Most of this info comes from the 1900 thru 1930 Federal Census data:
The CAMPBELL and FLEXMAN lines moved to Chicago in the early 1900's
and both joined to the WALLENIUS line already in Chicago. A surprising number of kin moved from Hoopeston to the "big city" and for awhile, many lived on the same block in 3 different houses!
Olive's parents were John WALLENIUS and Josephine "Josy" WALLENIUS.
John was born Dec 1857 in Sweden, she was about 5 years younger, born Feb 1863. They both immigrated to the USA in 1882 and got married about 2 years later. The parent's "native language" was Swedish, but their children all spoke English.
The 11 Jun 1900 census found the John & "Josy" WALLENIUS family renting a house at 210 N. Racine Ave, Chicago IL. (Just south of Fullerton Ave in the "North Town" neighborhood in Cook County IL.) They were listed with their four children: Edith (14), Olive M[adeline] (13), Arthur (10), and Lucie [Lucille] (5/12). The 3 older children already attended school, "Aunt Lu" was just 5 months old.
Sometime before the 1910 census, it appears that :
Lloyd Corr Campbell (Sr) and his friend (possibly kin?), James William (?) Flexman (Sr), had moved from Grant Township, Hoopeston, Vermilion County, IL. They may have been kin, and there were other familiar names from Hoopeston & nearby Grant township: BYARD, GATES, and RODDY. Lloyd & James may have moved to Chicago together and they may have been kin or cousins before leaving Hoopeston to move 100 miles north. I believe there is an early photo of Lloyd "Sr" in a baseball uniform for a company team for "Acorn Brass" in the Chicago area.
They each married a WALLENIUS sister. If they weren't kin before they moved to Chicago, they were "cousins by marriage" after they married.
BEFORE 1908, James W. Flexman (Sr) married Edith WALLENIUS, the eldest daughter & child of John & "Josy" WALLENIUS.
BETWEEN 1910 and early 1911, Lloyd Corr "Beppo" CAMPBELL "Sr" married Olive Madeline WALLENIUS, the 2nd child & daughter of John & Josey.
--- They weren't the only ones to move from Hoopeston! ---
1890 census data showing Olive M. Wallenius hasn't been located yet.
The 1900 census is dated 11 June 1900 and showed all 4 WALLENIUS kids living with their parents in a rented house at: 210 N. Racine Ave, Chicago IL. By the 1920 census, there are many CAMPBELL kin in the Chicago area.
The 1910 census was dated 28 ? April 1910 and shows Edith WALLENIUS married to James W. Flexman, with two young sons: James W. Flexman Jr. (age 2), and Edmund Flexman (age 8 months). They were living at 924 St Anthony's Court, Chicago IL in Cook County IL.
The part of this census entry that is slightly odd is that Edith Flexman and her family are also housing Edith's 3 younger siblings: Olive M. [soon to be married], Arthur, and Lucile (about 10 or 11). There is no mention of the parents - John & Josephine (Josey). Did something happen to John & Josy between 1900 and 1910? This census spells the kids name incorrectly as Walenius or Waleneus, so searching for variations might find the parents. A correction / alternate name has been submitted to Ancestry to simplify future searches.
Olive Madeline WALLENIUS married Lloyd Corr CAMPBELL "Sr" between 1910 and early 1911, probably in Chicago IL or possibly Hoopeston IL.
11/11/1911 Olive Madeline WALLENIUS had her first child, Lloyd Corr "Colin" Campbell Jr. He was the first of her 6 children: Lloyd, Don, Bill, Jody, Dave, and Dick.
Almost 10 years later, the 1920 census shows Olive (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL as married & renting a house at 1538 Lavergne Ave, Chicago IL. They had the first 4 of 6 kids. The census lists: Lloyd Jr. (8), Don (6), William (3), and O. Josephine ["Jody"] almost 2 (1 & 10/12).
This 1920 census entry is split over two separate pages. Lloyd Sr. is at the bottom of page 26 where his occupation appears to be "tin smith" at "Sheet Metal Works". His wife, Olive & their 4 kids are at the top of page 27.
But… further down on that same page… at 1522 Lavergne Ave: Dee Boice CAMPBELL was renting a house at 1522 Lavergne Ave and living there with his wife Ruth, and his brother, Lester CAMPBELL (all from Hoopeston!)
The next house down is 1520 Lavergne with William A. BYARD and his wife, Beulah (CAMPBELL) BYARD, and their daughter, Frances B. BYARD (later Frances DORSEY (?). Also in that house is Sarah T (or J?) BYARD, his mother, and… Charlotte BYARD, his sister.
So many of the Hoopeston IL CAMPBELL's moved from 709 S Fourth St and for a short time at least, occupied 3 houses at: 1520, 1522, and 1538 N. Lavergne Ave in Chicago. There was probably little reason to feel homesick with that many kin in such close proximity.
By the 1930 Census, Lloyd Campbell Sr & Olive had bought a house "closer" to their kin at 1526 N Lavergne Ave, leaving the 1538 rental house occupied by another family. My dad would have been about 5 years old then, and his friend Richie Rasmussen lived at 1534 (?) Lavergne Ave, about halfway between the old rental house and the house at 1526.
Lloyd Sr & Olive's house was valued at $7,000 at the start of the Great Depression. Lloyd Sr. was 48, Olive was 43, they had been married 19+ years and had 6 kids: Lloyd Jr. (18), Donald (16), William (13), Josephine O. "Jody" (12), plus the two "new kids": David B. (5) and Richard J. (2). The family had a radio in 1930 so all those kids could listen to radio shows.
Lloyd Sr. listed his occupation as "Metal worker" and "Manufactor" as the Depression deepened. My dad said Lloyd Sr's business continued to do okay during the Depression. Lloyd Sr had branched out to include the new "refrigeration" technology for making soda fountains and had some interesting customers during the Prohibition years from 16 Jan 1920 until it was relaxed somewhat on 23 March 1933 and repealed completely on 5 Dec 1933. Even then, the family business thrived.
In 1941 or 1942, a 60 year old Lloyd Sr filled out his WW-II Draft Registration card which listed his business address as 4383 N Elston Ave, Chicago IL. That's only about 5.5 miles driving from his home at 1526 N Lavergne Ave. Driving about 4.1 miles N on Cicero Ave, then about a 0.4 miles east on Lawrence, it probably only took 10 or 15 minutes to get to work.
The 1940 and 1950 census aren't publicly available yet.
At some point the family bought a farm on Haas Rd about a mile north of Marley IL and moved there. My dad returned to that farm after WW-II and I believe that is where his mother, Olive Madeline (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL,
died during the night in 1952.
Dave said that his dad, Lloyd Sr, called down to him the next morning and simply said "she's gone…" She had been fighting cancer and passed away about the age of 65. Lloyd Sr. lived about 10 years after that, when he to passed away, in 1962 (?).
Both Lloyd Corr CAMPBELL (Sr) and his wife, Olive Madeline (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL are buried in Floral Hill cemetery near Hoopeston IL. Hoopeston is in Vermilion County, IL, but Floral Hill cemetery is listed in Iroquois County IL.
--- Related Links and followup research ---
(And something for me to followup on the 1920 Census on page 28:
There is a Walter E. STRONG and his wife, Cora J. STRONG (aged 47)
and their two son's: Dudley & Kenneth at 1420 Lowles (?) Ave (age 14 & 11) on census page 28.
This could be related to my STRONG family line - with connections to the newspaper publisher and the "StrongHold" family retreat on the Rock River near Dixon IL?
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004113729_00245&fn=Olive+M&ln=Wallenius&st=r&ssrc=pt_t236132_p-2104983055_kpidz0q3d-2104983055z0q26pgz0q3d32770z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid&pid=10888703
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=6061&path=Illinois.Cook+(Chicago).Chicago+Ward+33.2101.26
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=6061&path=Illinois.Cook+(Chicago).Chicago+Ward+33.2101.27
The CAMPBELL and FLEXMAN lines moved to Chicago in the early 1900's
and both joined to the WALLENIUS line already in Chicago. A surprising number of kin moved from Hoopeston to the "big city" and for awhile, many lived on the same block in 3 different houses!
Olive's parents were John WALLENIUS and Josephine "Josy" WALLENIUS.
John was born Dec 1857 in Sweden, she was about 5 years younger, born Feb 1863. They both immigrated to the USA in 1882 and got married about 2 years later. The parent's "native language" was Swedish, but their children all spoke English.
The 11 Jun 1900 census found the John & "Josy" WALLENIUS family renting a house at 210 N. Racine Ave, Chicago IL. (Just south of Fullerton Ave in the "North Town" neighborhood in Cook County IL.) They were listed with their four children: Edith (14), Olive M[adeline] (13), Arthur (10), and Lucie [Lucille] (5/12). The 3 older children already attended school, "Aunt Lu" was just 5 months old.
Sometime before the 1910 census, it appears that :
Lloyd Corr Campbell (Sr) and his friend (possibly kin?), James William (?) Flexman (Sr), had moved from Grant Township, Hoopeston, Vermilion County, IL. They may have been kin, and there were other familiar names from Hoopeston & nearby Grant township: BYARD, GATES, and RODDY. Lloyd & James may have moved to Chicago together and they may have been kin or cousins before leaving Hoopeston to move 100 miles north. I believe there is an early photo of Lloyd "Sr" in a baseball uniform for a company team for "Acorn Brass" in the Chicago area.
They each married a WALLENIUS sister. If they weren't kin before they moved to Chicago, they were "cousins by marriage" after they married.
BEFORE 1908, James W. Flexman (Sr) married Edith WALLENIUS, the eldest daughter & child of John & "Josy" WALLENIUS.
BETWEEN 1910 and early 1911, Lloyd Corr "Beppo" CAMPBELL "Sr" married Olive Madeline WALLENIUS, the 2nd child & daughter of John & Josey.
--- They weren't the only ones to move from Hoopeston! ---
1890 census data showing Olive M. Wallenius hasn't been located yet.
The 1900 census is dated 11 June 1900 and showed all 4 WALLENIUS kids living with their parents in a rented house at: 210 N. Racine Ave, Chicago IL. By the 1920 census, there are many CAMPBELL kin in the Chicago area.
The 1910 census was dated 28 ? April 1910 and shows Edith WALLENIUS married to James W. Flexman, with two young sons: James W. Flexman Jr. (age 2), and Edmund Flexman (age 8 months). They were living at 924 St Anthony's Court, Chicago IL in Cook County IL.
The part of this census entry that is slightly odd is that Edith Flexman and her family are also housing Edith's 3 younger siblings: Olive M. [soon to be married], Arthur, and Lucile (about 10 or 11). There is no mention of the parents - John & Josephine (Josey). Did something happen to John & Josy between 1900 and 1910? This census spells the kids name incorrectly as Walenius or Waleneus, so searching for variations might find the parents. A correction / alternate name has been submitted to Ancestry to simplify future searches.
Olive Madeline WALLENIUS married Lloyd Corr CAMPBELL "Sr" between 1910 and early 1911, probably in Chicago IL or possibly Hoopeston IL.
11/11/1911 Olive Madeline WALLENIUS had her first child, Lloyd Corr "Colin" Campbell Jr. He was the first of her 6 children: Lloyd, Don, Bill, Jody, Dave, and Dick.
Almost 10 years later, the 1920 census shows Olive (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL as married & renting a house at 1538 Lavergne Ave, Chicago IL. They had the first 4 of 6 kids. The census lists: Lloyd Jr. (8), Don (6), William (3), and O. Josephine ["Jody"] almost 2 (1 & 10/12).
This 1920 census entry is split over two separate pages. Lloyd Sr. is at the bottom of page 26 where his occupation appears to be "tin smith" at "Sheet Metal Works". His wife, Olive & their 4 kids are at the top of page 27.
But… further down on that same page… at 1522 Lavergne Ave: Dee Boice CAMPBELL was renting a house at 1522 Lavergne Ave and living there with his wife Ruth, and his brother, Lester CAMPBELL (all from Hoopeston!)
The next house down is 1520 Lavergne with William A. BYARD and his wife, Beulah (CAMPBELL) BYARD, and their daughter, Frances B. BYARD (later Frances DORSEY (?). Also in that house is Sarah T (or J?) BYARD, his mother, and… Charlotte BYARD, his sister.
So many of the Hoopeston IL CAMPBELL's moved from 709 S Fourth St and for a short time at least, occupied 3 houses at: 1520, 1522, and 1538 N. Lavergne Ave in Chicago. There was probably little reason to feel homesick with that many kin in such close proximity.
By the 1930 Census, Lloyd Campbell Sr & Olive had bought a house "closer" to their kin at 1526 N Lavergne Ave, leaving the 1538 rental house occupied by another family. My dad would have been about 5 years old then, and his friend Richie Rasmussen lived at 1534 (?) Lavergne Ave, about halfway between the old rental house and the house at 1526.
Lloyd Sr & Olive's house was valued at $7,000 at the start of the Great Depression. Lloyd Sr. was 48, Olive was 43, they had been married 19+ years and had 6 kids: Lloyd Jr. (18), Donald (16), William (13), Josephine O. "Jody" (12), plus the two "new kids": David B. (5) and Richard J. (2). The family had a radio in 1930 so all those kids could listen to radio shows.
Lloyd Sr. listed his occupation as "Metal worker" and "Manufactor" as the Depression deepened. My dad said Lloyd Sr's business continued to do okay during the Depression. Lloyd Sr had branched out to include the new "refrigeration" technology for making soda fountains and had some interesting customers during the Prohibition years from 16 Jan 1920 until it was relaxed somewhat on 23 March 1933 and repealed completely on 5 Dec 1933. Even then, the family business thrived.
In 1941 or 1942, a 60 year old Lloyd Sr filled out his WW-II Draft Registration card which listed his business address as 4383 N Elston Ave, Chicago IL. That's only about 5.5 miles driving from his home at 1526 N Lavergne Ave. Driving about 4.1 miles N on Cicero Ave, then about a 0.4 miles east on Lawrence, it probably only took 10 or 15 minutes to get to work.
The 1940 and 1950 census aren't publicly available yet.
At some point the family bought a farm on Haas Rd about a mile north of Marley IL and moved there. My dad returned to that farm after WW-II and I believe that is where his mother, Olive Madeline (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL,
died during the night in 1952.
Dave said that his dad, Lloyd Sr, called down to him the next morning and simply said "she's gone…" She had been fighting cancer and passed away about the age of 65. Lloyd Sr. lived about 10 years after that, when he to passed away, in 1962 (?).
Both Lloyd Corr CAMPBELL (Sr) and his wife, Olive Madeline (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL are buried in Floral Hill cemetery near Hoopeston IL. Hoopeston is in Vermilion County, IL, but Floral Hill cemetery is listed in Iroquois County IL.
--- Related Links and followup research ---
(And something for me to followup on the 1920 Census on page 28:
There is a Walter E. STRONG and his wife, Cora J. STRONG (aged 47)
and their two son's: Dudley & Kenneth at 1420 Lowles (?) Ave (age 14 & 11) on census page 28.
This could be related to my STRONG family line - with connections to the newspaper publisher and the "StrongHold" family retreat on the Rock River near Dixon IL?
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004113729_00245&fn=Olive+M&ln=Wallenius&st=r&ssrc=pt_t236132_p-2104983055_kpidz0q3d-2104983055z0q26pgz0q3d32770z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid&pid=10888703
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=6061&path=Illinois.Cook+(Chicago).Chicago+Ward+33.2101.26
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=6061&path=Illinois.Cook+(Chicago).Chicago+Ward+33.2101.27
Most of this info comes from the 1900 thru 1930 Federal Census data:
The CAMPBELL and FLEXMAN lines moved to Chicago in the early 1900's
and both joined to the WALLENIUS line already in Chicago. A surprising number of kin moved from Hoopeston to the "big city" and for awhile, many lived on the same block in 3 different houses!
Olive's parents were John WALLENIUS and Josephine "Josy" WALLENIUS.
John was born Dec 1857 in Sweden, she was about 5 years younger, born Feb 1863. They both immigrated to the USA in 1882 and got married about 2 years later. The parent's "native language" was Swedish, but their children all spoke English.
The 11 Jun 1900 census found the John & "Josy" WALLENIUS family renting a house at 210 N. Racine Ave, Chicago IL. (Just south of Fullerton Ave in the "North Town" neighborhood in Cook County IL.) They were listed with their four children: Edith (14), Olive M[adeline] (13), Arthur (10), and Lucie [Lucille] (5/12). The 3 older children already attended school, "Aunt Lu" was just 5 months old.
Sometime before the 1910 census, it appears that :
Lloyd Corr Campbell (Sr) and his friend (possibly kin?), James William (?) Flexman (Sr), had moved from Grant Township, Hoopeston, Vermilion County, IL. They may have been kin, and there were other familiar names from Hoopeston & nearby Grant township: BYARD, GATES, and RODDY. Lloyd & James may have moved to Chicago together and they may have been kin or cousins before leaving Hoopeston to move 100 miles north. I believe there is an early photo of Lloyd "Sr" in a baseball uniform for a company team for "Acorn Brass" in the Chicago area.
They each married a WALLENIUS sister. If they weren't kin before they moved to Chicago, they were "cousins by marriage" after they married.
BEFORE 1908, James W. Flexman (Sr) married Edith WALLENIUS, the eldest daughter & child of John & "Josy" WALLENIUS.
BETWEEN 1910 and early 1911, Lloyd Corr "Beppo" CAMPBELL "Sr" married Olive Madeline WALLENIUS, the 2nd child & daughter of John & Josey.
--- They weren't the only ones to move from Hoopeston! ---
1890 census data showing Olive M. Wallenius hasn't been located yet.
The 1900 census is dated 11 June 1900 and showed all 4 WALLENIUS kids living with their parents in a rented house at: 210 N. Racine Ave, Chicago IL. By the 1920 census, there are many CAMPBELL kin in the Chicago area.
The 1910 census was dated 28 ? April 1910 and shows Edith WALLENIUS married to James W. Flexman, with two young sons: James W. Flexman Jr. (age 2), and Edmund Flexman (age 8 months). They were living at 924 St Anthony's Court, Chicago IL in Cook County IL.
The part of this census entry that is slightly odd is that Edith Flexman and her family are also housing Edith's 3 younger siblings: Olive M. [soon to be married], Arthur, and Lucile (about 10 or 11). There is no mention of the parents - John & Josephine (Josey). Did something happen to John & Josy between 1900 and 1910? This census spells the kids name incorrectly as Walenius or Waleneus, so searching for variations might find the parents. A correction / alternate name has been submitted to Ancestry to simplify future searches.
Olive Madeline WALLENIUS married Lloyd Corr CAMPBELL "Sr" between 1910 and early 1911, probably in Chicago IL or possibly Hoopeston IL.
11/11/1911 Olive Madeline WALLENIUS had her first child, Lloyd Corr "Colin" Campbell Jr. He was the first of her 6 children: Lloyd, Don, Bill, Jody, Dave, and Dick.
Almost 10 years later, the 1920 census shows Olive (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL as married & renting a house at 1538 Lavergne Ave, Chicago IL. They had the first 4 of 6 kids. The census lists: Lloyd Jr. (8), Don (6), William (3), and O. Josephine ["Jody"] almost 2 (1 & 10/12).
This 1920 census entry is split over two separate pages. Lloyd Sr. is at the bottom of page 26 where his occupation appears to be "tin smith" at "Sheet Metal Works". His wife, Olive & their 4 kids are at the top of page 27.
But… further down on that same page… at 1522 Lavergne Ave: Dee Boice CAMPBELL was renting a house at 1522 Lavergne Ave and living there with his wife Ruth, and his brother, Lester CAMPBELL (all from Hoopeston!)
The next house down is 1520 Lavergne with William A. BYARD and his wife, Beulah (CAMPBELL) BYARD, and their daughter, Frances B. BYARD (later Frances DORSEY (?). Also in that house is Sarah T (or J?) BYARD, his mother, and… Charlotte BYARD, his sister.
So many of the Hoopeston IL CAMPBELL's moved from 709 S Fourth St and for a short time at least, occupied 3 houses at: 1520, 1522, and 1538 N. Lavergne Ave in Chicago. There was probably little reason to feel homesick with that many kin in such close proximity.
By the 1930 Census, Lloyd Campbell Sr & Olive had bought a house "closer" to their kin at 1526 N Lavergne Ave, leaving the 1538 rental house occupied by another family. My dad would have been about 5 years old then, and his friend Richie Rasmussen lived at 1534 (?) Lavergne Ave, about halfway between the old rental house and the house at 1526.
Lloyd Sr & Olive's house was valued at $7,000 at the start of the Great Depression. Lloyd Sr. was 48, Olive was 43, they had been married 19+ years and had 6 kids: Lloyd Jr. (18), Donald (16), William (13), Josephine O. "Jody" (12), plus the two "new kids": David B. (5) and Richard J. (2). The family had a radio in 1930 so all those kids could listen to radio shows.
Lloyd Sr. listed his occupation as "Metal worker" and "Manufactor" as the Depression deepened. My dad said Lloyd Sr's business continued to do okay during the Depression. Lloyd Sr had branched out to include the new "refrigeration" technology for making soda fountains and had some interesting customers during the Prohibition years from 16 Jan 1920 until it was relaxed somewhat on 23 March 1933 and repealed completely on 5 Dec 1933. Even then, the family business thrived.
In 1941 or 1942, a 60 year old Lloyd Sr filled out his WW-II Draft Registration card which listed his business address as 4383 N Elston Ave, Chicago IL. That's only about 5.5 miles driving from his home at 1526 N Lavergne Ave. Driving about 4.1 miles N on Cicero Ave, then about a 0.4 miles east on Lawrence, it probably only took 10 or 15 minutes to get to work.
The 1940 and 1950 census aren't publicly available yet.
At some point the family bought a farm on Haas Rd about a mile north of Marley IL and moved there. My dad returned to that farm after WW-II and I believe that is where his mother, Olive Madeline (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL,
died during the night in 1952.
Dave said that his dad, Lloyd Sr, called down to him the next morning and simply said "she's gone…" She had been fighting cancer and passed away about the age of 65. Lloyd Sr. lived about 10 years after that, when he to passed away, in 1962 (?).
Both Lloyd Corr CAMPBELL (Sr) and his wife, Olive Madeline (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL are buried in Floral Hill cemetery near Hoopeston IL. Hoopeston is in Vermilion County, IL, but Floral Hill cemetery is listed in Iroquois County IL.
--- Related Links and followup research ---
(And something for me to followup on the 1920 Census on page 28:
There is a Walter E. STRONG and his wife, Cora J. STRONG (aged 47)
and their two son's: Dudley & Kenneth at 1420 Lowles (?) Ave (age 14 & 11) on census page 28.
This could be related to my STRONG family line - with connections to the newspaper publisher and the "StrongHold" family retreat on the Rock River near Dixon IL?
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004113729_00245&fn=Olive+M&ln=Wallenius&st=r&ssrc=pt_t236132_p-2104983055_kpidz0q3d-2104983055z0q26pgz0q3d32770z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid&pid=10888703
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=6061&path=Illinois.Cook+(Chicago).Chicago+Ward+33.2101.26
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=6061&path=Illinois.Cook+(Chicago).Chicago+Ward+33.2101.27
The CAMPBELL and FLEXMAN lines moved to Chicago in the early 1900's
and both joined to the WALLENIUS line already in Chicago. A surprising number of kin moved from Hoopeston to the "big city" and for awhile, many lived on the same block in 3 different houses!
Olive's parents were John WALLENIUS and Josephine "Josy" WALLENIUS.
John was born Dec 1857 in Sweden, she was about 5 years younger, born Feb 1863. They both immigrated to the USA in 1882 and got married about 2 years later. The parent's "native language" was Swedish, but their children all spoke English.
The 11 Jun 1900 census found the John & "Josy" WALLENIUS family renting a house at 210 N. Racine Ave, Chicago IL. (Just south of Fullerton Ave in the "North Town" neighborhood in Cook County IL.) They were listed with their four children: Edith (14), Olive M[adeline] (13), Arthur (10), and Lucie [Lucille] (5/12). The 3 older children already attended school, "Aunt Lu" was just 5 months old.
Sometime before the 1910 census, it appears that :
Lloyd Corr Campbell (Sr) and his friend (possibly kin?), James William (?) Flexman (Sr), had moved from Grant Township, Hoopeston, Vermilion County, IL. They may have been kin, and there were other familiar names from Hoopeston & nearby Grant township: BYARD, GATES, and RODDY. Lloyd & James may have moved to Chicago together and they may have been kin or cousins before leaving Hoopeston to move 100 miles north. I believe there is an early photo of Lloyd "Sr" in a baseball uniform for a company team for "Acorn Brass" in the Chicago area.
They each married a WALLENIUS sister. If they weren't kin before they moved to Chicago, they were "cousins by marriage" after they married.
BEFORE 1908, James W. Flexman (Sr) married Edith WALLENIUS, the eldest daughter & child of John & "Josy" WALLENIUS.
BETWEEN 1910 and early 1911, Lloyd Corr "Beppo" CAMPBELL "Sr" married Olive Madeline WALLENIUS, the 2nd child & daughter of John & Josey.
--- They weren't the only ones to move from Hoopeston! ---
1890 census data showing Olive M. Wallenius hasn't been located yet.
The 1900 census is dated 11 June 1900 and showed all 4 WALLENIUS kids living with their parents in a rented house at: 210 N. Racine Ave, Chicago IL. By the 1920 census, there are many CAMPBELL kin in the Chicago area.
The 1910 census was dated 28 ? April 1910 and shows Edith WALLENIUS married to James W. Flexman, with two young sons: James W. Flexman Jr. (age 2), and Edmund Flexman (age 8 months). They were living at 924 St Anthony's Court, Chicago IL in Cook County IL.
The part of this census entry that is slightly odd is that Edith Flexman and her family are also housing Edith's 3 younger siblings: Olive M. [soon to be married], Arthur, and Lucile (about 10 or 11). There is no mention of the parents - John & Josephine (Josey). Did something happen to John & Josy between 1900 and 1910? This census spells the kids name incorrectly as Walenius or Waleneus, so searching for variations might find the parents. A correction / alternate name has been submitted to Ancestry to simplify future searches.
Olive Madeline WALLENIUS married Lloyd Corr CAMPBELL "Sr" between 1910 and early 1911, probably in Chicago IL or possibly Hoopeston IL.
11/11/1911 Olive Madeline WALLENIUS had her first child, Lloyd Corr "Colin" Campbell Jr. He was the first of her 6 children: Lloyd, Don, Bill, Jody, Dave, and Dick.
Almost 10 years later, the 1920 census shows Olive (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL as married & renting a house at 1538 Lavergne Ave, Chicago IL. They had the first 4 of 6 kids. The census lists: Lloyd Jr. (8), Don (6), William (3), and O. Josephine ["Jody"] almost 2 (1 & 10/12).
This 1920 census entry is split over two separate pages. Lloyd Sr. is at the bottom of page 26 where his occupation appears to be "tin smith" at "Sheet Metal Works". His wife, Olive & their 4 kids are at the top of page 27.
But… further down on that same page… at 1522 Lavergne Ave: Dee Boice CAMPBELL was renting a house at 1522 Lavergne Ave and living there with his wife Ruth, and his brother, Lester CAMPBELL (all from Hoopeston!)
The next house down is 1520 Lavergne with William A. BYARD and his wife, Beulah (CAMPBELL) BYARD, and their daughter, Frances B. BYARD (later Frances DORSEY (?). Also in that house is Sarah T (or J?) BYARD, his mother, and… Charlotte BYARD, his sister.
So many of the Hoopeston IL CAMPBELL's moved from 709 S Fourth St and for a short time at least, occupied 3 houses at: 1520, 1522, and 1538 N. Lavergne Ave in Chicago. There was probably little reason to feel homesick with that many kin in such close proximity.
By the 1930 Census, Lloyd Campbell Sr & Olive had bought a house "closer" to their kin at 1526 N Lavergne Ave, leaving the 1538 rental house occupied by another family. My dad would have been about 5 years old then, and his friend Richie Rasmussen lived at 1534 (?) Lavergne Ave, about halfway between the old rental house and the house at 1526.
Lloyd Sr & Olive's house was valued at $7,000 at the start of the Great Depression. Lloyd Sr. was 48, Olive was 43, they had been married 19+ years and had 6 kids: Lloyd Jr. (18), Donald (16), William (13), Josephine O. "Jody" (12), plus the two "new kids": David B. (5) and Richard J. (2). The family had a radio in 1930 so all those kids could listen to radio shows.
Lloyd Sr. listed his occupation as "Metal worker" and "Manufactor" as the Depression deepened. My dad said Lloyd Sr's business continued to do okay during the Depression. Lloyd Sr had branched out to include the new "refrigeration" technology for making soda fountains and had some interesting customers during the Prohibition years from 16 Jan 1920 until it was relaxed somewhat on 23 March 1933 and repealed completely on 5 Dec 1933. Even then, the family business thrived.
In 1941 or 1942, a 60 year old Lloyd Sr filled out his WW-II Draft Registration card which listed his business address as 4383 N Elston Ave, Chicago IL. That's only about 5.5 miles driving from his home at 1526 N Lavergne Ave. Driving about 4.1 miles N on Cicero Ave, then about a 0.4 miles east on Lawrence, it probably only took 10 or 15 minutes to get to work.
The 1940 and 1950 census aren't publicly available yet.
At some point the family bought a farm on Haas Rd about a mile north of Marley IL and moved there. My dad returned to that farm after WW-II and I believe that is where his mother, Olive Madeline (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL,
died during the night in 1952.
Dave said that his dad, Lloyd Sr, called down to him the next morning and simply said "she's gone…" She had been fighting cancer and passed away about the age of 65. Lloyd Sr. lived about 10 years after that, when he to passed away, in 1962 (?).
Both Lloyd Corr CAMPBELL (Sr) and his wife, Olive Madeline (WALLENIUS) CAMPBELL are buried in Floral Hill cemetery near Hoopeston IL. Hoopeston is in Vermilion County, IL, but Floral Hill cemetery is listed in Iroquois County IL.
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(And something for me to followup on the 1920 Census on page 28:
There is a Walter E. STRONG and his wife, Cora J. STRONG (aged 47)
and their two son's: Dudley & Kenneth at 1420 Lowles (?) Ave (age 14 & 11) on census page 28.
This could be related to my STRONG family line - with connections to the newspaper publisher and the "StrongHold" family retreat on the Rock River near Dixon IL?
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004113729_00245&fn=Olive+M&ln=Wallenius&st=r&ssrc=pt_t236132_p-2104983055_kpidz0q3d-2104983055z0q26pgz0q3d32770z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid&pid=10888703
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=6061&path=Illinois.Cook+(Chicago).Chicago+Ward+33.2101.26
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