Florence Lillian ORTH

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1910-44536

Notes:

Living with her widowed grandmother, Florence Butler, in Minneapolis in the 1930 census.

Neville Florence L., age 90, of Mpls. Preceded in death by husband, Vernon. Survived by children, Donna Kay (Robert) Dalton, David (Janice) Neville and Diane (David) Frankie; 16 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; brother, Patrick Hurlbert; nieces & nephews. Mass of Christian Burial Wed. 10 AM, Incarnation Catholic Church, 38th St. & Pleasant Ave S. Visitation Tues. 6-8 PM and vigil prayers at 7:30 PM, Washburn-McReavy, Peterson-Stohlberg Chapel, 1838 E. Minnehaha Pkwy., and one hour prior at church. Interment Resurrection Cemetery.

Died:
SSDI last residence

Florence married Vernon David NEVILLE on 16 Apr 1940 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Vernon was born on 16 Apr 1909 in Minnesota; died on 1 Jul 1965 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
as Vernon D Neville and Florance L Orth

Notes:

In the 1895 Minnesota census, he lived in Minneapolis in a complicated household headed by what must be his grandmother, Mary Orth.

In the 1900 census, he lived in Minneapolis in a complicated household on Marshall Street in northeast Minneapolis. It seems to be headed by his grandmother, Mary Orth.

In the 1905 state census, he is probably the 17 year-old John Orth who is a student in Collegeville, Stearns County, Minnesota, probably at St. John’s University.

His occupation was bookkeeper according to his children’s birth certificates. The family lived at 5300 Aldrich Avenue when Alpha was born and 2624 Dupont Avenue S. when Florence was born.

In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, a John Orth, bookkeeper, lived at 801 West 53rd Street.

In between, at the time of the 1910 census, John, Eunice, and Alpha were living in Missoula, Montana. John was a bookkeeper at a factory. Both of John’s parents had been born in Minnesota.

When he registered for the draft in May of 1917, he did so in Seattle where he was a “worker in fruit.” He had been born on December 13, 1887, in Minneapolis. He said that he was married but had no wife or child under 12 who was solely dependent upon him. He was described as tall and slender with brown eyes and brown hair.

In the 1920 census, there was a divorced John Orth, age 32, living with Alfred H Orth in Seattle. John was a stenographer for the railroad.

In the 1920 and 1930 censuses, there was another John Orth, known as John Martin Orth, living in California. That John M Orth was the same age, roughly, as Eunice’s first husband, and had also been born in Minnesota. That John had a daughter Ruth, born in about 1912, and a wife Ida. In the 1930 census, that John M Orth was living with Ida and Ruth in Berkeley, California, where he was a shoe salesman. John was not a veteran and claimed that his mother had been born in Maine. That John M is probably the John Orth who died in Berkeley in Alameda County in March of 1977. That John was born on 8 Sep 1887.

Died:
according to the Camp family tree

John married Eunice Leona BUTLER on 4 Aug 1908 in Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, and was divorced. Eunice (daughter of Ira Goodwin BUTLER and Florence Lillian (Emma) CHRISTY) was born on 18 Mar 1892 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 28 Jun 1929 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 2 Jul 1929 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-020312

Notes:

She was first married at age 16 when she was already 5 months pregnant with her first child, conceived when she was only 15.

Eunice was a widow living at 2429 Cedar Avenue S. in Minneapolis at the time of her death. She died of crushed chest and thorax resulting from an auto accident between 24th and 25th Streets on Cedar Avenue. She was fatally injured by being struck by a taxicab while crossing Cedar Avenue at night in the middle of the block.

Died:
died at Minneapolis General Hospital

Buried:
Section 9, Lot 154, Grave 13

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-019022

Notes:

In the 1900 census, Ira was a farmer in a neighborhood of houses. His address was 801 West 53rd Street.

In the 1910 census, the family is still at 801 W 53rd but it’s no longer a farm and Ira works as a meat cutter. His parents were born in Maine. Eunice is no longer living at home.

Ira married Florence Lillian (Emma) CHRISTY on 2 Aug 1891 in Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota. Florence (daughter of Richard Watson CHRISTY and Emma C CRAFT) was born on 21 Nov 1872 in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, England; died on 11 Jan 1937 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 16 Jan 1937 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1937-MN-018409
• Baptism: 13 Dec 1872, Weston, Hertfordshire, England

Notes:

She was the informant for the information in her daughter’s death certificate.

In the 1900 census, she had had 4 children, 3 still living. Same in the 1910 census.

She came to the U.S. in 1881 according to the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, Florence was caring for Eunice’s four orphaned children in Minneapolis.

Her daughter Laura was the informant for her death certificate. She lived at the same address as her mother, 908 West 26th Street.

Florence was the widow of Ira G Butler. She died at home of a heart attack.

Her obit in the Tribune’s January 15th edition has her survivors as “a son and daughter, Henry Butler and Mrs. Leslie Owens, both of Glendale, California.” Also surviving her were siblings Bernard, George, Mrs. Susie Pulfore, Mrs. Libby Warren, Mrs. Alice Palmer, Mrs. Merle Hurlbert, and Mrs. Ethel Jungck.

Birth:
Hitchin

Died:
she died at home, 908 West 26th Street

Notes:

An article in the December 11, 1906, Minneapolis Journal describes her as being 70 years old but deaf. Her son Ira had her declared incompetent to manager her affairs, valued at $50,000, and the Minnesota Loan & Trust Co. was appointed guardian of her property.

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)