 | (l-r) Bella Werbe, Clara Graves, Eva Werbe,
Ella Grogan & Mrs. Zimmerman (or Zimmer?)
from the photos of Clara (Graves) Everingham.
photo taken near Detroit, MI .. (see 1900 census) |
fact sources and writings about this individual:
--- Research of Kevin Everingham ---
1870 Michigan Birth Record C00752-7 ... source film #981987 Ella Otillie Moeller, f, b.2 Oct 1870 at Winsor, Huron County, MI, daughter of Henry Moeller & Friedericke Julie Anna Loeffelbein
1880 CENSUS Fair Haven, Huron Co. MI T9-0582, Page 65C ... Henry Muller, 56, b.Germany, married, farmer,...Frederika, 46, b.Germany, parents born in Germany, keeps house,... Maria 16 b.MI, Henry 14 b.MI, Ella 9 b.MI, William Kuhn, 27, single, b.MI, relationship "other".
1892 Michigan Marriage Record M01358-3,... film#983109 ... Robert G. Grogan, 25, b.NY, s/o Robert Grogan & Jane McIntosh,... married 11 July 1892 at Caro, Tuscola County, MI, to; Ella Moeller, 21, b.MI, d/o Henry Moeller.
1897 The Progress-Advance, Dec 24, 1897.. "Mrs. Ella Grogan left for her home in Chicago Wednesday morning, after having visited ten weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Moller."
1899 The Progress-Advance News, Pigeon, MI, July 14, 1899.. "Mrs. Robert Grogan, of Detroit returned to her home Monday after having visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moeller Sr., for a couple of weeks."
1900 CENSUS Detroit, Wayne Co., MI, ... EnumDist 11, Page 9A, Home 134 ... Robert Grogan, b.Jul 1867 Canada Eng., parents born in Ireland, married 7 years, immigrated to US 1868,... Ella, wife, b.Oct 1870 b.MI,... Clara Graves, b.Sept 1883 MI, parents born in MI, single
1905 The Progress-Advance News, Jan 27, 1905,.. "Mesdames Bertha Lentz and Ella Grogan, of Detroit, were called here Monday on account of the illness of their father Henry Moeller sr."
1905.. "Henry Moeller sr, died Tuesday afternoon at the age of 82 years. He was born in Warrenweider, West Prussia, Germany, December 7, 1823. In September 26, 1854 he married Frederieke Loeffelbeim who survives him. In 1860 he came to America and setteled in New Jersey where he was joined by his family one year later. He saw opportunities in Michigan and moved to Saginaw in 1862. The war broke out and he enlisted in Co. D. 29th Michigan Infantry and served until shortly before the end of the war, released due to illness. He is survived by an aged wife, one son Henry; four daughters, Mrs. Bertha M. Lentz, Mrs. Lena Notter, Mrs. Conrad Zimmer and Mrs. Ella Grogan; twelve grand children."
1905 The Progress-Advance News, March 10, 1905.. "Mesdames Fredericke Moeller, Lena Notter and Ella Grogan and Henry Moeller did business at the Probate court in Bad Axe Wednesday."
1907 Detroit Free Press, Aug 29, 1907.. "Robert G. Grogan, alleged by the police to be one of the slickest confidence men in the country, was arrested at Robarge's resort last night."
1907 Detroit Free Press, Sept 11, 1907.. "A warrant was issued by Justice Jeffries, charging Robert G. Grogan with embezzling $85 from Charles E. Baxter, insurance agent. Grogan is now in jail at Pontiac awaiting trial on several charges there. He was arrested in Detroit."
1908 Detroit Free Press, Jan 7, 1908.. While explaining why she wanted a divorce in court, Ella explained; "Robert Grogan believed that it was cheaper to move than to pay rent according to his wife, Ella. She said that he kept her constantly on the jump to avoid clamoring landlords and that the greater part of the $1,500 that she received from her father's estate was expended in keeping Robert out of jail. What money he earned, she said, he expended in maintaining another woman in rooms on Columbia street." there are several Detroit articles about Robert scamming people out of insurance money. It appears that January 7th 1908, Ella divorced Robert. By February 1908 Ella married Silva Kidd.
1908 Mackinac County marriage index.."Ella M. Grogan 37, d/o Henry Muller & Frederika Loeffelbeim, married Feb 24, 1908 at Saint Ignace, Mackinac, MI, to; Sylvester A. Kidd (prev married) 39, s/o David S. Kidd & M.J. Janes."
1910 US CENSUS St.Ignace ward 2, Mackinac, Michigan..(#171) "Sylvester A. Kidd 41, married 2 yrs, b.MI, Ella M. Kidd, wife, b.MI, married 2 yrs."
1920 US CENSUS Detroit, Wayne County, MI (#124).. "Sylvester A. Kidd 51, b.MI,.. Ellen M Kidd, wife, 49, b.MI,.. Fredericke Moeller, mother-in-law, 85, widow, b.Germany."
1930 US CENSUS Detroit, Wayne County, MI "Silva A. Kidd, head, 61, b.MI, occ: Printer,.. Ella M. Kidd, wife, 59, b.MI."
1940 & 1950 US CENSUS, in 1940, "Ella M. Kidd was 69, widowed... in 1950 "Ella M. Kidd was widowed & age 79.
Grandlawn Cemetery, Winsor Twp. Huron Co, MI, The following people are buried here:
Henry Moeller, b.7 Dec 1823 d.24 Jan 1905, Civil War vet,... Frederike Moeller, b.29 May 1834 d.5 Jul 1921,.. Henry Moeller, b.1863 d.1943,... Ida Moeller b.1876 d.1960. Cemetery records compiled by Robert B. LaBelle, Port Austin, Michigan, 1995
Roseland Park Cemetery Detroit, Wayne County, MI.. "Ella M. Moeller Kidd, b.2 Oct 1870, d.13 Mar 1957 (age 86), burial with Sylvester A. Kidd (1868-1932)."
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