Karin Kenneth Leroy Ronk [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Clayton Joseph Ronk

Other Events:

• Residence: 1996, 5419 Palace Dr, Richardson, Collin County, Texas, 75082-2701

Notes:

DATE 1951
PLAC Attended West Elementary School,Des Plaines,Cook County,Illinois
DATE ABT. 1956
PLAC Christened at Trinity Luthern Church,Des Plaines,Cook County,Illinos
DATE 1964
PLAC Graduated Largo Sr High,Largo,Pinellas County,Florida

Dennis Donna Lynne Boyle [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Vaclav Simka
• Immigration: 16 Nov 1912, Bremen, Germany; Departure from Bremen, Germany for New York.
• Immigration: 25 Nov 1912, Ellis Island, New York, New York; Arrives in the Unites States of America aboard the vessel, S.S. George Washington.
• Residence: 7 Feb 1920, Thacker St, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois; 1920 U.S. Census
• Residence: 2 Apr 1930, Thacker St, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois; 1930 U.S. Census; Address:
  Thacker Street
  Des Plaines, IL
• Social Security Number: 4 Dec 1936, 503 5th Ave, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois; 346-01-4581
• Residence: 25 Apr 1940, 503 5th Ave, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois

James Lucille Nitti 29 May 1937Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana. Lucille (daughter of Giuseppe Nitti and Theresa Victoria Ricci) 13 Dec 1906 152 North Morgan Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; 9 Jun 1993Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois; 11 Jun 1993Ridgewood Cemetery, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Lusia - Her given name at birth. She went by Lucille all of her adult life.
• Baptism: 2 Jun 1907, Santa Maria Addolorata Church, 528 N. Ada Street, Chicago, Illinois 60622
• Residence: 25 Apr 1910, 951 West Erie St, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 12 Jan 1920, 2648 Fulton Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 15 Apr 1930, 621 N Harding Ave., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 25 Apr 1940, 503 5th Ave, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois
• Miscellaneous: c1956, Illinois; Receiving the gavel for her new position as President of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary

Notes:

Also Known As:
Source: Direct knowledge - DJS.

Other Events:

• Address: Address through the c1999; Address:
  1470 Heather Ridge Blvd.
  Dunedin, FL
• SSN issued: Ohio
• Phone: 813-734-0507
• Military Service (Specific): World War II United States Navy
• Residence: 20 Jan 1920, Harrison County, Kentucky; Hinton, Kentucky area.
• Residence: 24 Apr 1930, Kinman, Harrison County, Kentucky; Hinton, Kentucky area.
• Education: 1932, Renaker High School, Harrison County, Kentucky; High School Graduate
• Residence: 1 May 1940, 714 Main St., Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky

Notes:

Below are some brief stories my grandfather told me of growing up around Hinton, Kentucky.

When Howard was growing up, there were no theaters in the area, no radiosand the television had not yet been invented. For entertainment, people would walk to the homes of friends and relatives to play Rook, Checkers, and Dominoes. On Saturdays everyone would go to Hinton, KY to socialize. Some of the boys would connect one end of a wire to the coils of the Ford Automobiles and the other end to any metal part on another car. When someone got into the second car, they would get a shock. His Parents bought thier first car in 1929, a 1925 Model T Ford. They also bought a radio around the same time, an Atwater Kent, in Williamstown, Kentucky. Howard remembers listening to Jack Dempsy fights over the radio. After World War II, some saloons bought TV's and people would come in and watch while they had a drink. Howard graduated from Renaker High School which was located outside of Cynthiana, KY. His High School Prom was held in the Masonic Lodge in Corinth, KY.

Howard and Della where married and divorced twice. The first marriage took place in 1936 and the second in 1949. Some time after the 1949 divorce, Howard and Della's four daughters, who were being cared for in a private home by a third party, were turned over and became Wards of the Court. The private home was in Park Hills which is in Kenton County, Kentucky. The girls were then sent to an orphanage called The Covington Protestant Children's Home for six years. The orphanage was founded in 1882 and still exists today under the name, Children's Home of Northern Kentucky. Howard married Ruby Jean Barkeloo in 1953 and eventually they were able to gain custody of the girls at which time they were adopted by Jean, as everyone called her.

Military Service (Specific):
Name: Howard Boyle
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 16 Jul 1912
Death Date: 1 Feb 2001
Cause of Death: Natural
Branch 1: N
Enlistment Date 1: 25 Mar 1944
Release Date 1: 21 Feb 1945

Howard Della Virginia Smith 22 Oct 1936Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, and 5 Jun 1951 Kenton County, Kentucky. Della (daughter of James Franklin Smith and Mollie Beatrice Pitcher) 23 Aug 1918 High Bridge, Jessamine County, Kentucky; 10 Mar 1994Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana; 14 Mar 1994Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 7 Jan 1920, High Bridge, Jessamine County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1 May 1940, 714 Main St., Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky

Notes:

Divorced:
2nd Divorce of Howard and Della.

Other Events:

• Also Known As: James Schimka was originally Vaclav Simka (accent marks ommitted - see image of name). Early documents from ships passenger manifests to naturalization records show a wavering between names, including various spellings, but a quick adoption of the name James is evident. The name Vaclav originates from an older form of the name, Venceslav, which when taken in its parts, vence = wreaths (plural) and slav = celebration (masculine form), slava = celebration (feminine form), means, "wreaths designed for celebrations." Vaclav was probably a common name given in honor of Saint Vaclav, also known as Wenceslas, who was a 10th century duke of Bohemia murdered by his brother. Several Bohemian Kings have also born the name. Saint Vaclav is the patron saint of the Czech Republic. Some early records in America for James Schimka Sr. also bear the name Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. How James was chosen, we do not know but, there are no easy variations or conversions of Vaclav in the English language, so we can speculate that the name James was simply adopted due to the difficulty presented by the foreign sounding name of Vaclav in his new homeland. The pronunciation of Simka is as we pronounce Schimka today.
• Immigration: 16 Nov 1912, Bremen, Germany; Departure from Bremen, Germany for New York.
• Immigration: 25 Nov 1912, Ellis Island, New York, New York; Arrives in the United States of America aboard the vessel, S.S. George Washington.
• Naturalization: 16 Feb 1917, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; Declaration of Intention; : 34; Address:
  Des Plaines, IL
• Residence: 7 Feb 1920, Thacker St, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois
• Naturalization: 23 Jan 1923, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; Affidavit to replace lost naturalization application forms
• Naturalization: 19 Apr 1923, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; Petition for Naturalization
• Naturalization: 28 Sep 1923, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; (A) Oath of Allegiance
• Naturalization: 28 Sep 1923, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; (B) Certificate Number: 1777486
• Residence: 2 Apr 1930, 1064 Thacker St, Des Plaines, Illinois
• Residence: 10 Apr 1940, 750 South State Street, Elgin, Kane County, Illinois; Elgin State Hospital
• Residence: 17 Apr 1940, 1064 Thacker St, Des Plaines, Illinois

Notes:

Known Address: 1064 Thacker St, Des Plaines, Illinois

James Schimka Sr had Bronchoneumonia for three days. He died at 1:30 AM at the Elgin State Hospital at 750 So. State St., Elgin, Illinois.

The Vessel George Washington

Built by A/G Vulcan Shipyard, Stettin, Germany, 1909. 25570 gross tons; 723 (bp) feet long; 72 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 18 1/2 knots. 2679 passengers ( 568 first class, 433 second class, 1678 third class ).

Built for North German Lloyd, German flag, in 1909 and named George Washington. Bremerhaven-New York service. Interned at New York at the start of World War I in 1914. Seized by United States Lines, in 1917 and renamed USS George Washington. Also Bremerhaven-New York service. Assigned to United States Lines; began Bremerhaven-NY sailings 1921. Laid up Additional Arrivals, in 1932. Renamed Caitlin in 1940. Refitted as troopship in 1940; World War II service. Reverted to George Washington. Completely destroyed by a fire at Baltimore; wreckage scrapped in 1951.

While in Germany, the Schimka family may have lived in town called Castrop-Rauxel which is a former mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area.

Birth:
About the place of birth. A colleague who is from the Czech Republic looked over the historical documents that I have found and assisted with the place names as they exist today. To the best of our knowledge, this is the correct place of birth. However, it is important to note that during the span of time encompassing the immigration, the area was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Naturalization:
Declaration Number: 62533

Naturalization:
Petition No: 55250

Naturalization:
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has a fee-based service to obtain copies of the Certificate of Naturalization of deceased individuals. Some of the documents related to naturalization were obtained from this service while others were obtained from the Cook County Clerks office.

Main USCIS Page:
http://www.uscis.gov

Genealogy Info Page:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=d21f3711ca5ca110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD

Record Order Page:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=0b03299f81bb8210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=0b03299f81bb8210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

Reference is made to Certificate of Naturalization No: 1777486

James Anna Frana about 1902Austria. Anna (daughter of Jakob Frana and Marie Schafarschik) 24 Jul 1883 Tu; 12 Jan 1947Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; 16 Jan 1947Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, IL, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Miscellaneous: Death Certificate Number: 0001322
• Immigration: 16 Nov 1912, Bremen, Germany; Departure from Bremen, Germany for New York.
• Immigration: 25 Nov 1912, Ellis Island, New York, New York; Arrives in the United States of America aboard the vessel, S.S. George Washington.
• Residence: 7 Feb 1920, Thacker St, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 2 Apr 1930, 1064 Thacker St, Des Plaines, Illinois
• Naturalization: 1 Jan 1931, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Petition for Naturalization
• Residence: 1 Jan 1931, 1132 Thacker Street, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois; Home address given on the date of filing her Petition for Naturalization.
• Residence: 17 Apr 1940, 1064 Thacker St, Des Plaines, Illinois
• Naturalization: 24 Jun 1941, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Naturalization; Address:
  1132 Thacker Street
  Des Plaines, IL

Notes:

Birth:
About the place of birth. A colleague who is from the Czech Republic looked over the historical documents that I have found and assisted with the place names as they exist today. To the best of our knowledge, this is the correct place of birth. However, it is important to note that during the span of time encompassing the immigration, and since, the area was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany and the Soviet Union. The Germans used their names for Czech towns on records making in necessary to find lists of these town names and the corresponding Czech place names.

Anna's Death Certificate reports her date of birth as 24 July 1882.

Anna's Naturalization records report her birth as 24 July 1883. Since the naturalization documents were created with direct interaction with Anna, the date on these records should be considered the most accurate at this time.

Died:
Anna's residence at the time of her death was 1132 Thacker street, Des Plaines, Ill., so Chicago as the place of death might be incorrect.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 7 Jun 1902, Le Havre, France; Departure from Le Havre, France for the United States of America abord the S.S. La Touraine.
• Immigration: 14 Jun 1902, Ellis Island, New York, New York; Arrival at Ellis Island, New York, New York on June 14th, 1902.
• Residence: 25 Apr 1910, 951 West Erie St, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Naturalization: 1918, Naturalization
• Military Service: 12 Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; : 42
• Residence: 12 Jan 1920, 2648 Fulton Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Miscellaneous: 14 Mar 1920, Naples, Campania, Italy; Departure aboard S.S. Pannonia for New York, New York.
• Miscellaneous: 2 Apr 1920, New York, New York; Arrival at the Port of New York, NY after a visit to his hometown of Triggiano, Italy.
• Naturalization: 24 Feb 1921, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 1923, 2648 Fulton Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; City Directory Listing Occupation: Plasterer?
• Residence: Apr 1930, 1938 S Trumbull Ave, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Social Security Number: 8 May 1939, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; 328-12-2704; : 63; Address:
  1314 W Ohio
  Chicago, IL
• Residence: 2 Apr 1940, 1314 W Ohio St, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Had a cousin named Nicola "Nick" Nitti who, in 1920, was living at 515 No. Racine Av. This information comes from Joseph's passenger records of 1920 when he was returning from a visit to Triggiano, Italy for reasons currently unknown.


Possible relatives:
Vincenzo Nitti who arrived 7 Jan 1920 in NY, destined for Chicago, IL. Had a brother named Michele living at ???? North Av, Chicago, IL.

Immigration:
La Touraine was laid down by Compagnie G

Buried:
Section Y, Block 8, Lot 235. Joseph has no marker on his grave. The grave directly opposite belongs to Thomas Heaney (1913).

Giuseppe Theresa Victoria Ricci 21 Jan 1904Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Theresa (daughter of Angelo Ricci and Rosa Leonaida Caprara) 03 Sep 1886 Campomaggiore, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy; 20 Dec 19321938 S Trumbull Ave, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; 23 Dec 1932Mount Carmel Cemetery, 1400 South Wolf Road, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1903, Italy
• Residence: 25 Apr 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 12 Jan 1920, 2648 Fulton Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 1923, 2648 Fulton Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; City Directory Listing Occupation: Seamstress
• Residence: 25 Oct 1928, 1938 S Trumbull Ave, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Registration of a birth
• Residence: Apr 1930, 1938 S Trumbull Ave, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Immigration:
Both the 1910 and the 1920 Census enumerations of Theresa state that she immigrated to the United States in 1903. It's a little difficult to make out in the 1910 Census but a careful analysis will reveal the lower hook of the number three.

Notes:

Married:
I believe the attached record to be the correct church marriage record but it is difficult to accept until it has been studied closely. When Joseph came to the United States, his name was Giuseppe but he adopted the Anglicized form, Joseph. The person who filled out this form appears to have "Latinized" the name, Joseph, into what appears to be Josephum and Theresa's name appears to have gone through a similar transformation. One thing that is clear, is that the person who completed the form does not cross his lowercase letter "t". The best example of that fact is the church name, Addolorata, at the top of the register page. See my markup document for a more complete analysis.
The church Addalorata is Santa (or Sancta) Maria Addalorata in Chicago, Illinois.

The marriage is the second entry (Family 8) on page 10 of the register.

The marriage date of 21 January 1904 came to me directly from my grandmother during her lifetime; the date differs from this record which recorded 24 January 1904. (DJS)

Other Events:

• Military Service (Specific): Spanish-American War Company M, 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Volunteer Infantry
• Residence: 22 Jul 1870, Ward 9, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 1 Jun 1875, 60 Clinton Street, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 04 Jun 1880, 60 Clinton Street, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 01 Jun 1885, Ward 9, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
• Residence: 1891, 242 Willard Ave., Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; City Directory Listing Occupation: Jeweler
• Residence: 4 Feb 1895, Lawrenceville, Mercer County, New Jersey; Stated residence at the time of his first marriage.
• Residence: 17 Aug 1896, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; Employed as a waitor at Stamford Hall Sanitorium
• Military Service: 11 Jun 1898, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina; Enlisted for service in the Spanish-American War.
• Military Service: 29 Aug 1898, St Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia; Discharged from Service
• Known Presence: 06 Feb 1899, Massachusetts; Filed for pension
• Military Pension: 06 Feb 1899; Pension Application File Number: C2541-659 (Spanish American War)
• Military Pension: 06 Feb 1899; Pension Application Number: 1,218,640 (Spanish American War)
• Military Pension: 06 Feb 1899; Pension Certificate Number: 1,039,467 (Spanish American War)
• Residence: 31 Jan 1900, New York, New York; 170 Bleecker Street
• Known Presence: 09 Feb 1900, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; At Stamford Hall Sanitorium
• Residence: 14 Apr 1900, Westchester County, NY; Globe Avenue
• Residence: 16 Jun 1900, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Central Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Known Presence: 08 Aug 1900, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Residence: 09 Oct 1900, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Residence: 22 May 1901, South Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Residence: 23 Aug 1901, Albany, Greene County, Tennessee
• Residence: 13 Sep 1901, Waynetown, Montgomery County, Indiana
• Known Presence: 31 Oct 1901, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Residence: 09 Dec 1901, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; National Home for Disabled Veterans
• Known Presence: 28 Aug 1903, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Known Presence: 28 Mar 1910, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Residence: 26 Apr 1910, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Known Presence: 30 Dec 1913, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Known Presence: 02 Feb 1914, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Known Presence: 18 Aug 1916, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Miscellaneous: 22 Aug 1916, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Letter from the Central Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soliers concerning her husband.
• Known Presence: 13 Dec 1917, Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4100 West 3rd Street, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; Dayton National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Residence: 20 Jan 1920, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 24 Apr 1930, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1 May 1940, 714 Main St., Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
• Residence: 07 Oct 1945, 714 Main St., Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky; Residence at the time of his death.

Notes:

John Francis Boyle is buried in the Ravencreek Cemetery, formerly called Kinman Cemetery. Ravencreek Cemetery is located on the Hinton-Webber Road near the small town of Hinton which is located in Harrison County, Kentucky.
John spoke of an uncle living in Baltimore, Maryland who owned an Oldsmobile Dealership. This was around the 1920's or 1930's (Howard Francis Boyle).
Sometime after his son Howard Francis was born, John began his drinking spells and would from time to time, disappear to places unknown. Family speculation is that John would go up around New York. This is interesting since he put down New York City as his place of birth when he signed up for the Spanish War. According to Howard, his father would contact Maude from the Dayton Ohio Soldiers' Home, where he would go to "sober up," and she would send him money to come home.
Further research has proven that John was frequently away from his home, but in many cases he was summoned to appear at soldiers' homes in various places such as Dayton, Ohio and Johnson City, Tennessee. Some of his absences from the family might have been related to these summons orders. The reason for the summons were for follow up examinations during his lengthy battle to approve his pension based upon his service during the 1898 Spanish-American War (War with Spain).

In 2011, fifteen years or so after writing the comments above, I went back to the large pension file of John Francis Boyle to see if I could locate him in the 1900s. Of all the census years available, 1900 was the only year I was never able to locate him. His pension file is rather large, two inches thick of legal size pages and all of them printed on both sides. I began combing through the pension looking for any documents around the 1900 time period that also listed a place. In doing this, I quickly located him in a soldiers home in Jefferson, Ohio both on the 1900 Census and I found some images of a register from the soldier's home as well. John checked into the home multiple times between 1900 and 1917. Every record of him checking in is accompanied with a reason for discharge from the soldier's home. Except for the last entry, discharged at his own request, he is discharged by reason of A.W.O.L. (absent without leave). It would seem that John was something of a free spirit but for someone who was purportedly very secretive, he left behind a huge paper trail. I'm sure there are many documents out there still, waiting to be found.


Residence:
Occupation: Jewler

Residence:
Occupation: Jewler

Military Service:
Occupation: Clerk (at enlistment)

Military Service:
Honorably discharged by Major J. K. Stockard, Chief Surgeon 2nd N.C. Infantry U.S.V. due to Pulmonary Hemorrhage.

From his service record, not yet scanned.

Military Pension:
This pension file is huge; literally hundreds of pages of legal-size documents printed on both sides. It is not feasable to post the entire document. A few of the highly relevant documents will be posted as they are scanned.

Residence:
John definitely spent time in the Soldiers Home in Ohio but he may have spent time in as many as three other Soldiers Homes between the years 1900-1917. I have found records of admission for John in four separate homes but many of the dates overlap exactly and the documents do not differentiate the home for which the admission and discharge dates apply. Without additional information, the exact home he was at during the recorded dates cannot be known with certainty. All of the documents will be attached on this first entry for his admissions to the Soldiers Homes.

Occupation: Inmate (Patient at Soldiers Home)

Residence:
Occupation: Mail Carrier

Residence:
Occupation: Railroad Laborer

Residence:
Occupation: Laborer "Steam Railroad"

Residence:
Occupation: Unable to work

John Maude Belle Thompson 23 Nov 1904Williamstown, Grant County, Kentucky. Maude (daughter of Robert T. Thompson and Nancy Katherine Skinner) 21 Sep 1878 Scott County, Kentucky; 05 Oct 1933Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky; 8 Oct 1933Raven Creek Cemetery, Harrison County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 11 Jun 1900, Scott County, Kentucky; Big Eagle (Sadieville) District.
• Residence: 26 Apr 1910, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Miscellaneous: 22 Aug 1916, Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky; Letter from the Central Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soliers concerning her husband.
• Miscellaneous: 23 Apr 1917, Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky; Maude Belle Thompson-Boyle's second letter to the government pension board.
• Residence: 24 May 1917, Hinton, Harrison County, Kentucky; Maude wrote to the Commissioner of Pensions inquiring after her husband, John Francis Boyle, who had left home again. Maude was trying to get ahead of John and redirect the portion of his pension that was due to her. John abandoned his family on multiple occassions and when he left, would take all their savings as well as change his address for receipt of his pension checks.
• Residence: 20 Jan 1920, Harrison County, Kentucky
• Residence: 24 Apr 1930, Harrison County, Kentucky

Notes:

My grandfather, Howard Francis Boyle, once told me this story:
Maude had a large dark birthmark on her elbow. Maude's mother, Kate Skinner, was pregnant when she saw a drunken black women at a saloon. Kate, would tell Maude that she got the birthmark from the drunk woman.

Miscellaneous:
During another of her husband's absences, Maude wrote to the government pension board explaining that John had left her at home with their five children as he had done on many previous occasions and taken all the money with him. By this time Maude seemed to be quite desperate to provide a means of support for her children and was contemplating divorce. She asked the government about obtaining a portion of John's pension and whether she would still be entitled if they were no longer married.

Notes:

John Francis Boyle was a secretary and treasurer for the Junior Lodge and Maude was a secretary and treasurer for the Daughters of the American Revolution. It was at one of these meetings that John and Maude met (Howard Francis Boyle).
DJS - I have not been able to prove either of these services. I did check with the nearest chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and they were unable to find Maude listed as a DAR member. She could have performed a clerical job and not been a member.
30 July 2011: I have still never proven the services mentioned above however, further research uncovered that Maude was a direct descendant of at least two Revolutionary War soldiers who are recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Their names and DAR Ancestor numbers are:
Francis Robinson: DAR# A097441
John Barnes: DAR# A006344
5 May 2012: Earlier in the year, 2012, I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution based upon the service of John Barnes (DJS).

Married:
Married at the Thompson Hotel in Williamtown, Grant County, Kentucky by Clay Conrad J.G.C.C. (Probably Justice Grant County Court).

Other Events:

• Residence: 9 Jun 1900, Morgan County, Kentucky
• Residence: 21 Apr 1910, 448 Chair Ave, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
• Residence: 7 Jan 1920, High Bridge, Jessamine County, Kentucky
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, Florence, Boone County, Kentucky
• Residence: 10 Apr 1940, 199 Linden Street, Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky

Notes:

Used shortened version of James, Jim.

James Mollie Beatrice Pitcher 26 Jul 1915Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky. Mollie (daughter of Jeptha Major Pitcher and Delina Winkle) 21 Jul 1895 Ford, Clark County, Kentucky; 21 Jul 1933Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky; 24 Jul 1933Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 29 Apr 1910, Wades Mill, Clark County, Kentucky
• Residence: 7 Jan 1920, High Bridge, Jessamine County, Kentucky
• Residence: 21 Jul 1933, 115 Montclair Ave, Ludlow, Kenton County, Kentucky

Notes:

[Schimka.ged]

Gertrude told me than Mollie was a very nice person. Mollie would takein railroad workers for room and board. "Everyone went to Mollie's home to stay," Gertrude said. Apparently Mollie was blind. Mollie may be buried at Mt. Olivet (name of the cemetery or town in Kentucky). Mollie may also be buried at Highland Cemetery in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky as well as James F. Smith.

Notes:

Married:
(DJS) At the time that these records were recorded in this database, there were substantial transcription errors in the available online indexes. Researchers should rely more upon the image of the actual documents than the indexes. It should be noted though, there are frequently differences in the spelling and name usage by some of the individuals in these records and these marriage documents are one such example.