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Note: The 1910 Federal Census shows a Daisy Gardner, age 42, married to Parmer H. Gardner ( Henry Parmer Gardner) and living at 2941 Roxbury St. in Los Angeles, CA. Her age would indicate that she was born in 1868 and is most likely Drusilla Droullard. The 1869 birth year is from the 1870 Federal Census for Grant County, WI and may be wrong. It is most likely that she was buried in the Los Angeles area. Information (Dec 1994) from Maurice Droullard, in the form of a Christmas card, written by Harriet (Gardner) Ross said that Daisy died on Thanksgiving Day. The year is not indicated. The information also included a letter written January 12, 1940 by Daisy to Ada Nora Leindecker (see below) in which she says that she has 4 great-grandchildren with the oldest, a girl, 12 yrs old. Jan 12 1940 633 W 84th St L. A. Calif Dear Cousin rec your letter yesterday was sure glad to here from you I got a number of xmas cards but handent sent any So wrote enstead well we have had a rainy week and a few shaks along to I guess you dont get them back there your are on to solid ground here thers lots of quick sand we are rite on the Edge of it South of us some times the shaks are prity hard had one year 35 shaks in 1 week it makes people sick the hard one we had some time ago there was a little girl droped dead from it her mother dident know she had a week heart they lived a few doors from us here well I dont like them my self I was going to send Ethel your letter but forgot it I think I would forget my head if it wasent fast to me so you see I am getting old I think you do lots of out door work in the garden well I dont do much outside any more I cant my yard needs it very bad but some one else will have to do it for me My husban cant do any thing any more I do a lot of sewing & croshing making a rug got to sew the strips to gather mad that on string will look nice when finished I have made 2 bed spreds & am on the third one well you got a head of me for great grand children I have 4. 2 girls the oldest is 12 years she will be in high next turm dont take them long to grow up well we get some cold weather here but not bad I think one feel better where there are a change of weather not have the same all the time I never did care for this climate would rather been up in Oregon or some where enstead of here Ethel sent me some addresses of some of the Droullard thought I would write to them here is one she said for me to write to Elmer Droullard. Friday Harbor Washington So if you want to write meyby you will get some enfation from them I guess Carry is geting old as she was a growen girl when we lived back there I sure would love to take a terip back but I think that will never come So will close with love Daisy Gardner I would like to get No Harriett ^ Husban seen some one else he liked better So got up & left I dont see how he could & they got a sweet little boy will be 3 in March one baby was born dead the first one Harriett has place to work now in the mining distric about 200 miles from here he sends her money for the baby Note: I received a copy of this letter from Maurice E. Droullard in December, 1994. He got the letter from Bessie Wetter in the early 1970s. The letter was written to Ada Nora Leindecker who lived in Lancaster, WI at the time. The original letter is handwritten by Daisy and this typed version tries to maintain sentence structure as closely as possible. Daisy Gardner was Drusilla Droullard, third daughter of the five daughters, of Peter Colman and Sarah Droullard. She was born in Grant county, Wisconsin in 1868 and died in Los Angeles, CA on Thanksgiving Day 1946. This death information came from a Christmas card written by her daughter, Harriett Ross. The Elmer Droullard referred to in the letter is probably Elmore Droullard (1894-19??), a descendant of John H. Droullard ( 1819-1875) and his son, John Peter Droullard (1853-1920). Death date was 28 November 1946 according to death certificate information received from Jeanine Bass via e-mail, 20 August 1999. Death certificate has place of birth as Brown County, WI. This is questionable.
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