Mystery Monday: LaMoss Timeline

Mystery Monday: Let's Find La Moss

Welcome back to Mystery Monday featuring LaMoss Menner! I’ve been enjoying the Olympics for the past week, and didn’t make time for my usual writing. Before I go anywhere else in this mystery, I have to take stock of what I already have. I thought it would be easiest to put together a timeline/list of what I’ve discovered so far.

Previous Posts about La Moss: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Pre-Diary of Llewellyn

Lamoss Baptism
St. John’s Lutheran Church (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States), Record of Pastors, Church Officers, Church Members, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials, and an Annual Summary, “Baptism of Infants,” Lamoss June Menner baptism; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Aug 2016)

August 1, 1905

At St. John’s Lutheran Church in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania three children were baptized. The ages, names and parents names all fit for the Menner family. What I like is that it not only matches my Lamoss’ older brother Harold M. but also her younger sister Pauline/Paulina.

April 20, 1910

Lamoss - 1910 Census
1910 U.S. census, Essex County, New Jersey, population schedule, Caldwell township, enumeration district (ED) 156, sheet 05-B, dwelling 97, family 99, George W. Menner; digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Aug 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 882.

When I found the Menner family living in Caldwell in 1910, I wasn’t crazy excited until I noticed who their neighbors were. It might be hard to tell in the image, but living next door is an 8 year old Wilhilmia (sp?) Steinhoff. Llewellyn called her Willa and we know her well from the Diary!

1915

Lamoss - 1915
“1915 New Jersey State Census,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 15 Aug 2016), entry for George W. Menner household; citing Caldwell borough, Essex County; sheet 11-A, household 254, line 45.

Here is the 1915 State Census entry for the Menner family. I’ve highlighted the person I believe to be LaMoss. Moore Luck being what it is, her name isn’t given. I hope to either make it to the State Archives myself or hire someone to do a block of research for me there. It looks like I’ll be adding this to the list for that!

1920

I talked about the 1920 census in the last entry. This was the first entry with the family living at 25 Myrtle Avenue.

During the Diary of Llewellyn

1925-1926

Lamoss - City Directories

I had been wondering what exactly would have caused Lamoss to drop from being mentioned in Llewellyn’s diary. It would be safe to assume from the 1925 Newark, NJ city directory and the 1926 Caldwell, NJ city directory that Lamoss moved to Newark to train as a maternity nurse! That would sure explain why she wasn’t on anymore friend outings for the last bit of the diary.

After the Diary of Llewellyn

This is where I was stalled. I’m sure you all know how hard it is if you don’t have a clue about who a woman married. Lucky for me, hours after I posted my last Mystery Monday post, I got a break in the case!

My awesome newly found cousin, who is my cohort in solving the Z-ladies mystery, emailed me with a great find.

lamossnewspaper

In the August 20, 1954 edition of The Evening Standard found on Newspapers.com one “Mrs. LaMoss Baker” attended a wedding in Pennsylvania. That might just be a coincidence, but right next to her in the guest list is “George Menner.”

lamossfamily

I don’t know if I’m going to have enough information for another entry next Monday. You can be sure that I’ll be back as soon as I can find more information.

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