Louis E. Granger was ordered to pay alimony to Jennie C. Granger.1OK, so who is Jennie C. Granger? Who is Louis E. Granger? It's taken the better part of a year to partially answer these questions.
My great great grand father, Louis Edwin Granger. was living in Chicago at the time - his daughter Gladys was born in Chicago a month earlier.2 Upon doing a quick search for Louis E. Granger with a wife named Jennie C., I found a marriage record for Beatrice Genieve Granger.3The maiden name for Jennie Granger is Jennie C. Niles. The births for both parents are listed as United States. 1920 and 1930 Census records indicate Beatrice G. [Granger] Tator's father is from Massachusetts and mother is from New York.4 Louis Edwin Granger was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts.
Looking through digital papers from New York, I was able to piece together a picture of Jennie C. Granger's family. I knew from her obituary5 and personal notices around her 1932 death, who her parents were, when and where she was born and who were some members of her family. Here is what I had:
- Jennie's parents were George W. Niles and Lucy Randall.
- Jennie was born in Berlin, Rensselaer county, on May 21, 1859.
- She died March 18, 1932, at the house of her sister, Mrs. Elmer Melio in Round Lake, New York.
- She had lived in Saratoga County, NY for twenty years. She moved in from New York City.
- Her daughter, Beatrice G. Tator, son-in-law, Dr. Tator, and grandson arrived to attend the funeral.
- Her sister, Mary L. N. Curtis, travelled from Florida to attend the funeral.
- At some point she may have been married to a Louis E. Granger from Massachusetts.
- Their daughter Beatrice was born some time in May of 1882.6
- Jennie or a proxy was in Chicago to sue for alimony.
I still had no indication whether this Louis E. Granger was or was not my great great grand father. I even tried sending a letter to an individual who could be one of Jennie's grandsons. Last month, I tracked down a lead in the Troy Daily Times:
Col. L. E. Granger, late recorder of the United States mint at San Francisco, was married last week to Miss Jennie Miles of Hoosick.7Louis Edwin Granger was living in San Francisco starting in about 1877.8 According to the 1880 census Jennie Niles is living with her mother and step-father in Hoosick.9 She is listed as a school teacher. So it looks very likely, Jennie C. Niles of Hoosick is the fourth wife of Louis Edwin Granger.
Update 11 February 2015: I found a divorce announcement in the Chicago Inter-Ocean, dated September 16, 1887. Next stop. Cook County Circuit Court Archives.
Notes:
1"Legal Notes", Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1922); Feb 11, 1890; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1849-1990) pg. 9, accessed 17 March 2014
2See "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQT9-JJC : accessed 4 February 2015), Gladys Granger, 10 Jan 1890; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 3424, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,896. and "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7QQ-SM9 : accessed 4 February 2015), Gladys Granger, 10 Jan 1890; citing v 21 p 82, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,734.
3"New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6HP-QYL : accessed 4 February 2015), Arthur Earl Tator and Beatrice Genieve Grauger, 08 Jun 1911; citing , New York, United States, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,287,480. and "New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FFT4-2BT : accessed 4 February 2015), Arthur Earl Tator and Beatrice Genieveve Granger, 14 Jun 1911; citing Saratoga, New York, United States, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,287,474.
4See "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4YR-NZ6 : accessed 4 February 2015), Beatrice Tater in household of Dr. A E Tater, Summit Ward 1, Union, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 12B, family 245, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,072. and "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4NX-FS4 : accessed 4 February 2015), Beatrice G Tator in household of Arthur E Tator, Summit, Union, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0153, sheet 2A, family 30, line 50, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1389; FHL microfilm 2,341,124.The 1900 census lists both parents from New York. At that time Beatrice was living with her Aunt, Mary Curtis.
5"Round Lake", Ballston Spa Daily Journal; April 2, 1932; Old Fulton County Postcards (http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html accessed 30 May 2014) pg. 3. "Round Lake News", The Saratogian; April 1, 1932; Old Fulton County Postcards (http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html accessed 30 May 2014) pg. 9. "Village shocked by two deaths", The Saratogian; March 29, 1932; Old Fulton County Postcards (http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html accessed 30 May 2014), pg. 10. "Round Lake", The Troy Times; March 29, 1932; Old Fulton County Postcards (http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html accessed 30 May 2014) pg. 2.
6Beatrice birthdate is something of a mystery. I don't currently have a birth certificate, but census records and her marriage record indicate May 1882 as the best guess for her birth. May 1882 is the date given on the 1900 Census, and she is 28 when she marries Arthur Earl Tator in April 1911. Later she would claim birth dates in 1884 and 1886. She consistently lists her birthplace as New York City.
7Troy Daily Times; October 4, 1880; Old Fulton County Postcards (http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html accessed 30 May 2014) n. p.
8Louis registered to vote 31 July 1877 in San Francisco. See California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 44; FHL Roll Number: 977100
9"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZF8-PYH : accessed 30 May 2014), Jennie C Niles in household of Marshall Haynes, Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States; citing enumeration district 160, sheet 254D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0922; FHL microfilm 1,254,922.
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