Individual Details

Maud Goodsell

(8 Apr 1876 - 9 Mar 1901)

Hudson Biographical Index: Maude Goodsell
Source: Marr J-212 Wash Co MN
m: Stillwater, 16 Apr 1900, Ben BEAUDRY
a daughter: Irene Madue Beaudry (Mrs. L. L. Butterfield)

Stillwater Daily Gazette, Monday, 11 Mar1901
Died Yesterday Morning
                Maud, wife ofBen. Beaudry, died yesterday morning of puerperal fever. Age 25 years.
                Mr. and Mrs. Beaudry have beenmarried one year.
Besideher husband she leaves a little babe 10 days old. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs.Goodsell of St. Croix Falls, Wis. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 9o’clock from the French Catholic Church, Rev. Pettigreen officiating. Intermentwill take place at South Stillwater. Her mother and sister arrived this morningfrom St. Croix Falls to attend the funeral.
 
Stillwater Daily Gazette, Wednesday,March 13, 1901, p3
Funeral Yesteray
The funeral of Mrs. Benj. Beaudry was held yesterday morning from the FrenchCathilic church at 9 o’clock, Rev. Powers officiating. The paulbearers were J.Arsenault, John Bardaugtts, S. Coty, Felix Gagne, Jos. King and James Pominville. Interment took place at South Stillwater.
 
                Puerperalfever, also known as childbed fever, was a common cause of death after childbirth until the 1930s when antibiotics were introduced. It affected women within the first three daysafter childbirth and progressed rapidly, causing acute symptoms of severeabdominal pain, fever and debility. Death usually occurred within tendays.
 
                Maud’sdaughter, Irene, was born March 1, 1901 at Stillwater. Ben married a secondtime, to Ottilia “Tillie” Friend in 1904. In the 1905 state census he, wifeTillie and daughter, Irene, are living with Tillie’s parents, Robert andAugusta Friend, in Hudson’s third ward. Irene is also in their household in the1910 and 1920 censuses. Irene,married Forrest Butterfield in Centralia, Lewis Co., Washington in September1927.
 

Events

Birth8 Apr 1876Wisconsin
Marriage16 Apr 1900Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota - Benjamin Benoit Beaudry
Death9 Mar 1901Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota
BurialMar 1901St. Michael's Cemetery, Bayport, Washington, Minnesota, Bayport Cemetery

Families

SpouseBenjamin Benoit Beaudry (1866 - 1953)
ChildIrene Maude Beaudry (1901 - )
FatherEdwin Goodsell (1845 - 1919)
MotherRebecca Francis Salisburg (1847 - 1931)

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