GERMAIN, Guy and Mabel (Grundy County IL)

MABEL GOOLD and GUY GERMAIN

UPDATE - this photo has been claimed by a great-great grandson of Guy and is being sent home to family.

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Mabel Goold (31 in June) Guy Germain, Fall of 1898"
PHOTO TAKEN: unknown photographer and location (prob Grundy Co, IL) fall 1898
PURCHASED: 2017 March, Stuart Antique Show, Martin Count (FL) Fairgrounds

These are siblings Guy and Mabel Germain, children of Louis Germain and Mary Adaline Stone, of Grundy County Illinois.

Their father Louis was an impressive man and a well-known early settler of the region. He was soldier in the Civil War and at the time of his death was the last-surviving of the bodyguard detail guarding the remains of President Lincoln prior to his burial. This biography for Louis Germain was included in the 1882 book "History of Grundy County, Illinois."

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This death notice for Louis was published in the 14 Nov 1921 Chicago Tribune.

Children of Louis and Mary Germain were:
 1860 - Carrie Germain (d. 1863, age 3)
 1862 - Lottie Germain (d. 1862, infant)
 1865 - Eva Stone Germain (d. 1933) m. George L. Wilkinson
           1887 - Dimmis Wilkinson (d. 1894, age 7)
           1895 - Louis Germain Wilkinson (d. 1970)
           1900 - Jean Laura Wilkinson (d. _) m. William Lathrop
                     1926 - Dimmis Adeline Lathrop (d. 2017), m. Stuart Weller
                     1930 - Julie Ann Lathrop (d. 1977)
 1867 - Mabel Germain (d. 1959) m. Hiram Baker Goold
           1892 - Lucille Goold (d. 1895, age 3)
 1873 - Grace Estella Germain
 1881 - Guy Louis Germain

GUY LOUIS GERMAIN was born 11 Aug 1881 per WWI Draft Registration, (although some documents say March 1878) in Gardner Illinois. He worked on his father's farm, and later in life was a mail-carrier. Guy married 1) Rhoda Syntha Davis, and 2) Hazel Fredrickson.

1900 Federal Census > IL > Grundy > Greenfield
GERMAIN, Louis, head, 61, Mar 1839, born in NY of French and NY parents, retired farmer
GERMAIN, Mary A., wife, 55, Mar 1845, born in IN of PA parents
GERMAIN, Guy, son, 22 s, Mar 1878, born in IL of NY and PA parents, grocery clerk

Guy went to farm in Jackson, Wyoming circa 1903, married Rhoda Syntha Davis and had the following children:
 1905 - Leota A Germain (d. 1999) m. Kenneth Bourgo
 1908 - Louis Guy Germain (d. 1981) m. Dorothy A. Dunn
          1939 - Kay Germain (d. 2010)
 1912 - Ivan Forester Germain (d. 1999) m. Gwen E. Burkhardt
          1941 - Gerald Davis Germain (d. 2010)
 1916 - Bernice G. Germain (d. 1919, age 2) buried at Braceville-Gardner Cem. in Illinois
 1919 - Mabel Germain (d. _) m. Russell James Gilligan
          19__ - son
          1939 - Peggy Marie Gilligan
          1950 - Jan Richard Gilligan (d. 2012) m. Janice Ganz
                    - three children
          1953 - Jon Raymond Gilligan (d. 2003)

Around 1918 he returns to Illinois (his youngest daughter is born in Illinois), presumably to help his father with the farm. His WWI Draft Registration shows his employer as his father. By the time of the 1920 Census, his occupation is mail carrier.

1930 Federal Census > IL > Grundy > Garfield
GERMAIN, Guy L., head, 48 dv, born in IL of NY and IN parents, mail carrier
GERMAIN, Louis G., son, 21 s, born in WY of IL and UT parents
GERMAIN, Ivan F., son, 18 s, born in WY of IL and UT parents

1940 Federal Census > IL > Grundy > Gardner
GERMAIN, Guy, 59, retired mail carrier
GERMAIN, Hazel M., wife, 30, born in IL
GERMAIN, Eleanor M., daughter, 5, born in IL

Youngest daughter Eleanor Marie Germain (1935-2015) married George W. Phillips.

Guy Germain died 11 May 1941, buried at Braceville-Gardner Cemetery.

Sister MABEL B. GERMAIN was born in June 1867. She married in 1890 to Hiram Baker GOOLD (son of Hiram C. Goold). Based on info in the 1900 Census, the couple had 2 children which did not survive to the date of the Census.

1900 Federal Census > IL > Grundy > Morris
GOOLD, Hiram B., head, June 1862, 38, m. 10 yrs, born in IL of NY parents, landlord
GOOLD, Mabel, wife, June 1867, 32, 0 of 2 children living, born in IL of NY and IN parents

Her husband Hiram Goold died in 1913.

1930 Federal Census > IL > Grundy > Morris
GOOLD, Mabel B., head, 62 wd, no occupation
GERMAINE, Anna (?), mother, 88 wd, no occupation
PETERSON, Dorothy, servant, 17 s, born in IL of IL parents, house work

Mother Mary Adaline Stone-Germain died 16 Aug 1935 (age 94).

Mabel Germain-Goold died in 1959.