1910 - 1930 Mary Nolan delving deeper !!

1910 where are we at in the world at this time ?

Here are a few events and discoveries that were happening. Check out the washing machine date.  Thank goodness for Alva I say.

Jan 3 British miners strike for 8 hour working day

Figure 1: the first electric washing machine
called The Thor and invented by Alva Fisher

Jun 2 Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
Aug 9 Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine
Oct 5 Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic
Dec 3 Neon lights first publicly displayed (Paris Auto Show)

If you are chasing further information concerning different years, have a look here as its a easy to manoeuvre site. http://www.onthisday.com/date/1910

I sort of wanted to start off like this as to get my head back into that era. It helps me develop a picture and gives me that imagination and enthusiasm to dig further.

As I have previously mentioned our Mary was living with an Italian family in 1910, this was recorded in the census of that year. The address was 261 East St 8th St Pauls. There is mention of 6 children born with 1 now  living, (this being Robert). She is working as a domestic at a restaurant.

The interesting snippet of info that I get from the above 1910 census entry is the 6 children born. I have found no further details regarding other births for Mary, besides Robert at all and unfortunately I feel this might not be able to be verified.

Keeping with the timeline, Mary's only surviving child, Robert marries in 1918 in Missouri.

We next find her in 1920 at 423 East St 7th St Pauls where she is listed as a lodger and gives her occupation as a dishwasher at a restaurant. Her age is given as 50 years.
I have tried to research the street addresses for St Pauls where our Mary was residing but I am having difficulty narrowing down specifics.

Figure 2 : Map of Saint Paul 1903

I did come across this map above of St Paul in 1903 on a great site and felt this gave me an idea of the layout of the city around that period.

There are a series of streets, named 5th, 6th, 7th to name some examples that run parallel to each other.

The shaded  grid area looks to be the inner city area and East St 7th seems to be located on the upper right hand side of this section. You will also notice the Missippi River runs right through the city.

The map is from this site here, which is a great research tool and can be purchased as well.

St. Paul and Minneapolis Maps (click on the blue link to take you to the page).

As a bit of extra information, when Robert, Mary's son filled in his Registration Card in 1917 for WWl he lists his mother as being dependant on him.

Mmmmm interesting,  does that mean Mary was unable to work at that time ?  Going back to the 1920 Census she is working as a dishwasher at a restaurant. 

My next question is where did Mary reside between the years of 1920 to 1930 as in the 1930 US Census we find her having moved to Kansas City. To find further information on this I will have to look in the Directories and see if I can track her down.

Alas that is a job for another time.

Tune it for next week where I will be looking at Mary - from 1920 onwards with her move to Kansas City 

Hope you have enjoyed the read and I am off to have a cuppa :)

Theres something about Mary .............. 1895 - 1910.

Now where are  we with Mary ???

After guzzling my super strong black coffee, I have come back to delving into Mary and tracing her whereabouts after the supposed death of her husband Thomas Logie.

But just to make the puzzle even harder and more confusing I came across this information from the
1895 Minnesota Territorial and State Census.

St Paul Ward 8, Ramsey County, 1895
Logie, Maru/Mary, age 36, born Ireland
242 Sherburne? Ave
Robert Logie (image looks like Logir), born c1888, Minnesota.
Also living at 242 Sherburne are Thomas Nolan (age 55, born Ireland) and Ellen Nolan (age 50, born Ireland).  

Ahhhh interesting. No Thomas Logie, Marys husband is not listed at all in the record so that leaves me to ponder.
Where was he ? 
Was he deceased at this stage ?
What was his occupation ?
Was he a soldier ?
I have so many unanswered questions in regards to Thomas, which I think will remain like that for a long time to come. I have absolutely no clue as to what happened to him.





Alas moving forward we go and with that back on track to Mary.

The details from the 1900 US Census see Mary and Robert living with her parents Thomas and Ellen Nolan. Mary is now listed as a Widow. The address details are very hard to make out in this entry but if anyone is looking for a challenge the information is free available online  and I will provide the link below.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M936-G4Y

Household	Role	Gender	Age	Birthplace
Thomas Nolan	Head	M	68	IRELAND
Helen Nolan	Wife	F	65	IRELAND
Mary Logie	Daughter	F	35	MINNESOTA
Robert J Logie	Grandson	M	13	MINNESOTA

Mary Logie
States her birth year and month as being 1865, December, birthplace Minnesota.
Lists herself as a widow
8 years married
6 children with only 1 living
Occupation Domestic
2 months not employed
Can  read and write.
Robert J Logie
States his birth year and month as being 1887, November
Father born Michigan
At school
Attended school 9 months of the year .
Can read or write.

Now with this information we can assume that Thomas Logie died prior to 1900 and I suspect even prior to 1895, but nothing verifies that deduction. Its interesting to see that Mary has had six children with only one living, this being our Thomas. There is further mention of this on Mary's death certificate in 1934.
 Once again there is conflicting information as to where Mary was born, here its stated Minnesota, but in previous census entries it has stated Ireland.
We can get a rough marriage year from this as well, which works out to be approximately 1892. The mind boggles as to think 'were Marys six children born from this marriage'.


Mary is listed in the 1904 and 1909  St Pauls City Directories below:

1904 St. Paul city directory
Logie, Mrs. Mary, dom 445 Jackson, rooms 492 Miss.

1909 St. Paul city directory
Logie, Mary (wid Thos), dom 225 E. 7th, resides 261 8th
Logie, Robt  teamster, boards 261 8th

Jumping forward we find her in the 1910 US Census and this gives us some interesting information. She is boarding with an Italian family and is listed as a Domestic at a Restaurant. There is a major transcription error on the census form and I have concluded that I make her out to be our Mary Logie.
Her son Robert is not with her at this time and I do find him listed as a Boarder elsewhere in St Pauls working as a Helper at a Steam Plant. We will continue on with Robert at a later stage.

Household	Role	Gender	Age	Birthplace
Joe Rigtrotone	Head	M	50	Italy
Jella? Rogentine	Wife	F	39	Italy
William Rogentine	Son	M	21	Minnesota
Joseph Rogentine	Son	M	18	Minnesota
Ella Rogentine	Daughter	F	14	Minnesota
Mamie Logie	Roomer	F	45	Minnesota

Mamie Logie (transcription error)

I wanted to try to understand and get an idea of where the family lived, what they did for a crust and how they survived.

SO MANY WHYSssssssssssss

Gosh if only I had a time machine, wouldn't that be fantastic.




In my next entry I will try to learn  abit more about the area of St Pauls and why the family chose Minnesota.