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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: RayDen on Wednesday 31 January 18 16:47 GMT (UK)
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John W Foote 1870 Kansas, son of Andrew Foote & Sarah Tilsley. I have him with his family on the 1870 census (Ogden, Riley, Kansas):
Name: John Foote
Age in 1870: 1
Birth Year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Kansas
Dwelling Number: 56
Home in 1870: Ogden, Riley, Kansas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Father of Foreign Birth: Y
Mother of Foreign Birth: Y
Inferred Father: Andrew Foote
Inferred Mother: Sarah Foote
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Foote 25
Sarah Foote 24
John Foote 1
and 1880 census (North Bend, Dodge, Nebraska):
Name: John W. Foote
Age: 12
Birth Date: Abt 1868
Birthplace: Kansas
Home in 1880: North Bend, Dodge, Nebraska, USA
Street: Ninth St
Dwelling Number: 37
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Andrew Foote
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's name: Sarah Foote
Mother's Birthplace: England
Occupation: At School
Attended School: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Andrew Foote 36
Sarah Foote 36
John W. Foote 12
Harry Foote 10
Maggie Foote 8
Albert Foote 6
Frank Foote 3
Andrew Foote 1
I then have a marriage for John in 1891 at Chadron Nebraska to a Mary M Murphy born 1871 in New York:
Name: John W. Foote
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marriage Age: 24
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1867
Birth Place: Kentucky
Marriage Date: 26 Oct 1891
Marriage Place: Chadron, Nebraska, USA
Marriage County Office: Dawes
Father: Andrew Foote
Mother: Sarah Foote
Spouse: Mary M. Murphy
Whilst John gives his birthplace as Kentucky it is the correct John because he gives his mothers maiden name as Tilsley.
After the 1891 census I have found nothing else on John or Mary. Any help appreciated.
I don't need any assistance on the rest of the family has I have them fairly well covered. Thanks.
Ray
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Hi Ray:
Could this be John, remarried?
1900 Salt Lake City Ward 02, Salt Lake, Utah Census
John W Foote, born April 1879, married 2 years, born Kentucky, parents born England. Saloon Keeper
Delia, born March 1874, married 2 years, born Utah, parents born US and Denmark
Maggie Hertzog (John's sister?), boarder, born January 1873, married 5 years, one child. Born Kansas, parents born England
Blanch Hertzog, daughter, born January 1897, born Iowa, parents born ? and Kansas
Lucy Herron, Servant, born January 1878
John W. Foote, born c 1869
"Deal Hutchinson" born c 1874
Married 19 July 1897, Salt Lake, Utah
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Could this be the same man as above?
Salt Lake County, Utah death record
John William Foote, born 15 Apr 1871, Kentucky
Married
Spouse: Florence Foote (third wife?)
Died: 1 Sep 1925, Salt Lake City
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Perhaps the above John is not your man (or they didn't know where his parents were born) or there were three J W Footes living in Salt Lake?
1920 Salt Lake Census
J W Foote, age 50, born Kentucky as were parents, Promoter, Oil Wells
Florence E?, age 27, born Massachusetts, parents born Nova Scotia
Eliza H?unston, mother-in-law, age 67, born Nova Scotia as were her parents. Immigrated 1882
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1910 Salt Lake Census
James W Foote, age 40, marriage 1, married 2 years, born Kentucky, parents born United States, Saloon Man, Own Business
Florence Foote, age 27
Eliza Hunston, age 57, Widowed
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Looking at the death certificate, his parents' information was not known. He had lived in the city (Salt Lake) 32 years at the time of his death. It appears that he was buried in Los Angeles.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lj4/
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Lisa, thanks so much for the information. I did find the later census information a few days ago when tracing Maggie Hertzog who was indeed a sister to the John W Foote I am tracing so that must be him on the 1900 census. Maggie is also on the 1900 census a few days later in Jasper Iowa 1100 miles from Salt Lake City?
I had not found the 1897 marriage - this was Delia (or Adelia) Nixon who had previously married a Joseph Hutchinson in 1892 and was a father to the Juanita on the 1870 census. Where was the details of the 1897 marriage to Delia from?
From the finding the 1900 census I did see the 1910 & 1920 census but could not make make much sense of them so had not added them to my tree as yet.
The death certificate is a good find and fascinating! Why? Well the father of the John W Foote I am tracing, Andrew Foote (1844 England) died and was buried in Los Angeles in 1912? But if he was being shipped to Los Angeles for burial with his father, wife Florence would have known where he was going?
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Forgot to mention that a Millennium file on Delia Nixon mentions a marriage to a Jack Foote (no details and the birth of a son - I assume of John/Jack - Lynn:
Name: Adelia Matilda Nixon
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 16 Mar 1874
Birth Place: St George, Washington, Utah, USA
Father: James William Nixon
Mother: Johanna Maria Schultz
Spouse: Joseph B HutchinsonJack Foote(Son) Lynn
Not found any trace of a son Lynn.
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Found the marriage to Delia in 1897, unfortunately no family details.
Have also found the marriage of a John W Foote to Florence Hunston:
Name: John W. Foote
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1907
Marriage Place: Bannock, Idaho, USA
Spouse: Florance E. Hunston
Again no family details
In 1900 Florence was in Massechusetts, 2500 miles away?
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...the father of the John W Foote I am tracing, Andrew Foote (1844 England) died and was buried in Los Angeles in 1912? But if he was being shipped to Los Angeles for burial with his father, wife Florence would have known where he was going?
According to his death certificate, John had seen a doctor for several months. Perhaps John advised his wife should something happen to him that he was to be buried in Los Angeles? Florence may not have known the names of his parents but possibly details had been pre-arranged for his possible burial?
In 1900 Florence was in Massechusetts, 2500 miles away?
Could she have travelled west with her husband or her mother and a sibling or two?
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In 1900 it was just Florence and her mother - they had arrived in Massachusetts from Canada in 1896.
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Apparently, there could have been two John W. Foote's in Utah.
This link mentions a possible connection to a B. F. Caffey and John W. Foote.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lj6/
Also, reference to a John W. Foote:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lj7/
There may be additional articles that mention John W. Foote/J W Foote.
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In 1900 it was just Florence and her mother - they had arrived in Massachusetts from Canada in 1896.
True, but there's a chance that either a family member could have died prior to the census, or a family member was living in the same city/state (and thus could have travelled with them). ???
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Chronicling America site also has November 22, 1898, The Salt Lake Herald
Mention of John W. Foote of Salt Lake visiting Castle Gate. Mentions B. F. Caffey
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Unfortunately, nothing helpful in the obit. No mention of Lynn.
https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=19430419
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Some bits & pieces based on what has already been found.
Salt Lake Telegram
Salt Lake City, Utah
Thursday, May 01, 1902 - Page 6
Suit for Divorce
Delia Foote has begun divorce proceedings against John W. Foote on the grounds of habitual drunkenness and extreme cruelty. The parties were married in this city in 1897.
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The Ogden Standard
Ogden, Utah
Friday, May 2, 1902 - Page: 8
SALT LAKE COURT NOTES.
Delia Foote has begun divorce proceedings against John W. Foote on the grounds of habitual drunkenness and extreme cruelty.
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Salt Lake Telegram
Salt Lake City, Utah
Wednesday, September 02, 1925 - Page 20
John William Foote Well Known Miner Dies
John William Foote, 64, well known in mining circles throughout Utah and Nevada died at his home 830 East Fifth South street Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock. Mr Foote came to Utah from the East in the early nineties. He is survived by his widow
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Salt Lake Telegram
Salt Lake City, Utah
Wednesday, September 02, 1925 - Page 12
FOOTE- The funeral services John W Foote who died at the family residence 830 East Fifth September 1, In his sixty fifth year. Services will be held 8 at 4 30 p p. m. Thursday, September 3 from the late residence. The body will be taken to Los Angeles, Cal Friday morning for cremation.
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I think this is Mr Caffey in case it sheds any light
Death cert
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ljc/
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Thanks all for the input. However whilst I hope I may have found the correct John Foote and don't think I have the correct Delia, which I think throws the existence of a Lynn into doubt. Searching for a death for Delia, hoping to find Lynn, I found that she had in fact died in 1942 in Salt Lake city and that her husband at that time was a Don C Price.
Name: Della Nixon Price
Death Date: 16 Apr 1942
Death Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1879
Birth Place: St George, Utah
Father's name: James William Nixon
Mother's name: Johanna Marie Schultz
Spouse's Name: Don C Price
Document Type: Certificate of Death
The death certificate confirms her parents.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75367565/della-maud-price
The thing is Delia (or Della) married Don C Price in 1899
Name: Della Maude Nixon
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Birth Date: 1879
Marriage Date: 3 May 1899
Marriage Place: Washington, Utah, United States
Spouse: Don Carlos Price
FHL Film Number: 0484821
and she is on the 1900 census with Don Carlos Price and a child Thomas 3 months.
But the one thing is that the Delia married to John says parents born: Father USA Mother Denmark.
The Della married to Don Carlos says on 1900, 1910 & 1920 parents Father: England, Mother Denmark, but on 1930 says Father Minnesota, Mother Denmark.
But! the Delia/Della who married John had been married to Joseph Hutchison e.g Juanita living with John & Delia in 1900. Juanita's death confirms her parents (I think!):
California Death Index
Name: Juanita D Hallmark
[Juanita D Hutchison]
Social Security #: 558501781
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1892
Birth Place: Utah
Death Date: 9 Dec 1986
Death Place: San Joaquin
Mother's Maiden Name: Nixon
Father's Surname: Hutchison
A bit confusing???!!! Would welcome your views
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Solved the problem, Adelia (Delia) Matilda Nixon 1874, and Della Maud Nixon (1879) were sisters. John Foote did marry Adelia so now need to find out what happened to Adelia after her divorce from John in 1902.