Descendants of Peter BOWSLAUGH
Generation No. 1
1. PETER2 BOWSLAUGH (SEBASTIAN1 BOUSLAUGH) was born 1757 in Switzerland, and died 1848 in Stoney Creek, Ontario. He married MARY BROWSE.
Notes for PETER BOWSLAUGH:
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: 1DQW-DMT.
Lists that he was born in Switzerland. Lists his last name spelled BOUSLAUGH.
Previous info had indicated that he had
come to Ontario from Pennsylvania.
Notes for MARY BROWSE:
Listed in LDS Ancestral File,AFN: 1DQW-DN2
Children of PETER BOWSLAUGH and MARY BROWSE
are:
2. i. JOHN3 BOSLOW, b. 1787, New Brunswick (?);
d. 1848, Spring Grove, WI.
ii. CATHERINE BOWSLAUGH, b. Abt. 1787;
m. GEORGE ALTHOUSE.
iii. CHRISTINA BOWSLAUGH, b. 1789; m. JOHN
VANDUZER.
iv. PETER BOWSLAUGH , JR, b. 1795, Of Brimsby,
Ontario; m. DINAH NIXON, May 23, 1816.
Notes for PETER BOWSLAUGH , JR:
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, AFN: NQB5-M6
Notes for DINAH NIXON:
Listed in LDS Ancestral File, NQB5-NC
v. JACOB BOWSLAUGH, b. 1797; m. A!
NNA BEAMER.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN3 BOSLOW (PETER2 BOWSLAUGH, SEBASTIAN1 BOUSLAUGH) was born 1787 in New Brunswick (?), and died 1848 in Spring Grove, WI. He married MARY STEWART CONDON 1812 in Wentworth County, Ontario, daughter of THOMAS CONDON and MRS. STEWART.
Notes for JOHN BOSLOW:
Parents came from England.
First name may be John instead of Thomas. From "Genealogy and History of the Derthicks and Related Derricks", By Spencer and Goodpasture. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1986.
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brodhead WI with
Derrick family
Notes for MARY STEWART CONDON:
Following info from "Genealogy and History of
the Derthicks and Related Derricks", By Spencer and Godpasture. Gateway
Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1986:
Birthdate and location. Mother of Harriet Boslow Derrick. Spent 30 yrs of married life in Canada and Ohio. Came to Brodhead in 1844. Husband died a few years later.
The Condon Lumber Co. was one of the oldest
business establishments in Green!
Co. WI. Lumber for the first new buildings
in Brodhead were hauled in from Milwaukee by ox teams. The Arnold Condon
Huse at 902 1st Center Ave. was built about 1883 and is one of the historic
landmarks of Brodhead. House was purchased by Alice Condon in 1915 from
the original owner and remains in the Condon family (1984).
Cites following graves included in the Derrick family homestead burial ground:
Ransom Condon, 1841-1862 (civil war
casualty?)
Bryan Condon
>From "The Condon Clan, Descendants of Thomas Condon, Ontario, and his son Nathaniel Bloodsworth Condon, WI and Allied Lines.: Edited by Mary Poast and Dr. Arnold Condon, published by Condon Family of Brodhead, WI, Aug 5, 1983:
Mary's birthdate listed as 1795 vice 1796.
Mary Stewart Condon was born in Prince William,
New Brunswick, in 1795, the dauthgter of Thomas and Ruth. She was an older
sister of Nathaniel and came with the family to Binbrook, Upper Canada
(Ontario). When only 16, she married John Bosl!
ow and they lived near the historic town of Stoney
Creek. At least 6 children were born to them (may be in error).
The family migrated to the frontier state of Ohio before 1838. In the spring of 1844 they moved again to Wisconsin and became some of the very earliest settlers in Spring Grove, Green COunty. Several of their grown children stayed in Ohio.
Mary's husband died in 1848, only 4 years after moving to Wisconsin. She ten broke up housekeeping at 52 and moved tothe next farm where she lived with her daughter, Harriet Derrick, for 20 years. Harriet died and she then moved to Richmond, Indiana, where she lived the last 12 years with her youngest son, G.R. Boslow.
Concerning Mary's children:
1. Mary married James Edward Newson, Jan
11, 1838, in Hardin County, Ohio. They had 6 daughters, one son, and numerous
descendants. Michael CUnningham, Gilber Texas, is the son of the son of
the son of the daughter, of the daughter, of the daughter, Mary. In other
words, Ma!
ry COndon Boslow is his fourth great grandmother.
He is only 31, but wront a book on: "Genealogy and U," also a genealogy
column for 67 newspapers. He has a son age 6 and triplet daughters age
4 and works for a steel plant. In 1982 he wrote to the Brodhead COndons
requesting information on Mary Condon Boslow. Later he furnished information
on Mary Nelson and Peter Boslow.
2. Peter C> Boslow born in 1819, also stayed in Hardin COunty, Ohio. In 1846 he fonded the town of Patterson. Much later in Nov 1861, he formed CO. C of the 82nd and Ohio VOlunteer Infantry, was commissioned Captain and served 3 years.
3. Harriet married her neighbor, Frank
Derrick, son of Adolphus who came to SPring Grove from Clarence, New York.
The Derrick men were highly respected because of their CHristian conduct
and community leadership. Harriet and Frank had four sons and 3 daughters.
Of these, Frank Jr., stayed in Brodhead and was a lawyer and much admired
by everyone. He was a tall rugger ma!
n who made wonderful impersonations of Lincoln
and Uncle Sam.
Harriet's son, Paul, was perhaps Brodhead's most illustrious citizen when he retired there. Paul Derrick had gone to CHicago to learn advertising and went into that busines. He started the first nation-wide advertising campaigns, lauching Quaker Oats into their success. Later, he was prominent in New York advertising and from there he went to London and had the first American advertising agency there. He wa President of the London Chamber of COmmerce and presented American society girls to the Queen's COurt. After traveling the world, he chose to return to Brodhead where he built and lived in Panda Lodge, a beautiful Tudor style house.
4. Thomas Boslow was 22 when his father died. He probably stayed on the home farm because he was still in Spring Grove at age 37.
Ida probably married a son from the Klumb
family who lived nearby. Ida and J.J. went to Nebraska with Clinton Condon,
homsteaded in the same ar!
ea and lived next to C.C. Boslow according to
the map.
G.R. Boslow went to Richmond, Indiana. He was the youngest son according to his Mother's obituary and she died at his home, but was brought to Brodhead for burial.
Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brodhead WI with Derrick family. Tombstone reads born in 1795.
Listed in LDS IGI. Birth date listed as 1795.
Children of JOHN BOSLOW and MARY CONDON
are:
i. MARY4 BOSLOW, b. Feb 12, 1817.
ii. PETER C. BOSLOW, b. 1819.
3. iii. THOMAS CONDON BOSLOW, b. Mar 18, 1828,
Stoney Creek, Ontario.
4. iv. HARRIET A. BOSLAW, b. 1822; d. 1879, Spring
Grove, WI.
Generation No. 3
3. THOMAS CONDON4 BOSLOW (JOHN3, PETER2 BOWSLAUGH, SEBASTIAN1 BOUSLAUGH) was born Mar 18, 1828 in Stoney Creek, Ontario. He married PAULINE DERRICK Dec 11, 1853 in Spring Grove, WI, daughter of RUDOLPHUS DERRICK and LURINDA SHELDON.
Notes for THOMAS CONDON BOSLOW:
Listed in Ancestral File: ID (BBKK-JV). Birth
date listed as 1829.
Following info from "Gen!
ealogy and History of the Derthicks and Related
Derricks", By Spencer and Godpasture. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1986:
Ida lived with her grandparents (Rudolphus and Loranda) until her father,
Thomas Boslow, returned from Calif following the Gold Rush.
Think the authors got story right but for wrong person... Jacob Klumb was her father in law, not her father. However, maybe both of them went off together. But the History of Green County didn't mention anything about that in his bio.
>From "The Condon Clan, Descendants of Thomas Condon, Ontario, and his son Nathaniel Bloodsworth Condon, WI and Allied Lines.: Edited by Mary Poast and Dr. Arnold Condon, published by Condon Family of Brodhead, WI, Aug 5, 1983:
Lists birth place as Stoney Creek vice New
Brunswick, and date of 1826 vice 1828. Not all the data is believable,
since authors mixed 2 generations of children as children of John Boslow
and Mary Stewart Condon.
Notes for PAULINE DERRICK:
Living in Nebras!
ka in 1884, according to Franklin H. Derrick
bio in "History of Green County, WI", Union Publishing Co, Springfield,
1884.
Birth source confirmed in LDS IGI: Ba: 7611707 51, So: 1058390
Listed in LDS Ancestral File: ID (1J43-14). First name listed as Paulina
>From "Genealogy and History of the Derthicks and Related Derricks", By Spencer and Goodpasture. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1986.
States year of death as 1896 vice 1876.
Gives marriage date as 11 Dec 1853 vice1846.
Children of THOMAS BOSLOW and PAULINE DERRICK
are:
5. i. IDA LURINDA5 BOSLOW, b. Oct 31, 1850, Spring
Grove, WI; d. Dec 9, 1943, Olympia, WA.
ii. CLARENCE BOSLOW, b. Feb 12, 1856; d.
1929.
6. iii. MINNIE BOSLOW, b. Feb 2, 1858; d. 1890.
7. iv. ERNEST BOSLOW, b. Nov 6, 1863; d. Aug
1944.
4. HARRIET A.4 BOSLAW (JOHN3 BOSLOW, PETER2
BOWSLAUGH, SEBASTIAN1 BOUSLAUGH) was born 1822, and died 1879 in Spring
Grove, WI. She married FRANKLIN H. DERRICK Nov 18, 1846 in Spring
Grove, WI, son of RUDOLPHUS D!
ERRICK and LURINDA SHELDON.
Notes for HARRIET A. BOSLAW:
Listed in LDS Ancestral File: ID (BBKK-FC), also
(BBKK-GJ)
Notes for FRANKLIN H. DERRICK:
Has bio in "History of Green County, WI", Union
Publishing Co., Springfield, 1884. Excerpts:
Came to Green county in 1840, when he was
16 yrs old. As of 1884, owned the homestead. In 1850 he went by the overland
route to California, returning by the Nicaragua route, after a residence
of two years in the land of gold. He was sheriff of Green county from 1873
to 1875, during which time he lived in Monroe, the county seat. Till his
removal to Brodhead, in Sept 1883, except two years in Californiat and
his 2 years in Monroe, he had been a continuous resident of the homstead
farm since his father's settlement there in 1841. He was married twice,
first to Hariet Boslaw, daughter of John Boslaw, who settled in Spring
Grove about 1845. He was married in 1846, and his wife died in Oct 1871.
His present wife was Mrs. Mary A. (Williams) No!
rthrup, a native of Erie Co., NY, where she was
first married, and with her husband, settled in Rock Co., WI, in 1847.
The latter died in 1869. Mr Derrick has 6 children by his former marriage
- Theodore J., who lives on the homestead farm; Franklin R., a dentist
of Brodhead; Marl L., wife of John C. Balis, in Nebraska; Levi F., also
on the farm; Harriet E., wife of J. T. Lamson; and Peter E.
>From "History of Green County", by Helen M. Bingham,
Milwaukee; Burdick and Armitage, 1877:
As of 1876,
F.H. Derrick listed as one of largest farmers in Spring Grove with 207
acres.
Was also
listed as town official for 3 years between 1849 and 1877.
Thomas Shaff was listed with 216 acres.
Additional source: LDS IGI - 2 entries for birth (SLAKE and ALBER temples): BA: 8107107 84 So: 1260850 and Ba: 7611707 50 So: 1058390
Listed in LDS Ancestral File: ID (1J42-ZS)
Children of HARRIET BOSLAW and FRANKLIN
DERRICK are:
8. i. THEODORE J.5 DERRICK, b. Feb 25, 1848!
, Spring Grove, Green County, Wisconsin.
ii. FRANKLIN R. DERRICK, b. May 1850, Spring
Grove, Green County, Wisconsin; m. ARABELLA N. MOORE.
Notes for FRANKLIN R. DERRICK:
Dentist of Broadhead, Green County, purchased
practice a few years before 1884. According to his bio in "History
of Green County, WI", Union Publishing Co, Springfield, 1884. Excerpts:
"He succeeded Dr. Joseph S. Reynolds, in 1876, with whom he was a student
for 2 years. He is a skillful dentist, and has a large and growing practice.
Dr. Derrick is a representative of one of the early families of Green County.
Notes for ARABELLA N. MOORE:
Daughter of William H. Moore
iii. MARY L. DERRICK, b. Green County, Wisconsin; m. JOHN C. BALIS.
Notes for MARY L. DERRICK:
According to History of Green County, in 1884
the couple lived in Nebraska.
iv. LEVI F. DERRICK, b. Jul 25, 1855, Green County, Wisconsin.
Notes for LEVI F. DERRICK:
According to History of Green County, Levi in
1884 lived on the family !
farm in Brodhead.
v. HARRIET E. DERRICK, b. Green County,
Wisconsin; m. J. T. LAMSON.
vi. PETER E. DERRICK, b. Green County,
Wisconsin.
Generation No. 4
5. IDA LURINDA5 BOSLOW (THOMAS CONDON4, JOHN3, PETER2 BOWSLAUGH, SEBASTIAN1 BOUSLAUGH) was born Oct 31, 1850 in Spring Grove, WI, and died Dec 9, 1943 in Olympia, WA. She married JOHN JACOB KLUMB Jul 4, 1871 in Spring Grove, WI, son of JACOB KLUMB and REBECCA SHAFF.
Notes for IDA LURINDA BOSLOW:
No Boslows listed in 1850 Wisconsin census.
Lengthy quotes from Ida's letters contained in "Genealogy and History of the Derthicks and Related Derricks", By Spencer and Godpasture. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1986.
She described what it was like living in Rudophus' home in Green Springs, and also described namy of her aunts and uncles.
Became a teacher.
Moved to area of Aurora, NB in 1872. For a time, lived in a sod house similar to what many pioneers used in the early days.
Listed in 1921-1922 Olympia CIty Dir!
ectory: Ida L - widow JJ.; 1220 East 7th.
>From front page of Daily Olympian, Nov 18, 1941:
(With picture) Mrs. Ida L. Klumb, who celebrated her 91st birthday the other day, makes about one rage rug a month, tats delicate lace handkerchiefs for gifts to all her many friends crochets doilies and table runners and reads all the latest news inthe daily newspapers and timely material in current magazines. She uses no eyeglases when she sews.
And we know a young lady in her 20's who
can't embroider the lazy daisy stitch forhalf an hour without tiring her
eyes.
Mrs. Klumb, who was born in Wisconsin,
pioneered in Nebraska farming contry where she went through prairie first
and grasshopper plagues. She came to Olympia about 1910... Because Mrs.
Klumb cannot get out and around as she once did, she writes letters ito
her many friends, averaging anywhere from 4 to 7 a day. AT Christmas she
sends cards to at least 300 friends, including everybody from 1st grade
school chyms in !
the east to the next-door neightbor who moved
in a week ago. She never forgets a birthday.
On her recent birthday, this friendly lady spent the day receiving callers, including members of the Methodist Church and WCTU, in which she was active until a few years ago.
Last will of Ida:
"6th of Oct 1943. I wish to state
that I have changed my former plan of disposing of my funds that are in
the building and land. I formally decided in the presence of Minny and
Libby my two daughters that I did not intend to have the wilI had made
out probated and would call it null and void. And destroy te will and that
Minny was to pay all my funeral xpenses and doctor bills out of the funds
I had left at my death in the building and land as she has her name with
mine in the book I have to show that her name is there wth mine. Now what
I want to do is to change the way of disposing of the funds left in the
building and land at my death. And in case Minny my daughter should pass
away befor!
e I do that the funds be turned over to my other
daughter Libby to be disposedof in the same way as intended that Minny
my daughter was to do. Now if Minny lives longer than I do, please do not
go to much expense to lay me away. I would prefer that Mills have charge
of my funeral and the song I prefer is Blessed Assurance Jesus is Mine.
And my dress to be a black sabe (sic) with white lace at the neck and bust,
also a white ribbon bow tied inmy left side. NowI would like to have the
boys my sons, have something that belonged to me and you girls can give
each of them something and give Winifred, Dorothy, Betty, and Phyllis some
that beloned to thieir Grandma.
I have quite a number of books and if they
are not wanted by any of the children give them to the Public Library.
Give my Bible to Jean (sic) Klumb as she is the only great grandchild that
belongs to the church. Burn all my old letters and post cards. Give my
clothes to the Salvation Army and if you do not want the "frat!
her" (sic) tick give same to them. My books you
can do as you think best with. Any my pictures too. Now I want my two daughters
to dispose of these articles if they are both here when I pass on to the
other side. Now if Mr. Cesky (sic) on the west side is alive when I go,
I would like for him to preach the funeral sermon and in case he has answered
the call to come up then you can get whom you choose. Now if there is any
funds left after all expences are met ___ (sic), Minny and Libby can do
as you think best. Good by and God Bless you all is my prayer.
Mother Klumb that will be 93 years old
the 31st of Oct 1943
And I hope is my rite (sic) mind
The Last Will of Mrs. Ida L. Klumb,
Oct 6th 1943. Olympia, Wash
Witness: Kathryn LeRoy Oct 6, 1943
Harry R. Derrick Oct 6, 1943
More About IDA LURINDA BOSLOW:
Occupation: Teacher
Notes for JOHN JACOB KLUMB:
In 1915-1916 Olympia CIty DIrectory, Jacob J.
and Ida L. Klumb listed as farmer, South Bay Rd, Puget Rd.
More Ab!
out JOHN JACOB KLUMB:
Occupation: Sheriff; owned creamery
Children of IDA BOSLOW and JOHN KLUMB are:
i. FRED RAY6 KLUMB, b. Jun 9, 1872, Clarence,
Wisconsin; d. 1935, Olympia, WA; m. KATHERINE OLSON, Sep 8, 1907, Fairbanks,
Alaska.
Notes for FRED RAY KLUMB:
In 1915-1916 Olympia City Directory, Fred's business
listed as Capital City Creamery.
In 1921-1922 Olympia City Directory, he was listed as Capital City Creamery, but also Mgr. of Crane's Place; res. 405 East 12th; In 1923 Olympia City Directory, he was listed as East Bay Ave.
Bio contained in "Washington, West of the Cascades, Vol III, pp. 359-360; S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917, CHicago, Seattle, Tacoma:
F.R. Klumb, engaged in business in Olympia
as Proprietor of the Capital City Creamery, has made his home in Washington
since 1911, at which time he made his way direct to Olympia. He was born
in Brodhead, WI, Jun 9, 1872. His father Jacob J. Klumb, a native of WI,
was born in Brodhead in 1849 and in 1872 he!
removed to the west, since which time he
has been identified with ranching interests. He was married onthe 4th of
Jul 1871,to Miss Ida L. Boslaw, also a native of Brodhead.
Their son, F. R. Klumb, was but a year old
when the parents removed to Hampton, Nebraska, where he became a public
school pupil passing through consecutive grades to thehigh school, from
which he was graduated when 16 years of age. He afterward taught school
in Hamilton County, Nebraske, for two years and then entered the Rohrbaugh
Brothers Business COllege, in which he continued his studies untilFeb 1893.
Atthat date he went to Chicago andentered the restaurant business, in which
he continued untilthe 1st of June of the same year, when he was appointed
a cadet tothe U.S. Military Academy at West Point from Hamilton County
by the COngressman Heiner. He afterward returned to Chicago for four months
and then went to Aurora, Nebraska, where he filled the office of deputy
county clerk for 2 years, entering !
in the fall of 1895. At that datehe tok up the
occupation of farming in Hamilton County, where he remained for 2 ears
, and in the fall of 1897 he entered the employ of the Burlington &
Missouri Railroad Company as brakeman, running out of Lincoln, Nebraska
until Feb 1898. IN the spring of that ear he made his way to the Klondike,
ging to Dawson City, where he engaged in mining for 6 years. He afterward
spent 4 years in mining at Fairbanks, where he continued until 1908, when
he was married and took a wedding trip of 16000 miles, touring the country
for seven months. On the expiration of that periodhe returned to Fairbanks,
where he was identified with mining interests until Sep 1911. He then went
to Lynden, WA and after a brief period removed to Olympia, where he purchased
the Capital City Creamery, which he has since conducted, winning forhimself
a place among the substantial businessmen there.
It was on the 8th of Sep 1907 that Mr.
Klumb married Miss Kathryn Olson, a nati!
ve of Sweden. Their married was celebrated in
Fairbanks, Alaska, and to them have been born 5 children: Kermit, Ruth,
Mararet, and Harold and Helen, twins. Mr. Klumb is a member of the Ekls
Lodge and the Woodmen of the World and his religious faith is that of the
Presbyterian church. He belongs to the Chamber of COmerce and he gives
his political support tothe Republican Party. He is interested in all those
forces which make for good citizenship and at the same time he gives untiring
attention and effort to the upbuilding of his business, being prompted
by a valuable ambition toward the attainment of ligitimate success.
Rough notes of Winnifred Olsen suggest either
Fred or Kathryn died in Florida. Also, besides Capitaol City Creamery,
he was associated with Crane Cafeand Capitol Savings and Loan.
ii. HARRY J. KLUMB, b. Jan 4, 1875, Hampton, Nebraska; d. Dec 6, 1959; m. MAE HOWE, 1897.
Notes for HARRY J. KLUMB:
No SSN listed in SSN index for lump sum death
benefit provide!
d.
Was living in Freemon Nebraska in 1942 when his
mother died.
iii. GUY ERNEST KLUMB, b. Jun 3, 1877, Hampton, Nebraska; d. Oct 9, 1954; m. (1) HATTIE SOUTHWORTH, 1904; m. (2) OLLIE MCDOWELL, 1930; m. (3) BERTHA WHITNEY, 1944.
Notes for GUY ERNEST KLUMB:
Not listed in SSN index for having lump sum death
benefit paid.
iv. JESSE JUNE KLUMB, b. Jun 27, 1879, Hampton, Nebraska; d. Jan 1967, 98465, Washington; m. ESTHER ANDERSON, 1907.
Notes for JESSE JUNE KLUMB:
SSN 538-16-3514, as listed in SSN index for lump
sum death benefit paid. , CD 111 SNDX K451.
v. MINNIE ESTELLE KLUMB, b. Nov 29, 1889, Hampton, Hamilton County, Nebraska; d. Jul 18, 1986, Olympia, Washington; m. LEWIS EDWARD CASTLE, Jul 29, 1915, Chehalis, Washington.
Notes for MINNIE ESTELLE KLUMB:
Mom's eulogy at Minnie's funeral, July 23, 1986:
"Minnie Estelle Castle was born November
29, 1889 in Hampton, Nebraske, the fifth child and oldest daughter of John
Jacob and Ida Lurinda Klumb.
With her f!
our brothers (Ray, Hary, Guy, and June) already
in their own homes, Minnie andher younger sister, Libbie, spent their teen
years in Aurora, Nebraska. They lived above the Hamilton county jail where
their father was the sherriff.
Minnie was graduated from Aurora High School
in 1908, completed the District's Normal training program and taught one
year in a neighboring rural school. In a two room school house she taught
students from the lst grade thru high school.
Upon Libbie's high school graduation in
1910, the two girls came west with their parents to Lynden, Washington.
Again, Minnie found a rural school and taught elementary grades for two
years. The family then moved to Olympia where brothers Ray and Guy wsere
operating the Capital City Creamery.
Minnie gave up teaching to work for her
brothers and it was here -- dishing up ice cream cones -- that she met
her future husband as he came far more often than necessary to buy ice
for his shrimp business.
Minnie and Lewis!
Edward Castle were married in Chehalis,
Washington July 29, 1915 with her brother and wife Herb and Etta Castle,
standing up with them. They made their home in Olympia for the rest of
their lives.
On their first wedding anniversary they
were blessed with the arrival of the first of their 3 daughters, Winnifred.
A year and a day later, July 30, their second daughter Doroty arried. Nine
years later, another daughter, Betty Jeane, came to make their home complete.
From the first years of their marriage,
Minnie worked side by side with her husband as they owned and operated
the old City Dye Works at the corner of West Fourth and Water street, and
then for forty yhears, the Castle Cleaners on the east side at 2112 Pacific
Avenue.
There Minnie stood a the steram press,
did the spotting and mending, and waited on the public. Always a good listener,
she established many friendships with the customers who broght onot only
their cleaning into the shop but also their trials and tr!
ibulationns. Many lingered to shre their daily
experiences and concerns with Minnie.
There were very few sick days and Minnie
kept at the family business until in her 80's. It was finally closed out
after the death of her husband at the age of 88 in 1969.
Minnie and Lewis were firm believers in
education and NEVER, NEVER missed voting in a school levy election nor
did they miss an opportunity to be of help to Olympia teachers. They came
to the rescue of many when the going got tough to cash school warrants
or when teachers homes were about to be foreclosed on them. They lived
modestly to be of help to others.
They were proud of the academic and personal
accomplishments of their daughters and grandchildren. Their happiest momnents
were having their children and grandchildren together for their traditional
July 29th gathering of the clan to celebrate their wedding anniversary,
the birthdays of Win and Dot, and then Wayne. It was always a pilgrimmage
for Betty and family fr!
om Eastern Washington and Dottie from Mexico
City. Also among the special family memories are the celebrations for Minnie
and Louie's 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries.
The children and grandchildren loved the
picnics at Millersylvania Park and the Sunday night popcorn and milk. As
grandchildren arrived they loved riding in the delivery truck with their
grandfather, watching him water witch wells around Thurston County, and
goining in on the family sing-alongs. Minnie enjoyed playing the piano
and singing grandpa's favorite songs -- "Spring Time in the Rockies" and
"Utah Trail".
She avidly listened to baseball games on
the radio and then TV; enjoyed bargain shopping for groceries, did a great
deal of reading and sewed many of her own clothes.
She was a life member and past president
of the Olympia Lodge of the Degree of Honor Protective Association, a former
social member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Royal Neighbors
and the Cleaners and Dyers Association!
.
Minnie took life in stride - always working,
doing her share with few complaints and no grand expectations.
She was stoic through all her final physical
ordeals -- losing her first leg 6 years ago, the second three years ago
and two painful surgeries in 1985 and the last 10 days at St. Peter's Hospital.
While hating to leave her 7th street home
of 65 years, she graciously accepted her new life at Evergreen Convalescent
Center. She enjoyed her various room mates, the staff and her sister's
daily company the past 3 years.
She was sometimes reluctant to join the
special events at Evergreen, saying; "I don't want to go down there with
all those old ladies."
Until her last breath Friday, she was mentally
alert, had an incredible memory and a concern for the world and for those
around her.
... As she cared for her aging mother --
making a home for her for nearly 20 years -- Minnie's love of family continues
into the present generation.
As family members -- as neighbor!
s and friends --- we Salute and acknowledge the
long live of service... a lady who was a joy to know, a comfort to others,
a lister par excellant, a ready wit who wanted to live to be a hundred.
She almost made it and all are gratefujl for these many years we had here..;...
As Dr. Lux said: "She was a grand lady!!"
In 1915-1916 Olympia City Directory, Minnie's occupation listed as book keeper for Capital City Creamery; residence, with J. J. Klumb
More About MINNIE ESTELLE KLUMB:
Buried: Jul 23, 1986, Masonic Memorial Park,
Tumwater, Washington
H.S. education: Aurora H.S., Nebraska
Sorority/Fraternit: Degree of Honor;
Occupation: school teacher, seamstress
Notes for LEWIS EDWARD CASTLE:
No children by Zoe Cross.
SSN: 532-32-6446, as filed for death benefits.
Marriage with Zora Cross documented in Olympia newspaper. Marriage took place at Mud Bay by Rev. J. M. Hayes; marriage in the home of the step-father of Lewis, John Peters
>From obituaries:
Owner of Castle Cle!
aners in Olympia, died Saturday in an Olympia
nursing home. Mr. Catle had been in the cleaning business in Olympia for
43 years...He was born in Dubuque, Iowa... and came to Olympia with his
parents, Thomas and Sarah Castle, in 1892. He had been in the timber business
before buying City Dye Works in 1921. Five years later he started Castle
Cleaners on State Ave East and the Catle family are still operating the
business. Mr. Castle was a member of the AOUW, the Modern Wodmen and the
Degree of HOnor. His home was at 1418 E. 7th Ave E. ..... He operated City
Dye Works here from 1921 until 1926 and then started the Castle Cleaners
on State Avenue East.
(He was diagnosed with TB, probably about
1926...he was advised to move to a drier climate, and bought out of the
city cleaners with some sort of legal stipulation that he was never ever
to operate a cleaning establishment within the Olympia boundary again.
The lawyer Bigelow had something to do with this. When he returned,
wel!
l, he initially opened another cleaners, but
then had to move it to just beyond the city boundary.)
In 1915-1916 Olympia City Directory, Lewis Castle address listed as 431 Jefferson.
In 1917-1918 City DIrectory, Lewis E (Minnie E) listed as driver for City Dye Works; home 3rd and CHestnut.
Not listed in 1921-22, or 1923 Directory.
Affidavit of Lewis: "I, Lewis E. Castle, was born in Dubuque, Iowa March 16, 1881. My father, John Thomas Castle, and brother George came to Olympia in 1891. Mother came the following year with the rest of the children, CHarlie, Herbert, myself, Roy, and sister Frances.
Daily Olympian newspaper article about their 50th wedding anniversary, stated thatthat Castle came to Olympia from Fort Dodge, Iowa with his parents in 1892.
More About LEWIS EDWARD CASTLE:
Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Tumwater, WA
Occupation: Logger, dry cleaners
vi. ELIZABETH INA KLUMB, b. May 20, 1892,
Hampton, Nebraska; d. Jun 11, 1986, Olympia, Washington; m. HENRY OLIVE!
R TURNER, Apr 19, 1914, Centralia, Washington.
Notes for ELIZABETH INA KLUMB:
Mom's Eulogy at EE's graveside funeral at Masonic
Memorial Park, June 20, 1986:
Elizabeth Ina Turner was born May 20, 1892
in Hampton, Nebraska, the youngest of 6 children born to John Jacob and
Ida Lurinda Klumb.
With her four brothers (Ray, Harry, Guy
and June) older and in their own homes, she and her sister Minnie spent
their teen years in Aurora, Nebraska living above the Hamilton County jail
where their father was the sheriff.
She was graduated from Aurora High School
in 1910 and left Nebraska with her parents and sister a few weeks later
to settle in Lynden, Washington. Two years later the family moved to Olympia
where Ray and Guy had set up the Capital City Creamery.
Elizabeth entered nurses' training at St.
Joseph Hospital in Tacoma. A few years later she became one of the first
women in the state to be a licensed embalmer.
In 1914 she was married to Henry Oliver
Turner in Centrali!
a, where a year later they had their only child,
Phyllis Anne.
They made their home in San Diego for a
short time while Mr. Turner was in the U.S. Navy, then came to Olympia.
While their daugher attended McKinley elementary
school, both Mr. and Mrs. Turner were active in the school PTA. Mr. Turner
was a traditional feature of the school carnival performing his slight-of-hand
and magical tricks and the two conducted popular booths with their taffy
pulls.
They then moved to Tacoma where Mr. Turner
was employed by the Tuell Funeral Home. Their daughter attended Jason Lee
Junior High, graduated form Stadium High School, and then from the University
of Washington.
Mr. Turner died in 1943 and their daughter,
Mrs. Fredd Bonney, in 1973.
Life had many disappointments for Mrs. Turner
and she was frequently alone. She did practical nursing and housekeeping
for many years, worked at the Olympia Cannery, shucked Olympia oysters
during the early days of World War II, and frequen!
tly filled in as a seamstress for her sister
at the Castle Cleaners. She loved babies and was called upon by many friends
and neighbors, as well as family, to welcome newborn babies to the world.
Among the happiest occasions were tending to the early needs of her four
grandchildren...
She traditionally spent Christmas and the
coldest winter months with her daughter and son-in-law in San Carlos, California.
Fraternal affiliations for Mrs. Turner
included for many years the Pythian Sisters and the Degree of Honor
Protective Association.
An avid gardener, Libbie -- as her mother
called her -- grew prize vegetables along with an old fashioned garden
of sweet peas, roses, daisies, delphinium, peonies, lilacs and rhododendrons.
She furnished boquets from early spring
to the latest chrysanthemum for countless neighbors and friends. She shared
her baked goodies -- applesauce cake and overnight cookies -- and her homegrown
string beans and lucious raspberrries at all the famil!
y gatherings.
She faithfully trimmed her hedges, clipped
her shrubs and tied her raspberry bushes until in her 90's.
Her 90th birthday was celebrated in 1982
at the home of her sister, Minnie, with family and friends gathered for
the special day. Her grad daughter, Lisa Bonney of Seattle, entertained
the guests with a magic performance that would have undoubtedly pleased
her great-grandfather. Libbie was the "stooge" that happy afternoon, holding
the empty box from which the live doves fluttered ojt.
Mrs. Turner was blessed with some wonderful
neighbors in addition to her family. Family members apprecite the tender
loving care extended day after day the past 5 years by Joan Crosbie...
and by neighbors such as Mr. and Mrs. Bert Holmes and Dave and Dorothy
Garrett.
Mrs. Garrett expressed some of Libbie's
unique qualities in a note saying of "Grandma Turner"... "She was always
offering a helping hand and to our daughters she was a loving substitute
for their own grandmoth!
er who lived so far away. She shared with us
her wisdom, the lovely flowers from her garden, and her enthusiasm for
baseball. Those were good years and we loved her dearly."
It was ironic (and yet, perhaps, symbolic)
that the 2 sisters, Minnie and Libbie, would end up at St. Peters Hospital
on the same day in May 3 years ago -- never either one of them to return
again to their own homes.
They have been daily companions the past
3 years at the Evergreen Convalescent Center -- sharing family memories
into their 96th and 94th years. To all her nieces, grand nieces and grand
nephews on the Castle side, she will always be: Aunt EE.
She passed away after torturous surgery
and complications on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, June 11 at the age of
94 years and 22 days.
... It is fitting that we commemorate her
ashes and place them back to the bosom of her mother --- alongside her
father. It was Elizabeth who nursed and tended her dying mother the last
year of her 94 years of life!
. They are together again -- the youngest child
of the JJ and Ida Klumb family.
We salute Elizabeth... a life spen busily
working, gardening, nursing and helping others... her memory will be treasured.
Her obituary appeared in the Daily Olympian, Jun 13, 1986:
Elizabeth "Libbie" Ina Turner, 94, died
Wednesday, Jun 11, 1986, in an Olympia convalescent center.
She was born May 20,1892, in Hampton, Neb.,
and moved to Washington with her parents in 1910. She enrolled in nurses
training at St. Joseph Hospital,Tacoma, and was married to Henry Oliver
Turner on April 19, 1914. They lived in California for two yars before
returning to Olympia. The couple lived for 5 years in Tacoma. Mrs. Turner
lived therest of her lifein Olympia.
She was a practical nurse for many years
and was an avid gardener. She was a long time member ofthe Pythian Sisters
and the Degree of Honor.
Mr. Turner died in 1943 and their only
daughter, Phyllis Bonnie, died in 1970. Her survivors include four !
grandchildren, Steven Bonney, Seatle, Fred Bonney,
Midvale Utah, Marcia Fairon, Sonoma CA, and Marlene White, Walnut Creek
CA. 11 great grandchildren and a sister, Minnie. Cremated.
More About ELIZABETH INA KLUMB:
Buried: Jun 20, 1986, Cremated; ashes buried
with mother at Masonic Merorial Park, Tumwater, Washingto
H.S. education: 1910, Aurora H.S., Iowa
Sorority/Fraternit: Pythian Sisters; Degree of
Honor
Occupation: Nurse, licensed embalmer, canner,
seamstress
More About HENRY OLIVER TURNER:
Occupation: Magician, con artist
Military Service: 1915, U.S. Navy
6. MINNIE5 BOSLOW (THOMAS CONDON4, JOHN3,
PETER2 BOWSLAUGH, SEBASTIAN1 BOUSLAUGH) was born Feb 2, 1858, and died
1890. She married JACK BATES.
Children of MINNIE BOSLOW and JACK BATES
are:
i. HUGH6 BATES.
ii. LOUIS BATES.
7. ERNEST5 BOSLOW (THOMAS CONDON4, JOHN3,
PETER2 BOWSLAUGH, SEBASTIAN1 BOUSLAUGH) was born Nov 6, 1863, and died
Aug 1944. He married ELIZABETH DEWITT.
Children of ERNEST BOSLOW and !
ELIZABETH DEWITT are:
i. MARIE6 BOSLOW.
ii. CLARENCE BOSLOW.
iii. HELEN BOSLOW.
iv. FRANCES BOSLOW.
8. THEODORE J.5 DERRICK (HARRIET A.4 BOSLAW, JOHN3 BOSLOW, PETER2 BOWSLAUGH, SEBASTIAN1 BOUSLAUGH) was born Feb 25, 1848 in Spring Grove, Green County, Wisconsin. He married ELLEN PURDY Jun 5, 1873.
Notes for THEODORE J. DERRICK:
Has separate bio listed in "History of Green
County" , Union Publishing Co, 1884. Excerpts: "Mr. Derrick is one of the
enterprising men among the younger class native to this county. Excepting
an occasional absence of a few months, he has always been in this town
at the home of his father, on a part of the original purchase of 1200 acres
made by his gandfather in 1836. He now operates the farm of his father
on section 3, in company with his brother Levi, who is not married.
Notes for ELLEN PURDY:
Daughter of Henry Jones of Brodhead.
Child of THEODORE DERRICK and ELLEN PURDY
is:
i. JESSIE MAY6 DERRICK, b. May 4, 1874.