Carrie Poppinga Bill
This weeks theme for 52 Ancestors was "in the census". I realize that for this ancestor all I really have is the census - and her grave marker.
I have been unable to locate Carrie Poppinga's birth record. I do know from her grave marker that she was born August 31, 1891. She was either born in Benson, Illinois or in Germany, depending on which account you believe. She was the 2nd oldest of 5 sisters. Francis was born in 1889, Anna was born in 1893, Lena in 1897, and Theda in 1900.
Carrie first appears in the 1900 census at age 9. Carrie lived with her parents and 4 sisters in Benson Village, Clayton Township, Woodford County, Illinois. There are no house numbers or street names listed. Carrie and her older sister are both listed as being born in Germany. The census lists the family as having arrived in the United States in 1893 when Carrie would have been about 2 years old. I have not located any immigration records for the family.
In 1910 Carrie, age 18 is listed as a servant with the Brubaker family. She is still living in Benson, this time on Front Street but no house number is listed.
On February 28, 1918 Carrie married Louis Bill. I don't have a record of the marriage. The date is from a Zoss family history (Louis' family) written for a reunion in the 1940s. They are listed in the 1920 census in Benson on State Street. Carrie was working as a waitress and Louis was listed as a Restaurant keeper. Their first child was a daughter, Geneva. She was born February 29, 1920 a month after the census. She was followed by a son, Louis, Jr. 4 years later on November 17, 1924.
According to the Zoss family history, Louis and Carrie moved with their 2 children, to Chicago in 1927. In 1930 they are listed in the census at 2214 W. 23rd Street in Chicago.
Before 1940 they moved down the street to 2224 W. 23rd Street. The unusual thing about the 1940 census is that there are 2 additional children living with them and listed as children of Louis and Carrie. Helen is 13 and Thomas is 10. This is the only time these names are listed. No one I've asked has been able to shed light on who these children are. Louis was one of 18 siblings plus Carrie's sisters, it is possible that they are the children of one of their siblings.
By 1942 they had moved to 4319 S. Rockwell. As indicated when Louis registered for the draft.
Carrie died on August 15, 1952. Sixteen days before her 61st birthday. She is buried at Bethania Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, just south of Chicago. An obituary appeared in the Metamora Herald on August 29.
I have been unable to locate Carrie Poppinga's birth record. I do know from her grave marker that she was born August 31, 1891. She was either born in Benson, Illinois or in Germany, depending on which account you believe. She was the 2nd oldest of 5 sisters. Francis was born in 1889, Anna was born in 1893, Lena in 1897, and Theda in 1900.
Carrie first appears in the 1900 census at age 9. Carrie lived with her parents and 4 sisters in Benson Village, Clayton Township, Woodford County, Illinois. There are no house numbers or street names listed. Carrie and her older sister are both listed as being born in Germany. The census lists the family as having arrived in the United States in 1893 when Carrie would have been about 2 years old. I have not located any immigration records for the family.
In 1910 Carrie, age 18 is listed as a servant with the Brubaker family. She is still living in Benson, this time on Front Street but no house number is listed.
On February 28, 1918 Carrie married Louis Bill. I don't have a record of the marriage. The date is from a Zoss family history (Louis' family) written for a reunion in the 1940s. They are listed in the 1920 census in Benson on State Street. Carrie was working as a waitress and Louis was listed as a Restaurant keeper. Their first child was a daughter, Geneva. She was born February 29, 1920 a month after the census. She was followed by a son, Louis, Jr. 4 years later on November 17, 1924.
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| Louis Bill (seated left) and Carrie Poppinga Bill (seated right) |
Before 1940 they moved down the street to 2224 W. 23rd Street. The unusual thing about the 1940 census is that there are 2 additional children living with them and listed as children of Louis and Carrie. Helen is 13 and Thomas is 10. This is the only time these names are listed. No one I've asked has been able to shed light on who these children are. Louis was one of 18 siblings plus Carrie's sisters, it is possible that they are the children of one of their siblings.
By 1942 they had moved to 4319 S. Rockwell. As indicated when Louis registered for the draft.
Carrie died on August 15, 1952. Sixteen days before her 61st birthday. She is buried at Bethania Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, just south of Chicago. An obituary appeared in the Metamora Herald on August 29.
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