Death of: Marcus A. WOLFE Date: Wednesday, April 5, 1950 Place: at home Age: 93 years Residence: Santa Barbara, CA Former residence: Kansas City, KS Survivors: Wife: Rose WOLFE of the home Daughter: Miss Blanche WOLFE, Santa Barbara, CA Son: Dr. Otis R. WOLFE, Marshalltown, IA Son: Ian WOLFE, Santa Barbara, CA Grandchildren: 7 Services: Funeral - April 10, Santa Barbara, CA Reference: "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Thursday, April 6, 1950 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================

I have no connection with this family: Death of: William H. O'BRIEN Date: Wednesday, April 5, 1950 Place: General Hospital Age: 95 years Residence: 3017 Main Street, Kansas City, MO Former residence: Fond du Lac, WI Occupation: retired, millwright, carpenter for Allis-Chalmers Mfg. government scout with Seventh US cavalry during Indian uprising Military service: veteran of Spanish-American War Survivors: Son: John S. O'BRIEN, 2440 Monroe Ave., Kansas City, MO Grandchildren: 2 Services: Funeral - 2 p.m., April 7, Quirk & Tobin Chapel Burial - Greenlawn Cemetery References: "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Thursday, April 6, 1950 "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, April 7, 1950 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================

Hi List and John O'Brien, John, we have corresponded in the past regarding a Jennie McBroom. I have recently found some information regarding Jennie McBroom marrying George Milton on 12 AUG 1883 in Jackson Co., MO. The 1889 to 1891 KC Directory has two listings for a Jennie Milton. 1. Lists Jennie Milton living at 1007 E. 3rd Street, KC, MO-----I believe this must be 1889? 2. Lists Jennie Milton, widow of George, living at 1000 E. 4th Street, KC, MO----This is either 1890 or 1891? I have no proof that this is any relation to me, but I am searching for death records and obits for both George (who I believe died before 1889), and Jennie Milton who died after 1890? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Linda Hammer

JACOBS, SACHS, STEINBERG "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Sunday, September 21, 1902 NEW MEETING PLACE. At nine o'clock Tuesday morning the Ideal millinery parlors, 1008 Main street, will be opened to the public with the seventeenth spring display of pattern hats and millinery. This store was established by Mrs. SACHS, the well known milliner, in 1885, and has ever since then been the popular place to view each season the latest Parisian effects. The store is now under the management of Messrs. JACOBS & STEINBERG, the latter having just returned from abroad with the latest conceits in those things so dear to woman's heart in imported novelties and Paris pattern hats. The store has been remodeled into Oriental designs and the fittings of cherry, gold and green combine to make a beautiful room, which, with Oriental rooms, Turkish hairdressing parlors and lounging rooms popularize it with shoppers who can wait for friends and pass the time pleasantly in inspecting all the newest imported novelties. There are fourteen expert trimmers employed in the millinery department, designing and modeling hats and bonnets, making one of the most complete houses in the West. On Tuesday morning music and flowers will combine with beautiful hats and fixtures to mark one of Kansas City's most splendid millinery openings, to which all are invited. ====================================================== (I have no connection with these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================

"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Sunday, September 21, 1902 DRUG CLERK FINED $100. O. L. CRUMLEY, a drug clerk employed at H. B. SARGENT's store, Independence avenue and Walnut street, was fined $100 in police court yesterday morning on a charge of having sold Will SMITH 15 cents' worth of cocaine without a physician's prescription. The case will be appealed to the criminal court. ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================

COWHERD, REED, WALSH "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, September 22, 1902 JACKSON COUNTY MEETINGS. The Democratic county committee has arranged for a number of political meetings in the county. The following is a list, with the speakers assigned: Buckner, Monday, September 22: James A. REED, W. S. COWHERD, Frank P. WALSH Blue Springs, Wednesday, September 24: W. S. COWHERD, Frank P. WALSH Oak Grove, Thursday, September 25: W. S. COWHERD, Frank P. WALSH Lone Jack, Friday, September 26: W. S. COWHERD, Frank P. WALSH Cockrell, Saturday, September 27, W. S. COWHERD, Frank P. WALSH Lee's Summit, Monday, September 29: W. S. COWHERD, Frank P. WALSH, James A. REED Greenwood, Tuesday, September 30: W. S. COWHERD, Frank P. WALSH Raytown, Wednesday, October 1: W. S. COWHERD, Frank P. WALSH Hickman's Mills, Thursday, October 2: W. S. COWHERD, Frank P. WALSH ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================

Death of: Lena May ROBINSON DUNNICA HATHAWAY Date: Friday, November 10, 1939 Place: at home Age: 58 years Residence: 6034 Harrison Street, Kansas City, MO Survivors: Husband: Clarence F. HATHAWAY of the home Daughter: Mrs. Jack CURRY of the home Son: George W. DUNNICA, Bartlett, KS Sister: Mrs. Clara T. MUNROE, 4726 Harrison Street, Kansas City, MO Sister: Mrs. Ethel R. WEST, Tulsa, OK Sister: Mrs. Ollie GALLAGHER, Tulsa, OK Grandchild: 1 Services: Funeral - 2 p.m., November 13, , Gates Chapel Burial - Memorial Park cemetery, Kansas City, MO Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, November 11, 1939 (page 14) ======================================================

Death of: Mrs. Noreene PASSIGLIA Date: Friday, March 8, 1940 Place: Wesley Hospital Age: 42 years Residence: 4214 Scarritt, Kansas City, MO Survivors: Husband: Charles PASSIGLIA of the home Son: Carl PASSIGLIA of the home Son: Albert PASSIGLIA of the home Brother: John O'CONNOR, 1401 Jefferson, Kansas City, MO Services: Funeral - 2 p.m., March 11, Italian Institute and central chapel, 505 Forest References: "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Saturday, March 9, 1940 "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, March 11, 1940 ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: To: John O'Brien Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:09 PM Subject: Obituary Lookup John, I've enjoyed the abstracts from the KC newspaper that you post on MO-Abstracts @ Rootsweb. It is very much appreciated and a wonderful gift! I have a brickwall with the following person and am hoping that you might be able to assist me with a lookup. Noreene Agnes PASSIGLIA (maiden name - O'Conner) died March 8, 1940. Thank you for any assistance you can offer. Lynda Passiglia

SEARCH ENGINE TIPS by Mike Jarvis As genealogists in today's high-tech world, the importance of using search engines properly is ever increasing. With genealogy related web sites making up a huge part of our World Wide Web, we would like to share some search engine tips that perhaps a few you will find helpful. There is much that could be written about this, but we will focus only on a few tips that we find most helpful. We use [ and ] to indicate terms that would be written in a search box. First - The use of quotation marks. When using a combination of words in the search box, the search engine results will include every web page where these words occur anywhere on that page regardless of whether these words are immediately next to each other. Using the search term of [family history ] will result in 109,000,000 hits while ["family history"] within quotations will result in 5,400,000 hits. This is because in the second instance it is only finding pages were the words are actually next to or immediately touching each other. Try this with a family name. For example my grandmother is named Flora MacDonald. If I search [Flora McDonald ] in Google it returns 251,000 hits. Putting ["Flora MacDonald"] in quotations results in 29,600 hits. This is far too many hits and primarily relate to a prominent woman in Scottish and American history. This is not my grandmother. However, knowing that my grandmothers middle name was Hermosa, it makes sense to put ["Flora Hermosa MacDonald"] in the search box and I get two hits related specifically to my grandmother. Success! Second - The use of the minus sign. This is my second favorite search tip. Using any combination of words in a search box with the minus sign directly next to a word that you DO NOT want to find is also helpful. Using the search term ["Flora MacDonald" -Scotland -Scottish -"North Carolina" -NC ] will eliminate any pages from my search that includes the words next to the minus sign. So I will get only those pages that have my grandmother's name and do not have Scotland or North Carolina on the site. This effectively reduces the number of sites by more than half, from 29,600 to 12,800 hits. Using quotation marks and the minus sign in combination greatly improves your search results. Third - The use of the plus sign. The plus sign has the effect of instructing the search engine to give special emphasis to any word where the plus sign is against it. My grandmother's father was Alexander MacDonald. However, not the Alexander MacDonald who was prime minister of Canada. Using the search term [Flora MacDonald -Scotland -Scottish -"North Carolina" -NC +"Alexander MacDonald" -Canada ] gives me 1 hit that directs me to a site about my grandmother. Here we have combined quotation marks with the minus sign and the plus sign Fourth - The site search. Let's say that I would like to find Alexander MacDonald, however, I only want to search a particular domain. I would simply use the search phrase ["Alexander MacDonald" site:rootsweb.com ]. Rather than thousands of hits I get 204. Similarly, you could put a minus sign in front of rootsweb.com so that it searches all domains except Rootsweb. Fifth - The intitle search term. Suppose that you would like to find every site on the Web with the word genealogy in the title. The search box would need the term [intitle:genealogy ], which would result in 943,000 hits. Similarly, use the term [intitle:genealogy -site:ancestry.com ] and you eliminate 3000 sites related to ancestry.com. One more: try using the term [intitle:genealogy -site:com ] which will have the effect of eliminating all domains with the.com extension (commercial sites). Sixth - The related search term: If you like to know which sites are similar to your own then use the term as follows: [related:USGenWeb.org]. Results will vary with Google providing 31 similar sites and Yahoo serving up 35,000 related sites. Nearly all of these terms will work in most search engines. If you'd rather not type in the shorthand for many of these tips, the search engines will typically have an advanced search page which will do essentially the same thing. Try: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en Good hunting!

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Tuesday, August 24, 1915 TWO BOYS CAUGHT A WOLF. Cecil LATIMER, 12 years old, and his brother, James Edgar, 10 years old, sons of J. J. LATIMER of Independence, took a wolf scalp to the county clerk's office in that city yesterday and claimed the bounty of $3. The boys said they captured the wolf Saturday on the FRAZIER farm, southeast of Independence. When they saw it, it ran into a hollow log. They procured a gunny sack and tied it over the opening of the log, and then scared the wolf out into the sack. They put the wolf in a box until they could get a heavy collar and wire on either side of it. Thus equipped, they led the animal to their home, 1115 South Noland Street, Independence, where it was killed. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================

Death of: Mary P. ETHRIDGE Date: Wednesday, August 9, 1989 Place: Bethany Medical Center Age: 71 years Residence: Kansas City, KS Affiliations: member, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Kansas City, KS member (34 years), Canasta Club in Kansas City, KS Survivors: Husband: Charles Harold ETHRIDGE of the home Daughter: Marilyn SASS, Tonganoxie, KS Daughter: Joyce WOODS, El Paso, TX Daughter: Susan RIFFEL, West Des Moines, IA Daughter: Leeann HOLLOWAY, Kansas City, MO Grandchildren: 9 Great-grandchildren: 4 Services: Prayer services - 6:30 p.m., August 11, Porter Chapel Funeral - 9 a.m., August 12, Blessed Sacrament Church Burial - Mount Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, KS Reference: "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Friday, August 11, 1989 ======================================================

Amy, do you know where May's husband (James KERR) was buried? Mary was probably buried there also. You could contact the cemetery for Mary's death/burial date. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Flowers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 4:18 PM Subject: [KansasCity] Mary Kerr > Looking for obit on Mary Kerr, she was born April, 1840 in Callaway > County,Missouri and she died between Jan. 1, 1921 and Nov.5, 1925. Mary > probably died in Kansas City,Mo. In the 1920 census she was living in > Kansas City, Jackson,Missouri. Mary was married to James Kerr, he died in > Kansas City,Jackson in 1921. > Thank You >

"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Sunday, September 21, 1902 (page 3) DEATH UNDER DRAY'S WHEEL. An inquest over the body of John KERR, 8 years old, stepson of Edgar F. BRIERTON, a butcher employed at Second and Locust streets, who was killed yesterday morning by being run over by a dray belonging to Renne Bros., will be held tomorrow morning. The little boy lived with his parents, 804 East Fifteenth street, and he was playing with his toy wagon on Charlotte street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets when the accident occurred. In an attempt to get out of the way of another dray he feel under the front wheel of the one driven by F. R. HUNSTON. The driver tried to stop in time to save the boy, but the wheel passed over his head, crushing it and killing him instantly. The driver was not arrested as the evidence seemed clear that he had done all in his power to prevent the accident. The boy's body was taken to Carroll- Davidson's undertaking rooms. ========================================================== "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, September 22, 1902 (page 2) The funeral of John KERR, the 8-year-old boy who was killed by a heavy moving van on Charlotte street Saturday morning, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of his parents, 804 East Fifteenth street. The Rev. Frank B. CRISSMAN, pastor of Dundee Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will take place in Forest Hill cemetery. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen K" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:06 PM > Subject: [OLD-MISSOURI-NEWS] Obit and Crime Record Kansas City > > >> Could someone please tell me if there is an obit for a >> young boy,8yrs old, in Sept 20, 1902? His name was >> John S. Kerr and he died in some sort of accident. His >> name dob and dod, and cause of death (accident), are >> listed in our Family Bible, but we do not know who his >> parents were. In 1900 he and his older brother >> Charles A. Kerr born in 1889 are on the census living >> with Egard Priester and Elizabeth H. Priester. They >> are listed as stepsons. >> Elizabeth must have been married to either Clarence >> or Clyde Kerr and remarried to Priester? >> * Also-- we think that we have found Charles A. Kerr >> on the 1930 census, but he is an inmate at San Quentin >> with a lengthy record in Mo. Could there be any >> records of his crime wave there in perhaps the 1920s? >> Thank you for any assistance in finding these >> missing pieces of our family puzzle. >> Karen Moore Kerr >>

"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Sunday, September 21, 1902 WHEN LOVE GREW COLD. John MORRISON brought suit in the circuit court yesterday for divorce from Mary MORRISON, alleging that she had told him that he was too old for her and that she did not love him any more. MORRISON says that after his wife told him this, he went home one day and found that she had set his trunk in the alley. He took the hint then and found another home. The couple were married February 16, 1889, in Topeka. Mrs. MORRISON now lives at Thirteenth street and Highland avenue. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================

Does Wyandotte County have a link to marriages in that county? -----Original Message----- From: Christine Underwood [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 5:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [KansasCity] Frank Black Marriage perhaps KC Area Jimmye Lou, There are many Frank BLACKs in the Jackson County database. I suggest you do a search yourself trying variations such as Francis or with a wife's name. Here's the link: http://records.co.jackson.mo.us/search.asp?cabinet=marriage The only one that matches the date range was BLACK, FRANK GUY married HOUP, HELEN E licensed 07/01/1926 married 07/07/1926 >From: "Jimmye Lou whittington" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [KansasCity] Frank Black Marriage perhaps KC Area >Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:21:18 -0500 > >Dear Family Tree Angel John > >How about a marriage lookup MO for >Frank Black est late 1920's or early 1930's?? > >Many thanks >[email protected] > > >==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== >USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

BLACK, FRANK LESLIE BLACK, LENA B 10/11/1955 10/11/1955 BLACK, FRANK NEWTON, OLIVIA 03/20/1943 03/20/1943 BLACK, FRANK GUY HOUP, HELEN E 07/01/1926 07/07/1926 BLACK, FRANK WAGNER, VIOLA E 01/04/1919 BLACK, FRANK S GRINDLEY, NELLIE M 12/18/1900 12/18/1900 BLACK, FRANKC C MILLER, LYDIA A 12/11/1916 12/12/1916

Jimmye Lou, There are many Frank BLACKs in the Jackson County database. I suggest you do a search yourself trying variations such as Francis or with a wife's name. Here's the link: http://records.co.jackson.mo.us/search.asp?cabinet=marriage The only one that matches the date range was BLACK, FRANK GUY married HOUP, HELEN E licensed 07/01/1926 married 07/07/1926 >From: "Jimmye Lou whittington" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [KansasCity] Frank Black Marriage perhaps KC Area >Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:21:18 -0500 > >Dear Family Tree Angel John > >How about a marriage lookup MO for >Frank Black est late 1920's or early 1930's?? > >Many thanks >[email protected] > > >==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== >USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

I am looking for any info about Davisons in KC. 1. Anderson Jackson Davison d. 1928 in KC. He may have been living with son Roy. Roy could have lived in KC between 1920-1929. Anderson didn't come here until after 1925. Anderson was buried in DeSoto where his brother William Philo Davison lived until he died in 1929. 2. Stonewall Jackson Davidson and family listed on 1900, 1910, 1920 KS, Wyandotte Co census. Thanks, Diana --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

Dear Family Tree Angel John How about a marriage lookup MO for Frank Black est late 1920's or early 1930's?? Many thanks [email protected]

"The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Monday, October 18, 1897 Charles STEWART of 1213 Forest avenue, an old citizen and real estate dealer, died at his home last night. Twenty years ago he came to Kansas City from St. Joseph and engaged in the wholesale tea business with W. A. WILSON, but remained with him only a short time and turned his attention to dealing in grain, and finally to the real estate business, in which he made and lost a fortune during the boom. He was once supposed to be worth $100,000. Mr. STEWART also had a war record. He served under General Odin GUITAR, now living in Columbia, Mo., and was promoted to be captain of the commissary department. Later he was made major for gallantry in battle. He was 57 years old when he died and left two children. The funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon and were attended by Farragut-Thomas G.A.R. post, to which Mr. STEWARD belonged. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================