The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
MemoGildersleeve Funeral Home
MemoGreenwood Cemetery Block 7, Lot 9, Grave 4
FatherAndrew MONSON
MotherAnna ANDERSON
Misc. Notes
She emigrated from Sweden at age 19 and lived in Minneapolis. In 1930 “Chesla” was 34 years old, had been married for 10 years, had 3 children of whom 2 were alive, and had emigrated from Sweden in 1885. ®5191 In 1910 she had 7 children with 4 still living. ®5192 In 1930 she was a 66 year old widow living with her son Ted, who was single and 25, at a home she owned on Rittenhouse Avenue that was worth $8000. She had emigrated in 1883 and was a naturalized citizen. ®5203She lived in Bayfield for 47 years and died at her home in Bayfield on Friday, 10 July 1942. She died one week prior to the Bayfield flood of 16 July 1942, which destroyed the Turnquist building on Rittenhouse Avenue. It also carried way in flames & flood the contents of the home of her daughter, son-in-law, and grandson, (Helen, Ed & Warren Brunner) who lived in an apartment in the building, as well as their business, the Brunner drug store. ®5190
In January 1924 the Memorial Hall burned. “The (Civic) League wanted to put a temporary roof over the basement of the hall, which could then be made usable as a one story structure, but this would not comply with the requirements of the Industrial Commission, and the League decided not to spend the money on a temporary room. The League gave thought to buying two other buildings in town for remodeling. Mrs. Turnquist offered her brick building, then occupied by the Farmer’s and Merchant's State Bank and the Sense Grocery store for $12,000. Ed Baldwin offered his Lake View property for $4000, payments on any terms the League wished. After inspecting the two buildings, League members decided the Turnquist building would cost too much to make into a hall. They still considered Mr. Baldwin’s building, feeling it was nearer the kind of building the wanted. Eventually a vote was taken. Seven members wanted to buy and twenty didn’t. It is just as well they bought neither, for the Turnquist building burned and was swept completely away in the 1942 flood. Baldwin’s building, a wooden structure on the corner of Washington Avenue and Front Street, burned to the ground.”p.321 ®5202
In January 1924 the Memorial Hall burned. “The (Civic) League wanted to put a temporary roof over the basement of the hall, which could then be made usable as a one story structure, but this would not comply with the requirements of the Industrial Commission, and the League decided not to spend the money on a temporary room. The League gave thought to buying two other buildings in town for remodeling. Mrs. Turnquist offered her brick building, then occupied by the Farmer’s and Merchant's State Bank and the Sense Grocery store for $12,000. Ed Baldwin offered his Lake View property for $4000, payments on any terms the League wished. After inspecting the two buildings, League members decided the Turnquist building would cost too much to make into a hall. They still considered Mr. Baldwin’s building, feeling it was nearer the kind of building the wanted. Eventually a vote was taken. Seven members wanted to buy and twenty didn’t. It is just as well they bought neither, for the Turnquist building burned and was swept completely away in the 1942 flood. Baldwin’s building, a wooden structure on the corner of Washington Avenue and Front Street, burned to the ground.”p.321 ®5202
Spouses
Burial1923, Bayfield, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, USA ®4465
MemoGreenwood Cemetery Block 7, Lot 9, Grave 2
OccupationGrocer, Farmer
FatherMale ABRAHAMSON
Misc. Notes
August immigrated from Sweden in 1881. ®5191They married in Minneapolis about 1891 and moved to Bayfield, Wisconsin about 1895, where August operated a grocery store for 24 years. ®5190In the 1895 Wisconsin Census August’s family consists of 1 male and 2 females. ®5195 In 1900 August was a 37 old grocer and lived with his wife, Chesla [sic], 34, and daughters Mabel, 8 and Hellen [sic], 1, on Rittenhouse Avenue in Bayfield. He had emigrated in 1881 from Sweden. ®5191 In 1905 he was 42 and lived with Kiristi [sic} 40, Mabel, 13, Helen, 6, Gertie, 4, Teddy, 3, and Baby son 4 months. ®5194 In 1910 he lived on Second Street in Bayfield with Chaste [sic], 45, Mabel 18, Hellen [sic} G., 11, Theodore A., 7 and Raymond, 3. August was a grocery merchant and had become a naturalized citizen since 1900. ®5192In 1920 August was a 56 year old grocer who lived on Second Street in Bayfield with Krstie [sic} 53, Helen C., 20 and Raymond 13. ®5193 August also had a farm in the Town of Bayfield at the junction of County Highway J and the Star Route, now known as Blue Vista Farm. He died in March 1923.
“Sept. 6, 1902, The Press said: August Turnquist has just received a consignment of olives and olive oil from Capt. Pike’s olive grove in Los Angles, Cal., which can be found in his store. Local residents still remember going into Turnquist’s to try the olives and feeling sorry for Capt. Pike because they were spoiled. Ripe olives were new to Bayfield and it was awhile before people were convinced they were a marketable product, that they weren’t just spoiled green ones.” p. 26 ®5202 “September 21, 1906. August Turnquist’s delivery horse got away from its driver Monday morning and took a run down Rittenhouse Avenue. When opposite Turnquist’s store, it ran into Kranzfelder’s delivery wagon, throwing it to the sidewalk. Mr. Turnquist’s little boy, who was standing on the sidewalk, was struck by Kranzfelder's wagon and his leg broken above the knee. He was taken to an Ashland hospital. Turnquist’s delivery wagon was badly smashed.” p.255 ®5202 “August 1, 1921 Mr. Turnquist donated a goat to be given as a prize during the Frolic. Mrs. H. J. Wachsmuth was appointed to take charge of the goat. If this seems to you like a startling and wild choice for a goat tender, as it did to me, recall the barns of the Wachsmuth Lumber Company, where the goat probably went to reside with the horses until he was awarded as a prize to some lucky winner. But whoever won this goat evidently would not take him as a gift, for after the Frolic since it seemed impossible to dispose of the goat in an other way, the League decided to return him to Mr. Turnquist at once.” p.315 ®5202
“Sept. 6, 1902, The Press said: August Turnquist has just received a consignment of olives and olive oil from Capt. Pike’s olive grove in Los Angles, Cal., which can be found in his store. Local residents still remember going into Turnquist’s to try the olives and feeling sorry for Capt. Pike because they were spoiled. Ripe olives were new to Bayfield and it was awhile before people were convinced they were a marketable product, that they weren’t just spoiled green ones.” p. 26 ®5202 “September 21, 1906. August Turnquist’s delivery horse got away from its driver Monday morning and took a run down Rittenhouse Avenue. When opposite Turnquist’s store, it ran into Kranzfelder’s delivery wagon, throwing it to the sidewalk. Mr. Turnquist’s little boy, who was standing on the sidewalk, was struck by Kranzfelder's wagon and his leg broken above the knee. He was taken to an Ashland hospital. Turnquist’s delivery wagon was badly smashed.” p.255 ®5202 “August 1, 1921 Mr. Turnquist donated a goat to be given as a prize during the Frolic. Mrs. H. J. Wachsmuth was appointed to take charge of the goat. If this seems to you like a startling and wild choice for a goat tender, as it did to me, recall the barns of the Wachsmuth Lumber Company, where the goat probably went to reside with the horses until he was awarded as a prize to some lucky winner. But whoever won this goat evidently would not take him as a gift, for after the Frolic since it seemed impossible to dispose of the goat in an other way, the League decided to return him to Mr. Turnquist at once.” p.315 ®5202
ChildrenMabel (1891-1984)
Gertie Henrietta (Died as Child) (1893-1899)
Helen C. (1899->1982)
Gertie (Died Young) (1901-1909)
Theodore A. (1902-1964)
Male (Died as Infant) (ca1905->1905)
Raymond (1906-1982)