Helen L. Condon
1903 - 2000
My Grandma
She was born on 27 May 1903 in Raymond, Montgomery, Illinois to John Joseph Condon and Ellen Elizabeth Cavney. She was the youngest of their children.
Elizabeth Condon Creane wrote: "So we moved we moved to the Howard place near Pawnee, where Bernie was born. From Pawnee we moved to the Gavin Place near Farmersville where Mary was born. From there we moved to the Blaney Place where Helen was born. While we lived on the Gavin place Tom and Francis went to the Lone Elm School. 'Mother went to school there before the Cavenys went to Nebraska.
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From the Blaney's Place we moved to the Carter Place, near Raymond. The year of the Worlds Fair in st. Louis. 1904.
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From Carters we moved to the Delaney Place near Raymond, where the afore mentioned celebration took place, and the Hatched was buried.
THENCE TO WARREN, MINNESOTA IN MARCH 1910."
She was listed with her family in the 1910 Federal Census in Warrenton, Minnesota.
Elizabeth continues: "The crop was a failure, taken care of by the Grasshoppers. They even stood on their head and ate the onions out of the ground. So it was decided we would move again. So we went to Graceville. In time for School. We were in Warren from the Ides of March till the first part of September.
I believe these two photos were taken in Graceville, Minnesota.
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We all went to the St. Mary's Academy, I mean the rest of us, Tom went to the Bank of Chocio and Francis went to St. Louis. I finished then and went to S. Dakota and taught school. Mary went to her Senior year and Helen to her Junior year."
The Condon Family are listed in the 1920 Federal Census, Graceville, Minnesota.
The folks moved to Anoka, Minn. in 1920. There Mary and Helen finished their High School.
725 Jackson St.
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725 Jackson St. in 2013
Helen was married to Charles Wheeler Barnum on 24 August 1927 in Anoka, Minnesota.
Charles and Helen Barnum
Their wedding notice: Anoka Union, Wednesday, August 14, 1927 the front page.
Weddings of Prominent Anoka Young People Take Place During the Past Week.
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Condon-Barnum
At St. Stephen's church this morning at 8:30, REv. D.F. MacCarthy officiating, occurred the wedding of Miss Helen Condon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Condon of Anoka, to Charles Barnum of St. Paul. Miss Mary Condon, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid and Levi Tigue was best man. The bride's gown was of white satin, with veil caught with orange blossoms and she carried a shower bouquet. A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents at ten o'clock to immediate relatives and few intimate friends.
Grandpa and Grandma were listed with their family on the 1930 Federal Census in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota.
Listed living with them in 1930 is Helen's brother Bernard Condon.
And the family was listed in the 1940 Federal Census in Rollingstone Village, Winona, Minnesota.
In this census my father is listed also.
Sometime after 1940 the family moved to North St. Paul, Minnesota.
Helen had six children; Mary Ellen b. 1928; Charles Robert b. 1929; John Richard b. 1930; Elizabeth Louis b. 1933; Patrick Joseph b. 1940; and Bonniette Ann b. 1942.
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| Charles Barnum-grandpa; Patrick Barnum-dad; Suzanne Pierre-mom and Helen Barnum-grandma. 26 September 1959 |
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| Dick, Mary Ellen, Betty, Bonnie, Pat and Bob Grandpa and Grandma North St. Paul, Minnesota 1967 |
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| Grandpa & Grandma Barnum and Me. North St. Paul, Minnesota 24 April 1960 |
Charles Barnum died 21 March 1975 in North St. Paul, Minnesota.
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| Grandma, her children and their spouses Oakdale, Minnesota |
Grandma died 26 August 2000 in Maplewood, Minnesota.
Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002, Helen Barnum
Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002, Helen Barnum
Here is a copy of her death certificate:
Grandpa looks so young in the picture with Grandma in the blue jumper! It is fun to see the the houses they lived in too!
ReplyDeleteI love the blue jumper. I keep wishing they would come back in style!
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