Post office delivers mystery -- a 1922 postcard<

Port Clinton News Herald ^ | 4/8/01 | By RICK NEALE

[mylife]

This romantic postcard was received in a regular mail shipment at the Port Clinton Post Office last week.

Information wanted Anyone with information regarding the 1922 Port Clinton postcard or the Roscoe St. Myer family should contact the city post office at 419-732-3322.

[mylife]

The PO lost a registered package for me today and couldnt tell me who it was from the voucher just said "origin...Ohio"

....The Gubmint and Mysteries

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[mylife]

Walleye capitol...Ping

[Crazieman]

Heh, thats crazy.

I am a postal worker too. :)

[mylife]

I thought it was Bizarre

[dandelion]

Well, Roscoe St. "Meyer" was in Findlay Ohio as of 01/10/41...

http://randolph.dcoweb.org/UCobits/1941a.html

AND it appears he may have married an "Almettie Woods" and died in 1989...

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.st-20-myer/2

[i_dont_chat]

It would be quite easy to check the 1930 Census in that county and find the family. The 1930 Census was made public this year and is accessible (for a fee) on Ancestry.com.

I've been able to find my parents and grandparents in the 1930 Census. Such fun!

[mylife]

Family Detective ping

[dandelion]

Ah- HA!!

http://www.thecourier.com/issues/2002/Jun/obits062902.htm

Here is the obituary for their daughter, who was born to them in 1915...

"Edith Marguerite Yates, 87, of 1938 Imperial Lane, died at 8:56 a.m. Friday, June 28, 2002, at her residence.


She was born April 24, 1915, in Hancock County to Roscoe and Almettie (Woods) St. Myer. She married Edgar W. Yates on April 3, 1939, and he died Feb. 19, 2001."

AND another obituary of another daughter, born to them in 1926...

http://www.oweb.com/Advertiser-Tribune/Text/Obits110699.html

Virginia A. Thompson
Fostoria homemaker


Virginia A. Thompson, 73, formerly of East Tiffin St., Fostoria, died at 6:17 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4, 1999, in the Good Shepherd Nursing Home.


"Mrs. Thompson was born Aug. 19, 1926, in Findlay to Roscoe and Almettie (Woods) St. Myer. On May 30, 1953, in Paintsville, Ky., she married Frank C. Thompson. He died Oct. 8, 1995"...

More family names can be found on these pages at the obituaries themselves...

[leadpenny]

Newman!!!

[dandelion]

DAVID THOMPSON of Elkhart Indiana, and Kenneth Thompson of Fostoria, Ohio are the survivors!!

"Surviving are: two sons David of Elkart, Ind., and Kenneth of Fostoria; five sisters, Edith Yates and Barbara Main both of Findlay, Janette Laney of Fostoria, Janice Dillon of Bettsville, and Rose Balsley of Carson City, Nev."

Shall I make the call???

[mylife]

Damn you are good dandelion!

[mylife]

Contact staff writer Rick Neale at 419-734-7506 or rneale@fremont.gannett.com

[Viking2002]

I've heard of mail that gets stuck behind a piece of office furniture or something, and is found and mailed years later. Pretty wild.

[dandelion]

Done - the email has been sent, with (so - far) unconfirmed phone numbers and addresses!

[mylife]

Thanks dandylion! you are good!

[pamlet]

It will be interesting to see if he responds and let's you know the outcome! Please let us know -

It's an interesting little mystery isn't it?

[ProfoundMan]

23 minutes from post to "should I call?" Absolutely amazing!!! Dandelion, you've shown the greatness of FreeRepublic in a way I've not seen since the shuttle went down. Outstanding !!!

[Poundstone]

ping

[dandelion]

blush blush - My husband is the REAL private investigator - I'm just wife to his McMillan. Any minute now, he's going to come in here and see I've been "meddling around" on his dime!