Showing posts with label BERGER Etta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BERGER Etta. Show all posts

Corunna Ward 2 residents in 1910


In Corunna Ward 2:
Arthur J Peacock, age 35, with wife and 9yo daughter
Next door to the Peacocks live the Inglehart family.  Could Mrs Gertrude Inglehart, age 26, be the "Mrs Englehart" that Grace visits on July 6?
Mable (spelled Mabel) E Wallace, age 24, living with her parents and siblings
Living next door to the Wallaces are the Jackson family, with daughter Grace E Jackson, age 25.  Could she be one of our Grace's friends?
John H and Eva D Dudeck, ages 24 and 22.  They have been married for 3 years.
Etta Burger, age 33, single, living with her parents.


Wednesday, Jan 15, 1908

Went downtown in afternoon and in evening we all went over to Forsters.  Met Elaine Danforth, Joy Sherman, and Etta Burger.  Felt rather blue because I wasn't dressed up and the rest were.  Hattie's 21st birthday and we gave her 6 Hawaii and China plates.

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Transcribers note:  The Forsters are most likely Leon G and Hattie Montfort Forster.  Hattie was born Jan 1887 which would make her 21 in Jan 1908. In 1910, this married couple was living in Flint, Michigan.

1907 directory

Friday, Jan 3, 1908

Winifred, Grace M., Emma H., and Addie L. came up in afternoon and we went to Chilt's to have fortunes told.  Got back at 10:30.  "I received what Will C. sent to me by Emma." Ha! Ha!

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Transcriber's notes:
Chilt is Chilton Thompson, age 60, Grace's neighbor "across the street" as we would say today.  See my separate entry describing the Thompson family and property.

Will and Emma are often referenced together in Grace's diary.  She talks to them on the phone.  However, I do not know their relationship and I am not sure if Emma, seen with Will, is the same person as Emma H.

Similarly I do not know who Grace M. and Addie L. are.  Grace M. could possibly be Grace Miller, who our Grace mentions once more in her diary, along with "Emma".

Winifred is likely to be Winifred Humphrey, a friend of Grace's who lives out of town but is close to Grace and comes to visit later over July 4th.  The Corunna Journal (published once a week) Jan 9th edition reports that Winifred Humphrey is in town.




This news item indicates that Miss Etta Berger lives in Lansing.  However, Miss Etta M Berger is shown to be a resident of Corunna in the 1907 city directory, and also still single in Corunna in 1910.  She is 31 years old in 1908, so perhaps she has taken work in Lansing in 1908, or there is more than one Etta Berger in Shiawassee county (though I've only found one).