Actually, because the text is automatically changed from HTML to Plain text, and from the 14 I'm typing in to something so miniscule that I cannot see it either - THAT is what forces one to use caps when composing . . . I have to make that conversion back to HTML before I can read any of these notes . . . those of you complaining might offer a prayer of thanks for your good eyesight . . . it is truly a gift!! That is my last word on this subject . . . Jeanine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanine Reckinger" <jreck@ecenet.com> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN > Some people with vision issues may need to type in capitals so that they can > see what they are writing . . . been there, done that . . . it is more > difficult to read for sure, but I would never complain since I've had to do > the same thing. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Knut Hildal" <khildal@newmedia.no> > To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:47 AM > Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN > > >> Why is these messages in this thrread alwas written with capital >> letters. Should ONLY be used after a Punctation or in the names of >> people, places and companies! Please stpop!! It is very hard to read >> without seeing where a new sentence starts, have to seek for the >> punctation. >> >> Knut in Odda >> >> >> joe.sandy@comcast.net wrote: >> >>>SO IS THERE A CHANCE THAT THE LETIZ NAME WAS REALLY LEITZ? MY GRANDMOTHER >>>SPELLED IT LITZ. >>>THERE WERE SOME GENTLEMEN BY THE NAME OF LEITZ IN MINNEAPOLIS AROUND THAT >>>TIME. >>>PRIORITY IS THE FIRST NAME OF LEITZ, SO I CAN SEND FOR A DEATH >>>CERTIFICATE. >>>MAYBE A MARRIAGE LICENSE. THAT'S MY GAME PLAN SO FAR. >>>REALLY WONDER ABOUT DIRECTORY LISTINGS BETWEEN 1893, 1895, 96, 97, 98, & >>>99. >>>I HAVE EUPHEMIA'S DEATH CERT. AND OBIT WHICH IS QUITE LONG, WHICH MENTIONS >>>SOME OF THE NAMES. >>>HAVE HER SON'S DEATH CERTIFICATE AND HE WOULD BE MY GRANDFATHER, WILLIAM >>>TWEEDIE LETIZ OR LEITZ WONDERING ABOUT HIS BIRTH CERT. AS HE WAS BORN IN >>>MINNEAPOLIS. WE HAD NO IDEA THAT HIS NAME WAS OTHER THAN GRAHAM TILL I GOT >>>GEORGE GRAHAMS OBIT AND IT LISTED HIM AS A STEP SON. >>>THEN IN READING DOWN FATHER IT STATED THAT BOTH OF WILLIAM T. LEITZ >>>PARENTS >>>WERE BORN I SCOTLAND. EUPHEMIA WAS 2 WHEN THEY CAME TO ST. PAUL. AND THEN >>>MOVED TO MINNEAPOLIS. >>> >>>THANKS SO MUCH. >>> >>>SANDY >>> >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Genie" <ugna@alaska.net> >>>To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 2:21 PM >>>Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Those were both in the 1900 US Federal Census for Minnesota. >>>> >>>>I am pretty sure they were two different people. Do you know anything >>>>about >>>>your Euphemia other then what has been gotten from the census records? I >>>>agree the age difference is interesting and the first names being the >>>>same >>>>with the last names nearly the same. Mother in law? Don't think so, >>>>because >>>>if Euphemia's Letiz husband was about her same age, that would put the >>>>Euphemia Leitz at about 13 when she had him. Not impossible, but..... >>>> >>>>I found in the US Federal Census in 1910, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., St.Paul >>>>Ward 11 (note on side says Dayton Avenue) >>>> >>>>William H Strader, Head, age 48, born in Iowa, parents in Pensylvania >>>>Marjorie W Strader, wife, age 30, born in Minnesota, parents Scot-English >>>>Harvey W Strader, nephew, age 28, born in Iowa as were parents >>>>William Tweedie, father in law, age 66, born in Scot-English as were >>>>parents >>>> >>>>Also US Federal Census in 1910, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., St.Paul Ward 11 is >>>>Marjorie Tweedie, mother in law, on what looks to be the last page of >>>>that >>>>section. It looks like there might be a list at the end of those that >>>>were >>>>overlooked in the other pages per the ref number 2035 on the right hand >>>>side >>>>being the same as the entries earlier of Strader, William, Marjorie, >>>>Harvey >>>>and William Tweedie. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>1920 US Federal Census, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., St Paul Ward 11 has >>>>William H Strader, Head, age 60 >>>>Marjorie W Strader, wife, age 44 >>>>William Tweedie, father in law, age 76 >>>>Marjorie W Tweedie, mother in law, age 74 >>>> >>>>***** >>>>The Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 shows Marjorie Waldie Tweedie death >>>>date as 23 Aug 1929 in Hennepin Co. >>>> >>>>Happy hunting! Let me know if you need anything else >>>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: <joe.sandy@comcast.net> >>>>To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> >>>>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 9:42 PM >>>>Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>THANKS GENIE, >>>>>GOING TO HAVE TO READ AND RE READ. KIND OF CONFUSING. >>>>>THE NEWS I HAD WAS THAT SHE MARRIED GEORGE GRAHAM IN 1901 AND MOVED TO >>>>>STAPLES RIGHT AWAY. >>>>>THE MARRIAGE SUPPOSEDLY TOOK PLACE IN MINNEAPOLIS IN JUNE. >>>>>STILL NEED TO KNOW WHAT HER HUSBAND LETIZ FIRST NAME WAS AND WHEN HE >>>>>DIED. >>>>>DID SEND AWAY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO FOR MARGERY (GRAHAM) DEATH >>>>>CERTIFICATE. >>>>>AM FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT GEORGE DIDN'T ADOPT HER AND WILLIAM BUT FOUND >>>>>THAT >>>>>MARGERY DIED IN 1904 AND IS BURIED AT THE EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES >>>>>UNDER THE GRAHAM NAME. WONDER IF I'LL EVER FIND OUT ANYTHING ABOUT LETIZ >>>>>HUSBAND. I HAD RESEARCHED GRAHAM BACK TO EARLY 1700'S ONLY TO FIND OUT >>>>>THAT >>>>>HE WASN'T A BLOOD RELATIVE. BAH HUMBUG! >>>>>ANYWAY THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE HELP. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE NAME WAS >>>>>SPELLED >>>>>LEITZ AS SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT THERE WERE SOME SPELLED THAT WAY IN >>>>>MINN. >>>>>BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T CONNECTED ANY OF THEM TO EUPHEMIA. >>>>>YOU DID GIVE ME NEW INFO. THO AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>>>>SO IT'S ONE MYSTERY AFTER ANOTHER WITH THIS FAMILY. WAS HOPING TO FIND A >>>>>DIRECTORY LISTING PRIOR TO 1900 AS I FIGURED THAT SHE WAS MARRIED >>>>>PROBABLY >>>>>BEFORE MARGERY WAS BORN IN 1893 AND WAS STILL MARRIED IN 1895 WHEN >>>>>WILLIAM >>>>>WAS BORN AND LISTED AS A WIDOW IN 1900. >>>>>I DON'T KNOW WHO EUPHEMIA LEITZ AGE 40 IN STAPLES IS. WAS THAT INFO. >>>>>ALSO >>>>>IN 1900. OR WAS IT LATER AS LIKE I SAID SHE DIDN'T LIVE IN STAPLES TILL >>>>>1901. SO THAT'S THE CONFUSION THERE. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE DEAD >>>>>HUSBAND'S >>>>>MOTHER?? MAYBE. ODD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME FIRST NAME THO. >>>>>SANDY >>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>From: "Genie" <ugna@alaska.net> >>>>>To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> >>>>>Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:53 PM >>>>>Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Don't know if you noticed the entries in the 1900 US Federal Census, >>>>>>Minnesota for a Euphemia Letiz and a Euphemia Leitz. >>>>>> >>>>>>One is Euphemia Letiz in Minneaplois Ward 4, Hennepin Co., Minnesota >>>>>> >>>>>>William Tweedie, Head, b July 1855, age 45, born in Scotland as were >>>>>>parents, immigrated 1874 >>>>>>Magrovia (or Margeorie) Tweedie, wife b. July 1855, age 44, born in >>>>>>Scotland >>>>>>as were parents, immigrated in 1874 >>>>>>Euphenua Letiz, duaghter, b. Dec 1872, age 27, born in Scotland, >>>>>>immigrated >>>>>>in 1874 >>>>>>William H Strader, son in law, b. July 1862, age 38, born in Wisconsin >>>>>>as >>>>>>were parents >>>>>>Margeorie Strader, wife, b.April 1875, age 25, born in Minnesota >>>>>>Mageorie Letiz, daughter of Euphemia, b. May 1893, age 7, born in >>>>>>Minnesota, parents born in Scotland >>>>>>William Letiz, son, b (might be January) 1895, age 5, born in >>>>>>Minnesota >>>>>> >>>>>>The second is Euphemia Leitz as a boarder in Staples, Todd Co., >>>>>>Minnesota >>>>>>and interestingly there is another boarder by the name of George Graham >>>>>> >>>>>>Mary Morse, Head, Feb 1832, age 68, widow, born in New York as were >>>>>>parents >>>>>>Fred Andrews, grandson, b. Aug 1880, age 19, born in North Dakota, >>>>>>parents >>>>>>in New York >>>>>>George Graham, Boarder, b. Sept 1876, age 23, born in Iowa, parents in >>>>>>Ohio >>>>>>Ross Graham, Boarder, b. July 1879, age 20, born in Illinois, father in >>>>>>Wisconsin, mother in Illinois >>>>>>Euphemia Leitz, Boarder, b. May 1860, age 40, born in Indiana, parents >>>>>>in >>>>>>New York >>>>>> >>>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>From: <joe.sandy@comcast.net> >>>>>>To: <MINNESOTA@rootsweb.com> >>>>>>Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 9:23 AM >>>>>>Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Could some kind person tell me how to find a cemetery in Staples, MN.? >>>>>>>I need a name on a tomb stone, next to Euphemia Graham. It is her >>>>>>>daughter and her last name could be Leitz or a variation of it i.e., >>>>>>>Litz, >>>>>>>Letiz etc. She could have died around 1901 and would have been young >>>>>>>as >>>>>>>she was 7 years old in 1900 Federal Census in Hennepin County, >>>>>>>Minneapolis. >>>>>>>Euphemia married George Wallace Graham in 1901 and moved to Staples. >>>>>>>If I could find the name on the head stone of the daughter then I >>>>>>>could >>>>>>>find out his first name. Euphemia was a widow in 1900 census and her >>>>>>>last >>>>>>>name then was Letiz. >>>>>>>I understand that the cemetery is un-attended. But surely someone is >>>>>>>there >>>>>>>to sell grave sites, etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Looking forward to any help! >>>>>>>Sandy >>>>>>> >>>>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>>>MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>>>>Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.10/459 - Release Date: >>>>>>>9/29/2006 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>>MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>------------------------------- >>>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>>Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: >>>>>10/7/2006 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >