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Subject: [SDAURORA] Hannah Tidemann (1865-1925) and Thomas Mullivan (1853-1907)
Date: 3 Jul 2001 01:25:42 -0600
Looking for descendants of this couple for the purpose of exchange of genealogical information.
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Thomas MULLIVAN born 14 Apr 1853, Massachusetts, occupation farmer, married Johanna Marie "Hannah" TIDEMANN, 1885, born 17 Mar 1865, Gram, Haderslev, Denmark, died 09 May 1925, Plankinton, South Dakota, buried Plankinton (South Dakota) Cemetery. Thomas died 25 Dec 1907, Plankinton, South Dakota, buried Plankinton (South Dakota) Cemetery. On a 1993 visit to the Plankinton cemetery, several large Mullivan sections were noted. The plot where Thomas and Hannah are buried has a large "Mullivan" and the entire plot is surround by a concrete border. Individual family members in the plot have separate stones with names and dates. The Mullivans can be found in the 1900 census in SD, Aurora co., Plankinton twp., SD2, ED5, Sheet 9, Line 6. Johanna: Hannah Tidemann came to America in 1881 with her father and her two oldest sisters. They lived in Iowa and all worked to earn money to bring the rest of the family to America. Once all the family arrived, they homesteaded in the Planki!
nton, South Dakota area. There Hannah met and married Thomas Mullivan. Thomas was a shrewd cattle buyer. After Thomas's death, the family gradually left the farm until the youngest Walter took over and farmed with his mother until his marriage. Hannah then moved to Plankinton and lived out her life. According to Hannah's obituary, she died from diabetes and heart disease. She is also reported to have lived in Washington State for six months during 1892.
I. John MULLIVAN born Jul 1885, Plankinton, South Dakota, occupation farmer, married Ethel SCALES, 24 Dec 1908, in Aurora county, South Dakota, born 1885, England, died 1953, buried Plankinton (South Dakota) Cemetery. John died 1918, Plankinton, South Dakota, buried Plankinton (South Dakota) Cemetery. John and Ethel farmed west of Plankinton, South Dakota. John was a cattle buyer and Ethel had her poultry. (Ethel had taught before her marriage.) John died from the Spanish Influenza, the first victim in Aurora County, South Dakota. After his death, Ethel stayed on the farm, rented the land and raised hogs and chickens, and milked cows to keep the family together. After educating her children, Ethel left the farm and moved to Plankinton where she worked at the Training School until her death. A depression era cemetery index lists John as buried at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Plankinton, South Dakota. However, during a July 1993 visit to the regular Plankinton Cemeter!
y, a stone was found for him there with his wife and parents. John's stone reads "May his soul rest in peace".
II. Frank MULLIVAN born Apr 1887, South Dakota. Frank was still living at home with his mother in Plankinton, South Dakota at the time of the 1920 census. As a young adult he moved to St. Louis and became a sucessful businessman there. By the time his mother died in May 1925, he was living in St. Louis.
III. Mary MULLIVAN born 23 May 1888, near Plankinton, South Dakota, occupation teacher and cafe owner, married Corneilous "Neal" M. FLYNN, born 1884, occupation farmer, died 1946, buried Plankinton (South Dakota) Cemetery. Mary died 1979, Mitchell, South Dakota, buried Plankinton (South Dakota) Cemetery. Mary was born on the family farm. At sixteen she started teaching school. After her marriage she and Neal lived in a new home on a farm in Pleasant Lake township. After Neal died, Mary owned and operated a cafe in Plankinton for a number of years. After she sold the cafe she boarded children in her home in west Plankinton. Later ill health forced her to move into a nursing home in White Lake. She was later in the Brady Memorial Home in Mitchell where she died in her sleep.
IV. Elizabeth "Lizzie" MULLIVAN born Jun 1889, near Plankinton, South Dakota, married Frank FLYNN, born 1889, occupation farmer, died 1959, buried Plankinton (South Dakota) Cemetery. Elizabeth died 1918, near Plankinton, South Dakota, buried Plankinton (South Dakota) Cemetery. Lizzie was born on the family farm and grew to womanhood helping her mother in the home. She eventually married Frank Flynn, a cousin of Neal Flynn who married her sister Mary. They lived in Montana for a while and then farmed south of Plankinton. She contacted the Spanish flu, a disease that also killed her brother John, and died three days later. Elizabeth and Frank are buried alongside John and Ethel Mullivan. Elizabeth's headstone reads "In Heaven".
V. Walter MULLIVAN born 07 Apr 1891, Plankinton, South Dakota, occupation farmer, married Agnes ALTMAN, 21 Nov 1916, in White Lake, South Dakota, born 16 Jan 1895, died Nov 1977, Plankinton, South Dakota. Walter died 22 May 1969, Plankinton, South Dakota, buried Plankinton (South Dakota) Cemetery. Walter and Agnes were married for 52 years, living on a farm south of Plankinton, South Dakota, which had previously been his parents. After Walter's death, Agnes moved to Plankinton.
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