Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jo Peck writes that her father, Russell, was the youngest of the Bossert children, weighing in at 12 pounds. He attended Cassville schools, Bethel Academy and Union College in Nebraska. Russ and Eleanor met in Hinsdale, where she was taking her nurses training. He was working in Chicago at the time. Both had black hair, she with blue eyes and he with green, and they looked a bit alike. He stood five feet, eleven inches tall, with a medium build. Russ was an electrician, and a long lineman for Consumers Power Company in Battle Creek. The fram was still in him, though, because when he retired he always had a garden plot on one of his friend's land outside of town. He grew enough vegetables to feed his family and many friends. He and some friends would make sauerkraut each fall from an old German recipe, and sell it for miles around to finance his trips to California to visit his daughters. Although Russell was raised as a Adventist, he did not practice his religion as an adult.

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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Wisconsin, Grant County, Waterloo Twp
12, 13, and 14 of January 1920
SD 3 ED 126 Sheet 3A Stamped 243
49-49
Bossert, Harry A Head m W 25 M Wisc Wisc Iowa
Bossert, Clara J Wf F W 25 M Wisc Wisc Wisc
Bossert, Joseph A Father M W 47 Wd Wisc Germany German Germany German
Bossert, Russell L brother M W 21 S Wisc Wisc Iowa Farm Laborer


1930 Census
Michigan, Calhoun County, Battle Creek Twp, Springfield Place
Enumerated 23-23 Apr 1930
34 Street
70-72
Bossert, Russell L Head O $5000 M W 31 M 29 Wisc Wisc Wisc Attendant Oil Station
Bossert, Eleanor Wf F W 24 M 23 Mich Mich Mich
Bossert, Lila J Dtr F W 5/12 S Mich Wisc Mich

Russell married Eleanor Ione Lewis on 13 Oct 1928 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. Eleanor was born on 28 Apr 1905 in Omer, Arenac County, Michigan; died on 31 Jan 1996 in Moreno Valley, Riverside County, California; was buried on 3 Feb 1996 in Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Theodore Gardner LEWIS and Erie BURT. Eleanor was named for her paternal grandmother, Eleanor WORDEN, but shared a special relationship with her maternal grandmother, Eliza Maria PATTISON. They took a special trip together when she was 5, and she remembered it fondly as an adult. Eleanor was a packrat, and saved all the family memorabilia from all sides of the family, enabling her daughter Jo to use identifiable pictures to illustrate her genealogical work. Jo now has 50+ notebooks filed with family information, much of it saved by her mother.

Notes:

Jo Peck writes that Joe was tall and spare, with blond hair and blue eyes. He left the family farm in 1887 to work as a foreman for a dairy farm in Pipestone, Minnesota. He returned home when his father became ill and could no longer farm. He was semi-retired over half his life, and was a well-known figure driving his Model T around Grant County.

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Wisconsin, Grant County, Waterloo Twp
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 2 ED 53 Sheets 9A and 9B, stamped 174
172-176
Bossert, Joe Head W M Oct 1863 36 M8 Wisc Germany Germany Farmer
Bossert, Minnie Wf W F Oct 1870 29 Wisc Wisc England
Bossert, Harry Son W M Jan 1894 6 S Wisc Wisc Wisc
Bossert, Hazel Dtr W F Jan 1894 6 S Wisc Wisc Wisc
Bossert, Sylva Dtr W F Sept 1896 S Wisc Wisc Wisc
Bossert, Russell Son W M Oct 1898 1 S Wisc Wisc Wisc

1910 Census
Wisconsin, Grant County, Waterloo Town
Enumerated 26 Apr 1910
SD 3 ED 46 Sheet 7A
144-144
Bossert, Joseph Head m W 47 M1 18 Wisc Germany/German Germany/German Farmer
Bossert, Minnie Wf F W 39 m1 18 4/4 Iowa Wisc England/English
Bossert, Harry A Son M W 16 S Wisc Wisc Iowa
Bossert, Hazel E Dtr F W 16 S Wisc Wisc Iowa
Bossert, Sylvia E Dtr F W 14 S Wisc Wisc Iowa
Bossert, Russell L Son m W 11 S Wisc Wisc Iowa

1920 Census
Wisconsin, Grant County, Cassville Vilage, Cassville
Enumerated 17 Jan 1920
SD 3 ED 90 Sheets 1A and 1B, Stamped 166
16-16
Bossert, Anna Head F F W 80 Wd 18?? Na Un Germany/German Germany/German Germany/German None
Bossert, Joseph A Son M W 57 Wd Wisc Germany/German Germany/German None
Bossert, Frankie D Dtr F W 48 S Wisc Germany/German Germany/German None
Bossert, Millie V Dtr F W 35 S Wisc Germany/German Germany/German None

1920 Census
Wisconsin, Grant County, Waterloo Twp
12, 13, and 14 of January 1920
SD 3 ED 126 Sheet 3A Stamped 243
49-49
Bossert, Harry A Head m W 25 M Wisc Wisc Iowa
Bossert, Clara J Wf F W 25 M Wisc Wisc Wisc
Bossert, Joseph A Father M W 47 Wd Wisc Germany German Germany German
Bossert, Russell L brother M W 21 S Wisc Wisc Iowa Farm Laborer

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Joseph married Minnie Ester Garner on 18 May 1892 in Cassville, Grant County, Wisconsin. Minnie was born on 28 Oct 1870 in Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa; died on 9 Jan 1916 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin; was buried in Advent Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Grant County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of Samuel Russell GARNER and Emily BLEWETT. She had her dad's green eyes and her mother's small physique. Her family was musical, and had a piano. Sons Harry and Russell played the violin, and daughter Hazel taught vocal lessons later in her life.

Notes:

Married:
Bossert, Joseph A., married Minnie E. Garner, 18 May 1892, recorded in Bk. 11, Pg, 169. Joseph the son of Andrew and Anna (Jesse) Bossert. Minnie the daughter of Samuel and Emily (Bluet) Garner. Samuel is likely Samuel Russell Garner per another marriage record.

Groom's Name: Joseph A. Bossert
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Bride's Name: Minnie E. Garver
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Marriage Date: 18 May 1892
Marriage Place: Grant, Wisconsin
Groom's Father's Name: Andrew Bossert
Groom's Mother's Name: Anna Jesse
Bride's Father's Name: Samuel Garver
Bride's Mother's Name: Eunla Bluet
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00779-7
System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy
Source Film Number: 1266662
Reference Number: P 3049
Collection: Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930