Mabel Briggs (1889)

Born 1889 in Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, United States

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Mabel Briggs. ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Born 1889 Iowa^[6][7][8][9]

Residence Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife. 1910 Kennewick, Benton, Washington, USA. ^[10] Relation to Head: WifeResidence Marital Status: Married. 1920 Canyon Side, Jerome, Idaho, USA. ^[11] Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head: Head. 1930 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA. ^[12] 1935 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. ^[13] Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife. 1 Apr 1940. Nahcotta, Pacific, Washington, USA. ^[14]

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Marriage Husband Charles Bates Briggs. Wife Jane Ann Church. Child: Albert D.Briggs. Child: Maud Clare Briggs. Child: Ethel Waters Briggs. Child: Henry Donald Briggs. Child: Mabel Briggs. Marriage 1st Marriage: Jane Anne Church to Charles Bates Briggs. 26 Dec 1870. House of Nathen McGary, Amboy twp, Lee County, IL. ^[15][16] Divorce: 1st Divorce: Jane Anne Church divorce's Charles Bates Briggs for desertion. 1895Feb13 Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, USA. ^[17]

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1. ↑ Source: #S303237709 Taken from A book of Memories, Daurice Tilden 1987 Aunt Mabel was mother's younger sister. l had thought she was only about two years younger than mother, but my father told. me that she came out west and stayed with them and went to high school, when she was about 13. Mother was married when she was 17, and this was somewhat later. She was full of fun and we enjoyed her a lot. We didn't see much of her, when we were little. She married a man by the name of Jim Parker, and we never knew him. We saw him a couple of times or so. They lived, I think somewhere near Toppenish for awhile, I think and. later near Jerome, Idaho. When we came back from California, when I was five, my father had sent a wire, that we were coming and to meet the train which came in way in the night sometime. My brother was a tiny baby. We got there, and no one was there. They didn' t get the message. Some way the folks, found out how to get there, and we had to walk, and it was a long way (to us anyway, as we were sleepy!). I will never forget, as my father was struggling with two heavy suitcases, and mother was trying to carry the baby, and we were tagging along half‐asleep. We finally got there, and there house was quite small. They had one little boy about two, I guess. Aunt Mabel hardly knew where to put all of us, and I ended up in the crib with the baby. She put me in one end and he was in the other. Sometime later, he woke up and found someone in his bed, and he howled. I felt like howling, too, but l don't think I did. The next day, my cousin, Vernon, who was near my age, and I were playing with something, and his little brother, kept tearing down what we were building. Vernon got after him good, so the next time he did it, I got after him. Oh! Did lever learn a lesson, I never forgot. It was alright for him to get after his brother, but no one else! In later years, they had another little boy‐‐four boys. They were Donald, Vernon, Jim (whom we called Junior when he was little) and Jean. They moved to California, but things didn't go very well. I never knew too much about it, but apparently her husband wouldn't work unless he got the very highest pay, and he had difficulty getting along with a boss. It came to the place where Aunt Mabel had to support the children, and was trying to take care of them, and I guess it became so hard, she gave up. Again, I didn't know much about it. She brought the two little boys and came to our place. Jean was three and very tiny, and I think Junior was four or maybe five. She and the children stayed there a long time, and finally she got a job clerking in one of the big stores in Portland, and the grand wage was $13.00 a week. Would you like to take care of a family on that? Later, she moved over to Aunt Maud's and took Junior, but mother kept Jean for her. We had him quite a long time. As soon as she could, she rented a little house, and she fixed it up so it was very cute and homelike. I never could figure out how she did it. I remember one incident very plainly. She had a black coat, which was worn out to all appearances. It had been a beautiful coat, but seemed to be past doing anything with. She left it and told Mother to throw it away. After she was gone, mother looked it over and decided she could fix it up for me, as I needed a coat too. We sent it to the cleaners, and mother put a lovely new lining in it, and if it needed any fixing, she did it. It was beautiful. ∙ It had a lovely black fur collar, and I was thrilled with it. I had never had such a beautiful coat. I was sixteen, or maybe seventeen, and l felt so grown up in it. Flowers were quite the thing, and I had a beautiful pink flower on the black fur collar. I felt like a million. Aunt Mabel came over, and when she saw that∙ coat, her eyes were large as dollars. She never asked for it, or even hinted, but I knew what I had to do. She needed it worse than I did. After all she was working in a large store, and she was supposed to dress well and she was trying so hard to take care of her boys and keep the home going; so I gave it to her. She hated to take it, but she needed it so badly. She was almost in tears. I am sure it was harder for her than me. If we had thought, we would have known in the first place, that mother should have fixed it for her, but we didn't think of it. I suppose we thought, she would get something at the store, but she didn't have any money. She told me how much she hated to take it, but she really didn't have any choice. She said, "I'll make it up to you someway, Daurice.” And she did. For years, actually as long as she lived, she practically kept me in clothes. We wore the same size and we liked the same type of clothes. Whenever, she could get a hold of anything, that she knew I would like she would send it to me. Sometimes in the family, someone would have something they were giving away. Even when she died, she told her husband that I was to have her beautiful fur coat. "Give and it shall be given unto you." Years later, she married an old time family friend of ours. In fact my father went to school with him. I used to call him “Pa Peddicord, because he always called me his other daughter". His family grew up with ours and the girls, especially, Ethel, was my best friend. His wife, the mother of the girls, died shortly after we graduated from high school. They had several happy years together, and I am sure it must have been good for Aunt Mabel not to have to work at the store, and I am sure she had a financial struggle all those years. One time when Jean was a little fellow, Mother used to tell him to be "a little gentleman." when she was talking him some‐where, or the occasion demanded. One day, he said to me, "Doss, ( that is what he called me.) I want to be one of those little things." I was puzzled, and questioned him, and he said, "Oh, you know one of them little gemmins." It is hard to explain some things to a to a little fellow, and I wonder how many things, we as adults, say to little people that they have no idea of what we are talking. We always enjoyed Aunt Mabel when she was around. She just seemed to brighten everything. She had a great sense of humor. One time, she. was going to a party, but she didn't have anything to wear. When you make $13.00 week, you don't have a lot of clothes. Mother used to do our own dry cleaning and we would let them hang on the line to dry and get the smell out of them. Usually, of course, we didn't wear them for a few days, but Aunt Mabel, decided, she would wear her dress anyway. It didn't seem to smell so bad at the time. At the party, someone said to her, "I smell gas or something like that. Do you suppose someone had dry‐cleaned something?" Or something, but Aunt Mabel never let on, and I don't think anyone knew who it was. Pa Peddicord died, she didn't think she could live alone, so she more or less lived out of a suit case for several years, as she stayed with one of the Peddicord girls, or another. They loved her very much and she was always very welcome. On one of these visits, she met an elderly men who had also lost his wife some years before and was also very lonesome. lt was love at first sight, and although Aunt Mabel had some misgivings because of her age, as she was in her seventies:, they did get married and were as happy us n couple of kids. I can’t remember his name right now, but we called him Uncle Mac. He was a gentle loving man and they had a few wonderful years. We visited them, not long before Aunt Mable died, and we were pleased to see how happy they were. Uncle Mac was well along in the 80’s, but was in excellent health. He did not live long after she died. As long as Aunt Mabel was alive, we were more or less up to date about her boys. We understood that the oldest boy, Donald died many years ago. He had married and had some children, but we never had any contact with them. I think they moved to California. The second son, Vernon, and the next Jim moved to Las Vegas, and I suppose they are still alive. The youngest one, Jean, more or less disappeared Aunt Mable died he used to live in Vancouver, and :‐.other would see him from time to time. He became a Jehovah’s Witness, and that somewhat dampened their relationship. He moved away and left no address, at least as far as we were concerned. About the time, we were in our teens, Donald came and lived with us for several months. Dad and mother never charged him anything and were glad to help him. However, when he did get a job, he moved out and never told anyone where he was going, or even a thank‐you. We all felt bad about it, and my father was very hurt about it. Anyway, sometime after he was married, Mother and I went with Aunt Mabel to Donald' s home. He had a most elegant house built up on top of a high cliff above Portland. They were not home, but Aunt Mable was taking care of their children. I have never seen anything like it. It was built right into the cliff, it seemed. There was a beautiful view, but it was scary to me, as when you stepped out the front door, there was a tiny porch, with a very flimsy railing and there was almost no yard, and you looked down, down, down hundreds of feet. It didn't feel very comfortable to me. I was afraid the children might fall, and how awful. Anyway, when you came in, as I remember, there was the kitchen, and dining area. There was a circular staircase, and down on the next level, I think was the living room all very fancy, and more or less circular, so that there was a beautiful view. Another flight down were the bedrooms and bathrooms. Going down another flight, you entered a playroom for the children, and I think the utility room was down there. This was a long time before king‐sized beds were popular, but they had the biggest, fanciest one I ever saw. I wouldn't have mentioned except that it was so very luxurious. We never quite figured out how Donald could afford it. Year: 1940; Census Place: Nahcotta, Pacific, Washington; Roll: T627_4354; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 25-22
2. ↑ Source: #S-1282946865 Year: 1930; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: 1954; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0506; FHL microfilm: 2341688
3. ↑ Source: #S-887862630
4. ↑ Source: #S-1457424878 Year: 1920; Census Place: Canyon Side, Jerome, Idaho; Roll: T625_293; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 183
5. ↑ Source: #S-1462620220 Year: 1910; Census Place: Kennewick, Benton, Washington; Roll: T624_1653; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1375666
6. ↑ Source: #S303237709 Year: 1940; Census Place: Nahcotta, Pacific, Washington; Roll: T627_4354; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 25-22
7. ↑ Source: #S-1282946865 Year: 1930; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: 1954; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0506; FHL microfilm: 2341688
8. ↑ Source: #S-1457424878 Year: 1920; Census Place: Canyon Side, Jerome, Idaho; Roll: T625_293; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 183
9. ↑ Source: #S-1462620220 Year: 1910; Census Place: Kennewick, Benton, Washington; Roll: T624_1653; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1375666
10. ↑ Source: #S-1462620220 Year: 1910; Census Place: Kennewick, Benton, Washington; Roll: T624_1653; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1375666
11. ↑ Source: #S-1457424878 Year: 1920; Census Place: Canyon Side, Jerome, Idaho; Roll: T625_293; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 183
12. ↑ Source: #S-1282946865 Year: 1930; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: 1954; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0506; FHL microfilm: 2341688
13. ↑ Source: #S303237709 Year: 1940; Census Place: Nahcotta, Pacific, Washington; Roll: T627_4354; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 25-22
14. ↑ Source: #S303237709 Year: 1940; Census Place: Nahcotta, Pacific, Washington; Roll: T627_4354; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 25-22
15. ↑ Source: #S-1462698497 Note: Date of Import: May 21, 2004
16. ↑ Source: #S315779023 Jane Anne Church files for Divorce from Charles Bates Briggs and is granted said Divorce 13 Feb 1895
17. ↑ Source: #S315779023 Jane Anne Church files for Divorce from Charles Bates Briggs and is granted said Divorce 13 Feb 1895

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