"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, January 29, 1921 HE CHASED HIS CAR ALL DAY. Dr. Rubin LEICHTER, 624 Nebraska avenue, Kansas City, Kas., thought he was "seeing things" yesterday, when, hatless and wearing a coat minus one sleeve and held together by basting threads, he rode in a commandeered motor truck trying to recover his car. The car was stolen from Eleventh and Oak streets, and in the chase he caught glimpses of it three times, each time with a different driver at the wheel. The car was recovered about four hours later by William RUSSELL, a motor cycle patrolman, in an alley near Thirteenth and Holmes streets. Dr. LEICHTER went to a tailoring shop at Eleventh and Oak streets about 11 o'clock yesterday morning to try on a suit of clothes. A tailor was fitting the coat when Dr. LEICHTER saw his Peerless sedan move away. He rushed to the street and commandeered a truck that was passing. The truck was too slow and the Peerless disappeared. The truck then turned north to Tenth street and again Dr. LEICHTER's car appeared in the distance. Later the doctor, in the truck, saw it again as it passed him with a new driver at the wheel. The doctor leaped from the truck and shouted to the driver to stop but the car sped out of sight. About 3 o'clock, Dr. LEICHTER again saw the car with still another driver. This time he followed it to the Nineteenth street police station, where it was driven by RUSSELL, who was making out a report on the car when the doctor entered. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

HUGHSON, JAMES, NICHOLS, PARRISH, SCHMID, SCHWALM, SHAPPELL, SHUMAKER, SMALL, TRASK "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, January 13, 1921 DIPLOMAS TO FIVE NURSES. Graduation exercises for five student nurses of the Veil Maternity hospital were held last night at the Hyde Park Christian church. The Rev. James A. SMALL, pastor, delivered the address. Dr. C. O. TRASK, medical supervisor of the hospital, administered the oath to the nurses, and Mrs. C. W. JAMES, superintendent, gave out the diplomas. The graduates are: Miss Minnie SCHWALM, Miss Clara SCHMID, Miss Alta SHUMAKER, Miss Carrie PARRISH and Miss Laura NICHOLS. A supper at the Hotel Baltimore was given in honor of the graduates following the exercises by Miss Carrie HUGHSON and Miss Valerie SHAPPELL. ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these people but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, January 13, 1921 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. James KERR, 97 years old, died yesterday morning at his home, 2313 East Seventeenth street. Mr. KERR came to Kansas City in 1886 from Montgomery, Mo. He was a fourth Cherokee Indian, and until about 1870 lived on the Cherokee Indian reservation in what is now Oklahoma. He fought on the Confederate side in the Civil War, and took part in the battle of Leuter Lick, at Danville, in Montgomery County, Missouri. This was one of the hottest battles fought in this state in the war, and while it was fought the court house in Danville was burned. Mr. KERR was "barn boss" at Eighteenth and Olive streets when the horse car still held its place in Kansas City in 1889-90. Later, when the Kansas City Railways Company, at that time the Metropolitan Street Railways Company, put in the first cable car line in 1885, Mr. KERR worked as a flagman stationed at Eighteenth street and Brooklyn avenue. In this duty he continued until about 1902, when he became ill and lost his eyesight. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie KERR of the home address; two sons, Robert KERR, 1645 Bristol avenue, and Charles KERR, 2210 Montgall avenue, and a daughter, Miss Josephine KERR of the home address. Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock this afternoon in Carroll & Mast's chapel. Burial will be in Forest Hill cemetery. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Am seeking an obit on Mathias R. ALFLEN, Sr., d on 15 March 1930. Thanks in advance. Happy New Year!

HOLSINGER, LONG, ROSE, WILSON "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, January 3, 1916 MAJOR HOLSINGER IS DEAD Maj. Frank HOLSINGER, Kansas pioneer, one of the men who obtained prohibition for that state and an authority on horticulture, died suddenly last night at his home, 1300 Walnut Street, Rosedale. He was 80 years old. Major HOLSINGER was one of the founders of the Old Men's Club of Kansas City and attended a meeting of that organization Saturday afternoon. Several years ago, in order to interest the children of Rosedale in fruit raising, Major HOLSINGER gave away several hundred young fruit trees at the close of the school year, each child being instructed to plant them. They are to be seen growing in yards in all parts of that city. Major HOLSINGER was one of the men interested in the improvement of Southwest Boulevard and in the building of good roads in the environs of Kansas City. The Holsinger Road is named for him. Major HOLSINGER was born in Pennsylvania. He first went to Kansas before the Civil War and located south of Lawrence. He took part in several of the border war engagements. He returned to his native state and when the Civil War broke out enlisted in Company F, Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve. He was promoted to the rank of major during the campaign in Virginia. On the battle field of Antietam he met Miss Frances LONG, whom he married after the war. He had gone to visit an injured comrade, who was being cared for at the emergency hospital in a little church. After the war, Major HOLSINGER went to Texas, where he was in charge of the Freedmen's Bureau. In 1868 he again went to Kansas and settled the following year on the 160 acre farm just southwest of Rosedale, where he lived until recently. He has filled the offices of president and treasurer of the Kansas State Horticultural Society and was one of its organizers. When the fight to amend the constitution of Kansas so as to obtain prohibition was waged, Major HOLSINGER was one of those who stood with ex-Governor John P. St. JOHN of Olathe and obtained its adoption. Major HOLSINGER was candidate for governor in 1900 and for state senator on the Prohibition ticket in the '80s. Major HOLSINGER was a member of the Loyal Legion and was one of the founders of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Rosedale. Major HOLSINGER is survived by a widow and six children: Mrs. George ROSE, president of the Kansas side Council of Clubs Gerald HOLSINGER C. V. HOLSINGER, professor of horticulture, Milwaukee Horticultural College George HOLSINGER Mrs. Maude WILSON Miss Edna HOLSINGER ====================================================== ====================================================== "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, May 14, 1943 Word has been received by relatives here of the death yesterday in Chicago of Mrs. Gerald L. HOLSINGER, who lived one mile west of the Rosedale district in Wyandotte County, Kansas, from 1901 to 1938. She was 71 years old. She was a past president of the Mary Tenney Gray Travelers club and a member of the Council of Clubs, Abdiel chapter of the O.E.S., and of Rosedale Methodist church. Before her marriage in 1901, Mrs. HOLSINGER was Miss Ida May KING of Topeka. Three sisters and a brother of Mrs. HOLSINGER's late husband live in or near Kansas City, Kansas. They are Mrs. E. D. WILLIAMS, 35 South Seventeenth street; Mrs. Laurence E. WILSON, 4106 Francis street; Mrs. George E. ROSE, route No. 6, and George W. HOLSINGER, Twenty-first street and Merriam boulevard. Mrs. HOLSINGER is survived by a son, Wallace K. HOLSINGER, Chicago; two grandchildren, Gerald Glenn HOLSINGER and Georgia May HOLSINGER and a brother Edward L. KING, Horton, Kansas. Services will be held in Kansas City, Kansas. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ====================================================== neirbo5

KLEIN, LAIRD Death of: Mrs. Hazel M. LAIRD Date: Friday, 1 January 1982 Place: at home Age: 82 years Born: Sedalia, MO Residence: 12000 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO Former residences: Kingsville, MO.; Santa Ana, CA Occupation: Retired, 1961 Co-owner of the Santa Ana Employment and Business Agency Social Director and Assistant Welfare Director for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group Field representative for the National Secretaries Association Education: attended the Kansas City Stenotype School Affiliations: member, Women's National Aeronautical Association member, Santa Ana chapter of the National Federation of Business & Professional Women's clubs member, Woman's Club of Santa Ana member, Newport Harbor chapter of the Supreme Emblem Club of the United States Survivors: Daughter: Mrs. Marguerite KLEIN, Kansas City Grandsons: 2 Services: graveside, 1:30 p.m., January 3, Rose Hill Cemetery Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, January 2, 1982 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

Source: "History of Kansas City" by Theo. S. Case - 1888 James LILLIS. Among the foremost of those men who contributed so much to the growth and development of Kansas City, was Mr. James LILLIS. He was born in the county of Clare, Ireland, in 1836, a county which has given birth to so many heroes and to so many true men. While he was yet a boy this man --- for he suddenly became a man --- faced the world. He made his own fight. He was everything that was true, noble and brave. He was self made. Such had been the stress of circumstances, and such had been the surrounding of his birth, that he was, while yet in his youth, cast upon his own resources. Ireland, which has given so many heroes and patriots to the world, is not lavish in her gifts to those who come to America. We give below a full and complete history of what Mr. James LILLIS has done in this country. Mr. LILLIS has built as many miles of railroad as any other individual living in the State of Missouri, and his experience covers over thirty years. He has been a contractor on the Burlington and Missouri River, K.C. M. and M. Missouri Pacific Lexington and Southern Chicago and Alton Railroads, and the Kansas City Elevated Steam Motor Road. And while he has met with disappointments in business, his courage has never been daunted. He has always made the best of his situation, and he is recognized throughout the State as entirely safe and responsible. He remained in La Fayette county until it became quite evident to him that Kansas City was to be the center of business in the West. He came to Kansas City when the city began its big boom, and since his coming he has thoroughly identified himself with its interest. His departure from Lexington, where he was so well known and highly esteemed, was a source of regret to all the citizens of that place. They felt they were loosing one of their truest and most popular men, and one whom they could not spare well at that time. In June, 1880, he laid the foundation of a most successful career in Kansas City, for since his first undertaking until the present day everything seemed to favor him. However, for the past four years he has used the most of his time and energy in constructing cable railway lines. He built the entire system of the Kansas City Cable Road now in operation, and is still employed by the owners of the road in their new enterprises. He has built other lines in the city, and when the projectors of a cable line in Omaha conceived the idea of constructing a road in that city, they looked to Kansas City for competent men to perform their work. They gave Mr. LILLIS charge of the construction of their entire road, knowing that they could find no more responsible and experienced person. Mr. LILLIS is now engaged in several enterprises, and his past record as a keen business man justifies the confidence placed in him and gives an assurance that his undertakings will terminate most successfully. In personal appearance, Mr. LILLIS is tall, portly built and well-formed, having a grand physique, an active temperament, and a very pleasant and agreeable countenance. He is noble-hearted, pure-minded, and generous, giving largely to charitable purposes, and many have grateful memories of his bounty. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a man of sound and accurate judgment in politics, as in everything else. In February, 1887, as a recognition of his fidelity to his party, and unsullied standing in the community, Governor MARMADUKE appointed him police commissioner of Kansas City, a position he still holds to the satisfaction of the citizens. In religion Mr. LILLIS is a member of the Catholic Church. He is the father of a large family --- eleven children being the fruit of his marriage, all living, and natives of this State. He has done for them all in a father's power, and his only happiness is to see them together enjoying themselves under his roof. He has made his home pleasant and attractive, and his wife, whose countenance bespeaks a true and noble soul, leaves nothing undone to promote the happiness of her husband and children. He has given all his children a sound and thorough Christian education. His eldest son, Thomas F., is a priest of the diocese of Kansas City, and at present administrator of St. Patrick's parish, in the city. The ordination of his son to the priesthood was a source of gratification to Mr. LILLIS and his family, and they feel honored in the reverend gentleman's vocation. Mr. LILLIS's friends can be numbered by the thousands, and those who know him intimately esteem him very highly for his many manly qualities and his general worth as a citizen and man. ==================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Preston" <> To: "John O'Brien" <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:30 PM Subject: Re: > I saw on the internet there is a write up of James > Lillis the industrialist in several of the early > "HIstory of Kansas City" type books--have you seen > that before? >

KELLY, NORRIS, O'BRIEN, SULLIVAN "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, January 6, 1912 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Mrs. Ellen KELLY, a resident of Kansas City for forty-seven years, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her niece, Mrs. Patrick NORRIS, 2844 Madison Avenue. She was 97 years old. Mrs. KELLY was born in Ireland. Besides Mrs. NORRIS, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Johanna O'BRIEN of Holyoke, Mass., and an aunt, Mrs. Kate SULLIVAN of this city. Funeral services will be held at the home at 9:15 o'clock tomorrow morning and at Sacred Heart Church, Twenty-sixth Street and Madison Avenue, at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in Mount St. Mary's Cemetery. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, March 29, 1913 DARKEN YOUR GRAY HAIR It is humiliating to go into a drug store and ask for a hair dye or stain or restorer, as it at once calls attention to a fact you want to conceal --- that your hair is turning gray. This simple recipe relieves you of all such humiliation and at the same time gives you a cheap and better hair darkener and scalp tonic than the store preparations. Procure from your druggist at little cost one ounce of bay rum, a quarter ounce of glycerine and a small box of Barbo Compound; then in your own home dissolve the Barbo Compound in 7 ounces of water and add the other two ingredients and you will have a most effective hair darkener as well as a good remedy for dandruff and other scalp humors. It not only browns the gray hair, but acts as a tonic to the scalp, makes the hair soft and glossy and is not sticky like many store preparations. It is to be applied once a week until the hair is darkened, then every two weeks. Be sure your druggist gives you Barbo Compound --- no other ingredient will take its place. ======================================================

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, March 20, 1913 G. W. TOOTHAKER, 70 years old, one of the few men who escaped with his life after being captured by Quantrell in his border day raids, died yesterday at his home, 1542 Woodland Boulevard, Kansas side. Mr. TOOTHAKER moved to Kansas in 1857 from Maine. This was in the days of the border trouble in Kansas. He joined the company of artillery and took part in a number of skirmishes along the frontier, and was among those who hastened to the relief of Lawrence. Later he was captured by Quantrell at Independence, Mo. He was held a prisoner for some time and then paroled. When Argentine was platted Mr. TOOTHAKER was placed in charge of the land of the Kansas Town Company. He had spent several years in California and invested the money he had accumulated in Argentine property. He continued in the real estate business until his death. He was 70 years old. Mr. TOOTHAKER was in good health until a few hours before his death. He was on the street attending to business Tuesday afternoon and dined with friends Tuesday night. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary SMITH of Chicago. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Wednesday, March 19, 1913 A FRIEND OF YOUTH AT 93. When the carrier threw "The Star" a week ago Sunday upon the porch of 310 East Sixteenth Street, the sections became separated and one slid on across to the feet of the gray haired subscriber as he sat in a chair. In the center of the page which faced the man was a cut of a large building. It took no explaining line to tell him what the picture was, although it was a building in a foreign country and one which he had not seen for sixty-five years. Dr. John McKAY, 93 years old, was looking at a picture of the main building of the Sorbonne, from which he was graduated in medicine at the age of 28 years. Until two years ago, Doctor McKAY was a wealthy physician of Minneapolis, Minn. A trade for some worthless land left him almost without funds and his son, Frank, was compelled to leave school to drive a motor car for his and his father's living. He has been in Kansas City a year. IF MOTHER WENT ALONG. "If you must write something," he said to a reporter yesterday, "write something that will do the young people good. I love young people. "If parents gave as much attention as they should to their children fewer would grow up to be bad. A boy or girl cannot be told where to go for good and where not to go because of bad. The parents must accompany them and show them what is best for them. A boy would not drink if his father went into the saloon with him. A girl would not go into bad company if she thought of her mother being in the same place." PRAISE FOR FRIENDSHIP MEETINGS. Doctor McKAY still puts into practice these theories. His son is twenty years old. When the son said he was going to a friendship meeting at the Swope Settlement some time ago, the father knew nothing of the nature of the place of the meeting. But he did not oppose the son. Instead, he went with him to see for himself. Since that time he has not missed one of the meetings. BECKWITH WAS HIM MOTHER. "If we had a few more such things there would be no need of your vice commissions," he said. "There would be nothing for them to do." Doctor McKAY was born in New York. His mother was the woman known in American history as Beckwith, a spy in the War of 1812. Her father was secretary to Napoleon Bonaparte and escaped to American when the great general was sent to St. Helena. His father's father was an admiral of the English navy. Doctor McKAY was graduated from several universities before he went to study at the Sorbonne, but it is the Sorbonne that he likes most to talk about. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, March 7, 1913 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. James Walter TURNER, 42 years old, died yesterday afternoon at the German Hospital. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Viola TURNER; two daughters, Lilla and Pearl; two brothers, Joseph TURNER of Oak Grove, Mo., and Samuel TURNER of Grain Valley, Mo., and four sisters: Mrs. Judie WHITE and Mrs. Luella WHITE of Oak Grove, Mo., Mrs. Ella CAMPBELL of Odessa, Mo., and Miss Ada TURNER, Grain Valley, Mo. Funeral services will be at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home, 1522 Bristol Street. Burial will be in Grain Valley. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: STEPHANIE TURNER To: John OBrien Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 2:55 PM Subject: Obit Hi John would love to see obit For James Walter Turner died March 6, 1913 (365) James is my gg Uncle have obit from Oak Grove Banner but have never seen Kansas city obit where he died. Thanks Bob Turner

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, June 14, 1913 DRAGGED BY A STREET CAR. William McMILLEN, 37 years old, 3414 Adams Street, on the Kansas side, was slightly injured attempting to board a south bound Argentine car in motion at Thirteenth and Main streets at 4:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon. McMILLEN was dragged several yards hanging to the rods at the side of the car. Just as the air brakes brought the car to a stop, McMILLEN's hold loosened and he dropped with his head across one of the rails, only a few inches in front of the wheel. He was taken to the General Hospital, suffering from half a dozen scalp wounds and bruises. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, June 20, 1913 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Walter SCOTT, 22 years old, died Wednesday at his home, 2726 Woodland Avenue. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah SCOTT, of this city, and these brothers and sisters: Leonard SCOTT of Sterling, Col.; T. W. SCOTT of this city; Amos SCOTT of Montrose, Ill.; Mrs. Welthia COFERN of Warren, O.; and Mrs. Robert HILTON of Mattoon, Ill. Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Muser & Meiner's chapel. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Woods" <joycewoods> To: <johnobrien@kc.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 8:16 PM Subject: Scott, Walter Kansas City area deaths - June 1913 > I would like to see the obit/death notice via e-mail on Walter SCOTT who > died in June 1913, in the Kansas City area. . > > TY > > Joyce Woods

CASSIDY, COX, DAVIS, DIAL, SMITH, SUMMERHOUSE, THORNTON "The Kansas City Star" (Missouri) Wednesday, April 22, 1908 BIRTHS. (Kansas City, KS) Robert and Minnie DAVIS; 836 Washington; April 16; girl Alvin Ray and Bessie Lee DIAL; 1501 Virginia; April 16; boy Thomas Emmet and Mary Belle CASSIDY; 617 Packard; April 16; girl John E. and Cora COX; 540 Barnett; April 17; girl Henry and Maggie SUMMERHOUSE; 749 Ann; April 19; girl J. H. and Mary A. THORNTON; 852 Everett; April 19; boy E. W. and Gertrude SMITH; 935 Ohio; April 20; girl (These are not all births for the period. Births were published when reported.) ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these people but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful. JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com) ======================================================

"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Tuesday, October 19, 1897 Roy P. CASEY of 513 Troost Avenue, was thrown from his pony at Third street and Grand avenue yesterday morning by the pony's shoes slipping on the cable car tracks. His right ankle was badly sprained, necessitating the attention of Police Surgeon LANDON. CASEY won a prize in the Flower parade for the best decorated single trap. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

BURK, DEFEO, DUNN, HOLLAND, McCOY, SCHMIDT, SMITH, SULLIVAN "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Tuesday, October 19, 1897 DEATHS REPORTED. Carl SCHMIDT; German Hospital; Oct 13; 31 yrs.; typhoid pneumonia; Union Thomas BURK; 2541 Michigan; Oct 15; 70 yrs.; cancer, facial; Mount St. Mary's Martha DUNN; 13th and Charlotte; Oct 15; 3 yrs.; tuberculosis; Clinton, Mo. Ephriam R. HOLLAND; city hospital; Oct 15; 66 yrs.; carcinoma of neck; Hayes cemetery Mollie McCOY; 817 McGee St.; Oct 15; 26 yrs.; pneumonia; Union cemetery Daniel SULLIVAN; police ambulance; Oct 16; 40 yrs.; chronic alcoholism; Mt. St. Mary's Lucia DEFEO; 514 Cherry St.; Oct 16; 5 months; marasmus; Mount St. Mary's Katherine SMITH; 2602 East Ninth; Oct 17; 68 years; hepatitis; Terre Haute, Ind. Note: these are not all deaths for the period. Deaths were published when reported. ( I do not have obits for these people.) ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these families but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================

BROWN, CHAMBLISS, CLARK, DOERR, GROFF, HARRIS, LUTZ, REID, SHEPHERD, SODEN, STACK, TRACEY, WALZ, WOLF, YOUNG "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Tuesday, October 19, 1897 BIRTHS REPORTED. Mike and Marie WALZ, 705 East Nineteenth, October 1, girl John and Ellen WOLF, 2217 Monroe, October 3, boy G. and Mollie STACK, 1501 East Tenth, October 9, boy John and P. TRACEY, 907 East Eighth, October 12, boy Frank and Louise HARRIS, 726 Tracy, October 13, girl Dr. E. L. and Thyrza CHAMBLISS, 2404 Lydia, October 13, girl William and S. SHEPHERD, 523 Harrison, October 15, boy L. F. and M. R. LUTZ, 1109 Flora Avenue, October 15, boy Patterson and Nellie SODEN, 1521 Central Street, October 15, boy S. J. and Maude E. YOUNG, 628 Tullis Court, October 15, boy H. C. and Jane H. GROFF, 1022 McGee, October 15, boy John and Fannie CLARK, Flora and Cottage, October 15, girl Joseph W. and Lizzie A. DOERR, 2419 Charlotte, October 5, boy J. W. and Annie REID, 2215 Flora, October 15, girl J. C. and Alice BROWN, 2635 Michigan, October 16, boy (These are not all births for the period. Births were published when reported.) ====================================================== (I have no connection with any of these people but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful. JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com) ======================================================

Does anyone happen know if a city/county directory exists, or if any other type of publications were available during 1887-1892 such as a farm gazette or business index?  Would someone be able to check those types of records for the surname CLERC for me?  'Yeahs' and 'neahs' are both important to me. In addition, I'm looking for a CLERC marriage and divorce/or wife's death notice during this same time period. And his Declaration of Intention or Naturalization Application.  (Citizenship was filed/granted in Jefferson County Sept 1892) These type of fees were often published in the local newspaper under the Court column.  Pierre Louis Charles CLERC's 1925 Jefferson County, MO obituary reads that he was a well educated Frenchman; immigrated from France; was from an affluential family; and lived in Kansas prior to moving to Jefferson County, MO. Unfortunately it does not explain where he lived in Kansas and 1887-1892 is a poor time frame to try to find a needle in a haystack... 'Kansas' could mean Kansas City, MO and it's neighboring areas or instead, a city in the state of Kansas. He has not turned up in any indexed listing of the 1885 State Kansas Census records (tho I don't anticipate finding him earlier than 1887).  Numerous census records list his immigration year as 1887, and that time period is in agreement with the citizenship papers.  Per the History of Jefferson County, MO, by Litton, it states that Pierre CLERC made and sold an 'excellent stove polish' out of his home.  This 'means' of making a living was something he did in the 1890's (based on his residence at that time vs. his later residence listed in the land/tax records for Hillsboro Poultry Farms). **************************************************** I'm hoping local documentation might be found mentioning an earlier involvement in making/selling this stove polish prior to moving to Jefferson County, MO. ***************************************************** Other info: Per the 1900 - 1926 Jeffco county newspapers on microfilm, there were 6 CLERC products that he manufactured/sold at his 'factory' (called Hillsboro Poultry Farms): Clerc's Specific Clerc's Clerc's Chicken-Lice Killer Clerc's Egg Producer Clerc's Chicken Food Clerc's Condition Powders Clerc's Disinfectant Insect Powder ***************************************************** Citizenship/Naturalization/Declaration of Intent: ***************************************************** His citizenship record was applied for (exact date unknown, but at least 2 years prior to...) and granted Sept 18, 1892, in Jefferson County, MO.  Julius DuFOUR and Eugene HEYLIGERS (Heilgers?) were witnesses.  Julius Dufour, born 1844, is listed in various county census records: 1860 (STE GENEVIEVE, MO), 1870 (Randolph County, IL), (1880/1900 - ?) and 1910-20 (STE GENEVIEVE, MO); and a Eugene HEILGER is listed under property transfers in Jefferson County, MO (1910, I believe). I've been unable to find the naturalization record or declaration of intent for Pierre CLERC, which would help provide answers as to CLERC's birthtown or anyone he may have immigrated with. His 'German' brother-in-law, Albert Joseph UMHOEFER's, Declaration of Intention was recorded in St. Louis, MO, but CLERC's isn't there.  ****************************************************** Marriage/Wife's Death Notice or Divorce Notice : ****************************************************** It seems that Pierre CLERC was married prior to his Jefferson County marriage in 1892; whether that first marriage ended in death or divorce, I'm not sure.  There could be a death notice for his first wife during this time period or a divorce notice in the locally published court records (1887-1892).  (His second marriage (mid-1892) to Anna UMHOEFER ended in a divorce (denied in Jeffco, but later a change of venue was granted to St. Genevieve, MO).  A week after the divorce was granted (1920) in St. Genevieve, he remarried in Jefferson County.) I've been searching for these missing CLERC records for 7 years -and counting! Any help will be greatly appreciated.  I have several books for Jefferson County and will be happy to reciprocate the kindness with any lookups in that area. Since I'm not a regular subscriber to this board, please email me directly at: MehdiFakhar@aol.com Thank You for helping!  -Kay Clerc-Fakhar, FL

Death of: Mrs. Mary Elsie O'BRIEN Date: Tuesday, February 1, 1955 Place: Providence Hospital Age: 64 years Residence: 2700 North Twelfth Street, Kansas City, KS Affiliations: Past president, Wyandotte County Women's Republican Club Member, Quindaro Christian Church Member, the Naomi Lodge, Order of True Kindred Husband: George A. O'BRIEN - died in 1952 Survivors: Son: James A. O'BRIEN of the home Sister: Mrs. Frank WALSH, 2239 Lathrop Ave., Kansas City, KS Brother: Ora O. SCOTT, 7009 Bellefontaine Ave., Kansas City, MO Brother: Charles E. SCOTT, Los Angeles, CA Services: Funeral - 3:30 p.m., February 4, Quindaro Christian Church Burial - Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, KS Reference: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Wednesday, February 2, 1955 ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ======================================================