Selected Families and Individuals
Source Citations
Joseph SANCLIMENTI Sacramento
1Census, Federal - 1930 - Lake Co, Illinois, Waukegan, ED# 81; Ancestry p. 90 of 102, 21 Apr 1930. "Line 82 424 Market St. Dwelling 383
Family # 394
Sacramento, Dominic Head owns $5000 radio age 54 m. at 34 Italy Italy Italy imm: 1907 Occ: laborer/build. material
Grace wife 50 30 It It It 1907
Beatrice dau 16 s IL It It in school
Mary dau 11 s IL IT IT in school
Annie dau 9 s IL IT IT in school
Family # 395
Sacramento, Joseph Head rents $35/mo 27 m at 23 IT IT IT 1907 mechanic/auto garage
Dominico wife 23 m 19 IT IT IT 1910
Grace dau 5 IL IT IT
Dominic son 2 IL IT IT."
Domenica LAROSA
1Census, Federal - 1930 - Lake Co, Illinois, Waukegan, Ancestry p. 90 of 102, 21 Apr 1930. "Line 82 424 Market St. Dwelling 383
Family # 394
Sacramento, Dominic Head owns $5000 radio age 54 m. at 34 Italy Italy Italy imm: 1907 Occ: laborer/build. material
Grace wife 50 30 It It It 1907
Beatrice dau 16 s IL It It in school
Mary dau 11 s IL IT IT in school
Annie dau 9 s IL IT IT in school
Family # 395
Sacramento, Joseph Head rents $35/mo 27 m at 23 IT IT IT 1907 mechanic/auto garage
Dominico wife 23 m 19 IT IT IT 1910
Grace dau 5 IL IT IT
Dominic son 2 IL IT IT."
2Social Security Death Index.
Grace SACRAMENTO
1Census, Federal - 1930 - Lake Co, Illinois, Waukegan, Ancestry p. 90 of 102, 21 Apr 1930. "Line 82 424 Market St. Dwelling 383
Family # 394
Sacramento, Dominic Head owns $5000 radio age 54 m. at 34 Italy Italy Italy imm: 1907 Occ: laborer/build. material
Grace wife 50 30 It It It 1907
Beatrice dau 16 s IL It It in school
Mary dau 11 s IL IT IT in school
Annie dau 9 s IL IT IT in school
Family # 395
Sacramento, Joseph Head rents $35/mo 27 m at 23 IT IT IT 1907 mechanic/auto garage
Dominico wife 23 m 19 IT IT IT 1910
Grace dau 5 IL IT IT
Dominic son 2 IL IT IT."
Dominic SACRAMENTO
1Census, Federal - 1930 - Lake Co, Illinois, Waukegan, Ancestry p. 90 of 102, 21 Apr 1930. "Line 82 424 Market St. Dwelling 383
Family # 394
Sacramento, Dominic Head owns $5000 radio age 54 m. at 34 Italy Italy Italy imm: 1907 Occ: laborer/build. material
Grace wife 50 30 It It It 1907
Beatrice dau 16 s IL It It in school
Mary dau 11 s IL IT IT in school
Annie dau 9 s IL IT IT in school
Family # 395
Sacramento, Joseph Head rents $35/mo 27 m at 23 IT IT IT 1907 mechanic/auto garage
Dominico wife 23 m 19 IT IT IT 1910
Grace dau 5 IL IT IT
Dominic son 2 IL IT IT."
2Obituary, Lake County News-Sun, 29May2014; p. 23. "Sacramento, Dominic Joseph
86, of Waukegan, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan.
Dominic was born October 16, 1927 in Waukegan and remained a lifelong resident. He was a veteran of WWII having served in Japan with the Army Air Force. He retired as a manager of Crystal Greeting in Waukegan in 1988 after 16 years of employment. He was a member of the Gurnee American Legion and St. Dismas Church in Waukegan.
Survivors include one sister, Grace (Frank) Schantz of Waukegan, as well as two brothers, Joseph of Waukegan and Anthony (Lois) Sacramento of Beach Park; nieces and nephews, Frank (Melinda) Schantz, Jr., Mark (Martha) Schantz, Joann (Jeff) Cooksey, Anthony (Lynn) Sacramento Jr., Cindy (Pete) Rucks, Patti (Pat) Shanders, Kathy (Scott) Kreul and Rob (Mary) Sacramento; 21 great-nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph in 1990 and mother, Domenica 1999.
Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Dismas Church, 2600 Sunset Avenue, Waukegan with Fr. Patrick Rugan officiating. Entombment with full military honors will follow at Ascension Cemetery, Libertyville. Friends may visit with the family from 9:00 a.m. Saturday until time of the mass at the church.
Donations may be made in Dominic's memory to St. Dismas Church.
Arrangements were under the care of Warren Funeral Home, Cemetery and Mausoleum; 1475 North Cemetery Rd., Gurnee. Visit our guestbook at www.warrencemetery.com."
Harold Balis STEVENS
1Dianne Z. Stevens, P&D Stevens Family History, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
2White, Helen Frances- Notes from Personal Interview by Dianne Z. Stevens, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
3Stevens, Harold - obituary, unknown newspaper, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
4Census, Federal - 1920 - Rock Co., WI, town of Footville - ED# 99, sheet #2, A 3 of 8. "Line 16 Dwelling # 28 Household # 28
Stevens, Edmund head OM 48 m n yr? NS NS NS blacksmith
Flora L. wife 44 m WI WI WI
Catherine H dau 19 s WI WI WI
Paul D son 17 s WI WI WI
Harold B son 11 s WI WI WI
Dobrow, Jessie boarder 27 s WI WI WI none
Jones, Brad (?) boarder 19 s WI WI WI store clerk."
5Census, Federal - 1930 - Rock Co, WI, Janesville, Dist. 35, Ancestry p. 25 of 43. "Line 45 788 S. Main St. Dwelling # 317 Household # 340
Stevens, Flora Head R $48/mo no radio age 53 wd WI WI WI occ: none
Harold son 21 s SD NS WI salesman - grocery store
Kess, Benjamin Roomer 30 S Mo MO MO laborer - Chevrolet motor co."
6Census, Federal - 1910 - Jasper Co, Iowa, Palo Alto, Dist 35 Ancestry p. 17 of 21. "Line 5 Dwelling 195 Household 195
Stevens, Edward Head age 38 m1 10yrs Can/Eng Can/Eng Can/Fr Occ: Farmer-general
Flora L. wife 32 m1 10 3 ch born/ 3 living WI WI WI
Kathryn dau 9 WI Can/Eng WI
Paul D. son 8 WI Can/Eng WI
Harold son 1 6/12 SD Can/Eng WI."
7Census, Federal 1940, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois. "Name: Harold Stevens
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1909
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: South Dakota
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Waukegan, Lake, Illinois
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Sherman Pl
House Number: 204
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Waukegan, Lake, Illinois
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 2A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 39
Occupation: Accountant
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 45
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 42
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 1700
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Harold Stevens 31
Helen Stevens 29."
Helen Frances WHITE
1Dorothy E. White, White, Dorothy E. - Letters to P&D Stevens Family, Sheet 12 A & B; Ancestry p. 23 & 24 of 26, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "
Letter 1. 1-26-76: "One big differences between our generation and later ones is the amount of dollar bills and coins that are handled. We didn't have many.
Uncle John sent us each a dollar at Christmas. Grandma and Aunt Eva gave us little gifts I think Aunt Eva got for sending in Subscriptions to McCall's Magazine.
Our Sunday School bought us gifts from the 10 Cent store.
When we went to Virginia, we turned yellow, because we got malaria, there was so much woods and dampness, making a fine home for mosquitos.
Goats are something we had on that first Virginia place. We were glad to tell the other children at school that we had kids at home. Those goats climbed up onto the chickenhouse roof. They were quite a nuisance.
There was a spring on that first Virginia place, and that spring had its own house among the big ferns or brakes. Soon we had a well with a pump.
Grandpa Wesley White made us a swing to play on. It was a big board that swung around on a stump. Someone would push it, and, if you didn't watch out, you could get bumped.
We girls preferred paper dolls to real ones. Oh, yes, we had spool people too. All of these we dressed.
Letter 2. Feb 1976: Dianne wants to know about spool people. They were just spools that our imagination gave heads, arms, legs, and faces. Mother sewed, so we had the use of many empty spools. We dressed them in bits of cloth. Spool families would visit one another.
Our mother had four children for whom she sewed, washed with a washboard, churned and canned. We helped with the canning, because our family sold canned goods. We helped with the planting of tomato plants,potatoes, beans, etc.
Mothers often got lonely in those days when the fathers were at work and the children away at school. Few had telephones. There were no radios or television sets to keep one in touch with the world...
Grandmother White claimed to have had twelve children. (In those days many of the babies died or were born dead.) I know of --
Uncle Enoch Barrett, James Enoch Barrett's father (The father of Uncle Enoch was killed while watching a horseshoe pitching game. The gun he was holding with the barrel beneath his chin discharged when hit by a horseshoe.) Grandmother married Grandfather, William L. White.
William Wesley, Paul and Lois' grandfather.
John K. He was very religious. His first wife died when their baby was born, of puerperal fever, a disease caused by the carelessness of doctors and nurses. Of course the baby died too. By the way the second wife acted, we think she wasn't quite sane and by divorcing Uncle John, she made him the only one of the family to go through a divorce court.
Rachel. Rachel died quite young at 40 of a stroke.
Tibbals. He was a postmaster at Oskaloosa, Iowa for a long time. Tibbals and his wife, Merritt's mother and father, died of the flu when Merritt was tiny. He was raised by an aunt on the Sincox side of the family. I guess they were sort of rough. They drank and Merritt does too. When he phoned me the last times I could hardly understand him.
Lizzie. Tibbals and Lizzie were twins.
Joseph.
Annie. Joseph and Annie were twins
Wilbur. He died young of meningitis.
Letter3. 3/22/76: History may reveal skeletons, so adults please read before releasing to children...
Speaking of schooldays: After I left the 4th grade, we went by horsedrawn schoolbus to a consolidated school. I remember that a neighbor boy just didn't want to go to school, and he didn't have to go. Now the colored folk had a little one-room school. Being very poor, the colored people had no facilities for taking baths. (I've read the kings and queens of England of years ago had trouble keeping clean.)
One odd thing that I remember is that there were beautiful wild violets growing in the graveyard at the colored church. The church was next door to our one-room schoolhouse. I picked violets and worried that night because I had stepped on some graves.
Now family business: Grandma Nicklas' name was Henrietta Dorthea. Part of the relationship called her Henrietta and part Dorthea. This grandmother was a dear little lady who had the misfortune of being an illegitimate child. As I remember it, she had a red-headed illegitmate sister. When she came to this country great grandmother became a lawabiding citizen.
About Grandma White, I don't know her maiden name. I think it was something like Faricker...
The Mormon church today sends out missionaries. In Grandma White's day they sent missionaries to the Isle of Man. A number of Grandma's sisters came to this country to join the Mormon colony...
Snobbish colored people from Richmond would come to visit the folk at our local colored church and sometimes there would be shootings. As I understand it, the city people felt much superior to the country folk and expressed their feelings.
Letter4: Some of us near Richmond, VA went to high school via train. We had a whole train society. The conductor would come through the car punching holes in our tickets. He might call out, 'Tickets, tackets, and pocket books!' Besides the school children there were college students and men and women who commuted to their jobs.
I don't know if many people nowadays have cisterns or not. There was one on our Illinois place and I remember that a kitten fell into it breaking our hearts. Of course, Grandma Nicklas and Aunt Eva got their drinking water from their cistern in Platteville, Wisconsin. I remember that you could taste smoke in the water. Grandma said, ' You'd get used to it.' Evidentally it didn't hurt her, for she didn't die until her 90th year.
Letter 5: Curious people or groups that we knew years ago is what I'll write about this time.
Most of the time in Virginia we were in the Baptist church. As you probably know, there are many Baptists in the south. Until baptismal fonts were built in the church, people would be immersed in a pond or creek. One lady in the neighborhood must have been a Presbytarian or an Episcopalian. She would favor us with a solo every once in a while. We thought her funny, because her voice would quiver.
Quite a few people in Virginia were proud of having Indian blood. One family lived on the first place we had in Virginia after we moved up on the hill. One brother asked father to pull a tooth for a poor Indian. Father did.
Huegonauts were religious refugees from France. Once we went to Huegonaut Springs, VA - our family and the Baumanns' - for a picnic. That religious sect must have had a colony there. Of course we went by horse and buggy. A short distance now was a long way then.
Letter 6 - 8/2/76 - I'll mention music this month. When we children were little we had a gramophone in place of what we call a record player today. It had a horn that was shaped like a morning glory flower. The records were...cylinders that fitted on to a solid cylinder. Records I remember are, ' Just a Little Attic but it's Home Sweet Home', "Ring the Bells of Heaven', 'Tell Mother I'll be There'. Poke Miller's 'The Old Time Religion', and instrumentals, some by violin, flute, and harp, one 'Love and Devotion.'
We had a book of favorite songs. Many of them were Stephen Foster. They, of course, were mostly Negro. I believe Negro songs are out of style nowadays.
Letter 7 - 8/21/1977: ....
Letter 8 - 7/16/1978: Helen called sometime ago and mentioned that we should have questioned the former generation more when we had the chance; however, there were some things they were reluctant to talk about. My, but life is much easier on womenfolk than it used to be! We don't have the big ironings they used to have to do. Grandmother White had to have every sock ironed. Everything had to be ironed.
The water had to be hand pumped and carried in pails. It was necessary to boil the clothes. The bar of soap (one kind was called Octagon) had to be sliced up so as to be softened by the water.
We didn't have the chore girls, woven metal gadgets, to get the sticky particles of food off the dishes.
I've heard the practise of saving string made fun of nowadays. There were no tapes or rubber bands for quickly sealing packages.
What a lot of sewing and mending had to be done! Today, if we watch for bargains, we can buy our clothes ready-made for practically what it would cost us for the material and notions.
The boys and girls may have had chores to do before starting off to school.
And there were school wagons instead of buses and maybe ill-tempered drivers. If the poor driver had indigestion, he might not feel too good.
I can't get over thankfulness for 1978.".
2Census, Federal - 1910 - Chesterfield Co., Virginia, Midlothian, ED # 12, Ancestry p. 13 of 24. "line 33; Dwelling # 145, Family # 145
White, Wesley age 44 married 11 yrs - Farmer
Adalaid 37 11 4 children born 4 children living
Wilber 10
Dorothy 8
Philip 7
Helen 4."
3Census, Federal - 1920 - Chesterfield Co., VA, twnsp of Midlothian - ED# 17, sheet 12, Ancestry p. 23 of 26. "line 49
White, Wesley W head own mort age 55 yrs IL IL Isle of Mann, Eng General Farmer
Anne A. wife 47 WI Pa Germany
Wilbur L. son 19 IL IL WI
Dorothy E dau 18 same Artist working for wage at painting and
Ingraving shop
Philip L. son 16 "
Helen F. dau 13 "."
4Census, Federal - 1930 - Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, La Mesa, ED # 13, Ancestry p. 8 of 36. "Line 79; dwelling # 73; Family # 75
White, Wesley W. - home is owned, value $350 65 yrs old - age at 1st marriage 34 - Farmer
Addie 57 26
Philipp 26 - Farm Laborer
Dorothy 28 - *Stenographer at a furniture store
Helen 24 - Public school Teacher
*Dorothy indicates she has been unemployed for 3 months."
5Census, Federal 1940, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois. "Name: Helen Stevens
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Waukegan, Lake, Illinois
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Sherman Pl
House Number: 204
Inferred Residence in 1935: Waukegan, Lake, Illinois
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 2A
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: College, 3rd year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Harold Stevens 31
Helen Stevens 29."
Edmund STEVENS
1Stevens, Edmund - obituary, unknown newspaper, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. ""Obituary
Edmund Stevens
Unknown Newspaper
Unknown Date
(Edmund died 10 Apr 1926)
Funeral Services for the late Edmund Stevens were held from the home in this village at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
A large assemblage of relatives, neighbors and friends congregated to pay their last tribute of respect to one who in life was honored and respected by all who knew him.
The deceased had been in poor health for the past two years although able to attend to his business affairs, until little more than two weeks ago, when he was stricken with pleurisy which finally developed into what proved to be his fatal illness.
Edmund Stevens, fourth child of Charles and Catherine Stevens, was born April 9th, 1872 in Lake Mills, Nova Scotia, and came with his parents to Wisconsin when he was 8 years old.They located in Orfordville, where they made their home for a season, going thence to Brodhead, and with the exception of six years spent in the west, he always lived in the vicinity of Brodhead, Orfordville, and Footville. Six years ago he purchased what was known as the old Snyder homestead in this village and gave up farming and engaged in a lucrative business in town, where the family have since made their home, and where he passed away at 2:50 o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday April 10th, being one day over 54 years of age. June 9th, 1899 he was united in marriage with Miss Flora L. Balis. Three children were born to this union, Kathryn Harriet, Paul Derrick and Harold Balis all of whom were present when the end came. Beside the above mentioned there also survive three sisters: Mrs. Ina Dedrick, Mrs. Alice Oliver, Brodhead, and Mrs. Anna Hutzel, Iowa, and two brothers: Addison Stevens, Idaho, and Calvin Stevens, Montana, besides otheer relatives and many friends.
Twenty-nine years ago he united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Brodhead and has always lived a consistent Christian life. When he came to reside in this locality his membership was transferred to the local Methodist church of which he was a regular attendant. He was present for church service for the last time the evening of March 28th, although at that time far from being well.
Mr. Stevens was a charter member of Odd Fellows of Orfordville, the W. O. W. and the Equity Fraternal Union. He was much interested and very active in all civic affairs and for six years had been a member of the Commercial Club and the Fire Department. Edmund was a good man and will be missed in the church, in the home and in social and business circles, yet, surely, His is the better part and for his sake we should say, "Thy will be done."
Rev. D. M. Maynard, pastor of the local M. E. church delivered the funeral sermon. Rev. and Mrs. Eldred Charles furnished the song service. Internment was in Greenwood Cemetery, Brodhead. The I. O. O. F. of Orfordville who attended in a body conducting services at the grave. The pall-bearers were all members of that organization.
Among the out-of-town relatives who attended were Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Dedrick, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Derrick, Harry Lang, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Shaff, Mrs. Marvin Green all of Brodhead. Among out-of-town friends aside from those whose names were not learned were Miss Helen Beckwith and Mr. McCord, Milwaukee; Mrs. Maria Howe, Miss Ida Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Egan, Glen Howe, Orfordville; Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Stair, Mrs. Libby Holcomb, Mrs. Loudon Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Green, J. McNair and Elmer Dedrick, Brodhead; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Burcalow, Monroe; Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Strang and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snyder of Janesville."."
2Stevens Blanchard Kathryn-notes from interview, Stevens, H., Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
3Karen Farmer, Langille Family Database, Ancestry.com.
4Census, Federal - 1880 - Rock Co., WI, Village of Orfordville (ED # 198), Ancestry p. 3 of 4, 5 Jun 1880. "Dwelling # 82 Household # 82
Minard, Amos age 69 Farmer VT VT VT
Abigail 60 wife NH NH NH
Stevens, Chas 48 Farm Laborer cannot read or write Nova Scotia NS NS
Catherine 44 wife NS NS NS
Ina 11 dau attends school NS NS NS
Edmond 9 son attends school NS NS NS
Annie 7 dau attends school NS NS NS
Charles and Catherine's son Addison, 14, is living on the nextdoor farm of B F Gifford as a "hired boy"." If Edmund was 9 when this census was taken his birth would be 1871 not 1872. 1871 would be more consistent with his sister Anna's birth in 1872 as show on the SSDI.
5Census, Federal - 1900 - Green Co., WI, city of Brodhead, ED # 120, sheet # 5, line 43, 1 Jun 1900. "Line 43 Clinton St. Dwelling # 128 Household # 133
Stevens, Edmund head b. Apr 1872 m. 1 yr NS NS NS nat 1875 25yr ago occ: blacksmith r h
Flora L. wife Jul 1876 1 WI WI WI."
6Census, Federal - 1920 - Rock Co., WI, town of Footville - ED# 99, sheet #2, A p 3 of 8. "Line 16 Dwelling # 28 Household # 28
Stevens, Edmund head OM 48 m n yr? NS NS NS blacksmith
Flora L. wife 44 m WI WI WI
Catherine H dau 19 s WI WI WI
Paul D son 17 s WI WI WI
Harold B son 11 s WI WI WI
Dobrow, Jessie boarder 27 s WI WI WI none
Jones, Brad (?) boarder 19 s WI WI WI store clerk."
7Jack Taif Spencer and Robert Abraham Goodpasture, Genealogy and History of the Derthicks and Related Derricks, Eight Centuries of the Derthicks and Related Derricks..., Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1986., p. 493. "Stevens was a partner in Bartlett & Co., well-known carriage makers. The factory was located on West Third Avenue in Brodhead."
8Census, Federal - 1910 - Jasper Co, Iowa, Palo Alto, Dist 35 Ancestry p. 17 of 21. "Line 5 Dwelling 195 Household 195
Stevens, Edward Head age 38 m1 10yrs Can/Eng Can/Eng Can/Fr Occ: Farmer-general
Flora L. wife 32 m1 10 3 ch born/ 3 living WI WI WI
Kathryn dau 9 WI Can/Eng WI
Paul D. son 8 WI Can/Eng WI
Harold son 1 6/12 SD Can/Eng WI."
9Census, Canadian - 1871 - Nova Scotia, Colchester, Upper Londonderry, per Colchester Historical Society website. "Upper Londonderry Family # 25
Stevens, Mary age 58
Charles 39 - Farmer
Addison 5
Catherine 34
Jennie 2
Calvin 4."
10Stevens, Edmund - obituary. according to 1880 census and births of siblings I believe birth should be 1871.
11Stevens Blanchard Kathryn-notes from interview.
12Wisconsin, Green Co., - Marriages before 1907, vol. 6, p. 423, 6 Jun 1899. copy in files of D.Z. Stevens.
Flora Lulu BALIS
1Balis,Flora- Obituary, unknown newspaper, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Mrs. Flora Stevens
Brodhead - Funeral services for Mrs. Flora L. Stevens, 75, who died Wenesday in St. Therese hospital, Waukegan, Ill., will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Newcomer funeral home, the Rev. Robert Sachtjen, pastor of the Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Greewood cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday evening.
The daughter of John E. and Mary Derrick Balis, she was born July 7, 1876 in Brodhead.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Blanchard, Oak Park, Ill; two sons, Harold, of Waukegan, Ill.; and Paul, of Jerome, Idaho; a sister, Mrs. Hettie Carden, La Honda, Calif.; a brother, Ernest Balis, Footville, and six grandchildren.".
2Census, Federal - 1900 - Green Co., WI, city of Brodhead, ED # 120, ancestry 9 of 23. "Line 43 Clinton St. Dwelling # 128 Household # 133
Stevens, Edmund head b. Apr 1872 m. 1 yr NS NS NS nat 1875 25yr ago occ: blacksmith r h
Flora L. wife Jul 1876 1 WI WI WI."
3Hettie Balis Carden, Memories of my Life - Book One, unpublished, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
4Hettie Balis Carden, Thoughts and Memories over the Years, unpublished, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. Written when she was in her late 80's.
5Census, Federal - 1880 - Harlan Co, Nebraska, district 35, Ancestry, p. 2 of 6.
6Census, Federal - 1920 - Rock Co., WI, town of Footville - ED# 99, sheet #2, Ancestry p. 3 of 8. "Line 16 Dwelling # 28 Household # 28
Stevens, Edmund head OM 48 m n yr? NS NS NS blacksmith
Flora L. wife 44 m WI WI WI
Catherine H dau 19 s WI WI WI
Paul D son 17 s WI WI WI
Harold B son 11 s WI WI WI
Dobrow, Jessie boarder 27 s WI WI WI none
Jones, Brad (?) boarder 19 s WI WI WI store clerk."
7Census, Federal - 1930 - Rock Co, WI, Janesville, Dist. 35; Ancestry p. 25 of 48. "Line 45 788 S. Main St. Dwelling # 317 Household # 340
Stevens, Flora Head R $48/mo no radio age 53 wd WI WI WI occ: none
Harold son 21 s SD NS WI salesman - grocery store
Kess, Benjamin Roomer 30 S Mo MO MO laborer - Chevrolet motor co."
8Census, Federal - 1910 - Jasper Co, Iowa, Palo Alto, Dist 35 Ancestry p. 17 of 21. "Line 5 Dwelling 195 Household 195
Stevens, Edward Head age 38 m1 10yrs Can/Eng Can/Eng Can/Fr Occ: Farmer-general
Flora L. wife 32 m1 10 3 ch born/ 3 living WI WI WI
Kathryn dau 9 WI Can/Eng WI
Paul D. son 8 WI Can/Eng WI
Harold son 1 6/12 SD Can/Eng WI."
9Stevens, Flora Balis - Obituary, Janesville Gazette (WI) - unknown date, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Obituary unknown date, unknown paper:
Mrs. Flora Stevens
Brodhead - Funeral services for Mrs.
Flora L. Stevens, 75, who died
Wednesday in St. Therese; hospital,
Waukegan, Ill., will be at 2:30 p. m.
Saturday in the Newcomer funeral home,
the Rev. Robert Sachtjen, pastor of the
Methodist church, officiating. Burial will
be in Greenwood cemetery, Friends may
call at the funeral home Friday evening. .
The daughter of John E. and Mary
Derrick Balis, she was born July 7,
1876, in Brodhead.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Blanchard, Oak Park, Ill.; two sons,
Harold, of Waukegan, Ill., and Paul, of
Jerome, Idaho; a sister, Mrs. Hattie
Carden, La Honda, Calif.; a brother,
Ernest Balis, Footville, and six grand-
children,.".
10International Genealogical Index of North America, internet.
11Wisconsin, Green Co., - Marriages before 1907, vol. 6, p. 423, 6 Jun 1899. copy in files of D.Z. Stevens.
Alvar ROMPPAINEN
1Census, Federal - 1920 - Houghton, Michigan, Laird, Sheet 2A; Ancestry p. 3 of 22. "Line 46
Ronppainen, Andrew O age 36 m imm 1905 Fin Fin Fin Farmer - general
Lizzie wife 29 1893 same
Arnie son 11 MI Fin Fin
Arvo son 4 9/12 same
Alvar son 2 3/12 "."
2Census, Federal - 1930 - Lake Co, Illinois, Waukegan, Sheet 53B; Ancestry p. 106 of 166. "Line 66 704 Mott Ave.
Romppainen, Andrew head rent $40/mo 44 m.age 21 Fin Fin Fin imm 1903 Pa Occ: Laborer - steel mill
Elizabeth wife 39 17 same 1893 Pa
Arvo son 15 MI Fin Fin
Oliver son 12 same
Virginia dau 7 "
Ethel dau 2 8/12 "
Matero Brita mother-in-lkaw 76 wd 1893 Na."
3Romppainen, Alvar F. - obituary, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
Helen Frances WHITE
1Dorothy E. White, White, Dorothy E. - Letters to P&D Stevens Family, Sheet 12 A & B; Ancestry p. 23 & 24 of 26, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "
Letter 1. 1-26-76: "One big differences between our generation and later ones is the amount of dollar bills and coins that are handled. We didn't have many.
Uncle John sent us each a dollar at Christmas. Grandma and Aunt Eva gave us little gifts I think Aunt Eva got for sending in Subscriptions to McCall's Magazine.
Our Sunday School bought us gifts from the 10 Cent store.
When we went to Virginia, we turned yellow, because we got malaria, there was so much woods and dampness, making a fine home for mosquitos.
Goats are something we had on that first Virginia place. We were glad to tell the other children at school that we had kids at home. Those goats climbed up onto the chickenhouse roof. They were quite a nuisance.
There was a spring on that first Virginia place, and that spring had its own house among the big ferns or brakes. Soon we had a well with a pump.
Grandpa Wesley White made us a swing to play on. It was a big board that swung around on a stump. Someone would push it, and, if you didn't watch out, you could get bumped.
We girls preferred paper dolls to real ones. Oh, yes, we had spool people too. All of these we dressed.
Letter 2. Feb 1976: Dianne wants to know about spool people. They were just spools that our imagination gave heads, arms, legs, and faces. Mother sewed, so we had the use of many empty spools. We dressed them in bits of cloth. Spool families would visit one another.
Our mother had four children for whom she sewed, washed with a washboard, churned and canned. We helped with the canning, because our family sold canned goods. We helped with the planting of tomato plants,potatoes, beans, etc.
Mothers often got lonely in those days when the fathers were at work and the children away at school. Few had telephones. There were no radios or television sets to keep one in touch with the world...
Grandmother White claimed to have had twelve children. (In those days many of the babies died or were born dead.) I know of --
Uncle Enoch Barrett, James Enoch Barrett's father (The father of Uncle Enoch was killed while watching a horseshoe pitching game. The gun he was holding with the barrel beneath his chin discharged when hit by a horseshoe.) Grandmother married Grandfather, William L. White.
William Wesley, Paul and Lois' grandfather.
John K. He was very religious. His first wife died when their baby was born, of puerperal fever, a disease caused by the carelessness of doctors and nurses. Of course the baby died too. By the way the second wife acted, we think she wasn't quite sane and by divorcing Uncle John, she made him the only one of the family to go through a divorce court.
Rachel. Rachel died quite young at 40 of a stroke.
Tibbals. He was a postmaster at Oskaloosa, Iowa for a long time. Tibbals and his wife, Merritt's mother and father, died of the flu when Merritt was tiny. He was raised by an aunt on the Sincox side of the family. I guess they were sort of rough. They drank and Merritt does too. When he phoned me the last times I could hardly understand him.
Lizzie. Tibbals and Lizzie were twins.
Joseph.
Annie. Joseph and Annie were twins
Wilbur. He died young of meningitis.
Letter3. 3/22/76: History may reveal skeletons, so adults please read before releasing to children...
Speaking of schooldays: After I left the 4th grade, we went by horsedrawn schoolbus to a consolidated school. I remember that a neighbor boy just didn't want to go to school, and he didn't have to go. Now the colored folk had a little one-room school. Being very poor, the colored people had no facilities for taking baths. (I've read the kings and queens of England of years ago had trouble keeping clean.)
One odd thing that I remember is that there were beautiful wild violets growing in the graveyard at the colored church. The church was next door to our one-room schoolhouse. I picked violets and worried that night because I had stepped on some graves.
Now family business: Grandma Nicklas' name was Henrietta Dorthea. Part of the relationship called her Henrietta and part Dorthea. This grandmother was a dear little lady who had the misfortune of being an illegitimate child. As I remember it, she had a red-headed illegitmate sister. When she came to this country great grandmother became a lawabiding citizen.
About Grandma White, I don't know her maiden name. I think it was something like Faricker...
The Mormon church today sends out missionaries. In Grandma White's day they sent missionaries to the Isle of Man. A number of Grandma's sisters came to this country to join the Mormon colony...
Snobbish colored people from Richmond would come to visit the folk at our local colored church and sometimes there would be shootings. As I understand it, the city people felt much superior to the country folk and expressed their feelings.
Letter4: Some of us near Richmond, VA went to high school via train. We had a whole train society. The conductor would come through the car punching holes in our tickets. He might call out, 'Tickets, tackets, and pocket books!' Besides the school children there were college students and men and women who commuted to their jobs.
I don't know if many people nowadays have cisterns or not. There was one on our Illinois place and I remember that a kitten fell into it breaking our hearts. Of course, Grandma Nicklas and Aunt Eva got their drinking water from their cistern in Platteville, Wisconsin. I remember that you could taste smoke in the water. Grandma said, ' You'd get used to it.' Evidentally it didn't hurt her, for she didn't die until her 90th year.
Letter 5: Curious people or groups that we knew years ago is what I'll write about this time.
Most of the time in Virginia we were in the Baptist church. As you probably know, there are many Baptists in the south. Until baptismal fonts were built in the church, people would be immersed in a pond or creek. One lady in the neighborhood must have been a Presbytarian or an Episcopalian. She would favor us with a solo every once in a while. We thought her funny, because her voice would quiver.
Quite a few people in Virginia were proud of having Indian blood. One family lived on the first place we had in Virginia after we moved up on the hill. One brother asked father to pull a tooth for a poor Indian. Father did.
Huegonauts were religious refugees from France. Once we went to Huegonaut Springs, VA - our family and the Baumanns' - for a picnic. That religious sect must have had a colony there. Of course we went by horse and buggy. A short distance now was a long way then.
Letter 6 - 8/2/76 - I'll mention music this month. When we children were little we had a gramophone in place of what we call a record player today. It had a horn that was shaped like a morning glory flower. The records were...cylinders that fitted on to a solid cylinder. Records I remember are, ' Just a Little Attic but it's Home Sweet Home', "Ring the Bells of Heaven', 'Tell Mother I'll be There'. Poke Miller's 'The Old Time Religion', and instrumentals, some by violin, flute, and harp, one 'Love and Devotion.'
We had a book of favorite songs. Many of them were Stephen Foster. They, of course, were mostly Negro. I believe Negro songs are out of style nowadays.
Letter 7 - 8/21/1977: ....
Letter 8 - 7/16/1978: Helen called sometime ago and mentioned that we should have questioned the former generation more when we had the chance; however, there were some things they were reluctant to talk about. My, but life is much easier on womenfolk than it used to be! We don't have the big ironings they used to have to do. Grandmother White had to have every sock ironed. Everything had to be ironed.
The water had to be hand pumped and carried in pails. It was necessary to boil the clothes. The bar of soap (one kind was called Octagon) had to be sliced up so as to be softened by the water.
We didn't have the chore girls, woven metal gadgets, to get the sticky particles of food off the dishes.
I've heard the practise of saving string made fun of nowadays. There were no tapes or rubber bands for quickly sealing packages.
What a lot of sewing and mending had to be done! Today, if we watch for bargains, we can buy our clothes ready-made for practically what it would cost us for the material and notions.
The boys and girls may have had chores to do before starting off to school.
And there were school wagons instead of buses and maybe ill-tempered drivers. If the poor driver had indigestion, he might not feel too good.
I can't get over thankfulness for 1978.".
2Census, Federal - 1910 - Chesterfield Co., Virginia, Midlothian, ED # 12, Ancestry p. 13 of 24. "line 33; Dwelling # 145, Family # 145
White, Wesley age 44 married 11 yrs - Farmer
Adalaid 37 11 4 children born 4 children living
Wilber 10
Dorothy 8
Philip 7
Helen 4."
3Census, Federal - 1920 - Chesterfield Co., VA, twnsp of Midlothian - ED# 17, sheet 12, Ancestry p. 23 of 26. "line 49
White, Wesley W head own mort age 55 yrs IL IL Isle of Mann, Eng General Farmer
Anne A. wife 47 WI Pa Germany
Wilbur L. son 19 IL IL WI
Dorothy E dau 18 same Artist working for wage at painting and
Ingraving shop
Philip L. son 16 "
Helen F. dau 13 "."
4Census, Federal - 1930 - Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, La Mesa, ED # 13, Ancestry p. 8 of 36. "Line 79; dwelling # 73; Family # 75
White, Wesley W. - home is owned, value $350 65 yrs old - age at 1st marriage 34 - Farmer
Addie 57 26
Philipp 26 - Farm Laborer
Dorothy 28 - *Stenographer at a furniture store
Helen 24 - Public school Teacher
*Dorothy indicates she has been unemployed for 3 months."
5Census, Federal 1940, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois. "Name: Helen Stevens
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Waukegan, Lake, Illinois
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Sherman Pl
House Number: 204
Inferred Residence in 1935: Waukegan, Lake, Illinois
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 2A
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: College, 3rd year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Harold Stevens 31
Helen Stevens 29."