Montrans in the News – 1914 Card of Thanks

Montran Monday
By Don Taylor

This week, for Montran Monday[i], I found the following article:

This week’s entry is from the Marion Leader-Tribune (Marion, Indiana) dated November 19, 1914, page 8.

Marion Leader-Tribune, Nov 19, 1914, page 8.

CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our friends and neighbors and Rev. Wells for the kindness and sympathy shown us in the sickness and death of our dear, beloved mother, and for the many beautiful floral offerings.

MRS. JENNIE MONTRAN.
MRS. EMMA McCANN.
MRS. E. J. KLINGENSMITH.
MRS. J. C. CAMPBELL
WILLIAM J. CALDWELL,
AND GRANDCHILDREN.

I learned:

My search for a Caldwell who died in November (before the 18^th) 1914 in Marion, Indiana, yielded one candidate – Mary J Caldwell (15 Aug 1841-11 Nov 1914).

Mary’s death certificate[ii] indicates

• Born: 16 Aug 1841, Pennsylvania.
• Father: Francis Hawthorn. Bandbridge, Ireland.
• Mother: Elizabeth Walker, Belfast, Ireland.
• Married: William J Caldwell, Dec’d.
• Died: 11 Nov 1914 at 3007 South Gallatin, Marion, Grant County, Indiana.
• Informant: Mrs. Emma McCann.

Ancestry Family Trees indicate she had a son, William J Caldwell, which confirms this is the correct person article. My review of the three public trees failed to find a Montran as a relative and the Jennie’s in the tress did not provide any trees.

Conclusion

Jennie Montran mentioned in the article is another dead-end in my Montran Project.

ENDNOTES

[i] Montran Monday – My grandmother’s father was John Montran. She used the surname, as a young child and again when she began in show business. The name is uncommon and most of the Montrans I see in the newspapers are my grandmother during her early vaudeville career. However, with the constant flow of newly digitized material, I often learn of new articles which contain the Montran name. I pay attention to the finding and try to determine a possible relationship of any Montrans to Donna’s father, John Montran.

[ii] Ancestry – Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017 – (Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1914; Roll: 06.