Mostly Angels in the Sky

Cosmopolis Pete¹

Family

TMG ID:101821, ( - 25 May 1900)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Cosmopolis Pete was born at Cosmopolis, Chehalis County, Washington Territory^G.¹
Died on Friday, 25 May 1900.²

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Charles¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Cosmopolis and Jenny Nellie John were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Cosmopolis and Jenny Nellie John were married.¹

Children of: Cosmopolis Pete and Jenny Nellie John

Lena Pete+¹ B: c 1877
Lizzie Belle Pete³ B: Sep 1884, D: 1 Nov 1942

Citations

[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Grays Harbor County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1871-Present. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960.

Reference

G84Y-28V

Last Edited

4 May 2024

Jenny Nellie John¹

Family

TMG ID:101822, (1849 - 1899)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Jenny Nellie John was born in 1849, at Hoquiam, Chehalis County, Washington Territory^G.^2,1
Died in 1899 at age 50 years.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Jennie"³
Name-Variation: She was also known as Minnie John²
Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Pete (née John).²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Jenny and Cosmopolis Pete were married.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Jenny and Cosmopolis Pete were married.²

Children of: Jenny Nellie John and Cosmopolis Pete

Lena Pete+² B: c 1877
Lizzie Belle Pete³ B: Sep 1884, D: 1 Nov 1942

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Grays Harbor County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1871-Present. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960.

Reference

G4HJ-2JT

Last Edited

4 May 2024

Lizzie Belle Pete^1,2

Family

TMG ID:101823, (Sep 1884 - 1 Nov 1942)

Father*

Cosmopolis Pete¹ D: 25 May 1900

Mother*

Jenny Nellie John¹ B: 1849, D: 1899

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Lizzie Belle Pete was born in Sep 1884, at Bay Center, Pacific County, Washington Territory^G.²
Died on Sunday, 1 Nov 1942 at Saint Joseph Hospital, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G, at age 58 years and 2 months. Details as recorded: 10:25 PM Cause of Death: intracranial hemorrhage for 1 day Due to: fall striking head in epileptic attack for 1 day. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Frank Lowe.¹
Interred on Wednesday, 4 Nov 1942 at Sunset Memorial Park, Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G.^1,2

'Non-primary' Vitals

Born: Lizzie Belle Pete was born in Sep 1876, at Bay Center, Pacific County, Washington Territory^G. Birth details: date shown on death certificate however the age shown on death certificate does not make this date feasible.¹
She was the daughter of: Cosmopolis Pete and Jenny Nellie John.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Lowe (née Pete).¹
Name-Married: on Wednesday, 18 Feb 1903, her married name became Mrs. Otook (née Pete).²
Name-Married: on Thursday, 2 May 1912, her married name became Mrs. Yeomans (née Pete).^2,3
Name-Married: on Saturday, 18 Sep 1920, her married name became Mrs. Kinimaka (née Pete).⁴

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Lizzie and Frank Lowe were married.^1,2
Marriage	Wednesday, 18 Feb 1903, Lizzie, age 18 years and 5 months, and Hayes Otook, age 34 years were married at Washington^G.²
Marriage	Saturday, 6 Apr 1912, Lizzie, age 27 years and 7 months, and Emmet Earl Yeomans, age 26 years, 5 months and 19 days were married at Montesano, Chehalis County, Washington^G, he is described as dark American and she is a dark Indian.^2,3
Marriage License	Saturday, 18 Sep 1920 Lizzie Belle Pete and David Leleo Kinimaka at age 43 obtained a marriage license at Vancouver City, Clarke County, Washington^G, David was previously widowed and divorced. Lizzie was divorced once.⁵
Marriage	Saturday, 18 Sep 1920, Lizzie, age 36 years, and David Leleo Kinimaka, age 43 years, 1 month and 6 days were married at Vancouver, Clark County, Washington^G.^4,5

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Lizzie and Frank Lowe were married.^1,2

Marriage

Wednesday, 18 Feb 1903, Lizzie, age 18 years and 5 months, and Hayes Otook, age 34 years were married at Washington^G.²

Marriage

Saturday, 6 Apr 1912, Lizzie, age 27 years and 7 months, and Emmet Earl Yeomans, age 26 years, 5 months and 19 days were married at Montesano, Chehalis County, Washington^G, he is described as dark American and she is a dark Indian.^2,3

Marriage License

Saturday, 18 Sep 1920 Lizzie Belle Pete and David Leleo Kinimaka at age 43 obtained a marriage license at Vancouver City, Clarke County, Washington^G, David was previously widowed and divorced. Lizzie was divorced once.⁵

Marriage

Saturday, 18 Sep 1920, Lizzie, age 36 years, and David Leleo Kinimaka, age 43 years, 1 month and 6 days were married at Vancouver, Clark County, Washington^G.^4,5

Memorable Moments & Stories

Anecdote: Lizzie Belle Pete's education only reached the 5^th grade.⁶

Other Major Events

Saturday, 18 Sep 1920 Lizzie Belle Pete and David Leleo Kinimaka at age 43 obtained a marriage license at Vancouver City, Clarke County, Washington^G, David was previously widowed and divorced. Lizzie was divorced once.⁵

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1940	1 Apr 1940, Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	Frank Lowe⁶

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1940

1 Apr 1940, Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

Frank Lowe⁶

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1940	Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	house wife home⁶

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1940

Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

house wife home⁶

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Lizzie Belle (age 50) Pete lived at: Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon^G.⁶

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Grays Harbor County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1871-Present. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Clark County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1843-Present. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Reference

G4CV-K9T

Last Edited

5 May 2024

Frank Lowe^1,2

TMG ID:101824, (1888 - 21 Mar 1946)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Frank Lowe was born in 1888, at New York^G.^2,3
Died on Thursday, 21 Mar 1946 at 211 Pine Street, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G, at age 58 years. Details as recorded: Cause of Death: coronary occlusion Informant was: L.E. Elerding.^2,4
Interred on Tuesday, 2 Apr 1946 at Fern Hill Cemetery, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Frank and Lizzie Belle Pete, daughter of: Cosmopolis Pete and Jenny Nellie John, were married.^1,2

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Frank and Lizzie Belle Pete, daughter of: Cosmopolis Pete and Jenny Nellie John, were married.^1,2

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1940	1 Apr 1940, Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	Lizzie Belle Pete³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1940

1 Apr 1940, Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

Lizzie Belle Pete³

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1940	Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	labor road work³
circa Mar 1946	Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G	laborer lumber mill⁴

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1940

Taholah, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

labor road work³

circa Mar 1946

Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G

laborer lumber mill⁴

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Death	Sunday, 1 Nov 1942, Frank Lowe was the informant on the death certtificate for Lizzie Belle Pete.¹

Activity

Details

Death

Sunday, 1 Nov 1942, Frank Lowe was the informant on the death certtificate for Lizzie Belle Pete.¹

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Frank Lowe lived at: rural, Washington County, Oregon^G.³
Address: circa Mar 1946, Frank Lowe lived at: 211 Pine Street, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G.⁴

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1999. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.

Reference

LH56-N1B

Last Edited

5 May 2024

Hayes Otook¹

TMG ID:101825, (1869 - 3 Dec 1952)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Hayes Otook was born in 1869, at Washington Territory^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 3 Dec 1952 at Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington^G, at age 83 years.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 18 Feb 1903, Hayes, age 34 years, and Lizzie Belle Pete, age 18 years and 5 months, daughter of: Cosmopolis Pete and Jenny Nellie John, were married at Washington^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 18 Feb 1903, Hayes, age 34 years, and Lizzie Belle Pete, age 18 years and 5 months, daughter of: Cosmopolis Pete and Jenny Nellie John, were married at Washington^G.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

G4CV-JFX

Last Edited

4 May 2024

Emmet Earl Yeomans¹

TMG ID:101826, (18 Oct 1885 - 8 Jan 1920)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Emmet Earl Yeomans was born on Sunday, 18 Oct 1885, at La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 8 Jan 1920 at Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington^G, at age 34 years, 2 months and 21 days.¹
Interred on Sunday, 11 Jan 1920 at Washington^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Youman²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 6 Apr 1912, Emmet, age 26 years, 5 months and 19 days, and Lizzie Belle Pete, age 27 years and 7 months, daughter of: Cosmopolis Pete and Jenny Nellie John, were married at Montesano, Chehalis County, Washington^G, he is described as dark American and she is a dark Indian.^1,2

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 6 Apr 1912, Emmet, age 26 years, 5 months and 19 days, and Lizzie Belle Pete, age 27 years and 7 months, daughter of: Cosmopolis Pete and Jenny Nellie John, were married at Montesano, Chehalis County, Washington^G, he is described as dark American and she is a dark Indian.^1,2

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Grays Harbor County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1871-Present. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.

Reference

L7MY-XR5

Last Edited

4 May 2024

David Leleo Kinimaka^1,2

TMG ID:101827, (12 Aug 1877 - )

Primary Birth & Death

Born: David Leleo Kinimaka was born on Sunday, 12 Aug 1877, at Hawaiian Islands^G.³

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as David H.³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	David and Hattie (?) were married.⁴
Marriage License	Saturday, 18 Sep 1920 David Leleo Kinimaka at age 43 and Lizzie Belle Pete obtained a marriage license at Vancouver City, Clarke County, Washington^G, David was previously widowed and divorced. Lizzie was divorced once.²
Marriage	Saturday, 18 Sep 1920, David, age 43 years, 1 month and 6 days, and Lizzie Belle Pete, age 36 years, daughter of: Cosmopolis Pete and Jenny Nellie John, were married at Vancouver, Clark County, Washington^G.^1,2

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

David and Hattie (?) were married.⁴

Marriage License

Saturday, 18 Sep 1920 David Leleo Kinimaka at age 43 and Lizzie Belle Pete obtained a marriage license at Vancouver City, Clarke County, Washington^G, David was previously widowed and divorced. Lizzie was divorced once.²

Marriage

Saturday, 18 Sep 1920, David, age 43 years, 1 month and 6 days, and Lizzie Belle Pete, age 36 years, daughter of: Cosmopolis Pete and Jenny Nellie John, were married at Vancouver, Clark County, Washington^G.^1,2

Memorable Moments & Stories

Anecdote: David Leleo Kinimaka race is identified as Oriental on WW I draft card.⁴

Other Major Events

Military: on Thursday, 12 Sep 1918, at Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon^G, David Leleo Kinimaka at age 41, registered for the military draft for and listed as his contact: Hattie (?).⁴
Saturday, 18 Sep 1920 David Leleo Kinimaka at age 43 and Lizzie Belle Pete obtained a marriage license at Vancouver City, Clarke County, Washington^G, David was previously widowed and divorced. Lizzie was divorced once.²

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1920	13 Jan 1920, Vancouver City, Clark County, Washington^G, roomer with Anna Troubley and children	³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1920

13 Jan 1920, Vancouver City, Clark County, Washington^G, roomer with Anna Troubley and children

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Sep 1918	Columbia Shipbuilding Company, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon^G	painter⁴
circa Jan 1920	Vancouver City, Clark County, Washington^G	painter³

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Sep 1918

Columbia Shipbuilding Company, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon^G

painter⁴

circa Jan 1920

Vancouver City, Clark County, Washington^G

painter³

Known Address(es)

Address: circa Sep 1918, David Leleo Kinimaka lived at: 150 11^th Street, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon^G.⁴

Citations

[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Clark County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1843-Present. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

Last Edited

5 May 2024

Hattie (?)¹

TMG ID:101828

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Kinimaka.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Hattie and David Leleo Kinimaka were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Hattie and David Leleo Kinimaka were married.¹

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Milit-Draft	Military: on Thursday, 12 Sep 1918 Hattie (?) was listed as the person who will always know David Leleo Kinimaka's address.¹

Activity

Details

Milit-Draft

Military: on Thursday, 12 Sep 1918 Hattie (?) was listed as the person who will always know David Leleo Kinimaka's address.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

Last Edited

4 May 2024

David Monroe O'Daniell^1,2,3

Family

TMG ID:101829, (16 Aug 1862 - 11 Nov 1922)

Father*

Lewis Franklin O'Daniel¹ B: 11 Apr 1836, D: 13 Mar 1914

Mother*

Nancy Caroline Forbes³ B: 1840, D: 1879

Primary Birth & Death

Born: David Monroe O'Daniell was born on Saturday, 16 Aug 1862, at Dongola, Union County, Illinois^G.^1,2,3
Died on Saturday, 11 Nov 1922 at Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois^G, at age 60 years, 2 months and 26 days.^2,3
Interred after 11 Nov 1922 at Casper Church Cemetery, Anna, Union County, Illinois^G.³

'Non-primary' Vitals

David Monroe O'Daniell was the son of: Lewis Franklin O'Daniel and Nancy Caroline Forbes.^1,3

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1903, David, age 40 years, and Fannie Ellen Boyer, age 20 years were married.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1903, David, age 40 years, and Fannie Ellen Boyer, age 20 years were married.³

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	25 Jun 1880, Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois^G	Lewis Franklin O'Daniel, Nettie M. O'Daniel, Theodore Tilden O'Daniel, Nellie A. O'Daniel, Edward Elhanon O'Daniel, Alvin Hartis O'Daniel, Calvin Artis O'Daniel and Florida E. O'Daniel¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

25 Jun 1880, Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois^G

Lewis Franklin O'Daniel, Nettie M. O'Daniel, Theodore Tilden O'Daniel, Nellie A. O'Daniel, Edward Elhanon O'Daniel, Alvin Hartis O'Daniel, Calvin Artis O'Daniel and Florida E. O'Daniel¹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1880	Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois^G	laborer¹

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1880

Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois^G

laborer¹

Citations

[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Reference

KDSD-13S

Last Edited

23 May 2024

Mary (?)¹

Family

TMG ID:101830, (Jan 1855 - )

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Mary (?) was born in Jan 1855, at New Jersey^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Daley.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Mary and (?) Daley were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Mary and (?) Daley were married.¹

Children of: Mary (?) and (?) Daley

Mary E. Daley¹ B: May 1881
Geneve Daley¹ B: Sep 1882
Anna Elizabeth Daley+¹ B: 30 Jun 1884, D: Feb 1950

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1905 NJ	17 Jun 1905, 139 Brunswick Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey^G	William Chubb, Geneve Daley, Anna Elizabeth Daley and Paul Harold Gerswein¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1905 NJ

17 Jun 1905, 139 Brunswick Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey^G

William Chubb, Geneve Daley, Anna Elizabeth Daley and Paul Harold Gerswein¹

Citations

[S3079] Various, 1905 Digital, New Jersey, http://tinyurl.com/q2hsfm3, unknown repository unknown repository address.

Last Edited

10 May 2024

(?) Daley¹

Family

TMG ID:101831, ( - b 1905)

Primary Birth & Death

Born: (?) Daley was born at Ireland^G.¹
Died before 1905.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	(?) and Mary (?) were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

(?) and Mary (?) were married.¹

Children of: (?) Daley and Mary (?)

Mary E. Daley¹ B: May 1881
Geneve Daley¹ B: Sep 1882
Anna Elizabeth Daley+¹ B: 30 Jun 1884, D: Feb 1950

Citations

[S3079] Various, 1905 Digital, New Jersey, http://tinyurl.com/q2hsfm3, unknown repository unknown repository address.

Last Edited

10 May 2024

Mary E. Daley¹

Family

TMG ID:101832, (May 1881 - )

Father*

(?) Daley¹ D: b 1905

Mother*

Mary (?)¹ B: Jan 1855

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Mary E. Daley was born in May 1881, at New Jersey^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Mary E. Daley was the daughter of: (?) Daley and Mary (?)¹

Citations

[S3079] Various, 1905 Digital, New Jersey, http://tinyurl.com/q2hsfm3, unknown repository unknown repository address.

Last Edited

10 May 2024

Geneve Daley¹

Family

TMG ID:101833, (Sep 1882 - )

Father*

(?) Daley¹ D: b 1905

Mother*

Mary (?)¹ B: Jan 1855

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Geneve Daley was born in Sep 1882, at New Jersey^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Geneve Daley was the daughter of: (?) Daley and Mary (?)¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Furlong (née Daley).²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Geneve and (?) Furlong were married.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Geneve and (?) Furlong were married.²

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1905 NJ	17 Jun 1905, 139 Brunswick Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey^G	Mary (?), William Chubb, Anna Elizabeth Daley and Paul Harold Gerswein¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1905 NJ

17 Jun 1905, 139 Brunswick Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey^G

Mary (?), William Chubb, Anna Elizabeth Daley and Paul Harold Gerswein¹

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Milit-Draft	Military: on Monday, 16 Feb 1942 Geneve Daley was listed as the person who will always know Paul Harold Gerswein's address.²

Activity

Details

Milit-Draft

Military: on Monday, 16 Feb 1942 Geneve Daley was listed as the person who will always know Paul Harold Gerswein's address.²

Known Address(es)

Address: circa Feb 1942, Geneve Daley lived at: 18 Oakland Place, Brooklyn Borough, Kings County, New York^G.²

Citations

[S3079] Various, 1905 Digital, New Jersey, http://tinyurl.com/q2hsfm3, unknown repository unknown repository address.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pennsylvania, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945.

Last Edited

10 May 2024

(?) Furlong¹

TMG ID:101834

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	(?) and Geneve Daley, daughter of: (?) Daley and Mary (?), were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

(?) and Geneve Daley, daughter of: (?) Daley and Mary (?), were married.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pennsylvania, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945.

Last Edited

10 May 2024

Robert John Carter^1,2

Family

TMG ID:101835, (19 Jan 1914 - 2 Jul 1996)

Father*

Ebbie Allen Carter³ B: 9 Aug 1881, D: 28 Apr 1941

Mother*

Jennie Smith³ B: 1881, D: 1957

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Robert John Carter was born on Monday, 19 Jan 1914, at Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G.^1,2,3,4
Died on Tuesday, 2 Jul 1996 at Will County, Illinois^G, at age 82 years, 5 months and 13 days.^2,4
Interred after 2 Jul 1996 at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G.⁴

'Non-primary' Vitals

Robert John Carter was the son of: Ebbie Allen Carter and Jennie Smith.³

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Sr. circa 1947

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	between 1941 and 1946, Robert and Verna Ellen Schulz, daughter of: Ambrose Schulz and Martha Jane Cantrell, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

between 1941 and 1946, Robert and Verna Ellen Schulz, daughter of: Ambrose Schulz and Martha Jane Cantrell, were married.¹

Other Major Events

Military: on Wednesday, 16 Oct 1940, at Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G, Robert John Carter at age 26, registered for the military draft for WW II Draft.³
Military: on Wednesday, 28 Nov 1945, Robert John Carter at age 31, completed military service, Honorable Discharge.³

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1920	9 Jan 1920, 2103 Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G	Ebbie Allen Carter, Jennie Smith, Ruth Carter, Frances Carter, Mabel Wanda Carter and James A. Carter⁵
Census-1930	3 Apr 1930, 1921 Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G	Ebbie Allen Carter, Jennie Smith, Frances Carter, Mabel Wanda Carter, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter⁶
Census-1940	24 Apr 1940, 242 Kraker Ave., Ridgwood, Will County, Illinois^G	Ebbie Allen Carter, Jennie Smith, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter⁷
Census-1950	5 Apr 1950, Right West Shore Drive, Troy Twp., Will County, Illinois^G	Verna Ellen Schulz and Jesse Edward O'Daniel¹

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1920

9 Jan 1920, 2103 Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

Ebbie Allen Carter, Jennie Smith, Ruth Carter, Frances Carter, Mabel Wanda Carter and James A. Carter⁵

Census-1930

3 Apr 1930, 1921 Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

Ebbie Allen Carter, Jennie Smith, Frances Carter, Mabel Wanda Carter, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter⁶

Census-1940

24 Apr 1940, 242 Kraker Ave., Ridgwood, Will County, Illinois^G

Ebbie Allen Carter, Jennie Smith, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter⁷

Census-1950

5 Apr 1950, Right West Shore Drive, Troy Twp., Will County, Illinois^G

Verna Ellen Schulz and Jesse Edward O'Daniel¹

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1940	Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G	laborer cemetery⁷
circa Oct 1940	F.W. Themes, 15 Cass Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G	³
circa Apr 1950	Troy Twp., Will County, Illinois^G	labor Blockson Chemical¹

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1940

Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

laborer cemetery⁷

circa Oct 1940

F.W. Themes, 15 Cass Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

circa Apr 1950

Troy Twp., Will County, Illinois^G

labor Blockson Chemical¹

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Robert John Carter was living with Ebbie Allen and Jennie (née Smith) Carter, at 242 Kraker Ave., Ridgwood, Will County, Illinois^G. Also living at this address: James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter.⁷
Address: circa Oct 1940, Robert John Carter was living with Ebbie Allen and Jennie (née Smith) Carter, at 242 Kraker Ave., Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G.³

Citations

[S3506] 3 Apr 1950, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, N/A Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Reference

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Last Edited

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Wilson D. Thomas¹

Family

TMG ID:101837, (c 1932 - )

Father*

James Wilson Thomas¹ B: 9 Mar 1891, D: 26 Dec 1931

Mother*

Odie Lee Fletcher¹ B: 25 Jul 1903, D: 18 Feb 1995

Step-father

Jesse Tilton O'Daniel¹ B: 2 May 1900, D: 22 May 1986

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Wilson D. Thomas was born circa 1932, at Kentucky^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Wilson D. Thomas was the son of: James Wilson Thomas and Odie Lee Fletcher.¹

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1950

Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

sprayer stove works¹

Citations

[S3506] 3 Apr 1950, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, N/A Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

17 May 2024

Jennie Smith^1,2,3

Family

TMG ID:101838, (1881 - 1957)

Father*

Dennis Smith³

Mother*

Frances Hendge³

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Jennie Smith was born in 1881, at Illinois^G.^2,3,4
Interred in 1957 at Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G.⁴
Died in 1957 at age 76 years.⁴

'Non-primary' Vitals

Jennie Smith was the daughter of: Dennis Smith and Frances Hendge.³

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Tuesday, 13 Sep 1904, her married name became Mrs. Carter (née Smith).^1,2,3

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 13 Sep 1904, Jennie, age 23 years, and Ebbie Allen Carter, age 23 years, 1 month and 4 days, son of: John W. Carter and Emma Jane Relf, were married at Will Twp., Will County, Illinois^G.^1,2,3

Children of: Jennie Smith and Ebbie Allen Carter

Ruth Carter⁶ B: c 1906
Frances Carter² B: c 1909
Mabel Wanda Carter² B: 14 Jun 1912, D: 25 Feb 2016
Robert John Carter+¹ B: 19 Jan 1914, D: 2 Jul 1996
James A. Carter² B: c 1916
LaVerne Allen Carter² B: 7 Jun 1925, D: 11 Sep 2017

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

15 Apr 1910, 516 Linden Ave., Joliet Twp., Will County, Illinois^G

Ebbie Allen Carter, Ruth Carter and Frances Carter⁵

Census-1920

9 Jan 1920, 2103 Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

Ebbie Allen Carter, Ruth Carter, Frances Carter, Mabel Wanda Carter, Robert John Carter and James A. Carter⁶

Census-1930

3 Apr 1930, 1921 Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

Ebbie Allen Carter, Frances Carter, Mabel Wanda Carter, Robert John Carter, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter²

Census-1940

24 Apr 1940, 242 Kraker Ave., Ridgwood, Will County, Illinois^G

Ebbie Allen Carter, Robert John Carter, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter⁷

Census-1950

14 Apr 1950, Vienna, Johnson County, Illinois^G

⁸

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity

Details

Milit-Draft

Military: on Thursday, 12 Sep 1918 Jennie Smith was listed as the person who will always know Ebbie Allen Carter's address.⁹

Known Address(es)

Address: circa Sep 1918, Ebbie Allen and Jennie (née Smith) Carter lived at: 2103 E Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G.⁹
Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Ebbie Allen (age 53) and Jennie (née Smith) Carter lived at: 242 Kraker Ave., Ridgwood, Will County, Illinois^G. Also living at this address: Robert John Carter, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter.⁷
Address: circa Oct 1940, Ebbie Allen and Jennie (née Smith) Carter lived at: 242 Kraker Ave., Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G. Also living at this address: Robert John Carter.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S3506] 3 Apr 1950, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, N/A Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

Last Edited

18 May 2024

Ebbie Allen Carter^1,2

Family

TMG ID:101839, (9 Aug 1881 - 28 Apr 1941)

Father*

John W. Carter^3,4

Mother*

Emma Jane Relf^3,4

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Ebbie Allen Carter was born on Tuesday, 9 Aug 1881, at Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G.^2,3,4,5
Died on Monday, 28 Apr 1941 at Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G, at age 59 years, 8 months and 19 days.³
Interred on Thursday, 1 May 1941 at Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G.^3,6

'Non-primary' Vitals

Ebbie Allen Carter was the son of: John W. Carter and Emma Jane Relf.^3,4

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 13 Sep 1904, Ebbie, age 23 years, 1 month and 4 days, and Jennie Smith, age 23 years, daughter of: Dennis Smith and Frances Hendge, were married at Will Twp., Will County, Illinois^G.^1,2,7

Children of: Ebbie Allen Carter and Jennie Smith

Ruth Carter⁹ B: c 1906
Frances Carter² B: c 1909
Mabel Wanda Carter² B: 14 Jun 1912, D: 25 Feb 2016
Robert John Carter+¹ B: 19 Jan 1914, D: 2 Jul 1996
James A. Carter² B: c 1916
LaVerne Allen Carter² B: 7 Jun 1925, D: 11 Sep 2017

Other Major Events

Military: on Thursday, 12 Sep 1918, at Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G, Ebbie Allen Carter at age 37, registered for the military draft for WW I Draft and listed as his contact: Jennie Smith.⁵

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

15 Apr 1910, 516 Linden Ave., Joliet Twp., Will County, Illinois^G

Jennie Smith, Ruth Carter and Frances Carter⁸

Census-1920

9 Jan 1920, 2103 Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

Jennie Smith, Ruth Carter, Frances Carter, Mabel Wanda Carter, Robert John Carter and James A. Carter⁹

Census-1930

3 Apr 1930, 1921 Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

Jennie Smith, Frances Carter, Mabel Wanda Carter, Robert John Carter, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter²

Census-1940

24 Apr 1940, 242 Kraker Ave., Ridgwood, Will County, Illinois^G

Jennie Smith, Robert John Carter, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter¹⁰

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1910

Joliet Twp., Will County, Illinois^G

driver grocery wagon⁸

circa Sep 1918

Elgin Joliet Eastern Rail Road, Meeker Ave., Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

yard clerk⁵

circa Jan 1920

Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

yard clerk railroad⁹

circa Apr 1930

Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

yard clerk railroad²

circa Apr 1940

Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

yard clerk steam railroad¹⁰

Known Address(es)

Address: circa Sep 1918, Ebbie Allen and Jennie (née Smith) Carter lived at: 2103 E Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G.⁵
Address: on Monday, 1 Apr 1935, Ebbie Allen (age 53) and Jennie (née Smith) Carter lived at: 242 Kraker Ave., Ridgwood, Will County, Illinois^G. Also living at this address: Robert John Carter, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter.¹⁰
Address: circa Oct 1940, Ebbie Allen and Jennie (née Smith) Carter lived at: 242 Kraker Ave., Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G. Also living at this address: Robert John Carter.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

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Frances Carter¹

Family

TMG ID:101840, (c 1909 - )

Father*

Ebbie Allen Carter¹ B: 9 Aug 1881, D: 28 Apr 1941

Mother*

Jennie Smith¹ B: 1881, D: 1957

Primary Birth & Death

Born: Frances Carter was born circa 1909, at Illinois^G.¹

'Non-primary' Vitals

Frances Carter was the daughter of: Ebbie Allen Carter and Jennie Smith.¹

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

15 Apr 1910, 516 Linden Ave., Joliet Twp., Will County, Illinois^G

Ebbie Allen Carter, Jennie Smith and Ruth Carter²

Census-1920

9 Jan 1920, 2103 Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

Ebbie Allen Carter, Jennie Smith, Ruth Carter, Mabel Wanda Carter, Robert John Carter and James A. Carter³

Census-1930

3 Apr 1930, 1921 Jackson Street, Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

Ebbie Allen Carter, Jennie Smith, Mabel Wanda Carter, Robert John Carter, James A. Carter and LaVerne Allen Carter¹

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1930

Joliet, Will County, Illinois^G

mounter calendar factory¹

Citations

[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.

Last Edited

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All additions, modifications, suggestions and comments are welcome.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
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A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
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— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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