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Note: From Federal Census of 1900; Village of Laurium, Houghton County, Calumet Township, Michigan; district #175, page 10A, taken June 6, 1900, the house number does not seem to be given but the street is Osceola, household #194; from ancestry.com, district 175, image 19 of 57. Rose is living in the household of her mother: ----- Rose; daughter, female, born- Sept 1885, age- 14, single, born- Michigan, father born- Germany, mother born- Wisconsin, occupation- at school, r/w's ============== From the Polk's Directory 1907-08 of Laurium, from the Houghton County Historical Museum Library, given to me by Bruce Dunn: ****** Knechtges, Rosa, clk, bds 228 Osceola Rosa is also listed in Calumet, where she apparently worked with her sister Emma: ****** Knechtges, Rose, clk Vertin Bros., res Laurium ============= From Polk's Directory 1910 of Laurium, sent to me by Pam Welles: ****** Knechtges, Rosa, clk, bds 228 Osceola ============= From the 1910 Federal Census of Houghton County, Michigan; Calumet Township, Laurium Village, district #96, page 3A, taken April 16, 1910; from ancestry.com, district #96, image 5 of 26. Rose is living in the household of her mother at 228 Osceola Street, household #50: ----- Rose; daughter, female, age- 24, single, born- Wisconsin, father born- Germany, mother born- Wisconsin, occupation- book keeper/ bank, not out of work on April 15, 1910, not unemployed last year, r/w's =============== From Polk's Directory 1912 of Calumet, where she worked, from the Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA: ****** Knechtges, Rose, sten Superior and Globe Copper Co., res Laurium And from Polk's Directory 1912 of Laurium, where she lived, from the Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA: ****** Knechtges, Rosa, clk, bds 228 Osceola =============== From the probate file in June of 1913, for Rose's mother, Margaret (Steffes) Knechtges, listing the names, ages and locations of all surviving heirs: Name Relationship Age Residence Rose Knechtges daughter 26 Laurium ============= From the 1920 Federal Census of the City of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 6th ward, district 322, sheet 8a, taken January 7, 1920, household 217, address- 5434 Prairie Ave; from ancestry.com, image 15 of 27. Rose is listed in the household of Audrian Johnson: Knechtges, Rose; boarder, female, age- 32, single, r/w's, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- bookkeeper/ engineering co. =========== From the 1940 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, district 103-449, sheet 67a, taken April 12, 1940, address- 7150 Cyril Ave: Knechtges, Rose; head of household, female, age- 53, single, highest grade completed- 4th year high school, born- Michigan, residence in 1935- same place, not working last week of March, looking for work, occupation- bookkeeper/ engraving, worked 0 weeks 1939, wages and salary- 0, had other income ========== John Weiss sent me Rose's obituary, from the Chicago Tribune: Knechtges Rose Knechtges, Jan. 28, 1961, sister of the late Effie DeRosia. Funeral Monday, 9 a.m., from funeral home, 2035 E. 79th street. 1 block east of Jeffery boulevard, to St. Phillip Neri Church. Mass 9:30 a.m. Interment St. Mary's SO 8-1610. (According to Rich Morgan, this cemetery is in Evergreen Park at W 87th & Hamlin Ave, about 3801 West 87th, Evergreen Park, IL 60805. She is buried in Section SW, Grave 850. Her sister Effie DeRosia is also buried in this cemetery.- RW) =========== From Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012: Name: Rosa Knechtges Birth Date: 17 Sep 1885 Birth Place: Michigan, USA Death Date: 28 Jan 1961 Death Place: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Cemetery: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Burial or Cremation Place: Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA Has Bio?: Y Father: Jacob Knechtges Mother: Margaret Knechtges
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