OK, died in St. Paul, Ramsey, MN with burial at Staples . . . now it makes sense to me!! Sometimes am brain dead! ----- Original Message ----- From: <joe.sandy@comcast.net> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN > ST. PAUL is the city, Ramsey the county. Staples is where she is buried. > It's a little town. > Sandy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeanine Reckinger" <jreck@ecenet.com> > To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:19 AM > Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN > > >>I would imagine that scarlet fever or scarletina were both diseases that >> would put you in quarantine along with smallpox, typhoid . . . could be >> that >> a whole lot of people were sick and that it was a stranger to this person >> who gave the information for the death records . . . and later on nobody >> thought it was necessary to double check and be sure anything was >> correct. >> >> Staples, Minn. St. Paul . . . what does that mean? IN Staples, MN, or >> St. >> Paul? hmmm >> >> Jeanine >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <joe.sandy@comcast.net> >> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 7:38 PM >> Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN >> >> >>> Did I tell you Beth that I did get the Death Cert. for Margery Graham. >>> It >>> was the least informative of all the death certificates that I have >>> received. Don't understand it as even her mother's name (Eupehmia) >>> wasn't >>> even there. Just the date and she died of Scarlatina Va, vular heart >>> disease, her age was just listed as 11 and birthplace U.S. and burial in >>> Staples, Minn. St. Paul with attending physician and Reporter J. Ohage, >>> M. >>> D. >>> Don't you find that strange? >>> Why wouldn't her mother or one of her other relatives given information? >>> Makes one wonder if she was so sick that she may never have lived with >>> her. >>> Or could she have been contagious? >>> I don't know! Big mystery >>> Sandy >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jeanine Reckinger" <jreck@ecenet.com> >>> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 2:22 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN >>> >>> >>>> Might I also suggest checking with the funeral home in the area? Many >>>> times >>>> those records follow new owners and if they have records, I have always >>>> found they are most happy to share . . . and sometimes I've found my >>>> best >>>> gems in the little scribbled notes in those files!! Good luck, Jeanine >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Beth Rau" <bethrau@hotmail.com> >>>> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 5:18 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Sandy, >>>>> >>>>> I have searched through all the online databases I subscribe to, and >>>>> haven't >>>>> found anything definitive for you on LEITZ. >>>>> >>>>> My best guess is that both of Euphemia's children were either adopted >>>>> by >>>>> George GRAHAM, or went by his last name after the marriage. >>>>> >>>>> George's obituary from December 26, 1951, in the Brainerd, Minnesota, >>>>> newspaper, lists step-son, W. T. GRAHAM. Euphemia's daughter was >>>>> listed >>>>> as >>>>> Margeoria on the 1900 census, as was Euphemia's sister and mother. >>>>> Also >>>>> listed was her son, William LETIZ [sic]. We know William used GRAHAM >>>>> as >>>>> his >>>>> last name by the 1910 census, and it follows that Margery would have >>>>> used >>>>> that name also, had she lived. >>>>> >>>>> I don't find an obituary for Euphemia because the August, 1950, >>>>> newspapers >>>>> aren't included in the NewspaperArchive.com database. (George's obit >>>>> says >>>>> she died in August of 1950, but doesn't give an exact date). >>>>> >>>>> There are several ways you can proceed with your search: >>>>> >>>>> Send for the death certificate for the above Margery Graham, born >>>>> 1893, >>>>> died >>>>> May 30, 1904, in Ramsey County, MN. >>>>> >>>>> Find a volunteer (either from a county genweb site, or from RAOGK: >>>>> Random >>>>> Acts of Genealogical Kindness) who can go to the Evergreen Hill >>>>> cemetery >>>>> in >>>>> Staples, and/or look through courthouse records for the above >>>>> Margery's >>>>> death in 1904. >>>>> >>>>> William Tweedie Graham listed Minneapolis as his birth place on >>>>> January >>>>> 24, >>>>> 1895, on his WW1 draft registration card. A volunteer could look up >>>>> that >>>>> birth record for you. >>>>> >>>>> I'll continue to dig through online resources, and will get back to >>>>> you >>>>> if >>>>> I >>>>> find anything more. >>>>> >>>>> Beth >>>>> >>>>> ============================= >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: <joe.sandy@comcast.net> >>>>> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> >>>>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 2:46 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN STAPLES, MN >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> HI BETH, >>>>>> I need the first name of Euphemia's daughter. >>>>>> She wasn't a Graham as that is who Euphemia married in 1901. >>>>>> I want to find marriage certificate for Euphemia Gowan nee Tweedie, >>>>>> Letiz, >>>>>> Graham. Gowan was her mother's maiden name! >>>>>> Have death certificate for Euphemia, her second husband George >>>>>> Wallace >>>>>> Graham and her son who it said was a step son of Graham but he also >>>>>> went >>>>>> by >>>>>> the Graham name. He was William Tweedie Graham. >>>>>> The birth dates for Margeoria.Marjorie/ Margery was May of 1893 and >>>>>> William >>>>>> T. was born 1895 in Jan. .. They were listed as Letiz in the 1900 >>>>>> Federal >>>>>> Census, Hennepin County. I have that. That's how I knew that >>>>>> Euphemia >>>>>> was >>>>>> a widow by the name of Letiz. >>>>>> Hope I was able to make it a bit clearer. :) >>>>>> Thanks for ur 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> 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 >