Edna Florilla Sundin (1885 - 1958)

Born 25 Jul 1885 in Milwaukee, WI

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Deaves Patton — married 14 Jul 1908 in Milwaukee, WI

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1958 at age 72 in Mt. Dora, FL

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Biography

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Birth

Birth:

Date: 25 JUL 1885

Place: Milwaukee, WI

Note: Milwaukee WI Birth Records V62:476(copy in file)

Edna Florilla Sundin

B. Saturday July 25, 1885; 2 a.m.

Father: John C. Sundin - Occupation: "Secretary in business"

Mother: Emilie gb Bauer (gb="born" or maiden name)

Residence: 347 National Avenue. (note: same address where her grandfather Frederick Sundin died)

Birth place of parents: America

Klara Walter-attendee.

Handwritten list (copy in file)

Birth Certificates for

Edna Florilla Patton born Sundin July 25 1885 in Milwaukee Wisconsin, daughter of John C. Sundin christened Johann Christian Sundin and Emily Bauer also known as Milly Bauer, mother before marriage.

Her FL death record gives birthdate July 24, 1885.

1900 Milwaukee Co, Milwaukee, WI Census: p.242 12/13 June

131 26th St. #223/229

SUNDIN, John C. b. Feb 1857 -43 Norway Md. 15 yrs. immigrated to US 1887

parents b. Norway

SUNDIN, Emelia b. March 1865 -35 WI wife 2 births/ 2 living children

parents b. Germany

SUNDIN, Edna F. b. July 1885 -14 WI daughter single

SUNDIN, Herman F. b. April 1888 -12 WI son single

Welch, Viola -23 boarder

Schanckeriberg, M. -22 servant

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Note

Note: From what we can gather from photos, obituary and memories of son Bob, Edna Sundin Patton appears to have been an energetic, adventuresome, talented, and thoroughly "modern" woman (for the early 20th century) who enjoyed being involved in every aspect of her life.

The eldest of two children, she grew up surrounded by the most cultured people in Milwaukee. Her father, who headed up the Pabst theater chain, managed the Majestic Theater which featured numerous plays and operas. At a fairly young age, Edna trained to be an opera singer under the famous Madame Shumann Heiken. One of Edna's fellow students was George Hugo, brother of the famous Victor Hugo. Before she was 16, Edna sang with the Green Bay Opera.

But Edna was hardly the shy, little Victorian songstress. Though comfortable with the sophisticated world of opera and the theater, she preferred the outdoor world, full of adventure and daring. Fortunately for Edna, she came of age just after the turn of the 20th century, when women were slowly but surely shedding their role as passive, demure, Victorian "ladies." And she certainly led the way.

She must have met the dashing Pat Patton, nine years her senior, after his return from the Spanish American war. He nicknamed her "Ed" and she met his challenges at every turn. In 1908, when they married, Pat was 31 and Edna 22. A 1956 newspaper sketch on the couple wrote that "(Pat Patton) persuaded Edna Sunden, a pretty student at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, to desert her genteel career and join him as a bride in a bandit-infested territory in New Mexico where they lived in a tent while he made mineralogical explorations. Early photographs show the couple and their companions riding mules, shooting pistols, and living in the mountain wilderness–she in full blown Victorian dress, complete with hat and gown (but probably without the corset!!) There the young couple lived in tents, endured the summer heat without the aid of air conditioning, or even the luxury of shorts and short sleeved attire. A year of this test of his hardiness led to an offer in 1909 to supervise a silver mine in Mexico, and Patton set forth south of the border while Edna went back to Milwaukee-he didn't think the wilds of Mexico a suitable place for the birth of their first child." One wonders whether Edna was disappointed or relieved to be sent back to Milwaukee after learning she was pregnant.

On her return to Milwaukee, she lived with her parents during and after her pregnancy with son Walter. It wasn't long, however, before her husband joined here there, apparently fed up with bandits or possibly foreseeing the Mexican Revolution which was about to break into open warfare. Now their lives would become somewhat more conventional.

Exactly where the Pattons lived when Bob was first born, we don’t know–perhaps with the Sundins in Milwaukee. Photos of the two little boys around the big German Christmas tree show happy times and a loving family. We do know, however that around 1913, Edna became the director of the Green Gables Resort, a resort and recreational area located on Lake Nagawicka, operated by the Milwaukee Women's Club. It was a perfect job for Edna who always enjoyed organizing things, helping people, being active and outdoors. The family lived at the resort year around for two or three years.

Although very young, Bob remembers watching his father and other men cutting ice from the lake, and hauling it back to the ice house where it was stored in wood shavings over the spring and summer. The ice house was a wooden building with a vent and double wall, with the sawdust and shavings stored on one side. When ice was needed, a big chunk was broken off, put on a cart, and hauled to the kitchen. There it was put on a platform, unhooked and slid into the ice box. Once, a huge chunk fell off the platform, injuring one of the men.

Just before WWI, the Pattons moved to Hammond, Indiana, where Pat had accepted a job for Reid Murdoch manufacturing gun powder. During the war, Bob’s father served as a captain in the Home Guard. The family lived in Hammond from about 1914_1919, and Bob started school there. In the summers and holidays, he often visited his Sundin grandparents in Milwaukee and the Pattons in Oshkosh and Berlin, Wisconsin. Bob remembers as a child going to his Grandfather Sundin’s office building in Milwaukee to sit in the windows overlooking Michigan Avenue, to watch all the holiday parades. Their mother always feared the little boys would fall out.

Not surprisingly, his mother was very active in the suffrage movement, sang in the church choir, participated in various women's clubs and was very active in the Christian Science church. His father participated in various veterans groups, civic and social clubs. As a family, they were very active in Boy Scouts with Pat and Edna working as leaders for Walter’s troop. After the WWI, his father was transferred to Waukegan to establish a research laboratory for Reid Murdoch and became its chief research chemist. His father also designed unique concrete street lights for the city of Lake Forest, IL, which are still in use.

Of his early childhood, Bob best remembers living in Montague, Michigan in the 1920s when he was 10 or 11. His father worked for a fruit canning company overseeing the canning process while his mother ran the Canary Tea Room where Bob helped wait on tables. Like many of the houses of the time, their home had no electricity or plumbing and had only a little stove in the middle of the living room to heat the whole house.

In Montague, the two Patton brothers attended a one room country school where Bob had other chores as well. He took care of the teacher's horse and started the fire in the stove to heat the school room before the other kids got there in the morning. After school, he swept the floors and helped to clean up. He remembers being in a school play in which he had to sit in front as "Little Jack Horner". Unable to get the plum on his thumb, he just held it up and said his line–“What a good boy am I." On Halloween, the kids liked to go around and knock over the outhouses, their own included!

Among his favorite boyhood past times were biking, and camping and hiking with the Boy Scouts. With his parents as the scout leaders, Bob was the mascot of the troop, and got to go on the outings with his parents and elder brother, even when he was too young to belong himself! Scouting would be a tradition that he later passed on to his sons. He also had a 410 shotgun, a BB gun and a .22 bolt single shot to hunt quail or rabbits but can’t recall ever being able to hit anything. When the family lived with their Sundin grandparents in Milwaukee, Bob recalls shooting a pigeon with a .22 through the eye. It just flew away.

Bob recalls that the family owned automobiles–a fairly new invention–of one sort or another throughout his childhood. He remembers his father having a Chandler, a neighbor with a Stanley Steamer who had to heat water to make it go. He also remembers when his older brother tried to jump on the running board and fell off, causing the car to run over his legs! Soon after, the little family moved to the Green Gables resort owned by the Milwaukee Women's Club. Edna had been appointed Director and Pat did most of the maintenance. There they lived year around, taking care of the resort, organizing various activities from swimming, canoeing, pistol shooting to potato sack races.

She was very active in the Suffrage Movement, marching, organizing and campaigning for the women's right to vote. Family picnics, scout hikes and camping were also favorite activities when her children got older.

Even though she followed her husband to Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and back to Milwaukee, for his various jobs, she always landed on her feet, either with her own jobs, social and church activities or social causes. In Indiana and Illinois, she worked as a sales clerk in a drug store. In Michigan, she ran the Canary Tea Room, where son Bob helped as a waiter. She also took the intensive training to become a Christian Scientist Practitioner while her husband became a Reader. Christian Science played a huge role in her life and in her son, Bob's life as well.

Her son Bob, remembers his mother as full of life, very active, very sociable, always eager to lend a hand, enjoying a good game of cards, singing in church, and proud of her boys. She would not take no for an answer and was a "take charge" woman. John remembers going on an overnight train trip to Florida with his grandmother "Mommy Edna" and her commitment to saving money. Having packed a lunch to cut down on expenses, Mommy Edna took the boys to the Dining Car to have their meal. For some reason Mommy Edna was not happy with the service or attitude of the waiter and, to make a point, left only a dime as a tip. As the family was leaving their table, the waiter picked up the dime and handed it to John, saying, "Here boy, you need this worse than I do!", thus returning the insult.

When her brother became ill and had to go into a nursing home, he moved from California to Florida to be closer to Edna. Edna died 6 wks. before her younger brother.

Clearly, both parents but especially Edna, were a driving force in son Robert's life.

Event

Event: Notes taken from newspaper articles about Edna Sundin Patton

Type: Misc

Note: Before she married, Edna was very involved with the theater crowd in Milwaukee, hoping ultimately to become a professional stage actress in New York. Because her father had been the manager of the Bijou theater and Pabst theater (same thing??) for several years, she was familiar with the stage even at an early age. She participate both an opera singer and as an actress in stage plays and musicals.

After her marriage, she continued to be involved in amateur theater, directing several "follies" at the Hammond Country Club. She also won several prizes in competitive golf, and was very active in various war bond drives in Hammond during the WWI.

As an adolescent, Edna was very involved in the arts, music and fiction. "In the latter two she is most proficient. Since early childhood she has evinced a desire for music, and in the past three or four years has shown marked ability as a writer of fiction, but excels as a descriptive author and has in print one volume of short stories taken from domestic life, in fact from her own fireside, and dwells particularly on the points of interest that are so well known to those in the home circle.

"That Miss Sundin has been at work on a serial story for some months has been known to her associates and teachers in the Sixteenth district school, but the fact that she was going to issue a small volume of short stories they were unaware of and not until the Christmas days did she make it known, and then she surprised her close friends by this example of her talent.

"This little work came from the press dedicated to her father and is entitled "Stories by Edna." There are seven tales in the little book, one of which is from the Germna, having been translated by Miss Sundin without assistance. This she calls, "The Fisherman and the Fox." The others in the booklet are, "A Story About A Poor Little Girl," in which the little author shows that she understands the pathetic side of those who read. In "A School Picnic" a sparkling vein of comedy in injected and the third story of the series in devoted to fiction pure and simple and she calls it "A Story About a Boy and a Fairy."

"Another Milwaukee Girl to Go upon the Stage"

"Miss Edna Sundin, daughter of the well-known former manager of the Bijou theater, has determined to upon the professional stage, and will make her debut in the auxiliary chorus of the Davidson Opera company on June 2.

Miss Sundin is well known on the West side as a singer of considerable ability, and has many times appeared at amateur entertainments. Her musical education is already well under way, and with the training she will be able to get under the management of so efficient a stage director as Edward P. Temple, she believes that she will be able, after the close of the summer season here, to go to New York as a full-fledged professional in search of an engagement of some consequence.

Her acquaintance with stage life dates from her early childhood, since her father, until a few years ago, was a house manager, and in matters appertaining to the profession she is no novice.

A pretty face and graceful figure, combined with a good singing voice, she believes, will meet the requirements of her present engagement, and with the experience she hopes to get this summer, she hopes to leave Milwaukee permanently in the fall to begin a real professional career."

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MISS EDNA SUNDIN'S SUCCESS

" Milwaukee Paper Published Complimentary Notice of Talented Girl Who Appeared in Local Opera Company.

"In speaking of Miss Edna Sundin, who did conspicuous work in the chorus of the Hagemeister Park Opera company this summer, and who is now the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brooks of Donsman street, the Milwaukee Free Press several days ago published the following:

"Milwaukee has another candidate for histornic(sic) honors in Miss Edna Sundin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sundin, Twenty-sixth street and Grand avenue. Miss Sundin has been a member of Hagemeister Park Opera company playing at Green Bay the last two months under the direction of George Herbert. Miss Sundin's first stage appearance was in the production of "The Golden Cross," under the auspices of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music at the Pabst theater in June. Although she is only 18 years old, Miss Sundin has a thorough knowledge of music and possesses a clear alto voice. She is considering several offers for the next season."

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Green Bay Gazette. (ca 1903)

Miss Sundin Leaves Tomorrow

Miss Edna Sundin, who made her professional stage debut in this city with the Hagemeister Park Opera company this season, will return to her home in Milwaukee tomorrow morning. Since the close of the Hagemeister's company season Miss Sundin

has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brooks, Dousman street. Miss Sundin has not yet definitely concluded whether to continue her studies in vocal culture at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music or accept one of the several theatrical en- her (sic). Her friends, however, have advices her to complete her course at the conservatory before taking on stage work permanently."

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Green Bay Gazette. (ca 1903)

"....Miss Sundin is to return to the Wiconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee in the fall to complete her studies in vocal culture. This popular young woman is a member of a prominent Milwaukee family, and made her debut in the engagement just closed. Although only eighteen years old and without previous professional experience Miss Sundin was clearly one of the start of the chorus and a promising future seems to be in store for her if she continues in stage work. Her first public appearance was in the two performance of the "Golden Cross", stage in Milwaukee in June last by George Herbert under the auspices of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music."

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"Is Making a Name (with her photo)" (ca 1903 Milwaukee paper)

"Miss Edna Sundin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sundin, Twenty-sixth st and Grand av, who made her first stage appearance in the recent production of the The Golden Cross by the students of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, has been a member of the Hagemeister Park Opera Co., playing at Green Bay for the past two months under the direction of George Herbert. Miss Sundin is only 18 but has a clear soprano voice of much promise. She will probably bacome a member of some opera company for next season."

*****

"MISS SUNDIN'S SUCCESS.

Milwaukee Girl Who Appeared in "The Golden Cross" Receives Many Offers.

"Milwaukee has another candidate for histrionic honors in Miss Edna Sundin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sundin, Twenty-sixth street and Grand avenue. Miss Sundin has been a members of the Hagemeister Park Opera Company playing at Green Bay the past two months under the direction of George Herbert. Miss Sundin's first stage appearance was in the production of "The Golden Cross," under the aupices of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, at the Pabst theater in June. Although she is only 18 years old, Miss Sundin has a thorough knowledge of music and possesses a clear soprano voice. She is considering several offers for next season."

*****

"Miss Sundin's Operatic Success.

"Played in "The Golden Cross" and Is Now with Company at Green Bay.

"Miss Edna sundin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sundin, Twenty-sixth street and Grand avenue, has been a member of the Hagemeister Park Opera Company at Green Bay the past two months, as a result of her good work in "The Golden Cross," produced recently at the Pabst theater by the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Miss Sundin has had several offers for next season, and appears to be on the road to success on the professional stage. The Green Bay Gazette said recently:

"Miss Sundin is to return to the Wisconsin Conservator of Music in Milwaukee in the fall to complete her studies in vocal culture. This popular young woman is a member of a prominent Milwaukee family, and made her debut in the engagement just closed. Although only eighteen years old and without previous professional experience Miss Sundin was clearly one of the stars of the chorus and a promising future seems to be in store for her if she continues in stage work. Her first public appearance was in the two performances of the "Golden Cross," stage in Milwaukee in June last by George Herbert under the auspices of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music."

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"Milwaukee Girl Wins Success in Comic Opera (with photo ca 1904)

Miss Edna Sundin of this city, who made quite a hit with the Hagemeister Park Opera company at Green Bay, Wis., during the past season, will not accept any of the offers to join traveling companies the coming winter season, but will study music at one of the local conservatories so as to be better prepared next year to take up light opera work. Mis Sundin is only 19 years of age and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sundin, her father having for many years been manager of the Bijou theater."

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OPERA COMPANY TO OPEN CLOSING BILL TONIGHT

"....With her breast covered with Eagle badges, trophies of the recent state convention at Wausau, Miss Sundin looked like the winner in a beauty contest."

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"Miss Sundin is Ill--

Miss Edna Sundin of the chorus of the Hagemeister Park Opera company is unable to appear in the production of "Chimes of Normandy" on account of a sudden illness of a severe nature. "

Marriage

Husband: WALTER DEAVES\Dieves Patton

Wife: Edna Florilla Sundin

Child: Walter John Patton

Note: Much of the following information is taken from newspaper articles announcing W.D. Patton's candidacy for mayor of Mt. Dora, FL, which was saved in a scrapbook and corrected in his handwriting. Additional information was added by his second son, Robert S. Patton. The scrapbook and various photographs were donated to the Mt. Dora, FL Historical Society in 2006. See the Mt. Dora Heald 11-3-55, 11-24-55, and 11-27-59.

BIRTH: Walter Deaves Patton was the eldest son of Walter J. Patton and Loretta Williams. He was named for his father--a tradition in the Patton family to name first born son Walter. Not sure where "Deaves" comes from. May have been maiden name of one of his grandmothers. His father was a Methodist minister who moved from PA to IA to WI. He was known as "Pat" by friends and family. He claims he was born in Chestnut Hill, though it is officially part of Philadelphia. 1880 Philadelphia census records shows Walter, age 3 b. PA Address is Chestnut Hill Avenue.

His birth date is given as April 26, 1876 or April 26, 1877, Chestnut Hill or Philadelphia, PA. In some documents it appears as 1876, elsewhere as 1877.

-Social Security records list date as 1877.

-1900 census record gives birth date as April 26, 1876 age 24.

1900 Military & Naval Census -Philippines 11th Cavalry p. 164 B #59 25 August

Walter D. Patton, Private Residence: Wauwatosa, WI b. April 26, 1876 PA age

24 single. Parents b. PA

-Headstone and information in newspaper article, "Pat" was born April 26, 1877 in Chestnut Hill, PA.

-A note in his diary, dated April 26, 1966 reads "My Birthday-89 annos" which means 1877.

SCHOOLING Walter was born and grew up in Philadelphia but moved with his parents to Chicago then to Wauwatosa, WI where his father served as a Methodist minister. We don't know date they left Pennsylvania, but according to various newspaper articles, Pat attended high school in Milwaukee and then went to the Drexel Institute of Science and Technology in Philadelphia where he studied chemistry; thereafter he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Upon his return from the Spanish American War, he attended the University of Wisconsin, majoring in chemistry and geology.

MILITARY DUTY In 1899, Pat volunteered for duty with the 11th Cavalry, U.S. Volunteers, being transferred to the Philippines during the Spanish American War in Oct., 1899 at age 22. He participated in some 40 skirmishes. (His son Bob, remembers that Pat lied about his age to join army being only 15 at time but this doesn't jive with the years of the Spanish American War beginning in 1898.) He served overseas for some 18 months, attaining the rank of Sgt. A series of his letters to his family was published in the Sheboygan Herald from Jan. to Dec. 1900 (have copies in my files.) His discharge was signed by Gen. Arthur McArthur (father of Douglas McArthur) - location unknown. His grandson Danny was given his guns.

Pat continued to be very interested and active in military affairs. During WWI, he established and became captain of the "Home Guard" in Hammond Indiana. During WWII, though he was in his 60s, he volunteered for duty as a crash truck driver at the Leesburg Airport and served there as a civilian during most of the war period. He continued to be active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and United Spanish War Veterans. John has copies of the military newspapers published in the Philippines during the SPAM War. He may have been "the Last Man" of the Spanish American War when he died in 1973.

(He died in a veterans hospital or home in St. Petersburg, FL and is buried in military cemetery in Pensacola, FL)

1900 Military & Naval Census -Philippines</b> 11th Cavalry Co B. p. 164 B #59 25 August

Walter D. Patton, Private Residence Wauwatosa, WI b. April 26, 1876 PA age 24 single. Parents b. PA

Pat had a number of jobs throughout his life, beginning with his military activities during the Spanish American War.On his return from the war, he attended the University of Wisconsin, majoring in chemistry and geology, after which he took a position with the Pfister Vogel Leather Co. of Milwaukee and worked in Carrolville, WI. From there he went to work with the Mines Management Syndicate going to Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico. Here he was apparently involved in design, construction and operation of various types of chemical and processing plants for silver mining.

MARRIAGE

Pat probably met Edna Florilla Sundin, the daughter of John and Millie Sundin, in Milwaukee where Edna was studying music under Madame Schumann-Heinck at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. She was much younger (9 yrs.) than Pat. Her father was the manager of the Majestic Theater, an opera house and later owner of a real estate company (Sundin and Layer).

A postcard addressed to "Miss Edna F. Sundin" ("Dear Ed") in Milwaukee from "Pat" is postmarked El Paso Texas, Dec 9, 1907. Post card shows photo of W.D. Patton in front of plant in New Mexico. Dates and address show they were not yet married at this time. The couple was married July 14, 1908 and their first son Walter was born in June of 1909. In 1908, Pat was 31 and Edna was about 22. (33 and 24 when Bob, Sr. was born in Nov. 1910.)

<b>July 14, 1908 MARRIAGE RECORDS Milwaukee, WI Marriage Records V 189496 #2000

</b>Groom Walter D. Patton Bride Edna F. Sundin

Residence Parsons, NM Milwaukee, WI

Both White, both single, 1st marriage for both

Age last birthday 31 22

Birthplace PA WI

Occupation Chemist

Father W.J. Patton b. PA John C. Sundin b. WI

Mother Loretta V. Williams b. PA Emilie Bauer b. WI

Married by W. J. Patton of Mason City, minister, License # 29543

Witness H.G. Patton (Howard) and Flora Patton (brother and his wife)

A number of photographs in my collection show Pat and Edna riding mules and living in tents in New Mexico but with no year specified. Hard to know whether or not Pat and Edna were married before or after they went to New Mexico. Their son, Bob, thinks she visited her fiance in NM before the marriage where photographs show her and three other women in New Mexico along with four young men. They are shown riding mules, shooting pistols, and other outdoor activities in mountainous terrain. It hardly seems likely that a single woman would be allowed to go off to the wilds of New Mexico with her finance in this Victorian era. That they were probably married is further confirmed by the following newspaper article written in 1956 "He persuaded Edna Sunden, a pretty student at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, to desert her genteel career and join him as a bride in a bandit-infested territory in New Mexico where they lived in a tent while he made mineralogical explorations. A year of this test of his hardiness led to an offer in 1909 to supervise a silver mine in Mexico, and Patton set forth south of the border while Edna went back to Milwaukee--he didn't think the wilds of Mexico a suitable place for the birth of their first child."

Not long after their wedding, according to census records, Pat and Edna and their infant son, Walter, moved to Mason City, IA not far from Pat's parents and brother who were also living there.

<b>1910 Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co, IA </b> Series: T624 Roll: 396 Page: 209 Apr 21 #272/273

Patton, W.D. -32 PA Mass PA md 1x 1 yr teacher

", Edna S. wife -24 WI WI WI 1 birth/ 1 living

", Walter J. son - 10 mos WI

Lee, William roomer -21 IL IL IL

Within six months, the family--or at least Edna and the baby returned to Milwaukee, where in November, a second son was born--Robert Sundin Patton.

OCCUPATION:

Pat had a number of jobs throughout his life, beginning with his military activities during the Spanish American War. On his return, he attended the University of Wisconsin, majoring in chemistry and geology, after which he took a position with the Pfister Vogel Leather Company of Milwaukee and worked in Carrolville, WI.

From there he went to work with the Mines Management Syndicate going to Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico. Here he was apparently involved in design, construction and operation of various types chemical and processing plants for silver mining. (At some point in time, Edna accompanied him to New Mexico.) He apparently returned to Wisconsin around 1909 as his first son, Walter John Patton, was born in Milwaukee in June of 1909 and his second son, Robert Sundin Patton, was born there in Nov. 1910.

What Pat did during the next few years is unclear. We do know, however, that ca 1913, Edna became the director of the Green Gables Resort, a resort and recreational area located on Lake Nagawika/Nichoraga (sp?), operated by the Milwaukee Women's Club. It was a perfect job for Edna who always enjoyed helping people, being active and outdoors. Apparently the family lived there two or three years year around. It appears that Pat must have worked on maintenance of the facility.

Bob remembers watching his father and other men cutting ice from the lake, and hauling it back to the ice house where it was stored in wood shavings over the spring and summer. The ice house was a wooden building with a vent and double wall, with the sawdust and shavings stored on one side. When ice was needed, a big chunk was broken off, put on a cart, and hauled to the kitchen. There it was put on a platform, unhooked and slid into the ice box. Once, a huge chunk fell off the platform and hurt one of the men..

Just before WWI, around 1914, the Pattons moved to Hammond, IN, planning to settle there. Pat established his own chemical laboratory where he developed a method of recovering toluol, a TNT component, from drip oil. He then joined the Reid Murdoch Co, manufacturing gun powder.

During the war, Pat served as a captain in Home Guard. The family lived in Hammond from about 1914-1920, and both their sons started school in Hammond. Edna was very active in the suffrage movement, sang in church (Bob remembers her singing to them as children), and participated in many women's clubs, though church always came first.

<b>1920 Lake Co, Hammond, IN</b> census p. 3 Ward 9 Jan 26 #43/51 31 Waltham St.

Patton, Walter D. -43 PA NJ PA Chemical Engineer-canning factory

", Edna S. wife -34 WI WI WI Saleslady drug store

", Walter son -11 WI school

", Robert son -10 WI school.

Hoedyker, Jennie, servant, f, w, 22, single, IN HOLLAND IL, servant private family

The family later moved to Montague, MI in the 1920s. Their house, though large, had no electricity or plumbing and had only a little stove in the middle of the living room to provide heat for the whole house. On Halloween, the older kids liked to go around and knock over the outhouses, their own included! Pat worked for a fruit canning company overseeing the canning process while Edna ran the Canary Tea Room where Bob helped wait on tables.

Sons Bob and Walt attended a one room country school where Bob had other chores as well. He took care of the teacher's horse and started the fire in the stove to heat the school room before the other kids got there in the morning. After school, he swept the floors and helped to clean up.

In addition to many family activities including camping and hiking with the scouts, Edna and Pat still found time to be involved with various civic and fraternal organizations, social groups and, always, the Christian Science church.

Following the war he joined the Reid Murdoch Co., and on their behalf went to Waukegan to establish a research laboratory and became its chief research chemist. He later became the chief research chemist of the North Continent Utilities Co. of Chicago. By the time Bob was a teenager, the family moved back to Milwaukee where Bob, Sr. attended high school for 2 1/2 years. Bob thinks his dad worked in some type of construction building homes of flagstone. Around 1927, the Pattons moved to Waukegan for Pat to work for Merrilite Construction Company, building concrete lampposts for the city of Lake Forest. Later in Waukegan, he also worked as a research chemist for Wm A. Beher (Baer), finally retiring from there in the 1930s.

<b>1930 IL Census for Lake Co, Waukegan</b>-920 Jackson Street p.232, Apr 16# 254/400

Walter D, Patton -age 52 b. PA parents born PA married at age 30 Vet of Spanish American War Research chemist coke & chemical

Edna S. Patton -wife -age 45 b. Wisconsin parents b. Wisconsin married age 22

Walter J. " -son -age 20 b. WI single

Robert S. " -son -age 19 b. WI single

Brain, Helen, servant, f, w, 17, single, IL IL IL, servant private family

In Waukegan, the family lived at 920 Jackson Street. This was the home that Bob lived in when he went to high school. From there, they moved to a nice 3 story brick house at 15 Lewis Street. It was here that Poppy Pat was "forced" to retire at age 60 (1937).

Bob recalls that the family owned automobiles of one sort or another throughout his childhood. He remembers his father having a Chandler, a neighbor with a Stanley Steamer who had to heat water to make it go. He also remembers when his older brother tried to jump on the running board and fell off and car ran over his legs! (Hammond, IN)

Both Edna and Pat were always very active in civic affairs including Boy Scouts, their church (Christian Scientist), Kiwanis, Women's Suffrage, veterans groups. Pat was also a 32 degree mason and a Shriner. Pat was also into photography and set up his own dark room. Together, the couple enjoyed bridge and canasta, etc. Numerous photos show an active outdoor life with picnics, swimming, boating, fishing, golf, scouting, horses, dogs, etc. Church always held the focal point, and Edna trained to become a registered practictioner and Poppy Pat a reader. This commitment lasted a life time and was passed onto son Bob as well.

On a vacation trip to Florida, Pat and Edna "discovered" Florida, where their eldest son lived, and decided to retire there ca. 1934, moving to various spots before settling in Mt. Dora. Pat volunteered for duty as a crash truck driver at the Leesburg Airport, serving there as a civilian during most of the war period. Pat also worked with his son, Walter, in Patton Sheet Metal Works and later managed the Princess Movie Theater from 1945-54.

With Edna an active suffragette in the effort to gain women the right to vote, Pat was also politically inclined. He loved Teddy Roosevelt--which seems predictable given TR's role in the Spanish American War and his love of the outdoors. He didn't care for Teddy's cousin Franklin, however. The Pattons, father and son!, became and remainedd life long Republicans.

With politics in his blood, Pat decided to run for the office of mayor in Mt. Dora, Florida in 1956, at the age of 79. He was elected mayor for two 2-year terms. He ran on platform of eliminating pollution of Lake Dora, improved traffic conditions, supervised recreation for youth the only one of several candidates to go "out on a limb" with a platform. He served for 4 year and was a very popular mayor but was defeated in his re-election bids by much younger men. As mayor and city magistrate, he presided at city court each Monday morning. He added women to the police force in the 1950s, long before women were accepted in this profession. "He's proving to be a good mayor, though he occasionally tangles in council sessions with his predecessor, Councilman Heaton" with whom he disagreed on the need for more patromen and higher wages for the police. "But in other things, Patton is having his way, and some say he has been more effective than any of his predecessors." Cleaning up slum areas, closing down illegal night spots (usually in black areas.) "He is somewhat of a stern judge, and it doesn't take long for offenders to learn they are facing a strong church man. He has served as first reader in First Church of Christ, Scientist in this area, and he takes his religion seriously." Walter D. Patton won the mayoral election and served 2 terms as Mayor from 1956 to 1960. He ran unsuccessfully for City Council in 1961 and again for Mayor in 1963 at age of 86, losing by only by 47 votes.

Finally at the age of 72, Edna passed away. In 1960, Pat married Helen Ellis. She died around 1972. After outliving both his wives, Pat was transferred to the Veterans Hospital or Home in St. Petersburg, FL where he died on April 28, 1973, 2 days after his 96th birthday. He is buried in Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola Navy Base, Pensacola, FL, Section 34, Grave # 165. Neither wife is buried with him. His headstone reads Walter D. Patton; April 26, 1877 April 28, 1973 Sgt. Co B, 11th Regt, Vol Cavalry, Spanish American War. [Bob Sr., John and Sara Patton visited his grave on November 14, 1996.]

*****

Marriage:

Date: 14 JUL 1908

Place: Milwaukee, WI

Note: Milwaukee, WI Marriage Records V 189:496 #2000

Groom: Walter D. Patton Bride: Edna F. Sundin

Residence: Parsons, NM Milwaukee

Both White, both single, 1st marriage for both

Age last birthday: 31 22

Birthplace: PA WI

Occupation: Chemist

Father: W.J. Patton b. PA John C. Sundin b. WI

Mother: Loretta V. Williams b. PA Emilie Bauer b. WI

Married by W. J. Patton of Mason City, (IA) minister, License # 29543

Witness: H.G. Patton (Howard) and Flora Patton (brother and his wife?)

*****

Wedding articles in Milwaukee paper (in Edna's scrapbook, no date or pages.) photocopy in file.

1. "The marriage of Miss Bessie (sic) Sunding, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sundin, to Walter D. Patton of Parsons, NM, was solemnized Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the Elks' home, Jefferson street. The ceremony was performed in the parlor, beneath an elk's head, back of which was a bank of palms and ferns. The bride's only attendant was her aunt, Miss Elizabeth Baur, Evanston, Ill. The best man was Howard Patton Fond du Lac, brother of the bridegroom.

"Members of Troop A acted as ushers, and the service was read by the Rev. W.D. (sic-should be J.) Patton, Mason City, Ia., the groom's father. Among the guests were (names a bunch--I only included possible relatives:) Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Disch, Charles Disch, of Milwaukee; Miss Elizabeth Bauer , Mr. and Mrs. M. Bauer and daughter, of Evanston, IL; Miss Alice Hartman and H.G. Patton of Fond du Lac, WI; Mrs. A.A. Patton, Atlantic City, NJ; Mr & Mrs. W. J. Patton, Gordon, WI, H.F. Sundin Los Angeles, CA."

2. July 15, 1908.... "The wedding of Miss Edna Sundin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sundin, to Walter D. Patton, Parsons, NM, took place last evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Elks' clubhouse on Jefferson street. A bank of ferns and palms with a lage elk's head in the center formed a background for the bridal party in the club parlor where the ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. J. Patton of Mason City, Ia. The bride wore her traveling gown and carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley. Miss Elizabeth Bauer, Evanston, Ill., was maid of honor and was gowned in pink crepe with lace and carried pink roses. Howard Patton, Fond du Lac, was best man. A reception followed after which Mr. and Mrs. Patton left for New Mexico."

3. Mason City IA paper? July.... "President (of the college?) Patton has gone to Milwaukee where on the fourteenth of this month he will unite in matrimony his son Walter D. Patton and Miss Edna Sundin of that city at the home of the bride's parents. The groom is an expert chemist and mineralogist for a large mining company at Parsons, New Mexica (sic). He was in the Spanish American war and has traveled extensively. They will make their home at Parsons. A month later, Aug. 12 at Dr. Patton's summer home on one of the lakes in Douglass Co, Wis. he will perform the wedding ceremony of another son <b>Howard G. Patton the bride being Miss Julia Horey of Fon Du Lac. The wedding will be at the Patton cottage and all the family including Walter D. and his bride are to present. Ralph is alread on the "ranche" with his mother and they will meet President Patton in Milwaukee Monday."

4. "NEWLY WEDS IN AUTO ARE VICTIMS OF PLOT

Car "Breaks Down" at Convenient Point and Permits Friends to Ambuscade Party ---Rice Blizzard a Strong Feature.

Victims of pre-arranged motor car accident enrought to the station, recipients of a shower of rice that resembled a North Dakota snow storm in intensity, and forced to drink from a loving cup improvised from the pail that had held the rice, Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Patton, whose wedding had just taken place at the Elks' clubhouse, managed finally to reach in safety if not in peace the train that bore them off on their wedding journey Tuesday evening.

When Al Kleckhefer offered to take the bride and bridegroom to the NOrth-Western station the couple never dreamed of the deep-laid plot which the dirver had concocted. The car "broke down" on Wisconsin street, and of course was the center of an interested crowd while the "repairs" were being made. Arrived at the station about four minutes before train time, another friend reached the scene with a big pail of rice, which was bestowed after the accepted ritual on such occasions. The train being a bit delayed, the pail that had held the rice was filled up with foaming beer and circulated as a loving cup, held persistently to the lips of the bride until perforce she had to sip from the bulky brim.

Nealy all the guests who had attende the wedding accompanied the couple to the station.

The wedding, which took place at 7:30 o'clock at the Elks' club, was a pretty affair. The bride, who was Miss Edna Sundin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sundin, wore her traveling gown and carried lilies of the valley. The maid of honor, Miss Elizabeth Bauer of Evanston, wore pink crepe and lace and carried pink roses. Howard Patton of Fond du Lac, brother of the bridegroom acted as best man, and the service was read by Rev. W.J. Patton, father of the bridegroom. The bridal party stood before an arrangemnet of palms and ferns, forming an Elk's head, in the large reception room on the second floor. Mr. and Mrs. Patton will reside in Parsons, New Mexico."

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Family Chronology from typed document by Walter D. Patton: copy in file

Left Hammond, Ind in Oct 1920

In Milwaukee until Spring of 1921

At Nagawicka till Nov 1921

In Milwaukee until Spring of 1922

To Montague in April 1922

At Hagerrman place till fall of 1922

Winter of 1923-1924 at Hill house

Summer of 1923 at Leisenring place.

Winter 1923-1924 at Tea Room

Left Montague Nov. 1 .923(sic) [SSP NOTE: for Milwaukee???--Check City directory]

At Kisuger's for 1 month

At Brain House till summer 1925

Lower flat appartment (sic) April till fall 1926

Upper Flat appt. till Spring 1927

Murray Street house till summer 1928

To Waukegan Ill March 1928

Moved to Waukegan June 1928

At 920 Jackson North till May 30 1932

At 15 N. Lewis house till Dec 15, 1934

To Mount Pymouth Fla. to Nov 1936

To Savannah Ga to Aug 1937

At Lewis St. House Eustis Fla to 1938

At Treasure Island place & Sarasota to 1939

To Mount Dora Fla 1045 Mc Donald St. 5o 1943

To Tampa Fla to fall of 1943

At Mount Dora in various places till 1946

At 221 We(st?) 11th Ave from Aug 1947

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(Note: The below chronology is based on Pat's notes, articles about him in the newspapers, and the memories of Bob Patton, their second son. Some caution about their accuracy should be given since Pat was running for office and may have embellished somewhat.)

In 1908, when they married, Pat was 31 and Edna 22. A 1956 newspaper sketch on the couple wrote that "(Pat Patton) persuaded Edna Sunden, a pretty student at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, to desert her genteel career and join him as a bride in a bandit_infested territory in New Mexico where they lived in a tent while he made mineralogical explorations. A year of this test of his hardiness led to an offer in 1909 to supervise a silver mine in Mexico, and Patton set forth south of the border while Edna went back to Milwaukee–he didn't think the wilds of Mexico a suitable place for the birth of their first child."

Early photographs prove the claim, showing the couple and their companions riding mules, shooting pistols, and living in the mountain wilderness–the women in full blown Victorian dress, complete with hat and gown (but probably without the corset!!) One wonders whether Edna was disappointed or relieved to be sent back to Milwaukee after learning she was pregnant. It wasn’t long, however, before her husband joined here there, apparently fed up with bandits or possibly foreseeing the Mexican Revolution which was about to break into open warfare. Now their lives would become somewhat more conventional.

After son Walter's birth in June 1909, the small family moved to Marshalltown, IA, to be close to Pat's parents and younger brother, Ralph. His father was working there as a Methodist minister and Pat took up teaching for a short time (census records.) But by the time their second son was born in November 1910, the family had once again returned to Milwaukee.

Exactly where the Pattons lived when Bob was first born, we don’t know–perhaps with the Sundins in Milwaukee. Photos of the two little boys around the big German Christmas tree show happy times and a loving family. We do know, however that ca 1913, Edna became the director of the Green Gables Resort, a resort and recreational area located on Lake Nagawicka, operated by the Milwaukee Women's Club. It was a perfect job for Edna who always enjoyed organizing things, helping people, being active and outdoors while Walt supervised most of the maintenance work. The family lived at the resort year around for the next two or three years.

Although very young, Bob remembers watching his father and other men cutting ice from the lake, and hauling it back to the ice house where it was stored in wood shavings over the spring and summer. The ice house was a wooden building with a vent and double wall, with the sawdust and shavings stored on one side. When ice was needed, a big chunk was broken off, put on a cart, and hauled to the kitchen. There it was put on a platform, unhooked and slid into the ice box. Once, a huge chunk fell off the platform, injuring one of the men.

Just before WWI, the Pattons moved to Hammond, Indiana, (ca 1911 or 1914) where Pat had accepted a job for Reid Murdoch manufacturing gun powder (although Pat later claimed he had his own chemical laboratories there where he developed a method of recovering toluol from dirp oil, a by-product, and which was used during the war for TNT.)

During the war, Bob’s father served as a captain in the Home Guard. The family lived in Hammond from about 1914-1919, and Bob started school there. In the summers and holidays, he often visited his Sundin grandparents in Milwaukee and the Pattons in Oshkosh and Berlin, Wisconsin. Bob remembers as a child going to his Grandfather Sundin’s office building in Milwaukee to sit in the windows overlooking Michigan Avenue, to watch all the holiday parades. Their mother always feared the little boys would fall out.

Not surprisingly, his mother was very active in the suffrage movement, sang in the church choir, participated in various women's clubs and was very active in the Christian Science church. His father participated in various veterans groups, civic and social clubs. As a family, they were very active in Boy Scouts with Pat and Edna working as leaders for Walter’s troop.

In 1922-24, the family lived in Montague, MI. Of his early childhood, Bob best remembers living in Montague when he was 12-14. His father worked for a fruit canning company overseeing the canning process while his mother ran the Canary Tea Room where Bob helped wait on tables. Like many of the houses of the time, their home had no electricity or plumbing and had only a little stove in the middle of the living room to heat the whole house.

In Montague, the two Patton brothers attended a one room country school where Bob had other chores as well. He took care of the teacher's horse and started the fire in the stove to heat the school room before the other kids got there in the morning. After school, he swept the floors and helped to clean up. He remembers being in a school play in which he had to sit in front as "Little Jack Horner". Unable to get the plum on his thumb, he just held it up and said his line-"What a good boy am I." On Halloween, the kids liked to go around and knock over the outhouses, their own included!

Among his favorite boyhood past times were biking, and camping and hiking with the Boy Scouts. With his parents as the scout leaders, Bob was the mascot of the troop, and got to go on the outings with his parents and elder brother, even when he was too young to belong himself! Scouting would be a tradition that he later passed on to his sons. He also had a 410 shotgun, a BB gun and a .22 bolt single shot to hunt quail or rabbits but can't recall ever being able to hit anything. When the family lived with their Sundin grandparents in Milwaukee, Bob recalls shooting a pigeon with a .22 through the eye. It just flew away.

Bob recalls that the family owned automobiles-a fairly new invention-of one sort or another throughout his childhood. He remembers his father having a Chandler, a neighbor with a Stanley Steamer who had to heat water to make it go. He also remembers when his older brother tried to jump on the running board and fell off, causing the car to run over his leg!

Where the family lived and where Pat worked between 1924-28 is uncertain but Bob recalls that by the time he was a teenager, the family moved back to Milwaukee where Bob attended the first two years of high school at Riverside High School. He finished his junior and senior years in Waukegan, IL where the family had moved when his father accepted a new position.

In 1928, the family moved to Waukegan,IL, where Pat was sent to establish a research laboratory for Reid Murdoch and became its "chief research chemist." He then accepted a position of chief research chemist with the North Continent Utility Co., and for six years he not only worked in the laboratory but traveled into Mexico and up into Canada in the interests of the company, investigating property and holdings. He also designed unique concrete street lights for the city of Lake Forest, IL, which are still in use. Apparently Edna dabbled in real estate in Waukegan during this period.

In 1935 or 19366, the Pattons traveled to Florida on vacation instead of taking their usual trip into the north woods. "Pat became excited about the possibilities he saw in Florida's raw materials, and the curiosity in him demanded exploration. So he resigned from his position and the family moved to Florida." All but Bob who remained in IL with his own young family.

"Pat became convinced that Florida's oranges could somehow be preserved more satisfactorily than in tin cans. He began to experiment with freezing orange juice concentrate, and the Pattons had frozen juice in their home during the Summer months long before Minute Maid and Snow Crop was even an idea. But Pat did not have a Bing Crosby to help him put his idea across."

He saw possibilities in other agricultural fieldsand joined with Dr. Charles Short in his laboratories in Clermont to experiment with new products such as canned celery and other raw materials.

During the WWII, the ever patriotic Pat felt the urge to get into service in some manner, so he volunteered as a crash truck driver at the Leesburg airport, serving there as a civilian during much of the world upheaval.

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Handwritten list (copy in file)

Birth Certificates for

Edna Florilla Patton born Sundin July 25 1885 in Milwaukee Wisconsin, daughter of John C. Sundin christened Johann Christian Sundin and Emily Bauer also known as Milly Bauer, mother before marriage.

Wl J. Patton son of W. D.- Walter John Patton born June 5 1909 in Milwaukee Wisconsin, son of Walter D. Patton and Edna Florilla Patton

Robert D. Patton born November 15 1910 in Milwaukee Wisconsin son of Walter D. Patton and Edna Florilla Patton born Sundin.

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Husband: Johann Christian Sundin

Wife: Emilie Bauer

Child: Edna Florilla Sundin

Child: Herman Frederick Sundin

Marriage:

Date: 22 OCT 1884

Place: Milwaukee, WI

Note: Research and Interviews by Sara Stevens Patton

Milwaukee, WI Marriage Records V32:255

Groom: Johann C. Sundin Bride: Emilie Bauer

Father: Friedrich Sundin Heinrich Bauer

Mother: Marie Engebreston Elisabeth Disch

Occupation: ___________

Residence: Milwaukee Milwaukee

Birthplace: Milwaukee Milwaukee

Color: White White

Marriage contracted: 22 Oct 1884 Milwaukee

Date recorded: 3 Nov 1884 by G.H. A. Loeber, Lutheran Minister Lutheran

Witnesses: E. S. Marrymann, W. Disch, A. Speckin, P.S. Sareland (Disch may be uncle or cousin on John's mother's side.)

Milwaukee Sentinel unless otherwise indicated:

1884, Oct 5 p4 col 2

"The marriage of John C. Sundin to Miss Emily H. Bauer, will take place on the 22st., at the residence of the bride, 498 Greenbush street."

1884, Oct 23 p3 col 5

"The marriage of John C. Sundin to MIss Emily H. Bauer was performed last evening at the residence of the bride's parents, 498 Greenbush street."

1884, Oct 26 p4 col 6

"John C. Sundin, a member of the H.C. Porth Manufacturing company, was married last Wednesday evening to Miss Emily H., daughter of Henry Bauer, 498 Greenbush street. The gathering consisted of immediate family friends, and was very enjoyable."

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Although the Sundins both grew up as Lutherans (common in Sweden and Germany) at some point they became Christian Scientists, probably after Edna converted.

Grandson Bob Patton's memories of the Sundins:

Bob Patton, the Sundins grandson, thought that John (Johann) Christian Sundin was born in Germany but was orphaned and adopted by the Sundins before coming to America. He also thought that Johann and Emilie or "Millie" , a pleasantly, plump "Danish" girl were married prior to their emigrating. However, Milwaukee records show that both Johann and Emilia were born in Wisconsin, their parents mentioned in the records as well.

The Sundins spent their entire married life in Milwaukee where John managed the Majestic Theatre and Opera House which was known for its classical plays and music. Madame Shumann Heiken, an opera teacher, taught Edna to sing as a child. John Sundin was apparently a good business man, expanding into real estate with his company: Sundin & Lawyer Realty in the 'Casual" Building. Bob remembers as a child going to sit in the windows of his grandfather's office building to look down and watch parades on Wisconsin Avenue. Their mother always feared the little boys would fall out.

Bob remembers that his grandfather spoke German but generally not to the family. Having Americanized his name to "John" or J.C., he very active and outgoing. He especially enjoyed his affiliation with the Elks where he served as chaplain and grandmaster. John was a very successful realtor and land developer, helping to develop downtown Milwaukee in the early 1900s. During the Depression, the family lost almost everything "in taxes."

Bob refers to his grandmother as Emma, Millie, or Emily and thought she was Norwegian but actually her parents were German and Swiss. At any rate, he describes her as kind-hearted, generous, and loving; a good cook but not very active because she was rather heavy. She enjoyed her garden, a vegetable garden trimmed with flowers, managing to get her husband to help her take care of it.

John (or Johann Christian) Sundin and Emily (Emelia) Bauer had two children- Edna Florilla and Herman. Son Herman Sundin was divorced (?) and had a daughter born after 1910 who moved with her mother to California. After his wife's death, Herman, a car salesman, then manager of an apartment building, moved to Mr. Dora to live near his sister. (Note: The death certificate of ---------Sundin states she was married at time of death in LA. Herman also gave his address as Los Angeles, prior to moving to Florida to go into a nursing home. He died about 6 weeks after the death of his sister, Edna.

Bob Patton remembers his Sundin grandparents fondly. The Patton family lived with the Sundins in Milwaukee from time to time while their father transferred from job to job. And they spent most holidays with their Sundin grandparents. Christmas was especially memorable and very much in the German tradition of Grandmother Emily Bauer Sundin: with real candles clipped to the boughs of the evergreen tree. Care was taken that no branch be directly above the burning candle lest it catch on fire. Candied cherries and sugar cookies were also hung on the tree (which Bob remembers eating directly off the tree!) While Bob could not remember if there were store bought ornaments, he does remember an angel on the top of the tree and hanging up stockings. The stockings were opened on Christmas morning--although no one was allowed to go downstairs until Grandpa Sundin was up! Latter, a huge Christmas dinner was prepared--the main dish being the turkey which Grandpa Sundin carved. (see photos of Christmases.)

Both Sundins (John and Emily) are buried in Milwaukee at the Forest Home Cemetery.

SSP NOTE: When John and I took "Grandpa" Bob Patton back to IL and WI to visit his various childhood homes, he was able to recall (at the age of 90) the exact address of the Sundin home and led us directly there. The house was still very much the same and he could point out the room he shared with his brother. (See photos of him by the house.)

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Sources

• WikiTree profile Sundin-14 created through the import of patton booth.ged on Mar 23, 2012 by Sara Stevens. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sara and others.

• Source: S2 Abbreviation: Walter Patton Memorabilia Title: Scrapbook of photos, newspaper articles, and oral interview with son Robert Sundin Patton (newspapers cited in notes) Articles corrected in WDP's handwriting. Subsequent Source Citation Format: Scrapbook of photos, newspaper articles, and oral interview with son Robert Sundin Patton (newspapers cited in notes) Articles corrected in WDP's handwriting. BIBL Scrapbook of photos, newspaper articles, and oral interview with son Robert Sundin Patton (newspapers cited in notes) Articles corrected in WDP's handwriting.
• Source: S45 Abbreviation: Robert Sundin Patton Interview-1996 Title: Robert Sundin Patton Interview-1996 Subsequent Source Citation Format: Robert Sundin Patton Interview-1996 BIBL Robert Sundin Patton Interview-1996 Note: Combined with notes based on oral interview with Robert Sundin Patton in November 1996 when he was 86 years old.
• Source: S54 Abbreviation: Milwaukee Co, WI Register of Deeds, Marriages Title: Milwaukee Co, WI Register of Deeds, Marriages Subsequent Source Citation Format: Milwaukee Co, WI Register of Deeds, Marriages BIBL Milwaukee Co, WI Register of Deeds, Marriages
• Source: S55 Abbreviation: WI Registration of Births, Milwaukee Co Title: WI Registration of Births, Milwaukee Co Subsequent Source Citation Format: WI Registration of Births, Milwaukee Co BIBL WI Registration of Births, Milwaukee Co

1. ↑ Source: #S55 Page: V62:476
2. ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Milwaukee, WI Marriage Records V 189:496 #2000
3. ↑ Source: #S54 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Page: V32:255 Note: copy in file
4. ↑ Source: #S45 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2