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DATE: 8
February 2008
SUBMITTER: Sally Garner
salyeann@yahoo.com |
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QUERY: I
am looking for any information on second lieutenant Leonard
Cunningham HOSKINS from East Las Vegas, NM. Lt. Hoskins died in
France in 1918 during WWI. He received the Service Cross from
both the US and France. In 1921, a bunker was constructed at
Fort Crockett on the seawall in Galveston, TX named after Lt.
Hoskins. Since he was not originally from Galveston, I wondered
if anyone knows who or why his name was given tot he bunker? He
was sweeping an area for wounded and was killed while escorting
some of his men to safety so he certainly was deserving of the
honor. The inscription reads: Leonard Hoskins 1921-1946.
The bunker was
begun in 1921 and an attempt was made to dismantle it in 1946.
Deeming this to be too difficult, it still remains in place
today on the hillside below the San Luis Hotel in Galveston. His
father, Daniel Tilden
HOSKINS
and other relatives are buried in the Masonic area cemetery in
Las Vegas. The lieutenant is buried in the military cemetery
where many from the battle of the Argonne area are laid.
I would like to set up a folder
in the vertical files of our local library with information on
Lt.
HOSKINS and his family. Would
anyone be able to provide photos or other information? The
gentleman who originally became interested in Lt.
HOSKINS saw the name on the
bunker on a recent vacation to the area, and wanted to know more
about the name. No one could really give any information so we
have been internet seeking. If possible, this gentleman is
interested in possibly having a plaque created to commemorate
Lt.
HOSKINS .
Any information would be greatly
appreciated!
Sally Garner
1809 24th Street
Galveston, TX 77550 |
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DATE:
20 February 2006
SUBMITTER: Linda Benson Cox
lindajcox3@hotmail.com |
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QUERY: Ella
'Alta' WEST was born about 1866 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Indiana and she died about April 25, 1914 in Las Vegas,
San Miguel County, New Mexico at age 48. She was buried in
Montefiore, Masonic, Odd Fellows Cemeteries, Las Vegas, New
Mexico; she married Frank J. GEHRING who was born 1861, probably
in Crawfordsville, on September 1, 1884 in Montgomery County.
Ella and Frank moved to Kansas. In 1899, Ella, age 33, and
Frank, age 38, moved to Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New
Mexico. Frank GEHRING operated a hardware store on 6th
Street, and his brother, Edward GEHRING, is listed (Las Vegas
City Directory 1900) as a clerk in that store. Both lived at the
Central Hotel, which was less than a full block away from the
store. In those years there was a dire housing shortage and
their residence in a hotel reflects that. |
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DATE:
12 February 2006
SUBMITTER: Ray and Richard Smith Farm
rlksmith@pacifier.com |
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QUERY:
I am
conducting a genealogical search on my ancestors Andre and
Veronique MONTMERENCI. They owned a general store in Las
Vegas circa 1890's. They came from France. My great
grandmother was Veronique's youngest sister. She arrived
in Las Vegas, at the age of 15, circa 1885. The
MONTMERENCIs
had several sons. |
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DATE:
23 May 2005
SUBMITTER: Linda Owens Baker
Bakerjcls@aol.com |
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QUERY:
I am looking for information on an aunt, Verlie Mae OWENS, who
was in the Mental Asylum in |
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Las Vegas,
NM. She was born 28 September 1906 and died 2 March 1946. I
think she may have died in the hospital there. At the age
of 7, Verlie had meningitis and became deaf. She was in the
Austin School for the Deaf from 1925 until 1927 or 1928. I
cannot find any information for this hospital or for my aunt. I
think she was there from about 1940 until her death in 1946.
Any information you can give me will be appreciated. Thank you! |
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DATE:
22 April 2005
SUBMITTER: Carl Adcock
UDnelPS@aol.com |
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QUERY:
Anna STEVENS died at Las Vegas on February 13, 1904. Do records
exist so that I could learn the cause of death? Are there
local newspapers from which I could find an obituary or news
items. She was only 24 years old at the time of her death. |
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DATE:
20 April 2005
SUBMITTER: Thomas L. Harman
tlharman1@grandecom.net |
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QUERY:
Searching for information on the family of Thomas Jefferson
GROUND, born about. June 1843 in KY, and was last known to be in
Las Vegas, San Miguel Co., NM in the 1900 census. He
married Eliza Jane JONES on 3/18/1870 in Dallas Co., TX, and
they had at least 10 children: |
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Ida May b.
5/1871 TX married Frank Blake bet. 1893-1894 in San Miguel Co.,
NM; Samuel S. b. 1873 TX, listed in the 1910 & 1920 Las Vegas,
San Miguel County census, single; Mariah b. 1876 TX; Catherine
E. b. 1878 TX; Louise b. bet. 1880-1881 TX; Thomas Jefferson,
Jr. b. 5/22/1884 TX d. 5/15/1969 Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, married Laura S.(maiden name unknown) bet.
1916-1917 San Miguel County? - one known child, William H.
Ground b. bet. 1918-1919 San Miguel County; Viola b. 8/1886 TX;
Edna b. 3/1888 TX; Gillie b. 1/1890 married William R. Chapman
bet. 1922-1923 CO; Robert L. b. 11/29/1891 OK Territory, d.
8/1977 Marin Co., CA married Pauline L. (maiden name unknown
bet. 1928-1929 NM. |
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Any
information pertaining to this family would be greatly
appreciated. |
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DATE:
10 April 2005
SUBMITTER: Judith K. Arthur
jkarthur@verizon.net |
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QUERY:
I am looking for a marriage of George Frederick WHEELOCK to
Addie Maria ROBERTS. I think that the marriage took place after
1880, but not much later than that. |
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Addie Marie
ROBERTS' father was Lyman C. ROBERTS, who was living at one
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