Margaret RALPH Mackintosh (1791-1873)

Margaret RALPH Mackintosh[i]

A short Biography

 

Margaret RALPH McIntosh died 24 August 1873, a pauper, at the Nairn Union Poor House, Parish of Nairn.[ii]  She was the widow of Angus McIntosh, shephard and the daughter of William Ralph [fisherman] and Janet McIntosh Ralph both deceased.  She is listed as a F(emale), Age 84 years. (Probable birth date of 1789.[iii]) Margaret died of old age.  The record of death was registered September 1^st at Nairn.  Margaret was buried 27 August 1873.[iv]

By 1873 Margaret and Angus’ oldest son Lauchlan (b. 28 September 1825)[v] was married (20 May 1848)[vi] to Ann Miller (1830-1901) and the father of 9 children. Son Galloway (b. 29 August 1830)[vii] was in Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa (USA) married (30 July 1857)[viii] to Mary Atkinson (1837-1915) and the father of 8 children the eldest named Lachlan! Galloway, my gg grandfather, left Scotland and arrived 27 May 1854 aboard the Ship Adirondack.[ix] I have not found any other births between 1825-1830 for Angus and Margaret.[x] In the 1841 census there is a Margaret MacKintosh, age 44, who was born in Nairn, living on King Street with John Ralph[xi], age 20 who is a shoemaker and Lauchlan, age 13 and Galloway, age 10.[xii]  Where was Angus? In the 1851 census there is a 50 year old Margaret whose occupation is grocer and 20 year old Galloway who is a mason’s apprentice.[xiii] Margaret is listed as a widow and living at 123 High Street in Nairn!  Galloway’s occupation in America would be as a mason!

When I saw Stuart Farrell’s publications The Parishes of Moray: Poor Register for the Parish of Elgin[xiv] I had to have all three volumes!!

So I immediately opened the volume for 1845- 1871 and like manna the book opens at the staple seam to page 50 on which is listed MCINTOSH, MARGARET whose residence was 123 High Street, Elgin and whose relief was granted 7 June 1865.  There is another application for poor relief to the parish of Elgin by Margaret Ralph nee McIntosh in 1866.[xv]  It appears these are two women with similar names; however, one is single and one is a widow.  The 1866 application states the family relationship. 

In the 1861 census, Lauchlan (36 years old) is listed at 12 Commerce Street in Elgin along with his wife Annie and children.[xvi]

In 1871 Lauchlan was living in Elgin as a 43-year-old clothier employing 11 men.[xvii]  He was born in Nairn. He is listed in the Scotland Post Office Directory (1863) on page 124 as a merchant-tailor at 11 Commerce Street with home at Moss Bank.  Google maps and Google earth allows one to see the address 123 High Street but not “Moss Bank”.  Is there a street address associated with the name---in the 1860’s and 1870’s? In 1851 census Margaret is living at 123 High Street in Nairn!

HOWEVER, isn’t there always a however, “my” Margaret in the 1871 census appears as a 76-year-old boarder at 2 Wellington Square in Nairn whose occupation was "formerly stocking knitter".[xviii] So it appears that from 1866 to 1871 Margaret was living on her own until the last few months.  AND if she was truly a widow as stated in the 1851 where did Angus die?  So many questions!!

 

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[i] Margaret Ralph Mackintosh was my ggg grandmother.  I have used Mackintosh as our family use and left the spelling in documents as recorded. Jeffrey L. Vaillant (jeffreyvaillant@hotmail.com)

[ii] Registrar General for Scotland, 1873 Deaths in the District of Nairn in the County of Nairn, page 23, assessed 9 June 2005. Copy in author’s files.

[iii] In https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search the Old Parochial Register for the Parish of Nairn in the County of Nairn dated 5 June 1791 (05/06/1791 RALPH, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 123/ 30 172 Nairn) Page 172 of 503 is a RALPH entry that reads:

 

"June 5th William Ralph in Town and Janet McIntosh his wife had a child baptised named Margaret Wit(ness?) xxx Falconar and Marge P----in in town.  The child was born yesterday  the 4th June."

[iv] Records relating to Nairn Poorhouse, Nairn, Complies by Stuart Farrell, Moray & Nairn Family History Society, 2015, Nairn Cemetery Burial Register 1864-1957, page 91.

[v]https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search  01/10/1825 MCINTOSH, LAUCHLAN (Old Parish Registers Births 123/ 40 58 Nairn) Page 58 of 454

 

[vi] https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search 20/05/1848 MILLER, ANNE (Old Parish Registers Marriages 135/ 90 270 Elgin) Page 270 of 881

 

[vii] Birthdate calculated.

[viii]  Found record in FHL film #1014765 for Polk County Courthouse Des Moines Iowa Marriage Register Volume A 1846 1866.  On the second page there is an entry under Brides which reads --kinson, Mary and the Groom listed is G K McIntosh with an additional entry on page 190 which is cited under the source.  They were married July 30, 1857 by J. A. Nash a Minister of the Gospel.  The marriage license was returned for recording on November 2, 1857.

 

[ix] According to the 1900 census.  Found a Galloway Mcintosh who arrived in New York 27 May 1854, age 23 from Glasgow, Scotland aboard the Ship Adirondack.

 

New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name:    Galloway Mcintosh

Arrival Date:         27 May 1854

Birth Date:             abt 1831

Age:        23

Gender: Male

Ethnicity/ Nationality:         Scottish (Scotish)

Place of Origin:    Scotland

Port of Departure:               Glasgow, Scotland

Destination:          United States of America

Port of Arrival:     New York, New York

Ship Name:            Adirondack

Search Ship Database:       

Source Citation: Year: 1854; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237; Microfilm Roll: 140; Line: 33; List Number: 612.

[x] https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search Angus Mackintosh and Margaret Ralph were married. The Old Parish Record reads November 1824 and in the left hand column is McIntosh under the date 30.  Angus McIntosh, labourer Nairn, and Margaret Raff of Inverness by the Revd Alex Rose. 30/11/1824 MCINTOSH, ANGUS (Old Parish Registers Marriages 098/ 100 174 Inverness) Page 174 of 417

 

[xi] *relationship not established thus far!.

 

[xii] https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search 1841 MACKINTOSH, MARGARET (Census 123/ 1/ 19) Page 19 of 33

 

[xiii]https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search  1851 MACKINTOSH, GALLOWAY (Census 123/ 3/ 4) Page 4 of 36

 

[xiv] Moray & Nairn Family History Society, Fishertown Press, 2016. The amount and description of relief is sent to Poor House, County and Place of Birth, Petty, Religious Denomination, Protestant, Condition, Single, Trade or Occupation, House servant, Wholly Disabled, Disablement, Old Age & Rheumatism, Wholly Disabled, Earnings None, Register nd.

[xv] Moray Council Heritage Archives LibnidxRef: NM247200 which I obtained 12 December 2008.  There are 17 columns of information in the original Record of Applications. The entry is located at line 475.  The application was made 22 May 1866 at 2 p.m.  The applicant was Margt Ralph or McIntosh whose residence was South Guildy Street.  She was born in County Nairn and was visited at home on the 22^nd of May.  She is a widow, age 74 who is wholly disabled. “This woman has been living with her son Lauchlan McIntosh Tailor, but says she cannot live there longer, he is quite will to support her.  The application was refused by the Inspector.  The application was refused by her son offers to keep her.

[xvi] https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search 1861 MACKINTOSH, LACHLAN (Census 135/ 6/ 20) Page 20 of 21 The children listed are Margaret, Galloway, Ellen, Ernest, Annie and his mother-in-law Ellen Millare who is an 81 year old widow.

[xvii] https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search 1871 MACKINTOSH, LACHLAN (Census 135/ 7/ 10) Page 10 of 16

 

[xviii] https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search 1871 MCINTOSH, MARGARET (Census 123/ 1/ 38) Page 38 of 39

 

The document citation for https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search where accessed on 7 April 2017.

Thomas Bogle Rader Funeral 17 June 1904

 

The National Democrat, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Friday June 17, 1904 Front Page

 

DEATH OF EX-MAYOR THOMAS BOGLE RADER

 

MOST PROMINENT CITIZEN PASSES QUIETLY INTO REST

 

Public and Private Life of Deceased Display Many Qualities Which Made Him Valuable Citizen and Close Friend To Many Acquaintances.

 

Body Will Lie In State At City Hall And Many Orders Will Have Part In Greatest Funeral Witnessed In This City For Very Many Years.

 

ALL CLASSES UNITE IN MOURNING DEATH.  SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.

 

After many alternations between hope and despair Thomas Bogle Rader passed away Tuesday night at 11:10 in the presence of his family and some of his closet friends, the end coming peacefully.  All day long he had lain quietly, at times half conscious and again arousing and greeting his friends and many callers with vivacity and warmth, sinking back again into the same quiescent attitude.  Death was due to uremic poisoning caused by Bright’s disease, and his condition became critical on Monday.  Monday night his end was looked for and the first question in the city Tuesday morning was whether “Tom” Rader was still living.  All day Tuesday inquires and callers poured into the house on Spring hill where the sick man was living out the last few hours of his life.  Dr. O. P. Graham was in constant attendance through the day and did all that could be done for him but his condition was recognized as hopeless.

 

It was about 11 when it was seen that the end was coming.  Only a few minutes before he breathed his last he opened his eyes and requested Fielding Wilson to hold his had and in that attitude after a few minutes he died.  The message was quickly flashed all over the city that the end had come.  The news was early sent to the Knights of Pythias with which, of all the orders in which he was interested, his connections were closest.  The funeral arrangements will be in their hands.

 

The illness which has proven fatal to Mr. Rader began last March and was brought on by campaigning when he was a candidate for the nomination for Joint Senator from Clark, Scott and Washington.  Soon after he received the nomination of Clark county he fell sick and had a very bad spell.  For a time it was feared he would not get up but he rallied, his heart which had been effected, improved, and at the end of April and beginning of May he was down in the city once more and was warmly greeted by his friends.  After only two weeks he as again obliged to take to his bed which caused his friend and the public at large the most profound anxiety.  The condition of his heart was shown by his nervousness, as previously to his sickness he was one of the nervy men in the city.  Two weeks ago every one expected that the end was a matter of hours but once more he rallied, heart and kidneys improved and it was thought that he would perhaps be in the city again before long.  Then came the relapse of Sunday night and the rapid end.

 

The active life of Thomas B. Rader has been spent in Jeffersonville to whose citizens his was one of the most familiar figures, his name one most often on their lips.  He as regarded as one of the best assets of the city’s business and political life and in him the Democratic party had on of its staunchest, most untiring and indefatigable workers.  Since 1878 he had been identified with the interests of the city and his term as mayor showed more than any other part of his life of what stuff he was made.

 

Mr. Rader was born at Henryville Christmas Day, 1859, and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Rader.  His father has been dead many years, his mother dying more recently.  He was educated at that town and found the earliest outlet for his energy in teaching school.  He taught at the country school near Roswell for two years and then moved to this city becoming the deputy of Dr. H. H. Ferguson who was elected to the office of County Treasurer.  When the latter’s term of office expired he went to work for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Louisville and later engaged in the insurance and real estate  business in this city in which he continued until the time of his death.  He was an expert accountant and made a good record in business.  Later he again became Deputy County Treasurer, serving under Al Jenkins and filling out his unexpired term.  He entered the race for election at the close of that term but withdrew from the race.  With the exception of the four years he was Mayor this is the only office ever held by Mr. Rader, a remarkable things having reference to the activity he always displayed in the political field.

 

In 1896 he was County chairman for the Democrats during William Jennings Bryan’s first campaign and in 1898 he entered the field as a candidate for Mayor.  He had a hard fight for the nomination which he secured by a large majority and then entered into the fight against Mary Whiteside whom he defeated in a square battle.  His victory was largely due to the splendid organization which he effected and it is probable that he could foretell the result within very few votes before the election on account of the manner in which he had his finger on the public pulse.  For four years he held office and Jeffersonville has not often experienced such a time of municipal activity.  Whether he was always wise will be a matter of opinion on which there is room for difference, but none will dispute that he threw himself heartily into the work of governing the city.  To him is due the credit of refunding the city debt thereby saving thousand of dollars a year in interest and providing for the gradual lessening of the debt.  He was in favor of municipal ownership believing that this would prove beneficial to the city.  His strenuous policy roused many interests against him and lead to his defeat in 1902 by present Mayor Schwaninger.

 

Since 1902 Mr. Rader has given himself heartily to business and was engaged with Eli M. Lindley in doing street work for the city, Maple street contract being secured by them.  Early in this year he had determined to enter the race for Joint Senator and went after the nomination with his characteristic energy.  He secured a majority vote in this county and would have had the nomination if the joint convention had been held, but a date for it was never set.

 

Socially Mr. Rader was one of the most agreeable men and numbered his friends by the hundreds.  The best illustration of the fact is the number of order with which he was identified, sixteen different lodges claiming him as a member.  With all of these his connections was that of an active member, but the Knights of Pythias was his particular chosen order and the Uniform Rank more than all lay near his heart.  On this account that body will have immediate control of the funeral by his dying wish.  From its commencement he was it Captain and gave ungrudgingly of time and ability and energy to its success, achieving the result of making it one of the more successful organization in the city and a sure prize winner in any state contest.  He was repaid with the undying devotion of every member of the order.

 

The following list includes the whole of the sixteen that claim him a member.

 

He was a member of Hope Lodge, No. 13, Knights of Pythias, a Past Chancellor and at the time of his death a Trustee; Captain of Company 9, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, since its formation; belonged to the Dramatic Order Knights of Korassan and the Rathbone Sisters, adjuncts of the Knights of Pythias order.  He was a charter member of Jeffersonville Lodge, No. 362, B. P. O. E.; a Past Master of Jeffersonville Lodge, No 340, F. and A. M.; a member of Jeffersonville Commandery, NO. 27, Knights Templar; Horeb Chapter, No. 66, Royal Arch Masons; the Scottish Rite and the Noble Order of Mystic Shriners.  He was an Odd Fellow and belonged to Jefferson Lodge, No. 8, Daughters of Rebekah.  Other orders he was affiliated with were Clark Council, No. 1,216, Royal Arcanum; Clark Commandery, No. 57, United Order of the Golden Cross, and was at one time an officer in the Grand Commandery, Eden Lodge, No. 240, Knights and Ladies of Honor; Hoosier Camp, No. 3,594, Modern Woodmen of America.

 

Mr. Rader leaves a family, consisting of a wife and five children, one of them married.  Other near relatives he has none.  His wife was Miss Lotta Butterfoss to whom he was married in this city by Dr. W. H. Sheets on May 8, 1882.  The children are Thomas R, Edwin, Ralph, Claud and Mary Rader.  The eldest was born during the fold of 1883 at the time the water was highest, the family being o of those that took refuge in the Rose Hill school building.

 

Of Mr. Rader it seems impossible to say much at this time.  He was too well known to need a newspaper panegyric.  Perhaps the best and truest thing that can be said is that more than any other man in Jeffersonville his death will come home to every member of the community.  In every section of society it will be felt as a calamity and high and low will feel they have lost a friend.  His chief characteristic was his loyalty to his friends and they repaid his faithfulness with the warmest affection.  His qualities were such as endeared him to those who knew him and such a man cannot fail to be missed when his time comes to tread the valley of the shadow.  Mr. Rader was a strict temperance man and never touched intoxicating liquor.  He as not identified with any church until recently, when he joined Morton chapel.  He as much touched when Mr. Butler called to see him at the time of his sickness and soon after gave in his adherence to the church.

 

Mr. Rader’s funeral will be the great4es ever seen in Jeffersonville.  It will include a lying in state at the City Hall and there will be a few who neglect the opportunity to look their last upon him.  It is probable that every lodge will have part in the funeral, passively or actively, and the crowd of mourners will be immense.

 

The funeral will leave the house at 9:30 o’clock under the care of Uniform Rank, No. 9, K. of P., and will proceed to the City Hall where the body will lie in state from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., after which it will be removed to Morton chapel for the service of the church which will be conducted by the Rev. J. B. Butler.  The latter will return specially from his Kentucky home, where he is visiting, for that purpose.  All fraternal orders will muster on Market street, Prof. F. E. Andrews acting as chief marshal and will accompany the remains to the church.

 

W. W. Cain will speak at the funeral for the fraternal life of the deceased, Thomas J Brook will speak for his public life, while the church will be represented, as aforesaid, by the Rev. J. B. Butler.  The pall bearers will be as follows:

 

Honorary—Mayor Abram Schwaninger, Judge James K. Marsh, Henry Nachand, Eli M. Lindley, Dr. O. P. Graham, Al Mahaffey, M. Z. Stannard, Ward H. Watson.

 

Active---Uniform Rank, No. 9, K. of  P., Charles Antz, Fielding L. Wilson, Lee Sylvester, W. B. Thornley, James Applegate, O. L. Chandler.

 

Mr. Rader’s last wish was that Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, should take chare of the remains, and that all lodges of which he was a member should participate at his funeral, and also all city officials.  He felt that no fraternity of which he was a member would feel hurt at his selection of the Uniform Rank to take immediate charge of his remains if they would stop to consider that he ad been Captain for so long a time.

 

The ordering of the funeral procession will be entirely in the hands of the marshal, Prof. F. E. Andrews.  The precedence desired by the dead man will be given to the Uniform Rand both in this and in the services.  Opportunity will be given to every order to which Mr. Rader belonged to conduct their own services at the grave and it is probably that some at least of them will conduct their own ritual in accordance with this liberty.  Not one will be shut out from doing so if it is desire.

Francisco (Frank) Vaillant 1885-1963

 

“Uncle” Frank was the person in the living room in Seattle in a robe racking the shag carpet.  The earliest memory I have of “Uncle” Frank takes place in the early 1950’s on a visit with my parents to my Aunts.  HOWEVER, sharing the same SURNAME does not necessarily make for a relative.

Francis Vaillant registers for the World War I draft on 12 September 1918 at Local Board for Division No. 16, City of Chicago, State of Ill. No. 6, 6240 Kimbark Ave., Chicago.[i]  The information provided on the document states that Francis is living at 6022 Harper Ave., Chicago, Cook, Ill and is 33 years old.  His date of birth is Feb 19, 1885.  He is white.  He is not a Native Born citizen but is a Citizen by Father’s Naturalization Before Registrant’s Majority.

Francis’ present occupation is a Store Keeper for the Edison Electric Co. located at 2240 Ogden Ave., Chicago, Cook, Ill.  The nearest relative is D. M. Scott living at 6022 Harper Ave., Chicago, Cook, Ill.  He signs his name. 

His height is tall and his build is slender.  He has brown eyes and black hair with no physical disqualifications.

6022 Harper is approximately 22 miles from 2240 Ogden Avenue.

Francis is still living at 6022 Harper Avenue in the 20 January 1920 United States Federal Census.[ii]  He is recorded at being a Roomer, Male, White, age 34 at last birthday and single.  He immigrated in 1886[iii] and is a Naturalized Citizen.  He is able to read and write.  He was born in Argentina and speaks Spanish.  His father was born in Argentina and speaks Spanish.  His mother was born in Germany and speaks German.  He is able to speak English and works as a Storekeeper at an electrical business.  He is a wage worker. [There is no D. M. Scott at the same address.]

The R. L. Polk city directory for Chicago published in 1928[iv] lists Francisco Vaillant living at [r] 1425 E. Marq[uette] in apt[apartment] 3.  Also listed under the VAILLANT surname are June, Sten[o] at the J. H. Day & Co [r] 4843 Palmer, Mary, Mrs., [h] 4843 Palmer and Pauline [r] 4843 Palmer.

Two years later a Francisco Valliant appears in the 1930 Federal Census in Texas![v]  He lives on a farm and is a Male, White, and 40 years old on his last birthday and single.  He was born in Argentina as were both his parents.  He speaks Spanish and immigrated in 1895[vi].  He is a Naturalized Citizen and speaks English.  He works as a farm manager.

Francisco is cited in the Cameron County, Texas, County Court document filed 7 May 1947 for real estate transactions that took place starting 5 April 1929 and recorded in Cook County, Illinois[vii]

The Brownsville Herald newspaper on Sunday, November 8, 1931, features “Guest Day Observed By San Benito Music Club” on page eleven.[viii] SAN BENITO, Nov. 7—One of the outstanding events of the past week was Guest Day observed by the Wednesday Morning Music club.  More than four hundred and fifty guests were present for the annual event of the club which was held at the First Methodist church….Mrs. C. B. Chase, president of the club, welcomed the guests and introduced the three guest artists, David Christensen of Fort Worth, Frank Vaillant, formerly of Chicago, and Robert Reed.  The program was as follows:

          Silent Woe, Roses, Secret Greetings, Moonlight Night from the song Cycle “Elilan”…Alexander Von Flclitz. Mr. Frank Vaillant (Guest Artist)

The entire front of the church was banked with plumbago, roses and corona.

Frank must have settled into the San Benito community quickly.  He is still there for the 1940 Federal Census[ix] stating he had been in the same house in 1935.  He is living on a farm owning his own home valued at $650.  He is the head of household, male, white, 55 years old and single.  He has completed 4 years of high school.  He was born in Argentina.  He is an American citizen born abroad.  He works on his own account as a farmer and worked 60 hours in the past week.

In 1942 he registers for the World War II draft[x].  The document is typed with the following information:  Name—Franc (nmn) Vaillant, living at R. R. #2 San Benito, Cameron, Texas. His mailing address is the same. He has no telephone and his age in 57 years.  His date of birth is Feb. 19, 1885 in Argentina, Rep. S.A.  The Name and Address of Person Who Will Always Know Your Address is Mrs. M. J. Poeltl, 6227 No. Leader, Chicago, Ill.[xi]  He is self-employed on a Farm located on R. R. #2 in San Benito, Texas.  He signed the document.

 

It appears that “Uncle” Frank stayed in San Benito until 1947-1949 at which time he went to Seattle.  He went for a two week visit and stayed 15 years!  He was instrumental in caring for my cousin while her mother and sister worked full time.

 

Evergreen Cemetery Obituary [Seattle, WA]:  VAILIANT-Francisco, 146 N. w. 154^th Uncle of Mrs. Pauline O’Rourke, Mrs. June Larrabee, both Seattle; Ben Vaillant, Oakland, Calif. Services 3 p.m. Saturday, Green Lake Funeral Home.  Frank died March 21, 1963.  The cemetery arrangements were made by Mrs. Pauline O’Rourke of 146 N. W. 54^th Street.  He is buried in the Cedar Slope section. Lot 30, Grave 1.  The costs of $910.00 were to be paid by the King Co. Welfare.

The Certificate of Death[xii] has as Informant Mrs. Pauline O’Rourke[xiii].  She supplied Francisco n/m/n Vaillant who was a male, with, Never Married, whose date of birth was Feb 19, 1877 and he was 86 years old on his last birthday.  He was a grower of citrus fruit whose birthplace was New York.  There was no record of his father or mother’s name.  He is alleged to have been in the Spanish-American War.  Cause of death was uremia of two weeks duration and ACVD of 20 years.  The attending physician treated Frank from May 1959 to Mar. 21 and last saw him alive on 3-20-63.  Burial was 3/23/63 at Washelli Cemetery in Seattle with Green Lake Funeral Home at the Funeral Director.

 

I know of no blood relationship to Francisco Vaillant!

 

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[i] World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, accessed 20 March 2005, 23 August 2013 and 28 October 2014.  The later image is the clearest to view information!

[ii] 1920 United Federal Census, Ancestry.com., Chicago, Ward 7, Cook County, page 19A, Enumeration District 381, Image 42, line 6,accessed 29 February 2012.

[iii] I have not found an immigration record searching the One Step website for all ports!

[iv] Family History Library, Microfilm 1320731, viewed 18 January 2002, page 3079.

[v] 1930 Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Precinct 4, Cameron County, Texas, Page 7A, Enumeration District 27, Image 944, line 19 from FHL microfilm 2342038.

[vi] I am unable to find a record for this immigration date.

[vii] The Brownsville Herald, Thursday, May 15, 1947. Court Records:

Cuates Development Company to Francisco Vaillant, North 10 acres of South 10 acres, Lot 2, Block 6, Bowle subdivision of Lots A, B, C, D and E. Espirtu Santo Irrigated Land Company’s subdivision. Page 13 Ancestry.com, assessed 28 February 2012.

 

THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF CAMERON KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT: That Cuates Development Company, a Texas Corporation, with its domicile at San Benito, Cameron County, Texas, hereinafter called Grantor, has Granted, Sold and Conveyed and by these presents does hereby Grant, Sell and Convey unto Francisco Vaillant, of the County of Cook, State of Illinois, hereinafter called Grantee, all that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, and being situated in the County of Cameron, State of Texas, and being more particularly described as follows, to wit-wit:

The North Ten (10) acres of the South Twenty (20) acres of lot tow (20, of the Bowie Subdivision of Lots A, B, C, D and E of the Espiritu Santo Irrigated Land Company’s Subdivision out of a portion of Share Wo. One, of the Espiritu Santo Grant as shown and recorded in the Map Records of Cameron County, Texas, in Plat Book 4, page 34; being the same land conveyed to Grantor herein by deed of even dated herewith of H. C. Harding, Trustee, which deed is hereby referred to and made part hereto and this conveyance is made subject to all of the terms, conditions, restrictions, reservations and exceptions, together with all of the rights, privileges and benefits set forth and contained in said deed.

Grantee assumes and agrees to pay all taxes and water charges against said property for the year ending December 1^st, 1929.

The considerations for the conveyance are as follows.

1.         The payment by the Grantee to the Grantor of the sum of Two Thousand Seven Hundred and no/100 ($2700.00) Dollars cash, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and confessed; and

2.        The execution and delivery by the Grantee to the Grantor of six certain vendor’s lien purchases money notes, of even date herewith numbered from one to six inclusive, note No. 1 payable to the order of Cuates Development Company at San Benito, Texas, and notes nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 payable to the order of Irrigated Farms Corporation at Chicago, Illinois, said notes being numbered, for the amounts and with the maturities as set out below:

Note No. 1 amount of $50.00 due April 5, 1930

Note No. 2 amount of $310.00 due April 5, 1930

Note no. 3 amount of $360.00 due April 5, 1931

Note no. 4 amount of  $360.00 due April 5, 1932

Note No. 5 amount of $360.00 due April 5, 1933

Note No. 6 amount of $360.00 due April 5,  1934

Said notes bear interest from date to maturity at the rate of six percent per annum….

 

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described property, together with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereto in anywise belonging unto the said Francisco Vaillant, his heirs and assigns forever; and the Grantor does hereby bind itself, its successors and assignee to WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND, all and singular the said property and premises unto the said Grandee, his heirs and assigns against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming, or to claim the same, or any part thereof, by, through or under it.

 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the Cuates Development company, has ---these presents to be signed by its President, R. G. Treon ---duly authorized and its common seal to be hereunto affixed on this the 5^th day of April, A.D. 1929.

 

STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF CAMERON BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared, R. G. Treon, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated, as the act and deed of the Cuates Development Company.

 

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 5^th day of April, A.D. 1929. Signed by the NOTARY PUBLIC, CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS. [Unable to read the signature.]

 

 

#6871

TRANSFER OF VENDOR’S LIEN,

IRRIGATED FARMS CORPORATION

TO

F. B. PROCTER.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

 

COUNTY OF CAMERON. 

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:  That Irrigated Farms Corporation, of the County of Cook, State of Illinois, for and in consideration of Fourteen Hundred Forty and no/100 ($1,440) Dollars to it in had paid F. B. Procter, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, has this day sold, conveyed and assigned, and by these presents do sell, convey and assign unto the said F. B Procter, four (4), certain vendor’s lien notes executed by Francisco Vaillant, in favor of the irrigated Farms Corporation, in the sum of Fourteen Hundred Forty and no/100 Dollars, dated April 5^th, 1929, and bearing interest from April 12^th, 1931 at the rate of six per centum per annum, together with an attorney’s fee of ten per cent, and due on the Fifth day of April 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934, respectively.

Said notes having been executed in part payment for the following described lot or parcel of land situated in the County of Cameron, State of Texas, to-wit:  Land situated in Cameron County, Texas, described as being the north ten (10) acres of the south twenty (20) acres of Lot two (2) Block six (6), of the Bowie Subdivision of Lots A, B, C, D and E of the Espiritu Santo Irrigated Land Co.’s  Subdivision our of Share no. one  of the Espiritu Santo Grant.  And it also hereby bargains, sells and conveys unto the said F. B. Procter all of the right, title and interest owned or held by the Irrigated Farms Corporation in said land by virtue of said notes herein conveyed and assigned.

Said land and notes being fully set out and described in a deed duly executed by the Cuates Development Company to the said Francisco Vaillant, and recorded in Volume- page- Records of Deeds for Cameron County, Texas, which is referred to and made a prat hereof for further description…. Witness the hand of its president this 30^th day of December A.D. 1931. Irrigated Farms Corporation, By H. C. Harding, President

THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK. BEFORE ME, J. K. M. Weilby, a Notary Public, in and for Cook County, Illinois, on this day personally appeared H. C. Harding, president of the Irrigated Farms Corporation, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument…GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 30 day of December 1931…. Filed for record at 8:10 o’clock A.M. May 26^th 1932 and duly recorded at 9:25 o’clock A.M. May 31^st, H. D. Seago, County Clerk, Cameron County, Texas... By I. Zarate, Dy.

[viii] Ancestry.com, database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper, assessed 5 March 2014.

[ix] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Census, Cameron [County], Texas, Page 6B, Enumeration District 31-39. Assessed 6 February 2013

[x] United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index and images, FamilySearch citing NARA microfilm publications M1939, M1936, and M1937; FHL microfilm 4161422, assessed 6 February 2013.

[xi] This is June VENEZIANO Vaillant Poeltl (her husband was Michael J. Poeltl, Jr. 1909-1940) Larrabee 1909-1973.

[xii] Washington State Department of Health-Bureau of Vital Statistics, State File No. 5337 obtained 29 November 2001.

[xiii] Pauline VENEZIANO Vaillant O’Rourke 1911-1974.