BAY, BRANNAN, BREWER, CRAMER, DAVIS, DOZIER, ELBERT, HASSELL, HOYLE, NIEVES, PENNINGTON, SLARRICK, SLECKEMAN, SMITH, STEWART, TASK, THOMPSON, WHITE, WILLIAMS "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Tuesday, August 1. 1922 THE BIRTH REPORT. Mr. and Mrs. Homer BAY, 3547 Bell St.; son, Homer, Jr., July 28 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur K. BREWER, 3222 East 23rd St.; daughter, Regina Catherine, July 26 Mr. and Mrs. Henry William HASSELL, 342 North Quincy Ave.; daughter, July 23 Mr. and Mrs. J. ELBERT, 2829 Lister Ave.; son, James; July 15 Mr. and Mrs. Mike SLARRICK, 2730 Jackson Ave.; daughter, Katherine, July 26 Mr. and Mrs. Hugo William SLECKEMAN, 3145 Terrace; daughter , July 22 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. TASK, 3816 East Seventeenth St., July 19 Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hampton Williams, 6011 Lee Ave., son, Wade Hampton, Jr., July 18 Mr. and Mrs. Homer DOZIER, 8040 Askew Ave., daughter, Jeanette Helen, July 9 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. PENNINGTON, 4201 Tracy Ave., son, July 16 Mr. and Mrs. Juan NIEVES, 2317 West Prospect Place, daughter, Maria, July 15 Mr. and Mrs. Fay SMITH, Kensington Ave., daughter, Louise, July 16 Mr. and Mrs. Walker F. BRANNAN, 8035 Flora Ave., son, July 18 Mr. and Mrs. Theodore O. CRAMER, Jr., 3830 Main St., daughter, Carol June, July 22 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. DAVIS, 3944 Forest Ave, daughter (no date given) Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E. HOYLE, 3207 East Sixty-ninth St., daughter, Gloria Winona, July 25 Mr. and Mrs. Carl THOMPSON, 5803 Agnes Ave., son, Verne Eugene, July 26 Mr. and Mrs. James WHITE, 2105 Belleview Ave., daughter, July 29 Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. STEWART, 124 Brooklyn Ave., daughter, Lorine Brice, July 24 (These are not all births for the period. Births were published when reported.) ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these people but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful. [email protected]) ======================================================

RAYMOND SPENCER. Looking, (still looking) for information about a Raymond Spencer who was in the Army stationed in England in May of 1944 near Cheddars. He went to France June 6th with the D Day landings. He returned to Somerset, England in June of 1945 before he returned to the US. Looking for Mr. Raymond, his family or Orbit. Can any one help? Believe he lived at Holt, Mo or Holt county or Holts Summit or possibly Greene Co MO. Accounts where he lived have been confused. I have searched for nearly five years. Looked up allot of Raymonds but there is still at least one more that I need to find. Will send picture of Raymond during the War years to verify correct person. Pat Mata [email protected] 870-892-1546 PS Thanks to all who have helped but have to keep looking for another one.

"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Friday, November 22, 1907 AGED MAN LOST IN A SEWER. After crawling sixty feet through a sewer, M. D. WARD, age 71, who lives at 2829 East Tenth street, decided last night that he needed a surgeon to save him from immediate death. An ambulance run was made in time to render assistance in getting him home before his novel experience could cause him bodily suffering. WARD had started for home and in some way managed to fall into an open sewer excavation. He became confused after he had struck the bottom and instead of climbing out, he followed the sewer sixty feet underground across the street. When he emerged he was badly bruised. Dr. J. Park NEAL, the ambulance surgeon who attended him, said his injuries were not serious. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================

Thanks so much as this mean quite a lot to my aunt. On her birth certificate it says, St. Vincent's and people would ask her where that was. Hickman Mills was a long way from a lot of things in those days! She said her dad traveled down Hillcrest Road to something else to get there in a Ford Model T! Thanks again to Hawkshaw1927 and Joyce for this information. Marijean [email protected]

In a message dated 8/19/2005 8:56:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: http://www.us-census.org/states/missouri/teams/Jackson-KansasCity1930.htm In 1900 St Vincents was called St. Anthony's home and run by the Sisters of St Vincent dePaul- It was at 23rd and College. It later became St Vincents Maternity Home- and that is a long way from Hickman Mills-

Joyce, Thanks so much! I wondered how things like that were censused(is that a word?) That is great to know and I really appreciate this information and so will my aunt! Thanks again, Marijean Glover Emporia KS

Marijean, this site may be of some guidance for you: http://www.us-census.org/states/missouri/teams/Jackson-KansasCity1930.htm Joyce Woods Herington, KS Marijean Glover <[email protected]> wrote: John, I have a question for you or someone who may know where St. Vincent's was in 1928. My aunt was born there then on Sept.1 and she was trying to remember where that hospital was and can't. Can someone come up with an address or an area at least where it was? She said her mother had to travel from what was/is Hickman Mills(behind Burke School area) to St.Vincent's Hospital and she said her father said it took a couple of hours to travel this distance then. Would appreciate any help. Thanks, Marijean ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

John, I have a question for you or someone who may know where St. Vincent's was in 1928. My aunt was born there then on Sept.1 and she was trying to remember where that hospital was and can't. Can someone come up with an address or an area at least where it was? She said her mother had to travel from what was/is Hickman Mills(behind Burke School area) to St.Vincent's Hospital and she said her father said it took a couple of hours to travel this distance then. Would appreciate any help. Thanks, Marijean

Our family has been trying to find an obit for Julius Harlan VOGAN who drowned in KC on 9-27-1888 We had a search done of the KC Star, with no results. Maybe you can find something about his death? We've searched all recommended organizations,etc. but found no trace. Could be that it was too long ago? Thanks, Shirley

Death of: Mrs. Margaret May WELCH Date: Saturday, October 18, 1952 Age: 68 years Residence: 4011 Garfield, Kansas City, MO Survivors: Husband: William M. WELCH of the home Daughter: Mrs. Bernice MYRICK, Santa Ana, CA Son: Harold ROBINSON, Santa Ana, CA Son: Raymond ROBINSON, 3347 N. 57th, Kansas City, KS Grandchildren: 4 Services: Rosary - 8 p.m., October 20, at funeral home, 1800 E. Linwood Blvd. Funeral - 8:30 a.m., October 21, at funeral home Church - 9 a.m., Blessed Sacrament Church, 39th and Bellfontaine Burial - Mt. Olivet Cemetery Funeral director - Mellody-McGilley-Eglar Reference: "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Sunday, October 19, 1952 (page 9B) "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, October 20, 1952 (page 20) ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "DeLories Vaughn" <> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:45 PM Subject: Re: Obits/address > > > > > Margaret May Butt Robinson Welch b. 10 Apr 1884 Taylor Co., IA d. 19 Oct > 1952 KCMO (forgot her second married name to William Welch) (obit states she died October 18 ........... John)

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Tuesday, August 19, 1919 (page 7) DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Mary Emily LUTZ, 59 years old, died yesterday noon at her home, 4314 East Tenth Street. Surviving are her husband, W. Roland LUTZ, home address; a daughter, Mrs. Hester DREFFENBACHER, home address; and two sons, Lieut. Fred CHOCKLEY, home address, and Orley CHOCKLEY, Browning, Ill. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:17 PM Subject: > > John, I have a death date from the Mo. State archives. Mary Emily Lutz > died on Aug 18, 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri. Can you do an obit look up > with this info. Thanks, Lynn Brown >

ALLEY, BALDWIN, BURNS, DECKER, GOODMAN, GUNN, HOLMES, IUEN, JACKSON, KARNES, LIPMAN, LONGAN, McCLANAHAN, MORSE, NICHOL, NORBERG, RICE, SCOTT, SMITH, VENABLE, WALKER, WEBER, WICKEFF "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Thursday, October 7, 1897 (page 3) FELL TWENTY FEET. Fifteenth Street Depot Platform Gives Way. NINETEEN WERE INJURED. Over 100 Were On The Platform At The Time. By the giving away of rotten timbers supporting a portion of the platform of the Kansas City & Independence electric line depot, at Fifteenth street and Askew avenue, last night at 7 o'clock, 100 people, men, women and children, were precipitated eighteen feet into a hold beneath the platform. The portion of the platform which gave way under the pressure of its human weight was sixteen feet square. The people shot through the aperture like a flash, not being given an instant's warning of what was coming. Nineteen were lifted out with broken ribs and arms, injured heads and bruised and bleeding bodies, but no one is thought to be fatally injured. But for the soft condition of the ground upon which the people fell there would doubtless have been many lives lost. A complete list of the injured, most of whom were from Independence, Mo., is given below: Mrs. L. W. BALDWIN, aged 58, Independence; sprained spine; thought to have internal injuries; also compound fracture lower jaw; sent to All Saints' hospital; perhaps the worst injured of any. Mrs. W. C. RICE, aged 38, Independence, slight contusion left elbow and right leg; head also slightly bruised. Went home. Miss Sallie RICE, aged 9, Independence, right arm broken in two places above the elbow; scalp wound, Sent to All Saints' hospital. Mrs. G. M. NICHOL, aged 50, Independence, serious internal injuries about lower portion of abdomen caused by falling across a joist. Sent to All Saints' hospital. Miss Nellie NICHOL, aged 20, Independence, right shoulder bruised. Sent home. Mrs. R. M. VENABLE, Independence, dislocation right shoulder. Sent home. Mrs. T. J. WALKER, Independence, right leg broken above the knee. Sent to All Saints' hospital. Mrs. O. H. GOODMAN, Independence, slight internal injuries. Sent home. Mrs. J. McCLANAHAN, Independence, slight internal injuries. Sent home. Miss Emma JACKSON, colored, Independence, contusion on left shoulder. Miss Nora SMITH, aged 18, Washington park, slight contusion of head. Miss Mary BURNS, Sheffield, slightly injured. Miss Ella ALLEY, aged 19, Blue Springs. left leg badly lacerated and inside of left thigh punctured. Sent to All Saints' hospital. Lil SCOTT, Sheffield, left jaw punctured. Miss Annie WICKEFF, aged 26, Webb City, Mo., slight bruises. Miss Madge DECKER, aged 16, Webb City, head cut slightly and suffering from concussion of the brain. Sent to All Saints'. Warren DECKER, aged 19, Webb City, right arm and nose bruised. E. L. MORSE, Excelsior Springs, internal injuries. Went home. Mrs. J. W. GUNN, aged 29, 3925 Highland avenue, left foot sprained and puncture under foot. The accident occurred at a time when travel was at its height. Hundreds of people from Independence and the towns reached by the electric line, who had been in the city to see the Flower parade, were crowded into the depot and upon the platforms waiting for their cars. As they procured their tickets the people passed through the gates to the platform to the north of the depot, where the cars line up to wait for passengers. Cars were being loaded as fast as possible. A dozen special policemen in the employ of the Metropolitan Street Car Company, which operates the electric line, were directing the people onto the platform and aboard the cars. The crowd was large and happy. It surged to and fro and jostled and talked. As the 7 o'clock car was backed into place, about 150 people were admitted through the gates to board it. They were impatient and made a mad rush for the car steps. Only a few had boarded the car when suddenly there was a crash and a section of the platform, near the rear end of the car, and upon which at least 100 persons were standing, gave way amid the crashing of timbers and the shouts and shrieks of the men and women. The timbers on the east of the defective section of the platform gave way first, and the west timbers, acting as a sort of hinge, let the passengers down, much after the fashion of the slide down a cellar door. The platform was built on piles about eighteen feet high, but there was none under the section that fell. A small stream which flows near the depot tends to keep the ground moist and muddy. The people were precipitated into the mud and water, head over heels, and upon one another. There were groans from the wounded and shouts from those who were not hurt. Above them on one side stood the car which they had so vainly tried to enter. On the other side were huge piles and broken tiling. The work of carrying out the injured was begun in an instant. People who were not on the defective platform went bravely to work with the Metropolitan employees. Telephone messages were sent to Central police station and Police Surgeon LONGAN and Assistant NORBERG responded with the ambulance and two policemen. Lieutenant WEBER and a squad of officers from No. 4 station also went to the scene, in answer to a telephone message. General Superintendent W. H. HOLMES and Claim Agent J. L. KARNES, of the railway company, with the company's surgeons, Frank and Will IUEN, and Dr. LIPMAN, were also soon on the scene. Improvised stretchers were provided, and the wounded, as fast as they were taken out of the hole, were carried into the depot waiting rooms, where immediate surgical and medical attention was given them. Those with broken bones were supplied with temporary bandages and sent in the police ambulance and several undertakers' ambulances to All Saints' hospital. Many of the lesser injured did not wait to be treated, but went home. Among those was E. L. MORSE, of the Wabash road, who lives at Excelsior Springs. He stated before he left that his injuries were not serious. Mr. MORSE is a prominent Republican politician in Missouri. Few of the injured were able to talk of their experience because of excitement. Miss NICHOL, of Independence, said: "I was just stepping into the car when the platform fell, and I went down. I know a half dozen people fell upon me." Superintendent W. H. HOLMES said the platform was rebuilt last July, save the piling and joists. The great crowds on Labor day and subsequent Sundays and Fourth of July were all hauled over the platform. Mrs. Lil SCOTT lost a valuable gold watch in the mud. She went down with her husband, but was not hurt. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: IVY To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 6:56 PM Subject: LOOK UP REQUEST John, I have just found deposition for a law suit against the Metropolitan Street Railway Co. I wonder if there is anything in the paper about the accident. On 10/6/1897 Georgia Walker was on the platform preparing to board the 15th st. car when the platform collapsed. Georgia is the g-grandmother of my husband. Thanks IVY

Does any one have a way to copy me in on the Orbit for Hester Spencer? She passed away in Jan 1972 in Mokane, Callaway CO MO. Sure would be appreciated. Pat Mata [email protected]

John, I'm glad your back! All we had to read was "Where's John", "Hope John's OK", "Maybe John's on vacation" on and on and on! See how you're missed - check out the archives! Life is back to normal now :-) Hope you enjoyed your time away! Susan Kost "She is insane, of course. The family history has become a mania for her." Hercule Poirot

John, welcome back. You were missed. Carol - Olathe John O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote:

Death of: Oliver A. ANDREWS Date: Sunday, January 3, 1971 Place: nursing home at 6261 Leavenworth Age: 76 years Born: El Reno, OK Residence: 7420 Georgia, Kansas City, KS Occupation: retired bus driver, Kansas City Public Service Co. Military service: Army veteran of World War I Affiliation: member, St. Patrick's Catholic Church Survivors: Son: Oliver A. ANDREWS, Jr., 5513 Reeds, Mission, KS Son: Robert ANDREWS, 1326 Admiral, Kansas City, MO Son: Lewis E. ANDREWS, 15315 East Thirty-seventh terrace, Independence, MO Daughter: Mrs. Catherine LOVEALL of the home Daughter: Mrs. Barbara SHARP, 2905 North Eighty-third terrace, Kansas City, KS Sister: Mrs. Nettie SMART, Anadarko, OK Grandchildren: 9 Great-granddaughter: 1 Services: Rosary - 7:30 p.m., January 4, Butler Chapel, 22 South Eighteenth St. Funeral - 9:15 a.m., January 5, Butler Chapel Church - 10:00 a.m., January 5, St. Patrick's Church Burial - Mount Calvary Cemetery Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, January 4, 1971, page 2B ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul North To: 'John O'Brien' Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 8:08 AM Subject: obituary John, I just found another family member who lived and died in Kansas City, Kansas. Whenever you happen to be working with obituaries, could you please check to see if you can find anything on this person. His name is Oliver A. Andrews and he died on January 3, 1971. From the death certificate I see that he is buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Thanks for your help. Paul North

"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Friday, November 22, 1907 CAN'T DESCRIBE HIS WIFE. "I have always maintained that a man can not give an accurate description of his wife," said Lieutenant HAMMIL of the Walnut police station yesterday afternoon. "Now here's where I get a chance to say 'I told you so.' Listen to this letter I got this morning from a man whose wife has left him: "Chief of police," the letter ran. "My wife left home Saturday night. She works down at Jones's warehouse and had just got her week's pay in the afternoon. I am led to believe that she is still in the city and would like for you policemen to keep a lookout for her. "She is about 18 or 19 years old, I don't know which. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. By this you see she is somewhat chunky. She has either blue or gray eyes, and her hair is either auburn or red. I don't know which. One thing I do know, and that is that she has a dimple in her chin which grows bigger when she laughs. This is all I know about her and I hope that you will be able to find her and send her back to me. I have been a good husband to her for some time and cannot see why she has left me. She is not at her mother's." The man who wrote the letter gave his address as 1224 Locust street. "Perhaps we can find her, but perhaps we can not," continued the lieutenant. "Now you may think that this is only one case out of many where a husband could not describe his wife, but I tell you that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, a man can not tell you the color of his affinity's eyes or hair." ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) [email protected] ======================================================

Thanks very much, John. My Mary was born in 1859. It's too bad the newspapers didn't list her children, even though the tombstone says 'Mother'. However, too many of the details don't sound quite right, so I guess I still need to keep looking. Thank you again. > Steve, I checked the three KC newspapers (Times, Star, and Journal) and > found Mary but not with a lot of info. Do you know how old your Mary was > when she died? I also looked for an article about the stove explosion that > occurred on November 15. Didn't find anything. > > Here's what I found: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------- > "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, November 22, 1907 (page 4) > > HER BURNS WERE FATAL. > > Mrs. Mary ATCHISON, 42 years old, died yesterday morning at > Red Bridge, Mo., from injuries received in a gasoline stove explosion > last Friday. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock this morning at > Carroll-Davidson's undertaking rooms. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------- > "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, November 22, 1907 (page 11) > > DIED. > > ATCHISON, Mrs. Mary, 42 years old, died yesterday at Red Bridge, Mo. > Funeral services at 10 o'clock this morning at Carroll-Davidson's > undertaking > rooms, Burial in Union Cemetery. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------- > > In the Union Cemetery book ("Tombstone Inscriptions"), Mary is listed as > follows: > > Section 14.1, Lot 17R > Mary ATCHISON - born 1866; died 1908; mother (stone placed many years after > death) > > As you can see, the death year is in error. (Could be a book transcription > error.) > > If you think that this is your Mary, you should contact the Union Cemetery > office to see if they have any other information. The book is in > alphabetical order rather than in section, lot order. The cemetery office > should be able to tell you who else is buried in the same lot. > > Union Cemetery Historical Society > 227 E. 28th Terr > Kansas City, MO 64108 > > phone: 816-472-4990 > > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Gillispie" <> > To: "John O'Brien" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 5:12 PM > Subject: Mary Atchison death > > >> John, >> >> The Missouri Archives death records show a Mary Atchison died 21 Nov 1907 >> in >> Red Bridge of shock from burning. The next time you are at the library >> could you check to see if the Kansas City newspapers had anything to say >> about this? I don't know if this is my Mary or not, but I'm sure she was >> somebody's Mary. >> >> Thanks very much, >> Steve >> > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > [email protected] > List Administrator > Maureen Patt, ListMom > [email protected] > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > --- Steve Gillispie <[email protected]>

Death of: John J. OGAN Date: Friday, January 19, 1979 Place: hospital in Stamford, CT Age: 34 years Born: El Paso, TX Residence: Stamford, CT (11 years) Former residence: Kansas City, KS Survivors: Wife: Mrs. Mary OGAN of the home Son: Robert OGAN of the home Daughter: Miss Karen OGAN of the home Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Boyington K. OGAN, Shawnee, KS Services: Funeral - 9 a.m., January 23, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Stamford Burial - St. John's Cemetery, near Stamford Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, January 22, 1979 ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: Emily To: John O'Brien Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 8:19 PM Subject: Hiya....obit lookup?? Hello John, When you find the time (no big rush) would you see if there is an obit for the following person. He actually died in Connecticut, but his parents lived in KC so there may be an announcement there...It was their only child. John Ogan, son of Boyington and Genevieve d. 20 Jan 1979 Many thanks, Emily

Steve, I checked the three KC newspapers (Times, Star, and Journal) and found Mary but not with a lot of info. Do you know how old your Mary was when she died? I also looked for an article about the stove explosion that occurred on November 15. Didn't find anything. Here's what I found: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, November 22, 1907 (page 4) HER BURNS WERE FATAL. Mrs. Mary ATCHISON, 42 years old, died yesterday morning at Red Bridge, Mo., from injuries received in a gasoline stove explosion last Friday. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock this morning at Carroll-Davidson's undertaking rooms. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, November 22, 1907 (page 11) DIED. ATCHISON, Mrs. Mary, 42 years old, died yesterday at Red Bridge, Mo. Funeral services at 10 o'clock this morning at Carroll-Davidson's undertaking rooms, Burial in Union Cemetery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the Union Cemetery book ("Tombstone Inscriptions"), Mary is listed as follows: Section 14.1, Lot 17R Mary ATCHISON - born 1866; died 1908; mother (stone placed many years after death) As you can see, the death year is in error. (Could be a book transcription error.) If you think that this is your Mary, you should contact the Union Cemetery office to see if they have any other information. The book is in alphabetical order rather than in section, lot order. The cemetery office should be able to tell you who else is buried in the same lot. Union Cemetery Historical Society 227 E. 28th Terr Kansas City, MO 64108 phone: 816-472-4990 John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Gillispie" <> To: "John O'Brien" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 5:12 PM Subject: Mary Atchison death > John, > > The Missouri Archives death records show a Mary Atchison died 21 Nov 1907 > in > Red Bridge of shock from burning. The next time you are at the library > could you check to see if the Kansas City newspapers had anything to say > about this? I don't know if this is my Mary or not, but I'm sure she was > somebody's Mary. > > Thanks very much, > Steve >