"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Wednesday, October 25, 1911 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. A. W. STEWART, 44 years old, died at the home of his mother, 2619 Holmes Street, at 10:30 o'clock Monday night. Mr. STEWART was a druggist of Mexico, Mo., and was visiting in the city. Burial will be in Bosworth, Mo. ================================================= (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: CherylS828@aol.com To: Johnobrien@kc.rr.com Cc: csalvi@ssgsc.org Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: KCMO deaths

FLOYD, STEWART "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, May 5, 1916 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Mrs. Norma J. STEWART, 19 years old, wife of Chester L. STEWART, died at the home, 3104 Bell Street, Rosedale, yesterday. Besides her husband, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph FLOYD; two brothers, and two sisters. The funeral will be at Gates undertaking rooms at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow. Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. ================================================= (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: CherylS828@aol.com To: Johnobrien@kc.rr.com Cc: csalvi@ssgsc.org Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: KCMO deaths

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, June 5, 1920 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Mrs. Rachel STEWART, 63 years old, died yesterday at her home, 1216 East Twenty-third street, North Kansas City. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. T. M. KINGSTON, 1304 East Eighth Street; five sons: J. J. STEWART, home address; R. L. STEWART, Ashland hotel; M. B. STEWART, 804 East Fifteenth Street; A. C. STEWART, 333 Spruce Avenue, and B. B. STEWART, Avondale, Mo. Services and burial will be today in Fulton, Mo. ================================================= (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: CherylS828@aol.com To: Johnobrien@kc.rr.com Cc: csalvi@ssgsc.org Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: KCMO deaths Hi John, June 1920 Stewart, Rachel Again, thank you for all your help. Cheryl Barnes Salvi

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Wednesday, November 8, 1916 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Alfred STEWART, twenty-eight years engaged in the confectionery business in Kansas City, died yesterday at his home, 2432 Jackson Avenue, following a brief illness. He was 58 years old and is survived by his wife. ================================================= (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: CherylS828@aol.com To: Johnobrien@kc.rr.com Cc: csalvi@ssgsc.org Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: KCMO deaths Hi John, I noticed some more Stewart death listings on your posts: Nov. 1916 Stewart,

Julie, I checked the index book of Jackson County marriages. There was no MORELAND listed. I did find the following: William H. JOHNSON - Caroline WARNER -- June 28, 1876 (book 7, page 309) You might want to contact the Jackson County courthouse and request the marriage certificate for William and Sarah using the March 23, 1876 date. Perhaps their marriage wasn't put in the index. A copy of the certificate is only $2. Here is the courthouse info: Jackson County, Kansas City courthouse 415 East 12th Street, Room 104 Kansas City, MO 64106 (phone 816-881-3048) e-mail address: records@gw.co.jackson.mo.us You said that Sarah died 12 January 1915. Did she die in Kansas City? If yes, do you have her obit? John Kansas City, MO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Eden" <jeden@bellatlantic.net> To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 7:54 PM Subject: [KansasCity] Sarah Mariah Moreland and William Henry Johnson marriage 1876 > I am looking for confirmation of marriage on 23 March 1876 between > Sarah Mariah Moreland and William Henry Johnson. The marriage is > reported to have taken place in Kansas City, Jackson MO. > Sarah was born 23 June 1849 near Sidney, Hamilton Co., OH > she died 12 Jan 1915 > Any other information on the couple/family would be appreciated > Julie Eden > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com > List Administrator > Maureen Patt, ListMom > knitandspin@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

History Facts A must read.. The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. * * * * * * Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married. * * * * * * Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children-last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." * * * * * * Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." * * * * * * There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. * * * * * * The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor." * * * * * * The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a "thresh hold." * * * * * * In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old." * * * * * * Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man "could bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat." * * * * * * Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. * * * * * * Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper crust." * * * * * * Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake." * * * * * * England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer." * * * * * * And that's the truth... Now , whoever said that History was boring ! ! ! ! ! Educate someone...Share these facts with a friend...

I am trying to locate in a city directory or business listing for Kansas City MO the business of Joseph (P) Moreland in the 1800s. He appears in the 1880 Federal Census as Jas Moreland, an error made on the part of the census taker in his first name. His wife is listed as Ava, another error, as she is Eva Mary (Bruce) Moreland. They are listed in Kansas City, MO District 9. Joseph's occupation is listed as dairy. I know he operated an dairy, not sure how big it was. May have been only a family enterprise. I know his brother, Ira Lincoln Moreland once worked for him. Can someone check in a city directory or other resources? Thanks (I left an email for John O'Brien personally last night but am posting this again here.) Julie Eden

I am looking for confirmation of marriage on 23 March 1876 between Sarah Mariah Moreland and William Henry Johnson. The marriage is reported to have taken place in Kansas City, Jackson MO. Sarah was born 23 June 1849 near Sidney, Hamilton Co., OH she died 12 Jan 1915 Any other information on the couple/family would be appreciated Julie Eden

Cheryl, a thunder storm just moved into the KC area and I need to log off. Will send obits when it passes. John ----- Original Message ----- From: CherylS828@aol.com To: Johnobrien@kc.rr.com Cc: csalvi@ssgsc.org Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: KCMO deaths

CLARK, DUPES, LAYMAN, McCREADY, STEWART, WHITE "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, November 6, 1916 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Mrs. Alice H. STEWART, wife of Guy E. STEWART, chief clerk of the Central Coal and Coke Company, died yesterday at her home, 3228 Brooklyn Avenue, following a brief illness. She was 30 years old and was born in Sherman, Tex. Surviving besides her husband, are two brothers, Owen CLARK and William CLARK of Virginia, Ill.; four sisters, Mrs. W. H. McCREADY of Ashland, Ill.; Mrs. G. W. WHITE of Chester, Ill.; Mrs. G. C. LAYMAN of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Val DUPES of Beardstown, Ill., and her father Francis CLARK of Virginia, Ill. ================================================= (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: CherylS828@aol.com To: Johnobrien@kc.rr.com Cc: csalvi@ssgsc.org Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: KCMO deaths Hi John, I noticed Nov. Stewart, Alice H. Again, thank you for all your help. Cheryl Barnes Salvi

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Tuesday, November 7, 1916 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Leona M. STEWART, infant daughter of Mrs. Rhoda STEWART, widow of Walter STEWART, who committed suicide about two months ago, died at the home, 927 Ruby Avenue, Kansas side, yesterday. The funeral will be this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. ================================================= (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: CherylS828@aol.com To: Johnobrien@kc.rr.com Cc: csalvi@ssgsc.org Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:55 PM Subject: KCMO deaths Nov. 1916 Stewart, Leona (infant of Rhoda) (this one is really exciting me as my great grandmother's married name was Rhoda Stewart) Again, thank you for all your help. Cheryl Barnes Salvi

Thank you so much Anita. That is very thoughtful of you. Someone on the list did go to the library and look for the newspaper but he wasn't able to find an obituary. I appreciate your kindness. Anita Weaver <sew_what_2000@yahoo.com> wrote: --- Jacqui Marcella wrote: > I would like to look for an obituary for my > ggrandfather from the German > newspaper housed in the special collections dept of > the Kansas City > Public Library. I have his date of death. The > librarians will not look > for it because they do not read German. They will > not interlibrary loan > the microfilm of the newspapers. Any ideas? Is there > a German genealogy > society in Kansas City? Thanks for any ideas, Jacqui > in CA > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > Jacqui, Did you ever get a copy of the obituary? I can read German, but I don't know when I could get to the library for you. Maybe Mid-Continent library has that newspaper on microfilm too? Let me know if I can help. Anita in MO __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com List Administrator Maureen Patt, ListMom knitandspin@earthlink.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

--- Jacqui Marcella <JMarcela@pacbell.net> wrote: > I would like to look for an obituary for my > ggrandfather from the German > newspaper housed in the special collections dept of > the Kansas City > Public Library. I have his date of death. The > librarians will not look > for it because they do not read German. They will > not interlibrary loan > the microfilm of the newspapers. Any ideas? Is there > a German genealogy > society in Kansas City? Thanks for any ideas, Jacqui > in CA > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > Jacqui, Did you ever get a copy of the obituary? I can read German, but I don't know when I could get to the library for you. Maybe Mid-Continent library has that newspaper on microfilm too? Let me know if I can help. Anita in MO __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com

Dick, thanks for responding. No, you didn't do anything wrong. I was considering doing your request for the 1893 newspaper marriage announcement; but a lot of the 1800 newspapers are very difficult to read, so I've been backing-off doing that type of research. Last month I sent a survey to the KC Mailing List and I decided that if you had taken the time to respond, I'd go ahead and look for the marriage. When I didn't see a response from you, I thought I'd check to see if you were new to the list. John Kansas City, MO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard C. Witters" <rcwitters@comcast.net> To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:16 AM Subject: Re: [KansasCity] Wark marriage > Good morning John, > I guess you would call me a returnee. I have been off the list for a year > or two while I traced a couple of other lines. Why do you ask? Did I do > something wrong? > Have a great day, > Dick. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John O'Brien" <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> > To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 5:04 PM > Subject: Re: [KansasCity] Wark marriage > > > > Dick, are you new to the Kansas City Mailing List or have you been a > member > > for awhile? > > > > John > > Kansas City, MO > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard C. Witters" <rcwitters@comcast.net> > > To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:42 AM > > Subject: [KansasCity] Wark marriage > > > > > > > Good morning, > > > I am trying to find the newspaper article announcing the marriage of > > Robert B. Wark to Harriet Summer on 14 June 1893 in Kansas City, Missouri. > > > Is there any way that someone might be able to help me? > > > Thank you and - > > > Have a Great day, > > > Dick > > > > > > God Bless America > > > Support our men and women in uniform

Good morning John, I guess you would call me a returnee. I have been off the list for a year or two while I traced a couple of other lines. Why do you ask? Did I do something wrong? Have a great day, Dick. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O'Brien" <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [KansasCity] Wark marriage > Dick, are you new to the Kansas City Mailing List or have you been a member > for awhile? > > John > Kansas City, MO > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard C. Witters" <rcwitters@comcast.net> > To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:42 AM > Subject: [KansasCity] Wark marriage > > > > Good morning, > > I am trying to find the newspaper article announcing the marriage of > Robert B. Wark to Harriet Summer on 14 June 1893 in Kansas City, Missouri. > > Is there any way that someone might be able to help me? > > Thank you and - > > Have a Great day, > > Dick > > > > God Bless America > > Support our men and women in uniform > > > > > > > > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > > KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com > > List Administrator > > Maureen Patt, ListMom > > knitandspin@earthlink.net > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com > List Administrator > Maureen Patt, ListMom > knitandspin@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

COOPER, HARELSON, LAKER, MULLIN, REDDICK, RIDER, TRAER, WATERS "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, September 22, 1899 DEATHS. J. W. TRAER, 3110 Peery, Sept 20, aged 67 years, hemorrhage of brain Louis H. WATERS, 3049 Warwick Blvd., Sept 19, aged 59 years, Bright's disease George MULLIN, 2030 Wyandotte, Sept 20, aged 10 months, meningitis Charles W. RIDER, Waldo station, Sept 20, aged 35 years, railroad accident Fred W. LAKER, Waldo station, Sept 20, aged 50 years, railroad accident B. C. REDDICK, Waldo station, Sept 20, aged 40 years, railroad accident William HARELSON, Waldo station, Sept 20, aged 34 years, railroad accident Virginia S. COOPER, Kansas City, Kan., Sept 20, aged 73 years, typhoid fever (NOTE: I do not have obits for these people) ================================================= (I have no connection with these people but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) =================================================

BAKER, CULLEN, LEONARD, MOORE, RUFFOLO, SCHAFER, SHELLINER, WEBER "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, September 22, 1899 BIRTHS. LEONARD, H. and Ella, 2836 Terrace, Sept 17, a girl CULLEN, James and Mrs., city, Sept 12, a girl SCHAFER, F. B. and Anna, 704 Linwood, Sept 7, a girl WEBER, J. and Mrs., 312 Gilliss, Sept 19, a boy BAKER, M. O. and Lottie, city, Sept 15, a girl MOORE, George L. and Lotta, 1206 East Fourteenth, Aug 23, a boy RUFFOLO, M. and Mrs., 535 Charlotte, Sept 15, a girl SHELLINER, T. and Rena, 566 Oak, Sept 12, a girl ================================================= (I have no connection with these people but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) =================================================

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, September 22, 1899 John CONWAY is said to be the name of an old man who haunted police headquarters yesterday and presented indications of being the possessor of a mind deranged. He registered at the Tremont house Tuesday and informed the clerk that he had come to this city from Monett, Mo., to visit a relative, also named John CONWAY, but whose address he had forgotten. He is well dressed, is well supplied with money and looks like a prosperous farmer. Humane Agent GREENMAN took him in charge last night and telegraphed to the authorities of Monett for information concerning him. ================================================= (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) =================================================

CROWDER, DANIELS, PACKER, WANDERICH, WESLEY "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Tuesday, June 29, 1920 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Mrs. Eliza. P. DANIELS, 80 years old, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. S. WANDERICH, 902 Ohio avenue, Kansas side. Besides Mrs. WANDERICH, she is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. Isaac CROWDER, Earlham, Ia.; Mrs. B. G. WESLEY, Holliday, Mo.; and Mrs. E. J. Packer, Lisbon, La. Services will be at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at Forster's chapel; burial in Smithville, Mo. ================================================= (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Young" <youngbird409@webtv.net> To: <johnobrien@kc.rr.com> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 7:59 AM Subject: hello > John could you please send the obit/death notice for Eliza Daniels(could > be a relative) > June 1920 > Thank You, > Judy > >

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, April 17, 1915 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Frank FOELLING of 2443 Holmes Street, an employee of William Volker & Co., died at the German Hospital at noon yesterday. Mr. FOELLING was born in Weston, Mo. He came here twenty-five years ago. His marriage took place nine years ago. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Mary FOELLING; three sons, William, Walter and George, and his mother, Mrs. Christina FOELLING, all of Kansas City. The funeral service will be held at the Our Lady of Sorrows' Church at 9 o'clock Monday morning. The burial will be in St. Peter and St. Paul's Cemetery. Mr. FOELLING was 50 years old. ================================================= (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ================================================= Go to the Jackson County, Missouri Message Board to see deaths in the Kansas City, MO & Kansas City, KS areas. Then: Do an "Advanced Search" and enter the surname (all lower case letters) on the "Find Messages Containing" line. To see only my death listings, change "With Message Type" to Death. ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: Brenna Lopez To: JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:58 PM Subject: KC Obits Frank Foelling 1915 Hi there, I am interested in Frank Foelling's Death Announcement. Thank you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Brenna Summers Lopez