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Mabel Bird
b. February 08, 1869 in Sparta, WI
d. September 05, 1943 in Spokane, WA

Parents:

Father: David Evans Owen Bird
Mother: Ammazetta Jolly McMillen

Family:

Marriage: 1891 in Groton, SD
Spouse: Elias Williams
b. IA
Parents:

Father: Edward Williams
Mother: Betsey Barlow

Family History:

Elias and Maybel were divorced when Hazel was 3 years old and Elias remained in SD when Maybel and her mother moved West.
On June 30, 1900 Belle Williams, 31 year old divorced servant born Feb 1869 in Wisconsin having given birth to 1 child, 1 of whom is still living was working as a domestic in the Frank Farrar household 181 at Langford Village, Marshall, SD.

Relevant Family Papers of Hazel Edna Marx:

Children:

Hazel Edna Williams

Family:

Marriage: June 02, 1907 in Spokane, WA
Spouse: Ed Lamphier
b. 1866 in MN
d. March 03, 1949 in Spokane, WA

Family History:

In 1891 Nelson E Lamphier, laborer, was residing in the rear at 1511 South K St., Tacoma, WA.
On April 25, 1910 Nelson E. Lamphier, 49 year old twice married odd job laborer born in Minnesota with father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in French Canada; Mabel B., 41 year old born in Wisconsin, having given birth to 1 child, 1 of whom is still living; Roy O., 21 year old sawmill worker born in Minnesota; Hazel E. Williams, 17 year old stepdaughter born in Dakota; were renting at 101 North Stone St., Adolph Precinct, Spokane, Spokane, WA. All could read and write English and Hazel was attending school. Neither Nelson nor Roy had been unemployed any months during 1909.
Both Mabel's brother-in-law Emil and Nelson's son Roy worked in the sawmill and it is most likely that one of them was responsible for introducing Hazel to Ted Marx.
According to Beatrice Bucknum " Both Grandma Lamphier and Grandma Bird were very involved in the Temperance Movement in Spokane. Grandma Bird lived with Grandma Lamphier for the last few years of her life. Grandma Lamphier came to terms with Mom's conversion to Catholicism and thought Dad was the best. The two would tease each other constantly. One summer when we visited, her flooring was in real bad shape and Dad laid a new floor for her. She was a very good and nice lady and she would take me home and I would spend a week or two with her and Auntie would dress me up and go downtown on shopping sprees. Whenever Dad was gone for a long time we would live with Grandma and my Mom stayed with her when Phil was born, while we were at boarding school in Coeur D'Alene. Grandpa would always be in his favorite chair and bounce Dennis and I on his knee and sing a little song. Grandma always seemed to be a fairly happy lady and easy to get along with, except when we kids used to tease her while she was washing clothes in the machine on the back porch; then she would throw water at us. She would sit at her piano and 'bang' out ragtime/hot momma type tunes. She was very good but couldn't play softly. Her favorite was one about 'eating but only had 50¢'. She would stay frequently at the farm for a week or two at a time. She and Father Dennis got along real well and were always playing cards and Grandma was so blind that she would have to pat around the table to find her cards. They would sit and play Hearts for hours and she would always be laughing. After Mabel and Ed separated, he lived in the shed next to the house and had a garden plot. Buck, Denny and I went to her funeral and I was concerned about how Denny would take it, being so young; but when we asked him how Grandma was, he said, 'She is fine. She was sleeping.' Grandma left the house to Uncle Ed and since his Dad was not well, he let him stay in the shed until he died."
Photos:
1914
1940

1940

Children:

David Edward Lamphier

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Copyright 2001 Richard Joseph Bucknum