Individual Details
Helen Mar Mower
(6 Jan 1845 - 15 Mar 1937)
Events
| Birth | 6 Jan 1845 | Saint Croix Falls, Polk, Wisconsin |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota |  | | |
| Census | 9 Nov 1857 | Marine, Washington, Minnesota | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1860 | Marine, Washington, Minnesota | | | |
| Marriage | 13 Oct 1864 | Louis Ernest Torinus | | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1870 | Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | Linden Street, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1900 | Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | | |
| Census | 15 Apr 1910 | 408 3rd Street North, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | | |
| Census | 5 Jan 1920 | 720 Greeley Street South, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | | |
| Census | 1 Apr 1930 | 720 Greeley Street South, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | | |
| Death | 15 Mar 1937 | arteriosclerosis - home (720 South Greeley Street), Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | ||
| Burial | 17 Mar 1937 | Fairview Cemetery, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | |
Families
| Spouse | Louis Ernest Torinus (1834 - 1883) |
| Child | Gratia Fredericka Torinus (1865 - 1889) |
| Child | George Edward Torinus (1867 - 1909) |
| Child | Martin Albert Torinus (1870 - 1938) |
| Child | Louis Ernest Torinus Jr. (1872 - 1951) |
| Child | Nellie Torinus (1874 - 1875) |
| Child | Harry Torinus (1876 - 1877) |
| Child | Elmo Torinus (1878 - 1878) |
| Child | Burdette Eugene Torinus (1879 - 1915) |
| Child | Lois Mower Torinus (1883 - 1969) |
| Father | John Edwards Mower (1815 - 1879) |
| Mother | Gratia Ann Remick (1825 - 1904) |
| Sibling | James Albert Mower (1842 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Emma Mower (1847 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Mary J. Mower (1850 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Martha Augusta "Mattie" Mower (1862 - 1872) |
Notes
Census
Ellen Mower was enumerated in the household of John E. Mower [father], age 5, female, and born in Wisconsin.Census
Helen was enumerated as "Ellen" Mower in the household of John E. Mower, a 12 year old white female with her birthplace listed as Wisconsin.Census
Ellen Mower was enumerated in the household of John E. Mower [father], age 15, female, born in Wisconsin, and had attended school within the year.Census
Helen M. Torinus was enumerated in the household of Louis E. Torinus [husband], age 25, female, keeping house, and was born in Wisconsin.Census
Helen Torinus was enumerated in the household of Louis Torinus, white, female, age 35, wife, married, keeping house, born in Wisconsin, father born in Maine, and mother born in Maine.Census
Helen Torinus was enumerated as head of household, white, female, born January 1845, age 55, widowed, mother of 0 children with 0 children living as of the census date, born in Wisconsin, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, can read, can write, can speak English, and home is owned free of mortgage. Other members of her household were Lois Torinus (daughter), Burdette Torinus (son), Clinton Scott (boarder, white, male, born February 1877, age 23, single, born in Canada, father born in Canada, mother born in Canada, immigrated to US in 1899, resident for 1 year, alien, coachman, 0 months not employed during census year, can read, can write, and can speak English), and Emma Johnson (servant, white, female, born January 1876, age 24, single, born in Sweden, father born in Sweden, mother born in Sweden, immigrated to US in 1892, resident for 8 years, servant, 0 months not employed during census years, can read, can write, and can speak English).Census
Helen M. Torinus was enumerated as head of household, female, white, age 69, widowed, mother of 7 children with 5 children living at the census date, born in Wisconsin, father born in Missouri, mother born in Missouri, able to speak English, occupation listed as "own income," able to read, able to write, home is owned free of mortgage. She was the only member of the household.Census
Helen Torinus was enumerated in the household of Lois Tolen, mother, female, white, age 74, widowed, able to read, able to write, born in Wisconsin, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, and occupation listed as "none."Census
Helen Torinus was enumerated in the household of Lois M. Tolen, mother, female, white, age 85, widowed, age at first marriage was 19, able to read and write, born in Wisconsin, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, and occupation listed as "none."Endnotes
1. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 72.
2. Helen M. Torinus, death certificate 017011 (1937), State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Minnesota Historical Society, Gale Family Library, St. Paul, Minnesota.
3. 1850 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Stillwater Precinct, p. 154, dwelling 26, family 29, John E. Mower household, line 23, Ellen Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2018); NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls.
4. 1857 State Census, Washington County, Minnesota, Township 31, 152, dwelling 935, family 940, John E. Mower household, line 31, Ellen Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 September 2018); Minnesota Historical Society microfilm.
5. 1860 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Marine Township, p. 1, dwelling 4, family 4, John E. Mower household, line 17, Ellen Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 September 2018); NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. .
6. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 72.
7. Augusts B. Easton, Editor-in-Chief, History of the Saint Croix Valley (Chicago, Illinois: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909), vol. 1, p. 25; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 29 May 2019.
8. 1870 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Stillwater Township, p. 49, dwelling 301, family 352, Louis E. Torinus household, line 18, Helen M. Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 July 2020); NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. .
9. 1880 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Ward 3, City of Stillwater, enumeration district (ED) 35, 38B, Linden Street, dwelling 189, family 220, Louis Torinus household, line 17, Helen Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 October 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls.
10. 1900 U.S. census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Ward 3, City of Stillwater, enumeration district (ED) 47, 4A, dwelling 174, family 204, Helen Torinus household, line 43, Helen Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 October 2018); Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls..
11. 1910 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Stillwater Township, enumeration district (ED) 186, sheet 13 A, dwelling 213, family 228, line 2, Helen M. Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 July 2020); NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls.
12. 1920 U.S. census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, City of Stillwater, enumeration district (ED) 184, sheet 15 B, dwelling 307, family 329, Lois Tolen household, line 85, Helen Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 July 2020); Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls.
13. 1930 U.S. census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, City of Stillwater, enumeration district (ED) 82-26, sheet no. 2 B, dwelling 43, family 51, Lois M. Tolen household, line 98, Helen Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 July 2020); Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls..
14. Helen M. Torinus, death certificate 017011 (1937), State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Minnesota Historical Society, Gale Family Library, St. Paul, Minnesota.
15. Helen M. Torinus, death certificate 017011 (1937), State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Minnesota Historical Society, Gale Family Library, St. Paul, Minnesota.