Author: Lark

November 1 through 16, 1931: the Neenan mine, the power line, Armistice day – and another funeral

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November 5, 1931

Christie went to work at Neenan’s mine today for M. Lawler.[1. The Neenan mine is about 3 1/2 miles southwest of Marysville, via Ottawa Gulch Road.]

christie-digging-out-of-drift
Christie Schenck digging his team out of a snow drift at Jay Gould, Montana.[1. Photograph of Christie Schenck (or Schenk), year unknown; privately held by Stella Dalin, Montana; who provided a copy to Lark M. Dalin Robart, New Mexico.]

November 10, 1931

Albert and the men got thro on the power line. The Frank Murry [Murray?] by the track house and McKendrick house by the church are being torn down.

November 11, 1931

To day is Armistice day[2. Armistice Day was originally celebrated on November 11th to mark the armistice between the Allies of World War I and Germany, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I. Following World War II, the holiday became known as “All Veterans Day” in the U.S. and was later shortened to “Veteran’s Day”. Wikipedia, “Armistice Day,” rev. 12:18, 17 November 2016.]. Radio has nice military music on and nice poetry for people’s hearts and minds.

November 16, 1931

Brownie Burke was buried. He was 51 ins tall, 38 yrs. old, born Marysville in the house Mrs. Jno. Korting lives in now. Mrs. Korting then Lizzie Rabe worked for Mrs. Burke when the boy was born. It’s a heavy fall of snow. Christie and Martin Pole [or Pale?] have to walk to the Neenan Mine.

NOTES

On this day in 1952 . . .

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Mary G. Riordan died in Helena, Montana, on this day in 1952. She was 74 years old.

Certificate of Death: Mary Riordan
Certificate of Death: Mary Riordan [1.State of Montana, Certificate of Death no. 307 (1952), Mary Riordan; Office of Vital Statistics, Helena.]
Her death certificate shows that she had surgery six days prior to her death. The medical findings following the operation were stated as: “Metastases to the liver. Inoperable Carcinoma of Caecum.”

Dr. Hawkins “attended” Mary for several weeks, beginning on October 23rd – until her death on the 13th. She was a patient at St. John’s Hospital during that time.

Prior to her hospitalization, it appears Mary was living with her daughter, “Mrs. Cid Dalin” – aka Georgiana Frances Dalin.

Mary’s regular place of residence before she became ill was Marysville, about 23 miles northwest of Helena. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1878 and came to the Montana Territory with her mother in 1879.

With the exception of a short period of time when she lived in Kansas in 1945, Mary lived her entire life in Marysville.

Marysville, Mont., Mrs. Mary Schaffer Riordan's home. July-19-1949
Mary’s house in Marysville, Montana. July 19, 1949[2. Photograph of Mary Riordan’s house, 1949; privately held by Stella Dalin, Montana, who provided a copy to Lark M. Dalin Robart, New Mexico.]