Marion L CLAASSEN

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1987-MN-032048

Notes:

His birth was reported in the Omaha World-Herald on October 6, 1904, in a brief entry in “South Omaha Brevities”: “Births reported at the city clerk’s office yesterday were: Frank Augustine, 3706 R Street, boy.”

In the 1922 Minneapolis city directory, he was a mechanic for L E Robinson. He lived at 5723 Lyndale Avenue S.

In the 1924 Minneapolis city directory, he was still a mechanic. He lived with his stepfather (and, presumably, his mother) at 1611 E 22nd.

In the 1927 Minneapolis city directory, Marion and his stepfather and two other men (Frank West and Albert Besser) had a syrup manufacturing business called Claassen & West at 1414 E Hennepin. Robert and Marion lived at 353 N E Garfield.

In the 1928 and 1929 Minneapolis city directories, Marion lived at 2833 Fremont Ave S, the same address as his stepfather.

His father was born in the “United States” in the 1930 census.

In the 1932 Minneapolis city directory, Marion, his mother, and his stepfather lived at 3845 35th Avenue S. Marion was a serviceman for Diamond Tire Sales Co. Robert was a driver.

In the 1936 city directory, Marion is a gas attendant for Diamond Tire Sales Co. He lives at 2639 Grand Avenue.

In the 1937 city directory, Marion is a station attendant at Diamond Tire Sales Co. He lives at 2639 Grand Avenue.

Apparently lived at 3744 18th Avenue S. in Minneapolis.

Cleverly hidden somewhere in the 1940 census.

His wife Margaret was the informant for his death certificate. They lived at 3744 18th Avenue South. Marion was an electrician for the Soo Line. He died from lung cancer. His death certificate gave his father’s name as Robert Claassen and his mother’s name as Leona Benjamin.

His middle name was Laurence according to the Whiteley family tree on Ancestry.

Died:
Abbot Northwestern Hospital

Marion married Margaret Frances Luella HARDIN on 3 Nov 1945 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Margaret was born on 8 Apr 1916 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 1 Feb 2001 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1951-MN-023613

Notes:

In the 1899 Omaha city directory, Frank is a clerk for Harry Tavender. He resides at 561 S 30th.

In the 1900 Omaha city directory, Frank is a clerk residing at 3901 Q.

In the 1901 Omaha city directory, Frank is a clerk residing at 3805 Q.

The Omaha newspaper reported, on May 7, 1901, “A very valuable colt belonging to Frank Augustine, Thirty-ninth and Q streets, was found dead in the barn yesterday morning.”

In the 1902 Omaha city directory, Frank resides at 3805 Q.

In the 1905 Omaha city directory, he lives at 3608 R and is employed as a clerk.

In the 1906 Omaha city directory, he lives at 3805 Q (his father’s residence) and is employed as a “colr.”

In the 1907 Omaha city directory, he lives at 3805 Q (his father’s residence) and is employed as a grocer at that address.

He was arrested in Omaha on February 4, 1907, for “wife abandonment.” On February 14th, he applied for a divorce from Leona, alleging that she attacked him with a razor, had shot at hime with a revolver and had made attempts on his life. He asked for custody of their children.

In the 1908 Omaha city directory, he is a clerk for Reliable Credit Co. and resides in South Omaha.

A brief mention in the Omaha newspaper on 27 Sep 1908 is that Frank Augustine had left for Minneapolis where he charge of an office in that city.

In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, Frank is a manager for the Minneapolis Financial Co. and rooms at 725 E 17th Street.

A Frank C Augustine is shown in a supplement to the Hennepin County listings in the 1910 census. He seems to a lodger living at 308 2nd Avenue South but there is no age or occupation or place of birth shown.

In the 1910 and 1911 Minneapolis city directories, Frank is still a manager for the Minneapolis Financial Co. and rooms at 3435 Fremont Avenue N.

In the 1913 Minneapolis city directory, Frank is a manager for Southern Investment Co. and rooms at 1818 Nicollet Avenue.

Listed in the 1914 Minneapolis city directory as Frank C. Augustine, manager Southern Investment Co., resides at 3748 29th Avenue South.

In the 1915 Minneapolis city directory, Frank apparently has a meat store at 2814 E 38th Street, is a manager for Southern Investment Co., and boards at 3756 29th Avenue S. In addition, Mrs. Frances E Augustine boards at flat 2, 2539 Hennepin Avenue.

Frances and Frank were married and living at 2539 Hennepin Avenue at the time of their son’s birth in June of 1915.

In the 1916 Minneapolis city directory, Frank was a manager for the American Loan Association. He lived at 905 Franklin Avenue W, flat 11. In that same directory, Mrs. Frances E Augustine resided at 2808 West 38th.

In the 1918 and 1919 Minneapolis city directories, Frank was a manager for the American Loan Association and resided at 721 13th Avenue S. In the 1919 directory, Marie G Augustine, the widowed wife of his brother Martin, also lives at the 721 13th Avenue address.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Minneapolis as Frank Charles Augustine. At that time, he and Mae lived at 721 13th Avenue South. He was an office manager for C. M. Boyce whose business was in the New York Life Building. He is indicated as being of medium height and build, dark blue eyes and light brown hair, and deaf on his draft card.

In the 1920 Minneapolis city directory, Frank is a manager for the American Loan Association and resides at 3756 29th Avenue S. Marie G Augustine is also at that address.

He and his family were living at 3756 29th Avenue at the time of the 1920 census. The family consisted of Frank C., 38, May, 39, Marie (“daughter”), 22 and a widow, Flavian (“granddaughter”), 5, Eugene (“grandson”), 4.1, Marie (“granddaughter”), 2.2, and Ralph M. (“grandson”), 0.8. Frank was born in Wisconsin, his father in France, and his mother in Wisconsin. For May, it is Minnesota-Illinois-Illinois (in the 1930 census it is Minnesota-Wisconsin-Pennsylvania). For the older Marie, it is Iowa-Iowa-Minnesota. For Flavian, Eugene, and the younger Marie, it is Illinois-Wisconsin-Iowa. For Ralph, it is Minnesota-Wisconsin-Iowa. Everyone’s last name is shown as Augustine. Frank’s occupation is a broker in a loan office.

In the 1922 Minneapolis city directory, Frank C does loans at 417 Palace Building and groceries at 2814 E 38th Street.

In the 1924 Minneapolis city directory, Frank C Augustine has a large-print entry saying he does loans and investments at 817 Palace Building. His telephone number is Geneva 1945. He resides at 3756 29th Avenue S. Marie Augustine lives at that same address.

In the 1928 Minneapolis city directory, Frank has a bold-print entry for F C Augustine & Co, Frank C Augustine, manager, that does loans and collections at 214-215 Lumber Exchange. His telephone number is Geneva 2981. A separate entry shows he resides at 3752 29th Avenue S. This business, a partnership with Elmer Bear, was dissolved on July 10, 1928, with Bear carrying on the business by himself.

In the 1930 Minneapolis city directory, Frank still has a bold-print entry for F C Augustine Co., Frank C Augustine, manager of collections and adjustments, at 817 Palace Building, telephone Geneva 2063. In a separate entry, he and Mae G reside at 4943 31st Avenue S.

At the time of the 1930 census, Frank, Mae, and Ralph were living at 4943 31st Avenue in Minneapolis.

In the 1932 city directory, he had a bold-print entry for the F C Augustine Co, collections and adjustments, 348 Loeb Arcade. He and Mae G lived at 4943 31st Avenue S.

In the 1935 city directory, the separate entry for the F C Augustine Co. is no longer in bold print. It’s at 348 Loeb Arcade. He and Mae reside at 2 S 11th.

In the 1936 city directory, the F C Augustine Co. still does loans at 348 Loeb Arcade. In addition Frank C Augustine does loans at 300 Lumber Exchange. He and Mae still reside at 2 S 11th.

In the 1937 city directory, the F C Augustine Co. does loans at 347 Loeb Arcade. He and Mae live at 36 S 12th, apartment 7.

In the 1938 city directory, the F C Augustine Co. does loans at 511 Hennepin Avenue. He and Mae G live at 2917 39th Avenue S. His father, John H, is also listed at that address.

In the 1939 city directory, Frank and Mae G live at 3047 Hennepin Avenue.

In the 1940 city directory, Frank and May live at 2006 Park Avenue, apartment D.

In the 1940 census, Frank and Mae live at 2006 Park Avenue. Frank is unemployed, not looking for work, and is deemed unemployable. Frank is a high school graduate, Mae has an eighth-grade education.

In the 1941 city directory, Frank and Mae G live at 2008 Park Avenue, apartment B.

In the 1942 city directory, he and Mae live at 2008 Park Avenue, apartment B1.

In the 1948 city directory, he and Mae live at 1920 4th Avenue S where he has a repair shop. Eugene and Dolores live at this same address.

In the 1950 city directory, he and Mae still live at 1920 4th Avenue S.

In the 1950 census, he and Mattie G. live at 1920 4th Avenue S.

According to his death certificate, he was the “owner of a fix-it shop.” He died at his home at 1920 4th Avenue South. He was married to Mae at the time of his death and Mae (“Mae G. Augustine”) was the informant for the information on his death certificate. The doctor who had treated him since 1945 said on Frank’s death certificate that Frank died of a problematic coronary obstruction. The doctor went on to say that Frank “has had coronary disease and hypertension for several years and had a cerebral hemorrhage in 1947.”

His obit in the Star said he resided at 1920 4th Ave. S. and his wife was Mae G. He had two sons, Marion and William, and one daughter, Leona. And he had one brother, John Schneider of Milwaukee.

Died:
at 4:00 PM according to the death certificate

Francis married Leona Mathilda HOPPER on 17 Oct 1903 in Traverse County, Minnesota, and was divorced in 1907. Leona (daughter of Ulysses HOPPER and Chloe Ann BENJAMIN) was born on 30 Aug 1886 in Wisconsin; died on 20 Aug 1955 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Aug 1955 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1955-MN-022946

Notes:

The Whiteley family tree calls her Leona Madelene Hopper.

In the 1900 census, she was Leone Hopper, the step-daughter of William (and Chloe) Whiteley, a farmer in Noonan Twp, Ramsey County, North Dakota. She is shown as born in Wisconsin in August of 1886.

Her marriage to Frank Augustine was apparently over in early 1907. A brief note in the Omaha World-Herald, February 11, 1907: “I will not be responsible for any goods contracted by my wife. Frank Augustine.”

Her husband was the informant for her death certificate. She had lived in the city for 42 years (which suggests that she had moved to Minneapolis in 1913). Her residence was 3525 3rd Avenue South. She died of heart failure.

Notes:

Married:
per MOMS: Traverse County #C-123, Frank C Augustine to Madeline L Hoppe

Divorced:
Marriage and divorce dates from Whiteley family tree

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1941-MN-018640
• Occupation: Grocer

Notes:

He is Jean Augustin, age 6, who arrived in New York on November 24, 1856, aboard the Havre which had sailed from Le Havre, France.

A John H Augustine lived in the town of Saukville, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, in that state’s 1875 census. (FamilySearch)

Shown as John H. Augustine in a 1930 Dunbar family photo.

In the 1880 census, John Augustin and Lena, wife, live in Saukville in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, with 70 year-old Peter and 68 year-old Lisebeth Firmer or Fimer (may also be Zimmer) and the Firmers’ granddaughter, Helena Kraemer, 22. John and Lena are both 29 years old, John was born in France and Lena in Wisconsin. John is a tinsmith. Living with them are Gertrude Schneider, 9, step-daughter, and John Schneider, 7, step-son.

The Minnesota Land Records show a John H Augustine purchased 160 acres through the Crookston land office on 3 Apr 1883. The land description was: 1 SE 5th PM No 157 N 48 W 28. The U.S. General Land Records contains the deed which identifies this John H Augustine as “of Marshall County, Minnesota.”

In the 1885 Minnesota state census, the family lived in Argyle, Marshall County, Minnesota. J. Augustin, 36, was born in France. His wife, 35 year-old L. Augustin, was born in Wisconsin. Their oldest child, “G. Augustin”, a 15 year-old daughter, was born in Wisconsin. Next was 12 year-old “J. Augustin”, a 12 year-old son, also born in Wisconsin. (These were Lena’s children with Schneider.) Then there were listed the three children that John and Lena had: F. Augustin, a 4 year-old daughter born in Minnesota, F. Augustin, a 2 year-old son born in Minnesota, and Lina Augustin, a 1 year-old daughter born in Minnesota.

In the 1894 and 1895 Omaha city directories, John H Augustine had a flour and feed business at 1001 N 24th.

In the 1896 and 1897 and 1898 Omaha city directories, John H Augustine was a grocer on the northeast corner of 30th and V. He lived at 562 S 30th.

The 1899 Omaha city directory has John as a grocer at 563 S 30th.

In the 1900 Omaha city directory, John has a meat business at 3901 Q.

He and his family were living at 3889 O Street in South Omaha City, Douglas County, Nebraska, at the time of the 1900 census (June 1st). John is a grocer and came to the U.S. in 1857.

In the 1901 Omaha city directory, he is engaged in general merchandise at 3805 Q.

In the 1902 Omaha city directory, he is engaged in “general merchandise” and lives at 3805 Q Street.

In the 1905 Omaha city directory, he is still at 3805 Q but with no occupation.

In the 1906 city directory, he is still at 3805 Q.

In the 1907 city directory, he is still at 3805 Q.

In the 1908 Omaha city directory, he and “Hall Augustine” reside at 3805 Q.

In the 1909 Omaha city directory, he, as Jno H, is at 3805 Q along with his son Martin G, and two other Augustines: Hall and Gertrude S, a seamstress.

In the 1921 Minneapolis city directory, John is a clerk and lives with his son Frank at 3756 29th Avenue S.

In the 1940 census, he was an “inmate” at the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. He was 86, married, and had lived in Minneapolis in 1935.

John died at the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. He had been at that home for a little over two years and in Minneapolis for 4 years. His occupation had been tinsmith. He died from a cerebral hemorrhage.

According to Terese Augustine Hall in 1998:

John was born in France in 1851 and was buried at St. Anthony's in Minneapolis but no date given. John and Lena arrived in Argyle around 1877. Lena was born in Germany. John opened the first tin shop in Argyle. After seven years, the family moved to Omaha, Nebraska about 1898. Lena died about 1912 in Chicago. There were 2 step children, Gertie & John Schnieder. They had 3 children, Frank who died in 1951; Flavia who died in Omaha in 1937 and Martin who died in Chicago in 1917.

Birth:
Born in the Alsace-Lorraine region which was part of France at the time of his birth. His death certificate shows his date of birth as 14 June 1853.

John married Lena LANSBERG on 21 Aug 1880 in Polk County, Minnesota. Lena was born on 14 Jun 1853 in Grafton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 14 Feb 1913 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried on 17 Feb 1913 in St. Boniface Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Wisconsin Births and Christenings records a Helena Hamen b. 14 Jul 1854 in Fredonia, Ozaukee County, to Peter Hamen and Catherine Ersterwitz.

She may be the 10 year-old Lena Kraemer living with Peter Hubert and Elizabeth Hubert in Grafton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, in the 1860 census. There are three other children with the surname Kraemer in that household, Christina, 20, Joseph, 17, and Gertrude, 6. Joseph and Christina were likely Lena and Gertrude’s half-sibs.

She was Lena Schneider when she married John H Augustine in 1880.

The 1900 census shows her as having had 7 children, 6 still living.

Both of her parents were born in Germany.

She was referred to as Lena Kramer on Frank’s birth certificate. That is also the name ascribed to her by sharriwojcik.

In the 1880 census, John and Lena lived in a dwelling in which lived a 22 year-old Helena Kraemer, “grandchild.” That may be the same Helena as the 1 year-old Helena Kramer in the 1860 census who lived with her mother Maria and her sister Eleanore in Grafton in Ozaukee County. Maria, perhaps a recent widow. was 24, a “grocery keeper”, and had been born in Hesse.

Birth:
1850 on the gravestone

Died:
3921 N Ashland Avenue

Notes:

Married:
per MOMS; as John H Augustine and Lena Schneider

Notes:

In the 1880 census, he may be the 17 year-old Liss Hopper, “brother-in-law”, living in Coloma in Waushara County, Wisconsin. His father was born in New Jersey, his mother in Pennsylvania.

The Whiteley family tree calls him Ulysses Warren Hopper, born 18 Oct 1863 in Coloma and dying in 1940 in Alberta.

In the 1900 census, a Ulysses W Hopper, b. June 1864 in Wisconsin, is a single farmer in Benson County, North Dakota. The parents of that Ulysses had been born in Norway.

In the 1906 Canadian provincial census, a 41 year-old Ulysses Hopper lived in Saskatchewan.

Birth:
birth location Wisconsin according to his daughter’s listing in the 1900 census

Ulysses married Chloe Ann BENJAMIN in 1885 in Wisconsin, and was divorced in 1893. Chloe was born in Mar 1864 in Michigan; died on 17 May 1928 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Coloma, Waushara County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-019912

Notes:

In the 1900 census, her marriage to Whiteley is shown as the first marriage for each of them and they had been married for five years. In the 1910 census, her marriage to Whiteley is shown as the second marriage for each of them and they had been married for 11 years.

In the 1910 census, she is shown as having had 5 children, all 5 still living. (She had four children with Hopper, one with Whiteley.)

According to the Whiteley family tree, Chloe ran a hotel and Ole and Leona honeymooned at that hotel.

In the 1925 North Dakota census, Chloe and William are still living in Lawton village, Ramsey County, North Dakota. Next door, apparently, to them are Ole and Leona Roe and their children Marion and David.

Buried:
according to the Whiteley family tree

Notes:

Married:
marriage and divorce dates from Whiteley family tree

Notes:

He (as Francois Augustin) arrived in New York on 1 Apr 1856. His family arrived in New York later: on November 24, 1856, aboard the Havre which had sailed from Le Havre in France. The family members arriving were: Susanne, 41, Claude, 19, Marie, 16, Madeleine, 13, Annette, 11, Jean, 6, Marianne, 4, and Pierre, 6 months. The family is listed as being from France.

That family is in Saukville Twp, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, in the 1860 census. The household is Franz Auguste, 45, a farm laborer, Susann, 44, John, 9, Marianna, 7, Jean Pierre, 4, and Christina, 1. Everyone except Christina had been born in France.

That family goes by Augustin in the 1870 census, still in Saukville, still shown as born in France. Of the children, only Christina is still at home. Franz is now Frank and Susanna is now Susan.

The name is still Augustin in the 1880 census. Frank and Susanna still live in Ozaukee County.

The following is a posting on the Genealogy.com boards by Terese Augustine Hall in 1998:

My great great grandfather Franz (Francois) Augustin(e) was born in the Alsace Lorraine in France in 1814. He married Susanna Jerhoume (Sheroum) who was born in 1815 in the same area.

In 1856, Francois arrived in New York from Lahave, France. He slept in the stairways on the boat he traveled to America on.

In the 1860 census in Saukville, WI there is Francois, Susanna, Claud (my great grandfather), Marianna, Christina, Jean Pierre and John.

Francois was a farmer and owned land in Saukville.

The children:
a) Claud was born in France in 1837 and died in Milwaukee WI 1925. He was a volunteer with the 9th infantry of Wisconsin volunteers in the Civil War;
b) John was born in France in 1851 and was buried at St. Anthony's in Minneapolis but no date given. John & Lena arrived in Argyle around 1877. Lena was born in Germany. John opened the first tin shop in Argyle. After seven years, the family moved to Omaha, Nebraska about 1898. Lena died about 1912 in Chicago. There were 2 step children, Gertie & John Schnieder. They had 3 children, Frank who died in 1951; Flavia who died in Omaha in 1937 and Martin who died in Chicago in 1917.
c) Marianne (Mary, Maria) was born in France in 1852 and died in Chicago in 1918.
d) Jean Pierre was born in France but there are no other records than the 1860 census in Ozaukee county.
e) Christina was born in 1859 in Saukville. There is a record of an indentured servant Christina whose face was disfigured by fire in her 20's but we are not sure if she is related.

John married Lena and moved to Minnesota. Marianne married Nicholas Ludwig and moved to Chicago where he was an assistant fire chief.

Claud (my great grandfather) lived in Saukville with his wife Lydia. They had Anna, twins Paulina( Polly) & Maria (Helena), John (grandpa), Albert, Frank, Charles, Nicholas and Margaretha (Margaret).

In 1889, in Saukville where Claud was a prominent member of the community and mail messenger in Saukville, while he was at work, his wife Lydia, Mary, Frank, and Charles drowned in the Milwaukee River near their home. Nicholas died a few months later of exposure and chicken pox. My grandfather (John), Albert, Polly, and Helena were put in orphanages. Anna, the eldest, was caring for Claud and was able to bring Polly, Helena and Albert home. John (Grandpa) was indentured to the Catholic Church to Father Dieble in St. Gregory's Church in St. Nazianz from age 14 to age 21 for $125.00. Margaretha went to live with a family called the Schowalters from Saukville.

My grandfather John moved back to Saukville, then lived and worked in Chicago for awhile. He returned to Milwaukee and married Elizabeth Lechmaier from Fredonia, who had Claude (my dad), George (died at 3 months), Mary (died at birth), Rosemary, and Geraldine.

Anna married Arthur Englehardt;
Paulina (Polly) married William Peglar;
Helena married John Franenhauser;
Albert married Magdelena Ahrends; and
John (grandpa) married Elizabeth Lechmaier

Birth:
The Hartman Family Tree says 19 Sep 1814.

Died:
The date on his gravestone. As sharriwjcik points out, a Record of Internments says 24 July.

Buried:
His gravestone calls him Francios Augustine.

François married Susanna JERHOME. Susanna was born on 14 Sep 1815 in France; died on 25 Mar 1903 in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin; was buried in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Saukville, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Jerhoume.

She is living with her son Claud in Ozaukee County in the 1900 census. Both are now widowed. She is shown as having had 11 children, only 3 still living.

Birth:
Alsace-Lorraine, Lorraine specifically according to Wisconsin Deaths and Burials

Died:
This is the date on her gravestone. She died as Susanah Augustine on November 25, 1903 according to the Wisconsin Death Index on Family Search.

Buried:
Buried as Susanna Augustine.