Louisa Quindaro (Rankin) Hermes (1858 - 1940)

Born 10 Apr 1858 in Atlanta, Logan, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Salter Slocum — married 4 Apr 1879 (to before 1888) in Loda Township, Iroquois, Illinois, United States

Died 13 May 1940 at age 82 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Louisa Quindaro Rankin was born in 1858 in Atlanta, Logan, Illinois, the daughter of Dr. Andrew Campbell Rankin and Susanna R. Houser. Louisa married twice. First, to Edward Salter Slocum, on 4/April 1879; and second to Paul E. Hermes, on 6 March 1888 in Cook, Illinois. Louisa had no children. She died in 1940. ^[1]

In 1870, the Rankin family lived in Loda, Iroquois, Illinois. The family included Andrew Rankin, 53, born in Ohio, a medical doctor, with $5200 in real estate and $1000 in personal estate; his wife, Susan, 41, born in Ohio; their daughters, Ellen, 17; and Louise, 12. Both children were born in Illinois, and both were in school. ^[2]

Edward S. Slocum, 20, and Louisa Q. Rankin, 21, were married on 4 April 1879 in Loda, Iroquois, Illinois. J.W. West, minister of the Gospel, officiated. Witnesses were A.C. Rankin and W.H. Copp (the bride’s father and brother in law). It was the first marriage for both parties. Louisa, a resident of Loda, was born in Illinois, the daughter of A.C. Rankin and Susanna R. Houser. Edward, a creamery worker, and a Danforth Township resident, was born in Illinois, the son of Egbert E. Slocum and Jane L. Goodrich. ^[3]

Paul E. Hermes and Louie (Louisa) Q. Rankin were married on 6 March 1888 in Cook County, Illinois. ^[4]

In 1900, the Hermes family lived at 125 Watt Street, Chicago, Illinois. The household included Paul E. Hermes, 35, born in Germany in Oct. 1865, a merchant; his wife of twelve years, Louise, 42, born in April 1858, who had had no children; John Grace, 69, a car works carpenter; Nellie Grace, 53; Fred C. Scott, 23; and Henry B. Williams, 60, a stationery clerk. ^[5]

In 1910, the Hermes family lived at 1246 E. 46th St., Chicago, Cook, Illinois. The household included Paul E. Hermes, 47, born in Germany (parents b. Germany), who immigrated in 1881, and was a naturalized citizen, a newspaper credit (dept.) man; his wife of 22 years, Louie Q., 47, born in Illinois; her mother, Susan R. Rankin, 80, born in Ohio, a widow, with her own income; Hugh D. Rankin (nephew of the Hermes’), 31, born in Illinois, a newspaper artist; and Eazo Nikawagowo, 21, a servant, and an art institute art student. All could read and write. ^[6]

The Hermes house at 1246 E. 46th Street, Chicago, Illinois, was built in 1890. It is a four bedroom stone townhouse, with 2260sf, facing Lake Michigan, on the lake’s southwest end near the Indiana boarder. ^[7]

In 1940, the Hermes family lived at 827 N. Rampart Blvd., Los Angeles, California. They owned their house, valued at $3000. All members of the family had lived in Los Angeles for at least five years. The household included Paul E. Hermes, 77, born in Germany, who had an outside income, and who had completed two years of high school; his wife, Louise, 82, born in Illinois, who had completed two years of college; and (their nephew) Hugh D. Rankin, 62, born in Illinois, who had completed four years of high school, an illustrator, who had worked 52 weeks in 1939, and also had an outside income. ^[8]

This 1940 Census was taken on 23/24 April. Louisa passed away about three weeks later, on 13 May 1940.

The Hermes house at 827 N. Rampart Blvd., Los Angeles, California, was built in 1912. It was a three bedroom, 1320sf, wood frame house. ^[9]

Louisa Quindaro (Rankin) Hermes, 1858-1940, is buried with her second husband, Paul E. Hermes, her parents, maternal grandparents, and her sister, Ellen, at Atlanta Cemetery, Atlanta, Illinois. She first married Edward S. Slocum in 1879. They later divorced (he remarried in 1895). Louisa married Paul Hermes (1865 Germany - 1949). ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ familysearch.org Family Tree, with sources (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ6L-2BH)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W9-2JG : 28 May 2021), Ellen Rankin in entry for Andrew Rankin, 1870.
3. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF29-MZH : 19 February 2021), Edward S. Slocum and Louiza Q. Rankin, 04 Apr 1879; citing Iroquois, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,321,548.
4. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7D6-N38 : 10 March 2018), Paul E. Kermes Or Hermes and Louie Q. Rankin, 06 Mar 1888.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS7Z-4MP : accessed 6 December 2021), Louis I Hermes in household of Paul E Hermes, Precinct 42 Hyde Park Township Chicago city Ward 34, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1116, sheet 9A, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,290.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKC3-3FB : accessed 6 December 2021), Louie O Hermes in household of Paul E Hermes, Chicago Ward 6, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 332, sheet 6B, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 245; FHL microfilm 1,374,258.
7. ↑ realtor.com (https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1246-E-46th-St_Chicago_IL_60653_M71940-84794)
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9H4-5MH : 6 January 2021), Louise I Hermes in household of Paul E Hermes, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-969, sheet 8B, line 74, family 242, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 419.
9. ↑ Zillow.com (https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/827-N-Rampart-Blvd-Los-Angeles-CA-90026/20739022_zpid/)
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #55495393