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Note N7474 Index
John worked in a steel mill near Chicago. He came to America in 1880 and became a naturalized citizen. His first wife (Agnes' mother) died before 1900. John's second wife, named Anna, was born in Poland in May 1877. She came to America about 1900.
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Note N7475 Index
Hazel worked as a bookkeeper in Chicago.
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Note N7476 Index
The information about Albert and Amanda comes from a family Bible that first belonged to their daughter, Mary Louise.
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Note N7480 Index
In 1870, living with his parents in Providence, Rhore Island, Benjamin was a dry goods clerk. In 1880, in Coventry, Rhode Island, he worked as a clerk in a store (possibly the same dry goods store, as before). In 1900, living in Cranston, Rhode Island, Benjamin stated his occupation as "electrician." By 1930, he referred to himself as a dry goods salesman again.
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Note N7481 Index
Charles was a druggist.
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Note N7483 Index
Willis was a storekeeper, selling magazines.
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Note N7485 Index
Horace was a Civil Engineer. In 1920, he was living in Seattle, Washington, and working at a shipyard. In 1930, in Los Angeles, he was working for a copper mining company.
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Note N7487 Index
Jethro was a factory worker.
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Note N7491 Index
Dolly (then Wagner) was widowed by 1920.
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Note N7492 Index
Katherine worked for many years as a Secretary for the Board of Education in Salt Lake City.
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Note N7494 Index
Benjamin was a brickmason. He worked in Portland, Lewiston and other places in Maine. He also played the violin, playing for the old kitchen dances.
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Note N7498 Index
Jack was a house painter in Salt Lake City. His parents were born in Sweden.
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Note N7499 Index
John and Nancy left Ohio in the late 1840's, headed for California and its gold. They lived for a few years in Van Buren County, Iowa, before continuing their westward journey. They never made it to California. Instead, they settled in Stockton, Utah.
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Note N7505 Index
Hendrick was a farmer in Monmouth, Maine.
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Note N7517 Index
Henry was a retail merchant in St. Ignace, Mackinac County, Michigan. He immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1892.
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Note N7518 Index
Cora worked as a stenographer.