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1900-1909

The decade beginning 1900 finds all of the known vector families living in the USA, including Hanna Snellman, future wife of Andrew West, who arrived at Ellis Island mid-year. (A Hanna Snellman, Finn by ethnicity, arrived at Ellis Island July 9, 1900. Her ship was the Cymric and port of departure was Liverpool.)

Castner: The Edward and Franky Castner family was renting a house in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, but soon moved to Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, after which Ed and Franky obtained a divorce. Franky soon married Harry J. Witherell, a barber working out of A. F. Smith’s Barber Shop at 247 Michigan Avenue. (Besides haircuts, the shop also advertised “Hot and Cold Baths.”) They would later move to Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, in the year Ed and Franky’s daughter Yula died of tuberculosis.

Ed remained permanently in the Detroit area, and for a while boarded at 360 Grand River Avenue in Detroit’s 4th Ward, at the same address as several other people, mostly divorced/single, and one family, the Nutters. He was working as a house painter. Nearly a decade would pass before he remarried to Catherine E. (Yates) Gallagher, daughter of Richard and Anne Maria (Hurst) Yates of Ireland and Canada. Catherine was born at Sandwich East Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada. Her family had immigrated to America from Canada in 1893. The new Castner family bought a house at 16863 Lenore Avenue in Redford—part of Detroit.

Maud Castner married Charles Orlando Page in Lansing early in the decade, just before Ed and Franky moved to Detroit. They were married by Samuel B. Chase, minister, and witnesses were Frank Cline and Mrs. E. Castner, both of Lansing. Maud’s parents were listed as E. P. Castner and Franc Gargett. Charles’ parents were listed as R. P. Page and Sarah “Keye.” [Additional material about Maud and Charles Page may be found below under Page. The Castner surname will now cease to be included as a separate subtitle in this narrative.]

Shaw: The James Watts and Carrie May (Dow) Shaw family was living in Ithaca, Richland County, Wisconsin, and had the last of their children during this decade. For a short while, probably beginning near the end of this decade, son Vernon would be married to Pearl (Van)Dyke, a daughter of the late William VanDyke and wife Martha “Mattie” (Owens) VanDyke, who often spelled her last name “Dyke.”
Rice: The Silas B. and Ella A. (Carpenter) Rice family lived in Birch Run Township, Saginaw County, Michigan, during part or all of this decade and had the last of their children. Silas became a merchant and owned a butter and cheese factory in Elkton, Huron County, Michigan.
Barnes: William Hood and Nellie Mae (Bliss) Barnes started the decade still renting an apartment at 4348 State Street in Ward 29, Lake Township. Later they purchased a house at 10943 Wabash Avenue, which was located in Chicago’s 33^rd Ward—part of tract A.G. 17. During this decade Will left working for the railroad and went to work as an engineer at Chicago’s Palmer Park. He and Nellie were taking in boarders, something they would often do for extra income. They had all four of their children including Jennie Louise Barnes, future wife of Howard Oswald Page/Paige, a son of Charles Orlando and Maud Annabell (Castner) Page. Howard, also, was born during this decade.
Tuttle: John Daniel Tuttle married Bertha M. (Gavett) Allen at decade’s beginning. She was a daughter of James Madison and Wealthy A. (Wade) Gavett of Delhi, Ingham County, Michigan, and later, of Tompkins Township, Jackson County, Michigan. The family settled in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, and had their first four children. Also joining the family was Bertha’s daughter Esther V. Allen by her first husband William E. Allen of Tompkins Township, Jackson County.
Page: Riley Preston Page was living on West Main Street at Webster, Monroe County, New York, in the house he had bought from his half sister Chloe Ann (Robinson) Smith. A branch office of the Singer Sewing Machine company became located in R. P. Page's shoe shop at the beginning of the decade, and two years later L. J. VanAlstyne also moved in with R. P.’s shop, where the additional tenant attended “to all kinds of bicycle repairing.” Mid-decade R. Preston Page married Emma (Conant) Wright, the widow of Fredric Wright. She was a daughter of Cornelius B. and Sarah "Sally" (McFarlin) Conant, and was born at Perinton, Monroe County, New York. Two years later Riley and Emma bought what was known as the George Brown house and lot at Ontario Center in Wayne County, New York, and moved there in the spring. The last year of the decade a local newspaper ran the following announcement: “Ontario Center will soon have a trolley station again. We understand it is to be located at R. P. Page’s.” Riley continued to be a shoemaker with his own shop.

Charles Orlando Page married Maud Annabell Castner in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, early in the decade and just before her parents moved to Detroit. They were married by Samuel B. Chase, minister, and witnesses were Frank Cline, H.O.’s son, and Mrs. E. Castner, Maud’s mother, both of Lansing. Maud’s parents were listed as E. P. Castner and Franc Gargett. Charles’ parents were listed as R. P. Page and Sarah “Keye.” The newlyweds stayed for a short while with Charles’ mother and stepfather Sarah and Harvey Cline, who had moved to Michigan from Indiana. The Pages had their first child in Lansing. Later the Clines moved to the county seat at Mason after Harvey’s election as Sheriff of Ingham County. Their place on East Maple Street also housed the deputy sheriff, a cook, another servant, and several prisoners. The Pages also moved to Mason, but to Lansing Street, and Charles became the proprietor of a cigar store. The couple had their second child at Mason. Howard Oswald Page (who would later change the spelling of his surname to “Paige”) would be the future husband of Jennie Louise Barnes and second husband of Marilee Lawrence and Rosalie Virginia Baker.

Garrett: Hugh III and Mary F. (Tilden) Garrett were living at Ingersoll Township, Midland County, Michigan, where Hugh was farming. They had their second child at the beginning of the decade. Russell John Garrett would be the future husband of Verla Bell Lindstrom, daughter of Charles Albert and Rose Edna (Hill) Lindstrom. Verla would also be born during this decade, at Twining, Arenac County, Michigan.
West: Andrew West was still a boarder at Ironwood, Gogebic County, Michigan, in the household of Finnish immigrants Andrew and Lydia Hegglund at decade’s beginning. Both Andrews were iron miners. There were other boarders who were also miners. Andrew Hegglund had immigrated in 1888 and Lydia in 1892. Their first two children were born in Wisconsin and their third in Michigan. The following year Andrew West married Hannah Snellman, daughter of John Snellman. She was employed as a domestic and had arrived from Finland in 1900. They were united in marriage at Ironwood by N. Gibson, Pastor. Witnesses were Axel Jacobson and Maria Matson of Ironwood. The newlyweds settled in the Ironwood suburb of Norrie and had their first four children by decade’s end. The last child born this decade was Alvar L. West, future husband of Marie Tuttle of Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan.
Lindstrom: Charles Albert and Rose Edna (Hill) Lindstrom were living with Rose’s parents at Au Gres, Arenac County, Michigan, at the beginning of the decade, along with some of the other Hill children, including Roland, an assistant postman. Charles and Rose’s daughter Verla Bell Lindstrom was born toward the middle of this decade at Twining, Arenac County. She would be the future wife of Russell John Garrett, son of Hugh III and Mary F. (Tilden) Garrett of Ingersoll Township, Midland County, Michigan. [The Lindstrom surname will now cease to be included as a separate subtitle in this narrative.]

Last updated: Tuesday April 21, 2009

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