Joswua COLE

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1919-MN-024677

Notes:

In the 1870 census, a 31 year-old Ira Cole, tinsmith, lives in St. Paul with his younger brother, a carriage-maker. The census page is very faint, nearly illegible.

In the 1880 census, he and his family lived in Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota. He was a tinner for a railroad.

In the 1885 state census, he and his family lived in St. Paul.

In the 1895 state census, Ira Cole, age 58 and born in Illinois, employed as a copper smith, lives with his wife and family (except Martha) in St. Paul at 665 or 666 Jackson Street. Also in that census, a 55 year-old Ira Cole, a copper smith, lives in Minneapolis. No family lives with him.

In the 1900 census, a 63 year-old Ira Cole, born Mar 1837 in Illinois, a widower, was an “inmate” at the Minnesota Soldiers’ Home in Minneapolis.

In the 1910 census, the 73 year-old Ira Cole, still married to his second wife, is a “head waiter” at the Minnesota Soldiers’ Home.

His death certificate notes that he was a GAR veteran and a tinsmith. His address at death was 184 Maria and his wife’s name was Martha. (Either his first wife was Martha or else there was some confusion due to his dying at the home of his daughter Martha.) He died from TB. He was buried at Oakland Cemetery.

Birth:
According to his death certificate.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ira married Georgianna (Emma) LIGHTBOURN on 8 Nov 1870 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. Georgianna (daughter of Nathaniel LIGHTBOURN and Louisa DEANE) was born on 8 Jan 1832 in Turks and Caicos Islands; died on 13 Sep 1930 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not living with her father and step-mother in the 1885 Minnesota state census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1940-MN-012789

Notes:

In the 1900 census, both of her parents are shown as born in Sweden.

In the 1910 census, she was probably the 37 year-old Bertha Bloomquist, no occupation, who was lodging with a family in St. Paul. Bertha was married, had been for 12 years, and had no children.

In the 1920 census, she was a 51 year-old widow living with her 86 year-old mother in St. Paul. She worked as a sales lady in a department store.

Bertha married William BLOOMQUIST about 1897. William was born about 1876 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-026092

Notes:

Called Ira in the 1885 state census.

Edward died as the husband of Augusta. He was a watchman for a ball park. The informant for his death certificate was Mrs. H E Read. Edward died from a duodenal ulcer.

Family/Spouse: Augusta. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she had had three children, all three still alive. In the 1910 census, those numbers were 7 and 7.

In the 1930 census, Allan is listed as the head of the household at 184 Maria Avenue. The rest of the household is Martha, Katherine, and Florence.

Birth:
1900 census

Martha married Henry G ROLFER about 1893. Henry was born in Nov 1867 in Minnesota; died on 18 Jun 1928 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-024106

Notes:

In the 1940 census, as Allen Cole, age 32, he lives in St. Paul with his wife Dorothy and daughters Mary Ellen and Susanne. He is a service clerk for the telephone company.

Allen married Helen Dorothy RYAN on 20 Jan 1934 in Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]