Posted by (+128) 12 years ago
My name is Diana, and I live in WA state. I only recently learned that my great, great aunt died in Miles City, in 1890. I am wondering if there might have been an item concerning her death in the local paper, at the time.
As she died at the "convent school in Miles City" (as per the Glendive Independent - oops, I see now that they just were doing a reprint from the Y.J.), I contacted the school. They said that school burned down in 1897, so no records there. They told me to contact the convent "keepers", nothing there, they said I needed to talk to someone named Amoriette, so I came here.
Let me tell you what I know about this young lady. She was born in Mary Tavy, Lamerton Parish, Tavistock, Devon, in 1869. By 1870 her mother had died. In 1873 her father brings her and her older sister (my great grandmother) to Ontario, Canada. They are in Canada's 1881 census. Then, her father, James Coram, brings the girls to Dawson County, circa 1882-1883. He has a ranch at the mouth of Morgan Creek, NE of Glendive. Her sister marries in 1885.
I never knew what happened to Susannah or her father until I came to Glendive to research this past month. It looks like she died in late January or early February of 1890, and had gone to the school since September.
I would sure appreciate any more info any one could dig up on poor "Susie" Coram, as she was called in the newspaper acticle.
I don't even know if she was still in what we call high school, or was in their teacher's school.
Thank you all in advance, Diana
P.S. I sure like this forum, I wish some other locales had such a warm and friendly place.
As she died at the "convent school in Miles City" (as per the Glendive Independent - oops, I see now that they just were doing a reprint from the Y.J.), I contacted the school. They said that school burned down in 1897, so no records there. They told me to contact the convent "keepers", nothing there, they said I needed to talk to someone named Amoriette, so I came here.
Let me tell you what I know about this young lady. She was born in Mary Tavy, Lamerton Parish, Tavistock, Devon, in 1869. By 1870 her mother had died. In 1873 her father brings her and her older sister (my great grandmother) to Ontario, Canada. They are in Canada's 1881 census. Then, her father, James Coram, brings the girls to Dawson County, circa 1882-1883. He has a ranch at the mouth of Morgan Creek, NE of Glendive. Her sister marries in 1885.
I never knew what happened to Susannah or her father until I came to Glendive to research this past month. It looks like she died in late January or early February of 1890, and had gone to the school since September.
I would sure appreciate any more info any one could dig up on poor "Susie" Coram, as she was called in the newspaper acticle.
I don't even know if she was still in what we call high school, or was in their teacher's school.
Thank you all in advance, Diana
P.S. I sure like this forum, I wish some other locales had such a warm and friendly place.