Evelyn Louise HARRIS

Evelyn married Thomas Tipton NORTON on 1 Jun 1940 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Thomas was born on 11 Apr 1906; died on 3 Aug 1984 in Florida; was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he and his family live at 2502 Aldrich Avenue S in Minneapolis. He is the manager of an oil company.

In the 1930 census, he and his wife and two children live in a rented apartment at 3224 Girard in Minneapolis. He is an assistant station manager of an oil company.

William married Marjorie L PULFORD. Marjorie (daughter of William Ernest PULFORD and Susan CHRISTY) was born on 12 Apr 1889 in Minnesota; died on 27 Jan 1957 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1957-MN-021054

Notes:

In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, she is presumably the Marjorie Pulford boarding at 1017 South 5th Street. She is a clerk.

Still at home in the 1910 census and working as a bookkeeper for a grocery store.

In the 1920 census, she is “Margret” L Harris, 30 years old. In the 1930 census, she is “Marjorie”, 40 years old.

Birth:
The specific day in April according to her death certificate.

Died:
As Marjorie L Harris.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1914-MN-017313

Notes:

His mother’s maiden name was Mary Ford.

In the 1889-1891 Minneapolis city directory, William Pulford is a railroad conductor and lives at 3038 2nd Avenue South.

In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, he is Wm Pulford, a clerk for Northern Demurrage Bureau, living at 1017 South 5th Street.

William married Susan CHRISTY about 1886. Susan (daughter of Richard Watson CHRISTY and Emma C CRAFT) was born on 24 May 1866 in England; died on 14 Aug 1942 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 17 Aug 1942 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-020972

Notes:

Last seen in the 1885 state census as 18 year-old “S.C. Christa” living with her parents and younger siblings in Minneapolis.

In the 1895 census, she is Susie C Pulford (also may be indexed as Fulford), wife of William, a railroad worker. The family lives at 3038 2nd Avenue South in Minneapolis. The Pulfords had 6 children, the oldest of which was 8 years old: Theresa, Mary L, George R, Willie, Fred F, and Bertram. Living with the Pulfords are Susies’s sisters Alice and a 64 year-old Pulford woman, probably William’s mother.

In the 1900 census, the family lives at 1019 6th Street South in Minneapolis. William is a clerk for a railroad and owns the house with a mortgage. The household consists of William, 43, Susie C, 32, Theresa, 13, Mary L, 11, George R, 9, William, 8, Frederick, 7, Bertram, 5, Corinne, 3, and Emma, 2. Susie has had 9 children, 8 still living.

In the 1910 census, the family is shown as living at 1017 5th Street. All 8 children are still at home. William is still a clerk for the railroad. “Susanna” is still shown as having had 9 children, 8 still living.

In the 1920 census, Susie is a widow, still living at 1017 5th Street. She has not become a citizen. All the children have left home except for Emma. There are some glaring errors in this census entry. Susie is shown as age 43. Emma, although she is shown as being Susie’s daughter, is shown as having parents born in France.

In the 1930 census, there is a Susan Pulford born in England who is living in Minneapolis. However, that Susan is listed as a 46 year-old widow who came to the U.S. in 1897. The address for her is 2535 16th Avenue. The entry is out of order and at the end of the census form so there may be reasons why the entry is inaccurate.

She died as Susannah Johnson, the wife of Iver. Her usual residence was Island Park in Mound. The informant for her death certificate, Mrs. Arthur Johnson, 3045 Grand Avenue S, only knew that her father’s name was Christy. She died of diabetic gangrene.

Died:
Swedish Hospital

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Jun 1840, Weston, Hertfordshire, England

Notes:

From 1868 until his departure for the U.S., Richard ran the Lannock Mill in Weston, North Hertfordshire, that had been built by his father in 1860. This five-storey tower windmill ground corn and had four pairs of millstones. The mill tower still stands but without its wind engine or any of its other machinery. It was last used as a production mill in the 1920s. In 1882, Richard sold the mill to Thomas Sanderson.

He and his family arrived in the U.S. in New York City on 20 February 1882 aboard the SS City of Montreal. The family traveled in a cabin, not in steerage. The family consisted of: Richard Christy, 39, Sarah Christy, 36, Susan Christy, 74, Susan Christy, 16, Lottie Christy, 15, Charles Christy, 14, Glyn Christy, 12, Florence Christy, 11, Alma Christy, 10, Ernest Christy, 9, Eleanor Christy, 8, Bernard Christy, 6, Ethel Christy, 4, and George Christy, 2.

In the 1885 Minnesota census, the Christys (indexed as Christa) were living in Minneapolis. Richard’s mother Sara, age 76, is living with them.

In the 1895 Minnesota census, he and his family were living in Worthington, Minnesota, where he was a baker. Still at home with him and Emma were Ernest, 20, Bernard, 16, Ethel, 14, and George, 13.

In the 1900 census, he was a salesman living in Minneapolis with his wife, son, and granddaughter. The household consisted of Richard, Emma, Bernard B., and granddaughter Fannie Simpson born in April of 1892 in Minnesota with an Irish father.

Birth:
probably in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire

Buried:
Section 15, Lot 413, Grave 1

Richard married Emma C CRAFT about 1865. Emma (daughter of Richard CRAFT and Suzanna CLARKE) was born in Jul 1841 in England; died on 9 Nov 1922 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 11 Nov 1922 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1922-MN-020517

Notes:

In the 1900 census she is shown as having had 14 children, 11 still living.

The 1909 Minneapolis city directory shows her as Emma, the widow of Richard, boarding at 4415 Xerxes Ave. S. (the home of her daughter Ethel).

In the 1910 census, she is a 67 year-old widow living with her daughter Ethel and her family at 4415 Xerxes in Minneapolis. Emma has had 11 children, 9 still living.

Living in a rooming house on Hennepin Avenue at the time of the 1920 census. No occupation.

Emma died from heart lesions. She had been in Minneapolis for 40 years at the time of her death. Her daughter Eliza was the informant for the information on her death certificate. According to the notice in the Star, her address at the time of her death was 301 Hennepin Avenue.

Birth:
Her death certificate says 5 February 1840.

Buried:
Section 15, Lot 413, Grave 2 (Monument Lot)