Wednesday, June 30, 2010

1917 Report Card for Elsa Daher

Another lost family treasure I found in the Charleston Antique Mall in Vegas is this 1917 high school report card for Elsa Dahl of Wisconsin.

I have been able to find a little bit of information about Elsa and her family.
According to the census information she preferred to go by "Elsie".


 Name:      Bertha Daher
Home in 1900:     Newton, Marquette, Wisconsin
Age:     36
Birth Date:     May 1864
Birthplace:     Wisconsin
Race:     White
Gender:     Female
Relationship to Head of House:     Wife
Father's Birthplace:     Germany
Mother's Birthplace:     Germany
Mother: number of living children:     4
Mother: How many children:     4
Spouse's name:     Gustav
Marriage Year:     1891
Marital Status:     Married
Years Married:     9

Household Members:   
Name     Age
Gustav Daher     41
Bertha Daher     36
Lewis Daher     7
Paul Daher     5
Alfred Daher     2
Elsie Daher     2/12
Caroline Daher     66




Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Newton, Marquette, Wisconsin; Roll  T623_1799; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 94.


Name:      Elsie E Daher
Age in 1910:     10
Estimated birth year:     abt 1900
Birthplace:     Wisconsin
Relation to Head of House:     Daughter
Father's Birth Place:     Germany
Mother's Name:     Bertha
Mother's Birth Place:     Wisconsin
Home in 1910:     Newton, Marquette, Wisconsin
Marital Status:     Single
Race:     White
Gender:     Female

Household Members:   
Name     Age
Bertha Daker     45
Louis F Daker     17
Paul A Daker     15
Alfred H Daker     12
Elsie E Daker     10


Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Newton, Marquette, Wisconsin; Roll  T624_1713; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 151; Image: 534.



Name:      Bertha Daher
Census Date:     1 Jun 1905
Residence County:     Marquette
Residence State:     Wisconsin
Locality:     Newton
Marital Status:     Widowed
Gender:     Female
Estimated birth year:     abt 1864
Race:     White
Relation:     Head
Line:     16
Roll:     CSUSAWI1905_19

Household Members:    
Name     Age
Bertha Daher     41
Ludwig F Daher     12
Paul I Daher     11
Alfred H Daher     8
Elsie E Daher     5



Source Information:
Ancestry.com.. Wisconsin State Censuses, 1895 and 1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data:


Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Census, 1905. Microfilm, 44 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.

Name:      Elsie Daher
Home in 1920:     Newton, Marquette, Wisconsin
Age:     19
Estimated birth year:     abt 1901
Birthplace:     Wisconsin
Relation to Head of House:     Sister
Father's Birth Place:     Germany
[Posen]
Mother's Birth Place:     Wisconsin
Marital Status:     Single
Race:     White
Sex:     Female
Able to read:     Yes
Able to Write:     Yes

Household Members:    
Name     Age
Alfred Daher     22
Paul Daher     26
Elsie Daher     19
Bertha Daher     55





Source Information:
Ancestry.com.. Wisconsin State Censuses, 1895 and 1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: 

Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Census, 1905. Microfilm, 44 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.


UPDATE: Elsa's report card was returned to family members June 30, 2011.

2 comments:

  1. Excellent research. Elsa appears to have been a good student. I wonder if she worked after graduation or married or both.

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    1. She went on to be a school teacher, married, first husband died, worked as a nursing assistant at Columbus Community Hospital and then remarried and passed in Portage Wi.

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