Helen L. Condon Barnum 1903 - 2000

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.

. . . . 

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.

1910 United States Federal Census, Helen Condon

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.

". . . 

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.

1920 United States Federal Census, Helen Condon

The folks moved to Anoka, Minn. in 1920. There Mary and Helen finished their High School.

725 Jackson St. 

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.

. . . 

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.

1930 United States Federal Census, Ellen Barnum

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.

1940 United States Federal, Helen Condon

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.

Charles Barnum-grandpa; Patrick Barnum-dad; Suzanne Pierre-mom and Helen Barnum-grandma.
26 September 1959

Dick, Mary Ellen, Betty, Bonnie, Pat and Bob
Grandpa and Grandma
North St. Paul, Minnesota
1967

Grandpa & Grandma Barnum and Me.
North St. Paul, Minnesota
24 April 1960

Charles Barnum died 21 March 1975 in North St. Paul, Minnesota.

Grandma, her children and their spouses
Oakdale, Minnesota

Grandma died 26 August 2000 in Maplewood, Minnesota. 

Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002, Helen Barnum

Here is a copy of her death certificate:

And Grandma is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Anoka, Minnesota.

Find A Grave, Helen Barnum

The Condon Family

The Condon's

This is my Grandma Barnum's family.

Mary Ann Condon Berg, Thomas Michael Condon, Helen Condon Barnum (my grandma), John Francis Condon, Ellen Elizabeth Caveny Condon (my great grandma), Bernard Anthony Condon and Elizabeth Condon Creane.

I think this was taken in Anoka, Minnesota, maybe in 1950's

Elizabeth Condon Creane

This is Elizabeth, she was born 15 December 1895 in Morrisonville, Illinois. She married a Dr. John Charles Creane after the 1930 Federal Census and before the 1940 Federal Census. She died 26 August 1995 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Elizabeth wrote a family history in 1982.

Here is some of it.

"Papa and Mama were married October 15, 1890 at Wood River, Nebraska and went to the homestead and lived in the sod house but after another crop failure. Too Dry, I hear that it is irrigated now. They moved back to Wood River. Tom and Francis were born there.

Then they moved to Illinois, on Uncle Bills place near Morrisonville. I was the only child ever born in that house. . . . The termites took over and had their day, if finally burned down about ten years ago.

This is hard to write.

There the big falling out happened, and we were disinherited. So 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.
. . .
From Blaney place we moved to the Carter Place, near Raymond. The year of the Worlds Fair in St. Louis. 1904. We started to school the Pleasant Hill School, but the Hard Shell Baptists were a bit too much for us. So got transferred to the Fairview School, where we had no trouble. And a wonderful teacher, Betty Martin. Tom graduated there and then went to St. Francis Solanus College at Quincy, Ill. From which he graduated.
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Thence to Warren, Minnesota in March 1910".

The Condons are listed in 1920 Federal Census in Graceville, Minnesota. And then they moved to Anoka, Minnesota in 1920.

House in Graceville, Minnesota.

The Condon Family:

Father: John Joseph Condon, b. 14 Aug 1858, Illinois; d. 18 Oct 1940, Anoka, Minnesota.
Mother: Ellen Elizabeth Caveny, b. 18 Oct 1867, Illinois; d. 25 Oct 1965, Anoka, Minnesota.
Children:
Thomas Michael Condon, b. 24 Sept 1891, Nebraska; d. 18 Jul 1984, San Diego, California.
John Francis Condon, b. 7 Aug 1893, Nebraska; d. 6 Sept 1982, Portland, Oregon.
Elizabeth Condon, b. 15 Dec 1895, Morrisonville, Illinois; d. 26 Aug 1996, St. Louis, Missouri.
Bernard Anthony Condon, b. 13 Jun 1898, Illinois; d. 11 Aug 1965, Anoka, Minnesota.
Mary Ann Condon, b. 14 Feb 1901, Illinois; d. 30 Nov 1974, Anoka, Minnesota.
Helen Condon, 27 May 1903, Raymond, Illinois; d. 26 Aug 2000, Maplewood, Minnesota.

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