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Susan Belle STANWOOD

Susan Belle STANWOOD

Female 1885 - 1946  (61 years)

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  • Name Susan Belle STANWOOD 
    Birth 15 May 1885  Santiago, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Susan Stanwood always stated she was born May 15, 1885 in Santiago, Sherbune Co, MN. However, two records of her birth have been located (Sherburne and Mille Lacs counties) and both state her date of birth as May 14.
    Gender Female 
    Census 10 Jun 1895  Northfield, Rice, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1 Jun 1900  Bridgewater, Rice, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 14 Jun 1905  Floodwood, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 28 Apr 1910  Floodwood, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Correspondence 1911  [7] 
    News 22 Oct 1912  Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 5 Feb 1920  Havana Township, Steele, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    News 19 Feb 1920  Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Mrs. Lavina Stanwood
      Mrs. Livana (sic) Stanwood, wife of A.J. Stanwood, formerly of this village, died on February 8 at the home of her son-in-law, J.C. Cameron, in Minneapolis. Death resulted from pneumonia accelerated by old age.

      Mrs. Stanwood, whose maiden name was Lavina Bursley, was born in Bangor, Maine, on October 11, 1848. She later moved, with her parents, to Minnesota, first locating in Monticello and then moving to Santiago, where on January 26, 1870, she was married to A.J. Stanwood. She and her husband celebrated their golden wedding this winter and the children were present at the festivities. Besides her husband she is survived by seven children, viz., Mrs. H.E. Cravens and Mrs. J.C. Cameron, Minneapolis; Mrs. Susie Simpson, Owatonna; Bert Stanwood, Duluth; Benjamin Stanwood, Pray, Wis.; Fred Stanwood, Rochester; and Melvin Stanwood, Valla (sic) Jose, Cal. She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Henry Orrock of Santiago; and a brother, John Bursley, who is an inmate of the soldiers' home at Ritsel, Wash., besides 15 grandchildren.

      Mrs. Stanwood lived in Princeton for several years and her old time friends will be grieved to learn of her death. she was one of those sturdy pioneer women who was held in high esteem by all who knew her.
    News 20 Sep 1924  Hill City, Pennington, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • UNITED AFTER 40 YEARS
      (Special to the Argus-Leader)
      Hill City. - F.O. Simpson and family are enjoying a visit from Mr. Simpson’s brother, Ernest Simpson, with his wife and daughter from Fairbault, Minn., after a separation of 40 years. Mr. Simpson did not recognize his brother when they met.
    Correspondence 19 Apr 1928  Austin, Mower, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Beatrice Clark to Susan Stanwood 
    Census 10 Apr 1930  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    News 4 Sep 1930  Terril, Dickinson, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    • Visited H. Simpson
    News 20 May 1939  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • Obituary of Georgiana (Stanwood) Cravens
    News 5 Jun 1939  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Obituary of Ernest L. Simpson 
    Census 10 Apr 1940  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Death 22 Dec 1946  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19] 
    Obituary 25 Dec 1946  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Burial 27 Dec 1946  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 21] 
    Person ID I2048  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2024 

    Father Albert Jerome STANWOOD,   b. 23 Dec 1848, Woodville, Penobscot, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1921, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Lavina Spencer BURSLEY,   b. 11 Oct 1848   d. 8 Feb 1920, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1871  Santiago, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Family ID F659  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ernest Loren SIMPSON,   b. 2 Jul 1869, Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1939, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jan 1918  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    Children 
     1. Goldie Mae SIMPSON,   b. 3 Oct 1921, Havana Township, Steele, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 2004, Temecula, Riverside, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     2. Baby Boy SIMPSON,   b. Abt 1924   d. Abt 1924 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

    Family 2 Edwin R CLARK,   b. 1881, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1905  Floodwood, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    Divorce 9 Nov 1912  [25, 26] 
    Children 
     1. Beatrice Marie CLARK,   b. 10 May 1906, Floodwood, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1976, Sun City, Riverside, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F206  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

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  • Notes 
    • All documents listing Susan's date of birth consistently state the event to be May 15, 1885. The extracted copy of her birth certificate received from the Sherburne county recorder, however, gives the date of May 14 for her birth. Also interesting is that a second record of her birth was found at Mille Lacs county courthouse, indicating her place of birth as Princeton. Since her daughter Goldie was told that Susan was born at Santiago, this record will reflect birth in Sherburne Co, MN.

      Susan "Susie" Stanwood was very devoted to her family. She was once given a marriage proposal by a missionary, and although she was interested, she declined, not wanting to leave her family. She married Ed Clark at the age of 20, and the couple had one child, Beatrice Marie Clark. The marriage was short-lived however, due to Ed's reported "skirt chasing". Susan and daughter Beatrice lived with Susan's parents Albert and Lavina in Floodwood, MN, until 1913 or 1914, at which time the entire Stanwood family moved to Minneapolis, where Susan resided when she met her second husband, Ernest "Bob" Simpson at a funeral (presumably that of her aunt Flora's husband, Oliver Fred Simpson, who was also Ernest's brother).

      After their marriage, the couple lived briefly in Rock Rapids, Iowa, and later moved to Owatonna, Steele Co, MN, where they owned a farm. It was here that their daughter Goldie was born in 1921. in 1924 to 1925, the couple sold their farm and part of the profits were invested in a new Ford Model-T, which the family used to travel. Goldie remembers visiting Ernest's brother in South Dakota as a young child. The family moved back to Minneapolis where they lived when Ernest was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1930's. During his illness, Susan assumed the role of bread winner, working at such places as the local library and the Goodyear tire company.

      After Susan's daughter Goldie married and moved to California, Susan often traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and Austin, MN, where her oldest daughter Beatrice resided. Goldie's daughter, Patricia, fondly remembers her grandmother, although Susan died when "Patti" was only four years old. Susan died exactly one year before the birth of Goldie's second daughter, Suzanne, who was named after her grandmother.

  • Sources 
    1. [S103] Minnesota, Mille Lacs, births, copy of birth register (1885), Susan Stanwood; County Recorder, Milaca.
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    2. [S602] Minnesota, Sherburne County, births, certified copy of birth record (1885), Susan Stanwood; County Recorder, Elk River.
      STANWOOD_Susan_b1885_birth_001      		 STANWOOD_Susan_b1885_birth_001


    3. [S1353] CENSUS: State, 1895 Minnesota, Rice, Northfield, p. 10, family 50, Albert and Lavina Stanwood with Bert, Lavina, Benjamin, Fred, Melvin and Susan Stanwood; Minnesota Historical Society, roll V290_93; images online, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 May 2015).
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    4. [S1279] CENSUS: U.S., 1900 Minnesota, Rice Co., Bridgewater; 146; sheet 6A; dwelling 113, family 116; Albert, Lavina, Bert J., Benjamin, Fred, Melvin and Susan Stanwood; 3 May 2015.
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    5. [S1360] CENSUS: State, 1905 Minnesota, St. Louis, Floodwood, p. 179, A.J. Stanwood with Lavina, Susie and Fred; Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota State Population Census, 1905, roll MNSC_154; images online, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 December 2017).
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    6. [S1293] CENSUS: U.S., 1910 Minnesota, Saint Louis, Floodwood; 208; sheet 7A; dwelling 105, family 118, ; Albert J., Levina S. (sic) and Sussie (sic) Stanwood, with Beatrice M. Clark; 3 May 2015.
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    7. [S561] McArton, Jess (Bursley), Letter to Susan (Stanwood) Simpson.
      STANWOOD_Susan_b1885_correspondence_n.d._001      		 STANWOOD_Susan_b1885_correspondence_n.d._001


    8. [S1080] NEWS: Duluth News-Tribune, Action for Divorce; 22 October 1912; Susie Clark, p. 8; 2013.
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    9. [S1312] CENSUS: U.S., 1920 Minnesota, Steele, Havana; 129; sheet 3B; dwelling 58, family 58; Edward (sic) L., Susie and Beatrice [Clark] Simpson; 8 May 2015.
      SIMPSON_Ernest_b1869_census_1920_Havanna_001      		 SIMPSON_Ernest_b1869_census_1920_Havanna_001


    10. [S1421] NEWS: The Princeton Union, Mrs. Lavina Stanwood; obituary; 19 February 1920; Lavina Stanwood, p. 1, c. 1; 11 November 2011.
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    11. [S1064] NEWS: Argus-Leader, United After 40 Years; news; 20 September 1924; Frank Simpson and Ernest Simpson, p. 4, c. 2; 19 August 2021.
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    12. [S59] Clark, Beatrice, Letter to Susan (Stanwood) Simpson, 20 April 1920 (postmark), Picture of Central High School, Austin, Minnesota, appears on front of postcard.
      “Dearest Mommie, Expected you had began to think you a fine daughter but you know how I am. Am going to Owatonna in a couple of days may not see you for a couple of weeks. Will drop a few more lines in a couple of days. Kiss sister and dad. Love, B.”
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    13. [S1327] CENSUS: U.S., 1930 Minnesota, Hennepin, Minneapolis; 27-119; sheet 13B; 2840 12th Ave. So, dwelling no. 167, family no. 240; Ernest L., Sussie (sic) and Goldie Simpson; 6 May 2015.
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    14. [S1120] NEWS: Spirit Lake Beacon, "Terril"; 4 September 1930; Ernest Simpson, Herbert Simpson; 18 October 2011.
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    15. [S1145] NEWS: The Minneapolis Star, Death notices; 20 May 1939; Georgiana Cravens, p. 8; 2011.
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    16. [S849] “Rites for Ernest L. Simpson,” undated clipping, ca. July 1939, from unidentified newspaper;.
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    17. [S1336] CENSUS: U.S., 1940 Minnesota, Hennepin, Minneapolis; 89-344; sheets 11A and 11B; 2311 E. 31st St., household 237; Harold and Goldie Uphouse with Susan Simpson; 9 May 2015.
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    18. [S328] Minnesota, Division of Public Health - Vital Statistics, Deaths, death certificate no. 23890 (1946), Susan B. Simpson, Hennepin County, Division of Birth and Death Records and Vital Statistics.
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    19. [S976] Crystal Lake Cemtery (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Grave Markers, Ernest and Susan Simpson, lot 103, section 26, undated plat. The actual gravestone (viewed by the author, 1989) reads SIMPSON “FATHER ERNEST L” and “MOTHER SUSAN B”.
      Crystal Lake Cemetery (Minneapolis, Minnesota) to Lauren Rogers Mahieu, Cemetery Plat, Ernest and Susan Simpson, lot 103, section 26, undated plat. The actual gravestone (viewed by the author, 1989) reads SIMPSON “FATHER ERNEST L” and “MOTHER SUSAN B”.
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    20. [S195] Minneapolis Tribune, 25 December 1946, obituary, Susan Simpson.
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    21. [S976] Crystal Lake Cemtery (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Grave Markers, Joint grave marker for “Simpson,” noting “Father Ernest L. (1869-1939)” and “Mother Susan B. (1885-1946)” photograph by Lauren Rogers Mahieu, October, 1993.
      Crystal Lake Cemetery (Hennepin, Minnesota; Penn Ave N & 40 Ave N), joint grave marker for “Simpson,” noting “Father Ernest L. (1869-1939)” and “Mother Susan B. (1885-1946)” photograph by Lauren Rogers Mahieu, October, 1993., database
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    22. [S803] Minnesota, Sherburne County, marriages, marriage license n.n. (1871), Albert Stanwood and Lavina Bursley, County Recorder, Elk River.
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    23. [S127] Minnesota, Hennepin, Marriage Certificates, Original Marriage Certificate for Ernest L. and Susan (Stanwood) Clark Simpson (privately held by Lauren Rogers Mahieu, Newark, Delaware, 2016).
      STANWOOD_Susan_b1885_marr_002      		 STANWOOD_Susan_b1885_marr_002


    24. [S498] Minnesota, Saint Louis, Marriages, T13:13 (1905), Clark-Stanwood, Saint Louis County Recorder, Duluth.
      STANWOOD_Susan_b1885_marr_001      		 STANWOOD_Susan_b1885_marr_001


    25. [S625] Minnesota, Saint Louis, District Court Divorce Case Files, unknown number, 1912, Susie Clark vs. Edwin R. Clark.
      STANWOOD_Susan_b1885_divorce_001      		 STANWOOD_Susan_b1885_divorce_001


    26. [S1080] NEWS: Duluth News-Tribune, Dancer Grants Women Divorces; 10 November 1912; Susie Clark, p. 7; 2013.
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