Mari e Fredericke Blanken was born upon January 19, 1888, so she is today’s birthday lady. She would need to burn out 135 candle lights on her birthday cake if she was still alive. Marie was the child of Dietrich and Maria (Eisenberg) Blanken. Marie was the fourth of 10 kids born to her mom and the sixth kid sired by her daddy due to the fact that he had 2 kids with his very first better half. Lots of background details about this Blanken household can be discovered in the post, The Blancken Brood As you might discover, this surname is often spelled with a “c” in the middle. Marie was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. I want to show her baptism record here, however I am having problem beginning my old pickup today, and I didn’t wish to stroll backward and forward to the museum to get a picture.

The only census in which we discover Marie residing in Perry County was the one taken in 1900. Marie was 12 years of ages at the time, and her daddy was a farmer in the Brazeau Town.

In 1901, Marie was validated at Concordia, which would be the last record for her that we discover in our German Ancestral Tree (unless Lynn Degenhardt includes some more details after he reads this post). After scanning the GFT for later on records in the Blanken household, the last record I discovered was a verification that occurred in 1903. After that, the Blanken household transferred to Colorado. I am going to show a picture that was formerly released on this blog site revealing Marie with her household while residing in Colorado. Marie is on the far left.

It was while Marie remained in Colorado that she fulfilled her hubby. Let’s have a look at him. Henry August Herman Malchow was born upon October 17, 1882, the child of Fred and Ernistine (Kietzer) Malchow. I have this picture of Henry’s moms and dads.

Henry was born in the Delafield Town in Jackson County, Minnesota. Plat maps were produced for Jackson County in 1887. On such a map, we discover the farm of Fred Malchow.

Right beside the Malchow farm was the German Lutheran Church. That is St. Peter’s Lutheran Church which is provided the address of Lakefield, Minnesota, which is a neighboring town. I discovered this aerial picture of that church as it now looks. I thought twice to put this picture here, however I discovered it on the Facebook page of St. Peter’s, so I figure if they put it out in the general public, I might likewise.

Henry is discovered in the 1900 census at the age of 17. You can see that Henry belonged to a huge household. An Origins ancestral tree lists 15 kids in this Fred Malchow household.

Henry’s daddy obviously acquired some land in Colorado near the city of Flagler. In 1907, Henry, in addition to his 2 bros, Gustav and Adolph, went to Colorado to take care of this residential or commercial property. That occurred to likewise be the location where the Blanken household had actually settled. Henry should have ended up being familiarized with Marie Blanken, had actually fallen in love, and these 2 were wed on June 2, 1909. I had the ability to find a Colorado marital relationship record for this wedding event. The location of marital relationship was Flagler, Colorado, however the minister was from Colorado Springs.

We discover this Malchow couple in the 1910 census living in the Arriba Town, which is near Flagler. There were no kids born to this set yet.

This couple should have returned to Henry’s Minnesota house prior to 1912 since that is when their very first kid was born, and she was born in Minnesota. Henry had a World War I draft registration finished in 1918. This kind offers his address as Windom, Minnesota, another town near the Delafield Town.

The 1920 census reveals the Malchow’s with 2 children. Henry was back to being a farmer in the Delafield Town.

This couple’s last kid, a 3rd child, was born in 1924, so when the 1930 census was taken, we discover the total Malchow household noted.

An image was taken of this Malchow household. I figure it should have been taken not long prior to the census revealed above. It appears like the youngest kid was more youthful than 6 years of ages, which is her age in the above entry.

The last census in which we discover Henry was the one taken in 1940. Just their youngest child was still residing in this home. The 2 older siblings had actually transferred to Los Angeles, California and had actually both gotten wed there prior to this census.

Henry Malchow passed away in 1941 at the age of 58. Numerous ancestral tree on Origins state he passed away of a cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, none of those ancestral tree suggest where Henry was buried, and I was likewise not able to figure out that reality. I figure that Marie and her child, Irene, should have left Minnesota and transferred to Los Angeles after her hubby passed away. Irene likewise discovered a spouse in California and was wed in 1948. In the 1950 census, we discover Marie dealing with her earliest child, Florence, and her hubby, Leonard Staats who was an insurance coverage salesperson.

Marie is discovered in a 1961 Pasadena, California city directory site.

Marie Malchow passed away in 1985 at the age of 97. She is buried in the Forest Yard Boneyard in Hollywood Hills, California.

I think you might produce a great story about Marie going from rags to riches. She was born in the little town of Frohna, Missouri and made it all the method to Hollywood. You, nevertheless, now understand her genuine story.