Minerd Family History

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1	Anna was the widow of William Gull of East Bergholdt, County Suffolk, England.	Family: F281
2	Marriage may have been January or June	Family: F280
3	of French and Menominee descent	Charles ALAVOINE
4	John had heart surgery in the summer of 2006, entered a nursing home, but did not recover. He was 85 when he died.	John Bartasavich
5	Loretta and John lived in their home in DuBois for 57 years.	John Bartasavich
6	According to Lois Blew: At one time he had a speciality goods store with a team or horses and a wagon. This may have been in IL as the Census record gives his occupation as "clerk groc. store" The family had milk cows while farming in Nebraska; they fastened a rope between the house and the barn for guidance during blizzards; and they had a cellar for shelter during cyclones. Henry died of typhoid fever; although she is not sure (today) whether he was living in Omaha, NE or in Chicago, Ill. (5/2006)	Henry Clay BILLINGS
7	According to Lois Blew: Jennie was about 3 when her family moved to Nebraska. Jennie was a teacher after she finished school. After she married Earnest Blew the couple moved to Chicago, IL. The family moved to Niagara Falls, ONT when their daughter Lois was about 3. Eventually the family settled in Niagara Falls, NY so that the children could retain their US citizenship. At one point, Jennie was bedridden with Rhumatism (arthritis); she went to the Kellogg Sanitorium south of Buffalo, NY, but didn't find relief. After hearing about a program developed by Dr. Hayes of Caledonia, NY, in which protein and carbohydrates were not eaten together, they hired a trained nurse and Jennie recovered. The family had hired help, generally for the domestic work, as Jennie preferred to care for the children herself. A Polish woman named Mary Beechy worked as a cook for the Blew's for 25 years. She had a young daughter that lived with her at the house and several grown sons that were on their own. On her day off she went to the moive show and the vaudeville show afterward. Jennie taught Mary to read from the newspaper; Lois remembersM Mayr ordering groceries over the phone. One day Alena asked Mary how she felt. Mary replied "Chesterfield." Alana asked Jennie what Mary meant when she said "Chesterfield." Jennie, thinking of the Canadian word for couch, replied, "I think she wants to lie down." But in reality, Mary was making a pun about Chesterfield cigarettes. Jennie took his husbands kidding with a good spirit, often giving what Lois called a "crazy" response. Lois remembers having a "very nice" Uncle Ned who lived out west. (Edward Billings, Jennie's brother, lived in Washington state with his own family) A cousin of Jennie Blew saved buttons. They are now in a museum in Biloxi (sp) Mississippi.	Jennie Lavonne BILLINGS
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9	from 1980's address list 228 Knollwood Drive Dekalb, IL 60115	Ruth Billings
10	1860 Census gives his age as 47	Warren BILLINGS
11	1880 Census gives his age as 67	Warren BILLINGS
12	According to Lois, Warren acted as the bread winner for the family when the father died from typhoid fever.	Warren Eastman Billings
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15	According to Lois Blew : Beryl's mother, Clara Smith Blew, died in childbirth. Beryl was about 6 months old when she came to live with ER and Jennie. The only food that she tolerated was shredded wheat. Her father, Alva Blew, worked on the docks in Boston. He contracted malaria thru contact with the ships. For a time, he was bedridden and then found that he was unable to work in his previous position. He was invited by his brother, Earnest, to work for Spirella in Niagara Falls, which he did. He ended up with a blood clot that affected his heart and died when Beryl was about 12. Earnest and Jennie adopted her so she would not be alone. Beryl and her son, Stevie, lived with Jennie and Earnest while her husband, Daryl Bloom was in the service in Italy. Beryl was in intense pain before her death. Lois wanted to come from TX and help Daryl care for Beryl, but she had just had major surgery and was in no shape to help.	Beryl Francis Blew
16	1/07 As Lois remembers it, Ethel died of some sort of liver problem.	Cora Ethel Blew
17	1/07 Lois remembers that Ethel took piano and voice lessons at a Catholic convent in Canada.	Cora Ethel Blew
18	According to Lois, Ethel was very humorous and made everything fun. Some of her children may live in Hamilton, Ontario Canada and another in California. Ethel died at her parents home, according to Lois (5/2006)	Cora Ethel Blew
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20	According to Lois (in 2007), "Ralph" died of telescoping of the bowels. She remembers her parents saying this little boy was very smart and personable.	Earnest Ralph Blew
21	According to Lois Blew: Harry and Ernie Blew worked at Spirella in Canada and they had homes on River Rd with a view of the falls. Ernie and Mary's home was built for them. From newspaper article about ER becoming president and general manager: "The new president, Mr. Blew, is a resident of NF, ONT, and has been connected with the Spirella company for 22 years. In 1942, he was elected vice president and two years ago was named deputy general manager. He has been a director for 12 years and, in 1950, was elected treasurer, a post he will continue to hold. Mr. Blew was educated in local public schools and attended Burdett College, Boston, MA, where he was graduated in business administration in 1929. He is married and has three sons and one daughter."	Earnest Roscoe Blew, II
22	According to Lois Blew: ER Blew was born in Shelldrake, NY. His family moved to Nebraska shortly thereafter. Earnest had fair skin and auburn hair. He was musical and sang in a quartet when a young man. ER grew up on a farm and didn't want to be a farmer. He first worked as a teacher in Nebraska. He married Jennie Billings and they moved to the Chicago area. The 1900 Census shows them living on W 61st Street. ER got a job selling encyclopedias door to door. He traveled a great deal and purchased spoons from various cities for Jennie. The family spent some time in Texas and it seems that their second daughter was born there. Earnest and Jenny also lived on Morgan Park, Chicago and kept a pony there for the children. Eventually he got a job at Spirella Corset Co. located in Niagara Falls, Ontario. (Corsets were also sold door to door and ER joked that they "lived off the fat of the land") The family moved to Canda and rented an apartment or small house that waslocated on Victoria Street near a Club of some sort - perhaps a Croquette Club - and then moved to a house facing the River Road. The 1911 Census has them living at 291 River Road. Sometime before 1920, ER moved his family to a home at 738 Park Place, Niagara Falls, NY. It may have been 1914, just before WWI, as Lois remembers the newspaper boy coming down the street and handing out papers that told about the war. She also remembers that Mr Woolworth lived at the corner of Park Place and Main St., across from the post office. ER bought his parents, William and Mina Blew, a home in Niagara Falls, and they came from IL to live there. Lois remembers going over, as a teenager, to listen to the victrola. She also remembers her Grandmother making ginger cookies and putting them out for the squirrels. Jennie and Earnest raised their granddaughter Charlene Jacobson from infancy, after their daughter Florence died of influenza. When Charlene was about 12, her father Bernard Jacobson, remarried and had Charlene come to live with him. The Blew's also raised Beryl, the daughter of Earnest's brother, Alva Blew, after his wife Clara Smith died. Alva died from a blood clot at a young age and Jennie and Earnest adopted Beryl. Beryl and her children, Steve and Jennie, lived with Jennie and Earnest while her husband Daryl Bloom was in the war. Lois remembers "Papa" (ER) and Stevie going hand and hand into the basement to fix Stevie's wooden truck. Papa would saw a piece of a wooden curtain rod and use it for a replacement wheel. ER is buried at Riverdale Cemetery near Stella Niagara Catholic School (?), in Lewiston NY along with wife Jennie, daughter Florence, his youngest brother Wirt Blew, Wirt's wife, Evelyn, and her parents, Mr and Mrs Guest. Several others are buried there as well. There are three plots : one in ER's name and two in Jennie's. ER visited Sheldrake and saw that a marker was erected in remembrance of his uncles that died in the Civil War. Some of ER's jokes: A man couldn't decide which woman to marry. One was very beautiful; the other homely but with a beautiful voice. After the wedding night, upon waking in the morning, he looked at his new wife and said, "For God's sake, SING!" Earnest had a Fox Terrier which was barky and bouncy. ER would stare at the dog and then push out his false teeth at which the dog would jump around and bark. He often joked: If I had my life to live over, I'd live over a delicatessen. He always called his wife, Mrs. Blew or Mother. She would say her bank account was 'all run down' and he would reply: What do you want me to do? Wind it up? While Earnest was living (or staying) at his cottage in Silver Bay, near Port Colburn, ONT on Lake Erie, he went to purchase a puppy from an ad in the newspaper. He was in his 60's, retired and not very robust in health. When the lady of the house came to the door, he said jokingly, "Here I am, a man, 80 years old and this is the first dog I've ever bought." The woman looked at him and replied, "Why, you don't look a day over 70!" Once when traveling in South Carolina, Earnest found a family by the name of Blew and stopped by the home to see if they might be relations. A black woman came to the door and he, assuming she was the maid, asked, "May I speak to the lady of the house ?" She replied, "I am the lady of the house!" Earnest would sit in a rocker looking out the frount window. Each day a young woman came by in high heels. The sound of her heels could be heard even before she was visible. "Mother," Earnest would say to Jennie, "there goes Toots."	Earnest Roscoe BLEW
23	Birth place is from 1900 Census	Edith Belle Blew
24	Had the olive complexion. Edith and her husband lived in Chicago. One of their sons was killed by a car not far from their home. The accident was witnessed by the father. Both parents suffered mentally and eventually moved from that house and the scene of the accident.	Edith Belle Blew
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26	According to Lois Blew: Florence was good looking and very well liked. More than one man told Lois that he had been in love with her sister. Florence married Bernard Jacobson over some objections of her family. Her parents, not willing to cause a division in the family, relented and they had a small wedding at the family home. Florence died when her first baby was just 10 days old; she was 21.	Florence Emily Blew
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28	from address list 4001 Washington St Niagara Falls, NY 14305 1-716-282-3548	Joan Elizabeth Blew
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30	According to Lois: Two characteristics that have been passed down to some in the Blew family are: an olive complexion and a brown birth mark. Lois had both. When she just a young girl and was living in Niagara Falls, ONT, Canada and was brought to the US side, perhaps for some shopping, she saw the American flag and said, "Look, the Morgan Park flag!" (Morgan Park, Chicago, IL was her first home) Often during meals her father would tell her to "spit the rag out" because she was talking too much ('chewing the rag'). Lois took piano lessons as a girl. She says that she didn't continue because she didn't like to practice. She also remembers the newpaper boy carrying a bag of papers and yelling "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" The news that day was of WWI. Mr. Woolworth, of Woolworth's Five and Dime, lived at the corner of Park Place and Main Street, across the street from the Niagara Falls Post Office. Lois attended Knox School for Girls in Cooperstown, NY for 2 years. The school shared the facility with a hotel in the summer. Eventually, the school moved to a location on the Hudson River. When Lois and Art were married, they lived in the 'little house' on the farm. There were "peonies galore" near this house. Lois' father, ER Blew, paid to reshingle the house and to put a hard wood floor inside. (This may also be the home that had a stairway opened up on the living room side and a railing added.) When Lois was near her due date with her first child and was visiting at her parents home, she went into convulsions and ended up in a coma for several days. Lois was taken to the hospital by ambulance. The baby died and was buried by his grandfathers: Earnest Blew and George Cothran. This is when the plots were purchased in the Oakland Rural Cemetery. (She may have had a miscarriage before this pregnancy.) Her uncle Wirt was fatally ill with appendicitis and in the hospital at the same time. Lois remembers taking her boys to a local doctor and liking him real well. He was young, sensitive and caring. She says he died of a heart attack not long after and she feels he just wasn't emotionally strong enough to be a doctor. One day Art fell asleep in a glider while smoking a cigarette. Some of the ash dropped on his shirt and started a fire. Lois threw a pan of water on him, which, unfortunately, he did not appreciate. Another time, in preparation for a dinner party for some rich, particular, German guests, Art asked his mother's helper, a tall, thin woman named Hannah to clean their home. At the time, they were living in a winterized cottage on the lake that was owned by Art's father, George. Hannah worked hard and got the place sparkling. Then Art decided to remove a stump near the house to make the property look better before the guests arrived. He put dynamite in the stump and when it blew up it broke the windows and sent dirt flying into the house. Art had to purchase and install new glass in the windows and Hannah had to reclean. Hannah pretended to kick Art in the backside for the trouble caused, and fell down on the floor because she was wearing a straight dress. The guests came and were impressed. (It seems there was more to the story - perhaps the picnic table was brought into the house to be used for the dining table as it was bigger...) At one of the houses in which Art and Lois lived, Uncle John Cothran lived next door. He had married a woman with the last name of 'Cochrane'. He was a science professor in Minnesota at one time. His brother George said that John could learn more from sitting on a book than he could reading one. When he was learning to fly, friend Al Leo Wolf took Lois and Art up in an airplane and he flew them over Niagara Falls. Lois remembers that in the winter ice would build up near the bridge across the Niagara River. People would venture out on it, or even make their way across the river. One day when she was visiting at her brother ER Jrs home, the ice gave way. A newly married couple floated down the river and perished over the falls. Art and Lois lived in Japan after WWII. They lived in military housing off the base and had a military car for their use. Lois remembers being very happy Happy there (although she said she gained weight) Lois enjoyed telling some old jokes and funny stories that she had heard from family thru the years: 2 patients were sitting on a bench in front of an insane asylum. A truck passed with a load of manure in it. One called to the driver, "Where are you going with all that manure?" The answer came back, "We're going to put it on the rubarb." The patient looked at his friend and said, "And they call US crazy! I put sugar on mine" A woman went with her husband to the doctor. After he had been in with the doctor for a while, the doctor came out and said, "I don't like the way your husband looks." The woman replied, " I don't either, but he is such a good father." One day Lois planned a luncheon with some of her friends from her congregation. She arranged for one of the ladies to bring some Chinese food and her son Jay helped set up a table large enough to accomodate everyone. With table set, Lois sat down to wait for her guests to arrive. She waited and waited, but no one came. Finally she got on the phone and found out that she had neglected to invite anyone!	Lois Lavonne BLEW
31	Death notice for her brother William Wirt Blew has her name as Mrs. Marie Stewart of Santa Mar..., CA According to Lois, Minnie lived in CA with her daughter. 1/07 According to Lois Minnie had the olive complexion.	Minnie Myrtle Blew
32	Orlo had olive complexion. The Old Testament has a similiar name spelled Elhanan. An ancestor's name was Elijah Elhanon Dickinson.	Orlo Elhanon Blew
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34	According to Lois Blew: Harry had olive complexion. When Harry and his brother, Ernie, worked for Spirella, Canada, they lived near one another on River Road. Their homes were up on a hill away from the road and they had a good view of the falls. Pud built his home (or had his home built), but Harry may have bought a home that was already built. At that time in Canada, people with modest incomes could afford beautiful furnishings that often came from England or Europe, and they both had lovely homes. Lois and her mother, Jennie, were attending a Jehovah's Witness convention in NY Yankee Stadium. They traveled by train, and had just checked into the hotel when the phone rang. Her brother, Ernie, said to Lois, "I have bad news. You better have mother sit down." Jennie, however, stood up straight and said, "Whatever it is, I can take it standing up." She took the news that her son Harry had died, without flinching.	William Harry Blew, Sr
35	from 1980's address list Oak Street Lewiston, NY 14092 716-754-7599	William Harry Blew, Jr.
36	According to Lois Blew: William had olive complexion. He was born and raised in Sheldrake, NY. William attended a boarding school in Lima, NY, which was later attended by Art Cothran Sr's sister Muriel. 5/2006 According to Ernie F Blew: William joined, or tried to join, the Union Army after his brothers were killed in battle. He says that Williams parents followed after him and brought him back home. He was under age at the time (16?).	William Mulby BLEW
37	According to Lois Blew: William was friendly and well liked. His mother Mina was still living when he died. According to an obituary: "Mr. Blew was a past president and honary member of the Rotary Club of Niagara Falls, ONT, director and member of the Lions Club of this city, also member of Tracy Lodge, F. & A. M., Chicago, Il and NIagara Chapter No. 200, R.A.M., this city."	William Wirt Blew, Sr.
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39	According to Lois BLew: Lois recalls Daryl as being quiet and somewhat shy. Daryl worked for the Carboundum Company in the Lewiston area where he also lived. He worked the third shift. The company sent him to work in Australia for a while. His family went with him and they told of seeing many large snakes there.	Daryl W. Bloom
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41	Family Ancestors based on research of Jeanne and Les Rentmeester, Published in The Wisconsin Creoles, 1987. Known as "Queen Marinette" in the area of Marinette, WI. The city was named for her.	Marie "Marinette" Chevalier
42	Survived by her husband and son and three granddaughters.	Evelyn Belle Cochran
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46	Art's father bought a plot in Youngstown for family members. Grandma Lois is to be buried there. Jerry and Jay both have place there. Art's brothers Don and Harold are buried there. One night Art was home with his brothers and sister while their parents were out. They had a pillow fight and the ticking broke sending feathers everywhere. The kids picked up all the feathers and threw them out the window to "get rid of the evidence". Art went to Colgate ................ , which is now Rensaleer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, NY. He met Lois at a the Prospect House in Niagara Falls, at dance that she attended with another young man. Art was in the 'stag' line and cut in on a dance and was introduced by Lois' partner. Lois went home with her date, but she didn't go inside; Art came by and they spent time together. He called on her again and she believes that they were married that fall. They were married at the Presbyterian Church in Niagara Falls, which Lois had attended a few times with a neighbor girl. A dinner and dance was held in the biggest hotel in Niagara Falls. They didn't have any pictures taken as Lois didn't want any. When they left for the honeymoon the top was down on the car and rice that was thrown by the guests collected in the top. When they put it up later, the rice flew into the streets. They honeymooned in New England, and might have gone to Boston. Art had a friend Julie who lived across the lake in Canada. Her mother held dances in their home which were open to American men. Julie married Warren Perry and they were friends with Art and Lois for years. When Art was in the Navy and stationed at Great Lakes, IL, he was asked to play Santa at an entertainment for children. Art was to travel on a helicopter and dress for the part after arriving. An officer escorted him to the waiting area, when a phone rang and he answered it. Afterward he said to Art, "It was some dumb cluck who wanted to know if Santa Claus was here." Cothran Farm: 5 miles out side of Youngstown, NY on Lake Road. Cothran Rd will be on the right. Pass Niagara Frontier Golf Course, some woods and the first house on the left is the Cothran property. The road to the lake is (was?) 500 feet past the house. From obituary: "Cora Gushee, Porter town historian, said the history of the Town of Porter "would say that the Cothran's were very prominent fruit growers and among the first fruit growers in the area." ......The family was a major landowner in early Porter as well, they said. Cothran Road, located east of Youngstown between Lake Road and Younstown-Wilson Road, bears testament to the family name.......Mrs. Cothran said the Cothran farms grew peaches, many types of apples and cherries. The fruit was shipped to all parts of the United States. She said her husband gave up farming when he was close to the age of 40 to join the Navy, and served in the Seabees branch of the Navy for 22 years, retiring as chief petty officer. "	Arthur Herbert COTHRAN
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48	Death year from gravestone; last two digits somewhat unclear in picture.	Christiana Cothran
49	Phelps Family History says birthday is June 11 1849 Survived by his wife and 6 children: William T of Gallup, NM; Mrs. ET Wilson of San Antonio, TX; Bert of Youngstown, NY; John C. of Arlington, NJ; Flora E and Floyd at home. Funeral services were held in his home on the Slayton Settlement Rd.	Daniel Van Valsen COTHRAN
50	These siblings were living at the time of his death:Harold B Cothran of Belize, South America, Arthur H Cothran of Mary Ester, FL; Mrs. Muriel Curtis of Sarasota, FL, and Mrs. Virginia C Hammond of Wilmington, NC. Don paid for Aunt Rachel's funeral (the sister of his mother, Sarah).	Donald Francis Cothran