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Maude Johnson was born on 25 November 1879 in Missouri. She and Lucas (Louis) Richard Eccleston were married on 15 January 1905 in Green County, Missouri. She died on 22 December 1944, at age 65, in San Francisco City, San Francisco, California.

Maude Eccleston sued her husband's brother for, as she saw it, breaking up her marriage. This describes the court case. The two brothers involved, Louie and Hudson Eccleston, were first cousins of my great grandfather, Sir Lucas White King.

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Maude Johnson Eccleston
The Marital Woes of Louie and Maude Eccleston
Posted to Ancestry.com 29 Jun 2016 by teresastokes56
AN ECCLESTON MARRIAGE TURNS SOUR
Transcribed from newspapers by Teresa Stokes, 29 June 2016

The two brothers involved, Lucas “Louie” Richard Eccleston and Charles Hudson Eccleston, were first-cousins of my great grandfather Lucas White King, who kept tabs on all his family. I wonder if he knew about all these goings-on in the United States in 1912. Lucas King’s maternal uncle Robert “the forty-niner” Eccleston was the father of Louie and Hudson. Robert wrote a diary about his exploits in the gold rush which was published in 1950 as a book called Overland to California on the Southwestern Trail 1849. He died the year before the court case, but his 72 year old widow Josephine got dragged into it as a witness. I am quoting all I can find from two papers, the Oakland Tribune and the San Francisco Call, so there is some slight duplication in the telling.

The background to the court case is this. Louie Eccleston petitioned for a divorce from his wife Maude in 1909 after four years of marriage and one daughter. Three years later, with the divorce still not final, Maude sued her brother in law Hudson (he was known by his middle name) blaming him for the break-up and wanting $25,000 dollars compensation for alienation of affection. This is unusual because “alienation of affection” suits were usually against another woman for luring your husband away. The jury could not agree and the story in the papers ends there. Presumably that was the end of that and she got no money. The divorce was made final after that and Louie married again, to a woman with the odd name of Sanford. What is it with Americans, giving surnames to girls?! We know that at some point in the 20th century there was a rift between the descendants of Robert’s four sons, and I wonder if this row had anything to do with it. The only ones Randall Milliken and I are in touch with are the descendants of the Reverend Edward Eccleston, but I have traced much of the lines of Hudson and Louie, and of the fourth brother James (three others had died in childhood, firstborn Robert and two sisters, Edith and Florence). In posting this on ancestry.com I would hope that if any of their family read this, they will get in touch with me.

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Oakland Tribune, 16 Sep 1912
TRIAL OF $25,000 SUIT IS BEGUN
Mrs. M. J. Eccleston Sues Brother-In-Law, Alleging Interference

Trial of the $25,000 suit of Mrs. Maude Johnson Eccleston against Charles Hudson Eccleston, her brother-in-law, who is charged with alienating the affections of Louie Richard Eccleston, her former husband, commenced before Superior Judge Harris today with the drawing of a jury. Plaintiff alleges that after her marriage in 1906, Charles Eccleston took a strong dislike to her and that he had influenced her husband so that in the end he left her. They obtained an interlocutory decree in Fresno in 1910, according to the complainant, but no final decree has ever been issued.

The defendant denies that he had anything to do with the marital troubles of his brother and sister-in-law and contends that he was not responsible for his brother leaving his home.

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San Francisco Call, 17 Sep 1912
BROTHER IN LAW SUED FOR $25,000
Mrs. Maude Johnson Eccleston Charges Her Alienated Husband’s Love

OAKLAND, Sept. 16. -Too much brother in law is the explanation advanced by Mrs. Maude Johnson Eccleston for the failure of her marriage with Louie Richard Eccleston, before a jury in Judge Harris’ court today. The brother in law complained of is Charles Hudson Eccleston, whom she is suing for $25,000 for the alleged alienation of her husband’s affections. Mrs. Eccleston had two phases of the evidence in support of her contention before the jury today. The first consisted of a batch of letters which, she said, were written by Charles Eccleston to her husband and bore deeply on his subsequent actions. “If you once get the upper hand of situations you will be all right,” was a statement read from one; “otherwise you will have continuous trouble.” Mrs. Eccleston said the situations referred to were those in which she figured.

Josephine Murray, a negress who had been employed by Mrs. Eccleston as maid, said the defendant had been in the grocery store that the brothers jointly conducted at Fresno, when she called to make purchases for Mrs. Eccleston. “Why does Mrs. Eccleston send you to do this?” the witness said Hudson asked of her. “It seems my brother’s wife is too lazy to do her own shopping,” she said he concluded.

The Ecclestons were married in Green County, Missouri, June 15, 1905, according to her complaint, and though an interlocutory decree was entered in Fresno, they never have been finally divorced. Mrs. Eccleston said that immediately after they were married she began to feel the baleful influence of her husband’s brother. That he instilled hostile feelings into her husband’s mind and chilled the natural affections that had existed between them at first, were her charges. The brothers entered into a partnership at Fresno, and it was there, she said, that they separated. Charles H. and Louie R. Eccleston are brothers of James Y. Eccleston, cashier of the Oakland Bank of Savings. Charles H. Eccleston is secretary of an oil and development company.

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San Francisco Call, 18 Sep 1912
$25,000 IS ASKED FOR STOLEN LOVE
Mrs. Eccleston sues Brother-in-Law for Alienating Husband’s Affections

OAKLAND, Sept. 17 - Mrs. Maude Johnson Eccleston told a jury in Judge Harris’s Court today she had been married just one month to Louie Richard Eccleston, when his brother, Charles Hudson Eccleston, told her the marriage was a great mistake. She is suing Charles Hudson Eccleston for $25,000 damages for the alleged alienation of her husband’s affections.

“One month after we were married my brother in law told me that my husband had no funds with which to give me medical treatment or to provide change of climate for me when the heat at Fresno affected me adversely,” she said. “He said the marriage had been a foolish and imprudent step on the part of my husband and that he had borrowed $50 from his aged mother to pay the wedding expenses. Charles Hudson Eccleston also said that the fact of his getting married was not so bad, but that the mistake lay in my husband’s failure to marry a large strong woman who could help in the store, instead of choosing a frail, delicate little woman like myself. Later he blamed me because my husband declined to sing in the church choir, saying he should have married an energetic church worker. He also said we were unsuited for each other, and that being older, he had always been able to persuade my husband to do what he wished, with the one exception of his marriage to me. He told me later that his brother would see what a mistake he had made.”

LOVE SOON DIES

Mrs. Eccleston was preceded on the witness stand by her sister, Mrs. Alice J. Bacon. Mrs. Bacon said she stayed in their house nearly two years and that until the very last they had been a most loving couple.

“Mr. Eccleston always carried my sister in his arms to the automobile, and they constantly used terms of endearment to each other,” said Mrs. Bacon. “One day I saw that she was crying and I heard him say that he no longer loved her, that he had made a mistake and that he was a victim of circumstances. He said it was no fault of hers, that she was perfect as a wife, but that he no longer cared for her. My sister sent for his mother and he told her the same. Later I visited my brother-in-law’s mother in Oakland and I heard Charles Hudson Eccleston say that if she would not interfere he would see that his brother was freed of his marital entanglements without delay.”

FAMILY FRIEND INVOLVED

On cross examination Mrs. Bacon was asked whether her sister’s husband has not resented attentions which she was said to have received from Harry Murray, a lifelong friend of her family, and the late hours which she was said to have kept, but she denied it.

Mrs. Bacon at first could not recall how long she had been married, and said it would be a year in December. After the noon recess she refreshed her memory of dates with a bit of memoranda compiled during the intermission with the aid of her sister. A letter written by Mrs. Eccleston’s husband to her brother shortly after they were married offered for evidence today will be argued tomorrow before Judge Harris will permit of its admission.

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Oakland Tribune, 18 Sep 1912
‘GRANDEST HUBBY THAT EVER WAS’

Thus Does Mrs. Maude Eccleston Label Her Spouse.
“He was the grandest husband that ever was.”
“He was just as loving and sweet as he could be.”

These are a few of the tributes paid Louie Richard Eccleston by Mrs. Maude Johnson Eccleston on the witness stand in Superior Judge Harris’ Court this morning while she was testifying in her suit for $25,000 damages against Charles Hudson Eccleston, her brother-in-law whom she accuses of alienating her husband’s affections.

Prior to the time when Eccleston unceremoniously announced that he desired to speak to her after a dinner party in their Fresno home in 1909, everything was harmonious between them, she said. The night after they had celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary they retired to their room and he still seemed devoted, she related. But a short time after on the occasion of a dinner at which Harry Murray, a friend of the family and her sister, Mrs. Alice Johnson Bacon (then Miss Johnson) attended, Eccleston suddenly announced that he desired to tell her something.

“We went into our room,” recited Mrs. Eccleston, slowly and deliberately, “and he sat down on a skirt box. He said, ‘Honey, get your little stool and sit down by me.’ I did and he said, ‘Dearie, I don’t love you and I am not going to live with you any more.’ For a moment I thought he had lost his mind. I asked him why and he said, ‘You are the dearest, sweetest and prettiest girl in the world, but I am the victim of circumstances.’”

Just what those circumstances were is believed to be included in the suit against Eccleston’s brother as Mrs. Eccleston accuses him of being entirely responsible for her husband’s change of attitude towards her.

Further story of her marital relations with Eccleston were related by his wife, the plaintiff, on the stand yesterday.

HAD NO FUNDS

“One month after we were married my brother-in-law told me that my husband had no funds with which to give me medical treatment or to provide change of climate for me when the heat at Fresno affected me adversely,” she said. “He said that the marriage had been a foolish and imprudent step on the part of my husband and that he had borrowed $50 from his aged mother to pay the wedding expenses. Charles Hudson Eccleston also said that the fact of his getting married was not so bad, but that the mistake lay in my husband’s failure to marry a large, strong woman who could help in the store, instead of choosing a frail, delicate little woman like myself. Later he blamed me because my husband declined to sing in the church choir, saying he should have married an energetic church worker. He also said we were unsuited for each other, and that being older, he had always persuaded my husband to do what he wished, with the one exception of his marriage to me. He told me that later his brother would see what a mistake he had made.”

Mrs. Bacon testified that she had lived with her sister for nearly two years. She said:

“Mr. Eccleston always carried my sister in his arms to the automobile, and they constantly used terms of endearment toward each other, said Mrs. Bacon.

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San Francisco Call, 19 Sep 1912
MARITAL BREAK FOLLOWS REVEL
Woman Tells Court How Her Husband Left Her After Their Wedding Anniversary

OAKLAND, Sept 18 - Informed by her husband that he no longer loved her, the day following their joyous observance of their fourth wedding anniversary, was the story told with tears and sobs by Maude Johnson Eccleston in Judge Harris’s court today. Her husband was Louie Richard Eccleston, and Mrs. Eccleston is suing his brother, Charles Hudson Eccleston, for $25,000 damages for the alleged alienation of her husband’s affections.

“My husband had me sit down beside him the day after we observed our fourth wedding anniversary,” Mrs. Eccleston said, “and then he told me that he no longer loved me; that he was the victim of circumstances; that he could stay with me no longer and that I ought to prepare to go back to my parents.” [This took place on 16 June 1909]

The recollections overcame her and she wept for some time before she regained control of her voice.

SAYS BROTHER INTERFERED

“I said, this is some of your brother’s work,” Mrs. Eccleston continued. “Before that time we had loved each other wholly. My husband was the grandest husband that ever was. He was as loving and sweet to me as a man could be. But when he returned from a visit to his brother, Charles Hudson Eccleston, he told me that he no longer loved me.”

“I asked him,” the witness testified,” whether another woman had entered his life and he told me never again to think of such a thing. ‘You can’t put me out of your life like this,’ I said to him, but he told me that the sooner I understood that I was to go back to my parents the better it would be for both of us.”

Later she said that Charles Hudson Eccleston asked her to consent to a settlement on behalf of his brother.

“He offered me 5,000 shares of oil stock,” she said. “When I refused to deal with him he pounded the table with his fist and told me that he had come to see to it that the trouble was settled that day.”

THREATS ARE ALLEGED

“‘If you won’t settle, I will have my brother file a divorce action against you,’ he said, ‘and your refusal to settle will be the worst thing you can do. Louie has transferred to me all his oil stock and has put everything he owns out of his own name. Louie will do just what I say in this matter and if you refuse to settle now you won’t get anything. In affairs of this sort women always get the worst of it, and if you start anything around here you will come out of the small end of the horn.’”

Letters were read into the case to show that the couple had been happy to a short time before the rupture. The Ecclestons were partners in a grocery store in Fresno when the trouble occurred. Mrs. Eccleston alleged that within a month after her marriage her brother in law told her that his brother had made a great mistake and would see it as he saw the affair. [last 9 words make no sense?]

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San Francisco Call, 20 Sep 1912
WIFE WEEPS OVER LOSS OF AFFECTION
Mrs. Maude Eccleston Sues Husband’s Brother for $25,000 For Loss Of Affection

OAKLAND, Sept 19 - Charles Hudson Eccleston was much in disfavour with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Maude J. Eccleston, and she gave a womanlike reason for it in Judge Harris’s court today.

“I never liked Charles Hudson Eccleston,” she said. “The reason was that he took my husband away from me.” Then while the witness wept over her recollections, the reason she gave was ordered stricken from the record as being a conclusion of the witness. She is suing Charles H. Eccleston for $25,000 damages, as she said he alienated the affections of her husband, Louie Richard Eccleston.

After the Ecclestons had their final marital clash, anonymous letters affecting the defendant’s reputation were circulated, and Mrs. Eccleston was questioned closely to determine whether she knew anything about them. She said she did not, but that she had received several herself. She gave the letters to her husband to inspect, she testified, but he threw them away.

A letter written by her husband to Charles H. Eccleston dealing with the terms of one of their unsuccessful attempts at reconciliation was read to show the state of her husband’s mind. Mrs. Eccleston said that she had been permitted to see the letter before it was mailed and that she had objected to her husband saying “If Maude would only love me as other women love their husbands things would be all right,” but he declined to alter it. Mrs. Eccleston said she found this letter in her husband’s pocket later, when she searched a suit before sending it to the cleaner’s. She denied that she had ever seen the answer.

Mrs. Eccleston denied that there was any ground for discord between herself and her husband except that which originated in outside influences. The defence will begin Monday.

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San Francisco Call, 24 Sep 1912
AFFINITY ENTERS ECCLESTON CASE

OAKLAND, Sept. 23 - “The baleful shadow of another woman” was upon the home of Louie R. Eccleston and Mrs. Maude J. Eccleston, according to the defense of Charles H. Eccleston outlined in Judge Harris’s court today. Mrs. Eccleston has sued Charles H. Eccleston, her brother in law, for $25,000 damages, for the alleged alienation of her husband’s affections.

E.C. Parsons of Fresno was the first witness for the defense and he said that Louie Eccleston told him in a hypothetical statement of the loss of love for his wife and of the existence of another woman on whom his affections had centered.

“Louie Eccleston told me that he had a friend who had confided to him his troubles and asked his advice,” said Parsons. “He said that the man admitted that he no longer loved his wife, but that he did love another woman and that the man wanted his advice. Later, after the Ecclestons broke up, Louie told me he had stated his own case.”

O.F. Lundelius, a business partner of Louie Eccleston, said that both Eccleston and his wife had told him that another woman figured in their trouble. He said that he had been averse to being drawn into the affair, but that a woman named Stilphen had replaced Mrs. Eccleston in her husband’s heart and that Mrs. Eccleston told him about the woman.

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Oakland Tribune, Tuesday, 24 Sep 1912
MOTHER TESTIFIES IN ECCLESTON CASE
Aged Woman Denies Hearing Son Say He Did Not Love Wife

Denying many of the assertions made on the witness stand by her former daughter-in-law, Mrs. Josephine Eccleston, aged mother of Charles Hudson Eccleston, who is being sued for $25,000 damages for his alleged interference in the marital affairs of his brother Louie Richard Eccleston and Maude Johnson Eccleston, the latter’s wife and plaintiff in the case, took the stand in Superior Judge Harris’s court this morning. She said that she had never heard her son Louie say that he no longer loved his wife. Other affairs between the couple were also beyond her knowledge, she said.

When troubles in the Eccleston home in Fresno reached a crisis, “Mother Eccleston” as she is familiarly called by those involved in the suit, was summoned in hopes that things could be straightened out. Much of the testimony given by former witnesses hinged upon her visit and episodes alleged to have occurred in the home of the young couple included her presence.

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San Francisco Call, 25 Sep 1912
ALIENATION SUIT HAS MANY ANGLES
Divorced Husband Of Maude J. Eccleston Testifies As To His Alleged Affinity

OAKLAND, Sep 24 - “I fell in love with another woman and took her riding many times,” was Louie Richard Eccleston’s explanation of the rupture between himself and his former wife, Mrs. Maude J. Eccleston. She laid the trouble to his brother, Charles Hudson Eccleston, and is suing him for $25,000 damages, the case being on trial in Judge Harris’ court.

Eccleston said that the other woman was a Mrs. Stilphen, a nurse at Bakersfield, whom he had met in Fresno when they lived there.

“My love for my wife was killed by her peculiar actions,” Louie Eccleston testified. “She insisted that her sister, Mrs. Alice Bacon, reside with us; she objected to children and had strange whims.”

NURSE SUITED ECCLESTON

“I found in Mrs. Stilphen many qualities of mind which I prized in a woman. She was very entertaining in her conversation and she was sympathetic. We often went riding together. She knew that I had a wife, but she also knew how I felt toward my wife and how she had treated me. Later my wife found out about Mrs. Stilphen and told me she knew all about her. Sometime later we broke up, and then, later, my wife and I were reconciled for a time, and I promised to give up Mrs. Stilphen.

“My wife was peculiar from the start. She insisted in picking out her own wedding ring, and instead of selecting a plain gold band she chose a tiny gold ring with a ruby in it. Then she had the preacher leave out the word ‘obey’ in the ceremony. I asked her about that six months later and she admitted that she had made the request of the clergyman.”

MOTHER SORRY FOR SON’S WIFE

Mrs. Josephine Eccleston, mother of the Eccleston brothers, and by all parties referred to as “Mother” Eccleston, was a witness. She denied that she had overheard the trouble between the Ecclestons, and said that Charles H. Eccleston, the defendant, never had told her that he was managing the settlement of his brother’s marital woes.

“I felt sorry for Maude,” said Mrs. Eccleston, “for she was such a little woman, all alone in the world, and I felt my son was not treating her right.”

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Oakland Tribune, Wednesday, 25 Sep 1912
Refused To Be Bound by Rules
Eccleston’s Wife Dodged The Rules Laid Down By Husband.

When Louie Richard Eccleston and his wife Mrs. Maude Eccleston endeavoured to reconcile themselves to one another’s following certain marital disagreements some time ago, the husband presented her with a list of terms upon which they would resume their relations and which tended to determine his rights in the household, according to the testimony before Superior Judge Harris today. Mrs. Maude Eccleston refused to sign a number of these and the whole affair ended in an Interlocutory Decree of divorce some time later. As a result Mrs. Eccleston sued Charles Hudson Eccleston her brother-in-law, for $25,000 damages, claiming that he had influenced his brother against her. It has developed during the trial that at the time of the couple’s marriage, Mrs. Eccleston fixed it with the minister so that the word “obey” was left out of the ceremony the husband testified. In addition to that she picked out her own engagement ring which was in the form of a serpent with a ruby setting Instead of the usual plain gold circlet. The slight discrepancy in the ceremony was noticed by Eccleston, who pointed it out to his wife and then she admitted that she had been the cause of the change. When Eccleston drew up the rules and regulations of the household, he sought to rectify the matter. As a witness for his brother, Eccleston said that incompatibility of temperament had been the cause of his family difficulties and not his brother. Then he said that he had paid attentions to a Mrs. Stilphen and later transferred his affections to the other woman. It was after that when he told his wife that he did not love her anymore and would not live with her, he said.

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Between Wed 25 Sep and Wed 2 October there are no reports, so presumably no court sitting.

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Oakland Tribune, Wednesday Evening, 2 October 1912.
[This was on the front page, and included a picture of Maude, which is of poor quality in the online archive, either faded or badly scanned.]

ECCLESTON LOVE LETTERS QUOTED
MISSIVES STOLEN, IS THE ACCUSATION
Affection ‘Not Like That Of Other Girls,’ Is Charge Denied

That the marital deficiencies of Maude Johnson Eccleston centred upon the fact that her love was not like that of other girls and that during the entire time she was being courted by Louie Eccleston and up to the time she married him she did not permit him to caress her was the testimony offered before Superior Judge Harris this morning by Charles Hudson Eccleston, who is being sued by his former sister-in-law for $25,000 damages for alienating the affections of the husband and bringing about the divorce.

Charles Hudson Eccleston swore that he was not responsible for the separation and that whatever advice he gave his brother was solicited by the latter and given in the best of faith. Eccleston created a favourable impression on the stand.

Combating this contention of the defense, letters were introduced by the plaintiff from her husband and one by him to his brother in which the situation in 1909 were shown, and which were offered as proof that the affection between husband and wife at that time was all that might be expected. The Ecclestons say that the letters were stolen from Louie Eccleston’s desk.

The husband has already testified that his brother had nothing to do with the separation and has admitted that he was paying attention to another woman, a Mrs. Stilphen. On the witness stand this morning Charles Eccleston, the brother, testified that he did not know his brother loved Mrs. Stilphen until the present trial opened, and he heard it from the testimony.

Two of the letters introduced by the plaintiff were written to her when she was in the Merritt Hospital in Oakland and her husband was in France. They were read, as follows:

Fresno, 1909
Dear Bun,

I am glad you enjoyed the roses. I told Hudson to keep posted and if the flowers got there to have some of them [illegible] but he kept reporting that he had from three to five [illegible] on hand all the time, and finally decided that if I wanted to get in on it that he would have to send them [illegible] supply [illegible, the scan is too faint to read]

I can hardly wait for the time to come and bring you home. I am so hungry to see you and get so lonesome I can hardly stand it sometimes.

I guess I am of a peculiar temperament - different from most men - and you being away constantly does work on me. That’s why I work every night.

With lots of love and kisses,
LOUIE

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LITTLE COOING
Another letter from Fresno at the same time read:

Dear Bun

I mailed you a letter today but I thought I would write some more to let you know we are all thinking of you, oh, so badly.

I certainly would like to have you drop in on us and jump up in papa’s lap and have a little cooing.

Lots of Love,
LOUIE

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LETTER TO BROTHER
The following letter was from Louie to his brother “Hudson,” and was offered by the attorney for Maude Eccleston in support of her charge that her brother-in-law brought about the separation.

Fresno, Aug. 11, 1909
Dear Hud

I guess you will call me crazy when you get this letter, but I want you to think it all done for the best, with hopes that the best results will follow.

Maude and I have come to an understanding; that is, I have made some very severe conditions to which Maude has agreed, without any hesitancy. Maude is my wife. I took her for better or for worse; we have had “better” and now when the worse presents itself I am getting to give her a chance. Last night neither of us hardly got a wink of sleep.

She confided in me, and with tears flowing like water, asked me to give her another chance and she would make an ideal wife. There is no question of a separation; it means I am throwing her out in this cruel world all alone. She is not like some girls who could get out and make a living. She says she wants me and me alone.

It was 3 a.m. when we finished our conversation and I spent most of the time from then until 10 a.m. thinking. I then decided to do as she asked and wrote out a lot of conditions which she is to sign.

“BRAVE LITTLE WOMAN”
She is a brave little woman and I know she must love me or she would not consent to any of them. She loves me in her way, and although it may not be the way most girls love, still she wants me, and to comply with what I ask there has to be something in her little body to prompt her to do it. There is lots to say, but writing is a poor way and I will tell you all about it when I see you next. I want you and Ethel, for my sake, to treat Maude as you did before all this came up, and if we can work this thing out between ourselves we will both be happy and fulfil the vows we made at the altar and before God.

She began immediately after I told her the conditions under which I would try and patch things up, to fulfil every condition. Of course, it will take weeks and maybe months for her to fulfil all of them.

No doubt I am unreasonable in what I have asked of her, but I can foresee that what I have asked will be absolutely necessary.

With lots of love, etc.
LOUIE

WRITTEN ON TAG
The conditions referred to by Louie Eccleston in the letter to his brother were the following, written on the back of a grocery tag and signed by his wife:

01. Do as I say in all matters that may come up.
02. Tell me the truth about everything I ask.
03. Take me into your confidence and never let the smallest thing go unsaid.
04. Let the cook go.
05. Let me see all the letters you write to your sister Alice.
06. Treat me as if I were the stronger of the two, as you say I am, and consider that I am the master of the house.
07. Show me by your actions and affection that you love me.
08. Let’s begin to save money.
09. You are not to get a regular allowance, but just what you need each month.
10. Treat your relatives as if nothing happened, especially my brother Charles.

The Ecclestons are well known in Fresno and in Oakland and their domestic difficulties have been a matter of public record for a year or more. Mrs. Eccleston is a writer and a member of the Missouri Press Association. She has acted as a contributor for the New York Mirror and Review.

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San Francisco Call, Thursday, 3 Oct 1912
ECCLESTON DENIES DIVIDING COUPLE
Defendant In Alienation Suit Says He Had Nothing To Do With Trouble.

OAKLAND, Oct 2 - “I never knew that my brother loved any other woman but his wife until I heard him say so on the witness stand,” said Charles H. Eccleston in defending himself against a charge of alienating the affections of his brother, Louie R. Eccleston, made by Mrs. Maude J. Eccleston.

Mrs. Eccleston said that she and her husband lived an ideal life and that Louie Eccleston “was the grandest husband that there ever was” until his brother poisoned his mind against her. Louie Eccleston testified that of his own volition he fell in love with another woman when his wife’s whims killed his affection for her. Charles H. Eccleston said he had nothing to do with their affairs.

Mrs. Eccleston produced several letters to prove that her brother in law was well versed in the details of their trouble. One letter written by her husband apprised the defendant of their attempts to patch up their quarrels and ran: [see yesterday’s paper for same]

Mrs. Eccleston obtained a decree of divorce at Fresno on a cross complaint charging cruelty. She demands $25,000 damages in the complaint filed against Charles Hudson Eccleston.

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Oakland Tribune, 3 Oct 1912
LAST CHAPTER IN ECCLESTON CASE
Attorneys for Defence Score Point In Today’s Hearing

The concluding chapter in the trial of the damage suit for $25,000 begun by Maude Johnson Eccleston was entered today when attorneys for the defense succeeded in having read into the record the divorce complaint brought by the husband, Louie Eccleston, and her counter charges upon which she was granted a decree.

The defence counted strongly upon the divorce suit complaints to disprove the charge of Mrs. Eccleston that her brother in law alienated her husband’s affections and was responsible for their separation.

The complaint and cross-complaint showed that the husband accused his wife of endeavour­ing to ruin his reputation amongst his Fresno business associates by spreading false rumours about his character and financial standing, while she in return retaliated by accusing him of extreme cruelty and boasting of his relationship with Mrs. Elizabeth Stilphen. The wife’s cross complaint bristled with quotations from her husband to the effect that she “had a cavity where her brain ought to be,” that he was “buffaloed into marrying her” and similar declarations.

The case is expected to go to the jury either late this afternoon or tomorrow morning.

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San Francisco Call, Friday, 4 Oct 1912
ECCLESTONS AIRING DOMESTIC ROWS

OAKLAND, OCT 3 - Arguments to the jury began today in the suit for $25,000 damages for alleged alienation of her husband’s affections, which Mrs. Maude J. Eccleston filed against her former brother-in-law Charles Hudson Eccleston. The case may be submitted to the jury tomorrow. Mrs. Eccleston’s husband was Louie Richard Eccleston.

As a farewell insight into the affairs of the Eccleston, a copy of Mrs. Eccleston’s cross complaint for a divorce was read to the jury, after she had testified that her husband “was the grandest husband that ever was,” up to the point of the alleged intervention. After that it was a different story according to her cross complaint. She charged:

“That he told her she was too mean to die.
“That he had been buffaloed into marrying her.
“That he did not love her.
“That he did love a woman called Elizabeth Stilphen of Bakersfield.”

Attorney N.C. Coldwell, representing Mrs. Eccleston, explained to the jury that all these things happened to his client after the alleged alienation of her husband’s affections.

$ $ $ $ $

San Francisco Call, Saturday, 5 Oct 1912
ECCLESTONS SHARE HOT COURT GRILL
Brother, Too, Painted Like Serpent in the Garden of Eden

Oct. 4. -Mrs. Maude J. Eccleston and her former husband, Louie Richard Eccleston were in turn denounced today as the author of the woes of Charles Hudson Eccleston, who is defendant to her action for $25,000 damages. The Ecclestons were divorced and Mrs. Eccleston alleges Charles Hudson Eccleston turned her husband against her.

“Whatever you do, don’t take Mrs. Maude Eccleston as the type of California woman­li­hood,” pleaded Attorney M. C. Chapman, who represents the defendant, to the jury.

“Whatever you do, don’t take Louie Hudson Eccleston as the type of California man­hood,” pleaded Attorney N. C. Coldwell, who represented Mrs. Eccleston. “The Eccleston brothers turned her out, a lone woman, like Hagar driven out of the tent into the wilderness,” said Coldwell. “Mrs. Eccleston and her husband were happy together until the brother crept into their lives like a serpent into the Garden of Eden,” said Coldwell.

“Mrs. Eccleston never loved her husband. Her attitude was mercenary from the start. He loved her for a time then her coldness killed his affection,” said Chapman.

“Louie Eccleston, from the divergence of his testimony here and at the trial of his divorce action, should be in the prisoners’ dock,” said Coldwell.

Charles Hudson Eccleston sat back and listened without change of expression to the remarks about his brother and his former sister in law. Instructions will be given to the jury tomorrow.

$ $ $ $ $

Oakland Tribune, 5 October, 1912
ECCLESTON JURY FAILS TO AGREE
After 20 Hours’ Deliberation Jurors Are Discharged by Judge Waste

After 20 hours’ deliberation the Eccleston jury failed to reach an agreement and was discharged shortly after noon today by Superior Judge Waste. The jury was locked up last night in the Key Route Inn, the case having been placed in the jurors’ hands last night.

The case was that of Mrs. Maude Eccleston, who sued her divorced husband’s brother, Mr. Charles H. Eccleston, for $25,000 damages for the alleged alienation of her husband Louie’s affections.

$ $ $ $ $

I can find no more trace of the case in the papers, so it looks as though with the jury failing to agree, nobody wanted to go through it all again. A few months later the “rules” appeared in another paper:

New Castle News, Friday, 7 March 1913
Ten Rules For Wife Make Husband Boss
California Man Takes No Chances When Arranging For Reconciliation With Wife

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6 - Ten adamant rules of obedience that Louie Eccleston drafted and made his wife promise she would observe before he would become reconciled to her were introduced at the hearing in Oakland of the $25,000 damages suit of the woman against Charles Eccleston, her brother-in-law, for alienating the husband’s affections. Charles Eccleston introduced the rules, which were carefully written in the manner of antique household maxims to disprove the contention of the complainant that he was responsible for the separation and divorce of the couple.

The answer of Charles Eccleston to this is the rules of the husband that he introduced in evidence. Here are the rules:
01. Do as I say in all matters that may come up.
02. Tell me the truth about everything I ask.
03. Take me into your confidence and never let the smallest thing go unsaid.
04. Let the cook go.
05. Let me see all the letters you write to your sister Alice.
06. Treat me as if I were the stronger of the two, as you say I am, and consider that I am the master of the house.
07. Show me by your actions and affections that you love me.
08. Let’s begin to save money.
09. You are not to get a regular allowance, but just what you need each month.
10. Treat your relatives as if nothing happened, especially my brother Charles.
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California, Death Index, 1940-1997
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Name: Maude Eccleston
[Maude Johnson]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1879
Birth Place: Missouri
Death Date: 22 Dec 1944
Death Place: San Francisco
Mother's Maiden Name: Petrie
Father's Surname: Johnson.

Jessie B. Johnson was born on 10 February 1881 in Texas.¹ She died on 29 December 1970, at age 89, in San Francisco City, San Francisco, California.¹ She was buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo, California.

Bacon was born in 1865. He died in 1920, at age ~55.

Ellathyne (Elathine ) Poore was born in July 1825 in New Brunswick, Canada.^2,1 She and Alexander Petrie were married in 1846. She died on 28 October 1913, at age 88, in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana.² She was buried in Eastlawn Cemetery (West Section (a), Row 3), North Liberty, St. Joseph, Indiana.²

Ellathyne was living with her son David in 1910.

Delila Petrie was born in 1848 in Indiana.

Robert H. Petrie was born on 13 January 1850 in St. Joseph County, Indiana.¹ He and Martha Jane Platz were married on 13 December 1888 in St. Joseph County, Indiana. He died on 18 July 1934, at age 84, in North Liberty, St. Joseph, Indiana.

TWELFTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1900
State: Indiana
County: St. Joseph
Township or other division of County: Liberty Township, Precinct 1
Name of incorporated city, town, or village, within the above named division: -
Ward of City: -
Enumeration Date: 15 day of June, 1900
Supervisor's District No. 13
Enumeration District No. 105
Sheet No. 15 B
Line No: 88-91
Street, Avenue, Road, etc: -
House number or farm: -
Dwelling No: 309
Number of family in order of visitation: 309

Name: PETRIE, ROBERT H.
Relation: Head
Color or Race: W
Sex: M
Date of Birth: Jan 1850
Age at last birthday: 50
Whether single, married, widowed or divorced: M
Number of years married: 12
Place of birth of this person: Indiana
Place of birth of father: Indiana
Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania
Occupation, Trade, or Profession: Farmer
Can read: yes
Can write: yes
Can speak english: yes
Ownership of home: R
Number of farm schedule: 151

Name: PETRIE, MARTHA
Relation: Wife
Color or Race: W
Sex: F
Date of Birth: Aug 1849
Age at last birthday: 50
Whether single, married, widowed or divorced: M
Number of years married: 12
Mother of how many children: 3
Number of these children living: 3
Place of birth of this person: Indiana
Place of birth of father: Pennsylvania
Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania
Occupation, Trade, or Profession: -
Can read: yes
Can write: yes
Can speak english: yes

Name: Miser, John E.
Relation: Step-Son
Color or Race: W
Sex: M
Date of Birth: Sept 1886
Age at last birthday: 13
Place of birth of this person: Ohio
Place of birth of father: Ohio
Place of birth of mother: Indiana
Occupation, Trade, or Profession: At School
Can read: yes
Can write: yes
Can speak english: yes

Name: Sheaff, Joseph M.
Relation: Boarder
Occupation, Trade, or Profession: Farm Laborer
______________________________

THIRTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1910
State: Indiana
County: St. Joseph
Township or other division of County: Liberty Twp.
Name of Incorporated Place: -
Ward of City: -
Supervisor's District No. 13
Enumeration District No. 137
Sheet No. 12 A & 12 B
Enumeration Date: 6 day of May, 1910
Line No: 49-50 & 51-52
Street, Avenue, Road, etc: -
House number or farm: -
Dwelling No: 249
Number of family in order of visitation: 254

Name: PETRIE, ROBT. H.
Relation: Head
Sex: M
Color or Race: W
Age at last birthday: 60
Whether single, married, widowed or divorced: M2
Number of years of present marriage: 21 [1889]
Place of birth of this person: Indiana
Place of birth of father: France, French
Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania
Whether able to speak english: English
Occupation: Farmer, General Farm, O/A
Whether able to read: yes
Whether able to write: yes
Ownership of home: O

Name: PETRIE, MARTHA
Relation: Wife
Sex: F
Color or Race: W
Age at last birthday: 61
Whether single, married, widowed or divorced: M2
Number of years of present marriage: 21 [1889]
Mother of how many children:
Number born: 3
Number now living: 3
Place of birth of this person: Indiana
Place of birth of father: Pennsylvania
Place of birth of mother: Pennsylvania
Whether able to speak english: English
Occupation: none
Whether able to read: yes
Whether able to write: yes

Name: PETRIE, RUSSELL
Relation: Grandson
Sex: M
Color or Race: W
Age at last birthday: 10
Place of birth of this person: Indiana
Place of birth of father: Indiana
Place of birth of mother: Indiana

Name: PETRIE, MABEL
Relation: Granddaughter
Sex: F
Color or Race: W
Age at last birthday: 7
Place of birth of this person: Indiana
Place of birth of father: Indiana
Place of birth of mother: Indiana
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FOURTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1920
State: Indiana
County: St. Joseph
Township or other division of County: Liberty Township
Name of Incorporated Place: -
Ward of City: -
Supervisor's District No. 13
Enumeration District No. 193
Sheet No. 1 B
Enumeration Date: 7 day of Jan, 1920
Line No: 64-66
Street, Avenue, Road, etc: ..?amore Road
House number or farm: Fm
Dwelling No: 12
Number of family in order of visitation: 12

Name: PETRIE, ROBERT H.
Relation: Head
Home owned or rented: O
Owned free or mortgaged: M
Sex: M
Color or Race: W
Age at last birthday: 69
Single, married, widowed or divorced: M
Whether able to read: yes
Whether able to write: yes
Place of birth person, mother tongue: Indiana, English
Place of birth of father, mother tongue: .?nt Kn..?, English
Place of birth of mother, mother tongue: Pennsylvania, English
Whether able to speak english: yes
Occupation / Industry: Farmer, Gen Farm, O/A
No. of farm schedule: 11
Name: PETRIE, MARTTY
Relation: Wife
Sex: G
Color or Race: W
Age at last birthday: 70
Single, married, widowed or divorced: M
Whether able to read: yes
Whether able to write: yes
Place of birth person, mother tongue: Indiana, English
Place of birth of father, mother tongue:Pennsylvania, English
Place of birth of mother, mother tongue: Pennsylvania, English
Whether able to speak english: yes
Occupation / Industry: -

Name: Polaski, Steve
Relation: Orphan, Home Boy
Age at last birthday: 12
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1930 United States Census
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Name: Robert Petrie
Birth Year: abt 1850
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Indiana
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Liberty Township, St Joseph, Indiana
Dwelling Number: 62
Family Number: 63
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: Yes
Age at First Marriage: 26
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members: Name / Age
Robert Petrie / 80
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Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
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Name: Robert Petrie
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 84
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1850
Birth Place: St. Joseph Co. Ind
Death Date: 18 Jul 1934
Death Place: North Liberty, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Marthia Petrie
Father: Alec Petrie
Mother: Ellen Poor

http://www.findagrave.com
Robert Petrie
Birth: 1850
Death: 1934
Spouse:
Martha Petrie (1848 - 1920)
Burial: Westlawn Cemetery, North Liberty, St. Joseph County, Indiana, U
Created by: Jackie & Ralph
Record added: Apr 15, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial # 51169478.

Leticia (Lettie) Earl Petrie was born on 19 April 1856 in North Liberty, St. Joseph, Indiana.¹ She and William Henry Rollo were married on 19 January 1886 in St. Joseph County, Indiana. She died on 11 December 1927, at age 71, in Lucas County, Ohio.

* Online records have date of birth varying from 1856 to 1864.
* Note that 1860 and 1870 censuses would have her born in 1856 and 2-3 years older than her brother David who was shown born in 1858.

Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Ancestry.com
Name: Lettie E. Rollo
Death Date: 11 Dec 1927
Death Place: Lucas, Ohio, USA.

David M. Petrie was born on 25 December 1858 in Indiana.¹ He died on 28 November 1914, at age 55, in Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana.

1910 United States Census
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Name: David M. Petrie
Age in 1910: 52
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1910: South Bend Ward 3, Saint Joseph, Indiana
Street: S William Street
House Number: 220
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Canada
[Canada English]
Mother's name: Ellathyne Petrie
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
[Canada English]
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Solicitor
Industry: Gas Co
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Number of weeks out of work: 0
Household Members: Name / Age
David M. Petrie / 52
Ellathyne Petrie / 84
Relation: Mother
Marital Status: Wd
Number of children born: 10
Number living: 5
Mary C.F. Rein / 48
Relation: Lodger
______________________________

Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Ancestry.com
Name: David Petrie
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 55
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1858
Birth Place: Indiana
Death Date: 28 Nov 1914
Death Place: Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
Marital Status: Single
Father: Alexander Petrie
Mother: Ellathyne Poore.

Charles William Petrie was born on 7 April 1862 in Michigan City, La Porte, Indiana.¹ He and Minnie L. Cameron were married on 30 December 1886 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He died in 1949, at age ~87, in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery (Block 2, Lot 31), West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida.

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Ancestry.com
Name: Charles William Petrie
SSN: 261267020
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Apr 1860 * [all other ecords show 1862]
Birth Place: Michigan City, Indiana
Father: Alexander Petrie
Mother: Ellathynne Poor
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
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1900 United States Census
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Name: Charles W. Petrie
Age: 38
Birth Date: Apr 1862
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Minnie L. Petrie
Marriage Year: 1887
Years Married: 13
Father's Birthplace: France, Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada, France
Occupation: Crane Man
Household Members: Name / Age
Charles W. Petrie / 38
Minnie L. Petrie / 33
Relation: Son Adopt[ed]
Birth Date: Oct 1866
Birthplace: New York
Years Married: 13
Number of children born: 0
Number of children living: 0
Harry C. Petrie / 9
Relation: Son Adopt[ed]
Birth Date: Oct 1890
Birthplace: Illinois
Minnie L. Sessler / 18
Relation: Servant
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1910 United States Census
Ancestry.com
Name: Charles W. Petrie
Age in 1910: 48
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1910: Boynton, Palm Beach, Florida
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: M1 [Married]
Spouse's Name: Winnie[Minnie] Petrie
Father's Birthplace: Canada English
Mother's Birthplace: Canada English
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Piner & Truck
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: Farm
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 24 [1886]
Household Members: Name / Age
Charles W. Petrie / 48
Winnie[Minnie] Petrie / 42
Number of children born: 2
Number of children living: 1
Harry Petrie / 20
Relation: Son
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1920 United States Federal Census
Ancestry.com
Name: Charles Petrie
Age: 57
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1920: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida
Street: Alabama Avenue
House Number: 506
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Minnie Petrie
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Meat Cutter
Industry: Meat Market
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name / Age
Charles Petrie / 57
Minnie Petrie / 50
Harry Petrie / 27
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1940 United States Census
Ancestry.com
Name: Charles W. Petrie
Age: 78
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Indiana
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Father(?)
Home in 1940: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida
House Number: 311
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: West Palm Beach, Florida
Residence in 1935: West Palm Beach, Florida
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 65A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 30
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 6th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 300
Household Members: Name / Age
Charles W. Petrie / 78
* [Despite showing Charles Petrie as 'Father', I'm assuming the following two were not related but living with him.]
Victoria Sierra / 54
Relation: Head
Birthplace: Spain
Marital Status: Wd
Carmen Sierra / 21
Relation: Daughter-in-Law
Birthplace: Florida

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Charles W. Petrie
Birth: 1862
Death: 1949
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Plot: Block 2 Lot 31
Created by: Gerry
Record added: Jan 25, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial # 47130220

Ancestry.com
Name: Charles W. Petrie
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1862
Marriage Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1886
Marriage Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Spouse Name: Minnie L. Cameron
Spouse Age: 21
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Marital Status: Single
FHL Film Number: 1030160.

Emma Petrie was born about 1863 in Indiana.¹

Christena Petrie was born about 1864 in Indiana.¹

Martha Jane Platz was born on 31 August 1849 in LaGrange County, Indiana. She and Robert H. Petrie were married on 13 December 1888 in St. Joseph County, Indiana. She died on 1 March 1920, at age 70, in North Liberty, St. Joseph, Indiana.

William Henry Rollo was born in May 1862 in Burlington Beach, Wentworth, Canada West. He and Leticia (Lettie) Earl Petrie were married on 19 January 1886 in St. Joseph County, Indiana. He died on 16 September 1935, at age 73, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio.

In 1871, William H. Rollo, age 9, was living with parents Alexander and Adeline and siblings in Saltfleet, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada. Birth for all in the family was "O" [Ontario].
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1900 United States Census
Ancestry.com
Name: William Rollo
Age: 38
Birth Date: May 1862
Birthplace: Canada
[Canada French]
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 33, Cook, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1879
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lettie E. Rollo
Marriage Year: 1886
Years Married: 14
Father's Birthplace: Canada, French
Mother's Birthplace: Canada, French
Occupation: Engineer
Household Members: Name / Age
William Rollo / 38
Lettie E Rollo / 39 [1861]
Birthplace: Indiana
Number of Children Born: 9
Number of Children Living: 5
Alexander Rollo / 13
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Illinois
William Rollo / 10
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Indiana
Howard Rollo / 8
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Ohio
Leau Rollo / 4
Relation: Dau
Birthplace: Illinois
Walter Rollo / 2
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Illinois
______________________________

1910 United States Census
Ancestry.com
Name: William Rollo
Age in 1910: 47
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Canada
[Canada English]
Home in 1910: Toledo Ward 12, Lucas, Ohio
Street: Milton St
House Number: 557
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nettie E. Rollo
Father's Birthplace: Canada
[Canada French]
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
[Canada English]
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Engineer
Industry: Stationary
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Home Owned or Rented: Rent
Farm or House: House
Naturalization Status: Papers
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 24
Household Members: Name / Age
William Rollo / 47
Nettie E. Rollo / 46 [1864]
Birthplace: Indiana
Number of Childrern Born: 6
Number of Children Living: 6
Alexander Rollo / 23
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Illinois
Occupation: Engineer, Stationery
William Rollo / 20
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Indiana
Occupation: Craneman, in factory
Howard Rollo / 18
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Clelrk, Store
Leah Rollo / 14
Relation: Daughter
Birthplace: Illinois
Attending School
Walter Rollo / 12
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Illinois
Attending School
Eadith Rollo / 7
Relation: Daughter
Birthplace: Michigan
Attending School
______________________________

1920 United States Census
Ancestry.com
Name: William H. Rollo
Age: 57
Birth Year: abt 1863
Birthplace: Canada, French
Home in 1920: Toledo Ward 14, Lucas, Ohio
Street: Halsted Street
House Number: 1240
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lettie Rollo
Father's Birthplace: Canada, French
Mother's Birthplace: Canada, English
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Operator
Industry: Rail Road Hoisting
Household Members: Name / Age
William H. Rollo / 57
Lettie Rollo / 56 [1864]
Birthplace: Indiana
Leah Rollo / 23 [1897]
Birthplace: Illinois
Occupation: Clerk, Jewelry Factory
Walter Rollo / 22 [1898]
Birthplace: Illinois
Occupation: Motor Assembler, Auto Works
Edith Rollo / 17 [1903]
Birthplace: Michigan
Attended School
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1930 United States Census
Ancestry.com
Name: William H. Rollo
Birth Year: abt 1859
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Canada French
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Toledo, Lucas, Ohio
Street address: Emerson St
Ward of City: 18
Block: 87
House Number in Cities or Towns: 1414
Dwelling Number: 138
Family Number: 148
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 6000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 25
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Canada French
Mother's Birthplace: Canada French
Language Spoken: French
Immigration Year: 1880
Naturalization: Naturalized
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Stationery Engineer
Industry: Railroad Coal Dock
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members: Name / Age
William H. Rollo / 71
Ralph C. Taylor / 31
Relation: Son-in-Law
Birthplace: Ohio
Age at first marriage: 26
Occupation: Truck Driver, Dairy Route
Leah Taylor / 33
Relation: Daughter
Birthplace: Illinois
Age at first marriage: 28
Ralph W. Taylor / 1 [1 11/12]
Relation: Grand-Son
Birthplace: Ohio
______________________________

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William H. Rollo
Birth: unknown
Death: Sep. 16, 1935, East Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
Age 75.
Death notice Toledo Blade 9/17/1935
Burial: Toledo Memorial Park, Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
Created by: Alan Draves
Record added: Jan 20, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial # 103841118.

Alexander Rollo was born on 17 October 1886 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He died on 9 October 1979, at age 92, in Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado.¹

1920 United States Census
Ancestry.com
State: California
County: San Diego
Township or Other Division of County: U.S. Military Reservation, San Diego Township
Name of Institution: Fort Rosecrans geographically located in San Diego Twp. - outside city
Enumerated: 14th day of January, 1920
Supervisor's District No. 9th
Enumeration District No. 253
Sheet No. 2 A
Name: Alexander ROLLO
Age: 33
Birth Year: abt 1887
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Engineer
Industry: US Army
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name / Age
Thomas C. Brown / 40
Relation: Head
Charles J. Chambers / 36
Relation: Partner
Henry Hauschildt / 55
Relation: Partner
Otis Hill / 24
Relation: Partner
Clay Pell / 25
Relation: Partner
Alexander ROLLO / 33
Relation: Partner
Earl D. Van Denburg / 34
Relation: Partner
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1930 United States Census
Ancestry.com
Name: Alexander Rollo
Birth Year: abt 1888
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Downers Grove, Dupage, Illinois
Street address: Northcott Ave
House Number in Cities or Towns: 4907
Dwelling Number: 78
Family Number: 78
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 10500
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 38
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: United States
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Draftsman
Industry: Printing
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Veteran: Yes
War: WW
Household Members: Name / Age
Alexander Rollo / 42
Edna Rollo / 35
Relation: Wife
Birthplace: Czechoslovakia
Year of immigration: 1900
Naturalization: Na
Letitia Rollo / 1
Relation: Daughter:
Birthplace: Illinois
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Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census
SIXTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1940
POPULATION SCHEDULE
State: Illinois
County: Cook
Township or other division of county: -
Incorporated place: Chicago
Ward of city: -
Block nos: 9
Institution: Y.M.C.A. Hotel
S.D. No: 1
E.D. No: 103-11
Sheet No: 83 B
Enumerated: April 8, 1940
Line No. 73
Name of each person whose usual place of residence on April 1, 1940, was in this household

Name: ROLLO, ALEXANDER
Relation: Guest
Sex: M
Color or race:W
Age at last birthday: 53
Marital status, Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: D
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: no
Highest grade of school completed: C-4
Place of Birth: Illinois
Residence April 1, 1935:
City, town or village: Downers
County: Du Page
State (or Territory of foreign country): Illinois
Persons 14 years old and over - employment status
Was person at work for pay, profit, nonemergency govt work week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 40
Occupation: Machine Drafting
Industry: Machine Factory
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U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
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Name: Alexander Rollo
Age: 56
Race: White
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1886
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Residence Year: 1942
Residence: 826 S Wabash, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Name and address of person who will always know your address: Letitia Rollo, 4830 W Cermak Rd.
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Name: Alexander Rollo
SSN: 343-10-1484
Last Residence: 80110 Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado, USA
Born: 17 Oct 1886
Last Benefit: 85702, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States of America
Died: Oct 1979
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
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Name: Alexander Rollo
Gender: Male
Death Date: 9 Oct 1979
SSN: 343101484
Enlistment Date: 29 Sep 1914
Release Date: 4 Jun 1920.

William Earl Rollo was born on 20 October 1889 in Chesterton, Porter, Indiana. He died on 11 June 1980, at age 90, in Maumee, Lucas, Ohio.

World War I Draft Registration showed dependants as wife & 1 child.

1920 United States Federal Census
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Name: Earl Rollo
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1890
Birthplace: Indiana
Home in 1920: Toledo Ward 15, Lucas, Ohio
Street: Starr Ave
House Number: 1118
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Agnes Rollo
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Engineer
Industry: Construction
Household Members: Name / Age
Earl Rollo 30
Agnes Rollo 28
Relation: Wife
Birthplace: Ohio
Mary Rollo 6
Relation: Daughter
Birthplace: Ohio
Earl Rollo 2 [2 6/12]
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Ohio
Anna Rollo 1 [1 1/12]
Relation: Daughter
Birthplace: Ohio
Joseph Rollo 0/12
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Ohio
Walter Rollo 0/12
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Ohio
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1930 United States Federal Census
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Name: William E. Rollo
Birth Year: abt 1890
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Indiana
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Joliet, Will, Illinois
Street address: Illinois St.
House Number in Cities or Towns: 218
Dwelling Number: 233
Family Number: 256
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: 50
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 22
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Civil Engineer
Industry: Sewer Construction
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Household Members: Name / Age
William E. Rollo / 40
Mary Agnes Rollo / 17
Relation: Daughter
Birthplace: Ohio
Earl Francis Rollo / 12
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Ohio
Anna L Rollo / 11
Relation: Daughter
Birthplace: Ohio
Joseph V. Rollo / 10
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Ohio
Gene H. Rollo / 8
Relation: Son
Birthplace: Ohio
Mary E. Lester / 64
Relation: Mother-in-Law
Birthplace: Michigan
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Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
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Name: William E. Rollo
Birth Date: 1890
Birth Place: Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence Place: Wood, Ohio, United States
Death Date: 11 Jun 1980
Hospital of Death: St Lukes Hospital
Death Place: Maumee, Lucas, Ohio, USA
Certificate: 059429
Age at Death: 90
Certifier: Physician
Social Security Number: 307-03-4948
Marital Status: Widowed

http://www.findagrave.com
William E. Rollo
Birth: 1889
Death: 1980
Spouse:
Agnes L. Rollo (1890 - 1929)
Children:
Jean Rollo Orshovsky (1921 - 2002)
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 24
Created by: maryb
Record added: May 27, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial # 130478323.

Howard Leland Rollo was born on 15 December 1891 in Wauseon, Fulton, Ohio. He died on 17 February 1939, at age 47, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio.

Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
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Name: Howard Rollo
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1891
Birth Place: Wauseon, Fulton, Ohio
Father: William Rollo
Mother: Lettie Petrie
FHL Film Number: 423609

Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
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Name: Howard L. Rollo
Death Date: 17 Feb 1939
Death Place: Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, USA.

Leah D. Rollo was born on 2 April 1896 in Illinois. She and Ralph C. Taylor were married in 1925. She died on 29 December 1990, at age 94, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio.

Walter Rollo was born on 24 November 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He died on 2 August 1936, at age 38, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio. He was buried in Toledo Memorial Park, Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio.

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Walter Rollo
Birth: Nov. 24, 1897, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death: Aug. 2, 1936, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Toledo Memorial Park, Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
Created by: G Knopp
Record added: Apr 10, 2016
Find A Grave Memorial # 160848664.

Edith Gertrude Rollo was born on 29 October 1902 in Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan. She and George D. Baker were married on 9 June 1926 in Lucas County, Ohio. She died on 28 October 1973, at age 70, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio.

Anna Elizabeth (Edna) Gruener was born in 1894 in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia.

United States Census, 1940
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District: 16-131
Family Number: 318
Sheet Number and Letter: 14A
Line Number: 5
Name: Anna Rollo
Event Place: Cicero Town, Cicero Township, Cook, Illinois, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Marital Status: Divorced
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Czechoslovakia
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Last Place of Residence: Brookfield, Cook, Illinois
Household / Role / Gender / Age / Birthplace
Anna Rollo / Head / F / 45 / Czechoslovakia
Letitia Rollo / Daughter / F / 11 / Illinois.

Letitia Rose Rollo was born on 30 October 1928 in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois. She died on 3 September 2006, at age 77, in Green Valley, Pima, Arizona. She was buried in Green Valley Cemetery, Sahuarita, Pima, Arizona.

U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
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Name: Letitia R. Foster
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1928
Address: 125 W Pinon Dr, Green Valley, AZ, 85614-4218 (1987)

U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
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Name: Letitia R. Foster
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1928
Address: 3373 W Monmouth Ave, Englewood, CO, 80110-6336
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Name: Letitia Foster
Last Residence: 85614 Green Valley, Pima, Arizona
Born: 30 Oct 1928
Died: 3 Sep 2006
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)

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Letitia R Foster
Birth: 1928
Death: 2006
Note: w/o O. K. Foster
Burial: Green Valley Cemetery, Sahuarita, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Created by: A. Newman
Record added: Nov 21, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial # 80788108.

Billy O.K. Foster was born on 10 August 1924 in Moberly, Randolph, Missouri. He died on 26 January 2001, at age 76, in Green Valley, Pima, Arizona. He was buried in Green Valley Cemetery, Sahuarita, Pima, Arizona.

U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
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Name: O. K. Foster
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1924
Address: 125 W Pinon Dr, Green Valley, AZ, 85614-4218 (1993)

U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
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Name: O. Foster
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1924
Address: 3373 W Monmouth Ave, Englewood, CO, 80110-6336
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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Name: O. K. Foster
SSN: 488247735
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1924
Birth Place: Moberly, Rand[olph], Missouri
Death Date: 26 Jan 2001
Father: Elmer M. Foster
Mother: Vallie L. Barger
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Signature on SSN Card: BILLIE OK FOSTER

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Name: O . K. Foster
SSN: 488-24-7735
Last Residence: 85614 Green Valley, Pima, Arizona, USA
Born: 10 Aug 1924
Died: 26 Jan 2001
State (Year) SSN issued: Missouri (Before 1951)

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O. K. Foster
Birth: 1924
Death: 2001
Note: w/ Letitia R. Foster
Burial: Green Valley Cemetery, Sahuarita, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Created by: A. Newman
Record added: Nov 21, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial # 80788107.