Individual Details

Christine "Tyna" James

(4 Feb 1892 - 15 Apr 1966)

Her obituary says she "was employed at the old Van Valkenburg Plaza Hotel in Danville. From there she went to Milwaukee where she worked at the Schroeder Hotel from 1930-1950. She attended St. Mary's Academy, now St. Patrick's School." She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.

Events

Birth4 Feb 1892Grape Creek, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Census1900Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Marriage8 Jul 1915Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States - Fieldon K. McQuitty
Census1920Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Living192210 1/2 Jackson, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Census1940748 N. 12th St., Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Death15 Apr 1966Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Burial18 Apr 1966Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Families

SpouseFieldon K. McQuitty (1895 - )
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherTom James (1867 - 1891)
MotherMargaret L. "Marguerite" Haggerty (1871 - 1934)
SiblingGomer James ( - 1889)
SiblingClara E. James (1889 - 1976)

Notes

Census

She resides with her grandmother, Christina Haggerty, at 304 W. Main St. She attended school within the census year.

Census

Her occupation is given as clerk - cigar store.

Census

Census shows Christine McQuitty [entered as Christian McKuitty] rents her home for $35 a month, she is a female, married, has 8 years of education and lived in the same place in 1935. She is employed for pay working 48 hours in the week prior to the census. Her occupation is food checker - hotel. She worked 52 weeks in 1939 and his income was $884.

Death

Her last address is given as 321 N. Alexander, Danville, Illinois.

Endnotes

1. Christina Haggerty household, 1900 U.S. census, Danville 2nd Ward, Vermilion Co., Illinois, E.D. 69, page 2B, household 36, family 47; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-623, Reel 348..

2. Fieldon McQuitty household, 1920 U.S. census, Danville 3rd Ward, Vermilion Co., Illinois, E.D. 161, page 4B, household 69, family 91; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-625, Reel 411..

3. Christine McQuitty, no. 387-10-5125, Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration.

4. Mrs. McQuitty, The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, unknown. clipping appears to be from The Commercial-News.

5. 1940 census, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Milwaukee, enumeration district (ED) 72-84, p. 64A, household 956, Christian McKuitty [Christine McQuitty] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 4544.

6. Christina Haggerty household, 1900 U.S. census, Danville 2nd Ward, Vermilion Co., Illinois, E.D. 69, page 2B, household 36, family 47; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-623, Reel 348..

7. Fieldon McQuitty household, 1920 U.S. census, Danville 3rd Ward, Vermilion Co., Illinois, E.D. 161, page 4B, household 69, family 91; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-625, Reel 411..

8. Fieldon McQuitty household, 1920 U.S. census, Danville 3rd Ward, Vermilion Co., Illinois, E.D. 161, page 4B, household 69, family 91; ancestry.com image of National Archives microfilm publication T-625, Reel 411..

9. Leshnick's Danville City Directory 1922 (Peoria, Illinois: Leshnick Directory Co., 1922), 396, Fieldon K. (Christina) McQuitty; digital image, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2013).

10. 1940 census, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Milwaukee, enumeration district (ED) 72-84, p. 64A, household 956, Christian McKuitty [Christine McQuitty] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 4544.

11. Christine McQuitty, no. 387-10-5125, Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration.

12. Mrs. McQuitty, The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, unknown. clipping appears to be from The Commercial-News.

13. Archdiocese of Milwaukee, "Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries," database, Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries (http://www.cemeteries.org : accessed 20 September 2009), Chrstine McQuitty.

14. Mrs. McQuitty, The Commercial-News, Danville, Illinois, unknown. clipping appears to be from The Commercial-News.

15. Archdiocese of Milwaukee, "Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries," database, Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries (http://www.cemeteries.org : accessed 20 September 2009), Chrstine McQuitty.