CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth PlaceChicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States
Census Date15 Jun 1900 [319] Age: 12
Census PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo949 20th Ave. NE, 9th Ward
Census Date15 Apr 1910 [295] Age: 22
Census PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo4th Ward
Census Date6 Jan 1920 [2129] Age: 31
Census PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo949 Lowry Avenue NE, 9th Ward
Census Date14 Apr 1930 [2142] Age: 42
Census PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo949 Lowry Avenue NE, 9th Ward
Death PlaceHennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Burial PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
MemoFort Snelling National Cemetery, SECTION H SITE 859 (see Notes for more detail)
Alt.SpellingHerbert W. STONE [319]
Occupationclerical [347]
OccupationBookkeeper [2129]
OccupationRepair Clerk at Phone Company [2142]
FatherJohn W. SOAMES (1852-1896)
MotherCaroline Maud HEADMAN (1862-1916)
Misc. Notes
Listed as the step-son of George SWINDELL in the 1900 & 1910 census. [319], [295]
On 3-Aug-1981, the Cook County Clerk at Chicago, IL, certified that they have no record of birth for a male Soames on 30-Mar-1888. As of 07-MAY-2010 the county’s web site also has no 19th century birth records for anyone named Soames or Somes. [1507]
William H. Soames grave: Section H., monument # H 859. 6th row east of ”Street No.4”; 23rd monument south of Kraus Ave. Suggested parking: about 100 feet south of Krause Ave.on Street No.4. Location verified in person.
On 3-Aug-1981, the Cook County Clerk at Chicago, IL, certified that they have no record of birth for a male Soames on 30-Mar-1888. As of 07-MAY-2010 the county’s web site also has no 19th century birth records for anyone named Soames or Somes. [1507]
William H. Soames grave: Section H., monument # H 859. 6th row east of ”Street No.4”; 23rd monument south of Kraus Ave. Suggested parking: about 100 feet south of Krause Ave.on Street No.4. Location verified in person.
Military
Research
Searched for WW-I Draft Card but none found.
Spouses
1Fairy Allen GRAY 
[2130], [408], [3402], 1C2R
[2130], [408], [3402], 1C2RBirth PlaceWisconsin, United States
MemoMinnesota according to 1910 census.
Census Date30 Jun 1900 [2130] Age: 12
Census PlaceKendall, Glendale Twp., Monroe Co., Wisconsin, United States
Census Date22 Apr 1910 [294] Age: 22
Census PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
MemoPillsbury Home for Girls, 819 Second Ave. S., 5th Ward, Sixth Precinct
Census Date6 Jan 1920 [2129] Age: 31
Census PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo949 Lowry Avenue NE, 9th Ward
Census Date14 Apr 1930 [2142] Age: 42
Census PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo949 Lowry Avenue NE, 9th Ward
Death PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Burial PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
MemoHillside Cemetery, Section T, Lot 68, Grave 6 (see notes for more detail)
FatherGeorge GRAY (~1864-)
MotherElizabeth M. ALLEN (1865-<1900)
Misc. Notes
She did go by the name GRAY even though Mr. GRAY did not marry her mother. [294]
Fairy was raised by two sets of aunt and uncle, Lillian & Burton Hager and Belle & Carl M. Ludewig [2130], though it is not known in which order. [34]
April, 1910, she was a boarder at the Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home for Girls, on 2nd Ave. South in Minneapolis. [294] An online image of this institution is available at http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/ (Location No. MH5.9 MP5.3 r58, Negative No. 4065-A). The collection also includes interior photos. Also found a write-up on this home in “Minnesota History Magazine” Spring 1979 p.193, available at http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/46/v46i05p189-200.pdf (original p.193 is on page 5 of the pdf file).
Residence at time of death, 949 Lowry Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN. [196]
Burial detail: The grave is in the first row in from the west side of Section ‘T’ and the sixth grave counting south from the north end of the row.
Fairy was raised by two sets of aunt and uncle, Lillian & Burton Hager and Belle & Carl M. Ludewig [2130], though it is not known in which order. [34]
April, 1910, she was a boarder at the Mahala Fisk Pillsbury Home for Girls, on 2nd Ave. South in Minneapolis. [294] An online image of this institution is available at http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/ (Location No. MH5.9 MP5.3 r58, Negative No. 4065-A). The collection also includes interior photos. Also found a write-up on this home in “Minnesota History Magazine” Spring 1979 p.193, available at http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/46/v46i05p189-200.pdf (original p.193 is on page 5 of the pdf file).
Residence at time of death, 949 Lowry Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN. [196]
Burial detail: The grave is in the first row in from the west side of Section ‘T’ and the sixth grave counting south from the north end of the row.
Research
12-AUG-2012: checked birth registers at Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin for birth record of Fairy. Not found under ALLEN or GRAY.
ChildrenCaroline Ruth (1911-1975)
Genevieve Dorothy (1913-2009)