Leo and Edna lived in Florida until their deaths. Jackie [71] remembers Leo as a gentle, nice man.
BIOGRAPHY: Jackie Schmidt, daughter of Edna Ender & John Mollon, stated that her step father, Leo was a chauffer in Neenah. He would dress in full uniform and worked for two single ladies in town. Jackie noted that Edna and Leo retired to St. Petersburg Florida and died there.
Jackie Schmidt[70] told the compiler[8] that the Schmidt family was originally from Sheboygan WI and because of the depression went to various parts of WI for jobs. William F. Sr. came to Neenah and his family was raised next door to Jackie Mollon's family. Jackie and Bill jr. rekindled their friendship after they left Neenah and eventually were married.
Bio: Not much is known about June. She and husband Donald lived in Florida until their deaths. Apparently they had a drinking problem and this cause a family rift.
When researching in Truro archives in 2000, we found the 1843 Tithe Book for Poundstock. It stated that Elizabeth Molland (owner) of Treskinnick Cross lived at #1130. Joseph Molland & John Brown were occupiers. The lot was OA, OR, 12P area of land with house & garden. The archivist gave us something like a plat map for that area that was this huge, old map of the area with the parcels marked. Andy hand drew the roads, houses, & locations. It showed #1130 as an L shaped building at the end of the road. It also showed the other buildings in the village and the roads that helped us identify exactly where things were.
We then went to Poundstock & Treskinnick Cross and we stopped to visit several people & ask questions. One was Eileen Marshall, in her 80's but very alert & interesting. She was married to Don Marshall who had died several years ago but she had stories to tell us. She told us the current yellow house #1130 was the Marshall home of her husband's parents. They rebuilt it in the same shape, keeping one wall of the original house. The current gray house immediately to the north of the yellow house was the carpenter's shop. She went on to tell us the carpenter house was built of "cottle" (sp?) which is rock, mortar, hay, corn cobs etc. in the old Cornish fashion. She said the Marshall's tore this down completely & scattered the materials in the field back of the house that they rented from the County. They rebuilt the house in the same shape as the carpenter shop before it. She had never heard of the Mollon family but sent us to visit her husband's cousin Grace Marshall Pleuss who lived down the road near Poundstock. We called & then went to visit Grace who is in her 70's but such a wonderful, elegant lady.
Grace invited us into her home which is an original Cornish home built about 1502 or before and we had a great visit. She did not know of the Mollon name nor of Mary Marshall but we did exchange many stories & information. She is a go-getter & said she'd go hunting for information when she had time. The home was precious, low ceilings, stone floor, beams crooked & worn, it was Great!!
The yellow house is bigger than it looks, being L shaped. There was also a blacksmith shop at the corner that they said was an original building & I think we had someone in the family who was a blacksmith so I imagine he worked there.
In the 1843 Tithe Book of Poundstock was found:
Elizabeth Molland (owner of Treskinnick Cross #1130). Joseph Molland & John Brown (occupiers) -
OA, OR, 12P area of land - House & gardens.This was after husband Hugh had died in 1822. Hugh's will left everything to Elizabeth.
Burials for Poundstock, LDS Films show an Elizabeth Mollon of Plymouth died 8/8/1842 at age 72. Could be this Elizabeth.
PLACES: Information states that the Blackman's moved to Lewiston Idaho in 1906 and engaged in orchard farming. Mary Marten [6] remembers visiting the Blackman's at their orchard in Idaho in her teen years. Louis organized the faternal insurance of Wi; edited newspapers and held a position in Democratic politics.
In 1938 Louis and Sadie disposed of their holdings in the Orchard and moved to 718 3rd St. Lewiston.
!According to the 1936-37 Lewiston City Directory, Louis was the timekeeper for WPA. (works progress administration, a government program)FAMILY: Per obituary the Blackman's had no children.
From the obituary in the Lewiston Morning Tribune, it states that Sarah was a resident of the community for the last 44 years. She had been hospitalized when she fell and broke a hip, the second injury she sustained in the last 2 years.
!The obituary goes on to say that in 1906 she came to Lewiston with her husband and located on a tract purchase in Lewiston Orchards. The Blackman's were among the early settlers of the district.
!Sarah was active in the cultural and religious life of the city and the Orchards.
Biography: According to memories of Mary Marten [6], Edith had a physical disability involving her legs. She became a private tutor and taught pupils in her parents home on 8th Street in Appleton.