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Julia Emma <I>Robitaille</I> Mudeater

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Julia Emma Robitaille Mudeater

Birth
Death
5 Nov 1919 (aged 56)
Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Wyandotte, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.8064842, Longitude: -94.7207184
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Julia was the daughter of Louis Eugene Napoleon & Elizabeth Robitaille.

Her sibling were:
James Napoleon (1862 - 1931)
Louis Eugene Napoleon (1867 - 1872)
Francis Reynolds (1869 - 1941)
Ernest (1872 - 1933)
Azilde Ella (1874 - )
Lena Ernestine (1877 - )
Zephrain Charles (1880 - )
Frank (1907 - ).
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Julia, age 19, married Alfred Mudeater, ten years her senior, in 1881.

The date of their marriage was provided by FindAGrave member, Shane (#48869130), on January 6, 2016.

Marriage was May 12, 1881
Document shows marriage listings.
Name: A C Mudeater
Gender: Male
Event Date: 12 May
Spouse: Julia Robitaille
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Place: USA
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Marriage, Citizenship and Census Records, 1841-1927
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On June 4, 1900, Alfred, age 46, & Julia, age 36, had been married 19 years. They rented a home the Wyandotte Indian Reservation in Wyandotte, I.T. Julia was a post mistress, & Alfred worked as a merchant in a grocery store. Julia's younger sister, Lena E. age 22, who was single, lived with them. Thomas King, age 25, was a day laborer, & Florence Wallace, age 26, was a servant.

U.S.Indian Census Rolls 1885-1940
Name: Julis Mudeater
Date of Birth: abt 1854
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of Household: Husband
Tribe: Wyandotte
Agency: Quapaw
State: Indian
Last Census Number: 209
Census Date: 30 Jun 1905

On April 16, 1910, Alfred J., age 56, & Julie E., 46, lived on Broadway Road in Wyandotte, Ottawa Co, OK where they owned a home (perhaps a hotel) on land they owned. Alfred was a merchant selling groceries, & Julia was a hotel proprietor. They had been married 28 years. Julia hadn't given birth to any children. Charles Perkins, a public school teacher, age 31, was a boarder.
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Following is information concerning the post office and Julia & her Robitaille Family.

A somewhat lengthy Newspaper article, shown in part, was published in The Miami Daily News Record on Sunday, March 3, 1957. It follows:

50-YEAR CLUB; POSTAL IMPRESSIONS

"... Grand River post office is remembered by a great many of our club members. Mrs. Lula Gyami of Wyandotte wrote, 'I am 72; many of you recall when the Frisco railroad had a water tank one-half mile east of the railroad bridge (west of Wyandotte) on Lost Creek, where the trains stopped for water. A real live horse was used for power to pump the water.'

It was at this location that the first Grand River post office was established. Si and Raymond Dawson of Miami recall going in that location for mail when they were small boys. The man who 'drove a blind horse around and around' to pump the water into the tank was George Walls, and the post office was just a little shack by the tank, states CHARLES ROBITAILLE of Wyandotte. Some accounts have the horse blindfolded so he wouldn't get dizzy but one thing is sure: It was horsepower that put water in the railroad tank.

Grand River post office had been established on Dec. 1, 1876, with Charles Berger as postmaster. Earlier it had been called Prairie City and had been established as such on Feb. 26, 1872, with Isaac Smith as post master. yes, folks, there were two Prairie City post offices - one in the Cherokee Nation; one in the Wyandotte nation. The later was, according to record, moved three miles east to the railroad in 1876 and the name changed to Grand River.

A valuable old journal owned by ROBITAILLE records much of the business of Grand River post office, beginning with the date of 1884. Early postmasters were H. Hicks, Ben Watt, and NAPOLEON ROBITAILLE. On the first day of Oct. 1886, the total amount of stamps on hand in this post office was $17.48 and the number of packages sent out during the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, 1886, totaled 28.

During the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1877, $1.04 worth of 'newspaper periodicals' had been mailed. By the sixth day of February, 1888, business had picked up and the post office totaled receipts at $59.96.

ROBITAILLE, who was born in 1880, states that his father, NAPOLEON ROBITAILLE, was the postmaster for several years after Grand River was moved from the railroad crossing to what is now the town of Wyandotte and located in the ROBITAILLE home east of the Seneca Indian school.

On Oct. 3, 1894, the name Grand River was changed to Wyandotte and JULIA ROBITAILLE MUDEATER was the postmistress. The post office has been moved several times since that date. Sam S. Ritter, a member of the 50-Year Club, is the present postmaster. ... ."

Julia was the daughter of Louis Eugene Napoleon & Elizabeth Robitaille.

Her sibling were:
James Napoleon (1862 - 1931)
Louis Eugene Napoleon (1867 - 1872)
Francis Reynolds (1869 - 1941)
Ernest (1872 - 1933)
Azilde Ella (1874 - )
Lena Ernestine (1877 - )
Zephrain Charles (1880 - )
Frank (1907 - ).
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Julia, age 19, married Alfred Mudeater, ten years her senior, in 1881.

The date of their marriage was provided by FindAGrave member, Shane (#48869130), on January 6, 2016.

Marriage was May 12, 1881
Document shows marriage listings.
Name: A C Mudeater
Gender: Male
Event Date: 12 May
Spouse: Julia Robitaille
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Place: USA
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Marriage, Citizenship and Census Records, 1841-1927
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On June 4, 1900, Alfred, age 46, & Julia, age 36, had been married 19 years. They rented a home the Wyandotte Indian Reservation in Wyandotte, I.T. Julia was a post mistress, & Alfred worked as a merchant in a grocery store. Julia's younger sister, Lena E. age 22, who was single, lived with them. Thomas King, age 25, was a day laborer, & Florence Wallace, age 26, was a servant.

U.S.Indian Census Rolls 1885-1940
Name: Julis Mudeater
Date of Birth: abt 1854
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of Household: Husband
Tribe: Wyandotte
Agency: Quapaw
State: Indian
Last Census Number: 209
Census Date: 30 Jun 1905

On April 16, 1910, Alfred J., age 56, & Julie E., 46, lived on Broadway Road in Wyandotte, Ottawa Co, OK where they owned a home (perhaps a hotel) on land they owned. Alfred was a merchant selling groceries, & Julia was a hotel proprietor. They had been married 28 years. Julia hadn't given birth to any children. Charles Perkins, a public school teacher, age 31, was a boarder.
*****

Following is information concerning the post office and Julia & her Robitaille Family.

A somewhat lengthy Newspaper article, shown in part, was published in The Miami Daily News Record on Sunday, March 3, 1957. It follows:

50-YEAR CLUB; POSTAL IMPRESSIONS

"... Grand River post office is remembered by a great many of our club members. Mrs. Lula Gyami of Wyandotte wrote, 'I am 72; many of you recall when the Frisco railroad had a water tank one-half mile east of the railroad bridge (west of Wyandotte) on Lost Creek, where the trains stopped for water. A real live horse was used for power to pump the water.'

It was at this location that the first Grand River post office was established. Si and Raymond Dawson of Miami recall going in that location for mail when they were small boys. The man who 'drove a blind horse around and around' to pump the water into the tank was George Walls, and the post office was just a little shack by the tank, states CHARLES ROBITAILLE of Wyandotte. Some accounts have the horse blindfolded so he wouldn't get dizzy but one thing is sure: It was horsepower that put water in the railroad tank.

Grand River post office had been established on Dec. 1, 1876, with Charles Berger as postmaster. Earlier it had been called Prairie City and had been established as such on Feb. 26, 1872, with Isaac Smith as post master. yes, folks, there were two Prairie City post offices - one in the Cherokee Nation; one in the Wyandotte nation. The later was, according to record, moved three miles east to the railroad in 1876 and the name changed to Grand River.

A valuable old journal owned by ROBITAILLE records much of the business of Grand River post office, beginning with the date of 1884. Early postmasters were H. Hicks, Ben Watt, and NAPOLEON ROBITAILLE. On the first day of Oct. 1886, the total amount of stamps on hand in this post office was $17.48 and the number of packages sent out during the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, 1886, totaled 28.

During the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1877, $1.04 worth of 'newspaper periodicals' had been mailed. By the sixth day of February, 1888, business had picked up and the post office totaled receipts at $59.96.

ROBITAILLE, who was born in 1880, states that his father, NAPOLEON ROBITAILLE, was the postmaster for several years after Grand River was moved from the railroad crossing to what is now the town of Wyandotte and located in the ROBITAILLE home east of the Seneca Indian school.

On Oct. 3, 1894, the name Grand River was changed to Wyandotte and JULIA ROBITAILLE MUDEATER was the postmistress. The post office has been moved several times since that date. Sam S. Ritter, a member of the 50-Year Club, is the present postmaster. ... ."



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