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 > > > >