Pauline (Polly), b. 1889, married Robert Amundson, County Extention Agent, later professor at the University of Wisconsin school of agriculture in Madison. After his early death, Polly established a very successful bakery business near the university, and finished raising her twin? daughters, Judith and Karen. Whereupon she retired on her considerable earnings and wise investments. Judy married Dr. Robert Cooney and lives in Portage, WI and had two sons. Karen married Milford Taylor and lives in Tucson, AZ. and has no children.
From Helen Cole's Book, "Wisconsin Saga"
Page 207
Pauline Cole was married to Robert A. Amunson and we gave them a wedding breakfast at our apartment.
Polly, everyone said, was more like our mother than any of us. Cecile and I resembled Papa and his parents and Henry and Agnes were definitely Hoeffels, but Polly was our mother almost in duplicate for her beautiful brocaded satin wedding dress just fit Polly when she was a girl of' the same age, about twenty.
Polly and Agnes lived together in Appleton for a few years, where they had jobs until Polly went to Washington during the first World War, where she had a very interesting job as secretey to one of the big men, one of tha so called "dollar a year" men [I wonder if this was Hiram Fist?]; Agnes was married early in the year 1919 to Jack Morris. Polly came to spend Christmas with Joe and me, our first year in New York and we had a great time seeing the city together - the famous shops on Fifth Avenue, the theatres on Broadway, the Paulist Choir, Mary Elizabeth's famous Tea Room etc. Later when Henry returned from the war, he and Polly and Kathleen had an apartment together in Detroit during the year we lived there, and Jess and Ed Early were there with their three children ,Betty, Teddy and Joan; and CarroI1 and Evelyn O'Keefe, and Bess Dana Koebel and Gen. Dana Barrett, old friends from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin were living there too, and we had a very pleasant season. So Polly was married in Detroit, and her first housekeeping was done in a little apartment in Aunt Lizzie's big house in Oconto, where Bobwas a County Agricultural Agent.
LETTER FROM JESSICA EARLY TO HER HUSBAND ED ABOUT 1918:
It makes you feel like a regular soldier to be officer of day, doesn't it? Have you lost any? Lvs, I mean. I think you're enjoying Aberdeen - I'm awfully glad of it. You'll see a diff. in Carroll. It seems to me he gets dearer everyday-if that's possible-he looks like a picture baby walking around.
I had a big letter from Pauline [Jessica's cousin-Nanny's sister Agnes's daughter Pauline Cole - Agnes had lots of girls, Pauline, Helen and others] Sat. & she's coming to Wash.! Hasn't heard from her exam but expects to the last of July & is hoping I'll not be in Aberdeen. She asks lots of ques. about expenses & if she can live on 100 a mo. we'll have quite a colony here from Wis. won't we. When your check comes why don't you send it back to Amer. National & send me a check on that back & I'll deposit it at Park Savings. I was foolish enough Sat. when I saw I was out ahead to buy some drygoods, etc. that I could have waited til my check came & not run out of funds. Forgot there might be a delay on account of your moving. So I'm "flat" now.
Your Sat. letter was lost off of bus & a private J.E. Aster found & mailed it so if you know him thank him for it.
Mrs. Herrius [landlady or someone who lived there according to Betty Jane Andrews] going out & I'll have her mail this for me -
Loads & loads of love til Thurs.
Jessica
Pauline married Robert Ashton Amundson in 1923.
Pauline and Robert Ashton Amundson lived in 1930 at 1708 Jefferson Street in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Pauline was enumerated as the wife of Robert Ashton Amundson under the name of "Paulene A. Amundson" on the 1930 U.S. Census of ward 10, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, listed as a married 40-year-old woman born in Wisconsin, her father was born in Illinois and her mother in Wisconsin. She was married for the first time at the age of 33. Her Social Security Number was 389-16-3045, assigned before 1951, issued in Wisconsin.
Pauline died in May 1984 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, at age 94.
Children of Pauline A. Cole and Robert Ashton Amundson
Judith Amundson (living)
Karen B. Amundson (living)
________________
Name: Pauline A Cole
Residence: Oconto city, Oconto, Wisconsin
Birth date: Jul 1889
Birth place: Wisconsin
Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter
Spouse name:
Spouse titles:
Spouse birth place:
Father name: Henry U Cole
Father titles:
Father birth place: Illinois
Mother name: Mary M Cole
Mother titles:
Mother birth place: Wisconsin
Race or color (expanded): White
Head-of-household name: Henry U Cole
Gender: Female
Marital status: Single
Years married:
Estimated marriage year:
Mother how many children:
Number living children:
Immigration year:
Enumeration district: 0141
Sheet number and letter: 10B
Household id: 199
Reference number: 78
GSU film number: 1241808
Image number: 00657
Collection: 1900 United States Census
Groom name: Robert A. Amundson
Groom race (on document):
Groom age: 30 years
Groom birth year: 1892
Groom birth place: Wis.
Bride name: Pauline A. Cole
Bride race (on document):
Bride age: 32 years
Bride birth year: 1890
Bride birth place: Wis.
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 15 May 1922
Marriage place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father of groom name: Hoher
Mother of groom name: Carrie Anderson
Father of bride name: Henry U.
Mother of bride name: Agnes Hoeffel
Marital status:
Groom previous wife name:
Bride marital status:
Bride previous husband name:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342752
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4210117
Image number: 244
Reference number: v 8 rn 228481
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
ABOUT POLLY'S HUSBAND:
RIO HAS AN ARTIST.
November 19, 1915
We have been printing for the past few weeks cartoons on the front page of this paper. Perhaps it would be of interest to our readers to know that these cartoons are drawn by a Rio young man, "Bob" Amundson. Mr. Amundson is working his way through the University at Madison and is drawing these cartoons for the Rio Blade, which in turn supplies them to several of the neighboring papers. The cartoons are good and we predict a brilliant future for Mr. Amundson if he sticks to the job.
Robert A Amundson 1921 U of Wisc alumni directory
Page 592 The University of Wisconsin
Amundson, Robert, instructor in soils, 1917-1918; Oconto County agricultural representative 1919.
Illness Blamed for Amundson Suicide
Cause of death of Prof. Robert A. Amundson, 46, of 2253 Rugby Row, found in his car Friday morning at the University of Wisconsin Hill farm, was suicide caused by carbon monoxide gas, Coroner Edward Fischer said today. Contributing cause leading to the act was an extended illness, Fischer said.
Pauline and Robert Ashton Amundson lived in 1930 at 1708 Jefferson Street, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Pauline was enumerated as the wife of Robert Ashton Amundson under the name of "Paulene A. Amundson" on the [Y] U.S. Census of 10th ward, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, listed as a married 40-year-old woman born in Wisconsin, her father was born in Illinois and her mother in Wisconsin. She was married for the first time at the age of 33.2 Her Social Security Number was 389-16-3045, assigned before 1951, issued in Wisconsin.3
Pauline died in May, 1984 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, at age 94.3
Children of Pauline A. Cole and Robert Ashton Amundson:
Judith Amundson (living)
Karen B. Amundson (living)
_____________
Groom name: Robert A. Amundson
Groom race (on document):
Groom age: 30 years
Groom birth year: 1892
Groom birth place: Wis.
Bride name: Pauline A. Cole
Bride race (on document):
Bride age: 32 years
Bride birth year: 1890
Bride birth place: Wis.
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 15 May 1922
Marriage place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father of groom name: Hoher
Mother of groom name: Carrie Anderson
Father of bride name: Henry U.
Mother of bride name: Agnes Hoeffel
Marital status:
Groom previous wife name:
Bride marital status:
Bride previous husband name:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342752
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4210117
Image number: 244
Reference number: v 8 rn 228481
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
______________
From Helen Cole's Book, "Wisconsin Saga"
Page 207
Pauline Cole was married to Robert A. Amunson and we gave them a wedding breakfast at our apartment.
Polly, everyone said, was more like our mother than any of us. Cecile and I resembled Papa and his parents and Henry and Agnes were definitely Hoeffels, but Polly was our mother almost in duplicate for her beautiful brocaded satin wedding dress just fit Polly when she was a girl of' the same age, about twenty.
Polly and Agnes lived together in Appleton for a few years, where they had jobs until Polly went to Washington during the first World War, where she had a very interesting job as secretey to one of the big men, one of tha so called "dollar a year" men [I wonder if this was Hiram Fist?]; Agnes was married early in the year 1919 to Jack Morris. Polly came to spend Christmas with Joe and me, our first year in New York and we had a great time seeing the city together - the famous shops on Fifth Avenue, the theatres on Broadway, the Paulist Choir, Mary Elizabeth's famous Tea Room etc. Later when Henry returned from the war, he and Polly and Kathleen had an apartment together in Detroit during the year we lived there, and Jess and Ed Early were there with their three children ,Betty, Teddy and Joan; and CarroI1 and Evelyn O'Keefe, and Bess Dana Koebel and Gen. Dana Barrett, old friends from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin were living there too, and we had a very pleasant season. So Polly was married in Detroit, and her first housekeeping was done in a little apartment in Aunt Lizzie's big house in Oconto, where Bobwas a County Agricultural Agent.
Robert Amundson was born on a farm in beautiful Dane County in the southern part of Wisconsin. He was a graduate of the Agricultural School of the University and after serving as county agent in Oconto, he was sent later to Appleton, where they lived for a time, and finally removed to Madison where he was appointed to a permanent postion in the Extension department of the Agricultural College. Their two daughters, Judith and Karen, were born in Appleton. Bob's untimely death in 1938 was very sad. A colleague of his wrote a beautiful tribute which was published in the "Capitol Times," from which I quote:
"In a real sense, Robert Amundson was a modern 'pioneer' filled with the pioneer spirit of helpfulness, and living the honest and frugal life, so charactertic of' the pioneer of earlier days. His life bridged the gap between the early settlers who fought back the wilderness and the farmer of today. Knowing and feeling, either first hand or through association with his elders, the struggles of the early pioneers, aroused in him an unusual sympathy for the farmers of today, whose struggles are equally severe …. He was among the first county agricultural agents to do work in Wisconsin. Just 20 years ago he went to Oconto county as their first county agent. His job was to lead and to help the settlers who sought to hew out a farm from the already cut-over land…. He became a leader in folk- songs, rura1 music, rural plays, and other forms of rural entertainment. His interest in pioneer days was shown by his efforts to preserve all things historic.
He was the originator of the local museum, in which are now preserved dishes, tools, and implements of pioneer times….As a recognition of his outstanding success, he was called to Madison to assist the staff in the agricultural college in their further development of this work throughout the state …. When the college came and farms right and left were being foreclosed, he offered his services to the Farm Credit Administration, and spent much time in the St. Paul office in helping farmers to retain title to their farms. When a drught struck, he was again among the first to proffer his assistance and became the leader in organizing farmers throughout the state so that they might take advantage of the badly needed seed loans. And thus he carried on until two years ago when a break in his health forced him to go slow and relax his efforts. Today we mourn his passing, but the memory of the good work he did will always last."
From Helen Cole's Book, "Wisconsin Saga"
Page 207
Pauline Cole was married to Robert A. Amunson and we gave them a wedding breakfast at our apartment.
Polly, everyone said, was more like our mother than any of us. Cecile and I resembled Papa and his parents and Henry and Agnes were definitely Hoeffels, but Polly was our mother almost in duplicate for her beautiful brocaded satin wedding dress just fit Polly when she was a girl of' the same age, about twenty.
Polly and Agnes lived together in Appleton for a few years, where they had jobs until Polly went to Washington during the first World War, where she had a very interesting job as secretey to one of the big men, one of tha so called "dollar a year" men [I wonder if this was Hiram Fist?]; Agnes was married early in the year 1919 to Jack Morris. Polly came to spend Christmas with Joe and me, our first year in New York and we had a great time seeing the city together - the famous shops on Fifth Avenue, the theatres on Broadway, the Paulist Choir, Mary Elizabeth's famous Tea Room etc. Later when Henry returned from the war, he and Polly and Kathleen had an apartment together in Detroit during the year we lived there, and Jess and Ed Early were there with their three children ,Betty, Teddy and Joan; and CarroI1 and Evelyn O'Keefe, and Bess Dana Koebel and Gen. Dana Barrett, old friends from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin were living there too, and we had a very pleasant season. So Polly was married in Detroit, and her first housekeeping was done in a little apartment in Aunt Lizzie's big house in Oconto, where Bobwas a County Agricultural Agent.
LETTER FROM JESSICA EARLY TO HER HUSBAND ED ABOUT 1918:
It makes you feel like a regular soldier to be officer of day, doesn't it? Have you lost any? Lvs, I mean. I think you're enjoying Aberdeen - I'm awfully glad of it. You'll see a diff. in Carroll. It seems to me he gets dearer everyday-if that's possible-he looks like a picture baby walking around.
I had a big letter from Pauline [Jessica's cousin-Nanny's sister Agnes's daughter Pauline Cole - Agnes had lots of girls, Pauline, Helen and others] Sat. & she's coming to Wash.! Hasn't heard from her exam but expects to the last of July & is hoping I'll not be in Aberdeen. She asks lots of ques. about expenses & if she can live on 100 a mo. we'll have quite a colony here from Wis. won't we. When your check comes why don't you send it back to Amer. National & send me a check on that back & I'll deposit it at Park Savings. I was foolish enough Sat. when I saw I was out ahead to buy some drygoods, etc. that I could have waited til my check came & not run out of funds. Forgot there might be a delay on account of your moving. So I'm "flat" now.
Your Sat. letter was lost off of bus & a private J.E. Aster found & mailed it so if you know him thank him for it.
Mrs. Herrius [landlady or someone who lived there according to Betty Jane Andrews] going out & I'll have her mail this for me -
Loads & loads of love til Thurs.
Jessica
Pauline married Robert Ashton Amundson in 1923.
Pauline and Robert Ashton Amundson lived in 1930 at 1708 Jefferson Street in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Pauline was enumerated as the wife of Robert Ashton Amundson under the name of "Paulene A. Amundson" on the 1930 U.S. Census of ward 10, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, listed as a married 40-year-old woman born in Wisconsin, her father was born in Illinois and her mother in Wisconsin. She was married for the first time at the age of 33. Her Social Security Number was 389-16-3045, assigned before 1951, issued in Wisconsin.
Pauline died in May 1984 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, at age 94.
Children of Pauline A. Cole and Robert Ashton Amundson
Judith Amundson (living)
Karen B. Amundson (living)
________________
Name: Pauline A Cole
Residence: Oconto city, Oconto, Wisconsin
Birth date: Jul 1889
Birth place: Wisconsin
Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter
Spouse name:
Spouse titles:
Spouse birth place:
Father name: Henry U Cole
Father titles:
Father birth place: Illinois
Mother name: Mary M Cole
Mother titles:
Mother birth place: Wisconsin
Race or color (expanded): White
Head-of-household name: Henry U Cole
Gender: Female
Marital status: Single
Years married:
Estimated marriage year:
Mother how many children:
Number living children:
Immigration year:
Enumeration district: 0141
Sheet number and letter: 10B
Household id: 199
Reference number: 78
GSU film number: 1241808
Image number: 00657
Collection: 1900 United States Census
Groom name: Robert A. Amundson
Groom race (on document):
Groom age: 30 years
Groom birth year: 1892
Groom birth place: Wis.
Bride name: Pauline A. Cole
Bride race (on document):
Bride age: 32 years
Bride birth year: 1890
Bride birth place: Wis.
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 15 May 1922
Marriage place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father of groom name: Hoher
Mother of groom name: Carrie Anderson
Father of bride name: Henry U.
Mother of bride name: Agnes Hoeffel
Marital status:
Groom previous wife name:
Bride marital status:
Bride previous husband name:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342752
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4210117
Image number: 244
Reference number: v 8 rn 228481
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
ABOUT POLLY'S HUSBAND:
RIO HAS AN ARTIST.
November 19, 1915
We have been printing for the past few weeks cartoons on the front page of this paper. Perhaps it would be of interest to our readers to know that these cartoons are drawn by a Rio young man, "Bob" Amundson. Mr. Amundson is working his way through the University at Madison and is drawing these cartoons for the Rio Blade, which in turn supplies them to several of the neighboring papers. The cartoons are good and we predict a brilliant future for Mr. Amundson if he sticks to the job.
Robert A Amundson 1921 U of Wisc alumni directory
Page 592 The University of Wisconsin
Amundson, Robert, instructor in soils, 1917-1918; Oconto County agricultural representative 1919.
Illness Blamed for Amundson Suicide
Cause of death of Prof. Robert A. Amundson, 46, of 2253 Rugby Row, found in his car Friday morning at the University of Wisconsin Hill farm, was suicide caused by carbon monoxide gas, Coroner Edward Fischer said today. Contributing cause leading to the act was an extended illness, Fischer said.
Pauline and Robert Ashton Amundson lived in 1930 at 1708 Jefferson Street, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Pauline was enumerated as the wife of Robert Ashton Amundson under the name of "Paulene A. Amundson" on the [Y] U.S. Census of 10th ward, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, listed as a married 40-year-old woman born in Wisconsin, her father was born in Illinois and her mother in Wisconsin. She was married for the first time at the age of 33.2 Her Social Security Number was 389-16-3045, assigned before 1951, issued in Wisconsin.3
Pauline died in May, 1984 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, at age 94.3
Children of Pauline A. Cole and Robert Ashton Amundson:
Judith Amundson (living)
Karen B. Amundson (living)
_____________
Groom name: Robert A. Amundson
Groom race (on document):
Groom age: 30 years
Groom birth year: 1892
Groom birth place: Wis.
Bride name: Pauline A. Cole
Bride race (on document):
Bride age: 32 years
Bride birth year: 1890
Bride birth place: Wis.
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 15 May 1922
Marriage place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father of groom name: Hoher
Mother of groom name: Carrie Anderson
Father of bride name: Henry U.
Mother of bride name: Agnes Hoeffel
Marital status:
Groom previous wife name:
Bride marital status:
Bride previous husband name:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342752
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4210117
Image number: 244
Reference number: v 8 rn 228481
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
______________
From Helen Cole's Book, "Wisconsin Saga"
Page 207
Pauline Cole was married to Robert A. Amunson and we gave them a wedding breakfast at our apartment.
Polly, everyone said, was more like our mother than any of us. Cecile and I resembled Papa and his parents and Henry and Agnes were definitely Hoeffels, but Polly was our mother almost in duplicate for her beautiful brocaded satin wedding dress just fit Polly when she was a girl of' the same age, about twenty.
Polly and Agnes lived together in Appleton for a few years, where they had jobs until Polly went to Washington during the first World War, where she had a very interesting job as secretey to one of the big men, one of tha so called "dollar a year" men [I wonder if this was Hiram Fist?]; Agnes was married early in the year 1919 to Jack Morris. Polly came to spend Christmas with Joe and me, our first year in New York and we had a great time seeing the city together - the famous shops on Fifth Avenue, the theatres on Broadway, the Paulist Choir, Mary Elizabeth's famous Tea Room etc. Later when Henry returned from the war, he and Polly and Kathleen had an apartment together in Detroit during the year we lived there, and Jess and Ed Early were there with their three children ,Betty, Teddy and Joan; and CarroI1 and Evelyn O'Keefe, and Bess Dana Koebel and Gen. Dana Barrett, old friends from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin were living there too, and we had a very pleasant season. So Polly was married in Detroit, and her first housekeeping was done in a little apartment in Aunt Lizzie's big house in Oconto, where Bobwas a County Agricultural Agent.
Robert Amundson was born on a farm in beautiful Dane County in the southern part of Wisconsin. He was a graduate of the Agricultural School of the University and after serving as county agent in Oconto, he was sent later to Appleton, where they lived for a time, and finally removed to Madison where he was appointed to a permanent postion in the Extension department of the Agricultural College. Their two daughters, Judith and Karen, were born in Appleton. Bob's untimely death in 1938 was very sad. A colleague of his wrote a beautiful tribute which was published in the "Capitol Times," from which I quote:
"In a real sense, Robert Amundson was a modern 'pioneer' filled with the pioneer spirit of helpfulness, and living the honest and frugal life, so charactertic of' the pioneer of earlier days. His life bridged the gap between the early settlers who fought back the wilderness and the farmer of today. Knowing and feeling, either first hand or through association with his elders, the struggles of the early pioneers, aroused in him an unusual sympathy for the farmers of today, whose struggles are equally severe …. He was among the first county agricultural agents to do work in Wisconsin. Just 20 years ago he went to Oconto county as their first county agent. His job was to lead and to help the settlers who sought to hew out a farm from the already cut-over land…. He became a leader in folk- songs, rura1 music, rural plays, and other forms of rural entertainment. His interest in pioneer days was shown by his efforts to preserve all things historic.
He was the originator of the local museum, in which are now preserved dishes, tools, and implements of pioneer times….As a recognition of his outstanding success, he was called to Madison to assist the staff in the agricultural college in their further development of this work throughout the state …. When the college came and farms right and left were being foreclosed, he offered his services to the Farm Credit Administration, and spent much time in the St. Paul office in helping farmers to retain title to their farms. When a drught struck, he was again among the first to proffer his assistance and became the leader in organizing farmers throughout the state so that they might take advantage of the badly needed seed loans. And thus he carried on until two years ago when a break in his health forced him to go slow and relax his efforts. Today we mourn his passing, but the memory of the good work he did will always last."
Pauline (Polly), b. 1889, married Robert Amundson, County Extention Agent, later professor at the University of Wisconsin school of agriculture in Madison. After his early death, Polly established a very successful bakery business near the university, and finished raising her twin? daughters, Judith and Karen. Whereupon she retired on her considerable earnings and wise investments. Judy married Dr. Robert Cooney and lives in Portage, WI and had two sons. Karen married Milford Taylor and lives in Tucson, AZ. and has no children.
From Helen Cole's Book, "Wisconsin Saga"
Page 207
Pauline Cole was married to Robert A. Amunson and we gave them a wedding breakfast at our apartment.
Polly, everyone said, was more like our mother than any of us. Cecile and I resembled Papa and his parents and Henry and Agnes were definitely Hoeffels, but Polly was our mother almost in duplicate for her beautiful brocaded satin wedding dress just fit Polly when she was a girl of' the same age, about twenty.
Polly and Agnes lived together in Appleton for a few years, where they had jobs until Polly went to Washington during the first World War, where she had a very interesting job as secretey to one of the big men, one of tha so called "dollar a year" men [I wonder if this was Hiram Fist?]; Agnes was married early in the year 1919 to Jack Morris. Polly came to spend Christmas with Joe and me, our first year in New York and we had a great time seeing the city together - the famous shops on Fifth Avenue, the theatres on Broadway, the Paulist Choir, Mary Elizabeth's famous Tea Room etc. Later when Henry returned from the war, he and Polly and Kathleen had an apartment together in Detroit during the year we lived there, and Jess and Ed Early were there with their three children ,Betty, Teddy and Joan; and CarroI1 and Evelyn O'Keefe, and Bess Dana Koebel and Gen. Dana Barrett, old friends from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin were living there too, and we had a very pleasant season. So Polly was married in Detroit, and her first housekeeping was done in a little apartment in Aunt Lizzie's big house in Oconto, where Bobwas a County Agricultural Agent.
LETTER FROM JESSICA EARLY TO HER HUSBAND ED ABOUT 1918:
It makes you feel like a regular soldier to be officer of day, doesn't it? Have you lost any? Lvs, I mean. I think you're enjoying Aberdeen - I'm awfully glad of it. You'll see a diff. in Carroll. It seems to me he gets dearer everyday-if that's possible-he looks like a picture baby walking around.
I had a big letter from Pauline [Jessica's cousin-Nanny's sister Agnes's daughter Pauline Cole - Agnes had lots of girls, Pauline, Helen and others] Sat. & she's coming to Wash.! Hasn't heard from her exam but expects to the last of July & is hoping I'll not be in Aberdeen. She asks lots of ques. about expenses & if she can live on 100 a mo. we'll have quite a colony here from Wis. won't we. When your check comes why don't you send it back to Amer. National & send me a check on that back & I'll deposit it at Park Savings. I was foolish enough Sat. when I saw I was out ahead to buy some drygoods, etc. that I could have waited til my check came & not run out of funds. Forgot there might be a delay on account of your moving. So I'm "flat" now.
Your Sat. letter was lost off of bus & a private J.E. Aster found & mailed it so if you know him thank him for it.
Mrs. Herrius [landlady or someone who lived there according to Betty Jane Andrews] going out & I'll have her mail this for me -
Loads & loads of love til Thurs.
Jessica
Pauline married Robert Ashton Amundson in 1923.
Pauline and Robert Ashton Amundson lived in 1930 at 1708 Jefferson Street in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Pauline was enumerated as the wife of Robert Ashton Amundson under the name of "Paulene A. Amundson" on the 1930 U.S. Census of ward 10, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, listed as a married 40-year-old woman born in Wisconsin, her father was born in Illinois and her mother in Wisconsin. She was married for the first time at the age of 33. Her Social Security Number was 389-16-3045, assigned before 1951, issued in Wisconsin.
Pauline died in May 1984 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, at age 94.
Children of Pauline A. Cole and Robert Ashton Amundson
Judith Amundson (living)
Karen B. Amundson (living)
________________
Name: Pauline A Cole
Residence: Oconto city, Oconto, Wisconsin
Birth date: Jul 1889
Birth place: Wisconsin
Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter
Spouse name:
Spouse titles:
Spouse birth place:
Father name: Henry U Cole
Father titles:
Father birth place: Illinois
Mother name: Mary M Cole
Mother titles:
Mother birth place: Wisconsin
Race or color (expanded): White
Head-of-household name: Henry U Cole
Gender: Female
Marital status: Single
Years married:
Estimated marriage year:
Mother how many children:
Number living children:
Immigration year:
Enumeration district: 0141
Sheet number and letter: 10B
Household id: 199
Reference number: 78
GSU film number: 1241808
Image number: 00657
Collection: 1900 United States Census
Groom name: Robert A. Amundson
Groom race (on document):
Groom age: 30 years
Groom birth year: 1892
Groom birth place: Wis.
Bride name: Pauline A. Cole
Bride race (on document):
Bride age: 32 years
Bride birth year: 1890
Bride birth place: Wis.
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 15 May 1922
Marriage place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father of groom name: Hoher
Mother of groom name: Carrie Anderson
Father of bride name: Henry U.
Mother of bride name: Agnes Hoeffel
Marital status:
Groom previous wife name:
Bride marital status:
Bride previous husband name:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342752
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4210117
Image number: 244
Reference number: v 8 rn 228481
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
ABOUT POLLY'S HUSBAND:
RIO HAS AN ARTIST.
November 19, 1915
We have been printing for the past few weeks cartoons on the front page of this paper. Perhaps it would be of interest to our readers to know that these cartoons are drawn by a Rio young man, "Bob" Amundson. Mr. Amundson is working his way through the University at Madison and is drawing these cartoons for the Rio Blade, which in turn supplies them to several of the neighboring papers. The cartoons are good and we predict a brilliant future for Mr. Amundson if he sticks to the job.
Robert A Amundson 1921 U of Wisc alumni directory
Page 592 The University of Wisconsin
Amundson, Robert, instructor in soils, 1917-1918; Oconto County agricultural representative 1919.
Illness Blamed for Amundson Suicide
Cause of death of Prof. Robert A. Amundson, 46, of 2253 Rugby Row, found in his car Friday morning at the University of Wisconsin Hill farm, was suicide caused by carbon monoxide gas, Coroner Edward Fischer said today. Contributing cause leading to the act was an extended illness, Fischer said.
Pauline and Robert Ashton Amundson lived in 1930 at 1708 Jefferson Street, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Pauline was enumerated as the wife of Robert Ashton Amundson under the name of "Paulene A. Amundson" on the [Y] U.S. Census of 10th ward, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, listed as a married 40-year-old woman born in Wisconsin, her father was born in Illinois and her mother in Wisconsin. She was married for the first time at the age of 33.2 Her Social Security Number was 389-16-3045, assigned before 1951, issued in Wisconsin.3
Pauline died in May, 1984 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, at age 94.3
Children of Pauline A. Cole and Robert Ashton Amundson:
Judith Amundson (living)
Karen B. Amundson (living)
_____________
Groom name: Robert A. Amundson
Groom race (on document):
Groom age: 30 years
Groom birth year: 1892
Groom birth place: Wis.
Bride name: Pauline A. Cole
Bride race (on document):
Bride age: 32 years
Bride birth year: 1890
Bride birth place: Wis.
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 15 May 1922
Marriage place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father of groom name: Hoher
Mother of groom name: Carrie Anderson
Father of bride name: Henry U.
Mother of bride name: Agnes Hoeffel
Marital status:
Groom previous wife name:
Bride marital status:
Bride previous husband name:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342752
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4210117
Image number: 244
Reference number: v 8 rn 228481
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
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From Helen Cole's Book, "Wisconsin Saga"
Page 207
Pauline Cole was married to Robert A. Amunson and we gave them a wedding breakfast at our apartment.
Polly, everyone said, was more like our mother than any of us. Cecile and I resembled Papa and his parents and Henry and Agnes were definitely Hoeffels, but Polly was our mother almost in duplicate for her beautiful brocaded satin wedding dress just fit Polly when she was a girl of' the same age, about twenty.
Polly and Agnes lived together in Appleton for a few years, where they had jobs until Polly went to Washington during the first World War, where she had a very interesting job as secretey to one of the big men, one of tha so called "dollar a year" men [I wonder if this was Hiram Fist?]; Agnes was married early in the year 1919 to Jack Morris. Polly came to spend Christmas with Joe and me, our first year in New York and we had a great time seeing the city together - the famous shops on Fifth Avenue, the theatres on Broadway, the Paulist Choir, Mary Elizabeth's famous Tea Room etc. Later when Henry returned from the war, he and Polly and Kathleen had an apartment together in Detroit during the year we lived there, and Jess and Ed Early were there with their three children ,Betty, Teddy and Joan; and CarroI1 and Evelyn O'Keefe, and Bess Dana Koebel and Gen. Dana Barrett, old friends from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin were living there too, and we had a very pleasant season. So Polly was married in Detroit, and her first housekeeping was done in a little apartment in Aunt Lizzie's big house in Oconto, where Bobwas a County Agricultural Agent.
Robert Amundson was born on a farm in beautiful Dane County in the southern part of Wisconsin. He was a graduate of the Agricultural School of the University and after serving as county agent in Oconto, he was sent later to Appleton, where they lived for a time, and finally removed to Madison where he was appointed to a permanent postion in the Extension department of the Agricultural College. Their two daughters, Judith and Karen, were born in Appleton. Bob's untimely death in 1938 was very sad. A colleague of his wrote a beautiful tribute which was published in the "Capitol Times," from which I quote:
"In a real sense, Robert Amundson was a modern 'pioneer' filled with the pioneer spirit of helpfulness, and living the honest and frugal life, so charactertic of' the pioneer of earlier days. His life bridged the gap between the early settlers who fought back the wilderness and the farmer of today. Knowing and feeling, either first hand or through association with his elders, the struggles of the early pioneers, aroused in him an unusual sympathy for the farmers of today, whose struggles are equally severe …. He was among the first county agricultural agents to do work in Wisconsin. Just 20 years ago he went to Oconto county as their first county agent. His job was to lead and to help the settlers who sought to hew out a farm from the already cut-over land…. He became a leader in folk- songs, rura1 music, rural plays, and other forms of rural entertainment. His interest in pioneer days was shown by his efforts to preserve all things historic.
He was the originator of the local museum, in which are now preserved dishes, tools, and implements of pioneer times….As a recognition of his outstanding success, he was called to Madison to assist the staff in the agricultural college in their further development of this work throughout the state …. When the college came and farms right and left were being foreclosed, he offered his services to the Farm Credit Administration, and spent much time in the St. Paul office in helping farmers to retain title to their farms. When a drught struck, he was again among the first to proffer his assistance and became the leader in organizing farmers throughout the state so that they might take advantage of the badly needed seed loans. And thus he carried on until two years ago when a break in his health forced him to go slow and relax his efforts. Today we mourn his passing, but the memory of the good work he did will always last."
From Helen Cole's Book, "Wisconsin Saga"
Page 207
Pauline Cole was married to Robert A. Amunson and we gave them a wedding breakfast at our apartment.
Polly, everyone said, was more like our mother than any of us. Cecile and I resembled Papa and his parents and Henry and Agnes were definitely Hoeffels, but Polly was our mother almost in duplicate for her beautiful brocaded satin wedding dress just fit Polly when she was a girl of' the same age, about twenty.
Polly and Agnes lived together in Appleton for a few years, where they had jobs until Polly went to Washington during the first World War, where she had a very interesting job as secretey to one of the big men, one of tha so called "dollar a year" men [I wonder if this was Hiram Fist?]; Agnes was married early in the year 1919 to Jack Morris. Polly came to spend Christmas with Joe and me, our first year in New York and we had a great time seeing the city together - the famous shops on Fifth Avenue, the theatres on Broadway, the Paulist Choir, Mary Elizabeth's famous Tea Room etc. Later when Henry returned from the war, he and Polly and Kathleen had an apartment together in Detroit during the year we lived there, and Jess and Ed Early were there with their three children ,Betty, Teddy and Joan; and CarroI1 and Evelyn O'Keefe, and Bess Dana Koebel and Gen. Dana Barrett, old friends from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin were living there too, and we had a very pleasant season. So Polly was married in Detroit, and her first housekeeping was done in a little apartment in Aunt Lizzie's big house in Oconto, where Bobwas a County Agricultural Agent.
LETTER FROM JESSICA EARLY TO HER HUSBAND ED ABOUT 1918:
It makes you feel like a regular soldier to be officer of day, doesn't it? Have you lost any? Lvs, I mean. I think you're enjoying Aberdeen - I'm awfully glad of it. You'll see a diff. in Carroll. It seems to me he gets dearer everyday-if that's possible-he looks like a picture baby walking around.
I had a big letter from Pauline [Jessica's cousin-Nanny's sister Agnes's daughter Pauline Cole - Agnes had lots of girls, Pauline, Helen and others] Sat. & she's coming to Wash.! Hasn't heard from her exam but expects to the last of July & is hoping I'll not be in Aberdeen. She asks lots of ques. about expenses & if she can live on 100 a mo. we'll have quite a colony here from Wis. won't we. When your check comes why don't you send it back to Amer. National & send me a check on that back & I'll deposit it at Park Savings. I was foolish enough Sat. when I saw I was out ahead to buy some drygoods, etc. that I could have waited til my check came & not run out of funds. Forgot there might be a delay on account of your moving. So I'm "flat" now.
Your Sat. letter was lost off of bus & a private J.E. Aster found & mailed it so if you know him thank him for it.
Mrs. Herrius [landlady or someone who lived there according to Betty Jane Andrews] going out & I'll have her mail this for me -
Loads & loads of love til Thurs.
Jessica
Pauline married Robert Ashton Amundson in 1923.
Pauline and Robert Ashton Amundson lived in 1930 at 1708 Jefferson Street in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Pauline was enumerated as the wife of Robert Ashton Amundson under the name of "Paulene A. Amundson" on the 1930 U.S. Census of ward 10, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, listed as a married 40-year-old woman born in Wisconsin, her father was born in Illinois and her mother in Wisconsin. She was married for the first time at the age of 33. Her Social Security Number was 389-16-3045, assigned before 1951, issued in Wisconsin.
Pauline died in May 1984 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, at age 94.
Children of Pauline A. Cole and Robert Ashton Amundson
Judith Amundson (living)
Karen B. Amundson (living)
________________
Name: Pauline A Cole
Residence: Oconto city, Oconto, Wisconsin
Birth date: Jul 1889
Birth place: Wisconsin
Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter
Spouse name:
Spouse titles:
Spouse birth place:
Father name: Henry U Cole
Father titles:
Father birth place: Illinois
Mother name: Mary M Cole
Mother titles:
Mother birth place: Wisconsin
Race or color (expanded): White
Head-of-household name: Henry U Cole
Gender: Female
Marital status: Single
Years married:
Estimated marriage year:
Mother how many children:
Number living children:
Immigration year:
Enumeration district: 0141
Sheet number and letter: 10B
Household id: 199
Reference number: 78
GSU film number: 1241808
Image number: 00657
Collection: 1900 United States Census
Groom name: Robert A. Amundson
Groom race (on document):
Groom age: 30 years
Groom birth year: 1892
Groom birth place: Wis.
Bride name: Pauline A. Cole
Bride race (on document):
Bride age: 32 years
Bride birth year: 1890
Bride birth place: Wis.
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 15 May 1922
Marriage place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father of groom name: Hoher
Mother of groom name: Carrie Anderson
Father of bride name: Henry U.
Mother of bride name: Agnes Hoeffel
Marital status:
Groom previous wife name:
Bride marital status:
Bride previous husband name:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342752
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4210117
Image number: 244
Reference number: v 8 rn 228481
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
ABOUT POLLY'S HUSBAND:
RIO HAS AN ARTIST.
November 19, 1915
We have been printing for the past few weeks cartoons on the front page of this paper. Perhaps it would be of interest to our readers to know that these cartoons are drawn by a Rio young man, "Bob" Amundson. Mr. Amundson is working his way through the University at Madison and is drawing these cartoons for the Rio Blade, which in turn supplies them to several of the neighboring papers. The cartoons are good and we predict a brilliant future for Mr. Amundson if he sticks to the job.
Robert A Amundson 1921 U of Wisc alumni directory
Page 592 The University of Wisconsin
Amundson, Robert, instructor in soils, 1917-1918; Oconto County agricultural representative 1919.
Illness Blamed for Amundson Suicide
Cause of death of Prof. Robert A. Amundson, 46, of 2253 Rugby Row, found in his car Friday morning at the University of Wisconsin Hill farm, was suicide caused by carbon monoxide gas, Coroner Edward Fischer said today. Contributing cause leading to the act was an extended illness, Fischer said.
Pauline and Robert Ashton Amundson lived in 1930 at 1708 Jefferson Street, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Pauline was enumerated as the wife of Robert Ashton Amundson under the name of "Paulene A. Amundson" on the [Y] U.S. Census of 10th ward, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, listed as a married 40-year-old woman born in Wisconsin, her father was born in Illinois and her mother in Wisconsin. She was married for the first time at the age of 33.2 Her Social Security Number was 389-16-3045, assigned before 1951, issued in Wisconsin.3
Pauline died in May, 1984 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, at age 94.3
Children of Pauline A. Cole and Robert Ashton Amundson:
Judith Amundson (living)
Karen B. Amundson (living)
_____________
Groom name: Robert A. Amundson
Groom race (on document):
Groom age: 30 years
Groom birth year: 1892
Groom birth place: Wis.
Bride name: Pauline A. Cole
Bride race (on document):
Bride age: 32 years
Bride birth year: 1890
Bride birth place: Wis.
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 15 May 1922
Marriage place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father of groom name: Hoher
Mother of groom name: Carrie Anderson
Father of bride name: Henry U.
Mother of bride name: Agnes Hoeffel
Marital status:
Groom previous wife name:
Bride marital status:
Bride previous husband name:
Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342752
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4210117
Image number: 244
Reference number: v 8 rn 228481
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
______________
From Helen Cole's Book, "Wisconsin Saga"
Page 207
Pauline Cole was married to Robert A. Amunson and we gave them a wedding breakfast at our apartment.
Polly, everyone said, was more like our mother than any of us. Cecile and I resembled Papa and his parents and Henry and Agnes were definitely Hoeffels, but Polly was our mother almost in duplicate for her beautiful brocaded satin wedding dress just fit Polly when she was a girl of' the same age, about twenty.
Polly and Agnes lived together in Appleton for a few years, where they had jobs until Polly went to Washington during the first World War, where she had a very interesting job as secretey to one of the big men, one of tha so called "dollar a year" men [I wonder if this was Hiram Fist?]; Agnes was married early in the year 1919 to Jack Morris. Polly came to spend Christmas with Joe and me, our first year in New York and we had a great time seeing the city together - the famous shops on Fifth Avenue, the theatres on Broadway, the Paulist Choir, Mary Elizabeth's famous Tea Room etc. Later when Henry returned from the war, he and Polly and Kathleen had an apartment together in Detroit during the year we lived there, and Jess and Ed Early were there with their three children ,Betty, Teddy and Joan; and CarroI1 and Evelyn O'Keefe, and Bess Dana Koebel and Gen. Dana Barrett, old friends from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin were living there too, and we had a very pleasant season. So Polly was married in Detroit, and her first housekeeping was done in a little apartment in Aunt Lizzie's big house in Oconto, where Bobwas a County Agricultural Agent.
Robert Amundson was born on a farm in beautiful Dane County in the southern part of Wisconsin. He was a graduate of the Agricultural School of the University and after serving as county agent in Oconto, he was sent later to Appleton, where they lived for a time, and finally removed to Madison where he was appointed to a permanent postion in the Extension department of the Agricultural College. Their two daughters, Judith and Karen, were born in Appleton. Bob's untimely death in 1938 was very sad. A colleague of his wrote a beautiful tribute which was published in the "Capitol Times," from which I quote:
"In a real sense, Robert Amundson was a modern 'pioneer' filled with the pioneer spirit of helpfulness, and living the honest and frugal life, so charactertic of' the pioneer of earlier days. His life bridged the gap between the early settlers who fought back the wilderness and the farmer of today. Knowing and feeling, either first hand or through association with his elders, the struggles of the early pioneers, aroused in him an unusual sympathy for the farmers of today, whose struggles are equally severe …. He was among the first county agricultural agents to do work in Wisconsin. Just 20 years ago he went to Oconto county as their first county agent. His job was to lead and to help the settlers who sought to hew out a farm from the already cut-over land…. He became a leader in folk- songs, rura1 music, rural plays, and other forms of rural entertainment. His interest in pioneer days was shown by his efforts to preserve all things historic.
He was the originator of the local museum, in which are now preserved dishes, tools, and implements of pioneer times….As a recognition of his outstanding success, he was called to Madison to assist the staff in the agricultural college in their further development of this work throughout the state …. When the college came and farms right and left were being foreclosed, he offered his services to the Farm Credit Administration, and spent much time in the St. Paul office in helping farmers to retain title to their farms. When a drught struck, he was again among the first to proffer his assistance and became the leader in organizing farmers throughout the state so that they might take advantage of the badly needed seed loans. And thus he carried on until two years ago when a break in his health forced him to go slow and relax his efforts. Today we mourn his passing, but the memory of the good work he did will always last."
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