois a
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k. Please check a I I regions of the United States In which members of your family whom you
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^Transportation Big Business _^ Manufacturing
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In this paper have belonged.
^Roman Catholic ^Jewish ^Presbyterian Methodist
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7. What ethnic and social groups are discussed in your paper?
^Blacks Indians Mexicans Puerto R leans
^Jews Central Europeans I tal lans y^ Slavs
Irish ^British x Native Americans over several generations
^East Asian ^Other
8. What sources did you use in compiling your family history?
X Interviews with other x FamI ly Bibles ^ Fami ly Genealogies
fami ly members
X Vi tal Records Land Records The U.S. Census
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I, FAMILY DATA
A. Grandfather (your father's side)
Current Residence
Name Erik Warren JOHNSON
If dead," date of death ^^^ yoh;;;;;;7y 3.938
Place of birth qt.pn^t.nr'p, V^c,t.prxrnt1pnl)«f Of B'^th ^g
Sweden "^r-MsT rItfT
Education (number of years):
grade school high school 9"th
vocational
col lege
Occupat lon(s)
1st
RuuKfuid Diiry Pwvge
■)^A Rockford Forging
^no „ . •, m ?
— Die a»d' Tool ■ ' '
3rd
Dates
191^?
PLACE or RESIDENCE
(after leaving home) ^
Ist Dates 191?
Dates 1929-38
Dates
Dates
2nd_
3rd_
i.th
Dates
_Oates_
Dates
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fratarnltiat, etc.^
Place of Marriage to your grandmother Chicago, Illino:
popiihl -ioan
flate 3, July 19Ji^
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age I8) by a stepfather or another relative give
that data on the back of this page. (A-1)
6. Grandmother (your father's side)
ne Clara Marie ANDERSON
deao, oate of death
Name
If
Current Residence l6l9 Second Ave.
Plac* of birth Merrill. Lincoln, WisconsinPate of birth 2^ November I896
Education (number of years):
grade school high school vocational x college
"~~~~~~" — — — — nurses training
Occupat i on (s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Ist Visiting nurse
(after leaving home)
Petes 1920-21 Ist Chicago Illinois Dates 191^
2nd Registered nurse
3rd
^th
Re 1 1 g I on Covenant
Petes^
Pates_
Dates
1922- 2nd Rockford, Illinoiaates 1922-
3 rd Dekalb, Illinois Da t e sl.923
itth Rockford, Illinoid)ates 1924
t Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. Republican
place of marriage to your grandfather
I
Note:
rhirflgh. in ItiniPi
Tsrr
'- il^aH;t^S(!*fh»«6a«'«f^ji^? Wi Vi)! "•P'^'^
3. July 19?^
er or another relative g
i ve
A- I Glep9raridfath«r (your fdlh«r's tide)
N.iii»*
Curront Residence
Hlacc of
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b
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Che
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IIP of daa
rth
Th—-
Date of Birth
Educ.it io
grade s
number of
>ol
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years
)
high school
Dates
1st
vocational college
Occupat 1
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
2nfl
3rd
'.th
Dates
Dates
Dates
_3rd_
Dates
Dates
Dates
Rcliqion
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmotiiar
date
A-2 Stepgrandmother (your father's side)
NaiT^
I f dead, date of deatl^
Place of bi rth
Currant Residence^
Date of birth
Education (number of years):
grade school high school
vocational
col lege
Occupat Ion (s)
lit
2nd
)rd
Dates
Dates
Dates
Ut_
2rtd_
3rd
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Re I i g i on
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
3.
Grandfather (your mother's side)
Name Harry Emmanuel CARLSON Current Residence 3001 Bildahl Street
f I f dead, date of death — ^
Rockford, Illinois
Place of bIrthRockford, Winnebago, 111. ogte of birth 31. August 1902
Education (number of years): — — — — — ^— — — __^— ___
grade school high school vocational ^^^ college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
,5t Bergstrom Bros. Grocery q^^^^ 1918-20 ,..3001 BiiSah*f i't""'"^ ^°"*Lr,^ 192U-
nuLkfuia, nil "
2^^ 7th St. Cash Grocery p^^^^ 1920-26 ^„^ ^^^^^
3^^ Rockford Naf 1 Furniturt^^^,, 1927-303^^ p^^^,
^^, Whitney Metal & Tool p^^^^ 1 939-1 9^^^, ^^^^^
o , , , Covenant
Re I I g i on
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. BapnhiinQr.
Place of marriage to your grandmother ^p^^tord. Illinois . <^«te 30^ Aug.^Js'
Note: If your mother was raised by a SLBpfflllier Ur irTUlhir relJJllve (lO S^e \B)
give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
^*'^ .HP-lpn Mar.ip JVinRETiT. ^Current Residence
It dead, date of death p, . junp 1 Q7n
Place of birth Rockford. Tllinnis Date of birth 18. August 190^
Education (number of years)
grade school 6th high school vocational col lege
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1 s t Eekaberfe's Dry Goods Dates 1922-26 1st 3001 Bildahl St. Datesl924
Rockford, Illinois
2nd Montgomery Ward's Dates 1936-372nd . Dates
3rd Brooke Road Laundromat Dates 1952-67 3rd Dates
Re 1 1 g I on Covenant
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc. Republican
Mace of marriage to your grandfathaf Hockitiybd^ iilitt(M5 ^^^^y,' ^"^' ^'^^'*'
Note: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another r»i»fi"r (tc z^z 'S)
xf'.wc Liiak oxa on cne DacK 07 this page (D-2)
C- I Sr epgrandf ather (your mother's side)
Ndine Current Residence
I f <lc'«id, <laip of dftath
I'l.in mI III I Hi I). lie of hiidi
I )liii .il iii«i (iiiitiilx- r fif yr.i I ■. )
• li.iil«' -.cIkkiI liiyli schnol vocolionol colloiir
Occiip.Ulon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates 1st ^Dates
?n(l Dates 2nd Dates
3rd ^Dates 3rd Dates
'♦th Dates ^tth Dates
Re I i 9 i on
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Place of marriage to your grandmother dat6"
D-? S tcpc)r.indmothfr (your mother's side)
N.ime Current Residence
I f (lt;j(i, <i,jtc of death
fl.icf of birth Date of birth
Education (number of years)
grade school ii i gh school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates 1st Dates
2n(j Dates 2nd Dates
Dates
1st
Dates
2nd
Dates
3rd
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
Re 1 i fj i on
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Place of marriage to your grandfather Date"
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tHILUREN >>l (. and 0 (or (.-I, D-l)-yoiir mothrr's rionto should opptvir liel<iw
N.iiiii
Elaine Harriet Price
— Rockford, 111.
I' 1.1. ." ..T Ml III
fliiitili<-t mI /f.ti-. oT >,c Ikx) 1 I ru|
H.-. i.i.-!.. .■ Rockford, 111.
Niimliri III ililldren
^,^j,, 12, Sept. 1925
lOLli g^i-ada|^3^|^3, 3^^^^
Occupat ion
S.
Nil
Catherine Marie Johnson
,','.' TT-" — .^ — Roekfordi — Ill«
r I .M •■ III ii 1 1 ( ii
Nijinltcr mI yi.tis of schooling 12
Res i ck-nce Rockford HI'
Number f.f ch i I dren 4
N.T.i«:_
Place
TTT^ff^
lizabeth Anfierson
" .FnrkfJQrri. T1
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N.imi
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Nunilici of years or scnool i ng ^5
R.--. idei.r.c Villa Park, ill.
Number <if children
Nnnie
P I .icr of hi rth ~
Number of years of schooling
Kes i riencc
N unbc r o f chl I dren
N .imi-
P I ace fjf bi rth
Number of years of schooling
R«s i dence
Number of ch i Tdren
Nane
Place of bi rt>i
Number of years of schooling
Re> i dcnce
Number of chi 1 dren
Name
P I ace of birth
Number of years of schooling
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Number of ch i 1 dren
Nar>e
P lace of bi rth
Number of years of schooling
Re*., i dencc
Number of ch I I dren
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence
Number of chi Idren
otofG manager
marriod
10, July 1930
da t o_^
ITccupatlon^^ hnmpmRkPc!
Marital Status marr-i^ri
date 2?.. nntnbftr 19^-^
ITccupatl on schoolteacher
Marital Status married
Jate 27. Dec. 1934
_^__^_^ OccupatiOrifree lance movie
Marital Status single directoi
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date
"Occupation
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OccupatlOrt
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. date
"Oc cupatlOn
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date
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date_
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Your Father
* . Rockford, 111.
Place of birth^ pnnkf nrri W^T>iii..,.. Til inni c, Date of btrth 1. March 1 Q?';
Education (number of years) —————*«„ ^' ■ ■ ■ ■ ' '
grade school high school ^ipypn vocationil ^college
Occupatlon(s) PUVCE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
'^^ Rpnlffnrri ForgiTie Dates i q/ji _ 1st 1808 Rural St. Dates 1951
2hd 161 4 Second Ave. Dates 1962-
Die& Tool
2nd Dates
3rd^ Dates 3rd Dates
^th ^Dates <tth Dates
Religion Covenant
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc. Republican
Gideons, church board member
Place of marriage to your nK)thtr ■Rbckf'birdj Illlndig''^" date dd, NoV' 1V31
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give that data on the back
of this page. (E-2)
Your Itother
Name Catherine Marie CARLSON Currant Residence I6l4 Second Ave.
If dead, date of death " ■ :^^ KOCKiora, ixjl.
Place of birth Rockford, Wihra^Jl'Il. Date of birth 1Q» July 1930
Education (number of years) ——,——————————
grade school high school 12 vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Penneys Dates 19'^6-W ,„ 18«8 RuA'i"ii .""""' 'j'^l 1951
1st
2n(grd Nat'l Bank Dates 19^8-49 2nd ^^^^ Second Ave. 03^^, 1952-
3rd Rehnberg Jacobson'^a^^g 1950-51 3rd Dates
Religion Covenant
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Place of marriage to your fathftr Rbckf ord/^Ill. '''''' ^ <^*t^ '^^' J^°^' ^^51
NOTE: If you wer* raised by a stepmother or another relative give that data on the back of
this page (F-2).
E-l Stepfather
Name
I f dead, date of death
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Education (number of years)
grade s choo I h i gh school vocational college
Occupatlon(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st ^Dates 1st Dates
2nd Dates 2nd Dates
3rd Dates 3rd Dates
^th Dates i«th Dates
Rel iglon
Polltlcai- pSHllei, dl\/ll 6r 56CISI clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your mother Dat<
F-2 Stepmother
Name
1 f dead, date of death
Place of hi rth
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
__ vocational
1st
Date of birth
col lege
Occupat ion(s)
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PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
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2nd
3rd
sororities,
etc.
Dates
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Re I iglon
Koiltical parly, civil or social c
lubs,
Place of marriage to your father
date
CHILDREN of E and F (or E-2, F-2) - your name should appear below
fj3^ Sally Kay Johnson^
.Place of blrthR^^^^J'u^'^im- ' '- Qate of birth ^Q' October 1952
* Number of years of schppJIng still in school Occupation
Residence Rockfor°» -'--'-'•' Marital Status single
Number of ch i Idren
Name Chris David Johnson
Place of birth Rockford. 111. Date of birth i. Sept. 1 Q';^
Number of years of schooling R-i-^n ;„ „_, ^ OccupatlOrt
Res i dence Rockford, 111. "^-^ ^^ ""^a^rltal Status single
Number of chl Idren ""
Name Scott David Johnson .
Placeof birth^T^Wford., 11,1. .^ . J^ ^^ birth 'J^^j^l^^^L.
Number of years of School fng still in school Occupation
Res i dence Pr.oirf^y.f^ Til- Marital Status single
Number of cnllJren
Name Kelli Marie JnhnQnn
Place of birth PonV-p nr.H , T1 1 . Pate of birth ia, Nn^o,r,hor. i QA3
Number of years of schooling f^tjll \r\ s^chqnl Occupation
f<e s i den ce Rpnkford. Til. Marital Status alugls
Number of chl Idren
Nanie^
Place of bi rth Date of birth
I Number of years of schooling .. "^ . 1 Occupation
P Reb i dence Marital Status
Number of childrert ""
Name
Place of birth Date of blrth_
Number of years of schooling Occupation^
Res i dence Marital Status
Number of chl Idren
Name
Place of birth Date of birth
Number of years of schooling OccupatlOh
Residence Marital Status_
Number of chl Idren
Name
Place of birth Date of birth_
Number of years of schooling Occupation_
Res i dence Marital Status
Number of ch i Idrert '
111. AbSir.NMENT OF LITERARY RIGHTS (If you and your family are willincj)
1 h(.>r(4)v donate this family history, along with all literary and ^^';';;';;';;;"^;r,"
n.jhls. to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection, deposited m the
Roci<ford Public Library, Rockford, Illinois
Signed A/lJ' i 1 l. CVfjA^nLOJ&J^!^- -
Date hi£-i^'±a±Ulu<^—^- k+.iiL/.':/ ....
GENEALOGY CHART
jA<iol^h JOHANSON
Great grandfather
Frilf Warran JOHNS CM
Kric David JOHNSON
Lly Kay JOHNSON
r ■
"^ 20, October 1952
rried
Father
3, March 1925
23, November 1951
Grandfather
b18. May 1895
M 3. July 1924
B l?5b
M
D iq^H
_JEniina
D 23, February 1938 Great'grandmother
Clara Marie ANDERSO:
SkKamot'ker
B 2, November I896
D
B I'i v^4
D i^ZO
Day id. i^.. ANDERSON^ -
b30, Sept. 1864
M 16, Sept. 1893
D 21, Dec. 1929
Maria CARLSON
B 18, Sept. 1866
D April 1948
John G. CARLSON
Harry Emmanuel CARLSO i
atherine Marie CARLS
Mother
B 10, July 1930
M 2 3, Kiev,.-, n be, iq6 I
D
Grandfather
^ 31, August 1902
M 30, August 1924
n 13, Dec. 1871
^ 27, Feb. 1895
D
1929
Selma E. OLIN
3 12, Aug. 1870
D
Martin B. MORELL
{elen Marie MORELL
Grandmother
B 18, August 1904
D 8, June 1970
^ 9, Dec. 1881
M
° 1938
I4sk--G, HULTGREN
r23, Nov. 1885
D 1933
LIST OF SOURCES
Personal Interviews with family members
Use of the family Bible
Photographs
Vital Records
Newspaper) Articles
Family albums and scrapbooks
LIST OF SOURCES
Personal Interviews with family members
Use of the family Bible
Photographs
Vital Records
NewspajwfeCi Articles
Family albums and scrapbooks
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PART I
A. My paternal grandfather- Erik Warren Johnson
B. My paternal grandmother-Clara Marie Anderson
C. My paternal grandparents life together
D. My father-Eric David Johnson
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Erik Warren was born to Adoph and Emma Johanson on May I8th
in the year 1895* He was born in Stenstorp, Vast ergot land in
Sweden. Here he grew up as a young man. He had one brother and
two sisters. As he approached his teenage years his relatives
were leaving the country for the United States of America. So
at the age of eighteen after completing nine years of school he
left his native home to venture across the sea into a new land.
He came to Rockford and lived with an aunt beginning to establish
himself in die sinking work.
The rest of the family came later purchasing a home on Second
Avenue so Erik moved in with them. At this time he was working
at Rockford Drop Forge as a foreman. He became active in the
First Mission Covenant Church joining as a member and involving
himself in the progrsun by singing in the choir. His hobbies
included driving a motorcycle, playing a guitar* and fishing.
He was a friendly, well-liked fellow and to the girls appeared
to be a good catch. In the early 1920*s he met Clara and their
love for each other grew into the permanent committment of
marriage.
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On September l6th, I893 David L. Anderson married Maria
Carlson, who had traveled to America from Sweden with David's
mother, Clara Monson, upon the urging of her fiance David. They
made Merrill, Wisconsin their home and began a family of their
own combining their Swedish heritage with the ideas from the
States they adopted. Mr. Anderson was a cement contractor
and developed a good standing in the community of 10,000. A
quote taken from a newspaper article illustrates this well^
describing him as having "won an enviable reputation for depend-
ability and uprightness. " He also was an active member of
Emmanuel Congregational Church and served as chairman of the
congregation.
Soon after David and Maria were married they moved into
their own home which David himself had built. Here Clara Marie
was bom on November 2nd in the year I896, the second to be
born of seven. She had a very happy childhood having three
sisters and two brothers although a younger brother died while
very young. The friendly hospitality of the Anderson's was
evident often with friends and relatives always welcome to stay
with them for an extended period of time. Merrill was a quiet
and friendly town one could proudly call home. It was a city
of picttiresque parks located on the Wisconsin River. with the
surrounding countryside dotted with farmhouses situated amid
rolling hills. As one crossed over the stone bridge upon
entering the city the big courthouse clock stood as a welcome
landmark. Clara and her sisters used to walk several miles to
go berry picking in the woods. They enjoyed the parades and fairs
which were held annually. Swimming was good in the Prairie
River within a block from home and walking along the railroad
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tracks was a favorite pastime.
The family activities centered around the church so Clara
learned to respect and love God at an early age, disciplined
according to Scriptural principles.
When a sophmore in high school Clara quit school to take
care of her mother who was ill. Later she wsmted to return
to school to become a nurse so she left home for the big city
of Chicago. At first it was lone some and she cried herself
to sleep many nights wishing she was back home. But soon she
found herself busy taking basic courses at North Park School
needed for entering nurses* training. She was here one year
and lived with the family of Professor Samuel Wallgren helping
to care for the children. Then she entered Swedish Covenant
Hospital and remained there three years until 1919 when she
received her nursing diploma. She returned to Merrill where
she was offered a position as head nurse at the hospital but
she didn*t feel adequate enough to meet such a challenge just
yet. Instead she ajid a friend worked at a resort as maids doing
the housekeeping for the summer. In her leisure time she went
horseback riding and went on boatrides. In the fall, she returned
to Merrill working as a visiting nurse for the rich people
who could afford such services. Caring for the sick, she lived
in the homes with the families who treated her well making her
feel as much at home as possible.
With a close friend she moved to RockfordQ^" miles away to
work at the recently opened Swedish American hospital which
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needed personnel badiy. While living here she mat Erik aohnson
through her friend and they began dating. Clara and Erik with
another couple doubled many times, going on picnics, playing
croqqet and attending the church functions and activities of the
Young People's Group at First Mission Covenant Church. When
the hospital became adequately staffed she moved to Dekalb, ner
friend's hometown to work in the hospital there. However, her
friendship with Erik continued to grow despite the miles between
them.
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Erik continued to see Clara. Having his own car, a convertible,
he dfove to Dekalb often to visit. In the summer of 1924 they
were married on July 3rd by Rev. E.G. Hjerpe in Chicago. Clara's
mother was sickly at the time so Clara didn't want her to be
concerned about wedding details. But the excitement of pre-
wedding festivities didn't pass her by. Anna, her close friend
planned an interesting progressive party and shower that was written
up in the local newspap*pr. Clara's older sister Lily and Erik's
brother stood up for them at the ceremony and later they had a
lovely dinner in one of the elegant restaurants in Chicago. For
the honeymoon they traveled north as far as Mineaqua, stopping
in Merrill where the family had planned a party with close friends
and relatives to congratulate the happy coupie.
Returning to Rockford, they rented a home near Broadway.
Here they lived for several years while Erik was working at Drop
Forge. Several months later their first child, a son, was born
whom they promptly named Br iff after his father. When there was
not much work to be done at Drop Forge Erik and the family left
for Detroit where he got die sinking work, later moving to
Chicago for several months.
Then they returned to Rockford to live at I6l4 Second Avenue
the house Erik had recently purchased from his parents before
they died. Here Carl, David's younger brother was born, five
years after Eric David's birth. Erik began a die sinking shop
of his own along with three other partners at I8th Avenue namioa'
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the corporation Rockford Forging Die and Toil Company. However,
Erik's health wasn't good in the years ahead so the family tohk
a trip out West hoping the climate there would help but in 1938
at the age of ^3 he died after a prolonged illness.
So Clara had the responsibility of raising their two sons
^,^as best she could. The family received an income from the shop
so they were provided for well. When the boys grew up Clara re-
turned to her work as a registered nurse at Swedish American
Hospital for awhile.
She became Granny when the grandchildren arrived and she
has been a dear grandmother to each one of us. She is healthy
and very active living in a house right across the street from
us 1619 Second Avenue so she constantly has relatives dropping
over to say hello and spent time with her, eager to munch some
yummy homemade goodies like cookies or candy.
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Eric was warmly received with love from the )iappy parents -
Erik and Clara on March 3rd in 1'7^5« He was a round-faced, cuddly
child which gave him an irresistibly cute look. Growing up as
the son of Swedish parents he spoke Swedish fluently in everyday
conversations as well as English. The neighborhood had lots
of children to play with and Eric's backyard was large enough
for a baseball diamond. The yard also had a number of trees*
atlleast five apple trees, good for climbing so it was an ideal
playground. The boys had plenty of space to romp around in and
amuse themselves.
Besides the family which numbered four when Eric's younger
brother came, an aunt lived with them so David. which he came to
be called quite often to lessen the confusion of having two
Erics in the family, shared a room with his brother. The family
also loved animals so there was always a dog or a cat or two who
found a home here.
Er^c had a typical boyhood with the relationship among the
family close. Father and son both loved to fish so the family
took trips up North often to spent the summers at Merrill staying
with the grandparents. Holidays were spent with the family in
true Swedish fashion opening Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve
and having the traditional meal of lutfisk, korv, brown beans,
rice pudding and root beer. Early Christmas Day morning found
them in attendance at the Julotta service at church.
Both David and Carl grew up in the First Mission Covenant
Church attending Sunday School, church, and programs for their
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age group being teaptized and confirmed there. Both parents felt
it was their responsibility to raise their children according
to Biblical standards, realizing- the significance the church
could play in their lives as a place of instruction.
David went to school at Jackson, Lincol», and East High.
When his father died David beceime the man of the family and must
have felt the new responsibility he had to face as the eldest
son. He had a paper route for a year and then he got a part-
time job after school and in the summer working at an auto
repair garage. When he was sixteen, he began working at the
shop where his father had been president earning 350 an hour
at first.
At eighteen he entered the Navy receiving his training
in Idaho and San Diego. He was stationed in several different
locations during World War II including the Admiralty Islands
in Australia, the Solomon Islands, Philippines and China. When
he was discharaged in 19^6 he returned to the States taking
time off in the summer to go fishing in the area around Merrill.
Returning to the shop he was working there while he once again
became active in the young people's group at church. Through
the activities the group had he and Catherine became acquainted
and they began dating.
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PART II
A. My maternal grandfather-Harry Emmanuel Carlson
B. My maternal grandmother-Helen Marie Morell
C. My maternal grandparents life together
D. My mother-Catherine Marie Carlson
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On August 31st in the year 1902 a lively and growing family
of five including Mom and Dad welcomed a new member into their
home, Harry Emmanuel Carlson. The two older boys, Martin and
Ed, and their sister Hilma were no doubt eager to hold the new
little one and serve Mom as helpers. Born at home, Hsirry was the
fourth child to be born to John and Selma Carlson and not to be
the last. A younger brother and sister soon followed so the family
of six adequately filled the four-bedroom house at 140? 20th Avenue.
The house stood alone, situated so the view included miles
of farmland with cornfields. Mr. Carlson worked for Mr. P. A.
Peterson in the furniture factory where he assembled furniture
pieces so this home was built by Mr. Peterson and Mr. Carlson was
able to make payments on it gradually. The family was the first
in the area but soon others came with as many as six children
in a family so Harry, my grandfather had lots of playmates. The
neighborhood must have been a friendly one because the people all
shared a common bond of being of Swedish descent. Both Harry *s
parents had come directly from Sweden in their early years. When
anyone in the family was ill, the neighbors were always willing
to help, coming to prepare meals amd help as needed.
Harry had a happy childhood having fun as well as learning
responsibility. Every member of the family had assigned chores
so Harry spent several hours a week keeping the tall mulberry
hedges trimmed on their two lots. He was also in charge of the
chickens so his mother teasingly nicknamed him King of the Chickens.
During the week he went to school but being mischievous he liked
to play sick so he could stay home, tricking his mother by lying
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directly over the floor register until he got hot and dizzy.
When school was dismissed for the day everyone found things to
do possibly stopping by the grocery store for penny candy of
licorice and butterballs. The boys headed for a baseball diamond
with Harry playing on the White Stars team. The games were played
on the diamond of the new PA. Peterson school. Sometimes it was
fun to roller skate here too because the ideal course had good
spaced landings and steps.
Everyone was home by 6:00 p.m. when the family gathered around
the supper table for the big meal of the day. What busy conversations
must have taken place across the table amongp;the eight. The activities
after supper included rounding up the neighborhood gang to play
games like Drop the Hankerchief and All Couples Out similar to
Hide and Seek until 9«30 or lOiOO under the street lights once
it got dark.
On Sunday the children went to Sunday School at First Mission
Covenant Church. Then at 3*00 he once again attended Sunday School
at the chapel in the neighborhoodnraowSouth Park Covenant. The
parents felt religious training was important and based the home,
life on the Bible and Christian instruction. Mr. Carlson came
from a Baptist background and his wife was Lutheran. Sundays
were special days when the work was set aside to observe and honor
the Lord's Day.
Holidays were spent with the family in the Swedish traditions.
Christmas Day found them walking to church despite the heavy snow
to attend Julotta service at 61 00 a.m. In the summer a big picnic
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was held on the farm of an uncle called Byron Bluff on South
Main Road where as many as seventy-five to eighty relatives came
to enjoy a leisurely summer day and the company of each other.
Before the age of sixteen Harry found a job working in a
factory making toys. Then he became a delivery boy for Bergstrom
Brothers Grocery on I8th Ave. and 7th St. When he lived at home
and worked he gave all his paycheck to his mother and got only
500 back. This was all he needed, however, since he was well
taken care of with food, shelter, and clothing. While working
at 7th St. Cash Grocery the family moved to 325 So. Prospect St.
so he made the move with them. But two years later he left to
make a home of his own with his new bride Helen.
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Helen Marie Morell was the first of thirteen children to be
born to Martin and Ida Morell. She was born in the summer of
190^ in the month of August on the 18th at home on Railroad
Avenue. In the years that followed she became an experienced
babysitter having six sisters and five brothers. Her mother had
one miscarriage. Home was located on Railroad Avenue near the
location of the Standard Furniture Company, the only house by
the railroad tracks, Mr. Morell was a furniture finisher working
inaa factory nearby. Both parents had come o.t Sweden years before.
Her education never went beyond the sixth grade because
she quit school to take babysitting jobs, working for rich people
who could afford to pay her. Helen was a responsible and depend-
able girl buying her own clothes with the »Qney she earned. As
the eldest she did her best to contribute to the family helping
with the housework and taking her brothers and sisters shopping
on her day off to buy them clothes with her money. Despite the
fact that the family was rather poor and her responsibilities --
were great, she was a happy person and had a cheerful outlook
on life.
Her parents were God-fearing and devout people but had
little opportunity to socialize or attend church regularly. But
the children were encouraged to attend and they went to both
Salvation Army and Zion Lutheran.
For approximately a year she worked as a housemaid and in
1922 the family moved to 29^5 Bildahl St. purchasing five lots
for 1^9 dollars. Once they moved here, Helen soon was hired as
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a clerk at Eckaberg*s Dry Goods Store just dovm the street. Here
her courting days began when Harry came to visit her one afternoon.
Both Harry and Helen attended Young People's Society
meetinf^ at First Mission Covenant Church. It was at an Ice Cream
Social sponsored by the group that Harry first took serious notice
of pretty Helen. Some time later he was helping his mother make
a quilt when she mentioned that more cotton was needed. This was
the perfect opportunity he thought to visit Helen at the dry goods
store so off he went. They soon became attached to each o-^her
and two years later were married. From February 1922 until their
marriage they dated regularly. Every Saturday night found them
doubling with another couple for an evening of good times. They
loved to sing together for enjoyment, visit friends and stop at
a restaurant for a snack.
On August 30th in 1924 they were married by Rev. F.M. Johnson,
the man who had married Harry's parents, in the home of a friend.
Unlike most newly married couples they moved into their first and
last home at 30OI Bildahl St. Harry had saved up 500 dollars
and was able to have the ho\i?e built by a man who admired Harry
for saving up such an amount for a young man. Of course they
had little furniture to begin with besides a cedar chest, oak
table and alot of boxes but they had time to purchase it in the
years ahead.
Helen continued to work part-time until the children came.
Between 1925 and 193^^ four children were born to increase the
Carlson family from two to six- three girls and one son. Harry
worked a 7th St. Cash Grocery until 1927 when he left to run a
bandsaw at Rockford National Furniture. In 1930 he was working
under the government sponsored program - WorkdPfogress Administration
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doing some gardening and outside work in the parks and Sinnissippi
greenhouse. In 1939 Harry secured a good job at V/hitney Metal
and Tool in the shipping room as a receiving clerk. During World
War II he was on guard duty there. Here he stayed imtil 1964
when he retired after twenty- five years of service. In the 1950»s
Helen wofcked as a sewing and alterations clerk and then in 1952
became an employee of Brooke Road Laundromat where she rentined
until 1967.
In 1926 Harry got his first car, a 191? Ford for IS dollars.
Then in 192? he bought a 192? Ford for 448 dollars with wore-spoked
wheels. Harry, my grandfather remembers the radio as a feig box
with open cover having ear phones to plug in.
Once the grandchildren began coming Harry and Helen were
affectionately known as Kormor and Grandpa. Monmor meant mother's
mother in Swedish, grandpa has always enjoyed gardening, carpentry,
and electrical work as his hobbies while Mormor enjoyed cooking, and
sewing. Since 1948 they took their vacations up North to a lake.
In 1964 they celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Several
years later Mormor broke her hip bone while at the lake and the
years ahead found her suffering setbacks and two strokes being
in and out of the hospital. She died in 1970 but Grandpa continues
to be well and healthy at 3001 Bildahl St.
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Catherine Marie was born on July 10th in 1930, the second
daughter to be born to Helen and Harry. She was a lively and
good-natured young girl who added brightness and a zest for living
to the Carlson family which soon grew to include another younger
sister and brother. The house on Bildahl bustled with activity
for the family now totaled six and with them lived Catherine's
thjree aunts. ..,..,
When Catherine was three months old the family acquired a
dog whdch became her very own. Naming her dog Patches^ they
grew up together and became good friends so it was a heartbreaking
day when the d:og died. Catherine was sixteen so the attachment
had been strong. But she had other interests too that kept her
happily occupied. With brother, sisters, and neighborhood
friends the favorite games were Kick the Can, Red Light, and New
Orleans. She had lots of playmates including boyfriends from
kindergarten up.
The family had an average income considering these were the
years of the depression so the money was spent wisely. She enjoyed
playing with paper dolls making clothes from the pattern books
that mother would bring home from the dry goods store where she
worked. She also made clothes for her baby doll as well. With
imagination she made a piano keyboard out of paper and as she
listened to the radio she would pretend to play her piano. In
seventh grade she was able to take real piano lessons which she
thoroughly enjoyed.
The children were raised according to Biblical principles
in an atmosphere of love. The parents co-operatively disciplined
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their children with Mom usually doing the talking with Father
behind her. Catherine had jobs like the others in the family
so she would help with the household chores particularly the
dusting. Both parents felt it important to attend Sunday School
and church so Catherine was active in the programs at First
Mission Covenant Church. At a young age she was standing before
the congregation giving her Christittsspiece for the annual
Sunday School program. Of course she was scared but Dad had
promis'^d her a box filled with her favorite candy-chocolate
covered cherriesl This began a lifetime of church involvement
using her musical talents. For several consecutive summers she
went to the chiirch-sponsored camp for fun-filled weeks of activities.
Holidays were spent at home with the family getting together
with relatives for Christmas and occasional picnics. Family
outings included trips to Chicago for a day. When Catherine
was elever years old Dad bought a used Teraplane for the family
car.
At school Catherine was a bright and attentive pupil excelling
in her work. The report cards she brought home consistently had
good marks. At East High she was on the honor roll and inducted
into the National Honor Society. But she still found time for
extracurricular activities. While at Morris Kennedy she was a
cheerleader in the eighth grade and as a senior at East she
began dating the young man she later married.
At thirteen she was working at Ken-rock Community Center
for the summer as a playground supervisor receiving 150 an hour.
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Her first part-time job was at Penney's^ here she was a clerk in
the lingerie and hosiery department. From 19^8 to the fall of
19^9 she was an employee of Third National Bank now the First
National Bank working the bookkeeping machine as well as serving
as a teller. With a friend she entered nurses* training at
Swedish American Hospital but both remained there only six months
when she got a job at Rehnberg-Jacobeen's as an office receptionist.
She worked here for over a year and a half when she became the
wife of Eric D. Johnson.
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PART III
A. My parents life together
B. My life-Sally Kay Johnson
Hi THAq
Actively involved in the young peoples program at First
Covenant Church Dave and Catherine frequently participated in
the saae socials held for the group. In 19^7 while munching on
1^ doughnuts Dave took particular notice of Catherine asking if
he might use her fingernail file. However it wasn't until April
1st, 19^8 that they had their first date together attending the
East High Dolphin Show. They dated steadily from this time forward
when on March l6, 1950 they were engaged on a beautiful moon- lit
evening. One and a half years later, November 23rd, 1951 they
were married at First Covenant.
After a honeymoon in Florida they returned to Rockford, living
in an apartment at 1808 Rural Street for six months. While here
they purchased their first television set which drew a crowd of
friends the first nighty eager to watch this new invention. Then
they moved to l6l4 Second Ave* i- where they settled permanently.
Dave continued to work at the shop while Catherine kept busy as
a homemaker. Soon they began a family becoming the parents to
four children, Sally, Chris, Scott, and Kelli. Both have been
very involved in church work since their marriage as members and
serving as Sunday School teachers, youth counselors, and holding
leadership positions.
Both Mom and Dad have enjoyed their married life together
and agree mutually that "the while thing has been funl" In I960
Dad bought a farm and kept busy in his spare time planting soya-
beans and corn having cows, horses and chickens to feed and buildings
to repair. However this got to be too much work since we didn't
live on it so it was sold in 196?.
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Beginning to collect antiques as a hobby, the pastime has
now developed into a small business for Mom and Dad. Interested
in a variety of articles especially cut glass and painted dishes
they have accumulated enough items to open a shop of their own
in the Jenny House on State Strv€f appropriately naming their
shop Memory Lane. This has proven to be an interesting as well
as time consuming enterprise but enjoyable work for them.
Both of my parents love to travel so the family has been
on many lovely trips. Mom loves historic sights so we've seen
several famous spots including Williamsburg and Washington D.C
Dad loves to fish as well as my brothers so we all have relaxed
at resorts in Canada.
They have been married twenty-three years and yet their love
for each other is still clearly evident to me^growing dailyl
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On October 2oth in 1952 my life as Sally Kay Johnson, began,
the first child to be born to Dave and Catheiine. The years
ahead found me growing up at l6l4 Second Ave. welcoming two
younger brothers and a sister into the family. I have many pleasant
memories of my childhood years receiving an abudance of love,
patient instruction, and practical advice. Between church,
school, and the neighborhood I had lots of friends. Favorite
activities while in gra* school included gathering the neighborhood
gang as pupils for my school, keeping kool-aid stands, and playing
house in the dollhouse my father had built especially for me.
In the summer I at^kended church camp on Lake Geneva and spent
several weeks with ray gratimother in Merrill.
Growing up in the church I was singing in the children's
choirs and attending youth programs regularly. When I was in
first grade I began piano lessons which I continued until high
school getting my first taste of performing before crowds in
recitals and piano competition.
I earned my allowance by doing assigned jobs around the
house always doing a little bit extra around the holidays to
earn some money for Christmas shopping. I have always been
disciplined with love by both parents upon Christian guidelines,
so our family has revolved around Christian principles.
Holid^s have been joyous, happy occasions getting together
with both sides of the family for Thanksgiving and Christmas
as well as picnics and birthday celebrations. On Christmas
Day our family of 6 usually opens their gifts to each other
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we bake dozens of cookies and candy as well as breads. On
New year's Eve we stay up until at least midnight to welcome
in the new year having a late evening snack while a warm fire
is roaring in the fireplace and the Christmas tree Mghts cast
a cozy glow over the room. As a family we enjoy celebrating
the events of the year creating a festive meal for Valentine's
Dayt Easter, Fourth of July and birthdays.
I followed in my father's footsteps attending Jackson,
Lincoln* and East for my school education. In my senior
year at East I held by first part-time job as a dental assistant.
Then in the fall of 1970 I left Rockford for the busy city
of Chicago to attend Moody Bible Institute located in the heart
of the city. Here I remained for three years dropping out between
by first and second years to work full time as a dental assistant
in Rockford, tired of a rigorous school schedule. However I missed
my friends and was eager to return within a year and complete
my education, in the field of Christian education. Although
the work was overwhelming at times I enjoyed the companionship
of f Attends, finding restaurants to visit and places to see in
the big city. As a member of Women's Glee choir I want on
several tours as far as Florida, Canada, and New York.
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of my classes and we began dating. Our first date included
watching a basketball game and taking an evening walk to the
lake, the first of many walks we took while at school. We
continued to see each other the entire time there until graduation.
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represent the women of the school on the Student Council co-
ordinating the activities for the women in particular.
In May of 197^ I graduated with honors and returned to
Rockford. When fall came I found myself busy at several different
things- teaching nursery school in the mornings as an assistant,
cftlerking at Memory Lane and a Hallmark card shop part-time and
taking a history course at Rock Vailey College.
Of course, I have still been seeing my boyfriend Dave
although miles separate us as he attends Trinity College in
Deerfield but on November 24th, 197^ after twenty-one months
£f dating I became his fiancee when we became an engaged couplel
This is my life up to the present time.
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ear Contributor to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection:
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FAMILY DATA 2
A. Grandfather (your father's side)
NameCcij-. r; |(, f:,,; \ C^v^n:.— '. Current Residence
Date of birth Aoco-.r -«.0, I g,h^ Place of b ir th U^c g>^,, , :^,^,^Aa^
Date of death a.....,-.t a^ . . :| -■ ^ Place of burial ':^Rt....^To/> C^^^-i^.,
Education (number of years);
grade school B high school vocational - tiollege
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Is 1 11«;,t^.n;sr So^sTgiS^r^ Dates t^v5 - I'i^b' Is t v;>iv "T^st Dates ihc ■> - ^■y/'j."
2nd fV\i\\C^yxA^, Cv^T^?A.> AA.P^ates I'^ii.'- .^Mi 2nd I J '^ ft^^ Dates 'I'g - lUS
3rd f^/^cWiApT \j.nsr"AA.rj Dates ' Am -■< ■"'• 3rd 3-3/vc) ^T. Dates 'fji.-^ '1 i/
4th Dates 4th 1 'I St "pates h^H — »
R e 1 i g i o n |^v-,Tv^^R.a/>^'
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
C - (.■ T ^ v\\ L r; v v •" ? >^ ^^ ' i - ( y, c »i -_ \ G.fc<-->s") i c-^pI e.- '
Place of Marriage to your grandmother Q>.. \ov'.i ^.- v . ri. date ^ '-■' ■j Sij i ^ i,^
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another
relative give that data on the back of this page. (A-1)
Grandmother (your father's side)
Name SerlKo Cp'c-"i(//> £p><cKS':->^ Current Residence fiockJO'^d
Date of birth vjAAu^-a-^ b". ^ ^ 'W Place of birth GoTgg>of<^ . S»~»>g<jj-->
Date of death Place of burial
Education (number of years):
grade school high; school vocational
c o 1 1 e g e
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Kov-'jg ^egpfi- Dates n>0-''=[H 1st K^.^.g. Dates . ^<g -if)/
2nd Roctrr^rr! HciPiT^/ Dates ^y/Z-^y/a 2nd 7^" ^^ Dates 'I't-/'//^
3rd Dates 3rd s.^^c ; > -»"■ ., Dates ^>-^ - -^ ^ /??/e
4 th Dates 4 th Dates
Religion L-Tl^e-'^"^^
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.__ _
^ • O (:-, T -^--^ Tr'-xM''-'^ IC
,jr,l Orpm ot Gci-c' le^VlPlcri-
Place of marriage to your ^grandfather /3^^) ^£..'c«-f ;-/. date|-"^/y J'^, \^^iQ
NOTE: If your father was raised (i:o age 18) by a stepmother or
another relative give that data on the back of this page
(A-2) .
A-2 S tepgrandf ather (your father's side)
Name
Current Residence
Date of birth
Date of death
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
c V. 1 1 e g e
Occupation (s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4 th
"Rel igion
Da tes
Dates
Dates
Dates
_lst_
_2nd_
3rd
4th
voca t ional
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
D ate s
Dates
D a t e s
Dates
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmother
B-2 S tepgrandmo ther (your father's side)
Name Current Residence
date
Date of birth
Date of death
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (number of years):
grade school high school_
college
vocational
Occupa t ion (s )
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Da tes_
Dates
Da tes
_lst_
_2nd_
_3rd_
4 th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
C. Grandfather (your mother's side)
Name/T?/c/i/^e< /l^/lTo/> V^KlWr. Current Residence
Date of birth \^>'^'^-^ iS'i^P. "? P^ are^ nf ^^ r f-h '^' ^e^ .
—^ i V; ■ -^-' f rxace ot birth RA^t^tAJi^n J .ThWKy^.^
4| Date of death y^/v^ck H, <S(<^0 Place of burial lObhoUAok^^^ C>/vif ?>»/?>/
Education (number of years):
grade school O^ high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
r , iia-iiio ^ (after leaving home)
1 s t ^TOCKVARciS D ate s nofemo-? 1 s t CK\c»a.^c. D ate sJ^o^__JJ_c^
2nd fV\\ntr Da tes hc^ - I ^ c<t 2nd ^-^r•^'^^>' Dates flog- .^i-»
3rd H»(jorrr5 'p,/:.^o C. Dates ■ uc - ^3^ 3rd ' i"'"' -•>' Dates i^i3
4th r/^ATSto/> /Y\ncUvo^ Dates n3^-n60 4th Cc-^ -■ ;< q Dates / -7 5 i - /fVS
Religion (_aTWc^C '
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
Place of marriage to your grandmother Sr P.-t^.. »Ro t cu.^ ^, date r^; ■,,„j,a 7^ /y//
NOTE: If your mother was raised by a stepfather or another relative (to
age 18) give that data on the back of this page (C-1) ■
Grandmother (your mother's side)
llameff\fH^^ JoiepV\)A-e tii^tr}i>rf\ PeTro;.ki Current Residence rl o<^k fori!
Date of birth /Ylogck i^ . t ^ 9 c/ Place of birth OGLCS6'f, tUl^lLjS
Date of death Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school ^ high school vocational college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st HouSP k>^.»Di>i(i Dates hog ~/9Ji 1st Ho>- .g s st.^ k.-.^ Dates i-}c<i-ii//
2nd fiug5a/\ k^^itTina Co, Dates "'"/f"// - /</// 2n
3 r d 1^6 X r/0-.Tc-<7 D ate s s/.c^/^/.,
4th Dates
2nd
Dates ^sii -
A/. -
.3rd
Dates
4th
Dates
R e 1 1 g 1 o n C/^T>^ot)c
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather St. P.-T.^f. il P^a. I Cht;j'ch Date ^/_c= T,q^t! 1, 'qfj
NOTE: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relative (to
^fe' - '^> gStV^ <*«^*di«»-'oW' tWe back of this page (D-2)
C-2 S tepgrandf ather (your mother's side)
Name Current Residence
Place of birth
Date of birth_
Date of death
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupation (s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Da tes_
Dates
Dates
Place of burial
vocational
col lege
1st
_2nd_
_3rd_
4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmother
D-2 S tepgrandmo ther (your mother's side)
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Date
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupa t ion (s )
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Da tes_
Dates
Dates
Current Residence
Place of birXih
Place of burial
voca tional
college_
.1st
2nd_
.3rd
4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather^
Date
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CHILDREN of A & B (or A-2 or B-2) - your father's name should appear below
1. Name CCj^RC.c^f^^r
Place of birth Rcd^Por
J0U/^Scv^ L-CsPt'Sc -
date QPP.lL .3. lc/,3
JO< Occupation
2.
Number of years of schooling
Residence RcrJi^Pc^A Marital Status mAF^Ric^n
Number of children ^ Death
Name 3 ^ Jo' lA Q dV\.-A3o •>
Place of birth ftocKFc'-^c^
Number of years of schoolinj
date lv.->^re/v)f^t-^ t3, iqltf
Occupation
Reside nc e
Number of children
Marital Status
D e a t h /^e-*^ r v ^^\^
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Name S (? \t f^ i^ Jc^U-^u-.n Q^aA^l
Place of birth ^f?cck,^^i <j
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Number of years of schooling_
Residenc e ^^o<i\<tcp^} M arital Status
date /yi/»v 6y '93Q
Occupa tion
Number of children
Death aPKii >3, '9t^'
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Place of" birthJ^eckfo&D.
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d eat h JimJ^s^ { - ' iU:^
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schoolin;
date
Occupation
Residenc e
Number of children
Marital Status
Death
Name
Place of birth
date
Number of years of schooling_
Res idence
0 ccupatio n_
Number of children
Marital Status
death
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence
Number of children
date
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death
Occupation
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schooling
Residence
date
Number of children
Marital Status_
death
Occupation
Name
Place of birth
date
Nombcr of years of schoolin}
Residenc e
Number of children
Marl tal Status
death
Name
Place of birth
Number of years of schoolin;
Residence
date
Occupation_
Number of children
Marital Status
death
Occupa tion_
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CHILDREN of C and D (or C-2, D-2)-your mother's name should appear below
1. Name Pllex. Yji,oMu-^
Place of birth a'cva:^..-.^ ^ ate ScYTB^df^ ^ Jy A//<^ /rxr<w<r<«
Number of years of schooling /^ Occupation /Yt'^ihi^'.'iT'
Res idence j^ , ii/<<<^ vj-'i(<-v Marital Status ^/»74/<^,<=t< ^
Number of children V death J^/^^:na^ fi^ I'^iS' %
2. Name t^'AfT-tf^ V^ukvyS
Place of birth g.^c kf^^.-.<i date /yiA.^^M >^"7, /^//V
Number of years of schooling ^ Occupat ionL'Pnr,/>n'^f <^ f^O^ox) Uea
Residence M^i^-.^'^* rif». Marital S ta tus_^-vi,iiij;£j:i
Number of children f.i death
/^3/^ Name Cr fe y e v/ •' fv.^ ^ )/-^\ji;u:, <Jc^^^^^^
^— ^ Place of birth RccL .> g date D.^.^mA,.' ^> Z-^^?
Number of years of schooling / V Occupation s.-iw^iPno^;/
Residence P,c<^^.rJ Marital Status />?/j^^,>>d
Number of children // death
A . Name >-'.:.,j^</ y^A^k^j
Place of birth I'^f.cK Pl^.^ date AJc^'^.v/)i< /?i '^7-^7 ^ o/e-/'/«r«
Number of years of schooling /J Occupation '^^^'"-^^ "^f-.n »o .
Residence /.^.; A-»^eif\ C<*. Marital Status3/^j^t
Number of children death
5. Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation_
Residence__ Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation_
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death ^
Name^
Place of birth^ date
Number of years of schooling Occupation_
Residence_ Marital Status
Number of children- death
Name
Place of birth ^date
Number of years of schooling Occupation_
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation_
Residence Marital Status
Number of children v death
10. Name
Place of birth date_
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
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Your Father
Name R^ rT^ Sd ^^A JpJ^^^c-^ ^Current Residence tj<,,o Scvo.,.. T^.ckfr,^^
Date of birth [^^f^^r^^^^ \fc, /9.>?fc Place of bitth f^c^MFoq /-^
Date of Death Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school g highschool C/ vocational ,. college r
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
n -r r 1? k_ (after leaving home)
1st Hflfig,, -Yov,^i-^Sa>..M>'^'*'l'ates /'7V7- /^^g IstVvU.. (h,,,.,,, Dates A»7- /j^-^^
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I hereby donate this family history, along with all literary and
administrative rights, to the Rock Valley College Family History
Collection, deposited in the Rockford Public Library, Rockford
Illinois . .
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LIST OF SOURCES
I. Interviews
A, Certha tirickson Johnson Larson (grandmother)
B, {,fery Petroski Yankus (grandmother)
C, Bertil E. Johnson (father)
D, Genevieve Yankus Johnson (jaotlier)
II. Dociiments
A. Birth Certificates
B. Iriffiiigration Papers
C. iilarriage Licenses
D. Death Certificates
E . Photographs
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PREFACE
The follovdjig famil^j'- history has many dates in it. The accuracy
of some of thein is approximated e.g. the d-'tes ■5\rhen both graddparents
moved. This is due to the ar;iount of houses and the short period of
time they lived in oach and also failure of memory in some cases.
Although the inajority of homes frere listed I excluded the mention
of the homes they lived at v/hile building new ones etc. for the
reason that they lived ttere only three or four months at the most.
Little is knoim about the early lives of both my grandfathers as tney
died before I v^as born. V,i;at information that is there \ras obtained
from the knowledge of isy grandmothers.
The photocopies at the end ai*e various documents belonging to aembers
of the family. The photogi'aphs are of direct descendants back to iiyr
great grandparents, excluding ny great grandparents on niy father's
side.
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Edgar Karl JOHNSON was born near V/aring, (Varing), 1-Vestergotland, Svreden,
on August 30, 1888, His father left for Aioerica vihen he vfas one year old.
His mother then moved in with her parents and young Edgar grew up v;ith his
grandparents, mother, brother, Gottfrid, and a yovuag foster child that his
mother adopted.
He vfas very smart in school and the teacher persuaded him to go on to college
but he had no money and couldn't go. After he quit school he went and worlaed
on neighboring farms until he decided to move to Aiaerica.
He arrived in America in 190^, going directlj'' 'to Rockford and lived with an
■uncle here. His uncle got him a job in a furnitxore shop but he did not
get the feel of wood and quit after a month. He started working in various
machine shops around tavm until he got a job at Rockford ililling Machine Cq,
which later became Sundstrand Corp. He vms working there whan he joined the
Good Terapler's Lodge on Seventh St. (a temperance lodge), and met Bertha
ERICKSON.
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Bertha Cecilia EHICESON was born on January 5, l69ii, in Goteborg, Sweden,
She v/as the daughter of Emmanuel Erickson, born l051i, a laason in Goteborg,
and Yiilheminia Vallin, born in I85h, a clerk at the Grand Hotel also in
Goteborg. Thay lived in a house on the side of a mountain that looked down
onto the main part of the city and the -^cean.
Vftien she was old enough Bertha started attending public school. The first
tv:o years of school was called small school. From 8 a.m. to 5 p»m., six
days a vreek children went to classes learning reading, writing, arithmetic,
sewing or carpentry, and religion. After small school came first, second,
third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades. In these years they would attend
the same classes but also now tiiey vsould get one period of music a week, and
attend gym class every day for an hour. In gym they would do vario\is exercises
climb ropes, and vault over leather vaulting horses. Once a vreek during the
yrinter the class ^irould vfalk davm. to the market and take their weekly bath.
In the squares there would be a sauna bath, t/here they would sit arri sweat
and then go into a swimming pool, svriM av/hile and then get out and that
would be their bath.
After school. Bertha, vrould have to go to the market and buy the family's
dinner and food for the next day. This she did everyday because they had
no iceboxes.
Living on the mountain she became quite close v/ith the other children on her
street and %vhen she vrasn't going to school in the slimmer Bertha and iier friends
would either play in the mountains, siviin in the ocean, vratch the boys play
soccer, or play vrhat they called "round ball", a copy of Aiiierica's baseball.
Bertha did not finish all eight years of school. She quit after the fourth
year to get a job in a sewing factory. She vrarked there two years uintil her
brother- in- lav/- sent her a ticket to Anerica. In 1910 she secured her
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immigration papers from ths pastor of her church and at the age of sixteen
set sail on the Vernia for Anierica. Her sister's husband lived in Rockford
but knev/ that the entry for immigrants vrere a lot easier in Boston than at
Ellis Island so he sent her a ticket to Boston, V.Tien she arrived in Boston
it took her only fifteen minutes to go tlirough the procedures. They checked
her eyes, asked her is she had any I'elatives or a job to go to and if so
checked if they had enough money and let her through. She v/ent directl;y' to a
train that \vas going to Rockfoid, Fearing that she might get lost she never
got off the train until she readied here.
At a stopover in Buffalo, Bertha was sitting next to a v.'indovv -vvhen a young
man came by and started talking to her. Living in Goteborg, v/hich -vras a vrorld
trade center, she had picked up a feiiT scraps of English, VHien this young
fellow started talking to her she replied vilth the only vrords she knew, yes,
o,k. and you bet. After avrhile the felloy/ scratched his head and walked av;^ay
in confusion,
V/hen Bertha finally arrived in Rockford, she got a job keeping house for a
Jewish family. Only earming ^32 a week vfith room and board, she quit after
six months and found another family to -^TOrk for. Later in 1911, she started
work at Rockford Hospital doing practical nvirsing and serving in the doctor's
cafeteria. She vrarked tliere a little less than a year earning $S a week
working eveiy day of the week. This is v/hen she met Edgar JOHNSON,
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Edgar Karl JOHNSON and Bertha Cecilia ERICISON were married by a Justice
of the Peace in Beliidere, Illinois, on July 28, 1912. They had met a
year earlier at the Good Tenplar's .[jodge but could not get married right
a-aay. Bertha load to keep her job and pay back her sister for the ticket.
TiThen they did get married they moved into Edgar's uncles apartment on
Seventh Street. He vras going to move back to Sweden and needed to sell
his furniture. Edgar took him up on the deal and they moved in. They lived
there a fevi years until Ilargaret was born on April 2, 1913. Then the need
of a bathroom forced thera to move to a house in Eighth Street. Tliere tliey
lived until a house ivas built in x"rarit of theia and they had no front yard.
With a grovjlng child they needed a yard so ttiey rented a second floor flat
on Sixteenth Street. The floors Virere so cold v.dth just s'uOvg heat and
Margaret caught the I'shooping cough so they moved to T\Telveth Avenue. This
house had gas, electricity and a bathroom. Tliey lived -ohere for ten jears.
While living there they had Sylvia, theia^ second child on September 13, 1916,
She conti-acted diphteria during the vdnter of 1919 and died in February of
1920. Tv70 years later Erna v/as born on Llay 6, 1922.
In 1925 Edgar quit at Sundstrand's and started working as a milkman for
Central Dairy. In I926 they moved to Fifteenth Avenue and then Bertil
vras born on December 16, of that year. In 1928 they bought their first
home. It vras on Bvranty -second Avenue. They lived there sijc years until
the bank forclosed the mortgage on it in 1932. From then until I9U0 they
lived in two different houses. In 19hO thgy bousjht their second house on
South Fourth Street. They lived here nine years until they bxiilt a liouss
on Ti'fenty -si;:th Street which was the end of vhe moving.
Amidst all the moving around they vrere quite active socially. "Vfe vrere
always busy on weekends" says Bertha. Being member of the Good Templar's
Lodge there vrere alvrays picnics or gatherings eveiT" vreekend. These vrere
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held in Cherry Valley where the Lodge ovmed some land near the Kishwaukee
River. The faiaily v;ould hop into the 1920 Ford Sedan and take the only-
paved road in tovm, Cliarles Street, arid ride to tixe picnic, vrnen the
children vfere old enoiigh they would drive up to either Lake Delevan or Lake
Geneva in souldiem Y/isconsin for ST/iiamii^, camping and picnics.
In IQlil Edgar quit as milkman and \ras rehired at Sundstrands as a machinist.
He Tforked there until his death Augiist 23, 1953. All the children had been
married by that time. November 1955, Bertha married John L. Larson, a
Swedish iimnigrant who lived in Chicago, -VThich she had met on a trip back
to Sweden. Erna died April 3, 19^5, and John died iiarch 19, 1976. Bertha
navr eighty-three years old still lives at l5l6 26th Street with her pet cat
Smokey.
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Bertil Edgar JOHNSON was born December l6, 1926, at St. Anthony Hospital
in Rockford, Illinois. He lived on Fifteenth Ave. a short time until his
family moved to 90? Twenty-second Avenue. He attended P, A. Peterson School
on Eighth Street till lie was eight j'ears o3,d. The family moved to 1615 10th
Avenue and then he attended Hallstom School on Seventeenth Avenxie. Amidst
all the moving he ctaj-ed at ITallstrom School until he finished sixth grade.
He attended Lincoln Jr. High School on Charles Street. vTien he vras twelve
he started v/orking part time after school at a grocery store. He then found
a job as cxirb hop at the Rockette Drive Inn on Fifteenth Avenvie next to the
Rock River. The Rockette -was the first drive inn in Rockford and Bert vrould
make fifteen cents an hour plus tips. On a good night he v/ould get thirty-
five cents in tips he cou!l.d then buy tvfo hamburgers and a malt for an after
work snack. During high school at East iligh, Bert worked suiraners at J. C,
Penney and various industrial plants in tcnm including J. L. Clark.
Graduating from East High in Januaiy of I9i45, Bert vsas drafted into tlis ia'siy
on Marc'ix 21+, 19h$' He was sent to Cais^ Rucker, Alabama, and took infantry
training. Ke vras sent to Okinawa in September, 19h$» Once there he was
promoted to staff sargent and served in the medical supply depot. By tb:ls
tine the vrar had ended and he was discharged December 6, 19)46.
In January I9U7, he moved to Chicago to the Y.'l.CA. and started work at
Harris Trust and Savings Bank. He vforked as a clearing house clei'k and
his duties were to collect and separate the checks Dhe bank had taken in
and tvrice a day go to tte clearing house and eixhange tiie checks ■■ri.th the
appropriate bank. In September lS^li8, he moved back home and worked at
City National Bank on Broadway and ,th Street as a teller and later in the
Loan and Trust Dept. V/orking at the bank he met Genevieve YANKU3 in June
of 1952 and •'./ere married J-une 6, 1953.
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mtdi yfi .doqafr xXqqva laoibaa arid ni bavrtaa boa dnaaraa Hade od badonotKi
•d«iPI ,d "wdBaaaa basrtariaeib saw al baa babrta bari law arid aotd
if, ittof, bet-isiE baa .A.D.M.y arij od osaoJtiiO od bevon &a ^Yxi^'l v^cavaab nl
boa italo aavori yttix^alo s ea baaliow e)-: .iaati aaaivaS bna dauiT aiioaH
nl iHofad bari lUimd ariJ ailoaiia arid adaiaqee bna doaLCoo od aiaw aeJtdub siri
arid 64Jtm nfaado add ag|aa<id:ca baa aauori yLtiaelo adJ od os lab a aojtwd boa
da b«l*ao» boa anod stoaif bavw ari «8;ii?I lattaadqaS al ,Atiad adaiiqanqqa
adi at ladal bna laXXed a aa daaid8 ridV boa xa»b«onn no inati laooidaM x^iO
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Michael Anton YAIJKUS was born near Raseiniai, central Lithuania, on June l5,
1887 • lie was the son of Joseph YANKUS and Katherine ROUDUS, who were
farmers. As a boy he helped on the farm and neighboring farms doing chores.
He had no formal schooling and learned what little he did by priests or
tutors that wo\ald gather groups in the homes. His father, brother, and
an xmcle moved to America when he vras a boy and his loncle later sent him
a ticket in I906. Lithuania at the time was caught up in the Russian
Revolution and they forbade anyone from leaving the country. There -was,
however, someone \fho smuggled him out. So hidden in a hay wagon, like
and a group of others vrere taken to Germai?y and from there sailed to Boston.
H.e arrived in Chicago ivith his uncle and got a job in the stock yards.
He worked in the packaging department packaging and putting the meat into
the freezers. A few years later he moved to Oklahoma to live with his
brother and father. Tlere they all v/orked in the mines digging coal.
Mike and his brother Charlie sent their father back to Lithuania to take
care of his wife. It was learned that Joseph later had one of his legs
shot off during one of the uprisings in the country.
There was a strike at the coal mines and so Mike and his brother retiu'ned
to Chicago and the Stock Yartts around I908 or I909. The conditions at the
Stock Yards then v/ere such, he decided to move to Rockford. He got a job
at Haddorff Piano Con^jany v.-orking on soundboards for |8.25 a vreek. He was
living here a year and then met iiary PETROSKI in June 1911 and later
married her on November Z,,1911»
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Hfy great grandfather and grandmother were Joseph PETROSKI and Pauline MJVNKUS.
Joseph was an immigrant from Lithuania who came to America during the l880»s
and foimd a job mining in Oglesby, Illinois, At the aye of twenty-six he
sent money back to Lithuania to have his relatives send him a v/ife. So in
June of 1893 at the age of sixteen Pauline ilANKUS arrived in Oglesby.
Having never seen or met each other they wed that same month and so began
the start of a unhappy marriage. They never really loved each other and
Joseph being an alcoholic created many arguments between the tvro. LdaiTied
in the Catholic faith they lived together forty-three years until Jospph
died in 1936. Pauline worked as a machinist at National Lock in her l?.ter
years after the fauily moved to Rockford in order to support the family.
She did not remariy, however, and lived until f.Iay 6, 1972. Slie was ninety-
six years old.
Inspite of the rough going, Joseph and Paiiline had nine children. The
first child is my grandmother, Mary Josephine Elizabeth PETROSKI, Born
March 19, I89U, nine months from her parents vredding, she lived her first
fourteen years in Oglesby. V.lien the Catholic school in nearby Spring Valley
was built, she attended it learning the basics - reading, va-iting, arithmatic,
was
and sewing. She quit going after she/confinned at the age of fourteen.
She started vrcrking then as a housekeeper for one of the Jevfish families in
Oglesby. She vrould scrub floors, do laundry, help prepare meals, and then
clean up after them. Being Jewish, there were strict dietary laws and v/hen
vrashing the dishes that contained fish, they v;ere vrashed last. To this day
out of habit she still will not was the fish dishes with the others.
In June, I9II, at the age of seventeen, she and a friend moved to Rockford
to find better vrork. She lived and worked at the Chick Hotel on South Main
Street for a short while. Slie soon moved in y;ith another friend who was
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al oi .aliw ft oiif bn»a B8vl.ta£ei a£il ovbxI oi BlaauiliLI (Kf slood x^^oiooi &aoo
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balTuM .on^ eiil aeew^sd BinaoBrsis ypaa beiBtno otLoifoadM na. snlerf ifqeaoTf
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oi aaiXfaaal dahnl. add lo aao ml ttaqaealaBtfod a aa amii snJbI'vw be&n&i^ adS
oadi boa ,aXa«i tnaqertq qiail ,x'xfani/&£ ob ,8'xooll duioe bluow od8 .vcfeoIsO
uadw bos mmal x^&t^^ &iil%tz ariaw ersBtii ^ciHtll•\t aniea .nadi taJrla qu naelo
Xab ftidi oT ,iBel beriasw aru«r x*(i^ ,iiai'^ beaiBinoo darU" aadeib edi snJLdaaw
.med^o a<U diiv aadeJtb dall •di aaw ^on IXiw /Xtde ade dldad lo ivo
femUooH e^ k«««i faaal'tl a boA ada ,nao^neva« lo ags od^ d« <XI^-^ «aatfl. oI
aim lifuoZ so I*^oR iloldO fnit im boolioir boa bavJtX ad8 ,Aim -i^iivi bnll oi
e- ^ ^r»oifl rwdiona dltw ttl lurrota flooa '• ^ .' '*dw irtoiAn a -Ml daertd^S
already living vdth a Lithuanian family on Rock Street and foiind a job at
Durson Knitting Company on South Main Street. Y.'orking fifty-five hours a
week at ten cents an hour she v/orked on raachines making stockings. Slie
soon met fclichael YAMliUS and after five months of coirrtship they married
on November 7, 1911 •
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Liichael Anton YAIWCUS and ilary Josephine PETROSKI were married on November
7, 1911, at St. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church on Island Avenue and
West Street. They had a small reception in his house follov/ing the ceremony.
Nothing extravagant like some of the other Lithuanian weddings. Tlie: giiests
vrould meet the night before and get to know each other and the next day they
•would have a great time.
Mary and liLke continued to live in the house at 17th Ave. near 9th Street.
?jike was laid off at Haddorffs in January of 1912 because of a slight
depression. T.to months later he ivas rehired and soon they moved to another
rented home on Eleventh Ave. near Eighth Street. Here their first born,
Alex YAIIKUS vras born on September 23, 1912. Ilaking fifteen cents an hour
at Haddorffs, they got by enough to purchase a home in 1913. It was
located on Fifteenth Street and they paid $2,000 for a brand new hoxise.
On IJarch 27, 19lU, their second child, another son ^Valter YAIJKUS was bom.
They lived in that house for another two years and then moved to a farm in
Lfedford, Vlisconsin. They moved back to tovm after a year there and bought
another house. A tvra story house on Sixth Street purchased for $6,000.
They rented the downstairs. This house was their first house v/ith a furnace.
They lived at this house for three years and then in 1921 they bought on
contract another single family house at 2330 9th Street. They stayed in
this house for nine years. Genevieve Lucille YANKUS was bora there on
December 9, 1927, and three years later the last of four children, Leonard
IBe YANKUS was born on November 12, 1930.
In 1930, illke was laid off at Haddo'^ff's and couldn't continue making paym-^nts
on the house. The person v/ho held the contract paid him $300 for the hoiise
which they had paid in over a thousand dollars for. .Vith this money and
vrtiat they had in the bank, iiike put a do\'m payment on a farm in Stillman
Valley.
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In the depth of the Depression the Yankuses, all but Walter vj-ho nioved to
Chicago to work, moved to the farm. It \Tas only about sixty acres but
they grew seme corn, raised some livestock and poultry. Mike and the
oldest son, Alex, would also go to Rockford and unload railroad cars of
coal and lumber for ^5 a car at Haddorffs. This iie didn't have to do for
long because latei* in 1931 liike was rehired at Haddorffs and held this
job until 1939 or 19ii.O when the company folded. V/hile on the farm klike
would ride into tov«m v/ith a nearby neighbor to -work and Alex would ivork
the feirm and help neighboring farmers and the others would stay home or
go to school. They lived here for seven years just making a living.
They again moved in 1937. This time to a house they built on Condon Rd.
which is nine miles south of Rockford. ilike got a nevi job at Mattison
Machine Company as a scraper. They lived on Condon Rd. for seven years
Alex was married dji Liarch 1937 • Tiiey had survived the great Depression,
The Yankuses moved back to toivn in 19ii5 to a r.ouse on Irving Avenue. Thqr
lived there tvio j-ears and then moved back to Condon Rd. for a few more years.
It became difficult for Mike to drive the distance to work and they bought
a tv/o family home at 1303 7th St. He retired in 195u. .ike lived there
until he died on iiarch 17, 19^0, while visitii^ his son V.'alter in Lfelbourne,
Florida. He died of rheumatic heart disease at the age of 72. Maxy YAIJKUS
is still living on 7th St. at the age of 83. Three of her children are
still living. Alex died in January 19^5 of cancer. Leonard lives in
Los Angeles, California, and Walter in Melbourne, Florida. She also has
a grandson and great grandchildren (son of Alex) living in Florida.
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Genevieve Lucille YANKUS vras born December 9, 1927, at 2330 9th St.
She is the third child of Llichael and Mary Yankus. She had two older
brothers, Alex fifteen years older and Walter tiiirteen years older.
She lived on Ninth Street for three years until the family moved to the
farm in Stillman Valley. 'iVhen she viras five and a half Genevieve started
school at Kishwaukee Consolidated School, She had to walk tvro miles every
day to catch a school bus that vfould bring her and the other students to
school. The school itself had three major divisions. Students from first
to fourth grade J fifth tlirough eighth grade and then three years of high
school. In 1?]4.2 the school started cutting back the high school program
one year at a time. In her first four years there irere only about six
other students in her class. They learned reading, -vvriting, arithmetic,
spelling .
In the summer between foui'th and fifth grade, they started building the
house on Condon Rd. so they aa-red to iier grandraother ' s iio;ise for that year
Tfrtiile completing the hovise. She attended fiftii grade in Roclcford at Turner
School. After the house was finished she returned to Kishwaulcee to finish
shliool through tenth grade. She tban attended East High School for the
last tvro years of high school, graduating in 19U5. The family then noved
to i;02 Irving Ave. for a couple of years and she attended Rockford School
of Business and achieved a medical secretarial degree. V,Tien the family
moved back to Condon Rd. in September 19i;7 she moved to Chicago and lived
with three other girls in an apartment on Union Street. She got a job at
V/esley Memorial Hospital. The girls moved again to Arlington St. and she
had another job at Chicago Comminity Clinic from 19h8 to 19^9. Again she
changed jobs and moved to 1827 N. Keeler Ave. and found a job at the
Corbett Clinic on Lake Street. She vrorked there for tvro years until she
got an offer back in Rockford. Being a little tired of the hustle of the
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XUail edi nadW .osrssb Xainadetaea Xaoibea a bavaldaa baa SBeoieufl lo
bariX baa os«atnO o;^ beron ada Vil^X TodpiolqeS oi .bH oabooO od Aoad baroB
#a dot * ^^' 9(^2 .^toertiS ooiaU no InenJ^xaqa oa oi aXxta ledto eotdl dlXw
ada boa .;^2 no^iolXiA o^ niiag* bavoa aCiis •tC- ■ oH Xal'sonetf xsXaeW
via oiatA .9ileX o^ SJi^X mo-n. oJtniXO x^ioteBMO osaoidO ;ts dot tMl^oaa bad
miJ ia dot « bauol boa .avA imLtH .M VS8X o.^ barom bna acfot bagaads
ada ULttBi ataax omi lot anudi baofiow adS mioertiQ eail&i no sutniXO tim&ioQ
mii lo aliatfri adtf la tMnti •Uill a yiiaB ,trtat)l9oii txl ioad lallo oa log
big city she moved back with her parents, v,*io now lived at 1303 7th St.
and started work for Dr. Stanley ^, Anderson. V.Tiile bringing the day's
cash to the bank for the doctor she met Bert Johnson a teller at City
National Bank and a year later they were married on June 6, 19p3»
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Bertil Edgar JOHNSON and Genevieve Lucille YANKDS were married June 6, 1953,
at St. Bridget's Church in Loves Park, 111, They lived at 2219 Uth St.
for two years \/here their first criild, Stuart itss born on July 19, 195U»
Bert vras still v/orking at City National Bank when they decided to have a
house built. They moved into the house at iU05 James Ave. in Iviay 1955,
and their second child, Franklyn was born soon after on Deceniber 1, 1955*
The house •'.vas built by Bert's brother-in-law, finute Carlson and his partner.
Bert helped vfhen he could. Ttere was much to do around the house the first
years. They planted the lavm, built a patio and inside they fixed up the
basement. On November 9, 1958, Theodore their third son was bom. In I962
Bert quit at City National Bank to work as a real estate sa].enian for Bldss
Adelman Realtors and then for Bill D\irstock Realtoa:. On November 7, 1963
theij* fourth and final child, Clifford, vras born. Vith four children the
house on Janes Ave. was getting quite sfbII so they had another one built
in 1965. In Jvne of the same year the family moved into a brand nei'j- house
at h910 Sovereign Blvd. on the edge of Rockford.
Earl,y in 1965 Pert quit selling real estate and started selling insurance
with Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance where he v/orked until October I906.
He then started as a salesman at Rockford Standard Furniture where be is
still erployed. Genevieve returned to part time vfork for Dr. Stanley
Anderson in 1955, and still does to this day.
As the children grew older, vacations became a yearly thing vrith trips to
a lake, or some area of interest. They purchased a camping trailer in 1970
and took tiiree long trips out East and South. In September 1973 their
oldest son, Stuart, "oecame ill v;ith viral encephalitis and as a result has
suffered permanent brain damage and is linable to be cared for at home.
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Hospital in Hockford. At the time I lived at lUo5 James Ave. I vrent to
kindergarten and first grade at Bloom School, The family then mov/ed to
U9IO Sovereign Blvd. in the summer of 196i». i'rat fall I attorded A. C.
Thompson School and irent there thiroiigh seventh grade. Iii 1971 to 1972 I
attended the first eighthgrade class at Eisenhower Middle School. In tlie
fall of 1973 I started East 'ligh School. I participated in the band,
playing trombone, for all £ovx years, was a photographer for tlie Publications
staff of tije Highlights the last tlu'ee years and was inducted into the
Qviili and Scroll and tho National Honor Society in ray senior year, I
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part time ar.d in a warehouse -wiiere I loaded coffoe and restuarant supplias
onto a truck all ay Junior year. In tha spring of I976, I started vrorking
at V/ilson Tool Co. on Fifteenth Street, running errands, doing odd Jobs,
and occasionally ru-miTig a maciiine, I am still -.roi'lcing there as of April
1977, making t;2.50 an hoiir.
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Associate Arts Degree. I cJirrently \iork at. a photographer for the Valley
Forge and hope to major in photography at SoutiiKrn Iltnois University at
Carbondale, Illinois.
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JONES, JERRY OWENV 19^3-
PI.KASK TYI'l::: PLEASK IM.ACE THESE SHEETS AT THE FRONT O E THE SECOND COPY OF YOUK
FAMILY HISTORY.
Dear Contributor to the Rock Valley College Family History Collection:
S n that your family history can he made more useful to historians and
others studyln>', American families, we are asking you to fill out the forms
below. This will take you only a few minutes, and will be easily made over
Into an Index which will permit archive users ready access to Just those
kinds of family histories needed.
SURVEY
1 . Your name ,Tffrry Owftn J-.m&s
Date of form
^0, lv7g
Office Use Code
(ID // )
(ID // )
Your college: Rock Valley College
Rockford, Illinois
Check the earliest date for which you have been able to say things
about your family in your paper.
Before 1750
"1850-1900
1750-1800 X 180 0-1850
1900 or later
Please check all regions of the United States in which members of
your family whom you have discussed in your paper have lived.
N ew England(Mass. ,Conn. ,R.I .)
Va . )
Middle Atlantic(N.Y.,Penna., N..I.
South Atlantic (r,a . ,Fla . ,N .C . ,S .C . ) East South Central
(l.a . ,Miss . , Al a . , Tenn ,Ky . ) _J _Wast South Cen t r a 1 ( Ark . , N . M . , Te x . , Ok . )
_East North Cen t ra 1 (Mi ch . , Oh 1 o , 1 nd . ) Pac i f ic (Ca 1 . , Was h . )
(llawai I ,A 1 aska) X (111., Wise.,)
Please check a 1 1 occupational categories In which members of your
family whom you have discussed in this paper havi^ found themselves.
X Fa rming
X T ransportation
X Professions
X M i n i n g . X S hopkeeping or small business
Big Business ". Manufacturing
X Industrial Labor Other
Please check all religious groups to which members of your family whom
you have discussed in this paper have belonged.
Roman Catholic Jewish -- Presbyterian
Baptist Episcopalian Congregational
Quaker Mormon
Methodist
Lu theran
Other Protestant
Other (name)
What ethnic and social groups are discussed in your paper?
Swed ish
Blacks
Jews
Other Scandinavian X German v French
Indiana Mexicans Puerto Ricans I-; a stern liuropt
Italians
Slavs
X Irish
Central Europeans
British Native Americans over several generations
East Asian
Other (Name )
Tjglsh
What sources did you use in compiling your family history?
Interviews with other
f ami ly membe r s
Family Bibles -^ Family Genea logic:
Land Records The U.S. Census
_X V ital Records
"< Photographs ^
Maps
Other
FAMl I.Y DATA
A . Grandfather (your father's side)
Name J3..:e£ Q. Jjnes, or. Current Residence Lscpan^d
Date of birth 139G Place of birth I'jilg Rose, 'Vls-Qnslsi
Date of death 197? Place of burial Casr^alftn H^n^h^ry
KducationCnumber of years); VjIIc' iOBC, Vi'ls cons In
grnde school 8 high school_4_ vocational X tiolleRe
-'ccupation(s) anT.T./el'lt ;^/'^ °^ RESIDENCE
, , ^ , ^ , till hima of (after leaving home)
^s t Fariilnr.- Dates ^-^^nl-h. 1st Wild RoHft . Da te siqgg^T q7t;
Vv Is cons in
2nd Dates^ 2nd Dates
3 r d D ate s 3 r d D a t e s
4 th Dates 4 th Dates
Religion Prrshy^prlan
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc.
yjelgh Club - ytasoni:; Lodge ~ 'rrn.ql.f^ nf v/nd ftn...» Chui-eh
Place of Marriage to your grandmo therQshkosh. 'Msc. date 1922
NOTE: If your father was raised (to age 18) by a stepfather or another
relative give that data on the back of this page. (A-1)
Grandmother (your father's side)
Name Enid Qyyens Jones Current Residence y, n r'^ .V.-iHft , Wi's'-nnsln
Date of birth 13ii£_ __Place of birth n^hVr^^h^ YMaconqin
Date of death Place of burial
Education (number of years):
grade school 8 high s chool 4 vocational
college 5 yrs.
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1 s t T? 3 che r D ate s IQIQ- 192gl s t 'Vii.j r^oe!», D ate s 1922-
VJisr.onsln
2nd Housevjlfg Da tes 2nd Da tes
3 r d D ate s ^ '^ <^___ '■• '^ ^ e s
4th Dates 4th Dates
Religion Presbyterian
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Welsh Glub - Political Party ( No Frgference)
I'lace of marriage to your grandfather Qslikoghj WIfjCt date TC22
NOTii: If your father was raised 'io age 18) by a stepmother or
another relative give that data on the back of this p.i;',e
(A-2) .
A-2 S tepgrandf a ther (your father's side)
Name
Current Residence
Date of birth_
Date of death
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Cw 1 lege
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
Ath
Rel igion
Da tes
Dates
Dates
Dates
1st
2nd_
3rd
4 th
vocational
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Da tes
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmother
B-2 S tepgrandmo ther (your father's side)
date
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Current Residence
Place of birth
Place of burial
Education (number of years):
grade school high school_
col lege
vocational
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
Ath
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
lst_
.2nd
3rd
4th
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather^
Date
Grandfather (your mother's side)
N ;i 11 1! Eugj Jansen
Date of birth y^^p.^ 1^- I^Q^.
Date of death June 9 . 19,45
Education (number of years):
grade school o high school
Occupation(s)
Is t Faraier
Current Residence
Place of birtf
— De^«-a-3»d- — — ■
Place of burial Howe iJe:ne lery
Spring water Township
voca t ional
college
2nd M a nu f aclrurin .'
3rd Faraer
4 th Fusinsss'nfin
Dates
Dates
Da tes
Dates
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Tov.n -if ?;rT^^nc;wQi->Diates
Zndponri ^,ii T.nr, 7;? q. . Dates
_3rdTown of Springwa t j*^ tes_
4 th wilrl apse J 'Ai'c,^ Dates
Religion >)ietboclst-
PolJtlcal parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Republican - Leglomire.
Place of marriage to your grandmother iw
da t e_j^j^5 0,-4924-
NOTl. : If your mother was raised by a stepfather or another relative (to
age 18) give that data on the back of this page (C-1)
Grandmother (your mother's side)
Name I'.iarffaret A. Huff mag Jansen
Date of birth June 9 . 1906
Date of death
Current Resi dence Yvjld Rpsft^ Wis.
Place of birth_^^^5j^^_Q£-4^iiingJAiate^-Wis,
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school o high school
voca t ional
Occupation (s )
1« t HnnRewJ fe
2ndA3aii
3rd
4th
1 riesc
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
col] e g e
PLACE OF RLSIDENCK
(after leaving, home)
.1 « tsUwm.-af-Spf4,n.rv^^ tW '' ^- 1? ?4r 19 2.6..
2nd VJild Rose Dal es 1926-
3rd
4th
D a I c s
Dates
Religion Methodist
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc.
_Politic3_l Partx, ( ?^ o P r e f e re aae^-^^-V^mxeuxs- E q s t e-.m-.^4^^^^ 'laoiftns t.ux i 1 i a ry .. .
Place of marriage to your grandf a ther a lid RoG S > Vvis. DaLeJijne 9,^1924
NOTE: If your mother was raised by a stepmother or another relative (lo
•K' - "H^ gtve th»t d»ta on th'e back of this page {\)-2)
C-2 S tepgrandf a ther (your mother's side)
Name „^ Current Residence
Place of birth
Date of birth
Date of death
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupa t ion (s )
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Place of burial
vocational
college
_lst_
2nd_
.3rd.
Ath
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
Da t es
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Political parties, civil or sociAl clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandmother
D-2 S tepgrandrao ther (your mother's side)
Name
Date of birth
Date of death
Date
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
Occupa tion(9)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
Current Residence
Place of birXsh
Place of burial
voca t iona 1
col lege
Ist
2nd
.3rd_
4th
PLACE OF RESIDKNCL
(after leaving home)
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
R e 1 1 g i o n
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your grandfather
Date
6
CHILDREN of A & B (or A-2 or B-2 ) - your father's name should appe.ir below
1 . Name Ja i!* 3 Orval Jnnes, Jr.
Place of birth-^r^iyi ^,,^^ ^ ■ ^ ,, date Sept. ".3, 1925
Number of years of s choo llng:l_j_2 Occ upa t lon!;^^ ,. , i no; ■[■nno:.- criver
Residence ] ,p p. 5. .g pj a; d Marital Status
Number of children ihree DeathJ-^ly 19.. 1907
2 . Name a a y^arct Jo g c 3 E:ne r i ck
Place of birth V.ild Rose, ''.isc. date 1927
Number of years of schooling 16 Occupation Teacher - Houaewifc
Res i denreptur g'30n ''^^y , .. 1.:. . Mar i ta 1 Status ^igr.lsd
Number of children -] Death — -
3 . N a me Pes 3 Jjnes Mberg
Place of birth ■/»' lid aOS e , V.' 3- s . date 1955
Number of years of schooling 16 Occupation lesch.-x-'
Res 1 denceN' pnn.tionee Falls Marital Status ,.ia n- 1 ;c
Number of children_ 4 Death — —
'1 . N a m e '^^-.h^rl .T.inf.p.
Place of birth VJild los!^, '"A '^ , date 19 g 5
Number of years of schooling 12 ()ec:upation FaTmeT*
Residence ,. I"! d .1 j jf? j ' . 1 ;:; . Marital Statu s ^;ar•I^ jgd
Number of children__ _^ death
3 . Name John Jones
Place of birth •.VJld Rcsr , '.Vls. date 1929
Number of years of schooling 12 Occupation Farmer
Residence ' . lid .ios*? . "., is . Marital Status ^": q r r I '■ d „
Number of children 5 l)eath
S . N a me p^vid J Ones
Place of birth Wild TiO-'^e, '.7l3 . date 1955
Number of years of schooling 1 :' Occupation ^&1l,gpDr1:g1; j-Or^
Residenc e !Te v.' ^": '.^''^ori ^i i nn 1 "M aritai Stat us "-- -tit led
Number of children __7^ death
^- ^^^"1*-^ Ann J one.? TTOtr,
Place of b i r t h -^ -• -j^ ri ;.; ^ g •» '.', ' ^ date t ' '^o
Number of years of schooling 14 Occupation Eouggwif^^
Residenc e S "^.- J j3 e , J'"' . Ma rital Stat us '. ai'r'ed
Number of children ',_j death__ „
i! , Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Res i dence Mar i ta 1 S ta tus
Number of children death
) . Name
Place of birth date
Number el years of school inj; Occupation
Residence Marital Status
T'iumber of children death
) . Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status _
Nuiiiher el children death
7
CHILDREN of C and D (or C-2, D-2)-your mother's name should appear below
1. Name-pv.>^; T. ro.;5^?n . ,. Jiies ^ ^a 1 ten^f^r'
Place of birth *-?T'.'. jf S^ : i.i --vt: fx^te lee. 51, 1926
Number of years of schooling VI Occupation FsinMng*
Residence. 11 g .tJc. f . . ", - >larital Status ■,; :■ ■ '. -^ .^
Number of children death
2. Name I-l ':: Jjnsea
Place of birt h t ?-vr. -^ ** Spr in — .-n *: lira t e
Number of years of schooling 2_j Occupation: . n, . ; 1 -in
Residence- '1 i^q-. W'". Marital Status ■ , ' ■ '
Number of children death
Name .» •' - >■ r ."■,-, g »»-i
Place of birth.-"' vic« '^'o date
Number of years of schooling ]__ Occupation L:"!boratory TechnicJ
Residence 5t?Vf:.3 rj'.>t, '.. 1 ' . Mar i tal Status ' :"
Number of children N^n* death
Name -'-lir! i ■■.-!ri'?ll :.: c Jjlt:ionc!
Place of birth .. LlcJ .n03^, ";if. date A:J"i.q. 17). 104?
Number of years of schooling ]/[ OccupatlorHouaewi
Residence;.??':^:'. , Tl Marital Status ... J.^lpd
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marl tal Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence__ Marital Status
Number of children- death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status^
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children\ death
10. Name
Place of birth date
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Ri-sldence Marital Status
NiirabiT of children death
E . Your Father
Name . ^ ^ "^ Q. J'-'"'^^, J'^. ' Current: Residence Tie .-^t <^.<^ri
I
Date of birth ,^r, r.'^7 1-'"'" Place of birth ., j.'
Date of Death Jily. i:- . i:-:? Place of burial JS7.rs9la.:. V"! -■^ry
Education (number of years)
grade s chool ^ h igh ' school_j^ vocational co liege
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Fni'iln Dates 1st "r.lc'. _, zrt , •', is . Da t esirM3-4'1
2ndTru3k ' riv^r Dates 2nd J'^liforni." Dates 1 '■-•''- -^ I
3rd Dates 3rd Mid a03ff, 7.is. Da tesi:-^ '^-■':'"'
4 th Dates 4 th Dates
R e 1 i g i o n T re s by i: s .^ 1 a r,
Political parties, cUvil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your motheryjld lOS'^ ",.ls. date r.'^r;. ."^l ^ 1?) ^i7;
V NOTE: If you were raised by a stepfather or another relative give that data
on the back of this page. (E-2)
F . Your Mother
Baitenger
Name P..V ■ ■1, r., .Tans-^n [,l^r,f:P.) Current Residence '. lld^03e. "Vis.
Date of birth ;, . ^; n 1 ^' ' Place of birth :'. .'.n of 3pr la; v.'3 L 3r ,".. is .
Date of death Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school ^ high? s choc 1__2 voca tional college
Occupation(s) PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
IstKgjckhrf'r Box "o. Datesl953- 1964 1st •.lie .iosg. '/.is. Da tesl945-.<4
2nd 'V"!.!?!! Furniture :?. Dates 1964-19S5 2nd Jallfornlg Datesio^4-45
3rd .1 :.-: ^^^Ison I^'urs In;- Ho:!i*Datesi: 65- 19G9' 3rd '.7 lid ao.= e. 'jVIs. DateslP •5-'54
4 th •:olonigl rteat^or'^.-.t Dates l-- -3?- T^7C 4th rtjckl^r-d, II Da tesly64-7.0
Religion Methodist
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Place of marriage to your father ,. m ,. ;. - . ' ' - . date . _ J\ ^ 1943.
NOTE: If you were raised by a stepmother or another relative give that data
on the hack of this page (F-2).
E-2 Stepfather
Name J!, rles Daniel Baiter.
Date of birth
Date of death
Place of birth' pr {-i^-. -, ■ s
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school__3 high school 4
vocational
college
Occupation (s)
1st
Dates T
2nd -'
3rd
4th
Frof f s 3 1 "):i!'l r'lln'
Religion '>thool3t
Dates -I
.,
Dates 1
r-i
"1
Dates T
- t
^.T
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Vv "i Id i> J ■; f , . J sD a t e s T .? -J G
2nd_
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Political parties, civil or social clubs, fraternities, etc
Place of marriage to your mother 71 or !:''''■
F-2 Stepmother
Name
_D a t eJ'iii. I'L' , 1:
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of burial
Education (number of years)
grade school high school
vocational
college
Occupation(s)
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Dates
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
(after leaving home)
1st Dates
2nd
3rd
4 th
Dates
Dates
Dates
Religion
Political party, civil or social clubs, sororities, etc
Hlare of marriage to your father_
date
10
CHILDREN OF E AND F (or E-2,F-2) -YOUR NAME SHOULD APPEAR BELOW
Name Mlli^i Jg :ic 3 Jong::
Place of birth .. IIC ..^Z'-:, ' , 1: . Date of birth :-./ 1' , l^'^'\
Number of years of schooling 17 Occupation 2^nk Officer
Residence .. - :^r :^ , II Marital Status . , c".
Number of children 2 death
Name jsnciy Jones 'Jon-'ar
Place of birth ".'r. ' ,. .: - , ".'.r . Date of birth D . 1" . 1:46
Number of years of schooling T_J Occupation HT'Mcv'fr^
Residence -^ '':■ -"i cd , IT Marital Status ' - " : I :'
Number of children 3 death
Name Jerr? Qyen Jones
Place of birth ' M " . j:: , '. 1 g . Date of birth J ;c lo . 1^43
Number of years of schooling 1 '' Occupation J-j^r'T^ ;■ '^lorp.
Residence,: J- .rjrd , II Marital Status ...n^'iicc
Number of children ,2 death
Name
Place of birth Date of birth
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth Date of birth
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence Marital Status
Number of children death
Name
Place of birth Date of birth
Number of years of schooling Occupation
Residence _Marltal Status
Number of children death
Name _^
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T^:^ - .' .'lovis ii'.: ■ ■ , it' 3 good
' . - , i ./ lihat sho'ws l;ij^iitr-.:' ,nnd fun, but nl 30 hof5
p.nd tenrs. It perlDJnr. ' ' '
i'cvir f,'3:ai''i?o i.hn':. I hnve- cjinc to Inve 3nd tidjnirfc, bat it will 3l£o
.s]v-.'-' ^;oa ■"':■; aro-T 'n 'Alsoonsin '•hat lv5s hisi^ory A-r-ltten t11 .-iTer
The iTiDre rosonrcli I put into thJs, tbs :iiore T -jrew ;. o love
' • ^ces and the •..cople that ''v^^ " pnrM;- of 't. The :!i':Jor i-.'^rt'or.
^'T .l',;s rjtory >i;crr; plni^^ in !Vlld lio^r^, 'V'' irih'in s^^unt^, '^r.-" '■
•;h.? r3i:iil^- bi3t Ji-j' of Jerry Jonoo { '^nlJt^J«r nc-e-n ^jf V^l.^ conrj in -.v'.ll
b ••! T.e 11 1 i OP e d late ■•-' ) .
'iVnushnr^ Gountj 3 1 o ,-. -; t v: v: ia the :'.cntr3l part ,'.f ■■.'■ ,■!)■.'.•,
vhis Ktiiry "'.'eg-ius when. ix. was a Sill y->u'"iij ^nu wnr. ^ v;o:>ded 'rvilder-
rif.3.-.'. Th'-r ronk r. ;-. 1p ;, "^ '• .-■> podded in :/no vvind, tnd the wild fox
du," hlr h:;!- .a;- f ^d, ?iih w^x'c ^.Isntll'ul na d ^ p^rt of tb'^
^.'-'■'i 1 ...,-. . . c'lrly GettiTJi. x'ijey nl'jo tr^i^pi^d oi:ter,
Iv, ■ '■ ■ '^ , .h... , •'.irt'-n, 'ind lynx, a. id ':hey oepoaded on ..jfr for
::j1C'j ->: ..-■■'- r ' ,
"nv. :\- Ivors laid out Wnu3hn:":i ?0';'f;i;y into to.vnrh!pn .Tr. d sectiDns
'.n Ijfil, "jli.w/ .. the survey, pe jplo ■i.-^vo.c into ':he ';2urty l\^
].--^c ■ . ■ ^. Many of these enrly settlors vvors rtlrncted by frc^:^
l-nd; tacy :. .• hic nnd Nev.'YorU. Some of t.hs par'ly 'iielsn
p- ;. "^ - ■ .:.,"-■, if'ny C;lr>'."> C:ii;ie qirootly fu"u:n
';-.'-.. - -• . :^'np titles j:>
. Indl
'-■'■'' ' - : -• -•; ;;.j'/ . -^en they ca^ne Lo this new nror. ?!rst; ':i.?y
■ii- ' " - ■ ' . ■ooncl they miif, t have ■.vood, but; !;h»»j'
■n't hove too x.■i■^■^ trees, ';! c?x'i:ii.; Innd -.v' 5
' 1' thoy wnntod hal^ Tor the livestock.
r::.^-r' o3rly setl;!.: , . . ,, - -v '. :lonality, le.sv.
- ■ , " .-- - . : -r and ^v3rk . . - . ■ ■
ri ■;.;,■. The .Toil v/ns -enerslly poor, liut the^ .a-vjs ?i livlnv; and
'„ :■' "se- I'irje fn;iiille3.
i-^ uh'j rDr'l^? dnys in tnc V.ll.-^ iioso ^verx, ih^^ only ;iis chin cry
.;i ' " - - -' T'Jr.rior.s :vt:1 ■•,vr5s a hoo, nn ax, 0 crcdlc, s ocyLhe and
' ' „ .';,'. ^ .'" 1_ "■' ■ ,r, ^- -i' " ^ •?.nr' th'"; h^irvnst Look
^ .'»• ■:■ 'i"."' ■■"!■■'■::, - ., , , .- . _^- ' .".^ -■r-->^ a^ n;;^c:3tors cici not
1 - .J-. ;.^ J. ..■■;- . ;^-. -..u". ^j--„tle i-': T.icb ^(n ?;''-'^ ;^
':;■ - ".,Ild r-i03e. Tn? vi3.1n2ft ^rrew :-"~pi.''ly :'"jr' the yef>rG
o.r i:,~: .- :iLiS2. in Mnrch of locJ? t;;?' villr^.re oo'it i l:i?-'^ Inrer-
n'-.orr-a, two v,'-,-_i'.: '-:.■■.: ..Ir -^i.-s.iiith shops, ~ ohee':;r .fnf'.t ory , s liotr-l,
nlli, ti-rnn.^ * -'.' t - " ', ;■., , ' 'ic s c.b.lnei. 3hop -wct Lair.r planned.
Th^ C'". 'l : ■ ' ■ otfM'n I{?i ili'Onr'' ■^.iv,.e ■,:hroj£b '.VlTd Kosf
1.1 ".r-l ■■'':' :.'^ " . --'(^it Kficct on th3 villr^o. r.lost of the bir
I'M^ 1 d In^;"- or . . .i^<-(^-t vj-^;-'>' t'-.iilt shortlj' 'A^ccf-^^^'i-.v,
To- . ■- .. "-. u3 rc n nnd 30« g h1.t ths Ti\.1C
:.:•?." ., . _, '. .or 00:n;!iunicy ■....■ ;_:.i', ths
•oun(;ry. E-^. . .-. . pilar su of 'J'o p'nople
.'""-- '.-'•' ..ore vj.'^.'.i foor! t -
1 ;i
.ue;ti leas 'uirin n quTi'l-,sr seclilon, /'oren't tulte'^ fur tho
• .-■■. -ihlnerii tlvit was t f^ .1:1.1 or.-nin^ 1.1 Idw*^ at; .^gricall-ure. l!,o:an
1.1 -..vjis subm?^r-:--ln.'5l, :>\s u l:iae oolc Lo S'.ipi.ort "" fnrriily ,
. ' ^ . r.j ji' uheao f^ri.is v«f.'3r ' . .. - .
jc!;od t.'fif' coanti'y side , soti'^ jC tho 1 inr;: purchnned ly
- ' a 'ire 3 Si In [^ their far.Ti rioreage. ^'y GrnacfsShe."
C. Jorn->f5 3r. ; ...■:.: j:.-3 ^.T the f :>j'Ciiii'Ote one t -.vho wore a^>^ls
:r . T fi^'.ns to his ordinal, o^sj;. ii,3l ,
Tlte ys^=r or './.'", v.'t« a V'?"/ 1 .'ij. or-tnn "•. 5nu ^r- oud ': i.;:c foi' t;j^
vill.'.^r- ..:" "IIIC ;on'". It wfis .ct t'aip. t i:.'i<? th^t tliey celo-
d their first 100 i'^ -? 'U' :.; . It. ••■^r-, ■-• ti:ne r''io\t thf'S!^ p-^npls
J-; ■•■7:- I : ~: - . r-:-ill '-'cr r^nr^ly on-:;!:!-!!.- -g T: " '.he
liv;-.
■■11 ol:out th? f^;--" ( r "in^n^iiL th.it ny
eii-..<.s-j it v.os these .Tond it *. jns f-^t shnii-ec"
ies of tnnse people. To V,et'.er ur^cerctiin.^
^ ■ ■■ /'-^ V ';;'''0 •••one it l:;n3 ihnt the? h^id
I'l.
BTTTj.'.Mir sNTj ';it;,'\[i jc::^:s
"r '::>-'•. -vonta exceijt ciiit Uiis caui'l c^ ,r : •-:■.). ::e ovrr* to chls ouunti-'y
^i"-'i' -'"■ ■ •'■'n.'3'riire, vynles in 134.'. Tik- faiuily nil -ir-riijec!
^ ''^''■' '-•■-'- -■";■'• ^'■"' ''"': ■ ■•' '-o ';::!•' --,,'-■ ^; j this country four- ,,eovz
p:'.3-7l0U3l^.
".ft"!:' *.:i9y " rr l V '^ •" , th<^7 se'j'Ted '.n 'V"; ikeshn :;j.vinty, '"is -; ^r. n In
Ji\!vi^3 T). jor^c
'•-J 1''^ oor'nal, Gi'eo b-i.'^renl; rn^nacH' ol her vns born in South '.V7l->c
'' . - "--■> 1532. '.:iiC.i-\ ;io WMc n young " ^ ■- :,;..'.if=! ho l;hi£ cjxnlcj
Tr m. ;-;rc'i.l,':'^n3]-;ic'3, VJ'-.les -1 ■:\ ■ . , Ms psi-^nts who nnop '.heir
--'-'•- ' ■' ' ''- '^.e"'V I'jricl ^134:?) In Ot; :,•! ..-t , V/nusk'^shP rjounty, "v'lfjoonsln.
I' W3S t.h'rr& on Novcnber 7, 1355 th^il he i;ook h!.r- vilfe, :'jr
i'jrr^er Jaut? Roberts. Tt'ir;'.r -n ? r r- 1 n ,;_' =i provnu to bt^ n tr-ue uniijn
"iir! t'-i^y IJv'H i:o;3Slbc5r for ovt 50 y'?r:r''- In conr:or(5 oiid pes.-ie.
In 1057. t'lrty moved to S^-c i.n£v;o t cr, "'luch^i"; cr)unl;y rin- first
l!^■^f -^lonr^ sxde ;,be pine Ri-vor n-nc Idlfvwild.
In IbCn, thOj bouhbt -^ 163 icrs Vr.v.Xi (cor^t ^n? ^"3^.00) In
tba t ...r jif iio.j" f.'j.'i ;iDbort II. itjbnrtn. Mr. iijbe;?ts wos Vn?
bro:;b • - ':•;;■"'>- J;..:: i^ot:^-?';^ Jono;j. It Is "/cl" wjrth
■I'lili'. ■ . - - . ■ '.; Jar? Ivobcr» Jon--;s rnd n br'Otb'^.f,. Dov'c' riob-rt?,
wvbo .'":•: olf^.-itod asso.ably.-n.-^n fi'O-;. ',V':u.-:3 3h". 'bounty to the '-Vl scons in
I.:- ^b. In;; are in 1353.
.\ h'"in'3 A'^:. :; ji'io I L' i .;C ' ;" 'n " ' ' -" It b'^c bopn I no fnjiily bo;)ie
von t inti j'i:ily Tor 100 y'^^r;:. \3 of now five ;^e:i';n t lo ns b<n\re
,"•. r_eo D. Joa?i3 wnt --.f fil i-". tsd with che church frOTi bis infanciy
■!■ -. . " ■ ^- ~ber of tbn fnll pr ivi 1 ':;_;e. inu •.'■.ont ln-;>r; r.
loy^l an"^ ^^ ■ " - - . , . •re'. I'r: \-'^r, of /.,'■''- "iid v.enoe-
r ■;■• . \ :_ ■ ' ■■ " '^ ^, ~ ' '"n-vj-red t" quench ^^■b3^ thai^ lf:nltc
f^irf' ^■;i " ■■ ^ ' ' ' " ■ '- ' „ r him '■■'■■ ' ' ■'"'^
-l-::r)-j^ :■. : ^ " ' - ' ' ' '.'■."" - ■ '" ':r:r.i":1:-. ih<-
■-:;:': . • ■ ' ■ ' ^ ;. i • of .. . . ^ '■ • . nn t o thn
T'" ' ~ Tion '-."'_-- -.lO': '-jcr f.I'"s to him khnh iuuwod v;.-irMith
"■"■■■, - - jhildren nnd eujoynd hcnslii"; Lliein. rivrry ': Inc
. ■ ':ia fr'Oin town on ^ai.T horse rird V)UfT[;y, he . .^ :".
^- .- -.ho neighbor's rind ^Ixc nil ■ ' '.-'a c-vn 1y . T'-.e
■ ' :'«n knew cliis .ond w&uld always bo wnitini?- for hi'i;, ^IJlieri he
. " -'^ . •: ■- r..-'. cling by tl'ie cicie of l;hft r.^fic' hft wjuld 3peed up the
hor'St-r! thg p:\?'jend i:.; j-/'-;jn't coin^ ':o Suon, o\iddenlj , '.he horses
'A' ere pulled to t hjlr "hIo oil :, hs kids /.-ould p-ather arou.id Vii'i
"••■>jMiing .'^nd tril>:ir.r,
j5;:-i?>s D. Jones v;=T3 c s*:ronn; :n9n ond had wurk^d h.ird '-11 his
llfn. anc Lh:)Ui;h he hnd ^'.ons throufrh ^;,r nany hsrr^hlpt; v<hjch
o,." r---i::;- ' - ■'•h pioneer J.np- 1 if f? , lie .■^t'lrted ou^, -jr hlc 33 T-d
yp-nr vvlf '" ' " . "li--": I'Jst ni-"r;3 v-'^'.g n short
.'ar'^t..lon. .".. i" ' " ■ . •;>:«!. 3 i.r-':vious Lo lilr, dmth he v;cnt out and
foil .in ':h3 I""" "r-.:"^ured hlrj '.'_ " ^ -: . !Tc aufiCi-ed a rren L
do^l .^f i.nic; for ..-n^ '"-^yo 'ind -, i -;. ; 5^ h: ;•- iii nil In :^aisl gug-
■nistlnn. Jus': v. -.im-; hi:; condition :.nz in^'rovlrr, he p'^nard nway
on "^f-bro-ry 1, "iTir,, The l-'iaedin en c:'i_)zc of :.ir d^-^bh v.-ns 0 ctrohe,
Mournin,- for '^:in •^''^nth v.'')s .node ..Tjr.h onjier v.'hsn the fi-iily
:-e'nf>.V!h<^r f^d h'3 las!. .. ;rdr;,"He thor; h'^lie\Pth ahnll no', oa.-ie host':'."
Fehra'sry <!':'. .-. l.n id to rsst in the CaerGolsoi 'Je-nstcry
('.Vild i-(o->?, V.'io ■■. r^ c in) by tht> sidr. of Vila ■/■•ife who hp'" pnorpd 3v.'r;5^
jC3!^r:i oL'3vy:T:30ii
Tl'^t: re id littl.^ kaown nbout; n;,' p?r,'j»rnal Or? f' t-Orea L GrfinC-
.-/urehta, Jos^i^h dtc-vTwson iirid hia v.'if« liiiOry Jnt.'cis Srr.v.*.::s on. T.iir
' ., - n^^: I ;.'n ■; r •:1s t;o find au !: waa trig t he was born In Irtl'^.c^c
nric '■;■-; ■'.nrrif.d to hlc? wlfs In Wild r!o.-3<», , '.Via cons In. I '■'■ ■ anr-bl.!
t D ri ncl 3 ay d n t 5 s .ir 0 n cup:5 1 : ons , :*. s t ,
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■,■■■■■: .Lcli v;^n :nj ;^ni:^rn^l, Gri-.r.l ar-Mncrp ;;hfir wos
n ui'-^ .-t-n lilnt; his fnthrr (Jf-:nsn D.) h'-^ -.'V^^^'r^''
cliild .>: ;, ... neUhborc; to his fufcui'o wifr nn^^ t, ne fn ui"' Ic
r: :.. .. .- ^ather ofLeii. t'.oth were farniinr fsTJ.!!--:-. On 'Anvch 4,
1390 he WHo unltcc" '<:. ri ;■:■ o 3 •:,.'; ? to fillL;" Stevoiflon J-acc, dnn-'iMcr
if Xr. r.nC Mrs. ," -./ : ■: ••.jh. Tv;o 3:^110 'AC-re "born uo then,
T7-,-i -1 ,■; -• ,, s-K^i^. ;nar:'i>-i7<? ; tl''ey lived on the rni'Ti t'r;V. '-ils
--1- T- . - ':^ nqnlr'^.O rr,-y\it;.-, Bo'-,h JQ!.":: i'. ■'^nd J^rrif-G D.
I'. •" - "^hfi fa: ■ . 1:^ l:'.-nf? with \rr,'?Lr fr-;.:iies snr' the
'.;:?: /'-"T ';'.'!'! V' I-'.. r:' , ■" '., viri.p; Quartern.
I'hny nil ■■ • / ^ for'ii .'-nr! tbfvy .t11 worked lisrcl. 1'..cj
x'c^ - ■' "^vec^r^,*^ In'jD.iie .-ind any ex':cr> .r.oney '""^.'s pu'" ".ack into tlie
fipiii "■ G silo's Tid hnrn'5 'verc Chen built,
C:: •" .. ^' '. : . • ■ „ id naourect :n?n r?rir] w?s lover! hy
chl"!uv?ri. ']'2 left .."'.r.y ti-orlRinr.ri'S on toe f"''.'..'-ly r"i':u, but o!is
v,-:: ". I.? 1CJ irt^nt «■! .. Onr- cny wr.ilo cleaning hir, c.hntr.-'3n in t'r.e
h3-''r<--, it r) cclcl^i'i t-".lly went Oif and b"i «v/ -t l^.rfe hole In :ho
y^ntx'y door.. T' ■"- -'h-'nor v;3?, never fixcc'. one th-- hole Is 3 til? th-orft
to t h i i- d f". y ,
Al ic?^ Stov(=.n.'. :;n .Ton-o-; ' . "^ ' -pn 'born on June "'.'", 11"3 snc; '.»as
":oi.'n in th^ ' '^ .1 . . ._" - .. -" :rir.ny .friends rnd v.a:; 'rjip^hly
to oo:-jT :■)■■. .1 ..:....,. " ' , ' ' i oc wfi? ■ '
3'-;o -.'": -;laD ;-i fait!:iful wife nnf"! o loving]- 'iintliifr in h»r ^.>:if. S''.';
v,ent; throtinh the j^re^t tbllr.: nnrl reG;"-onn iV>tl. It irs of a '/jOiiU-a wl'.li
''i'.-:-'v '' ' .vit her- raill.h in Cxod strong in':!! fl.v.n.
3'-r pps-i'yd '"wnv ':• '. ':Vv-» r,'3ke S'-.* TIosplLal, OFjbkoah 'R' scon."; In,
SViC hsd g-one thorc Lo undnr,\.;) na opera Hon for nomr; int^rrinl
•^ rouble , tuL thf-. or.'^gl £;.rovcd f^:^! Ivscaucf* of her v/eok concIltLor.
--iJ -'— '■•dvencS''"! statn of t!ie disease. 2>'.i9. wn ■?; biji-lrc'. o ": ■7:'>er;-- !«.:
'- ;n<ifst!i,-r, Jornrr. D. J,-»-\^ : Sr. , . " ' lTi 13C-9
■ " ^•'5i'i!i V.li"'' ' "•randfnlh'^jaj hr.o bought; :anny ^p.nvs l;e-
-'"-■■ . " ..0 fnrm Lfi^i i.'een 3n Lh,;; rji.Lily f-^r thirty'- .seven ye-'.
-J '.^i--^ ndfgfcV. •••• . - i-.Vjlrc! tfener.^tl on 1: o have. 1 Ivftd t.-isfe,
'., '?r.indf!ir.;.e--' m^^l ..is future wlffi, Enid Owrhs Jon.cs in
Ooh:...-'- '""Isc-jnoln. Thf-y hno .>' L :«n i blind C.n':,^ ?'. '<.) by -
f r 5. •:•-;■. : ...." ..!^ Grf^nuaotherrj, Cnurlin/i; v..as clfrio')! i. In Vhosft •-^■'5;,i r
''"■""-■• ' •" ' ■ "' I" ;!o-!^; ■•'^.■- ''j.-proxlms tr-ly 40 .:tiles n^.-nru nnr vrDvel
-„ '■■ ' :. ;.„ ' i ■-'fnth'.- j,> did ni.nkr-r t;ne trip tbo'.ich ':\ien-
?vv^r ■'■ - 111--. ;,r:,?'^ :-'.:..»: foiir ^ .-ti-s' fror:i Ui^'r fir?^
Tov !:h* .".'hole
b?kc r^ ^
'.'J Irill.: :. i.^lr h:)nr;y:vioon. 'An?,
: r ^r-cr'i'y r:. It wna 'it thsV. tl-tic
\, ■ - ■•.tivity nnc t-b.e: silo's
I'Lly 'chf>i-5fiftpr' 'vith
i^ vers closed so hx'ie kiCG cjjIc: i_i,j Lo tae
r'.-Te -rpre v.o potato dlg^-.frs in tho?r
. ; nndrr.otbrrr. -uty to d ■' tb* cooklfi!^
.T T lot ''f bnL--inii nnc chf. :
' . ." , ■'■'■' 'r- ■A""iS 'uavirifd, I brv?-
winter ir'.onih^ of I'jCO •,vh'?M he '-vorked on
: : the fli :■.
'Stem part ", —\•.ny-^ ij.tunljy '-rj.
o o n t u r'i' , f '' rm a j? r.
■pl^'^ed of th<
r" ' ''-' " r^ciuii'- i '^ino 'ther crops, Py thf ye^ir of 15-?:?
■'".,"- " -i^- rnr.ns in Ihe ars-i-. lia net out to l.'uprcvc tho
-"' ' . ■ ■ -■■,;-•' - plotci set out l"-;,' ihs I'n ivf r-5! Ity
'' '" '" ■ 1 . -x ^eris, " ■' '* .' -:'?ver3l yf;?.rG oT
' ' ■ ~ . ."^ r *.■'.** )' " '■ "1 '"".I "" ■" -"^ \ I ?■ ?* ')^ Go :i *n ^ r* t"' 1 •" X
"" ' '". '.:oO":5, :■... \_ 1 " iC r:r5Mlts, S..i.'^!i ti'ii^rf wnp a fcfT..t
I'. . : .• J- .:•. , ;!.. tiia?, t") ., , : i, hi.;; rons ■'/.^■■n frf»t:;inr:
1- ■ •.■'slec3 in T--ir:iii\-)i "c6 it ahe ; le .?•"•?. r ■; r^' to 'iXi.nnd. Tlirjurh
:...■.- i^rd woi^k of hiac'^lf nnr -.ir j;3n3, thev. v-e:'i. 'ible to Liuild up
''he fnx'i so OS t.lvrj coul'" 1 Ivi: ver^' conir.^ir '.il' !■• .
J,?'nf! ? G. JoiT^p, S:'. '.v.s nbls to 'rnjjy hie. rork tc ths enc ond
1 . ." th.'; V.J ." ' _ ;-p«c-';. 'I'*, f'spie r i'-^ll 7 enj'iycd th* ji^ht ■;■ f tht
Tr^.nd rne^nlf. " l'" .• . ' r. '. i*- cr.";ps riper( In i:!:3
f'.-!^. ■'T^ r-}\so :■- \ ^ • tho n5nn on his fiv.rU«» lioiis 'irrck.
Mv Crfi
.-'75, ' ^^r■v'^.x■ rsslly
srips of him. Vcfon^ •311c
to SU
V L ..i C i-C <t '-J-',. .1
hf! coi-ilr! fL;-:'<"l^ --njoy life n,rtev v.'orkin/;; go hard all !ilc "j'f".
T'y ■■-'•,<• in-, 1 ";i.nnrt:,-iol;her, Enlrl Owens Jjn«r v.a.s l;orri l.n icr.3
"' ' " ■ -^ Oahknsh unt. '1 sh<?i T.^rried '.n 1322.
She a.oSndftd Oshkos"n Hl^^h School, r:-nrlao ting In I'^l-:, nnc
'i.f:. ^'. 'tended Sl;ni;G nor:r!3l Scliool of Oahkoah foi' tbrae jorrs.
'.fU'-r ^_,.- ■ ' ". ".ja] Stn'o''^ N'Trfinl, sh.^: iv-sa thnrt qurlirisd for
I '^■^chlri&. tl.-.- J .U' c fc yen.' of :;eaching was ap«n1; ?3 b TJlrinf ojo;.* ,
'Vie i'" onsiri, v;r.Lfih Yff'f; only fleveu :.iile'? froa ho-ne r.nd .isr srl'^ry
oh" '■ ■ . \ .. ^_'-- , V'. , ■. ':.o Oshkosh by bus {n.:: trri'nc
'ji^. two 3n " .' '" : " nnp) v.'lill'' r-'^^f"" v.-p-rr "ooc iTi thi*.' f^''!.
^ul: C'r'.n;- ';'"e 'vi.-;^- • Iis it x:??. ^.li":;'' :i;if f ^r "lit . They hfid
"!'■" '^: ~ ' '■■ " '. "." ' . ' y. 'A'eek : " .' .: j: " ■:;:•/ _■ ".;"(" ^h^Cl"
■-:':.].■-:■ - \ ' - ' :---^y :::^.n to orlv thf:r. !.o Oaro Ty sli^-_^h,
" i: Oriro thi^y v.r.-e ."~ . -^ I on ;jn intei'-uApn '■•rillsy '^st■ to
0«V.:-.-''nh, rh^y hnc' yio^-'^d to sy^nd the v.'eek-r.nc *:h<^r'^, b'at by
Sn t'.n"fh:y norril.nr cn^ -.v.':'; r.'.r: r r^por't ■.v.!s t;.nd ^n^'l another bli?.znr-d
■.■v.Ts on ItG xoy. 3o v/heo i^ .rtort'jc' to nnow in th^ of-;-' mo on, th-^y
c " 0 ■- :■■ " .-^ '.:o loo'","? it • . .-r Ornx'O ^nd c^tch the ?:■ o* :ls>rl: tr'^.lr-
h'3 ok 1-0 '"'.nr^c.O'" -■ . Thoif hnc ;];otten .;"ek to O:iro -oli'l^ht ond
,-.-.■ ^ ■■'' " ■ "; tr.^in ■■Khan .7ieFjf'^;_"e or. we O'vcr thr '".'ir"?i th£ t
thfl ':r')in "f'-": ' "■ ' " lo rfttlnc;; through the cnov; b^riks, 3o
r' ^' •'.■ .- •- depot ' - . : ■ ' ■ i"P A.i^. v^'plt:i:if. Thf^ Ir
■. : -^ !■ h ; - \ 'uli.' hr ^ ■ '. . . ■ ' - • -iilnr,
V ■ " " ' ' :h^ f.ii^'r .;ot 0 'iin;le
c'.M h ;-. ': - - ■ • ■ - ' -J h'-c t ■; : .: '. in t]:e cfivot ell
nir.-it. 'Vh-:,-: i '■ " ^ ' "" ';h : '" ' find their ■■:n^
1- r, , ^
- "■ ■ - ; ■ . ^ ' . . ' ' '. - ' . .3
V __ ■••,_" . ' "' vor-y ^c^ive at: l;h© r._'. "'f V'* ■:.'•,,' '.r
";.:•;."'__ llvlnr ' '. *--— ^- .::';"h"3 n';.^ '^cr^r. '" "" ' ''^
■ " ' - - -fosr. -s'm spends
1 ' Iv, Sac j.^ v- ry 3l;i'0fi£, ond v;oi.i(S?rful
;■'-■/- "' ^'■■^nd out la -ny 'i-ilr.rl r. r?
' ■ ' "'^y- ''^ ' : ' . '"..,. -■ '. - "^ , " " .-„ Gr^riClpar-crits
i^.Oi-n y '"■"-■ Anni\-' -.^ '.. l-''". I'' ■■rrj i-eo^Z' '-' ■^■'■"^,
i;h'-:, - r' ■; . ' - "1 : ^ viofci; were ...jlnL:" :Z out
'; o cvf?.:-j ; , .. • '"11 -'li .'^--' olcti.!res v>'5T"e tf'ceri .u- cP
■ •- " „ ■ ' , . ~ ' '^ ■ '/vsro han:-' .">v: ")' ll.s
•j.vA Cj ... .:o.T';:~. i j.u
3 C. Jon*n, J;
u'>.i---3. i*>5i'!ti
^ " -.iie*^ fjinr It r.sccsaary
. , -' "I'lrsf^ in the; ^hcd
^ . ' r It.-, oni-i- anc f^:-:'!.!'
lil. J:-i*-, ,. -y. four cu":y
-|_,., ^ „^^ /iuch :,h';t
■ :-. -.-.■^ry i.'loat^ to hi'; Grnr.:";-
, '"■■'"Id nrid toVrft .^ I'uip. M.?.
.•■hen thi?- sgo. :? j.-in n p.-^sssc'
,.^.(^ H.:r?b 1 ■ . rl-^n ;;h;:.-'ch all hi- lif*.
, ' ., ; ■ ■■■sy^ 1944 -CiL. hn'n to l<?nvt
^waOi'V'C; Oii J i^f „.';riCC;
■ ^ nc- i^->]l*(;t in Vi/aush'^sra County, i. j-.-.n jf
- , .s Ovvncc .' ^ ■'I'rftpd until 1953.
v-?s T-'-ucklng Company unt;M 1?;65
VetuTins ir^apital . ' , . .: :;:on3ln with
..n tuinyr. Hi was opijro tciri on in Ghat^ip/enr am:, was cone idfii^eci
' 1 . • ■ • lrgcr^v<56 snd another op?5rr'5 1 Ion
■ ' ./ « .^ollov'/o-. If'' opffT'iLlon, h--^ In id in Q COM3
■-■• : \, ^^, i~^-,
"1- ' 'Vj- unf irtjo-ii.': ror l-ol,:i .ny fni^hsr- ind I Ur; fc '«•;■ ' ' " ..
■ ;" ■ "■ '■ • ''..-■ 1 ■' '".'^vcr. He had passed j5v.-,?y at a r.-^ii'l;
; -- ) "' , .jviat a teftn-a^tT. Bf^nvo 'nia death,
Lhlr;
:5! in 11'^ .
iia r,.
'T^ "niovec
h!n 1
:, V:: fnr ^:<?i
• , ■ , . f , r^ ■■ i s t i» r' n n d I
-■/j •:■ ■ : ■ _■ •-. us the Lri<itcrLnl
.■n^, fr'!r;nd.'.' nnd v.'.'^a n fun-lovin r
. c'-inr wit;, p'^opl- sue w:-:3 kuow;i in
■IliTOHV 0? wr:L:jn oEl'il.K.iENT OF OSIMOSH
i: \ ::•.■■ ^ ^ " it, or Oh;.ko/i': ]\--r'
... ^, . . ' ~ , . : ne ',lv . ". ; " ■.■ ; - b'^lonr-l
' ^ ''"■"* - _ ■ r --.i- I.': ■ ■^
I"; ■ ■' ■■ igl:?r nature 'oi-", J rapov u =..:.. . L". .:. .. ..'..'.
:'■■"- - . . ;:., ^ hi^vfl:/ to Lhe •■v-^"' ■^h r-^r.^lr. And th»7
' " ■ ■ ^.. ::\i. " " ill^ '.1 th^ :^ " -mlnr-if* Thf^- hoc"
;•■>>,-■■ 'j - •'.'■-''- v'ith n :^*al ■jn*,q\j^<'il>jo' '. ■.
•' -» ':•■;■ '.'I'.r '". 'r'" :":" 'Ir". T!"ray ^v'^lt t.helr yc^i ': '. on "."is
'.::-.••■' J .■•■ , .■ ■ "■ , '5 ^-nlncti l,h?"5. f^ , : . ■ .-•'
- ' " '- " ■ 'i.nuni on v.'it;}"i J/^sus, ';'h.vy ;;l!i:)
hcl'.r. ' . ' - ■ / '-'f. ^\: ■■/ ■'■■•,-■ v.nole u.T-;xf «s /v
peovl ^' \ - ...:.• -5 • "^ , T'or the';; '.d ssc;;^ eoi^ollcj
'Ai'-'z ■.'' .', ' - .; 'n cc'- ^j o::'.llr ol ^ihe- cost of
l""*"';. .'■'.: - ^li'jf^ vculi" cr':''? . n l LS"pj,. :> in trti^an one
'■n ':';^-^ ...'■"' ' ". -wirlJ;. Tt i-.is from '.hi- t-sllfi-r *:hfl t
'.''',' y 1-. ' • ':-.- '' \_ 7v?sloh:Jian Lo do' h'.3 l>r3t ^; 'i r'rif«
'i- ..' ■.....'■ " ,^ ■■ , ■ iJh^sh. Many :u fch* ''/elsh
"in !, lonnll !:y- i;-i "~ : ■ f' • - . ,; ?■ 1t-~'v rly i^'or^ugh bbf" c^','^.';
f:.' '.••;o- ;;r-l.\ ■ " ^ o:.- i^t cl :■ r-" L 5. .'a ?f Indapcvi<>nce than t)).:>
'- '' - , . . " ry rinu suppnr-tera of thfn
ion is u V.'lllis:.! Lloyc! GarrinDn.
\ . •■ .'■ . / ' . -;lejcc i..-«n3 of 1'.
.-■ ulis Joni lloaL ion to iii:jt.irf- fr^etdoni ';o Uio slave
■ effect; ■ ' -■■ -■ -'\ r , _■,
'.■• .1 - ' :. .;.c.:i. : or:.r:C^ to t'un itr the Fr:. ~ 'v "i. :;; . The 'svl-h :^ 3 ci:c.
::?n 'vr : . for 'r/.'i in l:o''jh Instsnoisa, Kfi.--!r -hot .!n v'":-^ "I'^itior
,j^ T-r.,- .,.,.: -'•-,., ,- , •..,._ .^ ^^ j.^,_, ^0 vern-riPnl in pnying I?---
V ' " ' . . ■ • i^s prcinisr '!;.-'ir!v.iO a r;prlou? !"•.""■
T •■■-•-- :'t3ly for ju■sUc•^ 0110 C"'^'^ ■■-.-'.;:
■- . ■'"--," -.•-■- '^-?3 \, acrf^-lo. Aftrr
■ ■- , ' ■"'.'_; .-•nc Il^Of:? v/lvin the ccfc-'Sft
"■'■ '" ' " . "^ ■_ ■ 'ri d^nr.:-r; thft If/el'i.h
', "■ ' • . '" ' ": • 7'*Ti jn.riinn' Harrison. In tho
'- ' "■ " ' ■ - - ' : b.'s'j policy '.'/hsn tho.
K'h:'\^ •'.'Tl'^r In ^" . !••• i^olc! '.]o1.1or- was 3 nuef-;t Ion.
Vi'hen tho f 'Hi. ".'^ ' . ^^o celi;lr'3 In Osl-iliosh bh?y ^ound
".It" Indinnn cLill ■.•'nnosrino on Lhe lino, ilj./j/h pr.v3£,f;s hnd
l^'St their- r :. ;: ■; •;hf Isncl, they vvcrr still slow to l*nvp It
... .J-. J . , . .. ^ , J.. . . J. r J.'!: ^.IL.. . .1.5, i '^ri->. J i' , ^C Cliff I
■:v:ck:-! ": ' , ■ her vvild rrr^ntures v/zrr co-n-rijnly ;;csr.
^1 : ' , " ' " L^'." ■■;■ ' " ^ " svirn'^c; va th c'v.t-
' ' ■ . •■'.x", <'. hri: nlc f''-v;n
:il3 ua-j ,
^ .aent v.gg jn thft -'VisLftrn half of 'ihc-:
rcn Ivnlf of the lorn of Utic . ' .
:on,-;ir;. T''en it sxtendeo b^yoncl tl'ni CJut;-j'-:-n
1 ■.'" ini", n !.'_-ie *: own:, of 5ilJorncio and
rh t.own :;.::'.:;:i'
l' --1 '/• .-1 .1 -^
T'
Is
■ , ■■-'^■-■r t'., ..! ,^. "f Nfp.n.n'-i ■-■-■'''■ \-
"■ ' ' ■ ••: ■■■'. "^-r"" --f Ln":r 'Vlnn<^ "^n^o ,
t '.'.z no^j^:! sncl, "nd on itc v;est siclf
'"''X i'lv?r? join ^Tv'ethnr, TLir, loke
<..' 1'"" -iil^s ;-"f-f. T'-i- 'L . ol nis ck V;olf
■'•■'';, ,3 011th r.i 'L.:-jr ci'.y of Osljkosb;
if Utica, and Llcorado r->uth of yekiml.
'„ if b.;i-koGh i;o thi n» Ighl.or':.^ jc; of
^, ■ ■. !il.dst of lbs sn u t"!cM.cia!< in
."■".irect J on. TIt? first r:*vci^ mile.':
tn, nnd buttci^ 10 ^f.rJ:r. The bfsl
s paid ^,1.50
„".'" . .'Ubh; Lhe br.nf: '- , "
"r.-^t: |•^rol■,or \vo\s p?5id r. . ll-ifs nad o '■/■',
. V^ 'r,he C#lniaan V/ar wag fought and whuol;
Lot-^ly to :|1:1.00 find (i.1.50 n bushel. ThI,;: ■; np v.;
, -.y Wlcootifiiin. farm?! ." . ' ■. ' ^
■ ■ . ,• -'j!. irjr; of iihf; V."5 ;•• nnrl the p'-.Tilc of
r>: i"- , :'j scringe, 3tfi,5" bnnluio i' ""3 "'i Lh fl.;''-. Hi jUS
' • . - ■ ' _ v.-rvi.-?' In '^j.rculfi t ion. '"'nou^ih '.■■•.-:r-'* v/3s
:"; -. '^ " _,.sr, ..i-: ^ ■ .; KC-3r'ee nnc th(^' Intar'Vot vry '■:*i:^'--
Ti-o-u "! '^ \.-) '"' ' ,' \ T: ' " '■'1''? vf-'O '^ C':^|^r.';.:;''- ioi'i r^vj": fir.Qricl-'?!
',h^ ■■;•'■' ,''( :, .il: •• .-.c, I .onficftccc In each oth'r; r.r.J thfij
f--:i"1.j 1 •:=n''d L'-. -i :;, .-ther vrithoat any kind of r-i^celpt - n?
::.»ntlon or r':i!;c, , but r*"^ .ihin^j: d ovi^r. ;!atr> t:;(» old =:onlc kwC. •"fi 'i '■"'': -
owr- th'- :^old to t;he nno 'n need Df iV.
.\riot^"i*r' '.ntsr^.L-; t In^ ?iSi^<:-'i'; of th?;;:'"- Oshlco-^h settlers wss
th;- T- ■•'■.1 or t,h?',r C.30G. First t'lsy ■.-•■oulrl build n f:»lck and
rnort^:- voult vjith " r- ."■ ■,"•.'< ^ilnV; i:i'^v<;.r. I:i this v?.\\lt thr ro'.i£'h -
bo. V - f' ^;l^^l:i^d, " . Ide t;he rough box the oasknt '■•n.s pl?-c*d.
rhi' :•" ,- ':^'^"' ^n.-;id-nblf-- coop'^ratlon anonf; th-:; nelghborc of th»
iOur:i-:; fn.rJ.l^ ;. ■ ^■-.': j.-i th".;i vay. One neighbor went
.•o to-.va T: • wont t:-. the quorry for -h': fist
sl^h :;.r :' ^ - - ■ - third went for the sfind and l.j lu- for
tt'.'" Kirrt'^r'. It ^\"-T: .11 MO iv'osssnry "-o hifc ". :noson t.o d.-
nsc^r:.-, or-y ".-"'bor, M.\ '.bin !'.^i to bo d.'nf, quickly ant" In ■■ cliort
rhl?, in rnn-jlusion, shows hov; th*» "v'clsh sfttl^.rs of Oshkos'*
'.,'-' .J baHl.s. Tij^.j vcrr -. proud, i^ol 1 - ltv..j3 ceoplr;
.■-•.''• ■"■" ', rcjTcy to t^! ve n hclpin; :- , . '.h'; iie-c-d/. ■ - - >^ •
■■ l.'ird working farvners thot put In a^Ji'i^ hour-s jusl ti
:- ■■■■ I: i'l. _ ■ tlic./ :voulcl v:te, ns ..uc .i:rn, foi- the i^.-n of their
•b:*"'^. i' i '."::•■ e ".-ere very ^oot" ..i»v'j nnc! I «.r. extr^jitifly proud to
[J lintcrnnl Gren C-i!i'*.n t-Oreg t; Gr.nnr'p'-ireiits liv*:"! in An£;?.l3ey>
.:jr? i^.Ti'cnl.ri uf Hu p-h Ovvrns who hsd I'o.ne '.;o
'.kTLLI.'iJ.i a!i;> i\!. ■.li.J/iiilii JON';;
"'."flfr, '^ n»^'"j:- ,. "• , tri^. to Am ■'T- r 1 c a . Th'^y a'pi'S ':he pnrents
'iV'j.ll';^ cciolvf
ordn Ln.*»,d ;n Inin I: ->. v ■ 1*1 - 'Ti'/ Or-: '■ t-
j.'e-.rip':T'?ncft ir. cstiiir
i';iis v;-^?:; tli^TSi said
. :: "■■ ' ■- ^t flv'J^a':
:.Lnf!noe r.l-:cge 30 yer.rs
•rid, ■'■!,;.■ '. .-" you c:;;n
ii II. J." e,
to
' ^ ;.;'; hoisd by U3 after' dt)..; . ' .■;••; In
' ' ' = r . . J ■ ;';.*v«renc. ■ Dav?.d
~jull:ea, I x-eeoll uVo rf-a^rk;: .■■ - ^ ^'. "■"' . 'i • '. .
- ;iin shooting bl:xck.blrcl3 nnc! killtnr a little hri:-":-
■' :i.^!3t. He fell sorry fir '-.r.e ILk,":!?: ''."\
.- " "■ ■ .3S btrln^ ■« !. f:b tib* "olOv^lctlrns ,
, . . ,.T- I,i i.'^].."^" '.'•' '^oT" -:v; in,;;; o'lf blar^k
-■ . / ^ • • " . . ; ■ . ' ^f * llvl:i '
... '.r^'\,. T :- ■.' -. jji'K^ upon ohr "ViT^^
. . .- • ;" '. -: ':..'-) t tiff her, arid fiiL.ollj ?!■,•'> killed
^.i,. .:. . ,.•:,." ."..>,..,i fro.n ijhe Ijfi: Qncl 3";i'J, Vvcll, we
i^lda'c .•■ c? So. are rr.nny with t Sjippreac* , l-j.^vinr others
■> , ■;":i'- ''^'~y • ^it «■ iib:^r'' 'n ']"■«• vLctOiy "'nf jjl Dry nt
^'-rc.3 snjvv
■-^f th<=
: yfniis WPG n vory 3trjn{;;,
;^h :i-'r9l-3 .9n..i wnntsn ethers
■-- " 11 :-.'- : if-.
-^ 'r- ,: y ohhrr ways.
- , , ' ■ ■ S;:hnol wfis
' ' . ". •.,..■11 you c. littl* abnut lii>ii to ijhow
1 ■ ' - - .^encie my Trrwa t-Qi''fc nt G-r?Ji)Clf -sthcr could h'--'.-^
~^ i ■ ". ■ . 'h vOwens Jr. wns a ^nlnlTt'ir- fin'i atarvod '. o
■^ ■" ■' ■ '~. ■ ■■ . -ined In th- It Conv(»iitiori Jrn« ?,
-. ~/~''". ;■ -:' : . . Shftphsi'd Bnrn?. ' - . T Jojacy, '-'il fioonn la
■y . - '■' ...- liibofftd in fidelity soA sucoftsa. He waa ^ though':-
' .': .1.-. v.io?: ..i^n qri:"' lovcir] the success oi th« cause in all Its
;rr':r. va^li nil pui-ity, Ii« woa 9lso skilled in aiu.'jir;, the '.vjr>k of
the S.iiiooj Sohoo'' . !: ''Tii : r^ri^e ?nc ;!:ilr;sl jnnry zocl^z'iss, so thai,
;,iittl:ij^ nil things tj£5tliiT, i*: '"Of; fclt thifc bis vnl--^ In iruVllc
'•• V-' ■•" ' ': •■■"!!3 v.-^ir-y grc^l, ThiT shjw;; thot th(= f-?!*-, •:ful cL«'jcon,
!TU;2h Ov:?n." 3r. , vvhs such .-'i strong snci kOO'""'' ■nnn thnt his influe.'jcc;
wars rani-fio ja to his r^.jn :■■■:> th':;t ne l^t-'r be(.?..;;s q niai.ster ir.d
L"i''!sr of co;.iruUni by Hffr. irs.
JO HI;_riT:2SE_
JoVm ;>-- ' ■■ , . ■•■■r^inr^ ?7 , 1315 Jii 'r;-C'''yt" (:Vhl!,ft ^iO':,2r) ,
'.' - . . • ::' I ■ :•" . "I" ' • ':.l Isnbr 1. h Levis ;{?"■> se was
! ;.~ht<--r of t>«org« Lev/Ts and h.T? .■'.fr- r;;at-rilchr;i-'d- liynon of
•■•'•- ^' » " -' -J "J _- ^ - ■ 1
...^ ^.^ tC-'iml .■;:r.''r5 l-Or'e a t Grand^jSi^enl s o.g.nfr to tr.ls cri.nLrv In
C-^lj !''''np liiirijv i:i Flrjtr.i.xville , '-V'lkesL'arr* , sno rje^r.in^ Fer.ri.'L j'lv3''-5
In :i::;y, Yy^v zhej sf.z'Ae.6 jii Sj-ici.lon 35 of iiv; Vidijh S«i:ul»-
"■.•■•:'•, in OsblvD'Sli, Wi£c:)ns!n. Cn*! ~i' \:''.-i first Lrlps he t":'k nftfr
ar-i-i'. '.. " " ■ ". i • : " ;•; vv-a? to Find du L-ic "'b'^r? iiC bou£;!i:; cii th:=-
fur;: i i: .; .'- b.T ': j:.'l'1 j'lrid ther?, H^ was no', n'hls uo 1? :j' ;,i;jnh
':■)'■: c ".';'■ ^ ' ■• "• '.-' • • '1^ ■J^'n'!: -'^s q sliovs, b'^d, 5 Lf^bl^, and -^ f^'.-;
ch^=1 r-3.
'^■;-.:r\:n'?::i rl^lldr^n "'t'I':^ born to John R'^-s** nnd h\3 vtlf*. Th?y
',■••.1^ " noti'i'.ly kind fT.illy «nd stron.;/ f.-!''.! .Trs Ir. t;he c-:iur,p r.f
T.jrist. ibwy V;.-*;-'' ..i.-.ibers ">?" Zor<r JhuroV •.•'.-r'; hi? vv^5 r.borl r t.-^r
for n* Trly fc^i'ty __.*m'C. IT' w> • :■ -^ s'tronr .^n.! or.bivi .n'na in ri-v?ry
ciri^l-:' ":\C in tb:^ ''ront -^n s f r^ r;r; r. r ,
J ,■ :.': ._ b ^', ".,bj nad h? difjd Oct..bcr ?o, 139-1.
rOHN ■.)V;^^ITS
o.y i-n,.;-'. " ., -^ Jr;.. .iv.fn V ri«r , John Ov;ens, .;^^:. bor.i 1;. /iv
.f 'Jtlo'-. , :.. '■ . TJ54. ni2 porsnt:-- -r .,5 e-irl;/ ^.r t '.''.ors of
'■'i, ri:':, ".i r . .'r-. HUi^:i Owens.
■-';•- 1- ::be town jf U'jIcs uafcil 1509, -novlr.,:. -
Osiikosh. He was ^1 .■n''..'iber r-inn a dft'scon of Stile.n Fr-e.':bv teri'>a ■>h'.jrch,
■»/!y C-r'*-.t: 'Jr'^^rir :"■-■ - " ■- nloO 'n Imrjortant .mn in th* 'Ve'Loh
S'* 1: tl ".r.-^r. I ~'f Osir.'OSh, 'Viricoas In, '\3 tiuR v;'--:s norln^ vl^cH) for
t"/::f. 50th /Vriiiiverr3"'2ry of thr 3?tt ';!?! n'-nl ,. b? v>'^:: *lr!?t-r ': ■> ths
'. "..Ti.iii'^ t;'a i; :. ivi'/.f j'.'jc nc'jss^Ty nm nj; =■■..■:? n t; s , "e w-ns '^l"'~> a
benchnr n t Ev'^ th!';-.na Ii.^;lnol of Oahkosli ia ':;ie j's-rti of 1;."1 &.id
Vt Gr^ol :r3nr:; -. ^ r, vzvj quLst, :;; jdo3 1, k Ind ::riC; 'Racily
.r-Rn. H.T \v;.i:; very ff!ii;hral gj Lh* VJr^ls'i Cluir-^h that •.vns gt ':hat
tine ver'j floui'' L-'^ninr;,. II wnuT'": ^* difricilt t" think of 3 life
thai; -j-i^is aM'z const?int Had ..iOCd tciuLiful uhrin .;a ; hie life, i^e
v'ia of a l,'rau<".r, 1 •'> n I * a t mtiir: T:ic n ^^crfsct ;^?ntle.i.aii ia 3II
hi3 he ho ^i or.
John OAc:n::i p-ssr^od nv^y Gt ':h^ ?a£P '^f 79 Tftpr a,-; illnesG of
about .-T i---r.
A.nn ^rpf,?! Ovro (■li-eut Gr'Gn:^:.;:thT) w^^ i;h» "."st of - fainlly
of r:iurtf<*n chilor '.ri , born to John .nn'": Elizoh?th ilecs*. 5he v-.qs
horn in the town of ■•■['m .-.n th" 13 th of 3-, pts-nh-^r, lc5-3.
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il-^r v> i Lh ',j.i contj,r-:!^flt Ion b' . ■ ^
;h?: book, but. 'would _^.r%3cii it ra l^e iclu .'.
■.••;:ions v;prft vi^ry forcr,f',jl '-rad int •»;r-!:.? u '.n_
2'-.o.i.:y. m}FV::.:\h
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: 1-^ 1 1 d 1'' « '.1 v; f :• • Tv o rn
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~ n ' : - ' . ~ . ■ , : "•. perforiTi MTsm', Th^^. sftv'.n chllcrTi
,„«,.,. :•■■•- .1 ':• -^ ■ - . ■ ■ -. . ^^ "nj tiir.rft w-:?s ?5lw3ys grsct
:^-v^ ■ • ■.. ' ,-~. rh'^j ■- ' - ' .• ...vercoarr) nm, ^l.'i.i'ec;
i.' " '■ ".■'''' - ' .', " ' -^ , ^f !;;.-ijL- ovi'n 3l«cs,
^:;U^lin^:, ia ih* ■ ' . . . ^ .t fM/uil;^ also 1';^^; n Ijij ^1' C3.::pnay,
Ga? of the i'nvgrilf i'ls t^u,;;:; s uurin^;. ;•■:. c-^ c-^^iy;; wv!f5 c^rrry ^ I:7kin^.
The wliol? fn ..ll^' ; " ' ' '■ ' • ■■.\>v:'LC spfnd n^ny hours ;■ L 'jLis,
Ih'^n ';rt»i"vvr:L'Gs , -i-v-: _ ^ ; _ ■''■ . ''h n p'cnLc l'.:nch. Thf
fa.i'ly "f/as not ^v'-rl^^ r/^li_i:;U::r '. ; t '.lie chllorftn vj-;.'* rricuir-^w to
nt'r'.cc" ounclay School sv^-ry Vi'";f.k. To Cn :/-.lr. '/.j-y b'^f'' uu '.v"lk
1;':'o .:"''_' ' ;" • '■ '."■■,, " .''' " "" ncotinre bslo in "m old 3:;;iool
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r.- ]- '-'■--': ■:■::- l-. ■::-. Ou^ :^:^u^ M - -;o s in IDIG .i..
. - ■ ^ •- ■ . . ' . ■ : . r.'ir first - ;
" - " ■ ■ - ■ In l-h« y-iar 1025.
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• ats ficquii " - .: '..aurf'n t In VMld ii-:)iit» Tlwi' li^r^
■■':.:,; ,. ■ - ' ■ .ey bnught tbe I'-s h.'V.ir.t.;;!: , ■ , ■ they w-".:'"
In uh'.s biLjiriCiSo lur r; v^liil'j, hhey sold i -.'\ . f 3r>j-ln,T,
.'^-org8 H",j'. .. . , t.'ici for h.'iing i .".:-.i'.1n£ ;;.in n\\ liox-sss,
.'■'.n^. , ' :. ■ rjo.aftone v, oulu try t.0 go pnal: Iruu on i '.iorsc i.je '.voul;" " . ■
1 " ;, Gbi:. II psss. .\l^o ia I'lts:" yc'^rs he Cvov. his oln MDd-,! T 'r
:ii :''■". /.•■ - — —.-[•. n 5-- hf;; fj^fi clrovff lii:" 'nrsc •■^•n.'l cajr-t, H« was
. :!. _, ' - . Z' ■ i: -V- -,-■-">,•■ ;'^',- -nrp of nis 3wn r;nc lihnt
■ v/' V,, .:•:. "■;'"" ■'■.,.. . . „i '.via^^. W-.. n'^so h:id '^
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l o::n. -if . ■'-; conic' si. t for houiT, with .•^r.^'on-, A-.^-.X.
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n t tl
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i."iri?" v.r •"ajoy?^:' t;.?ll;irir ntoat Ij-'p^-nro
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'■':■ 'n n clrcl' !:•"."' V. in~. Ore o^.y, c^r.e
:"'_ f» .'-I t'" f? 1 1 thfJ .\':r.'C\ 01 ; of hi?
boiiib Ir. \ '; /xis'sr' of th« clrcl^c' :nen
. ^ -: .'J t n vr r . All Liat on'! ann vvao "-.r.d
..J ' " i^clllni:^ aDoa'o «;ns the robof? .ry
--:■ " ': -):".] ?'.:-'[■: ' /"-J froni fcr^vni. Oi..*; of ,i1d
".-..] '■-' '. ■' ■' ■^ .•n«».!ib<»r' jf this yoz'^n. "..." i?
■' '. '. ' ' "'.'■. .1: ,,■ ■;■,.- arid th^ :'e un*nin<^
■ "', "F'i.sy", !;hrt robber thnl l ; . ':'" ''
^ . ' - _„. ^ :'i'^.r;ori&l ' :^ " :• ' ,, „ ' ^ if t,srwa:-i:" , "
■ ■' ■ -^ .\ ■-:ii-' "n 3n i;h« locnl cnin in uhc .lornlnr
'::■-) Inj roG.'is Oil p^lGy'3 //rove. oh.-i L^ri: or ohe ev,::,inj;: ti.-':i'.n
"")r ftjrjjy ^cir'c no-'^nfi ' "• ■ .c di^^ ■•'■^ s or K/isre shs c^jne
."r ■■>::!. "v'^n to .'' ' ., : _', jol chlT'/i^-n ^'■, 111 vlsii". Psts;,'*
nr- 2^u>;, iv-:^i r-t^ch" T^:?" 3r "0
M IKK IE PIERCE HUPPyluN
1374. Sh^ W'^s .i;:-)[
m :!.n
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' . ^ - / hour? ' ""' ' . ^ ■ ■ " ■
•)ted mo'iher ' '
u ch o,r lio r t^iias latvoi'ing m 1 ongc Ids Vivi'- ijU£;barid
:. ■.: •nio''i?f-. r o'sya,
. _ " . -.VTS v?ry rasciualiiac ^nd I '■o'jic
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"' 7- • .^..^- t:hf:'y i-olc^ him
■'".■'■ •' \ T '<:. " "r:;; n Ib-^y hoc no mIt'cIp
■: ^ ' " ' ■" -f.;. . i'h:* c.~jz\:jv tolc' l;he;.: thr";;
■' ' ' ^ sng'-.r, '.:j-it her- skin woald
' ■• ■''•■ .".). ..■' t iierj £;r?;en wl 'j1i "rleck curlprG.
-■ " ....-^ .. -.^ c i.u £e t ■^''ci'-y s.'ck th'Jt ni£:hh snd
1 " " ■'".■>f.'h liftr riva anc her \e[[, -I'lift doctor told hf
' .ht poison harl tr-nv-rlei'^ "' .'icjurh hi^r
1. Gie-rt in .uiii»S'.5 i;'HO plr^ r.r^n one! . - ' ■ ' ' -. I'- v-" t
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0^ Sprin^rot'^'r , ViiscovT.' f.
3S4 rnc inarrlcfl I1u(to C. J.nnsen In
,'h'-' t ,-!?):nf3 y^3i'.
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■ w,»ar' Inter, ovi b«r 1?'/!:. l: ' . '5;hday ,
■ ■' . / - •■_•.-: I vryi\^ 1 :.V'- 1,:. tAiallon Umt 'A-
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1^ [, ' ' . .^.-i^e Lliry llv?.:!! n ':'. - C-.r^L"
' ..p;-- -, ^. .•.^, ..■■ ::> • ■lioved to "/llci! uor^r ,
-..-.:. c', Hu^o J~;-::-»n, caf .uovsc"
L^l^ IP ; '■ . 3^- .'^T-f^ri IjGc'r: Into iV-- '.'.'.Tin.:- •-'f
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-lUy U nhsnje^blA, '-"lk«tlvft, and sh« is 9 i^ervo^i?
_ ;huic 1; clevis ion. Slfft is ^n .active
., ^.v^g , -J ^ " lary of Che Anericon L' , ' ■ •
ARD -^'.i) CAilOL'miZ V0 2<L JANSI^N
^ " .. 1035. Sijir •.v^-i nl so born :ln
r ■ -. ;: ■ ■.'. abr.ut Miy Gfent-C-i'fi« *; '';i'a:ir^par''n '-.a is Ro.re-
v'h'ii: .'ty^ n. riou;- . W'; co know thnt; hi3 jjijln^l iip^na v\'03 Von
.for ft.o:n.=, - " . .: .'.Id never soj-. h.? wi-;s forced to Is'JVC
h'.s n--'ziv'. c'>j.;;:i,y . ■ . ■..■^. ■xf'z'^r this o-^ca.-niic.T- he
■','k3 n^v«r !;?."- " . ■ ' ''.- - paj^t ar;c why h.? .'lad coii' ' j
1 1 ■ 'i^r-'?.
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h?c 3f:rvcd s^ ii'i^i'.''* '.ii 1;. ,,^ ,1,; ■' '. , .""!'!.■;, '.:i Ihe :jivil
wa.;' fr-i- ■• 3^1 :!■■ ^' G'.
"'"''■ ...,"■.' ■-. . • _ T-'f-.^v. •i''_out my .:i3 fc e. rrinl Gr'?3 ; -Gr'Tt. t
? r't ; >:>::;):: a:- :■ "• ' ' ". .- ■ -^' " hu;-r ••."r'^1 ■M'nv^ncnt -ut V'-c in
;bJ f'^.ully ^
i. ".V^.::: 0 0 an In in honor- o£ '..if
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■.'*.? o';!id wr>R Gr'3nd:7iot Vi'?r'
.(.'.•T^ ^^'u ULuICirl^ likl'LOVi^' J/iuoPiN
n^rSuown,
Vi^'::^n':^n ^'■.^t of
_ , ^ . ;: c 1 crn 1 riiP n . . . .. '
c ooulc! pfay cash for 1 ,
, :"' - ^ - '■' ^.nzv ''V 'v..'..v,r)r. Th» fri'-nily t'^lls
Cij'^i- r.a>
Jar; 3 on:: Af r
1 ;■) •; - "
)ii nn-" , little work to Lt rour-.C,
- - _ ^ ■ '- • ■ -.VlI.-^ i^os?. In
-.- ^ '•, ..n't 3":ie torri.
■- ■ :s still in opero:.'.o:
■ i'-C ■-■---' -- 1; -i"' ":l5j - v'.^d nni :^j:-fr''i?d
". °1 ' ..onr '-.'-n. J^i-p'i.-.tr/ v.as his firvh
,t^ H-p !\>V-. ■
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, ■;■ :6e6 CiL-me Sohocr. Sciiocl.
,,•: : -. :.'..: . . . . ' ' '^ITc! ^inj- ^6''•!:hodlsl:
On ;>?C!^Tib^r 32, "".;■•" _. - ■ ; narrioc! to Js.iiffi C:"\ '■ J :"•.'•£,
J;'. ~:\' ■.--1 joia^^ ;,:.'• Pr'ssby t'^rinn dhuroJi, ■-vrilch v^/ai^ '.'"- T'jith
i'\! r^i:h'?r '/^n:: ijiilL^u Intn ^ ' :- :: ~ -; -■',■■: ' ^ Co j anc: ray
.■■',''■•"■■ •■ " ■ '."■; ''- L '"' ■-' 'Orn := on j'oll:^\v'-*' Iv..;!^ Lo tvn'^rs h\ .■■: "
i.'^z^'V. " . - : . . 1- .• y°ar'C o.r 1^1< 9nd 1S4&.
". 11.' :i>: -■ .... 'Vou:^hor:5 Jrin^y. In 1;?3
t/)f^ far:. ■ ■:. . ■..i\ . _■ . .i^^-c ia{;o tli^-^ tow;i jf
Sr.r; di.
? Orv^l Jon*;;:;, Jr. In De c f •i' ■ s r 1D64 nnd
■- '.'.". in IC'VO end -vns ;!: i r i* 1 o d to
\ joar^n,
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■vlMIiir tli.
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\ " ~ ■ ■ ' ^ ^f 'Vile' A- •■ . '' ' • '/cd to " ' ^ '
" ^ "■ ' ■■ ■■ ■ r ■> ■ ,„' , .: ■ , . 'le ak tf :
; . u fli'&a. Aftwr*
Lopp Sfihoo"! ,
'.' '■.;'■" .10;::-. ITl;;;;. School snd grgdustr-d from thf^re !.n 19 4-''.,
-.ly nu0.p-f8tli'-:!r Ihen !7r;;:'?rf:r' .iillitTr-j rervics ('Arvny) In Ausust,
"•/lOG and aerved v'ih\ !:":■ . ••, ■.■n^l ullitory forcer, 1.n Jni-on
'.m'.:!! 7''- ■: ' .1:t I'.-''. Afu'T h^* ccraclfted hi?, tsar 5.)i J'^pr.n, he
nTa-^ :■ ,joi. •,•; VJll:^ ii . ' -^ c until S<?pf; Briber 1SI30 A'^n hs
■■■^-' ■ ■ "' '" . " r^ ' ■'.'";« ^nc sex- vsc -■ '. ' :r • ; t:h Uhe 43Cth
: ■ . ■. , _ . ■- ■ . •-- ,f'lor,T_ :t^ -ftturnc"
"ur-3 w illi " " ' ^ .' ". ' ' r . - .
1 '- '■ - , - ■ '.n. hli I'^c'-j :.- -"igain c-^tfV/c In
" r ..." ":'''" '" I 'v" ■ " " /' " Tracking Coiipany
•'-'' ■. - ,, • ;••■ '--'—-_ ~ ■ r^ ■:■:.;;- ^^-ijcjc:^ ;i3nl'.rir. In l^GC
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lok. He wc
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ev';ry wintci'
J ■..':V.\{ 0, J0ivS3
Li?;inoLox"- of this foriily McV. or-y.
•-•..'. '. j.n V/nushorf! Soun'cy. !>jr1.ng t)-r*:' li.ns thr-.t v.-'- liv-c" on
"'. "":■..:, I •:' '^ ':5r.f :'d D3i~p School --'.'Mcb was s s.arill count ry 3 :^Loq1.
" ' ■■ , ^ '. ' --s fro-i: hOi'fie ,
it" ..^ ■•?? School v,;.;i ■^r Ca];- rieno' bh'' i; I ^h^ll n:-vsr
for^^'o. Ir, ~ . r ohijol ai'ic ,''lf;'Vit c^ if f e r'-pJ: rraSfis were
■:'iii£ht in t;jl:. . . :. - ~; , It ~l30 hnd 'JTily oTif'^ tench?!' "A"ho vvovald
'nstrunh ^^IT 1,_: _;:■ ^ " ;. While one gra.'^ ' ,. ':o1i^ f.ns truotC'',
1 : - ':lisr s-^Vfin ^r'Sdi^s vvoul'- 'v'vs to sit nnd •••.■? It th'-'.r t,',r."i. Th'?
,;t n V(^i'„ • ' Ive '.V'-.^^' '■ - , .jiing but It r"/^ '^ n.': cf;.? 3' ry under-
■;h > ir-ciin":! tfiiices of those '-'ii.
I' ■ ' ' " ' ■ ^ r' r^t l^opp 3g-"oo1 th^t \vj father
30l'' ^■ T'-:: ■-..,■ . •" . ',■--.(:■ rj the town of lillc^ i^osf;,. Wisconsin.
TTt '-.-.^ t'-A^r. " o ' '' '■' tf-i^': ?iUQ tlist is the r'^TSo.i why \"z
hod .v.o \ ■'id .
" ^'" - T!-^^'' . Tvil" lion? '}rs> s Sobool, nnd thsn
' "' .. ojlv:ol. I 'i Sj^-^oiillj- relish uiy ni^.!iori^s
of high sohooL. ■ . ■ t!i3 hook 1-^.^rnlng, h.roblr rua o'li^-jv.in^/
ino pPip-'M^ ■.'.^"i" tl:, - , I at;:, fortar^tt enough to prrt.icipct? in
':'"'- Cj:''it .. T - . ,' iiil'j in trc ck , , play f d third i-^re
) ' ■ 1_ , gnsrd on th* bi sic? t ''"'"! ' tc"^..:.
held -'".r;:, , ■ . ..i ' '.h-; chf^.ri^: ion ship " ". ' . "' '
:iy J " 1 .-.. 1 0 r Pr.d S'?nior ;.--t';, - ■ •' 'n 5*""!'-;d ploc^'^ '. ^"
..'y 3?!nL0j ^- ., 1 t - , chossn to rci^ji ■- ■ . ,.j' n-:;hool in thf
I --ntinus'
■ ..- to "V'l'
- ., nt th« dlatrl-- - . Tlv-ss -ic^, ca^jc -.hnt I sh.oll n'vej:'
;'o: J^l.
kVz-: J. ^ .,;';!: 5.ric frcni hl^h. school in 1966, I .^^ '; t^r.f^d ^Z^re./^r-
'. ":- - 'j -'-' "-i'Oiidoas ': iu.i^ 'lD M ili;'/r.uir.e3 , 7v I scon 3 in r.r\6 'and vlcinr^s uf
' '^ -' J. v^. ''.h". T>.J, Cnr-.M-.-: "...w^nrty -3 ;■: onp-. i'*nr r.chool nn^i
I o-d fro-. ', .-^ '.n 1967. I -i:.!! b?;llev° ■. . ,, r- - :
;;' '^r.^ri.uri^; ohnt I '::-u^ drnfl^'id in:; t ub %; Army hftforc I ;iad chv, cUaiiCC
ji' ~i.. rliir C'-::rv.u^^ I v/33 fir:;-t; senl:, uo ForL C3:npbell, j.Lftauuu;-.y
for -iiv '.. ■ ^ ] : tii-s InLnit \ Froai thcr?; I \'ri.s sp.i'; t;) r'lri '^:rdo.-.,
--,. .,. -t^ v;h"re I ■" ": L ' -i;' --d n co.:i-riuaio;:) t ' o;"is c :";1j 0 0 1 . Y':>::'l 7::i~c'^i'.\cs ,
',x.. ,j.ir? follrw.''^:^ ' ■: ■" rv/T rd, Puh it was -^l: IV/l?. !: l.:n?; v/h^n th?
Tj If;'!!; in^;, La Vli". c " . 1. trj p.^r^k. , Tnd I vja3 3«;:"it ther^ ir.
y^rch ,:.r ■•?■":, I Na.a fr-ovi ^^ncch of I9GG fci"!! th^^ fjTlor-
!■■_ '.1-: - ' 1. /^ ■ ^ --3 !j'i?n sent to Ludvrlgsb'ir j, ■2-er::i»i\^ ,
I v.■;-^■-:d -ly Fonorobl;- l/'^rbT^c in ^^rch of 1971.
7^"' "■ :".l..:: -ij csrv' . ■-:: I returned to Zh c j si n c ''i:^r\; orei:i-:-n,
^j^l • 1- -.'■•, ITlin^l?; a ^o\ I bad tok^'^n y^"^- tlic!*^ .lontlis i,rior
Lj .:iy ,":"^- . , l:h« Ann-, I ^^:v^ ■ -^ -t Ghry = l-.r for
Ii' '.;■'"'.; ■■ "I u03 first int r-od'.ioed to riy wifr,. C-rtr-ien
G'i:'.:i'^"i Jvn>?a, th; iT f:-*~;.G o'^ O'lrs. Su" ll\<id ' .1
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