HI BETH, Did any of the volunteers get back to you on the City Directories? I'm thinking that I need to expand the Letiz name to like Litz (the way my grandmother spelled it on some info. that she gave me) Lietz etc. or have you done that too? I'm beginning to wonder if they George and Euphemia ever legally married. William is Euphemia's father. The Cedar street address either 271 or 274 does list them together and her sister is with them or was it her mother. I think William was a machinist could have worked for railroad too. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Sandy > Birth certificates for William and Margery > > -- you first have to discover exactly when and where they were born. In > small little towns you can call or write to the county courthouse for the > town, and they may look it up for you. But... I think they were born in > Minneapolis, as William said on his World War 1 draft record, and that > would > be more difficult. Minneapolis is in Hennepin County. There are a lot of > volunteers who might look up the information for you. Minneapolis (I > think > actually in St. Paul) has a huge Minnesota Historical Society with all > kinds > of historical records. I spent a couple of days there researching my > family > when I traveled to Minnesota with my daughter. > > -- World War 1 draft... I have a great uncle who registered while living > and working in Calgary, Canada. (family was in Ohio) He had to fight in > a > Canadian unit, and is said to have died in France. I've been struggling > to > figure that one out as I can't find anything about him after his draft > registration. The actual records of soldiers in WW1 have not been made > public. > > I can look for William T in Canadian records, if you would like. > > --- the RAOGK volunteer is NOT ALLOWED to ask for money, except for a > dollar > or two for gas, photos of tombstones, photocopies, postage stamp, etc. > > --- directory -- I emailed a volunteer already about looking for the > family > in Minneapolis directories from 1892 - 1900. She hasn't gotten back to me > yet. No LETIZ names at all in any directory, which leads me to believe > the > correct spelling is LEITZ. > > I have access to a couple of the Minneapolis directories on the internet > through my local library system, but none for the years which might list > Euphemia and husband Leitz. > > Here are all Leitz and Tweedies in the directories I have access to: > > 1882 --- No LEITZ. > > TWEEDIE, William, mach (machinist? ) C. M. and St. P. lives at 1815 S > 7th. > > 1885 - 1886 ----LEITZ Frank J. sales, lives at 814 SE 6th. Fred C., > cabinetmaker, 814 SE 6th. William, superintendant Northwestern Casket > Co., > 814 SE 6th. > > TWEEDIE Wm, mach. lives at 265 Cedar av. > > 1886 - 1887 --- LEITZ Frank J, traveling agent livest at 615 7th av SE. > Fred C., emp. NW Casket Co, same address. Wm. sup NW Casket Co, same > address. Wm. Jr., emp NW Casket Co, same address. > > TWEEDIE Mary, Miss, milliner, lives at 274 Cedar Av. William, foreman > motor > round house, 271 Cedar Ave [I think it should be 274..]. William, Mrs., > millinery store at 274 Cedar Ave. lives at same address. > > 1889 - 1891 --- TWEEDIE Miss Euphemia G., clerk, lives 271 Cedar Ave. > [hmm.. was it 271 or 271 Cedar where they lived and worked?]. Mrs. > Marjory, milliner, 271 Cedar. Wm, engineer, 271 Cedar. > > LEITZ Frank J, trav agent, 626 E 15th. Frederick C, finisher 814 SE 6th. > George L, same address. John F, finisher, same. Kate, domestic servant, > no > address. Wm., superintendent, 814 SE 6th. > > In the 1900 census for Minneapolis, the adult Leitz men are William and > Frank, which leaves the George, Fred and John listed in the 1889 city > directory as "missing". That doesn't really help narrow down which of > them > might have been Euphemia's husband. > ------------------------------------ > > I see online that Minneapolis had a city directory for each year in the > 1890s. Let's hope the one volunteer gets back to me. > > More soon, > > Beth > > > > ------------------------------- > 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