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• Gravestones

These pages began as places to store and organize various documents. Over time they evolved into places not only to store and organize documents but to analyze and interpret them. To tease out stories about the people whose lives they describe. And there are some pretty remarkable stories, as we're still discovering.

Historians ask three basic questions of any document: (1) What does it say? (2) How do we interpret what it says? (There's a bunch of sub-questions here: Who created it? Why? Is it reliable? How do its contents relate to everything else we know? Et cetera. To interpret a document is basically to critically evaluate it.) (3) What can we conclude from it?

These "Documents Pages" follow a slightly different format. They begin with a set of (1) guiding questions — the main questions we're asking of the documents we're looking at. Then they offer (2) evidence and interpretations, a summary and analysis that is our response to the three basic questions. After that come (3) the documents — the guts of the page, on which everything else is based. The last section (4) offers a conclusion that summarizes the page's findings and suggests where to go next.

That's the general scheme anyway. Not every page follows this format, but most do. To read more about the relationship between the disciplines of history and genealogy, or at least some of Mike's thoughts on the subject, click here.

It's our intent that the pages be read in the sequence they're presented. Finally, if anyone out there detects any factual errors or interpretive infelicities, we'd be glad to hear about them.

I.

Nellie Kinsman Lang Blowe Church

1)

a.

Introduction to These Documents Pages: Origins of this Project, Ella Kinsman to Her 18th Year, 1848-1866

< Start Here !

b.

Where's Nellie? Seeking Ella in Burr Oak Village, MI, 1860

< a real head-scratcher

c.

Biographical Sketch of Sheldon Kinsman, 1818-1904

< suggestive

d.

Nellie Divorce Papers, Hastings, MN, 1870-71

< extraordinary

e.

Nellie & Her Girls & Grandkids in Minnesota, 1866-1930s

< puzzling & intriguing

2)

a.

Frank's Civil War Pension File, 1865-1918

< doubly instructive

b.

Frank's Civil War Service Record, 1861-65

< sparse but vital

c.

Frank & Clara's Divorce Papers, 1891-92

< helpful

3)

Bailey T. & Margaret Bleau dit Rossignal Bottineau Baldwin

a.

Civil War Pension File of Bailey T. Baldwin (1862-1904)

< amazing stuff

b.

Probate File of Bailey T. Baldwin (1905), with Photos of Bailey's Children & Extended Family

< some real nuggets

c.

"Modern Leather-Stocking Tale," MinneapolisTribune, Sunday, July 2, 1899

< a stunning find

d.

Remember the Red River Valley: The Bleau-Baldwins and the Métis Diaspora

< historical contexts

e.

Bleau dit Rossignal, Bottineau, & Baldwin Families in Minnesota (1790s-1930s)

< sorting it out

f.

Co. D, 5th Reg't, Minn. Volunteer Infantry (Wilhelm Schroeder & Bailey T. Baldwin's Company, 1861-1865)

< chilling data

g.

"Narrative of the Fifth Regiment," Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865 (St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co., 1890)

< a rare treasure

h.

The Lifelong Friendship of William R. Marshall (Governor of Minnesota, 1866-70) and Bailey T. Baldwin

< a remarkable connection

i.

"Half-Breed Scrip" and the Bleau dit Rossignals (1864-1874)

< complex & revealing

j.

Jean Baptiste Bottineau and Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin

< extended kin

k.

The Mysteries of Edward Thibodeau, French-Canadian Photographer in NE Minneapolis & Anoka MN (1870s-1910s)

< classic

l.

Ethnic Conflict between French-Canadians and the Irish in NE Minneapolis (1870s-1880s)

< awaiting research

m.

Felix Blue Civil War Pension File: Analysis and Interpretations (1891-1930)

< good people, bad medicine I

n.

Felix Blue Civil War Pension File: The Documents (1891-1930)

< good people, bad medicine II

o.

Solving the Mystery of Ekan Blow

< finally some answers!

p.

The Murder of Louis Bleau

< a terrible story

q.

Descendents of Antoine Rossignole dit Blue (1827-aft 1870)

< another puzzle piece

r.

Hillside Blues: Searching for the Graves of Bailey T. Baldwin, Margaret Rushenall Baldwin, & Lucy Doyle (2006)

< heroic !

s.

Great-Great-Great-Great Grandchildren of Bailey T. & Margaret Baldwin (2005-06)

< living legacy

II.

John Delehanty & Rutland County, Vt

1)

Tracking John Delehanty

see also tracking john delehanty draft essay

a.

Mike's West Castleton Journal, May 22-June 3, 2007

b.

Home Page to All Documents on Delehanty's in Castleton-Fair Haven-Hydeville Area

2)

Bridget Waters

a.

Seeking Bridget Waters in the Slate Districts of Vermont and New York, 1850-1870

< in progress

b.

Life and Culture in Rutland County, 1870s-1890s

c.

Rutland Town's Political Class in the Early 1870s

d.

"The Well Known Bridget Waters [Who] Got Her Whiskey Out of a Cucumber," The Rutland Herald, Aug-Sept 1874

< crazy !

3)

The Brothers Delehanty: Mathias, James, John & Patrick Henry

a.

Origins

b.

Downs & Delehanty Slate Works

c.

From Quarryman to Selectman

4)

Life in West Castleton, 1885-1900

a.

In the Shadows of Cedar Mountain

b.

"Rutland's Earthquake": Workingmen's Associations and Transformations in Rutland County's Political Landscape, 1880s-1900s

C.

Five Years of Coughing and Dying

5)

The Later Peregrinations of John Delehanty, 1903-1929

< an open book unwritten

6)

Misc Delehanty Documents

a.

Compendium of Documents on John Delehanty's Life & Times, 1886-1929

< file cabinet on john d

b.

Rutland Herald Research Notes

< for historical context

c.

Slate & Marble Quarries of Vermont & New York

d.

Obituary of James Andrew Delehanty, New York Times, April 27, 1960, & Related Documents

< quasi-fame !

III.

Kaddatzs & Schroeders of Germany & St Paul, MN

a.

Kaddatz Family of Germany & St. Paul

< a good story

b.

William F. Schroeder Civil War Pension File

< better than the saga !

c.

Analysis of Co D, 5th Reg't, Minn. Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865 (Wilhelm Schroeder & Bailey T. Baldwin's Company)

< same chilling data

d.

"Narrative of the Fifth Regiment," Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865 (St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co., 1890), pp. 243-281.

< a rare treasure that still smells of r.g.'s old trunk

e.

Divorce Papers of Harold F. Schroeder Sr. and Hazel Schroeder (1939), with Notes on Hazel's Ancestry

< predictable & surprising

f.

Harold F. Schroeder, Jr. (1926-2002), the Kid after Whom Charles M. Schulz Named His Beethoven-Loving Character in His "Peanuts" Cartoon

< outlandish on its face

IV.

Sullivans of Ireland, Bangor ME, and NE Minneapolis

a.

Sullivan's of Bangor, Maine, 1860-1900

< sketch in progress

b.

Sullivan's in Northeast Minneapolis, from the Letters of Richard Reiser

< also in the saga

V.

Gravestones (Yep These Count as Documents)

a.

Sullivan & Delehanty Gravestones in Minneapolis, MN

<

b.

Baldwin Gravestones, Minneapolis

<

c.

Kaddatz & Schroeder Gravestones in St Paul, MN

<

d.

Kinsman Gravestones, St Joseph & Noble Counties, MI

<

e.

Delehanty Gravestones in Fair Haven, VT

<

f.

Bailey, Margaret, & Lucy, Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis

< a sad coda

g.

Nellie's Grave, Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis

< Cathartic

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