Clara Minnie Tuerke and Louis Charon
LOUIS CHARON, son of CAROLINA FRANCK and MOSES CHARON, was born May 7, 1872 in Rodelsee, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany,3231, 3294, 6325 and died October 18, 1940 in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa.6325 He is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa.456, 6325
He married CLARA MINNIE TUERKE on February 27, 1902 in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa.3434 She was born November 28, 1884 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois,13 and died October 5, 1970 in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa.456, 6364 She is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa.456
Children of CLARA MINNIE TUERKE and LOUIS CHARON:
- MAURICE ADOLPH CHARON, b. July 23, 1910, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa;13, 1884 m. MARGARET A. ANDERSON on May 29, 1935 in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa3269; d. April 21, 1978, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa.56, 456, 6364
- LOUIS CHARON, b. May 12, 1919, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa;13, 3294, 1884 m. RENA MAE ADAMS on July 15, 1946 in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa7649; d. February 10, 1982, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa.56, 6358
- CLARA LOUISE CHARON, b. May 12, 1919, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa;13, 3294, 1884 m. HERBERT A. HORN on September 26, 1948 in Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa9741; d. January 4, 2016, Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa.9741
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Marriage Announcements and News
Evening Messenger, March 1, 19026360
The wedding of Miss Clara Turkey and Mr. Lew Charon took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Turkey, on Thursday evening. The ceremony was performed at 8 o'clock, by Dr. Leiger of Sioux City, and was strictly private, only the relatives and the closest friends of bride and grom being present.
Mr. and Mrs. Charon left on the evening train for Chicago and eastern points, and will return in about two weeks to begin housekeeping in the apartment which they have fitted up in the new Crawford block.
Mr. Charon is actively concerned in the management of the Boston store, and is one of the city's enterprising young business men. Both have many friends who wish them well.
Newspaper Articles
Fort Dodge Messenger and Chronicle, August 30, 19176359
Canadians Detained Louis Charon as Spy
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Charon and son Maurice, who have just returned from a 4,600 mile motor trip had a rather peculiar experience while up on the Canadian line. Because Mr. Charon was born in Germany and did not have his naturalization papers with him he was absolutely refused admittance into Canada. Upon leaving Rouse's Point, the most northern point in the state of New York, Mr. Charon decided to go over the line and make a brief visit in Montreal. They received their papers at the United States custom house but upon reaching the custom house in Canada, which was about seven miles over the line, they were not allowed to go further. While filling out admission papers the Canadian officer found that Mr. Charon was born in Germany and because of that fact he was detained.
After answering all the questions the custom officer could think to ask Mr. Charon, he was then sent to the inspection office and given a physical examination and his pedigree from A to Z taken. This was undoubtedly so that he could be traced if he tried to get through the line at some other point. Had Mr. Charon had his naturalization papers with him he would have been admitted, but his word, that he was a naturalized American citizen, did not go.
Mr. Charon was rather amused at the inspection officer's lack of familiarity with United States geography for he wanted to know if Iowa was the town from which he came. Mr. Charon came to the conclusion that the man was an English officer and not well acquainted with this county.
Mr. Charon had another surprise when he attended a Rotary club luncheon in New York City one noon and entered the room just as the president was introducing a merchant from Mobile,Alabama, whom Mr. Charon had met two years ago in California. While Mr. and Mrs. Charon were going through an art museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a young man doing guard duty at a building just across the street saw the Fort Dodge pennant on the Charon car and made himself known. He was a lad named Willie Davis from this city who has done considerable wireless work here with Huffman Healy. He was then doing guard duty at a wireless instruction camp in Cambridge near Harvard university.
Except for a boat trip from Buffalo to Detroit all the trip was made in the car. Mrs. Charon and son traveled through the week while Mr. Charon transacted business in New York City and each week end was spent together. One week was spent in Boston, one in Montpelier, Vermont, and the last one in Buffalo. Mrs. Charon traveled through the Green, White and Adirondack mountain districts and stopped at Lake Champlain and the Thousand Islands.
"Of course the roads in the extreme east were the very best," said Mr. Charon, "especially in Pennsylvania, east of Pittsburgh, and there were wonderful roads in New York, New Jersey and all the northeastern states, but next to the east the best long stretch of good dirt road we found anywhere was from Clinton to Boone, Iowa. We were lucky to have no rain after we got into Iowa and this wan an exceptionally well cared for dirt and gravel road.
"From the time we left Fort Dodge until we got back to Boone, we had absolutely no tire trouble. That means almost 4,600 miles without a blow-out. We had our first flat tire in Boone."
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 4, 19006363 | Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa |
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| January 12, 19203299 | Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa |
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| April 8, 19303295 | Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa |
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| April 2, 19406362 | Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa |
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