Although the headstone says 1891, her birthdate is Aug 21, 1888. Her brother, Bernard Lewis Herdes was born in 1891, just after their father died. A family member gave the wrong date in the death certificate and in her Eulogy.
In a letter to her daughter, Merle, Frances stated that she never had a birth certificate. Her death record and Eulogy state the year is 1891, but that is the year that her brother Bernard Lewis Herdes was born. He was the last child with Herdes and was born months after his death. I believe her birth year was 1888.
Frances married Robert Thompson in 1908. They were divorced and she married Fred Bridges. She was the daughter of Bernhard Herdes and Anna Rudow Herdes Teufer. Her father died in a mining accident in 1891 in Coal City, IL at the age of 33. Her father's burial location is unknown, but likely to be in the Coal City, Illinois area.
In a letter to her daughter, Merle, Frances stated that she never had a birth certificate. Her death record and Eulogy state the year is 1891, but that is the year that her brother Bernard Lewis Herdes was born. He was the last child with Herdes and was born months after his death. I believe her birth year was 1888.
Frances married Robert Thompson in 1908. They were divorced and she married Fred Bridges. She was the daughter of Bernhard Herdes and Anna Rudow Herdes Teufer. Her father died in a mining accident in 1891 in Coal City, IL at the age of 33. Her father's burial location is unknown, but likely to be in the Coal City, Illinois area.
Although the headstone says 1891, her birthdate is Aug 21, 1888. Her brother, Bernard Lewis Herdes was born in 1891, just after their father died. A family member gave the wrong date in the death certificate and in her Eulogy.
In a letter to her daughter, Merle, Frances stated that she never had a birth certificate. Her death record and Eulogy state the year is 1891, but that is the year that her brother Bernard Lewis Herdes was born. He was the last child with Herdes and was born months after his death. I believe her birth year was 1888.
Frances married Robert Thompson in 1908. They were divorced and she married Fred Bridges. She was the daughter of Bernhard Herdes and Anna Rudow Herdes Teufer. Her father died in a mining accident in 1891 in Coal City, IL at the age of 33. Her father's burial location is unknown, but likely to be in the Coal City, Illinois area.
In a letter to her daughter, Merle, Frances stated that she never had a birth certificate. Her death record and Eulogy state the year is 1891, but that is the year that her brother Bernard Lewis Herdes was born. He was the last child with Herdes and was born months after his death. I believe her birth year was 1888.
Frances married Robert Thompson in 1908. They were divorced and she married Fred Bridges. She was the daughter of Bernhard Herdes and Anna Rudow Herdes Teufer. Her father died in a mining accident in 1891 in Coal City, IL at the age of 33. Her father's burial location is unknown, but likely to be in the Coal City, Illinois area.
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