John FLEMING

Family/Spouse: Sarah EVERETT. Sarah (daughter of Abel Johnson EVERETT and Bridget MCMURTRY) was born on 6 Jun 1786 in Pennsylvania; died on 22 Jul 1856 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From "History of the Chippewa Valley Wisconsin" published by A. Warner, Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, 1891-2:

JAMES FLEMING was born at Kittanning, Amstrong County, Pa., August 31, 1816, and died at Pepin, May 14, 1887. His parents' names were John and Sarah (Everett) Fleming. the Flemings are of Irish descent. James received but little education, and at nineteen years of age began life as a pilot ofn a lumber raft, running on the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. In 1837 he made a trip as far as New Orleans. He was married December 27, 1838, to Miss Susan, daughter of Henry and Betsy (Gumbert) Pence. She was born March 31, 1820. Seven children blessed their union, namely: John, born March 23, 1840, Nancy J. November 6, 1841, died December 7, 1845; Elizabeth, December 14, 1842, died December 1, 1845; Milton, April 6, 1846, Eliza A (Mrs. F. Dunn) June 19, 1847; Sarah E., February 27, 1849, died February 2, 1890. Mr. Fleming worked at carpenter work, in a distillery and at farming until 1848, when he removed to Jefferson county, Pa., and bought a farm and engaged in lumbering. In 1854, he made a trip to Pepin and decided to move thither with his family. The following year he loaded his goods and family into a wagon and started to drive to Wisconsin. One horse became lame and he then shipped his outfit on a steamboat from Pittsburgh, paying all his ready money for their fare to Dubuque, Iowa. On the route he was seized with cholera and they were unable to proceed by team. Riding the horses out a few miles they were met and befriended by a farmer who kindly entertained the family, gave Mr. Fleming medicine, which soon caused him to recover, and advanced a small sum of money. The balance of his wagon having arrived in the meantime, the proceeds of which the journey was continued to Guttenburg, Iowa. Here he took passage by steamer to Read's Landing, Minn., agreeing to leave the goods as security for a portion of their fare, which was advanced by a merchant at Read's on their arriveal, who took security on the goods. Crossing to Pepin, Mr. Fleming began teaming, redeemed his goods, and the following year, 1856, made a claim on section seventeen, township twenty-three, range fourteen, built a log house, and continued to make improvements until his death. Mr. Fleming was a member of the Protestant Methodist church, and an active, enterprising man, respected by all who knew him.

Source: Curtiss-Edge, Franklyn. History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wis. Winona: H.C. Cooper Jr., and Company. 1919 pages 783-785

James Fleming: A pioneer of Pepin township, Pepin County, in his day widely known and respected, but now deceased, was born at Kittanning, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, August 31, 1816, and died at Pepin, May 14, 1887. He was of Irish descent, his parents being John and Sarah (Everett) Fleming. After acquiring a limited education, James Fleming, at 19 years of age, began life as a pilot of a lumber raft running on the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. In 1837, he made a trip as far as New Orleans. He was married December 27, 1838 to Susan, daughter of Henry and Betsy (Gumbert) pence. She was born March 31, 1820.

Mr. Fleming worked as a carpenter, as an employee in a distillery, and at farming until 1848, when he removed to Jefferson County, PA., where he bought a farm and also engaged in lumbering. In 1854, he made a trip to Pepin and decided to locate here with his family. The following year he loaded his goods and family into a wagon and started to drive to Wisconsin. One horse became lame, and he then shipped his outfit on a steamboat form Pittsburgh, paying all his ready money for their fare to Dubuque, Iowa. On the route, he was seized with cholera and landed penniless at Davenport. A part of the wagon had been miscarried, so they were unable to proceed by team. Riding the hourses out a few miles, they were met and befriended by a farmer, who kindly entertained the family, gave Mr. Fleming medicine, which soon caused him to recover, and advanced him a small sum of money. The balance of his wagon having arrived in the meanwhile, the family drove to Le 'Claire, Iowa, where Mr. Fleming got work teaming, with the proceeds of which the journey was continued to Guttenburg, Iowa. Here he took passage by steamer to Reed's Landing, Minnesota, agreeing to leave the goods as security for a portion of their fare, which was advanced by a merchant at Reed's on their arrival, who took security of the goods.

Crossing to Pepin, Mr. Fleming began teaming, redeeming his goods, and the following year, 1856, made a claim on Section 17, Township 23, Range 14. Here he built a log cabin and began the work of developing a farm, continueing to make improvements until his death.

He was an active and enterprising man, a member of the Protestant Methodist Church, and respected by all who knew him. His wife died about 1894.

Died:
of dropsy according to an article about his son-in-law, Frank Dunn

James married Susannah PENCE on 27 Dec 1838 in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Susannah (daughter of Henry PENCE and Maria Elizabeth (Betsy) GUMBERT) was born on 31 Mar 1820 in Pennsylvania; died in Jun 1897 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eliza ANDERSON. Eliza was born in Jan 1830 in Pennsylvania; died on 3 Jan 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John has a biographical sketch in the WNI.

From "History of the Chippewa Valley Wisconsin" published by A. Warner, Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, 1891-2:

John Fleming, a farmer at Pepin, the eldest of the children of James Fleming and Sarah (Everett) Fleming, was born at Bethlehem, Pa., and attended the district school a part of the time until nineteen years old. He came to Pepin with his parents in 1855 and began to work at twenty-one years of age as a farm laborer. Soon after he began supplying steamboats with cord wood. He was married August 21, 1862, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Aaron and Mary (Brown) Littell. Mrs. Fleming was born at Presque Isle, Mich., September 26, 1848. They have had ten children, namely: William H. born August 13, 1863, Milton E., May 23, 1865, John F., December 10, 1866, died December 13, 1867; Clara J. (Mrs. G. Wheeler), September 8, 1868, Eugene Bert, February 3, 1871, Effie May, May 24, 1873; Truman, February 20, 1875, James C., May 11, 1879, Arminda I., June 8, 1883, and Sherman A., May 10, 1886. In 1862, Mr. Fleming bought a farm in section seventeen, and in 1876 another where he now resides on section twenty, township twenty-three, range fourteen, and now owns 410 acres, all in a good state of cultivation. He has begun breeding short-horn cattle and Poland China hogs. He makes a specialty of dealing in cord-wood, ties, etc. He is a noted hunter and sportsman and has killed more deer than any other man in the southern part of Pepin county. Mr. Fleming is a Republican in politics and is giving his children the advantage of a good education.

Source: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn. History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wis. Winona: H.C. Cooper Jr., and Company. 1919 Pages 783-785

John Fleming: Who is now living retired on his farm of 160 acres in Section 19, Pepin township, Pepin county, was born in Bethlehem, Penn., March 23, 1840, son of James and Susan (Pence) Fleming. He was a boy of 15 when he set out with his parents for the West, they settling on land in Pepin township in 1855.

Until he was 19 years old, he attended district school for a part of the time, but being the eldest child in the family, and for some years the only one able to be of service, as several had died in infancy, he was his father's chief assistant in helping to clear and cultivate the parental acres.

At the age of 21, he began working out as a farm laborer and was thus employed until 1862, during which time he resided at home. In the year last mentioned, he bought a farm in Section 19, Pepin township, and having married, began domestic life. From time to time he purchased more land until by 1876, he was the owner of 410 acres, and was successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising, breeding short-horn cattle and Poland-China hogs. In that work he continued until 1914, since which time has lived retired.

During his active career, he served as a member of the town and school boards, on which he rendered efficient service, working for the best interests of the community in which he lived and endeavored to improve the educational facilities of his school district. In politics, he is a Republican and he is a member of the Methodist Church in Pepin.

On August 21, 1862, John Fleming was united in marriage with Mary J. Littell, daughter of Aaron and Mary (Brown) Littell. She was born at Presque Isle, Michigan, September 26, 1848, and died in 1912. Of this union, ten children were born.

It will thus be seen that Mr. Fleming has eight living children and 28 grandchildren. On July 31, 1915, he married for his second wife, Mrs. Christina Siefert, daughter of David Hetrich of Nelson township, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, where in her girlhood she attended district school. Her mother is deceased, but her father is still living. Mrs. Christina Fleming died in 1917, and in August 1918, Mr. Fleming married for his third wife, Mrs. Jennie Gates of Arkansas, Wisconsin, daughter of Jacob S. and Margaret McCourtie, who came to Pepin from New York State and settled in Dead Lake Prairie, Waterville Township, in 1855 or 1856.

OBITUARY: John Fleming, eldest son of James and Susan (Pence) Fleming was born in Bethlehem, Penn., March 23, 1840 and died at Pepin, Wis. October 20, 1922, having reached the age of 82 years, 6 months and 27 days.

At the age of 15 years, he moved with his parents to Pepin, where he resided until his death. He was married in 1862 to Mary Jane Littell, who preceded him in death in 1913. To this union ten children were born namely: William H., now of Billings, Mont., Effie May (Mrs. O.L. Fuller) of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., Truman of Glenwood City; Milton E., E. Burton, Clara J. (Mrs. G.M. Wheeler), Arminda L (Mrs. G.H. Barnes), Sherman A, all of Pepin; John Franklin, who died in 1867, and James Clinton, who died October 20, 1908. In 1915, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Christina (Hetrick) Seifert who died in 1917. In 1918 he married Mrs. Jennie Gates Ganoe, who with one sister, Eliza A. (Mrs. F. Dunn) of Wabasha, Minnesota survive. The three daughters and five sons, thirty grandchildren, and eleven great grandchildren survive him. Preceding him in death in his immediate family besides his father and mother were 3 sisters and two brothers, namely: Nancy J., Elizabeth, Sarah E and Thomas M in 1845 and Milton in 1920.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, October 22, at the M.E. Church, Rev. W.C. Stegner officiating. Interment was made in the Oakwood Cemetery.

Lifelong farmer in Hicks Valley, Pepin Co., WI.

Family/Spouse: Mary Jane LITTEL. Mary was born on 26 Sep 1848 in Presque Isle, Michigan; died on 24 Dec 1913 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Inferred because of mention in Frank Dunn’s bio that Eliza had three siblings who died of croup within a week of each other.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1923-MN-016150

Notes:

Eliza Young was a 32 year-old new widow, and pregnant, heading up her household in Pepin in the 1880 census. She and her family lived a few houses away from, and very near, the August Engel family. Living with her were her children Mary E., 14, Albert C., 11, Caroline S., 9, Anna R., 7, Frederick W., 5, Clara B., 3, and Julietta 1. Also living with her were her step-sons George Young, 19, and John Young, 18. The father of all of her children and step-children was born in Bremen. The mother of John and George was also born in Bremen.

In the 1900 census, she and Frank and family are living in Wabasha. She is shown to have had 15 children, 12 still living. Living with her and Frank are Etta, 16, James, 13, Jessie, 12, Archie, 11, and Cathy, 7.

In the 1910 census, she is shown to have had 15 children, 12 still living. Archie and Kate are still living at home.

By September of 1918, she was living with her son James in Chisholm.

In the 1920 census, she was living with her son James and his wife in Chisholm, Minnesota.

It seems likely that Eliza is buried at Oakwood Cemetery. However, Find A Grave’s listing of the burials in that cemetery do not include her.

Eliza married Frederick YOUNG on 4 Oct 1863 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. Frederick was born in 1834 in Bremen, Germany; died on 19 May 1880 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married Frank Smith DUNN in Nov 1882. Frank was born on 24 May 1846 in Pennsylvania; died on 16 Sep 1932 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Silas David BENNETT. Silas was born on 23 Jul 1830 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 20 Oct 1907 in Brookings County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emory DECKER. Emory was born in Aug 1858 in Pennsylvania; died on 1 Jun 1949 in Warren County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1952-MN-019599

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he was a farmer in Pepin. He and Lila has an 8 year-old son Glen who could not read or write and did not attend school.

In the 1920 census, he lived in Glenwood in St. Croix Couny. He was a drayman. His wife was Millie.

Truman married Maud Ellen SADDLER on 16 Mar 1898 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. Maud (daughter of John W SADDLER and Lena Marie HOGUE) was born on 26 Nov 1878 in Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin; died on 5 Aug 1913 in Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Millie. Millie was born about 1881 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Truman married Emilie BLIEFERNICHT on 10 Mar 1914 in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Emilie was born about 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
according to DeanPearson80

Family/Spouse: Mabel Estelle BALLIETT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Martin WHEELER. George was born on 13 Oct 1870 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; died on 9 Mar 1944 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
See notes for his father.

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is Marie E Ross, 34, living with her children in Wabasha. She is shown as married and had been for 17 years. She owned her house, free of mortgage. She had had 6 children, 5 still living.

In the 1910 census, she is Mary E, 42, divorced, still living in Wabasha. She works as a waitress in a restaurant. Carrie has left home but the other children are living with her.

In the 1920 census, she and William live in Minneapolis. Mary, a 53 year-old widow, is a machine operator in a factory. William is a laborer for a railroad.

In the 1930 census, she is a 64 year-old widow living with her son in Bloomington Twp, Hennepin County.

In the 1940 census, she lives with her daughter Helen and her family in Minneapolis.

Mary married Robert ROSS on 22 Mar 1883 in Pepin County, Wisconsin, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
See notes for her father.

Notes:

Called Albert C. in the 1880 census.

Buried:
as Albert Young

Notes:

Birth:
Idaho Deaths says 1870

Died:
as Caroline Mary Miller

Buried:
as Caroline M Miller 1869-1950

Family/Spouse: Matthew William MILLER. Matthew was born on 4 Jan 1874 in Minnesota; died on 8 Mar 1954 in Boise, Ada County, Idaho; was buried in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1915-MN-016987

Notes:

She was already a widow in the 1910 census when she and Lillian lived in Watkins, Forest Prairie Twp, Meeker County, Minnesota. She had had 3 children, 2 still living.

One source gives her death date, incorrectly, as 4 Sep 1940.

Her residence was 423 West 32nd Street when she died. She was a widow who was serving as a housekeeper for her daughters. She died of paralysis following an operation.

Died:
St. Barnabas Hospital

Anna married Carl Gustave VIBRANCE in 1894. Carl was born on 9 Nov 1871 in Wisconsin; died on 10 Jun 1905 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was an unmarried farmer in Henrietta Twp, La Moure County, North Dakota, in the 1900 census.

He was a farmer in Henrietta Twp, La Moure County, North Dakota, in the 1910 census.

He was still there in the 1920 census. His half-nephew Milton Young was not far away.

In the 1930 census, Milton and family were right next door.

Frederick married Ettie Sarah WHITE on 8 Jul 1902 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. Ettie (daughter of James B. WHITE and Hannah A CARDWELL) was born on 30 May 1875 in Wisconsin; died on 16 May 1944 in LaMoure County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-015599

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she had had only the two children.

Clara married Lucas Marcus KUEHN on 16 Nov 1897. Lucas was born on 27 Mar 1870 in Belvidere Twp, Buffalo County, Wisconsin; died on 2 Jun 1943 in Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota; was buried on 5 Jun 1943 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 002369

Notes:

Called Julietta or Juliaetta in the 1880 census.

Her obit said that she and Frank were in North Dakota between 1903 and 1911. Etta was a Methodist. She was a charter member of the Pepin Lakeside Camp 3184 of the Royal Neighbors of America. (This was basically a women’s social organization, that later became a life insurance company targeted towards women.)

Etta Engels and family were living in Garfield township, Polk County, on January 13, 1920, the day they were visited by the census "enumerator", Hazel Wolf.

Etta is shown as 41, a widow, and a farmer. She is shown as born in Wisconsin but her father was born in Germany and her mother in Pennsylvania.

Children living with her are: Helen, 21, born in Wisconsin, Shirley (occupation:farmer), 16, born in North Dakota, Viva, 14, also born in North Dakota, Dorothy, 6, born in Wisconsin, and Donald, 3, born in Wisconsin. (Gertrude, the oldest, was married and gone by 1920.)

Donna says: “Etta was a young widow..You know that she lived near my grandparents and she and grandma Marta were friends. Etta was mom's Bible School teacher and taught at her house. Poor Etta had to raise kids alone and keep that farm going which she did.”

Shown as Etta J. Engels in the 1930 census. Living with her at that time were Shirley J., his wife, Letha or Latha R., their daughter Margerie A., Etta’s daughter Viva E., Etta’s daughter Dorothy, and Etta’s son Donald F.

Etta and Dorothy and Donald lived in Garfield Twp, Polk County, in the 1940 census. Etta owned her house, the same house everyone lived in in 1935. The property’s value was $1500. They also had a school teacher living with them as a lodger.

Etta was a half-first cousin of the North Dakota senator Milton R. Young.

Birth:
her obit said 1878

Died:
as Etta J Engel at Apple River Valley Memorial Hospital in Amery

Julietta married Fredrick (Frank) Rudolph ENGELS on 6 Oct 1897 in Pepin County, Wisconsin. Fredrick (son of August ENGEL and Sarah A SADDLER) was born about 1866 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; died on 6 Oct 1917 in Polk County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Ellen B Young.

She was Mrs. Clarence Layne of San Diego at the time of her sister Etta’s death in 1962.

Died:
As Barbara E Layne.

Buried:
As Ellen Y Layne.

Barbara married Claude FULLER on 26 Apr 1914 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Clarence Porter LAYNE. Clarence was born on 14 Aug 1881 in Wisconsin; died on 20 Apr 1973 in Santa Barbara County, California; was buried in Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died as Ada Marie Lind.

Died:
SSDI says 15 January

Ada married Eric LIND on 23 Jan 1907 in Meeker County, Minnesota. Eric was born in 1875 in Sweden; died on 6 Aug 1948 in Chisago County, Minnesota; was buried in West Green Lake Cemetery, Chisago City, Chisago County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called James Frank Dunn.

In the 1905 state census, he was still living at home.

In the 1910 census, he was James Dunn, 24, who lived with his wife Kate, 23, born in Minnesota, in Chisholm with their son Archie, 4, born in Minnesota. James was a locomotive fireman. That James, however, had both parents born in Wisconsin. The couple had been married five years and Kate had had only the one child. The couple had been married for 5 years and it was the first marriage for both.

in his draft registration of September 14, 1918, he was James Alexander Dunn, born 15 Sep 1885. He was a fireman for the village of Chisholm, Minnesota. He gave as his nearest relative Eliza Dunn of his address (417 Pine Street) in Chisholm. He was described as short and stout with blue eyes and dark brown hair.

In the 1920 census, he and his wife Jessie lived in Chisholm, Minnesota. James’s mother Elizabeth lived with them. James was a fireman for the city.

In the 1930 census, he and his family lived in Detroit. James was an electrician in the construction industry.

In the 1940 census, he and his family lived in Redford Twp, Wayne County, Michigan. He was an electrician in the automotive industry. All of the children were still at home. James had had an eighth-grade education. His wife had been educated through the sixth grade.

His obit said that he was the dear father of Mrs. Vivian Severson, Mrs. Virginia Lane, Mrs. Nancy Plunkett. Arch, Harry, Calvin and James Dunn.

James married Catherine (Kate) BRICK on 15 Sep 1905 in Ramsey County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Catherine was born about 1889 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Jessie LOWELL on 10 Sep 1919 in St. Louis County, Minnesota, and was divorced on 6 Mar 1944 in Wayne County, Michigan. Jessie was born on 11 May 1901 in Barron County, Wisconsin; died on 7 Feb 1969 in Barron County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1984-MN-032724

Notes:

Died as Jessie Harriet Born. The informant for her death certificate was her daughter Vera E Simmons of 578 Grand in St. Paul which was also the usual address of Jessie. She was the widow of Allen. She died of congestive heart failure.

The Pfeilsticker/Faucett Family Tree shows that Jessie Harriet was born 4 December and married Louis Pfeilsticker in 1904. he died in 1936. Jessie and Louis had at least four children.

In the 1940 census, she is the widow Jesse Pfeilsticker, living in Wabasha. Vera, Phillip, and Lee are still at home. Jesse is the manager of a general store.

Birth:
As Jessie Cossitt Dunn.

Died:
St. Paul’s Church Home

Jessie married Louis P PFEILSTICKER on 1 Nov 1905 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. Louis was born in 1883 in Minnesota; died on 29 Jun 1936 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jessie married Allen BORN after 1940. Allen was born on 13 Jul 1876; died on 3 May 1964 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Single, living at home, a clerk for a transfer company in the 1910 census.

He registered for the draft in Minneapolis, as Archie Cossett Dunn, on June 5, 1917. He was single and supported his mother. He was a cabinet maker. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair.

He enlisted on 22 Jul 1918 and was released on 9 Dec 1918 according to his BIRLS death file.

According to MOMS, an Archie C Dunn married a Myrtle Taylor in St. Louis County on 10 Jul 1919.

In the 1920 census, he may be the Archie Dunn, 31, who lives in Maywood, Cook County, Illinois, where he is an office clerk for a safety device company. His wife Myrtle is one year older and they have a son, age 10, perhaps William Derwood, b. Minnesota. That Archie, however, had both of his parents born in Wisconsin.

A Myrtle Dunn, b. 20 Feb 1889, died in Fresno, California, on 21 Apr 1973. She was born in Illinois. Her Social Security number had been issued in Oklahoma.

In the 1940 census, he lives in Minneapolis wife his wife Mabel. Archie, 51, is a house painter seeking work. His wife Mabel, 43, works as a checker at a laundry. He and his wife have 7th grade educations. They own the house they live in, at 1509 East 28th Street, worth $2500, the same house in which they both lived 5 years earlier. They have no one else in their household although they do apparently rent out part of their house to another family.

He was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army in World War I.

Birth:
February 14th on all of his military records.

Buried:
Plot: R, 0, 1309

Family/Spouse: Mabel C. Mabel was born on 25 Mar 1897 in Wisconsin; died on 28 Mar 1978 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SIngle, living at home, assistant in a dentist’s office in the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census, she lived in Minneapolis as a lodger in a large apartment building or dormitory on 10th Street South. She was a dental hygienist.

In the 1930 census, Kate and Erna MacKaben are lodgers living together in a rented apartment on Hauser Boulevard in Los Angeles. Kate is a hygienist for a dentist. Erna is a stenographer for a fruit shipping company.

In the 1940 census, she and her partner Erna MacKaben, 36, born in Illinois, live in Alhambra, California. Kate has a seventh-grade education and has no occupation and does housework. Erna is a secretary for fruit shippers. Erna owns their house at 1104 South Monterey Street, the same house both women lived in five years earlier, and it’s worth $6000. Erna is a high school graduate.

Although the 1930 and 1940 censuses show Erna as born in Illinois, the California Death Index shows her as born in Minnesota on 25 Mar 1904 to a woman whose maiden name was Benicke. Erna’s full name, according to that death index, was Erna Mickeyamiela Mackaben. She died in San Bernardino County on 9 Jul 1997. Actually, Erna was born in Illinois but her family was living in Minnesota by the time of the 1910 census. Erna also had a brother, Ernest, who died in California and was born in Minnesota. In the 1926 Minneapolis city directory, Erna was a stenographer for General Motors Acceptance Corp and lived at 52 South 10th.

Died:
As Kate Belle Dunn, mother’s maiden name Fleming.

Family/Spouse: Frank Sherman LEE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leslie Eugene ZAHNISER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]