Friday 28 June 2019

A Scott Clan


courtesy of MichelleHines88 - Ancestry

Susan Mary Duncan was born in 1881 at Paradise, IA to Joseph Porter Duncan & Hannah Maria Schouten. She married William Jay Scott, the son of David G Scott & Jane Felts and had 2 children - Ethyl & Ira. 

Susan died in 1958, William in 1966 - Susan so looks like her mother Hannah

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Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr 1966
William J. Scott, beloved husband of the late Susan; fond father of Ethyl Catlow and Ira E. Scott; grandfather of Barbara Burwell, Raymond E. [Gail], Marion, and Marilyn Scott; great-grandmother [sic] of Raymond E. Jr. Member of Lounsbury Lodge, No. 751, camp , No. 6, U. S. W. V. Funeral A. F. & A. M. and William McKinley Tuesday 1 p.m., at the Fern Chapel, South Western Avenue, at 100th street. Interment Cedar Park. Masonic service Monday, 8 p.m. 

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Of their children, Ethyl Felts Scott married twice - first to Richard Wessel, the son of George Wessel & Mary Krueger, then Wright Raymond Catlow, the son of Joseph G Catlow & Clarissa Whitney.

The Daily Herald, Fri, 11 Feb 1944
Richard "Dick" Wessel, son of Mrs Mary Wessel of Barrington, and widely known in and around the Barrington area and Arlington Heights where he was employed by Paddock Publications, died unexpectedly last Saturday morning at the Elmhurst hospital following an attack of apoplexy. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Danielsen & Willmering Chapel. Rites were conducted by Rev George P Ellerbrake, pastor of St Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery with the following pallbearers: J E Wichman, E F Wichman Jr, Burton Hoffman, Earl Wessel, urban TeKamp and Lloyd Graham. Mr Wessel bowled Friday night at the Ten Pin Alleys. After returning to his home in Arlington Heights, early Saturday morning he suddenly became ill and was rushed to the Elmhurst hospital werhe he died around noon. "Dick" was born in Barrington on February 20, 1900. After attending schools, he started work with the Barrington Review where he learned the printer's trade. He was married to Miss Ethel Scott, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Scott of Barrington, on June 30, 1924. Later he was employed with the Arlington Heights paper where he had worked as a linotype operator of the past 17 years. Bowling was his favorite sport and he gained a wide acquaintanceship in those circles, blowing on alleys at Barrington, Palatine and Arlington Heights. He and his wife had been continuous residents of Barrington until a few years ago when they moved to the Heights so that he could be near his work. Mr Wessel is survived by his wife and mother. He was preceded in death by his father George. Ed Wessel, an uncle from Hebron, Neb and Corporal Everett Martin, a cousin from Oklahoma City, Okla, as well as other relatives and friends from Kenosha, Elgin, Chicago, Arlington Heights, Palatine, Round Lake, Waukegan, Fox River Grove and Dundee, attended services.


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Ira Eugene Scott married Jean Katherine Cowie, the daughter of James Cowie & Jean Walker and had 4 children - Marion, Marilyn, Barbara & Raymond.

Jean died in 1955 and later, Ira married Pearl Louise Johnson, the daughter of Gustave Johnson & Emma Senkel.


Monday 24 June 2019

Hoffman - Duncan

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Hattie Marie Duncan was the daughter of Joseph Porter Duncan & Hannah Maria Schouten - the line traces back to Hezekiah Rogers Jr & Hannah Vincent.


She was born in 1883 at Paradise, IA and she married William Frank Hoffman who was born in 1876 at Chicago, IL to German parents, William Hoffman & Albertina Adams. 

Southern Illinoisan, Fri, 15 Sep 1972
Hattie M Hoffman - Funeral services will be at 1 pm Monday in the Stirlen-Piper Funeral Home, 149 W Main St, Barrington, for Hattie M Hoffman, 83, of 906 Cindy Lane, Carbondale. She died at 10 am Thursday in the New Haven Center in Carbondale. She was born Oct 11, 1883 in Crawford County, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Hanna Schouten Duncan. She was a member of the Methodist Church in Barrington. Mrs Hoffman's husband, William, died in [1947]. Surviving are her son, Burton of Carbondale; daughter Elaine Graham of Barrington; grandsons, Steve, Tom and Philip Hoffman, all of Carbondale; and eight great-grandchildren. Local arrangements are being made by Walker funeral Home in Carbondale. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Barrington. Friends may call at the Stirlen-Piper Funeral Home on Sunday.

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William Burton Hoffman married Dorothy Myrtle Garbisch, the daughter of Herman Garbisch & Annie Gieske. 


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Southern Illinoisan, Fri, 9 Oct 1970
Dorothy Hoffman Rites Saturday
Mrs Dorothy Hoffmann, 59, of 800 Cindy Drive, Carbondale, died at 10 am Wednesday in Barnes Hospital, St Louis, Mo, after an illness of eight weeks. Mrs Hoffman was born Dec 5, 1910, in Barrington, a daughter of Herman and Annie Garbisch. She was married in 1934 in Barrington to Burton Hoffman. Besides her husband, she leaves son, Stephen, Thomas and Philip, all of Carbondale; sisters, Ruth Bolin of Barrington, Erma May Sawtell of Neenah, Wis and Eleanor Long of Fort Lauderdale, Fla; brothers, Francis Garbisch of Homewood, Calif, and Merrill Garbisch of Barrington. One brother and one sister preceded Mrs Hoffmann in death. Funeral services will be 11 am Saturday in the Stirlen-Piper Funeral Home in Barrington. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Barrington. Friends may call tonight at the funeral home.

Friday 21 June 2019

The Rest of the Hogans

In the last post, I wrote about Harold who went missing during WWII.  This post is about the rest of his family.

As mentioned, he was the son of Nelson Ernest Hogan & Anna Huldah Smith - thru the Smith line, it traces back to Hezekiah Rogers Jr & Hannah Vincent.
 
courtesy of CMurgen - Ancestry
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Nelson, a carpenter by trade, was the son of Morris Hogan & Lucy Lawson and was a widower with 3 children when he married Anna in 1900.


Anna was the daughter of New Yorkers, Alfred C Smith & Electa Anne Pasco; together, they had 3 children - Morris, Mamie & Harold.


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Lansing State Journal, Wed, 4 Jun 1947
Nelson E Hogan, 77, of 1601 Bailey Street, died Tuesday afternoon. He had been a resident of Lansing for the past 43 years, coming her from Washtenew county. Survivors are the widow, Anna; two sons, Lawrence and Morris of Lansing; three daughters, Mrs Lola Gunter and Mrs Burnie Bennett, both of Lansing, and Mrs Ernest Heller of Ann Arbor; and one brother, Vernon Hogan of Lansing. Funeral services will be held at the Estes-Leadley Colonial Chapel at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Rev D Thurlow Yaxley of the South Baptist Church officiating, with interment in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Bearers will be Donald Hogan, Howard Hogan, Harold Bennett, Alfred Wagner, Donald Heller and Richard Heller. 


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Anna remarried twice after Nelson's death - she first married James Norton Galloway in 1949 and after he died in 1951, she married Roy Smith Simons






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Their eldest son, Morris Edward Hogan was born in 1902 and he married Gladys Gertrude Stair, the daughter of Floyd P Stair & Elizabeth Hummel. They had 4 children - Betty, Norma, Donald, & Phyllis. 



Mamie Dorothy Hogan was born in 1903 and she married Burnie Bennet, the son of John Bennett & Margaret Hitchman.  They had 2 children - Ruth & Harold


Monday 17 June 2019

Missing In Action

S/Sgt Harold Ernest Hogan served as a Gunner on the B-24D, in the 343rd Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. 

On May 1, 1943, the plane took off from Lete Airfield, Libya on a daylight bombing mission over Reggio Di Calabria Harbor, Italy. 

It was hit by anti-aircraft fire and seen crashing into the sea during the war. 

Harold was declared MIA & was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.  

courtesy of Linda Hughes - Find A Grave
There are 2 Find A Grave Memorials for Harold - the first is the cenotaph on the "Tablets of the Missing" at the North Africa American Cemetery & Memorial in Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia; the other is the headstone placed at the Deepdale Memorial Park Cemetery in Delta Twp, Michigan.


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Harold was the youngest of 3 children born to Nelson Ernest Hogan & Anna Huldah Smith and he had married twice before went to war. 

In 1927, Harold married the mother of his children, Helen Elizabeth McConkey, the daughter of Howard J McConkey & Ethel Elizabeth Graves. Their children are Howard Ernest, Helen Eugenia & Gail Elaine.

Harold & Helen divorced in 1941 & remarried Empress Martha Brush, a year later he enlisted, then died in the spring of 1943.


Friday 14 June 2019

Just A Variety

Carol E Mannor was one of seven children born to William J Mannor & Rose Mary Emma Kellow - william the son of Frank Robert Mannor & Ada Luella Smith.

Ottawa Journal, Wed, 14 Apr 1948
Child Dies of Rabies
Ann Arbor, Mich, April 14 - (AP) - Death came at noon today to four-year-old Carol Mannor, who was bitten March 25 by a rabid dog while she played in her backyard. University hospital physicians were powerless to aid her because of the "overwhelming infection" of seven bites about the face was too severe for the Pasteur treatment.

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Inez Shannon was the daughter of William D Shannon & Alice A Smith.  She was married twice - first to James Henry Duffany, the son of Henry Duffany & Eunice Shields and they had a son Gerald Henry Duffany who died at 3 months.  Her second husband was Marvin L Baxter, the son of Ernest Baxter & Frances Brown and they had 2 children - Gordon & Nelma.

Hudson Post Gazette, 28 Dec 1972
Marvin L Baxter, 70, Addison, died December 25 in Jackson Co Medical Care Facility. Born June 22, 1902 in Manton, Mi, son of Ernest and Frances Brown Baxter and spent early life in that area. Married Inez Shannon July 12, 1926 at Jackson, Mi. She died March 8, 1963. He was employed by Consumers Power Co. Leaves one daughter, Mrs Barney (Nelma) Marowelli of Addison, with whom he had made his home for the past 10 years; one son, Gordon E Baxter of Covington, Ga; one sister, Mrs Leona Jurcick of Fla; five grandkids and one great grandchild. Burial in Fairview Cemetery at Manton, Mi.

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Howard Isaac Smith was the son of Albert Isaac Smith & Sophia Mary Mannor and he was married twice.  

First he married Zelma G Lee, the
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daughter of Fred Lee & Josephine Gay and they had 6 children - Virginia, Mary, Lucille, JoAnne, Howard & Patricia.  


His second wife, Catherine Curtis, was the daughter of John Curtis & Ellen Leasure and it appears they had one son, David.

Jackson Citizen Patriot, 12 Jul 1974
SMITH - Howard I, Of 209 Little Olcott Lake, aged 68. Passed away at Munising Memorial Hospital, July 12. Survived by five daughters, Mrs Manley (Virginia) Jacobs, Mrs Rex (Mary) Lausch, both of Michigan Center, Mrs Lucille Sierminski, Mrs Jack (Patricia) Peavy, and Mrs Arthur (JoAnn) Holdridge, all of Jackson; two sons, Howard F and David I, also of Jackson; stepdaughter, Mrs James (Maureen) Parker of Detroit; 15 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; his mother Mrs Sophie Smith of Jackson; three brothers, Lee of Wolf Lake, Orlando and LeRoy both of Jackson; sister Mrs Luella Lee also of Jackson. Mr Smith is at the Nichols Funeral Home, Michigan Center. Services will be held Monday at 2:00 pm. Interment Woodland Cemetery.


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Jackson Citizen Patriot, 24 Mar 1972
SMITH, Catherine M, of 209 Little Olcott Lake, age 56, passed away at Mercy Hospital, Thursday, March 23, 1972. Surviving are her husband Howard; one son David at home; one daughter Maureen C Parker of Dearborn; five step-daughters, Virginia M Jacobs, Mary L Lausch both of Michigan Center, Lucille M Sierminski, JoAnne Holdridge and Patricia L Peavy, all of Jackson; one stepson, Howard F Smith of Jackson; 15 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter. Funeral services will be held Monday, 10:00 am at the Nichols Funeral Home, Michigan Center. Interment Woodland Cemetery. The Reverend Jacob Knoedler officiating. 

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Bessie Irenia Grahl was the daughter of Frank Benjamn Grahl & Irenia Smith. She married George LaVern Raymond, the son of Frank Raymond & Emma Long, and they had 5 children - Grahl, Grover, Ronald, George & Joye.

 

Battle Creek Enquirer, 22 Feb 1971
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CERESCO - Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Court Funeral Home, Marshall, for George L. Ravmond, 78, of 228 Battle Creek St. Mr. Raymond died Sunday in Oaklawn Hospital, Marshall, where he was admitted Saturday. Born in Ypsilanti Township, he came to Ceresco 15 years ago from Tekonsha. Mr. Raymond was employed at Marshall Furnace Co. until it closed in 1947 and later worked at Hayes Bros. Machine Shop, retiring from there in 1957. He also was a farmer. He was the husband of the late Bessie Irene Grahl. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Roy (Joye) Potter of Rives Junction; sons, Grover of Ceresco. Grahl of Spring Arbor and Ronald and George Jr. of Battle Creek; 27 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Lillian Sheppard of Ypsilanti.