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Hazel Phillippe

20 Monday Apr 2020

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Hazel Phillippe was born April 20, 1890 in Bicknell, Indiana.  She was the oldest of at least five children born to William Franklin Phillippe and Nancy Jane Gilmore.  She had three brothers–Goldie, Frank and Albert–and a sister Flossie.

In 1909, Hazel married Martin Franklin Green and they had two sons, Dallas and another son who died in infancy.  Martin worked for the railroad as a fireman.  The Greens lived in Bicknell until 1951 when Martin died of a heart attack at age 62.  Hazel continued to reside in her home town until 1975 when she, too, succumbed to heart failure at the age of 85.  She is buried in the Asbury Chapel Cemetery in Ragsdale.

Hazel Phillippe

 

Hazel was my 2nd cousin 3x removed on my dad’s side.

 

REFERENCES

  • United States Census, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
  • WPA, Indiana Births, 1880-1920
  • Indiana Death Certificates
  • Indiana Marriage Index
  • Vincennes Sun-Commercial via Newspapers.com

Barbe Bonneau

19 Sunday Apr 2020

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Barbe Bonneau was born April 19, 1756 at Fort Vincennes to Charles Baptist Bonneau and Genevieve Charlotte Dudevoir.  She had at least seven siblings–Charles, Genevieve, Jean Baptiste, Marie Josephe, Pierre, Angelique, and Anne Jeannette.  The family name has taken on several different spellings including Bono and Bonneaux, with either one or two “n’s”.

Barbe married Michel Brouillette in the early 1770s at Fort Vincennes.  Michel was at least ten years older than Barbe and had established himself as a trader in the Wabash River Valley.  In 1773, as the story goes, he purchased an unfinished house on First Street in Vincennes from Barbe’s father and this is where they started their family.  Over the next twenty years, Barbe would give birth to at least eight children through the height of the Revolutionary War.  During this time, her husband was captured by the Indians working with the English and changed his allegiance between the English and the American cause more than once.  Barbe and Michel’s children included Michel Jr, Laurent, Barbe, Marie Louise, Pierre, Genevieve, Ursula (who died in infancy), and Lorant (who did not reach his majority).

After the War, Michel continued trading goods and headed up the local militia.  He passed away in 1797 at Vincennes.  Barbe continued to raise their children in Vincennes until her death in 1802.

Barbe Bonneau

While not a lot is known about Barbe, her family has made a definite impact on the history of Vincennes.  The “Old French House” is touted as the only French Creole style house left in Indiana.  Michel Jr built the house in 1809.  It was restored and opened as a museum in 1976.  It sits near the corner of First Street and Seminary Street.  Barbe’s great-grandson Thomas started TA Brouillette & Son in 1866, a family-owned and operated company that lasted 135 years serving the Vincennes area.

 

Barbe was my 2nd cousin 7x removed on my mother’s side.

 

REFERENCES

  • Find-A-Grave website
  • Terre Haute Tribune-Star – April 4, 2009
  • Vincennes Sun-Commercial – October 28, 2001, August 2, 2015

Minnie Myrtle Cardinal

18 Saturday Apr 2020

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Minnie Myrtle Cardinal was one of the six children born to William Jerome Cardinal and Mary Frances Connell who lived to adulthood.  She was born April 18, 1885 in Knox County, Indiana, and had four sisters–Effie May, Florence, Gertrude and Laura–and a brother named Everett.  The family resided in the southwest portion of the county near Decker until the late 1890s, at which time they moved across the river to the community of Billett in Lawrence County, Illinois.

Around 1901, Minnie met and married James Joseph Wheeler, son of Bill Wheeler and Sarah Carey, who was originally from the St Thomas area in Knox County.  They started their family in the Billett area with the births of daughters Allie and Flossie.  By 1907, they returned to Johnson Township where Willard and Sylvia Irene were born.  James supported the family as a farm laborer.  They remained in Indiana for a few more years, however, the family returned to the Billett/Lawrenceville area by the time Leo was born in 1914.  Leo was followed by brother Herbert in 1920 and sister Dorothy in 1923. As many others in Lawrenceville did, James worked in the local oil refinery.

As 1930 approached, the children grew into adults and started to leave home.  Allie married and Willard moved to California where he worked in a variety of occupations.  During the 1930s, Flossie and Sylvia married.  James retired from the refinery, however, he left Minnie a widow in 1938.   In 1940, Minnie, Herbert and Dorothy were living in a boarding house in Lawrenceville and Herbert was working for the WPA.  With the start of World War II, both Herbert and Leo were drafted.  Unfortunately, Leo did not make it home.  He was attached to the Armored Forces Tank Units and suffered extensive injuries from artillery shrapnel in May 1944.  He did not survive.

Minnie remarried at some point in the 1940s to Frank Higgins.  They resided in Sumner and later Lawrenceville. She died on November 11, 1949 after suffering from a brief illness.

Minnie Cardinal

Minnie Cardinal Wheeler Higgins was my 3rd cousin 3x removed on my mother’s side.

 

REFERENCES

  • United States Census, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
  • Find A Grave website
  • Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index
  • United States WWII Draft Cards
  • United State WWII Hospital Admission Card Files
  • Indiana Birth Certificates
  • Vincennes Sun Commercial, November 13, 1949

William H Lennington

18 Saturday Apr 2020

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William Lennington pictureWilliam H Lennington was born on April 17, 1825 in Madison, New Jersey to James Lennington and Sarah Bonnell.  He had at least three siblings–twin brothers Thomas and Nathaniel and a sister Martha.  In the mid-1830s the family began their journey westward and settled in Ohio.

At the age of 26, William married Julia Condit on 28 April 1851.  He supported his family as a merchant.  Their first two children, John and Helen, were both born in Ohio.  After Helen’s birth in 1856, William moved his family across Indiana to settle in Champaign, Illinois, where their son Grant was born in late 1857.  In 1859, Julia, along with several others in the area, were stricken ill and died.

William Lennington

Living in a rural settlement, William took to farming to support his two living children.  He married a second time in 1861 to Lucinda French Pearson.  Over the next decade, William and Lucinda added four sons to their family–Wade, James, Charles and Allan.  William continued to support his family as a farmer throughout the years.  As he grew older, his focus shifted to one of real estate and leasing property to others.

Shortly after the beginning of the 20th Century, Lucinda passed away at approximately 70 years of age.  William continued on another decade or so, passing to the afterlife on January 17, 1913.

 

William Lennington is my 3rd cousin 6x removed on my father’s side.

 

REFERENCES:

  • United States Census – 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910
  • Illinois, Compiled Marriages
  • North America, Family Histories 1500-2000

William Puloski Ireland

16 Thursday Apr 2020

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William Puloski Ireland was born on April 16, 1846 in Brownstown, Indiana to David and Mary Ann (Sanderson) Ireland.  He was the second born of at least five children.  In the early to mid 1850s, William’s family decided to move westward, stopping for a few years in Lucas County, Iowa before continuing their journey which ultimately led to Polk County, Oregon.  He met Cornelia Jane Staats and on February 10, 1869 they were married in Polk County.William P Ireland

William made his livelihood through farming and ranching, amassing a sizable amount of land over the years.  He and Cornelia raised a large family of eight children, seven of which matured to adulthood.

  • Ora Dell m. Minnie Goodrich
  • Annie L m. Columbus Tetherrow
  • Perly Leon
  • Clarence Edwin m. Stella Cooper
  • Glenn O m. Harriet Brown
  • William Willard m. Minta Taylor
  • Fred Melvin m. Maud Whitaker
  • Bessie m. Merrill Hammell

In 1912, William was widowed when Cornelia passed on.  About a year later, he married Ruthannah Murphy.  William died on January 17, 1918 at home following several weeks of heart issues.  Ruthannah and seven of his children survived him.

 

William is my 1st cousin 5x removed on my father’s side of the family.

References:

  • The Weekly Gazette-Times (Corvallis, OR) from Newspapers.com
  • United States Federal Census: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910
  • Iowa State Census: 1856
  • Oregon County Marriage Records
  • Oregon Death Index
  • Find A Grave

Something new!

16 Thursday Apr 2020

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I’ve decided to try something new.  I’m going to try and post a daily biography of someone in my family tree.  Here are the criteria for who gets selected.

  1. The selected person has to be in my tree
  2. The selected person cannot be living
  3. The selected person was born on the date I am posting
  4. The selected person is in my direct line.  If no one in my direct line was born on that date, the selected person will be a blood relative

I don’t profess to have all the details about the selected person correct.  I will include sources at the end of my entry.  If I have something incorrect, please drop me a quick comment so we can sort it out.

Thanks!