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Friedrich Bernhard Herrman
(1822-)
Margaretha Elizabeth Friese
(1825-)
David Scott Shanabrook
(1841-1918)
Mary O'Keeffe
(1847-1919)
John Adam Herman
(1852-1915)
Margaret Susan Shanabrook
(1876-1957)
Margaret Elizabeth Herman
(1903-1963)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Leslie Joseph Lakey

2. John F. Kalnowitz

Margaret Elizabeth Herman 1

  • Born: 30 June 1903, Trempealeau, WI 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Leslie Joseph Lakey about 1922
  • Marriage (2): John F. Kalnowitz on 21 June 1932 in Chicago, IL
  • Died: 13 June 1963 at age 59

bullet   Another name for Margaret was "Bessie" E. Herman.2 3

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bullet  General Notes:


Apparently, for the 1930 US Census, her two children, Joseph and Norma, were living with her sister, Ruth (Ruby). This was just a few years after the death of her husband in 1927.
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bullet  Birth Notes:


Name: [NOTE - This was Elizabeth (Bessie)]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1903
Birthplace: Trempealeau, Trempealeau, WI
Race: White
Father's Name: John Herman
Father's Birthplace: Lacrosse County, WI
Mother's Name: Margaret Shonobrook
Mother's Birthplace: Hrippensburg, Pa
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00329-5
System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy
Source Film Number: 1305596
Reference Number: CN 1332

Source Citation
"Wisconsin, Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRLX-Y2K : accessed 12 July 2012), , 1903.
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bullet  Death Notes:


Was listed as a surviving daughter in her mother's obituary therefore her death date would be "After 11 Sep 1957".
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in 1 June 1905. 1

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 465, Family 112, Line 25
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Elizabeth Herman..Daughter..2..WI

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. 3

1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 173, Family 76, Roll 1739
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, no mortgage
Bessie E. Herman..Daughter..7..WI

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 30 Jun 1903, then her age should have been 6 instead of 7.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 6 January 1920. 2

1920 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 219, Family 86, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Sixth Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Bessie Herman..Daughter..16..WI

(Living with widowed mother.)
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Margaret married Leslie Joseph Lakey, son of Joseph Lakey and Amy Adella Rifenberg, about 1922. (Leslie Joseph Lakey was born on 27 December 1901 in Caledonia, WI and died on 10 June 1927 in , Trempealeau County, WI.). The cause of his death was Impaled by pitchfork (accidental).


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Margaret next married John F. Kalnowitz, son of Theodore V. Kalnowitz and Sophia Shaviak, on 21 June 1932 in Chicago, IL. (John F. Kalnowitz was born on 31 March 1893 in Michigan City, IN and died on 2 September 1981 in Michigan City, IN.)


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Sources


1 1905 State Census, Wisconsin, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, p. 465, family 112, line 25, John Adam Herman and Margaret Susan Shanabrook; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1443899 : accessed 4 Oct 2012).

2 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 219, sheet 3B, family 86, Margaret Susan Shanabrook; index and images (accessed 14 Mar 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 2018.

3 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 173, sheet 3B, family 76, John Adam Herman and Margaret Susan Shanabrook; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 13 Jan 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1739.


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