Maternal

Census Sunday: 1900 Stanton Wolford Family

joelowry1982 Census Sunday, Maternal
1900 Census record for Stanton Wolford and Family
Relationship to me:
Stanton M. Wolford (1864 – 1946)
father of:
Raymond Hudson Wolford (1909 – 1970)
father of:
Barbara Jean Wolford
mother of:
Rebecca Ann Witt
mother of:
Joseph Patrick Lowry
State: Kansas
County: Shawnee
Enumeration District: 14
Sheet No.: 6
City/Township: Topeka City
Precinct: 2nd
Address: 829 West Gordon Street (map)
Stanton Wolford, Head, white male, May 1865, 35 years old, married 13 years, born in Indiana, father and mother born in Indiana, carpenter, can read, write and speak English, rents a house
Etta Wolford, wife, white female, Oct 1869, 30 years old, married 13 years, born in Illinois, father and mother born in Illinois, can read, write and speak English
Agness V Wolford, daughter, white female, Mar 1888, 12 years old, single, born in Illinois, father born in Indiana, mother born in Illinois, at school, can read, write and speak English
Hubert Wolford, son, white male, May 1890, 10 years old, single, born in Illinois, father born in Indiana, mother born in Illinois, at school, can read, write and speak English
Harry Wolford, son, white male, April 1894, 6 years old, single, born in Illinois, father born in Indiana, mother born in Illinois
Hommer Wolford, son, white male, Dec 1896, 3 years old, single, born in Illinois, father born in Indiana, mother born in Illinois
Commentary and errors: This record is before the 1909 birth of my great grandfather Raymond Wolford. The census enumerator, Mr. Wesley G. Pliley (sp?), misspelled the names of Agness (Agnes) and Hommer (Homer) Wolford.
Sources:
1900 U.S. Federal Census, Shawnee County, Kansas, population schedule, Topeka City, Enumeration District 45, Sheet 6, p. 175 (stamped), Dwelling 131, Family 131,. Stanton M. Wolford; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 September 2012), citing National Archives microfilm publication T623, Roll 500.

Photo Friday: Around the Firehouse

joelowry1982 Maternal, Photo Friday, Witt
I’ve been a volunteer firefighter/EMT since 2004. It was interesting to me to learn that it is a family profession. My great uncle Fred Witt was a firefighter in Skokie, Illinois. This photo, taken in 1956, shows firefighters in front of the Hamlin Avenue Station. They include (left to right) Captain Jaeger, Bobby Burke, Bernie Weber, Rich Baumhardt, Al Suckow, Russ Van, and Fred Witt. They are standing in front of a 1948 American LaFrance pumper with 1,000 GPM capacity.
This photo was taken in 1969. Fred Witt, now a lieutenant on the fire department, is kneeling in the center (white shirt) with his men at the Floral Avenue Station. This is the last shift for his crew before this firehouse closed later that day.
Relationship to Me:
Frederick E Witt (1924 – 2009)
son of:
Helen M Bixler (1898 – 1985)
mother of:
Howard D Witt (1929 – 2001)
father of:
Rebecca Ann Witt
mother of:
Joseph Patrick Lowry

Sources:
Illinois Digital Archive. “Skokie Fire Department Floral Avenue Station Photograph, 1969.” Accessed September 20, 2012. http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/skokiepo02/id/2395/rec/2

Skokie Historical Society. “Firefighters of Skokie, Illinois, 1881 – 1987.” Accessed September 20, 2012. http://www.skokiehistory.info/gallery/fdfiremenf/FireDeptFirefighters.html