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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: aghadowey on Tuesday 30 January 18 20:41 GMT (UK)
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Thought I was getting branch of my family tidied up until I kept finding marriages which seem to be the same person :-\
Elizabeth Bruce "Lizzie" Gardner born 23 June 1890 Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia
parents- Judson Gardner & Elizabeth McK. Bruce
▪ 1891 census- Shelburne, Shelburne Co., N.S.: Lissy Gardner (1)
▪ 1901 census- Shelburne, Shelburne Co., N.S.: Lizzie Gardner (23 June 1890)
▪ cJuly 1907- travelled from N.S. to Pueblo, Colorado to stay with sister Lucy Cammack
▪ Jan.1908- working as 'typewriter' in office of brother-in-law
▪ 1920 census- House of the officials and teachers in Industrial School, Montana, Jefferson, Colorado: Elizabeth B. Gardner, 28, Can., single, parole officer SIS (State Industrial School)
▪ Marriage: 12 Sept.1924 Los Angeles Ca., Albert Nathan Sears, 42, native of Colorado, son of Nathan A. Sears & Elizabeth Collins, to Elizabeth Bruce Gardner, 34, native of Canada, dau. of Judson Gardner & Elizabeth Bruce. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NH-FT1
▪ Divorce: 23 Mar.1927 Jefferson Colorado, Albert Nathan Sears & Elizabeth B. Sears
Marriage: 26 Aug.1927 Colorado Springs El Paso Colorado, Albert K. Driscol, 52, to Elizabeth B. Gardner, 37
▪ ? 1930 Census- Denver, Colorado: Elizabeth Fenry, 39, divorced, b.N.S.
▪ 1942 married Alpheus Russell Nees according to online tree
▪ 1945 Denver directory: Nees Alpheus R (Eliz G) emp GWSCo h2017 Holly
▪ 1961 Denver directory: Nees Elizabeth G (wid Alpheus R) social wkr State Children’s Home h1575 Fillmore apt 11
▪ Delayed N.S. birth reg. (1963): address 1575 Fillmore St., Denver, Colorado
▪ Naturalization record, 15 Nov.1963 Denver Colorado, Elizabeth Nees [Gardner] born 23 June 1890 Canada, arrived US 15 June 1907 Boston Mass., parents- Judson & Elizabeth
Died 12 Sept.1967
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Haven't found Lizzie in 1901 U.S. census or 1911 Canadian census yet., not sure if 1930 census is her, also haven't found her in 1940 census yet.
Have plenty of articles about sister Lucy murdered in 1908 by husband Sherman Cammack from U.S. and N.S. papers but hoping there might be other articles about Lizzie somewhere. Tried Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection without any luck but haven't used the site before so I could have missed something there.
Any help in filling in the blanks appreciated.
Added- Judson Gardner and family moved back and forth between Nova Scotia and Boston, Massachusetts.
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I found an obit for A.R. Nees. https://newspaperarchive.com/greeley-daily-tribune-sep-10-1957-p-13/
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Denver Directories 1928/1929/1930/1933/1935/1936
More info on the Gardner/Driscol
Elizabeth Gardner Driscol
Albert K Driscol
2390 Dexter, Denver Colorado
1930 census Denver Colorado
Albert K Driscol 55 born Ohio, father Ohio mother Ohio, Adjuster Fire Insurance Company first married age 26
Elizabeth G 39 born Massachusetts parents born Canada, first married age 34
Albert K Driscol Jr. 17 born Colorado, father Ohio mother Nebraska
This would make the son a stepson to Elizabeth.
The age she states she was first married tallies with the 1924 Sears/Gardner
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Albert K Driscol died 10 February 1940
perhaps an obituary can be found for him
This must be a burial date re post by shellyesq.
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The Denver obituary index has an entry for Albert Driscol from 8 Feb. 1940 (slightly before the date listed above) in the Denver Post, and entries for Elizabeth Nees in the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. https://history.denverlibrary.org/research-tool/denver-obituary-project
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Journal and Courier
Lafayette, Indiana
Tuesday, September 10, 1957 - Page 4
ALPHEUS R. NEES
FRANKFORT - Alpheus R. Nees, 74, died in his home at Denver, Colo., relatives here have been informed. He resided in Frankfort for many years and graduated from Frankfort high school in 1905. He was a retired chemist. Surviving with the widow are a son Laurel Nees, Frankfort and a brother, Chalmer Nees of Atlanta.
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Journal and Courier
Lafayette, Indiana
Thursday, September 14, 1967 - Page 9
MRS. ELIZABETH NEES
FRANKFORT - Mrs. Elizabeth Nees, 77, of Denver, Colo., widow of the late Russell Nees, Frankfort native, died Tuesday in Denver. She was a sister-in-law of Laurel Nees of Rt. 5
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What a lovely surprise to log in today and find all this new information. Thank you all for your help which not only gives me more details of Lizzie's life but some more leads to follow. :)
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I think this is Elizabeth in 1940 at the same address as 1930 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRDG-T47
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I think you're right, shellyesq. Many thanks for finding her in 1940. Suppose she sometimes put Massachusetts for birthplace since the family moved back and forth between Boston and Nova Scotia.
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1910 US census: Pueblo Ward 1, Pueblo, Colorado
Name: Elizabeth Gardner, 19, b. Massachusetts, father & mother born same state. Elizabeth was a boarder in household of R.D. Curd, 50, and Addie L. Curd, 48.
No occupation given for Elizabeth. R.D Curd was a salesman, carriage works.
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Many thanks for census details. Lizzie's now been found in all U.S. census records even though her birthplace varies between Nova Scotia and Massachusetts. The 1910 census fits with her arrival in Colorado in July 1907. For some reason, she never returned to the East Coast although there were many relatives she could have stayed with in both Boston and Canada.
Only other mystery is how on earth her sister went to Colorado in the first place but that's likely to remain a mystery.
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Do you need Lucy's marriage date?
10/17/1905, in Denver CO. Minister was W.B. Craig.
From: Colorado, Statewide Marriage Index, 1900-1939.
Lucy wasn't listed in R.L. Polk & Co.'s Pueblo city directory, 1904-1905.
Sherman T. Cammack was listed there.
Lucy survived Sherman, right? If so, his estate likely went to her, and then to her sister Elizabeth on her death? Worth checking:
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/archives-search
Record Type:
Probate
Archive Location:
72930
Name:
Cammack, Sherman T.
County:
Pueblo
Year:
1908 Month: Feb Day: 20
Origin:
Pueblo Probate Court
Case No.:
1609
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Thanks for looking further. I had date of Lucy's marriage but not sure what took her to Colorado (her mother died in 1890s and father dead between 1901/1906). July 1906 the Cammacks visited her family in Nova Scotia then a year later sister Lizzie headed out west to stay with her sister Lucy who was in 'poor health.'
Sherman Cammack shot wife Lucy 30 Aug.1908 then himself- he died instantly but Lucy didn't die of her injuries until 9th April.1908.
The Gardner sisters had 3 brothers (one died at 15 months and other two probably as infants) so not much immediate family left by early 1900s.
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Since you mentioned Lucy Gardner being in poor health, I offer this as a possible explanation as to why she was in Colorado in the first place.
http://www.cpr.org/news/story/how-tuberculosis-fueled-colorados-growth
"...although most people think that the main driver of population growth in Colorado was mining or ranching, it was actually TB patients coming for “the cure.”
https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/USA/JCRS.htm
"The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (JCRS) was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis (TB) patients in all stages of the disease. The society was founded by a group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were themselves victims of TB. For decades, patients flocked to Denver from all over North America and were admitted free of charge."
Lucy and Sherman Cammack were married in Denver. So, who knows, this may be why Lucy was in Denver.
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Certainly something to consider. I know Lucy (with father & sister) were in Nova Scotia in 1901 and then next record is her marriage in 1905 in Denver.
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1905 Denver city directory has Miss Lucy Gardner, clerk A.T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Co., resides at 1418 Stout. She isn't there in 1904.
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Thanks to both of you for continuing to find details to fill in the blanks for both Lizzie and her sister Lucy. What has been found has started me thinking of other ways to dig up a bit more and re-checking old notes.
I've now found that their father died 20 Apr.1902 back home in N.S. and confirmed that Lizzie at least went to stay with her uncle Gilbert Gardner until she went to join Lucy in Colorado.
I also found a newspaper report of Lucy's wedding which seems a bit strange and unexpected. More to think about.
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...July 1906 the Cammacks visited her family in Nova Scotia then a year later sister Lizzie headed out west to stay with her sister Lucy who was in 'poor health.'
Sherman Cammack shot wife Lucy 30 Aug.1908 then himself- he died instantly but Lucy didn't die of her injuries until 9th April.1908...
Besides the TB idea (which could have lingered?), is there a possibility that poor health was a cover-up and that Lizzie actually stayed with her sister to offer support to her, if Lucy had a difficult marriage? :-\
Added: After reading the 5 Feb 1908 newspaper account of the shooting, Lucy mentioned: "...I told him that I could never live with him again...I told him that we had tried it so long unhappily that it would be useless to try to go on any more." So, perhaps Lizzie went to Colorado to console/help her sister?
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I think Lucy was either in poor physical health (miscarriage or something?) or upset about her marriage-
Liverpool Advance July 3 1907: Brooklyn Items: Miss Lizzie Gardner left this week for Pueblo, Colo., to visit her sister, Mrs Cammack, who is in poor health. Miss Gardner leaves many friends, who greatly deplore her departure from among them.