P.W. married H.R. Clark [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Heart attack
• Education: Harvard Univeristy (1949), Yale University (MFA)
• Occupation: Television director
• Census: 1930, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1935, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1940, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Apr 1945, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1955, New York, New York County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1999, Peru, Bennington County, Vermont, USA

Notes:

Worked in television. Started as a mail clerk at CBS and worked his way up to director. Worked on “Captain Kangaroo” in the early 1950s and earned an Emmy for directing “Sesame Street.” Later worked on soap operas, including “Flames in the Wind,” “The Doctors,” “As the World Turns,” “Secret Storm,” “Days of Our Lives,” “A Time for Us,” and “Ryan’s Hope.”

Had homes in Peru, Vermont, Boca Grande, Florida, and Manhattan.

Residence:
922 Monroe Avenue

Census:
922 Monroe Avenue

Residence:
922 Monroe Avenue

Robert married Barbara Bentley on 18 Jun 1949 in Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, USA. Barbara (daughter of Richard Bentley) was born about 1928 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 9 Jun 2016 in Shelburne, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Garrison Forest School, Bryn Mawr (French Literature)
• Research Notes: According to her obituary, she was “survived by her brother Richard Bentley, and eight grandchildren: Matthew Clark (Karen), Sommer Clark Evert (John) Emily Adams, Roxanna (Francois), Barnaby and Nate Myhrum, Cally Myhrum and Phoebe Myhrum, three great- grandchildren Aiyana, Lucy and Cyrus Clark…”

Notes:

Died:
Wake Robin Life Care Community

Notes:

Married:
Church of the Holy Spirit

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Advertising manager (The Chicago Tribune)
• Occupation: Vice President, Publishing Co.
• Research Notes: Both parents born in Norway.
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Jun 1917, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1935, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1940, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Apr 1942, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Jun 1946, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Sep 1948, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: May 1949, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Jul 1955, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Helped organize the advertising department of the New York Daily News in 1920-21; divisional advertising manager of The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Evening Journal, other papers.

Residence:
3131 Palmer Square

Residence:
922 Monroe Avenue

Census:
922 Monroe Avenue

Residence:
922 Monroe Avenue

Residence:
922 Monroe Avenue

Arthur married Elizabeth Edna Kummerow on 3 May 1911 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Christian Johann Karl Kummerow and Augusta C. M. Oestmann) was born on 9 Mar 1888 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 23 Oct 1945 in River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 25 Oct 1945 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Lizzie
• Education: Bryn Mawr College
• Occupation: Stenographer
• Research Notes: Previously had some unsourced information giving her married name as “Brundage.” Married name given as Myhrum in the obituary of her mother.
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1935, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1940, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Apr 1942, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Oct 1945, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Married, two sons.

Birth:
593 N. Paulina

Residence:
922 Monroe Avenue

Census:
922 Monroe Avenue

Residence:
922 Monroe Avenue

Residence:
922 Monroe Avenue

Notes:

Lived at 922 Monroe Ave, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, in 1942.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: May 1949, Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Wood carver
• Research Notes: Name is difficult to read in 1900 census. Extracted birth record of son Arthur gives birthplace as “Gulfbrunsdalau, Norway.” This is likely to be Gudbrandsdalen, Innlandet County (formerly Oppland County).
• Emigration: 1878
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Thorsten married Marit Thonning about 1877. Marit (daughter of Andrew Toander) was born on 19 Sep 1851 in Norway; died on 14 May 1929 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 17 May 1929 in Mount Olive Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: Name appears to be “Marg” in 1900 census. Find A Grave entry for son Arthur gives name as “Maritma Andersen.” Extracted birth record of son Arthur gives birthplace as “Gulfbrunsdalau, Norway.” This is likely to be Gudbrandsdalen, Innlandet County (formerly Oppland County).
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Sep 1918, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Emigration: 1978

Notes:

Residence:
2716 North Troy Street

Died:
4929 Mozart Street

Notes:

Family lived at 25 Park St., Chicago in 1900.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Appendicitis
• Occupation: Livery man, undertaker
• Occupation: Oil finisher, varnisher
• Research Notes: Marriage License, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, and birth certificate of daughter Adelheid (Anna) give first name of “Christ”. Wendell Mohr give the first name “Frank.” Illinois death index lists date of death as 18 Oct 1899.
• Census: 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:
169 Fry St.

Died:
2:40am

Christian married Augusta C. M. Oestmann on 15 May 1879 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Augusta (daughter of Jacob Oestmann and Fenne Adelheit Franzen) was born in Feb 1859 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 15 Jan 1949 in Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried on 18 Jan 1949 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Apr 1886, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:
169 Fry St.

Residence:
576 W. Chicago Avenue

Census:
2711 Logan Boulevard

Census:
6134 N. Rockwell St.

Notes:

Family lived at 169 Fry St., Chicago in 1881 and 677 Lincoln Street in 1900.

Cyrus married Elizabeth King on 8 Jan 1889 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Sep 1948, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA