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Henry B
Born December 1878 in Wayne County, Illinois
Occupation: carpenter
1880 census - with parents in Wayne County
1900 census - with parents in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
1910 census - with mother in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
1920 census
Indiana, Vanderburgh Co - Evansville (census taken 13-14 Jan)- 1015 Oak Street - roomers:
Danghorme, Stetney head, rents, m b 56 m Va
{Barkiman (sp) Wm jr, head, mw 40 s Ind ps Ind house carpenter
{Darr, Henry, roomer m w 40 s Ils, ps Ils house carpenter
This was an entirely black neighborhood (except for Henry and William).
I don't have the name or date of the paper in which this obit was printed. I think it was in 1920.
"Henry Darr, 40, committed suicide at the home of his mother, Rebecca Darr of 2913 E. Indiana St, in Evansville. He slashed his throat with a razor. Had recently been depressed. He had just been released from the State Penal Farm after serving a term for drunkeness. A few weeks ago he tried to kill himself by hitting himself in the head with a hammer."
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Mary A (Maud)
Born 24 September 1880 - Wayne County, Illinois
1900 census - with parents in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
1903 - September 24 - married Ira Delmar (Del) Condit
1904 - July 4 - daughter Elsie Inez born
1907 - May 25 - son Roy Edward born
1910 census - with mother in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
1920 census -
Illinois Tazewell - East Peoria City (12 Jan)
Condit, Ira D 42 Ind ps Ind machinist body...factory?
Mary A 39 Ils ps Ils
Elsie I 15 clerk
Roy E 12
~1923 daughter Elsie married Clarence Harvey
~1929 son Roy married Fae LNU
1930 census - Illinois, Tazewell, East Peoria (Fon du Lac) ED90-11, SD18, Sheet 15a stamp 191 Apr 17 line 43 322-352
Harvey, Clarence F head o 2200 34 m27 Il Eng Eng proprietor electric vet WW
Elsie I 25 m18 Il Ind Il
Robert L son 5 all Il
Condit, Ira father 52 m28 Il Ind Il laborer, general
Mary A mother 49 m23 all Il
She was still in Peoria in 1942 - Becky was there with her when she (Becky) died.
I don't know anything more about Maud and Ira - or about Elsie. I did find a few bits about Roy.
He apparently married in about 1929. He and his wife, Fae (last name unknown), had a son Donald the next year.
He moved back to Indiana between 1930-1943, served in the US Army as a TEC 5, and was in Florida when he died.
1930 Il Tazewell Creve Coeur ED18 SD90-27 sheet 1a
Wesley Rd - 7-7 Condit, Roy 22 m21 Ind Ind Ind tractor factory
Fae 20 m19 Il Il Il / Donald 2/12 Il Ind Il
1943 May 8 - WW II enlistment
Roy E Condit, b 1907 Indiana, resides Marion Co, Indiana
enlisted May 8, 1943 in Indianapolis, Ind - private - 2 yrs high school
unskilled machine shop - married
grave marker says he was a TEC 5 US Army
1985 Sept 25 - died - Polk Co Florida (Florida Death Index, on ancestry)
buried Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, IL (Veteran's gravesites, on ancestry)
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Born 31 October 1884 - Wayne County, Illinois (probably)
1900 census - with parents in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
1902 - June 25 - married Rufus Stanton, Boonville,Warrick Co, Indiana
1903 - June 1 - daughter Ruth Aletha born, Boonville, Warrick Co, Indiana
1908 - son Elmer born
1910 census - with mother in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
1912 - August 11 - daughter Dorothy born, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
1920 census -
Indiana, Vanderburgh - 605 William Street Evansville
Stanton, Rufus - head - rents house - m w 42 - b. Ind. - miner - coal mine - ps b. Ind.
Bessie wife f w 36 Ind
Ruth 17 Ind (Ruth also in census in Detroit)
Elmer 15 Ill
Dorothy 7 Ind
1921 - January 29 - daughter Ruth married John Cusmano - Detroit, Michigan
1922 - August 11 - son Lawrence born, Detroit, Michigan
Bess with Buck Dorothy, Bess, Buck Rufus
probably Evansville on Woodlawn (Ruth's house in Detroit)
1930 census - not found- probably living in Detroit
1940 - son Elmer died
buried Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, Sect. 1, Plot 218, Grave D
Bess, 1947
1949 - living with granddaughter Betty in Central Lake, Michigan
195x - living on Lambrecht in East Detroit, Michigan
1964 - June 17 - husband Rufus died
buried Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, Sect. 1, Plot 273, Grave B
1969 - January 10 - died
buried Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, Sect. 1, Plot 218, Grave E
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Born May, 1888
1900 census - with parents in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
1910 census - with mother in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
~1914 - married George Berry
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Ida with her first husband, (George Berry)
1915 Nov 25 - son Richard J born
Richard Berry b 25 Nov 1915 - f George, m Ida
Indiana Births (ancestry) - Vanderburgh Co - CH2-472
~1920 - married Leonard Brace
1920 census -
Indiana Vanderburgh - 7th Ward Evansville, Pigeon Twp - p. 57b SD 77, Ed 155, Sheet 5b written 4801 also 8579 200 Houston Ave line 83 - 110 111 -
Brace, Leonard L head owns, mortgaged - mw 27 m, reads, writes, all Ind - miller, flour mill
Ida E wife fw 29 m read write Ind Ill Ind
Berry, Richard J stepson mw 4 4/12 s Ind Ill Ind
1920 Aug 24 - son Chester born
Chester Brace b 24 Aug 1920 - f Leonard L, m Ida Darr
Indiana Births (ancestry) - Vanderburgh Co CH-4, p. 37
~1925 - daughter Betty born
1930 census - Indiana Vanderburgh Evansville Knight Twp Wd. 7 - ED82-41, SD12, Sheet 32b - April 15 - 1419 ---- 717-736
Brace Lenord head r$23 no radio mw36 m24 truck driver -oil station
Ida wife 40 m24
Richard son 14
Chester son 9
Bettye dau 5 - all Ind Ind Ind
1954 - I think she was living with Aunt Annie in Arizona when we went out to California that summer, but I am not certain sure. Her son Chester and husband Leonard Brace both were in Indiana when they died, but I don't have any more information about Ida herself.
Leonard's Draft records:
WWI Draft - (faint & diffy to read) Leonard L Brace - b 6 Jan 1893 - res E’ville
WW II Draft Registration
Leonard Louis Brace - b 6 Jan 1893 - Dubois Co, Ind - age 49
res RR3 Van Ave, E’ville, Vanderburgh Co - no telephone
employer - Standard Oil, Division St, E’ville
contact person - Chester Brace RR3 Wellworth Ave, E’ville
Leonard died April, 1977 in Huntingburg, Dubois, Indiana (SS Death Records - on ancestry)
Chester's Draft records:
WW II Draft Registration - 17 Jan 1941 E’ville
Chester R Brace b 1919 Ind - 1yr hs - married - electrician
Field Artillery, pfc
Chester died October 30, 2003 - Evansville, Indiana. There was a long write-up of him in the Evansville paper, which talked a lot about his military career. It contained the following genealogical information: he was the son of Leonard Lewis and Ida Ethel (Darr) Brace. He had been married to Bonnie Jean Kinney for 44 years; she preceeded him in death, as did his brother Richard Jack Berry. His daughter, Carmen Rae Periard; his son,
Chester Brace jr; and his sister, Bettye Sturtzman, as well as several grand-children and great-grand-children, survived him.
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Born September 1893.
1900 census - with parents in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
1910 census - with mother in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
191x - married Jack Stevens - moved to Detroit - 14th St. near Grand Blvd
invited mother and niece Ruth to Detroit to live with them
separated from Jack
1920 census - Michigan Wayne Detroit - 1632 14th Street
Stevens, Charlotte - head - rents - f w 25 married, reads, writes, b. Ind. father b. Ill, m. Ind - roller in a cigar factory
Stanton, Ruth - niece - f w 16 single b. Ind, parents b Ind - roller in a cigar factory
1922 - married Jules (Julian) Van Britson
1925 Feb 5 - son Raymond born
1926 Jul 20 - son Donald born
1930 Michigan Wayne Detroit wd 21 ED82-833 SD22 sheet 18a 219 stamped
14855 Mapleridge Ave
193-8 Van Britson, Julian 34 m26 BelgBelg Belg em1903 naturalized superintendent automobile
Mildred 33 m 25 Ind Ind Ind
Raymond 5 Mich / Donald 4 Mich
1958 - August 10 - died
Mildred and Jules van Britson Mildred with her sons
Raymond
WWII enlistment - 25 Aug 1943 - E’ville
Briston, Raymond J Van
3 years hs - married - stock clerk
pvt
(Obit says he served in the Army Air Corps)
SS Death Index - d 24 May 2005 - E’ville (314-20-5172)
From the Browning Obit Index
Owned and operated Rays Radiator Service for 35 years member VFW Post No 2953 and American Legion Post 265 and inducted into Bowlers Hall of Fame in 1986
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mildred Darr and Julian van Britson, his brother, Donald C, and his son Tom. He was survived by his son Robert, his daughter Charlotte Watson, his wife of 62 years Mary Ann (Weber), and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Donald
was a member of the VFW, so I assume he was in the service, but I haven't found the records.
SS Death Index - Donald C - d 29 Feb 1992 - E’ville (314-20-9851)
From the Browning Obit Index
WW II vet, retired auto mechanic, avid softball player, member of Christ the King Catholic Church.
He was survived by his wife, Delores (Kares), brother Raymond, son Mike, daughter Donna Cashman and daughter Catherine Dixon
Unknown Baby
born Jan/Feb 1898
died 1 Oct 1898
Child Darr child of John Darr of Boonville age 9 mths
died Oct 1 1898 buried Oct 2 1898 at Mt Gilead Cemetery
of Fever -Inf / Kin- John Darr
from the Schafer Funeral Home Records (on Tamara’s Warrick Pages):
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