Melinda, Oh dear, no wonder they got divorced, if she tried to kill him. But then we never know the whole story. She may have had good reason. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melinda Kohler, Kerri and Paula Kohler-Saunders" <mjkohler@xtra.co.nz> To: <mnhennep@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [MNHennep] MNHENNEP Digest, Vol 1, Issue 27 > Hi Jackie > > I thought that I would let you know that when i looked at the draft card > it had obviously been filled in after the divorce as care of two > children were cited as being a reason for not going to War. It is > possible that divorce was granted to gertrude on these grounds and she > got to care for them anyway. (Apparantly he had been reluctant to > divorce her and she had tried to murder him) > > He obviously survived the attempt as the 1948 death record is his. :-) > > Kind Regards Melinda >> Message: 3 >> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:41:51 -0800 >> From: "Jackie Ginn" <bluelaker4@cox.net> >> Subject: Re: [MNHennep] Desperately seeking help on locating >> information on my grandmother (with focus on death record). >> To: <mnhennep@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <009a01c71756$22ae8f00$8ef56f4b@Dell> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> There is a WWI Registration card for William A Kohler at Ancestry. It is >> dated 15 Jun 1917 and shows him as single, born May 26, 1895 in St. Paul, >> MN. Registration was in Minneapolis. If you would like a copy, contact me >> privately so that it won't go to the whole mailing list. >> >> There is also one for Joseph Frank Snitzka born 25 Mar 1892, born in >> Chaska, >> MN. Registration also is in Minneapolis. This man is married with >> children, but no names given. However he lists 2 sons (unnamed) under 12 >> who >> are dependent on him. Lived at 2132 Wash No., a mattress worker for >> Bergstene Bros. Again, contact me privately if you want a copy of this. >> >> How certain are you that the 1918 death certificate is not for your >> grandmother? Perhaps the cause of death? Could it be that your >> grandmother >> was burned badly, but did not die of the burns but died of something >> else..perhaps infection or the flu epidemic? There is also a Grace >> Gertrude >> Koehler listed on the Minnesota Death Index, died 5 Jan 1927 in Hennepin >> Co.. I know your father and uncle would not have been small children at >> that time, but teenagers. But that might be worth following up on. >> >> Here is the death record for Joseph Snitzka in case you don't already >> have >> it. >> >> Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 >> about Joseph Frank Snitzke >> Name: Joseph Frank Snitzke >> Death Date: 19 Aug 1948 >> Death County: Stearns >> State file number: 015825 >> Certificate Number: 015825 >> Certificate Year: 1948 >> Record Number: 1074232 >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MNHENNEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >