The parents of Hilda Wynona Rhodes are Joanna Verfurth (1860—1916) and William Rhodes (1861—1942). Hilda was born in 1894 in Creston, Washington. Her grandmother, Mary Wynhoff Verfurth (1837—1890), widowed in Iowa in 1875, left her farm in Bremer County, Iowa, and relocated to Creston in Washington Territory in perhaps 1888. The children who accompanied Mary Wynhoff Verfurth were Joanna (mother of Hilda), Henry A, Dora, John Henry, Helen (Ella), and Elizabeth.
The 1920 census for Seattle, Washington, records that Hilda W Rhodes (age 25) lives at 1421 Seventh Avenue with her cousin Elaine Ashley (age 18). Hilda is a clerical employee of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph. A California marriage record recites that Hilda Rhodes married Peter J Anderson on November 14, 1928 in Los Angeles. The 1930 census for Los Angeles records a household headed by Peter J Anderson (age 44, born in Pennsylvania). Others in the 1930 household are "Nona Anderson" (age 35, born in Washington, wife of the head) and Jack Anderson (age 13, born in California, son of the head).
Hilda wrote a letter to her cousin Roselle Paulissen (daughter of Mary Verfurth Paulissen) in Kankakee, Illinois, dated January 8. The year is probably 1956. In the letter, Hilda updates Roselle on family and her return to the Catholic church. "Gertrude [daughter of Katharina Verfurth Luth] and her husband" visited Hilda when Hilda lived in Portland, Oregon. Gertrude invited Hilda to visit her in St. Paul many times. Hilda mentions "Aunt Dora's (Dora Verfurth Warren) boys Elera and Earl."
Hilda then relates the history that she received and recalled. "You perhaps know that Grandmother [Mary Wynhoff Verfurth] and most of the family came west in a very early day, early in the 80's I believe, at that time central Washington was not settled at all, she had the first store in the area and Uncle Henry [Henry A Verfurth] and Aunt Ella [Helen Verfurth] the first post office, of course there was no church for them to attend and no way for them to get there if there had been a church. Grandmother of course did the best she could and was very busy making a living and getting by in a new country, she was a real pioneer. Of course she and the family were Catholic but as I have just told you they had no church to attend, later on when she became sick and died there was a priest 40 or 50 miles away, but remember that was long before the age of Automobiles and very few trains, anyway her family got in touch with this priest and asked him to come and bury their mother, after questioning and learning something of the story he refused to come because she had not been attending church. So there you are, the family all with the exception of my mother [Joanna Verfurth Rhodes] left the church….Later on there was a church established in Creston, when my mother and father were married it was a priest who officiated, I have their certificate….I can remember going to the little church on the hill….Then came very hard times and it was no longer possible to support a church, to this day there is not a church there….[Until] I was grown and my mother gone there was no church, in all those years we had all drifted away."
The 1920 census for Seattle, Washington, records that Hilda W Rhodes (age 25) lives at 1421 Seventh Avenue with her cousin Elaine Ashley (age 18). Hilda is a clerical employee of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph. A California marriage record recites that Hilda Rhodes married Peter J Anderson on November 14, 1928 in Los Angeles. The 1930 census for Los Angeles records a household headed by Peter J Anderson (age 44, born in Pennsylvania). Others in the 1930 household are "Nona Anderson" (age 35, born in Washington, wife of the head) and Jack Anderson (age 13, born in California, son of the head).
Hilda wrote a letter to her cousin Roselle Paulissen (daughter of Mary Verfurth Paulissen) in Kankakee, Illinois, dated January 8. The year is probably 1956. In the letter, Hilda updates Roselle on family and her return to the Catholic church. "Gertrude [daughter of Katharina Verfurth Luth] and her husband" visited Hilda when Hilda lived in Portland, Oregon. Gertrude invited Hilda to visit her in St. Paul many times. Hilda mentions "Aunt Dora's (Dora Verfurth Warren) boys Elera and Earl."
Hilda then relates the history that she received and recalled. "You perhaps know that Grandmother [Mary Wynhoff Verfurth] and most of the family came west in a very early day, early in the 80's I believe, at that time central Washington was not settled at all, she had the first store in the area and Uncle Henry [Henry A Verfurth] and Aunt Ella [Helen Verfurth] the first post office, of course there was no church for them to attend and no way for them to get there if there had been a church. Grandmother of course did the best she could and was very busy making a living and getting by in a new country, she was a real pioneer. Of course she and the family were Catholic but as I have just told you they had no church to attend, later on when she became sick and died there was a priest 40 or 50 miles away, but remember that was long before the age of Automobiles and very few trains, anyway her family got in touch with this priest and asked him to come and bury their mother, after questioning and learning something of the story he refused to come because she had not been attending church. So there you are, the family all with the exception of my mother [Joanna Verfurth Rhodes] left the church….Later on there was a church established in Creston, when my mother and father were married it was a priest who officiated, I have their certificate….I can remember going to the little church on the hill….Then came very hard times and it was no longer possible to support a church, to this day there is not a church there….[Until] I was grown and my mother gone there was no church, in all those years we had all drifted away."
The parents of Hilda Wynona Rhodes are Joanna Verfurth (1860—1916) and William Rhodes (1861—1942). Hilda was born in 1894 in Creston, Washington. Her grandmother, Mary Wynhoff Verfurth (1837—1890), widowed in Iowa in 1875, left her farm in Bremer County, Iowa, and relocated to Creston in Washington Territory in perhaps 1888. The children who accompanied Mary Wynhoff Verfurth were Joanna (mother of Hilda), Henry A, Dora, John Henry, Helen (Ella), and Elizabeth.
The 1920 census for Seattle, Washington, records that Hilda W Rhodes (age 25) lives at 1421 Seventh Avenue with her cousin Elaine Ashley (age 18). Hilda is a clerical employee of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph. A California marriage record recites that Hilda Rhodes married Peter J Anderson on November 14, 1928 in Los Angeles. The 1930 census for Los Angeles records a household headed by Peter J Anderson (age 44, born in Pennsylvania). Others in the 1930 household are "Nona Anderson" (age 35, born in Washington, wife of the head) and Jack Anderson (age 13, born in California, son of the head).
Hilda wrote a letter to her cousin Roselle Paulissen (daughter of Mary Verfurth Paulissen) in Kankakee, Illinois, dated January 8. The year is probably 1956. In the letter, Hilda updates Roselle on family and her return to the Catholic church. "Gertrude [daughter of Katharina Verfurth Luth] and her husband" visited Hilda when Hilda lived in Portland, Oregon. Gertrude invited Hilda to visit her in St. Paul many times. Hilda mentions "Aunt Dora's (Dora Verfurth Warren) boys Elera and Earl."
Hilda then relates the history that she received and recalled. "You perhaps know that Grandmother [Mary Wynhoff Verfurth] and most of the family came west in a very early day, early in the 80's I believe, at that time central Washington was not settled at all, she had the first store in the area and Uncle Henry [Henry A Verfurth] and Aunt Ella [Helen Verfurth] the first post office, of course there was no church for them to attend and no way for them to get there if there had been a church. Grandmother of course did the best she could and was very busy making a living and getting by in a new country, she was a real pioneer. Of course she and the family were Catholic but as I have just told you they had no church to attend, later on when she became sick and died there was a priest 40 or 50 miles away, but remember that was long before the age of Automobiles and very few trains, anyway her family got in touch with this priest and asked him to come and bury their mother, after questioning and learning something of the story he refused to come because she had not been attending church. So there you are, the family all with the exception of my mother [Joanna Verfurth Rhodes] left the church….Later on there was a church established in Creston, when my mother and father were married it was a priest who officiated, I have their certificate….I can remember going to the little church on the hill….Then came very hard times and it was no longer possible to support a church, to this day there is not a church there….[Until] I was grown and my mother gone there was no church, in all those years we had all drifted away."
The 1920 census for Seattle, Washington, records that Hilda W Rhodes (age 25) lives at 1421 Seventh Avenue with her cousin Elaine Ashley (age 18). Hilda is a clerical employee of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph. A California marriage record recites that Hilda Rhodes married Peter J Anderson on November 14, 1928 in Los Angeles. The 1930 census for Los Angeles records a household headed by Peter J Anderson (age 44, born in Pennsylvania). Others in the 1930 household are "Nona Anderson" (age 35, born in Washington, wife of the head) and Jack Anderson (age 13, born in California, son of the head).
Hilda wrote a letter to her cousin Roselle Paulissen (daughter of Mary Verfurth Paulissen) in Kankakee, Illinois, dated January 8. The year is probably 1956. In the letter, Hilda updates Roselle on family and her return to the Catholic church. "Gertrude [daughter of Katharina Verfurth Luth] and her husband" visited Hilda when Hilda lived in Portland, Oregon. Gertrude invited Hilda to visit her in St. Paul many times. Hilda mentions "Aunt Dora's (Dora Verfurth Warren) boys Elera and Earl."
Hilda then relates the history that she received and recalled. "You perhaps know that Grandmother [Mary Wynhoff Verfurth] and most of the family came west in a very early day, early in the 80's I believe, at that time central Washington was not settled at all, she had the first store in the area and Uncle Henry [Henry A Verfurth] and Aunt Ella [Helen Verfurth] the first post office, of course there was no church for them to attend and no way for them to get there if there had been a church. Grandmother of course did the best she could and was very busy making a living and getting by in a new country, she was a real pioneer. Of course she and the family were Catholic but as I have just told you they had no church to attend, later on when she became sick and died there was a priest 40 or 50 miles away, but remember that was long before the age of Automobiles and very few trains, anyway her family got in touch with this priest and asked him to come and bury their mother, after questioning and learning something of the story he refused to come because she had not been attending church. So there you are, the family all with the exception of my mother [Joanna Verfurth Rhodes] left the church….Later on there was a church established in Creston, when my mother and father were married it was a priest who officiated, I have their certificate….I can remember going to the little church on the hill….Then came very hard times and it was no longer possible to support a church, to this day there is not a church there….[Until] I was grown and my mother gone there was no church, in all those years we had all drifted away."
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