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From: "AnnE Austin" <>
Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Minneapolis City Directories
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:53:13 -0600
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I sent an email to you, Shirley re: this post. WE might be getting too
personal for the LIST. <g>

AnnE in MN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shirley" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Minneapolis City Directories


Good morning, Anne. Yes, the info about Tom being buried at Lakewood
Cemetery is correct. Do you do a lot of genealogy? When you said you
were
glad to get the info on his wife I was surprised. . And, yes, I am
from
Minneapolis. Born and raised there - lived out at 5205 Xerxes till I
left
home and went to work in Washington, D.C. Last July my sister, her
two
daughters and I went to Mpls. for a week. God to ride on one of the old
streetcars out by Lake Harriet, and of course toured the old
neighborhood,
school we went to. Suire has changed. Where in MN are you located?
Appreciate your writing to me and helping out.

Regards, Shirley

P.S. -I tried sending this to your e-mail address but it
was
returned.
----- Original Message -----
From: "AnnE Austin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Minneapolis City Directories


> Hi Shirley, is the info I included about where he is buried the same
> Thomas M. Stevens? Thanks for the info on his wife's name. I know
> Gethsemane.....I was brought up Episcopalian. Are you from this area?
> Anne in MN
>
> Hi, Ann. Thanks for responding to my inquiry. Kathryn's name was
> spelled
> with a K - I have her signature on my baptism certificate, as a
> sponsor.
> It
> was Gethsemane Episcopal Church. I have all the information on Tom,
> he
> was very close to our family and when he was killed in 1934 his wife
> Dorothy
> came to stay with us. I remember it all vividly, and have the
> newspaper
> reports of the murder. Thanks again.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "AnnE Austin" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 2:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Minneapolis City Directories
>
>
>>I found a Thomas M. Stevens at Lakewood Cem. in Minneapolis. See
>>below.
>>
>> THOMAS M. STEVENS Age 53
>> Death Date 09/13/1934
>> Place of Death NA
>> Disposition Date 09/15/1934
>> Site Id Unavailable
>>
>> Strange that the site ID is unavailable. If you would like, I could
>> call them on the phone to see if they have more info on the card in
>> the
>> office. Let me know.
>>
>> What is the exact spelling of Kathryn or Catherine?
>>
>> Which church did you contact, Shirley?
>>
>> AnnE in MN
>> ************************************************************
>> Irma, thanks so much for writing. I hadn't known Kathryn was married
>> before
>> Thomas. Our family always called her "Kitten". She was only 22 when
>> she
>> married Tom (who was MY dad's cousin) so I don't know whather there
>> was
>> a
>> divorce or if her first husband died. Tom and Kitten were sponsors
>> at
>> my
>> baptism in 1922 (I have the copy) and I have contacted the archivist
>> at
>> that
>> church. When he called me back just last week he said nothing in
>> their
>> records indicated what her maiden name was. She and Tom must have
>> divorced
>> around 1931 as they are shown together in the 1930 census but at
>> Christmas
>> time in 1932 I have home movies showing him with his new wife,
>> Dorothy.
>> Our
>> family did not care for Dorothy. Tom was killed in a shooting in
>> 1934.
>>
>> My sister and I are writing our life story and I have pictures and
>> lots
>> of
>> good memories about Tom and Kitten, so that's why I am trying to find
>> out
>> more about her.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>> Shirley
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Irma Lommen" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 5:54 AM
>> Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Minneapolis City Directories
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Shirley,
>>>
>>> I am sorry that you can't find an answer that way.
>>>
>>> Over here in the Netherlands married women keep their maiden name
>>> all
>>> their
>>> live through. Our civil records are also much better kept.
>>>
>>> When I first started my research in the US it was very hard for me
>>> to
>>> understand why women lost their identity (at least so it seems to
>>> me).
>>> Now
>>> I
>>> have found different ways to find out the women's maiden
>>> names....one
>>> of
>>> them was through her children's deaths.
>>>
>>> I noticed in the 1910 census that it was Catherine's second marriage
>>> to
>>> Thomas Stevens. Did you ever find her first marriage? I think it
>>> will
>>> be
>>> hard to find too because Catherine was born in Illinois. It could
>>> have
>>> taken
>>> place there. Only I wonder why she ended up in Minneapolis. Through
>>> her
>>> first husband?
>>>
>>> If she married Thomas Stevens in Minneapolis it would be possible to
>>> find
>>> their marriage in a church record and it would give her maiden name
>>> there??
>>> Only.........which church! Maybe her death was recorded in a church
>>> nearby
>>> where they lived?
>>>
>>> I know all of this is of no help to you, I am just thinking out
>>> loud.
>>>
>>> Wishing you good luck with your research.
>>>
>>> Greetings from the Netherlands.
>>>
>>> Irma
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Irma Lommen - Salden
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://members.home.nl/irmalommen
>>>
>>> http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/irma1410
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This message has been checked for all known viruses by Norton
>>> Antivirus.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------Oorspronkelijk bericht-------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Van:
>>>
>>> Datum: 12/06/04 01:04:09
>>>
>>> Aan:
>>>
>>> Onderwerp: Re: [MNHENNEP] Minneapolis City Directories
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Irma, thanks for rresponding. Unfortunately they had no children.
>>> That's
>>>
>>> why they doted so much of me and my only sister.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>> From: "Irma Lommen" <>
>>>
>>> To: <>
>>>
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 4:52 AM
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Minneapolis City Directories
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello Shirley,
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> if your godmother had any children and any of them have died
>>>> already
>>>> you
>>>
>>>> could find out via their death certificate their mother's maiden
>>>> name.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> http://www.mnhs.org
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> I know it is a long shot but......!
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Good luck,
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Irma
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Irma Lommen - Salden
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> http://members.home.nl/irmalommen
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/irma1410
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> This message has been checked for all known viruses by Norton
>>>> Antivirus.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> -------Oorspronkelijk bericht-------
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Van:
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Datum: 12/04/04 23:39:57
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Aan:
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Onderwerp: [MNHENNEP] Minneapolis City Directories
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> Can anyone on the list tell me if the directories state names of
>>>> spouses
>>>
>>>> and
>>>
>>>> if by chance they ever include maiden names? I am desperately
>>>> seeking
>>>> the
>>>
>>>> maiden name of my Godmother, Kathryn L. ? who was married to Thomas
>>>> M.
>>>
>>>> Stevens. The 1910 census shows them being married 4 years, so any
>>>
>>>> directory
>>>
>>>> after 1906 could be helpful. Sure would appreciate any assistance
>>>> or
>>>> any
>>>
>>>> clue as to how else I might get this info. Shirley
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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