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Christina Louise Kamm

Born at Bates County in 1889 and died at Butler in 1965.

born 5 Jan 1889 at Bates County, Missouri died 12 Dec 1965 at Butler, Bates

Also written Christine, Christina L. Kamm, Christine Louise Grill, Christine Grill

Life story

Pleasant Gap and Rich Hill

Christina Louise Kamm was born on 5 January 1889 in Bates County, Missouri, a daughter of Robert Kamm and Barbara Hegnauer.1 She grew up on her parents' rented farm in Pleasant Gap Township, where in June 1900 she was eleven and at school,2 and from about 1910 on their farm in Osage Township, just outside Rich Hill. There, in April 1910, the family next door were the Grills, with their son John P.3

Marriage

On 11 May 1912, at Pueblo, Colorado, Christina married that neighbour, John P. Grill.4 They came back to Bates County. In January 1920 they were renting a farm next door to her parents in Osage Township, with their daughter Lenora, aged seven, and John's widowed mother, Louisa.5 Christina was "Mrs. John Grill" among the survivors of her mother in 1923, and "Mrs. J. H. Grill" (a misprint) at her father's death in 1934.6–7

“among the survivors of her mother in 1923, and”

Later years

Christine, as she was called, lived out her life near Rich Hill. In December 1965 she and John were living a mile east of the town. She was taken to the Bates County Hospital at Butler and died there of a heart attack on 12 December 1965, aged seventy-six. John gave the particulars for her death certificate, naming her mother as Barbara "Hagnaur". She was buried on 15 December in Green Lawn Cemetery at Rich Hill, where her parents lie.1, 8

What we know

Proven

  • Marriage to John P. Grill at Pueblo, 1912
  • Death at Butler, 1965
  • Burial at Rich Hill, 1965
  • 4 homes, from the census and other records

Probable

  • Birth at Bates County, 1889

What's still open

  • Marriage in Colorado. The index gives Pueblo, Colorado, 11 May 1912.

Sources

Source 1

1 Missouri Division of Health, Standard Certificate of Death, 1965

Missouri Division of Health, Standard Certificate of Death, state file no. 65-046886, registrar's no. 218, Christine Louise Grill, died 12 December 1965, Bates County Hospital, Butler (12 hours); usual residence "1 mile east" of Rich Hill, Bates County, outside the city limits, not on a farm; female, white, married; born 1/5/89, Bates County, Mo.; age 76; housewife; father Robert Kamm; mother's maiden name Barbara Hagnaur; husband and informant John P. Grill, Rich Hill; cause myocardial infarction due to arteriosclerotic heart disease; burial 12/15/65, Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill; Booth Funeral Service, Rich Hill; filed 21 December 1965; in "Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910–1971," database with images, Ancestry.com, image 1965_00046886-02472.

Source 2

2 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township, 1857

1900 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 18, sheet 7A, enumerated 16 June 1900, dwelling 123, family 126, household of Robert J. Kamm (head, farmer, born Feb 1857, Illinois), with Barbara (wife) and children Margret E. (Dec 1883), Christina L. (Jan 1889, 11), Lizzie B. (May 1893), Robert J. (Mch 1896) and Oscar W. (June 1899); roll 839; image 4118756_00517; database with images, Ancestry.com.

Source 3

3 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Osage Township

1910 U.S. Federal Census, Osage Township (excluding Rich Hill City), Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 15, sheet 6A, enumerated 22 April 1910, dwelling 61, family 61, household of Robert Kamm [indexed Kenner] (53, farmer), with Barbara (50) and children Maggie (26), Christina (21), Lizzie (16), Robert (14), Oscar (10) and Bertha (7); next dwelling (62) John Grill (53, born Illinois), with his wife Louise and son John P.; roll T624_768; image 31111_4330351-00902; database with images, Ancestry.com.

Source 4

4 Colorado, U.S., County Marriage Records and State Index, 1912

"Colorado, U.S., County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862–2006," database, Ancestry.com, marriage of John P. Grill and Christina Louise Kamm, 11 May 1912, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado; attached to both in the family tree (index entry not re-read; the county record has not been seen).

Source 5

5 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Osage Township

1920 U.S. Federal Census, Osage Township, Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 16, sheet 3B, enumerated 13–14 January 1920: dwelling 63, household of Robert Kamm [indexed Kamin] (62, dairy farm), with Barbara (59), Margaret, Robert, Oscar and Bertha; and next door, household 64, John P. Grill (25, renter, farmer), with Christine (wife, 31, born Missouri, father born Illinois, mother born Missouri), Lenora (daughter, 7) and Louisa (mother, 65, widowed, born Illinois, parents born Switzerland); roll T625_905; image 4312392-00330; database with images, Ancestry.com.

Sources 6–7

6 Rich Hill Mining Review, 1923

"Mrs. Robert Kamm Dies," Rich Hill Mining Review (Rich Hill, Missouri), 11 January 1923, p. 5: survived by the husband, four daughters, Mrs. John Grill, Mrs. Edw. McVickers, and Misses Maggie and Bertha Kamm, and two sons, Robert and Oscar; image, Newspapers.com (newspapers.com/image/1000206435).

7 Rich Hill Mining Review, 1934

"Robert Kamm, 76, Dies," Rich Hill Mining Review (Rich Hill, Missouri), 25 January 1934, p. 8: survived by four daughters, Mrs. J. E. Vicker [McVicker], Mrs. J. H. [sic] Grill, and Misses Maggie and Bertha Kamm, and two sons, Robert and Oscar; image, Newspapers.com (newspapers.com/image/1000241687).

Source 8

8 Find a Grave, memorial 86783280

Find a Grave, memorial 86783280, Christina Louise Kamm Grill (1889–1965), Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri (findagrave.com/memorial/86783280); seen only as linked from her mother's memorial (125533592).

Life in time

5 Jan 1889

Birth , Bates County, Missouri, United States

probable Sources 1, 2

How we know

Probably in Pleasant Gap Township, where her parents lived in 1883 and 1900.

Her death certificate (1965) gives 5 Jan 1889, Bates County; the informant was her husband. The 1900 census gives Jan 1889, and her ages of 21 in April 1910, 31 in January 1920 and 76 at her death all fit. Her parents lived in Pleasant Gap Township in 1883 and 1900, so she was probably born there.

  1. 1889 Birth 5 Jan 1889 · Bates County, Missouri · probable

    Probably in Pleasant Gap Township, where her parents lived in 1883 and 1900.

    Her death certificate (1965) gives 5 Jan 1889, Bates County; the informant was her husband. The 1900 census gives Jan 1889, and her ages of 21 in April 1910, 31 in January 1920 and 76 at her death all fit. Her parents lived in Pleasant Gap Township in 1883 and 1900, so she was probably born there.

    Sources 1, 2

  2. 1900 Residence Pleasant Gap Township, Bates · proven

    "Christina L.", daughter, born Jan 1889, 11, at school, in her parents' household.

    In the household of Robert J. and Barbara Kamm with her brothers and sisters (image read in the survey of her mother's records).

    Source 2

  3. 1910 Residence Osage Township, Bates · proven

    Daughter, 21, single, in her parents' household outside Rich Hill; the Grill family, including John P., lived next door.

    In the household of Robert and Barbara Kamm (indexed Kenner; image read in the survey of her mother's records).

    Source 3

  4. 1912 Marriage, with John P. Grill 11 May 1912 · Pueblo, Pueblo · proven

    Colorado county marriage record, as indexed; the record has not been seen. They had been neighbours near Rich Hill in 1910 and were farming next door to her parents in 1920. One daughter known, Lenora (about 1912). He survived her in 1965.

    The Colorado county marriage index, attached to both of them in the family tree, gives the marriage of John P. Grill and Christina Louise Kamm at Pueblo on 11 May 1912 (index entry not re-read). The identification is supported by the 1910 census, where the Grill and Kamm families are next-door neighbours outside Rich Hill, by the 1920 census, where John P. Grill and his wife Christine live next door to her parents, and by her 1965 death certificate, where John P. Grill is her husband. Why they married in Colorado is not known.

    Sources 1, 3, 4, 5

  5. 1912 Daughter born: Lenora Grill family event
  6. 1920 Residence Osage Township, Bates · proven

    "Christine", wife, 31, born Missouri, father born Illinois, mother born Missouri; with her husband John P. Grill, 25, renter, farmer, their daughter Lenora, 7, and his mother Louisa, 65; next door to her parents.

    Her parents in the next household and her father's and mother's birthplaces identify her (image read in the survey of her mother's records).

    Source 5

  7. 1965 Residence Dec 1965 · Osage Township, Bates · proven

    Usual residence one mile east of Rich Hill, outside the city limits, not on a farm (death certificate).

    Her usual residence on her death certificate: "1 mile east" of Rich Hill, outside the city limits; Rich Hill lies in Osage Township.

    Source 1

  8. 1965 Death 12 Dec 1965 · Butler, Bates · proven

    At the Bates County Hospital, Butler, after twelve hours there; aged 76; married; housewife. Cause myocardial infarction due to arteriosclerotic heart disease. Missouri death certificate 65-046886.

    Her Missouri death certificate (image read in the survey of her mother's records) names her father Robert Kamm and her mother Barbara Hagnaur [Hegnauer], with her husband John P. Grill as informant.

    Source 1

  9. 1965 Burial 15 Dec 1965 · Rich Hill, Bates · proven

    Green Lawn Cemetery; Booth Funeral Service, Rich Hill.

    The death certificate gives burial on 12/15/65 in Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill; Find a Grave has her memorial there.

    Sources 1, 8

  • proven
  • probable
  • family event

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Places in this life

6 places, in order
1 2 3 4 5 6
  1. 1 Bates County, Missouri Birth 5 Jan 1889
  2. 2 Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County Residence 1900
  3. 3 Osage Township, Bates County Residence 1910 · Residence 1920 · Residence Dec 1965
  4. 4 Pueblo, Pueblo County Marriage 11 May 1912
  5. 5 Butler, Bates County Death 12 Dec 1965
  6. 6 Rich Hill, Bates County Burial 15 Dec 1965

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Family

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Husband · m. 11 May 1912 John P. Grill b. c. 1894
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The evidence 8 facts with their grades, 8 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth 5 Jan 1889 Bates County, Missouri, United States probable 1 , 2
Residence 1900 Pleasant Gap Township, Bates, Missouri, United States proven 2
Residence 1910 Osage Township, Bates, Missouri, United States proven 3
Marriage with John P. Grill 11 May 1912 Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States proven 1 , 3 , 4 , 5
Residence 1920 Osage Township, Bates, Missouri, United States proven 5
Residence Dec 1965 Osage Township, Bates, Missouri, United States proven 1
Death 12 Dec 1965 Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States proven 1
Burial 15 Dec 1965 Rich Hill, Bates, Missouri, United States proven 1 , 8

Research notes

  • Sources: Her death certificate, the 1900–1920 censuses and the newspaper items were read on screen during the survey of her mother's records. The Colorado marriage is known only from the index entry attached to her and her husband in the Ancestry tree; it has not been re-read.
  • Correction (WikiTree): WikiTree (Kamm-36) gives her death year as 1969. Her death certificate gives 12 Dec 1965, and Find a Grave agrees on 1965.1, 8
  • Marriage in Colorado: The index gives Pueblo, Colorado, 11 May 1912.4 In the 1920 census John P. Grill was 25, so he was about seventeen or eighteen at the marriage and she twenty-three; the index should be read for the ages it gives and for any parental consent. Why they married in Colorado is not known.
  • Children: Only Lenora (about 1912) is known.5 Christina's obituary (Rich Hill Mining Review, December 1965) has not been searched; it would name any other children.
  • Her mother's maiden name: her death certificate gives it as "Barbara Hagnaur", from her husband.1

Working notes

  • Find a Grave 86783280; bur. 15 Dec 1965 Green Lawn; WikiTree Kamm-36 death 1969 is wrong (death cert 12 Dec 1965)

Sources

  1. 1

    Missouri Division of Health, Standard Certificate of Death, state file no. 65-046886, registrar's no. 218, Christine Louise Grill, died 12 December 1965, Bates County Hospital, Butler (12 hours); usual residence "1 mile east" of Rich Hill, Bates County, outside the city limits, not on a farm; female, white, married; born 1/5/89, Bates County, Mo.; age 76; housewife; father Robert Kamm; mother's maiden name Barbara Hagnaur; husband and informant John P. Grill, Rich Hill; cause myocardial infarction due to arteriosclerotic heart disease; burial 12/15/65, Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill; Booth Funeral Service, Rich Hill; filed 21 December 1965; in "Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910–1971," database with images, Ancestry.com, image 1965_00046886-02472.

  2. 2

    1900 U.S. Federal Census, Pleasant Gap Township, Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 18, sheet 7A, enumerated 16 June 1900, dwelling 123, family 126, household of Robert J. Kamm (head, farmer, born Feb 1857, Illinois), with Barbara (wife) and children Margret E. (Dec 1883), Christina L. (Jan 1889, 11), Lizzie B. (May 1893), Robert J. (Mch 1896) and Oscar W. (June 1899); roll 839; image 4118756_00517; database with images, Ancestry.com.

  3. 3

    1910 U.S. Federal Census, Osage Township (excluding Rich Hill City), Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 15, sheet 6A, enumerated 22 April 1910, dwelling 61, family 61, household of Robert Kamm [indexed Kenner] (53, farmer), with Barbara (50) and children Maggie (26), Christina (21), Lizzie (16), Robert (14), Oscar (10) and Bertha (7); next dwelling (62) John Grill (53, born Illinois), with his wife Louise and son John P.; roll T624_768; image 31111_4330351-00902; database with images, Ancestry.com.

  4. 4

    "Colorado, U.S., County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862–2006," database, Ancestry.com, marriage of John P. Grill and Christina Louise Kamm, 11 May 1912, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado; attached to both in the family tree (index entry not re-read; the county record has not been seen).

  5. 5

    1920 U.S. Federal Census, Osage Township, Bates County, Missouri, E.D. 16, sheet 3B, enumerated 13–14 January 1920: dwelling 63, household of Robert Kamm [indexed Kamin] (62, dairy farm), with Barbara (59), Margaret, Robert, Oscar and Bertha; and next door, household 64, John P. Grill (25, renter, farmer), with Christine (wife, 31, born Missouri, father born Illinois, mother born Missouri), Lenora (daughter, 7) and Louisa (mother, 65, widowed, born Illinois, parents born Switzerland); roll T625_905; image 4312392-00330; database with images, Ancestry.com.

  6. 6

    "Mrs. Robert Kamm Dies," Rich Hill Mining Review (Rich Hill, Missouri), 11 January 1923, p. 5: survived by the husband, four daughters, Mrs. John Grill, Mrs. Edw. McVickers, and Misses Maggie and Bertha Kamm, and two sons, Robert and Oscar; image, Newspapers.com (newspapers.com/image/1000206435).

  7. 7

    "Robert Kamm, 76, Dies," Rich Hill Mining Review (Rich Hill, Missouri), 25 January 1934, p. 8: survived by four daughters, Mrs. J. E. Vicker [McVicker], Mrs. J. H. [sic] Grill, and Misses Maggie and Bertha Kamm, and two sons, Robert and Oscar; image, Newspapers.com (newspapers.com/image/1000241687).

  8. 8

    Find a Grave, memorial 86783280, Christina Louise Kamm Grill (1889–1965), Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri (findagrave.com/memorial/86783280); seen only as linked from her mother's memorial (125533592).