Showing posts with label Clovis New Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clovis New Mexico. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Dawson or Dillon Unidentified Photos, Part 3
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| On sand. Beach? Dixie Morrow Dillon? |
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| "This was my washing uniform at Houston that they snapped me in." ?Julia (Thompson) Strange? |
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| ?Buddy Dillon? |
Dawson or Dillon Unidentified Photos
I've scanned in more photos. I think they are from either my Dillon or Dawson lines. One photo previously identified as Dudley Dawson was included in the envelope. There was also a post card of The Robinson Art Shop, Clovis, New Mexico where the Dillons lived.
I lean towards Dillon in this photo. My brother Kenneth in written on the reverse. In the 1930 Federal Census, the two sons of Jennie D. (Dillon) Scott were living in Wyoming (Clarence) and Illinois (Kenneth). Car aficionados: are those vehicles close to 1930 cars?
I lean towards Dillon in this photo. My brother Kenneth in written on the reverse. In the 1930 Federal Census, the two sons of Jennie D. (Dillon) Scott were living in Wyoming (Clarence) and Illinois (Kenneth). Car aficionados: are those vehicles close to 1930 cars?
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| Reverse side "My brother Kenneth"
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| ?World War 1? |
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| Alba Ernest Craft Edited based on identification. Thank you. |
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
1936 Delegate to Republican National Convention
In honor of Election Day . . .
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| Clovis Evening News-Journal Clovis, New Mexico Wednesday, March 4, 1936 Page 2 [Source: NewspaperArchive] |
Dr. A. L. Dillon returned to Clovis yesterday from Albuquerque where he was elected delegate to the republican national convention.
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| Is this from the same convention as reported above? Dr. A. L. Dillon is on the left wearing a hat, dark blazer, white slacks. |
From The Political Graveyard:
Dillon, A. L. — of Clovis, Curry County, N.M. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1936. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#618.15.83]
Who were the candidates for President in 1936?
The incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Republican Alf Landon of Kansas.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Julia Thompson Strange - daughter of Ella Dillon Thompson
Julia Thompson, the only child of Ella (Dillon) and Daniel W Thompson, was born 13 May 1901 in Bloomington, Illinois.
1910 Census for Randolph Twp, McLean Co, IL May 2, 1910Daniel W Thompson, head of household, age 42, married 10 yrs, born in IL, parents born in OH, Farmer
Ella D Thompson, wife, age 38, married 10 yrs, 1 child born and surviving, born in IL, parents born in IN, teacher, rural school
Julia M Thompson, daughter, age 8, born in IL, parents born in IL
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from Julia's typed Remembrances:
"Dr. Frederick Allen Dillon was appointed as a Government Physician to the Indians in Territorial New Mexico. His designated area covered the Indian villages of Laguna, in which he was based, Acoma, Paquate, Mesita, Casa Blanca and Pareje. There were numerous Mexican villages and outlying settlements which, while not included in his territory, were, nevertheless, served by him.
. . . I lived in Laguna [New Mexico], in the white village. In 1911 the white school in Laguna was without a teacher. With the backing of Mr. Marmon, and others of the village, Dr. Fred [Dillon] sent for his sister, Mrs. Ella D. Thompson, a teacher in Illinois, to come. Mrs. Thompson was my Mother, and it was with a great deal of anticipation that I, a child of ten, accompanied her to what was truly, for me, "The Land of Enchantment".
[many thanks to Susan Patterson for sharing Julia's Remembrances with me.]
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In 1920 Federal Census, Julia and her mother were enumerated in Champaign, Champaign Co, Illinois living at 203 West Church Street.
Ella B Thompson, , boarder, age 47, married, born in IL, parents born in IN, teacher in public work
Julia M Thompson, boarder, age 18, single, born in IL, father born in Iowa, mother born in IL
I haven't located Julia's father, Daniel W. Thompson in the 1920 Federal Census. I assume that he was living in McLean Co, Illinois on his farm.
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| Edmund, Goldie, Myra, Julia, Leroy, Luella, Blanche Lanewood Probably Edgar Co, Illinois Possibly early-mid 1920s |
After teaching school in McLean, Illinois, Julia must have returned to New Mexico about 1925-26. In Clovis, where two of her uncles were living, Julia Thompson was an English teacher at the high school.
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| Evening News Journal Clovis, New Mexico Tuesday, April 30, 1929 Front Page, Column 2 [Source: Newspaper Archive] |
The first amateur radiogram to come to Clovis was received by Miss Julia Thompson, English teacher in the Clovis high school, Monday night when Elgie Nettles, 517 Axtell, delivered a message
from Wilbur Craig, McLean, Ill., a former teacher of the Illinois boy.
Young Nettles, 14 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Nettles, operates a home-made sending and receiving set. For the past two years he has operated his private radio station under federal permit and has carried on conversation with other operators in various sections of the United States, but this is the first instance where the rather personal touch has been added.
The conversation with the young operator in Illinois resulted after Nettles had answered his signal. The usual time of day was passed and Craig asked if there was a teacher by the name of
Thompson in Clovis schools. Informed that Miss Julia Thompson was the English teacher here, Craig asked Nettles if he knew her. “I used to go to school to her,” he told Nettles. Nettles replied that
she lived just across the street from his home, took the message from her old pupil and delivered it.
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| Clovis News-Journal Clovis, New Mexico March 12, 1972 Page 76 [Source: NewspaperArchive] |
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Julia Thompson married Vernon L Strange on 21 June1929 in Champaign, Champaign Co, Illinois.
Julia Thompson married Vernon L Strange on 21 June1929 in Champaign, Champaign Co, Illinois.
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| Evening News Journal Clovis, New Mexico Monday, June 24, 1929 Front Page [Source: Newspaper Archive] |
Married in Illinois Saturday
Prof. V. L. Strange and Miss Julia Thompson were married in Champaign, Ill., last Saturday, according to announcements received here today. Both were members of Clovis high school faculty last year. They will return in September.
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Evening News Journal Clovis, New Mexico Monday, June 24, 1929 Page 3, Column 1 [Source: Newspaper Archive] |
Announcement has been received of the marriage of Vernon L. Strange and Miss Julia Thompson, at the home of the bride, in Champaign, Ill., Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Strange has been head of the Commercial department in the Clovis high school for the past five years, and plans to return this year.
Miss Thompson, niece of Drs. A. L. and F. A. Dillon, also, was a member of the Clovis Hi faculty, having charge of the English department, and Athletics for the past two years.
I haven't found Julia in the 1930 Federal Census. I believe she should have been living in Clovis with her husband Vernon L Strange. Julia's mother, Ella D. Thompson, was enumerated in Champaign, Champaign Co, Illinois at 203 W Church as head of the household with 15 roomers, rents her house for $35.00, age 58, married 28 yrs, born in Illinois, parents born in Indiana, and is a Teacher in Public Schools. Once again, I can't find Daniel W. Thompson enumerated. [Daniel W. Thompson died April 18, 1941 in Bloomington, Illinois.]
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| Evening News Journal Clovis, New Mexico Friday, July 26, 1940 Page 2 [Source: NewspaperArchive] |
Mrs. Ella D. Thompson and Mrs. Vernon Strange of Houston arrived in Clovis over the weekend to visit in the homes of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Dillon and Dr. and Mrs. A.L. Dillon. Mrs. Thompson is the sister of the Doctors Dillon. This week, Mrs. Strange is touring the western part of the state with friends from Lubbock. She will return to Clovis the last of the week. |
| Clovis News-Journal, New Mexico Tuesday, August 13, 1940, p.2 [Source: NewspaperArchive] |
Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Dillon and Mrs. A.L. Dillon have returned home from Ruidoso after a short stay.
Mrs. Vernon Strange and Mrs. Ella D. Thompson, who have been visiting in the homes of the Doctors Dillon, have taken a cottage at Ruidoso for several weeks. Guests at the cottage this week are Misses Julia and Eva Ann Dillon, Betty Lou Sanders and Robert Dillon.
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| Evening News Journal Clovis, New Mexico Monday, July 14, 1941 Page 2, Column 3 |
Friday and Saturday saw 18 out-of-town golfers making the rounds. Causing the locals to sit up and take notice was G. W. Nelson of Fort Worth, one of the nation's best, who stopped here and warmed up. He expressed pleasure of the beauty of the Clovis links. Other golfers were Julia M. Strange, Fort Worth; . . .
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| Julia and Vernon Strange with Sambo Negro de Tejas 1956 - Clovis, New Mexico [Courtesy of Susan Patterson] |
On August 27, 1968, Julia died of pancreatic cancer.
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| Houston Post, Texas Wednesday, August 28, 1968 [Source: Houston Public Library] |
Clovis News Journal, Wednesday, August 28, 1968, Page 8 -
Graveside Rites Scheduled Friday
Graveside services for Mrs. Julia Margaret Strange, 67, a former Clovis High School teacher, will be held Friday at Lawn Haven Cemetery.
Mrs. Strange, who died in Houston, Tex., Tuesday, is a niece of Dr. A.L. Dillon and of Dr. F.A. Dillon, both formerly of Clovis.
Steed-Todd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Thriller Thursday - Held Autopsy On Squaw While Men Held War Dance
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| Clovis Evening News-Journal Clovis, Curry, New Mexico Saturday, February 16, 1935 |
-Held Autopsy On Squaw While Men Held War Dance -
Court Had Ordered Probe Of Death of Woman Who Was Thought Murdered
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(The following is an interesting reminiscence related to the New Mexico club at its luncheon yesterday, by Dr. F. A. Dillon, former government Indiana physician.)
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When one can hardly turn a corner in New Mexico without encountering something which would make an interesting subject for our club, I feel a little like apologizing for offering a personal experience. Yet I know that our club "will little care nor long remember this."
Some 18 or 20 miles up the Rio Grande from Albuquerque is the little Indian village of San Felippe, or at least it was there some 25 years ago when I had the adventure of which I am to relate. The Indians of this village were sullen and backward and slow in adopting the white man's ways. They resented the schools and the white teachers and all the efforts made by our government to better their condition. Their wish was to be let alone, that they might --- as their fathers had lived before them. However, they had ---- at school
. . . Rio Grande at this time was high from the melting snow in the mountains.
Arriving at the school house, we found that all of the able bodied men were up the river some four or five miles working on the ditches and the village was deserted, save for the old men, women and children. A few of the old men were rounded up and informed of our mission. They retired to a nearby house and after some time sent a spokesman to say that if there was any digging in the graveyard, someone would die. Right then I began to wish that I were in Dixie. I was just then on the the eve of a glorious career and I had no desire to have some bad Indian nip it in the bud.
The sheriff explained that we would take up the body only for examination; we would then replace it, and fill the grave as we had found it. They would hear to none of this and grew more sullen and defiant. We had spent much time without getting any place. The sheriff told them that he was a servant of the court and must obey his orders; that he had a court order to take up the body for examination and that he was going to follow his instructions. The sheriff then called upon the school teachers to designate the grave and ordered his diggers to make ready with the shovels. Business picked up, but only momentarily. The teachers were unable to be sure about the grave; said it might be this one or that one, and finally they could not say, with any degree of certainty, which one it might be.
------- degree of protection should the hostilities conclude to descend upon us. We found a few boards and made a table and spread out our instruments and awaited the coming of the body. We were surprised at the short time that it took those diggers to resurrect the body and place it on our table. The body was wrapped in a heavy Navajo blanket and, upon unrolling it, several loaves fell out. One of the Mexican grave robbers said, "Ugh! Pretty soon hungry." The two teachers were called in and identified the body and business for us then picked up.
Under favorable circumstances we could have done the autopsy in one hour, but under those which were forced upon us, it took nearly three hours. The last hour was by candle light. The Indians withdrew to the nearby hills and started the most unearthly war dance that I have ever experienced. All during the autopsy the beat of the tom-toms and drums and the weird shrieks of the dancers dinned in our ears and made us the more nervous.
We found the woman's neck broken and many body discolorations and port-mortem settlings all of which might have been post-mortem as the body was dumped into a deep grave and the dirt pounded down with heavy stones. It was necessary that we make a careful examination as the results were likely to be court evidence. So far we had found only a broken neck which we could hardly expect a New Mexico court to hold as sufficient cause for death.
Upon removing the skull cap we found a most interesting brain tumor the size of a hen's egg together with a brain hemorrhage. The hemorrhage alone could have accounted for her death. According to the evidence in the case as it later developed, there was probably an ordinary family fuss such as might develop in a Presiding Elder's home. The man struck his wife on the head with a stick of wood and she fell dead in her tracks. The brain hemorrhage was doubtless the direct and immediate cause of death and under the circumstances, a slight blow might have been all that was necessary to cause death.
Darkness was upon the face of the deep when our work was finished. We turned the body back to the grave robbers and gathered our instruments together. The grave robbers spent little time in replacing the body and refilling the grave. By the time we were ready to depart we were conscious that the whole village was filled with Indians. Eyes were peeping around every corner. I wasn't in shape to reason then, but since I have thought that they sent men to watch us, to see that the body was replaced, and to see that we did not carry away any part of it.
Everything ready, we started for the footbridge. Dr. Keck carried a grip with instruments, and a cloth bag containing a pair of scales and a few other things. As I think of it now, the cloth bag may have looked a little suspicious and they probably thought it contained some of the woman's anatomy. The Indians followed us so closely that I could feel their hot breath on the back of my neck. The bridge that had offered so much trouble in the morning was taken with a hop, skip, and a jump, and I would have been glad had it been burned behind me.
Friday, August 19, 2011
What year was Albert Leroy Dillon actually born?
Despite various public trees on ancestry.com and conflicting data, I believe that Bert Dillon or Dr. A.L. Dillon was born on 31 December 1876, as my family tradition states.
-- , Frank B, W, M, 11, son, single, works on farm, attended school, Illinois, Ind, Ind
-- , Ella, W, F, 9, daughter, single, at school, attended school, Illinois, Ind, Ind
-- , Fred A, W, M, 6, son, single, Illinois, Ind, Ind
-- , Albert, W, M, 4, son, single, Illinois, Ind, Ind
-- , Carl C, W, M, 7/12, son, single, Illinois, Ind, Ind
- In 1880 census enumeration, Albert was 4 year old, which would place his birth year as 1876. Carl C. is listed as 7 months old, which would make him born in 1879 and younger than Albert. -
Dwelling 1, Family 1 -
Dillon, Robert E, Head, Jan 1837, 63, M-38 yrs, Indiana, Tennessee, North Car, Farmer
-- , Julia, A, Wife, Nov 1839, 60, M-38 yrs, 11 children born, 8 living, Indiana, Va, Ohio
Scott, Sarah J, Daughter, Nov 1862, 37, M-6 yrs, 2 children born, 2 living, Illinois, IN, IN
Dillon, Ella, Daughter, Mar 1872, 28, single, Illinois, IN, IN, School Teacher
-- , Albert L, Son, Dec 1875, 24, single, Illinois, IN, IN, School Teacher
-- , Carl C, Son, Oct 1880, 19, single, Illinois, IN, IN, School Teacher
-- , Edna E, Daughter, Dec 1882, 17, single, Illinois, IN, IN, at school
Scott, Clarence G, Grandson, Jan 1895, 5, single, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
- Albert Dillon was the enumerator who completed this 1900 census. Birth order has him placed older than Carl C Dillon, age 19. Date of birth is Dec 1875 - I can't explain this discrepancy except that I have found other December birth dates which appear 1 year earlier than actuality. Was this a problem with the directions of the 1900 census? Age is 24 which supports the 1875/1876 birth date for Albert L Dillon. -
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History of Dillon, Fletcher, and Kindred Families by Henry Dillon, Feb. 23, 1909, p.30
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lukedillon/henry.html)
"Robert Edmund, one of the twins of Labon and Jane (Holiday) Dillon, married Julia Cully. . . They had the following family:
Jennie - married Israel Scott
John
Frank
Ella - married Daniel W. Thompson
Fred A.
Albert
Carl C.
Edna - born December 9, 1882, married Charles Inskip."
- This book does contain errors; however, the book, in general, has families listed in their birth orders. -
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Wedding Register -
In May 2010 at the Edgar Co Courthouse in Paris, Illinois, I abstracted the marriage information for Albert L Dillon and Lois L Dawson from the Register of Marriages, page 231, #706.
1910 Federal Census: Ward 1, Clovis, Curry Co, New Mexico; Supv Dist 1, Enum Dist 54, Sheet 3A
44/45 Dillon, A. L., Head, 32, single, Illinois, unknown, unknown, Physician in General Practice, Own Acct.
- I believe a neighbor completed the information for A.L. Dillon who was probably at work: parents birth locations unknown and marital status of single instead of divorced. Age 32 would be a birth year of 1878 -
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- Obituary written by family gave a birth year of 1876. -
1880 Federal Census: Brouilletts Creek Township, Edgar Co, IL. Page 8, Supv Dist. 5, Enum. Dist 90
Dillon, Robert E, W, M, 43, married, Farmer, Indiana, Tenn, NC -- , Julia A, W, F, 40, wife, Keeping House, Indiana, VA, Ohio
-- , Sarah J, W, F, 17, daughter, single, at school, attended school, Illinois, Ind., Ind
-- , John L, W, M, 15, son, single, works on farm, attended school, Illinois, Ind, Ind
-- , Ella, W, F, 9, daughter, single, at school, attended school, Illinois, Ind, Ind
-- , Fred A, W, M, 6, son, single, Illinois, Ind, Ind
-- , Albert, W, M, 4, son, single, Illinois, Ind, Ind
-- , Carl C, W, M, 7/12, son, single, Illinois, Ind, Ind
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| ancestry.com |
- In 1880 census enumeration, Albert was 4 year old, which would place his birth year as 1876. Carl C. is listed as 7 months old, which would make him born in 1879 and younger than Albert. -
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1900 Federal Census: Bruilletts Creek TP, Edgar Co, Illinois. Sheet 1, Supv Dist 13, Enum Dist 61.
Enumerator: Albert Dillon.Dwelling 1, Family 1 -
Dillon, Robert E, Head, Jan 1837, 63, M-38 yrs, Indiana, Tennessee, North Car, Farmer
-- , Julia, A, Wife, Nov 1839, 60, M-38 yrs, 11 children born, 8 living, Indiana, Va, Ohio
Scott, Sarah J, Daughter, Nov 1862, 37, M-6 yrs, 2 children born, 2 living, Illinois, IN, IN
Dillon, Ella, Daughter, Mar 1872, 28, single, Illinois, IN, IN, School Teacher
-- , Albert L, Son, Dec 1875, 24, single, Illinois, IN, IN, School Teacher
-- , Carl C, Son, Oct 1880, 19, single, Illinois, IN, IN, School Teacher
-- , Edna E, Daughter, Dec 1882, 17, single, Illinois, IN, IN, at school
Scott, Clarence G, Grandson, Jan 1895, 5, single, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
-- , Kenneth M, Grandson, Dec 1898, 2, single, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois
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| [from ancestry.com] |
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History of Dillon, Fletcher, and Kindred Families by Henry Dillon, Feb. 23, 1909, p.30
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lukedillon/henry.html)
"Robert Edmund, one of the twins of Labon and Jane (Holiday) Dillon, married Julia Cully. . . They had the following family:
Jennie - married Israel Scott
John
Frank
Ella - married Daniel W. Thompson
Fred A.
Albert
Carl C.
Edna - born December 9, 1882, married Charles Inskip."
- This book does contain errors; however, the book, in general, has families listed in their birth orders. -
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Wedding Register -
In May 2010 at the Edgar Co Courthouse in Paris, Illinois, I abstracted the marriage information for Albert L Dillon and Lois L Dawson from the Register of Marriages, page 231, #706.
Edgar Co, Illinois Courthouse
Register of Marriages
Page 231, #706
Albert L Dillon, res of Scott Land, ILL, occ – teacher, age next birthday – 26, white, b. Scottland, IL, father – R E Dillon, mother – Julia Culley, groom’s 1st marriage; Bride – Lois L Dawson, res of Scott Land, age next birthday, 22, white, b. Kansas, father – Taylor Dawson, mother – Iona Rodenberger, bride’s 1st marriage; Married at Scott Land, IL on June 2nd 1901; Witnesses: JL Dawson & CC Dawson; Performed by Albert G Blunk, MG. Date Returned June 3, 1901; Date Registered June 6, 1901.
-Within the marriage record, Albert L Dillon stated that he would be 26 on his next birthday. He was 25 at the time of his marriage and that would place his birth year as 1876. -
-Within the marriage record, Albert L Dillon stated that he would be 26 on his next birthday. He was 25 at the time of his marriage and that would place his birth year as 1876. -
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Birth of Son
Birth of Son
ATTESTATION TO BIRTH CERTIFICATE
STATE OF ILLINOIS}
County of Edger }
Name of Child - Albert Leroy Dillon, Jr.
Date of Birth: Sept. 7, 1904 Place of Birth: Hume, Ill.
Sex: Male Race: White No. of Child of This Mother: First
FATHER: Name: Albert Leroy Dillon; Place of Birth: Edgar Co, Ill.; Age 28; Residence: Hume, Ill.; Occupation: Physician
MOTHER: Name: Lois L Dawson; Place of Birth: Kansas; Age: 24; Residence: Hume, Ill.
Name of Medical Attendant: A. L. Dillon, M.D.
4 day of November 1940, Carl C Patrick, County Clerk
Book 3, Page 147- Filed Sept. 30, 1904
- As the attending physician for his son's birth, Dr. A.L. Dillon, entered his age as 28 in 1904 supporting a birth year of 1876. -
STATE OF ILLINOIS}
County of Edger }
Name of Child - Albert Leroy Dillon, Jr.
Date of Birth: Sept. 7, 1904 Place of Birth: Hume, Ill.
Sex: Male Race: White No. of Child of This Mother: First
FATHER: Name: Albert Leroy Dillon; Place of Birth: Edgar Co, Ill.; Age 28; Residence: Hume, Ill.; Occupation: Physician
MOTHER: Name: Lois L Dawson; Place of Birth: Kansas; Age: 24; Residence: Hume, Ill.
Name of Medical Attendant: A. L. Dillon, M.D.
4 day of November 1940, Carl C Patrick, County Clerk
Book 3, Page 147- Filed Sept. 30, 1904
- As the attending physician for his son's birth, Dr. A.L. Dillon, entered his age as 28 in 1904 supporting a birth year of 1876. -
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44/45 Dillon, A. L., Head, 32, single, Illinois, unknown, unknown, Physician in General Practice, Own Acct.
- I believe a neighbor completed the information for A.L. Dillon who was probably at work: parents birth locations unknown and marital status of single instead of divorced. Age 32 would be a birth year of 1878 -
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WW1 Draft Registration - dated 9/12/1918 in Clovis, Curry Co, New Mexico Serial #1141 Order #A-1135
Albert LeRoy Dillon
222 N. Ross, Clovis, Curry, NM
Age 37, Birth: Dec. 31, 1880, Native Born
Occupation: Physician & Surgeon at 102-1/2 N Main St, Clovis, Curry, NM
Albert LeRoy Dillon
222 N. Ross, Clovis, Curry, NM
Age 37, Birth: Dec. 31, 1880, Native Born
Occupation: Physician & Surgeon at 102-1/2 N Main St, Clovis, Curry, NM
Nearest Relative: Dixie Dillon at 222 N. Ross, Clovis, Curry, NM
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| [from ancestry.com] |
- First appearance of the 1880 birth year. -
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1920 Federal Census: Ward 1, Clovis, Curry Co, New Mexico; Supv Dist 1, Enum Dist 46, Sheet 24B
163/175
Dillon, Dr. Albert L, head, owns home, 34, married, IL, IL, IN, Physician in General Practice, OA
-- , Dixie, wife, 30, married, KY, KY, KY
-- , Jackson, son, 2-7/12, single, NM, IL, KY
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| from ancestry.com indexed as Alvert R Dillan |
- Age 34 in 1920 would make Albert A's birth year 1886, which is either 10 years or 6 years off depending on which birth date believed. Father's birth location is inaccurate. -
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1930 Federal Census: Ward 1, Clovis, Curry Co, New Mexico; Supv Dist 5, Enum Dist 5-1, Sheet 10B
422 Ross 377/410 -
Dillon, Albert H, Owns $5000 home and a radio, Age 50, married 1st time at 33yrs, IL, IL, IL, Physician,
Not a veteran.
-- , Dixie M, wife, 40, married 1st time at 24yrs, KY, KY, KY
-- , Jackson, son, 12, NM, IL, KY
-- , Robert L, son, 8, NM, IL, KY
-- , Eva Ann, daughter, 4-2/10, NM, IL, KY
- Albert H Dillon is indexed on ancestry's website as age 50 which would be 1880 birth year. -
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422 Ross 377/410 -
Dillon, Albert H, Owns $5000 home and a radio, Age 50, married 1st time at 33yrs, IL, IL, IL, Physician,
Not a veteran.
-- , Dixie M, wife, 40, married 1st time at 24yrs, KY, KY, KY
-- , Jackson, son, 12, NM, IL, KY
-- , Robert L, son, 8, NM, IL, KY
-- , Eva Ann, daughter, 4-2/10, NM, IL, KY
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| 1930 Clovis, Curry Co, NM http://www.ancestry.com/ |
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WW2 Draft Registration Card (men born on or after Apr 27, 1877 and on or before Feb 16, 1897)
- In 1942, A.L. Dillon was living in Clovis, Curry, New Mexico. The "old man" draft registration cards from New Mexico are not available on Ancestry, Footnote, nor Family Search's on-line records. -
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- In 1942, A.L. Dillon was living in Clovis, Curry, New Mexico. The "old man" draft registration cards from New Mexico are not available on Ancestry, Footnote, nor Family Search's on-line records. -
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SS Hawaiian Pilot Manifest: List 101
Sailing from Los Angeles HBR on Nov. 27, 1953
Arriving at Honolulu T.H. on 12-3-53
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California Death Index - Ancestry
Albert Leroy Dillon
Born: 31 Dec 1880 in IL
Died: 8 Sept 1957 in Orange
Mother's Maiden Name: Cully
Father's Surname: Dillon
- supports the 1880 birth date -
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Sailing from Los Angeles HBR on Nov. 27, 1953
Arriving at Honolulu T.H. on 12-3-53
1. Dillon, Albert, age 78, male, born in Scottland, IL
2. Dillon, Dixie, age 63, female, born near Henderson, KY
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| SS Hawaiian Pilot Manifest http://www.ancestry.com/ |
- Age 78 in 1953 supports a birth year of 1875. -
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California Death Index - Ancestry
Albert Leroy Dillon
Born: 31 Dec 1880 in IL
Died: 8 Sept 1957 in Orange
Mother's Maiden Name: Cully
Father's Surname: Dillon
- supports the 1880 birth date -
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Obituary - Clovis News-Journal, Monday, September 9, 1957; p1, Vol. 29, No. 138
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| from Susan Patterson |
Dr. Albert L. Dillon, 80, a pioneer physician in Clovis, died Sunday afternoon in South Laguna, Calif., according to word received in Clovis by a nephew, Edmund Dillon.
Dr. Dillon's family will accompany the body to Clovis Tuesday afternoon and funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Charles V. Steed Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Lawn Haven Memorial Park under direction of Steeds.
Born in December 1876 in Scotland, Ill., Dr. Dillon moved to Clovis in 1909 and was in partnership with his brother, the late Dr. Fred Dillon. He practiced in Clovis until after World War II when he retired and moved to South Laguna.
Dr. Dillon was a member of a Masonic Lodge in Illinois, and transferred his membership to the newly formed Clovis Lodge No. 40, AF&AM. on Aug. 3, 1909. He was the second Master of the Clovis Lodge, serving in 1910, and was the oldest Past Master of the local Masonic organization.
Dr. Dillon was a member of the Clovis Municipal Board of Education in 1918 when the Clovis high school building was built at 7th and Main - the building has just been razed.
Surviving Dr. Dillon are his widow, Dixie; a daughter, Mrs. M.L. Milmore, Fayetteville, Ark.; three sons, Robert L., Carlsbad, Dr. Jackson C., Fresno, Calif., and Leroy, Las Vegas, Nev.; seven grandchildren; a brother, Dr. Carl C., Sidell, Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Charles Inskip, Wallace, Ida.; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Fred Dillon, Clovis; and a niece and nephew, Mrs. Julia Pearson, Purcell, Okla., and Edmund L. Dillon, Clovis.
- Obituary written by family gave a birth year of 1876. -
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Article written at Dr. A.L. Dillon's death by a friend.
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| Probably from the Clovis newspaper. [Received from Dr. A.L. Dillon's great-niece, Susan P.] |
The passing of Dr. A. L. Dillon, in South Laguna, Calif., was a shock to me, in spite of the fact that I have known for some time he was in poor health. But we are never prepared for such news.
I have known Dr. Dillon since his arrival here in 1909 from Illinois. He has been one of my closest friends thru-out his life here. Outside of politics he and I saw things remarkably alike. For years he was a Republican leader in Curry County, and was a high-ranking Mason. The doctor dated back to horse and buggy days, of his profession, and had driven many miles over regional roads taking care of his patients. He had one of the first automobiles in Clovis.
Dr. Dillon planned to sell his home in South Laguna and move to Carlsbad to be near his son Bob who is a Santa Fe employee in the Cavern City. His burial here was a natural consequence of his love for New Mexico and Clovis. I presume Mrs. Dillon's future plans are not yet determined, altho' she may continue to reside in South Laguna at least until property interests there have been sold.
Dr. Dillon was 80 years old.
- Supports the 1876 Birth year. =
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Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Clovis, Curry Co, New Mexico
Albert Leroy Dillon 1876 - 1957
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| Photo by Teresa McKennon-Croft FindAGrave website |
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I don't know why the birth year discrepancies. They started when Albert L Dillon moved to Clovis, New Mexico. Was he upset from his recent divorce? At the start of a new life, did he want to be seen as younger without the baggage of a divorce? He started to date Dixie Morrow who was 14 years younger? He did sign the WW1 Draft Registration Card with the 1880 date; however, he also signed the 1900 Federal Census as enumerator, his marriage application to Lois Dawson, the birth information for his son, Albert L Dillon, Jr., as the attending physician. With the more consistent early data, I believe the 1876 date. It is up to each reader to decide for themselves.
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