Minnesota Family History Research: 5/22/16

Saturday, May 28, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 28

May 28, 2012 – “President Barack Obama honored a diverse cross-section of political and cultural icons” — including Minnesota native and “rock legend Bob Dylan — with the Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony [on this date]. The Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. It is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the national interests of the United States and world peace.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47601897/ns/us_news-life/

Bob Dylan

https://www.google.com/search?q=public+domain+images+of+Bob+Dylan&hl=en&rlz=1G1LENN_ENUS473&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=t_DxT7z8C8q2rQHJktWOAg&ved=0CG4QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=608

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If you are interested in finding out more about your family history in Minnesota, I specialize in researching genealogical and historical records in Minn. and western Wis., including: census records, birth records, death certificates, obits, grave site photos, ship passenger lists, marriage records and declarations of intent/naturalization records. I will visit locations to research local history and county records, as well as take photos. Quick turnaround on MNHS records. Both short searches and family history reports.

Website: TheMemoryQuilt.com ® click on Family History

Contact me at: pjefamilyresearch@gmail.com

Friday, May 27, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 27

May 27, 1912 – Notice was served today on the officials of the railroads operating in the Twin Cities that unless the strike of the freight handlers in Chicago was settled before noon tomorrow, the 1,800 freight handlers and railway clerks of Minneapolis and St. Paul would walk out in sympathy at 1 p.m.

The notice was signed by James Kelley, international vice president of the organization. Kelley would not state positively that the Twin Cities freight handlers would go out tomorrow. He said it all depended on whether the railroads were willing to open negotiations.

Railroad officials, upon whom the notice was served today, said they would refuse to negotiate for a settlement of the strike.

“If the freight handlers go out we will proceed to hire men to fill their places,” said James H. Foster, general superintendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad today. “I do not feel, however, that the men will violate the agreement they have with the railroads that provides that any change either in the wage scale or in hours, must be submitted 30 days before suspension of work.”

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Freight Handlers Serve Strike Notice Upon Roads. Union Official threatens Walkout Unless Chicago Trouble Is Settled by Noon. Railroad Men Say They Will Refuse to Negotiate for Settlement.”; May 28, 1912; p. 1.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Chicago_Milwaukee_St._Paul_and_Pacific_Herald.png/240px-Chicago_Milwaukee_St._Paul_and_Pacific_Herald.png

Thursday, May 26, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 26

May 26, 1921 – Two developments today caused police to believe they were nearly positive of the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Mrs. Kate Mahoney, missing Seattle woman. Mrs. C. A. Green, who lives on a houseboat at Lake Union near Seattle, reported to police today that yesterday she found the lid of a trunk to which locks of white hair were clinging. It was floating in the lake.

A. F. Morris, a salesman, reported to police that he had overheard a conversation in a Seattle hotel room in which two women and at least one man took part. They were plotting to end Mrs. Mahoney’s life.

Mrs. Mahoney was believed to have disappeared in St. Paul, Minn., while on her honeymoon with husband James Mahoney, age 38. She was 68 years old.

Kate Moore Mahoney¹

The couple had married six weeks after meeting in Dec. 1920. Their belated honeymoon was to begin April 16. Jim Mahoney just happened to be on parole from the Washington State Penitentiary for assault and robbery. So when he came back to Seattle after 10 days to “to take care of Kate's business interests,” and said that she had traveled to Havana, Cuba with friends, Mrs. Mahoney’s two nieces became suspicious and notified police.

James Mahoney¹

While the above trunk was not related to Mrs. Mahoney’s disappearance, her body was eventually found Aug. 8, 1921, in a steamer trunk in the northeast end of Lake Union near the University Bridge. “The autopsy revealed that Kate had been poisoned with 30 grains of morphine, stuffed in the trunk, then had her skull smashed with a heavy blunt instrument. Two days later, Jim Mahoney was charged with premeditated murder.”¹

“The trial, held in King County Superior Court, began on September 20, 1921, and ended on October 1, 1921, when the jury, after only four hours and 40 minutes, found Mahoney guilty of first-degree murder and recommended the death penalty.”¹

Mahoney was sentenced to hang at the Washington State Penitentiary. On Dec. 1, 1922, he died on the gallows, still proclaiming his innocence.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Investigate Mystery of Missing Seattle Woman”; May 26, 1921; p. 1.

¹http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7286

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 25

May 25, 1997 – “The Twins retired number 34, worn by fan favorite Kirby Puckett” on this date.

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part3.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minnesota_Twins_34.png

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 24

May 24, 2012 – Prince's 1984 "Purple Rain" album was “among 25 sound recordings newly enshrined in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.”

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-quick-20120523,0,7988531.story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Rain_(album)#/media/File:Princepurplerain.jpg

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If you are interested in finding out more about your family history in Minnesota, I specialize in researching genealogical and historical records in Minn. and western Wis., including: census records, birth records, death certificates, obits, grave site photos, ship passenger lists, marriage records and declarations of intent/naturalization records. I will visit locations to research local history and county records, as well as take photos. Quick turnaround on MHS records. Both short searches and family history reports.

Website: TheMemoryQuilt.com ® click on Family History

Contact me at: pjefamilyresearch@gmail.com

Monday, May 23, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 23

May 23, 1965 – A memorial to St. Paul native Captain Richard E. Fleming was dedicated on this date at the South St. Paul Municipal Airport by the Marine Corp Reserve Officers Association (MCROA).

The airport is named Fleming Field after Captain Fleming, “a Navy pilot during World War II. He was, posthumously, presented the congressional medal of honor for his actions during [the Battle of Midway] on June 5, 1942.”¹
¹http://www.flemingfield.com/history.html

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain May 23, 2016,
as long as acknowledgement included.

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If you are interested in finding out more about your family history in Minnesota, I specialize in researching genealogical and historical records in Minn. and western Wis., including: census records, birth records, death certificates, obits, grave site photos, ship passenger lists, marriage records and declarations of intent/naturalization records. I will visit locations to research local history and county records, as well as take photos. Quick turnaround on MHS records. Both short searches and family history reports.

Website: TheMemoryQuilt.com ® click on Family History

Contact me at: pjefamilyresearch@gmail.com

Sunday, May 22, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: May 22

May 22, 1912 – “The Nopeming Sanatorium was opened for tuberculosis patients [on this date] about 10 miles from Duluth originally on about 270 acres of land bordering the St. Louis River valley. No pe ming, an Ojibwe word, was suggested by Rev. Frank Piquette of Sawyer meaning ‘out in the woods’ or ‘in the forest.’ St. Louis County Board of Commissioners voted September 13, 2005, to sell it. Nopeming Care Center closed in 2002.”

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part2.pdf

Nopeming Sanatorium
https://jamiedaviswrites.com/2015/02/22/nopeming-sanatorium-the-waverly-hills-sanatorium-of-duluth-minnesota/

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If you are interested in finding out more about your family history in Minnesota, I specialize in researching genealogical and historical records in Minn. and western Wis., including: census records, birth records, death certificates, obits, grave site photos, ship passenger lists, marriage records and declarations of intent/naturalization records. I will visit locations to research local history and county records, as well as take photos. Quick turnaround on MHS records. Both short searches and family history reports.

Website: TheMemoryQuilt.com ® click on Family History

Contact me at: pjefamilyresearch@gmail.com