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FORDEN, Charles Walter

Male 1888 - 1929  (40 years)


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  • Name FORDEN, Charles Walter  [1] 
    Born 5 Dec 1888  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Aug 1929  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried 8 Aug 1929  Chicago Mount Olivet Cemetery at 2755 West 111th Street, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I743  Reich
    Last Modified 27 May 2023 

    Father FORDEN, James,   b. Dec 1852, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1907, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother MILLER, Jane,   b. 11 Dec 1850, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1922, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HARRISON, Catherine Mary (Katie),   b. 9 Apr 1891, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1962, Norwood Park Chicago State Hospital, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 27 Jan 1909  Chicago Saint Gabriel, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    • The Fordens and Harrisons lived across the street from each other in Chicago, at 832 47th Street and 833 47th Street respectively. Charles Forden and Catherine Harrison married at St. Gabriel's Church at 4522 S. Wallace Street, Chicago. The wedding was witnessed by Christopher Coyne and Catherine's aunt, Helen Harrison.

      The 1920 census shows the Forden's living at 825 West 47th Place, Chicago (one or two houses away from the Harrisons). This is the 30th ward, in the Lake township. In 1929, they lived at 6320 Normal Avenue and attended St. Bernard's Church.

      Charles worked as a switchman for the railroad in Chicago. One night he was so drunk, he almost had both legs cut off from a train running over him.

      Witnesses to the children's baptisms at St. Gabriel's were:
      for Margaret - Anthony Dunn and Alice Harrison
      for Helen - Patrick Donnelly and Margaret Harrison (Maggie McDevitt)
      for James - Michael O'Toole and Mrs. Wallace
      for Catherine - John Harrison and Loretta Gallagher

      Katie led a troubled adulthood, having to put up with her husband Charlie's heavy drinking. Shortly after the last of her ten children were born, she was hospitalized for manic-depressive disorder. She was no longer able to care for her large family, so most of the children were sent to the orphanage in Des Plaines or put into foster homes until old enough for the orphanage. During the rest of her life, Katie was hospitalized 19 times for periods of a few months each. She died at age 70 during one of these hospitalizations, having fallen and breaking her hip, and then developing pneumonia. She is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, West 87th Street and South Hamlin, in Evergreen Park, Illinois, 60642.
    Children 
     1. FORDEN, Margaret Mary,   b. 10 Sep 1909, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1995, Raliegh, Wake Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     2. FORDEN, Helen Jane,   b. 19 Jun 1911, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1968, Tinley Park, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     3. FORDEN, James John,   b. 21 Aug 1912, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1955, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     4. FORDEN, Bernice Catherine (Catherine),   b. 27 Nov 1913, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1990, Mokena, Will Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     5. FORDEN, Charlotte Rosemary,   b. 4 Dec 1916, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 2003, New Lenox, Will Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. FORDEN, George Robert,   b. 19 Feb 1918, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Dec 1994, Zion, Lake Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     7. FORDEN, Florence C,   b. 27 Dec 1919, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 2020, National City, San Diego Co., California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years)
     8. FORDEN, John Harrison,   b. 27 Jun 1921, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1921, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. FORDEN, Dolores Lucille Katherine (Dee),   b. 6 May 1923, Chicago Saint Bernard's Hospital, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 2021, Oak Lawn, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2012 
    Family ID F92  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S465] U.S. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll 1503860; Draft Board: 73. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S739] Obituary for Charles Forden, The Chicago Daily News, Aug 9, 1929, p. 39 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S494] Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950.

    4. [S376] Find a Grave, (https://www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S516] Census US 1920 Federal, (Series: T625), T625, Roll 347, ed. 1819, Sheet 2, #41-49, IL Cook Co. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S717] Illinois, Chicago, St. Gabriel's Church, Marriage Registry for Charles Forden and Catherine Harrison, 1909, p. 6, entry#7 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S750] Illinois, Chicago, St. Gabriel Church, Baptism Registry for Forden children.

    8. [S492] Census US 1930 Federal, Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll 472; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 1318; Image: 255.0 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S492] Census US 1930 Federal, Census Place: Wheeling, Cook, Illinois; Roll 505; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 2370; Image: 1040.0 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S492] Census US 1930 Federal, Census Place: Wheeling, Cook, Illinois; Roll 505; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 2370; Image: 1053.0 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S492] Census US 1930 Federal, Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll 441; Page: 27B; Enumeration District: 581; Image: 139.0 and 140.0 (Reliability: 3).


  

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