 1882 - 1948 (65 years)
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| Name |
Bloom Joseph Albert |
| Birth |
10 Oct 1882 |
USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
DeWitt, Iowa |
| Death |
31 Jul 1948 |
| Person ID |
I6 |
Bloom |
| Last Modified |
21 Jul 2023 |
| Father |
Bloom Adam, b. 29 Apr 1835, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany d. 1 Feb 1909, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA (Age 73 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Yegge Adeline Helena, b. 16 Dec 1839, Sisseln, Canton Argau, Switzerland d. 3 Nov 1927, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA (Age 87 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
3 Jan 1860 |
DeWitt, Iowa, USA |
| Notes |
- Some sources list marriage as about 1861.
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| Family ID |
F12 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Conwell Florence Mary, b. 2 Oct 1884, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA d. 12 Apr 1966, Glenview, Illinois (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Feb 1912 |
St. Mary's Church, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Bloom Charles Ambrose, b. 10 Apr 1928, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA d. 6 Apr 2017, Plano, Collin, Texas, USA (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 2. Bloom Mary Frances, b. 15 Aug 1914, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA d. 24 Aug 1914, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 3. Bloom Anna Alberta, b. 14 Sep 1915, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA d. 15 Jan 1983, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA (Age 67 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 4. Bloom Thomas Alphonsus, b. 8 Jun 1918, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA d. 11 Dec 1981, Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA (Age 63 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 5. Bloom Frances Aloysius, b. 21 Aug 1919, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA d. 3 Jan 1945, Belgium (Age 25 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 6. Bloom Florence Adeline, b. 4 Apr 1921, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA d. 30 Sep 1995, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 7. Bloom Josephine Alice, b. 19 May 1922, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA d. 30 Nov 1998, Clayton, Contra Costa, California, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 8. Bloom Louis Albert, b. 1 Apr 1925, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA d. 18 Oct 1949, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA (Age 24 years) [Father: natural] |
| | 9. Bloom Joseph, b. 18 Oct 1916, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA d. 6 Jan 1917, DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] |
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F6 |
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| Last Modified |
21 Jul 2023 |
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This photo, from my father's collection, has "Mother (Yegge) and Joseph at Birds Nest Camp on Beckler River" written on the back. If it is Adeline Yegge with her son Joseph I guessed it would have been taken about 1885--the child appears to be about three years old and Joseph (my grandfather) was born in 1882. But the setting is not Iowa--there appear to be conifers and a mountain in the background. Many of the trees in the photo appear to have burned. The two people in the photo may be sitting on a log on the gravelly bank of a river.
Last year, Pat Smith emailed me and said that she found a reference to a US Forest Service campground on Beckler River near Skykomish, Washington. This is the only Beckler River we've discovered. It's about 12 miles long and flows into the Skykomish River just east of the town. The setting in the photo definitely could be Washington State. Even more interesting, however, is that Pat discovered that forest fires were widespread in Washington State in 1885.
There are many questions raised by the photo. Is it really Adeline and Joseph Bloom? Are they really in Washington State? Why are they in Washington State--it had to be a long and difficult trip. The nearby town of Skykomish wasn't settled until the railroad was built through the valley in the early 1890's. How did they get to this remote place? Were they on a business trip or a vacation? Business seems the more likely explanation. Adam appears to have been a hard-working man who wouldn't spend weeks on a vacation to the Pacific Northwest. The answers to these questions may never be known. |
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From notes by Fr. Joseph Conwell, Jr.: Walter Kelley, Mike Hales, Al O'Hean, Fr. Maher, ?, Mike Kearney, Joe Bloom, John Cavanaugh, Jim Conwell.
Fr. Joe's notes say "O'Hean", but I am wondering if it is "O'Hearn".
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- From LDS Site:
Joseph A. Bloom
Male
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Event(s):
Birth: 1882 Of Sisseln,Canton Argau, , , Switzerland
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
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Parents:
Father: Adam Bloom Family
Mother: Adelhaid Helena Jagge
***NOTE: This cannot be correct because Adam, his father, is listed in the 1880 census in Iowa. Thus, all birth places in the LDS records must be considered suspect.
Went to Drake U in Cedar Rapids, got a law degree.
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