Laura Martin (Samson) Blaha (1911 - 1981)

Born 12 Dec 1911 in Onawa, Monona, Iowa, United States

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Died 13 Apr 1981 at age 69 in Rice Lake, Barron, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Laura and Joseph married April 8, 1930.^[1] She graduated from high school after she got married. She and her husband shared a middle name "Martin." For her it was her mother's maiden name.

She "smoked A LOT but was an original hippy, or today she would have been one of the 'eat local' people". She loved to garden, probably out of necessity. She worked at the mill. She made oatmeal every morning and fresh bread every couple days. Granddaughter Jean has her cast iron skillet and every time she heats it up, it smells like her house. She bought bricks of ice cream, would open them up, and cut slices then pour Hershey's syrup on it. She let her grandchildren roast marshmallows inside in the fireplace (in July.) ^[2]

References list both Birchwood and Loomis. Birchwood, WI was first called Loomis after Wilbur Loomis, first storekeeper and early resident. In 1912 the name changed due to a political argument. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Washburn County Marriage Index, volume 7, p. 103, accessed August 1, 2019.
2. ↑ Sylvester, Jean Blaha. Personal recollection, 1 Aug 2019, as told to Jordyn Beranek via email. Notes in possession of Jordyn Beranek
3. ↑ Historical Collections of Washburn County and the Surrounding Indianhead Country. Washburn County Historical Society. 1980.

See also:

• Database of M. F. Samson, Samson-1369

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 01 April 2019, 03:25), entry for Laura Martin Samson(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7NK-TN6); contributed by various users.

• "US Census, 1910," Loomis, Washburn, Wisconsin, USA, ED 223, sheet 12 , lines 41-47, May 9, 1910, image 7 of 14, FamilySearch, [1]

• "US Census, 1920," Birchwood, Washburn, Wisconsin, USA, ED 232, sheet 6, lines 10-15, March 2-3, 1920, image 4 of 15, FamilySearch, [2]

• "US Census, 1930," Birchwood, Washburn, Wisconsin, USA, ED 6, sheet 3, lines 6-9, April 9, 1930, image 5 of 12, FamilySearch, [3]

• "US Census, 1940," Edgewater Town, Sawyer, Wisconsin, USA, ED 57-7, sheet 3, lines 49-52, May 6, 1940, image 6 of 11, FamilySearch, [4]

• 1950 Census, Washburn County, Wisconsin, population schedule, Birchwood town, ED 65-5, sheet 5, lines 15-19, National Archives and Records Administration, "https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?page=192&state=WI", accessed 24 March 2023.

• Woodlawn Cemetery (Birchwood, Wisconsin, USA). Joseph M and Laura M Blaha's headstone. Photographed by McFarland, 15 October 2013. Photo used with permission, [5]