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marriage! In fact, Jerome married Marie L. Corbrille three years later on 13 July 1929 at the young age of 20 years. Marie is about 19 years of age. In the 1930 and 1940 censuses Jerome and Marie were shown to be still in Racine, Wisconsin. Jerome died in the same town on 8 June 1994, but Marie’s date of death is not known.
Jerome’s sister, Lilian, who was born about 1916, appears as a Soothill in both the 1920 and 1930 censuses (spelt as Lillian), living in Racine on both occasions, but nothing more is currently known about Lilian.
Joseph (1867-prior to 1920) (born in Illinois), married Lou L. in 1889. Joseph had been born in Illinois and Lou in Wisconsin. Joseph and Lou had two children – Frank (1891-?) and Charles H. (1893-1972) – then Joseph married Maud(e) (1880-?) in 1904 producing one child – Helen T. (1914-1993) who was born in Illinois. In the 1920 census Maud – who was born around 1880 in Illinois – in fact, both her parents were born in Illinois - is shown as widowed and living with her 6-year-old daughter, Helen, as lodgers in Coruna (or Covina?), Los Angeles, California with 12 other variously named persons. The head of household, 52-year-old Julia Barnes, has a rented house. In the 1925 Iowa State Census, 45-year-old Maud is again shown as widowed and living in a large household of 19 people with her 11-year-old daughter, Helen. In the 1930 census, Maud who would now be around 50 years of age is shown as a servant to the Gordon family. The household which totals around 25 persons is in Cherokee, Iowa. Her daughter, 18-year-old Helen, is also a member of the household and shown as a servant.
Frank (1891-?), son of Joseph and Lou, married T(h)eresa (1896-1966). Both of Theresa’s parents had been born in Illinois. Frank and Theresa had two children – Gwendolyn (1915-?) and Frank H. (1918-1930). In the 1920 census they are living in Chicago Ward 7, Cook County, Chicago in rented accommodation. In the 1930 census they are still a family unit of four but now residing in Flossmoor in Cook County, Illinois. Sadly, Frank Junior died on 9 November 1930 in the census year. In the 1940 census, there is still a household of four, but this time the constituents are
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