Harry C. Goodridge household, 1940, Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Located the 1940 census record of the Harry C. Goodridge household in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Harry was Corinne's 2nd cousin 3 times removed - their common ancestors were Petrus Theodore Rieber and Elizabeth Schuhmacher.

1940 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, population schedule, , enumeration district (ED) ED 93-67, SD 8, sheet 16B, 916 Louisiana Street, household 360, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 December 2016); National Archives, Washington, D.C..

At the time of this enumeration, Harry's family was living at 916 Louisiana Street in Evansville.  He was working as a sheet metal worker in a refrigeration plant.  Harry was 28 years old and born in Indiana.  His wife, Anna, was 25 years old and also born in Indiana.  A daughter, Patricia Ann, aged 8, was also in the house.  Patricia had completed the 1st grade and both Anna and Harry had 8th grade educations.

The family was renting their home and the cost of monthly rent was $20.

In my database, Harry was the son of Harry Augustus Goodridge and Lena Stocker.  While I don't have all the details yet, I show additional children in Harry and Anna's family include sons David and Harry.  I do not yet have Anna's maiden name in my database.

If you have any additional information or are connected to this family, would appreciate hearing from you.

King Cousin Connection

Just received a nice note from a cousin, Leon, who connects with me on the King line.  His ancestor was Thomas King (1817-1864) and his second wife, Martha E. (Haggerty) King (1830-1912) through their daughter Elizabeth.  His Thomas was the brother of my maternal 3rd-great grandfather, Daniel King (1820-1876).  The family lived in Madison County, Indiana.

Elizabeth was married to James Franklin Fink.  Hopefully, he can share some more detail on his line and I can add more cousins to my database.  Prior to his email, I only had Elizabeth's date of birth and no information on a marriage.

It appears that neither of us have discovered the origins in North Carolina of Thomas and Daniel's father, William King (c1790-1869).

Death Notice : Caroline Bishop (Woolston) Chew, 1879

The Weekly Republican (Plymouth, Indiana), 6 Mar 1879, page 3

Located the death notice of my paternal 3rd-great grandmother, Caroline Bishop (Woolston) Chew (1826-1879) at Newspapers.com in The Weekly Republican of Plymouth, Indiana March 6, 1879 edition.

The notice reads:

Mrs. Chew, wife of Dr. A.C. Chew, died of lung fever on the 26th of February.  She was teaching school in the township when stricken down with the fever.  At her request her remains were taken to Ohio for interment.  The Dr. accompanied by three of his sons, started on the sad journy Saturday.

The paper has a typographical error, her husband was Dr. E.C. Chew (Ezekiel Cooper), often listed as E.C. Chew in records.  Lung fever is another name for pneumonia.

This notice cleared up a bit of confusion I had regarding her death - I had thought she might have died in Ohio, as she is buried in Darke County, Ohio where the family had previously lived.  This article was entitled "West Township" and listed all of the tidbits of news, so it would appear that she died in West Township, Marshall County, Indiana.  Her death occurred prior to Indiana requiring death certificates.

I had previously written about the cemetery where she is buried.  Her small marker is along a row next to some of her grandchildren.  Perhaps that is why she wanted to be buried there.