Frances Emily CARR

1895 - 1981  (86 years)

• Name	Frances Emily CARR
  Birth	12 Jun 1895	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Gender	Female
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1981-MN-022449
  Social Security Number	469-16-2855 issued in Minnesota before 1951
  Death	17 Sep 1981	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Burial	21 Sep 1981	Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	next to her son Bill
  Notes	According to the 1900 census, was born in Minnesota. According to later censuses, was born in Canada. In the 1905 Minnesota state census, Charles, 12, Francis, 9, and Ruth, 6, were living in Minneapolis with a large number of other young children in what must have been an orphanage at 3200 Stevens Avenue. Indeed, it was the Stevens Avenue Home for Children and Aged Women. The Minneapolis Tribune’s 25 Feb 1915 edition featured a photo of Frances with a story headlined “Young Wife, Missing Five Days, Returns to her Mother’s Home.” Frances had stayed with a friend for five days, unhappy with her treatment at the hands of her husband and too proud to return to her mother’s home. The article says that “late in 1912, Frances Carr was a student at West High when Frank Augustine appeared at her mother’s home in answer to an advertisement for a roomer. He lived there until February 3, 1913, when the pair eloped and were married in St. Paul.” Frances’s mother said that they would “start divorce action against Mr. Augustine immediately.” The article never mentioned that Frances would have been five months pregnant at the time of her disappearance. Frances and Frank were married and living at 2539 Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis at the time of Bill’s birth. In the 1915 Minneapolis city directory, Mrs. Frances E Augustine boards at flat 2, 2539 Hennepin Avenue. In the 1916 Minneapolis city directory, Mrs. Frances E Augustine resided at 2808 West 38th. She was living in Osseo at the time of her son’s death. Her last residence was at 3110 Blaisdell in Minneapolis. In the 1920 census, Bill is listed as the adopted son of 48 year-old Ada Marsh, a widow living with her two daughters, one granddaughter, Bill (age 4 and 8/12) and two female lodgers at 1619 Park Avenue. The two daughters are Frances Mincke, age 24, and Ruth Kirbach, age 21. Ada and Frances are shown as widows; Ruth is shown as married. Ruth is shown as having a daughter, less than a year old, also named Ada. The older Ada was born in England; she and Frances emigrated in 1898 or 1899 and were naturalized in the first decade of the 1900s. Frances was born in Canada. Ruth was born in Minnesota. Little Ada's dad was born in Illinois as was Bill's father. Bill's mother is shown as born in Canada. Frances's occupation is shown as "practical nurse" in a "private home." In the 1927 Minneapolis city directory, Frances Witzker was a bookkeeper for St Anthony Aerie No 1247. In the 1930 census, Frances is living with her husband and her husband’s family at 4746 Elliot Avenue in Minneapolis. In the 1940 census, she is Frances Witzker, age 43, either married or single (the census form says both) living with two other women at 623 East Franklin. She had had two years of high school. She was a demonstrator of rug-making equipment for a retail dry goods store. Jacqueline Witzker lived with the Fosses in Champlin Twp, Hennepin County. In the 1950 census, she and Jackie live in apartment 22 at 1517 La Salle Avenue in Minneapolis. Frances works as a floor supervisor at a “five and dime store.” Frances is a widow. She signed Maurice’s funerary book as Mrs. Frances Witzker. In January of 1961, she was a senior regent of the Women of the Moose, Minneapolis chapter 390. The informant for her death certificate was her former son-in-law, Robert E Ness of 5516 Knox Avenue S. Frances died suddenly of a stroke or heart attack at her home at 3110 Blaisdell Avenue S, #1705. Frances had high blood pressure and had previously had a stroke. Her occupation was shown as buyer, general merchandise. Her obit said that she had been a buyer for Woolworth’s and was a member of Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church and the Order of the Moose. Her obit said that she was survived by four grandchildren (Bill’s and Jackie’s children) but did not mention Dorothy.
  Person ID	I529	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles Edgar CARR,   b. 14 Mar 1854, London, England d. 9 Oct 1922, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Eliza Ada BURRIDGE,   b. 22 Jan 1871, England d. 25 Mar 1941, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1 Apr 1888	London, England
  Family ID	F1532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Francis Charles (Frank) AUGUSTINE,   b. 13 Oct 1882, Argyle, Marshall County, Minnesota d. 14 Nov 1951, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	3 Feb 1913	Ramsey County, Minnesota
  	as Frank G Augustine and Frances Carr, in Minnesota Marriages in FamilySearch
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. William Charles MARSH,   b. 25 Jun 1915, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 15 Feb 1964, Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2011

  
  

  Family 2	Earl Ernest MINSKE,   b. 2 Apr 1896, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 23 Oct 1954, Wisconsin (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	14 Jul 1917	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	as Earl Minske and Frances Augustine
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Dorothy Anetta MINSKE,   b. 22 Oct 1918, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 20 Oct 1982, Windom, Cottonwood County, Minnesota (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F3570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2010

  
  

  Family 3	Lonnie Everett MULLEN,   b. 4 Mar 1893, Iowa d. 5 Oct 1961, Los Angeles County, California (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	22 Aug 1922	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	as Lonnie E Mullen and Francis E Carr
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2010

  
  

  Family 4	Fred Bernard WITZKER,   b. 22 Apr 1901, Illinois d. 16 Sep 1948, St. Louis County, Missouri (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	20 Jul 1926	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	as Fred B Witzker and Francis E Carr
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Jacquelyn Ada WITZKER,   b. 25 Jun 1935, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 27 Sep 1974, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2010