Robert Lucius Hegnauer Sr.: abstracts of records viewed in the Ancestry survey (2026-09-26, lean mode)

Tree person 102705340649 in tree 206849982. These are the pending hints, the sources already attached to him (read to check them), and one targeted search find. Everything was viewed on screen, with images read where they exist. Nothing was saved, accepted, ignored or changed on Ancestry, Newspapers.com, FamilySearch, WikiTree or Find a Grave. Nothing was downloaded or clipped. Readings in [brackets] are editorial. Member photos are described here too (there are no document images among them), so there is no separate H0017-member-media.md.

Spellings met: Robert L. Hegnauer (most records), Robert Lucius Hegnauer (WWI and WWII cards, 1914 Illio), R. L. Hegnauer (1911 Illio index, 1955 newspaper), Robert Lucius Hegenauer (Ancestry's index of the 1916 University of Illinois directory; the page prints HEGNAUER), Robert L Heqnauer (1950 census index), Robert T Hegnauer (a 1920 index variant).

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Pending hints (14 new; 14 already accepted)

Hint 0: member photo "Robert L. Hegnauer" (gravestone) — STRONG

• Shared by Patricia Adams (Iowa_adams_family) on 19 Mar 2023; its caption says she "originally shared this article on 19 Mar 2023 from FindAGrave.com". Type Document/Certificate, dated 14 Dec 1969, Banning, Riverside County, California. It is linked to her "Robert L Hegnauer".
• The image is a small flat bronze marker set in grass. It reads HEGNAUER / ROBERT L. [emblem, probably the Masonic square and compass] BLANCHE E. / 1887 [–] 1969 · 1892 [–] 1969. The image is low resolution; the emblem and the dashes are uncertain.
• Match: surname, both given names, his and Blanche's birth and death years, and Banning (the obituary puts him in San Gorgonio Memorial Park beside his late wife). Accept as a grave photo. It is a derivative copy of a Find a Grave photograph.

Hint 1: member photo "Photo" (Iowa_adams_family, 19 Mar 2023) — POSSIBLE

• A sepia head-and-shoulders crop of a young man in a dark suit and bow tie. Other figures' shoulders show at the edges. It has no caption or description.
• It is the same face and crop as hint 2 (MaggieOhio 2012), so it was almost certainly cut from the family portrait (hint 3), where Robert sits between his parents. It is an unlabelled duplicate. Either accept it as a second copy or ignore it as a duplicate of hint 2 (recommended: ignore as a duplicate).

Hint 2: member photo "Robert Lucius Hegnauer" (MaggieOhio) — STRONG

• Shared by MaggieOhio on 18 Sep 2012 (the hint card says 9/17/2012) and saved by 11 users. Type Portrait / Family Photo. It is linked to her "Robert Lucius Hegnauer Sr."
• A black-and-white crop of the young man in a bow tie from the Leonhard Hegnauer family portrait (hint 3). The portrait's provenance is Beat Stadler, a Swiss relative; its description places "Robert Lucius Hegnauer (b. 1887)" forward, between his parents. He looks about 18 to 22, which dates the portrait to about 1905–1910 (see H0003-member-media.md).
• Accept as his portrait, derived from the family photo.

Hint 3: member photo, Leonard Hegnauer family portrait — STRONG

• The same item (d11a1395) that was accepted on Leonhard (H0003) and Susanna (H0038); it is transcribed in H0003-member-media.md and H0038-member-media.md. The contributor's description names "Robert Lucius Hegnauer (b. 1887)" forward between his parents. (The contributor's e-mail address is omitted.) Accept on Robert too.

Hint 4: member tree (Daniel Oelschlaeger) — IGNORE

• It gives birth on 11 Nov 1887 at Prairie City, Bates, Missouri; death on 14 Dec 1969 at Banning, Riverside, California; and father "Leonhard C Hegnauer". Its details were not opened (lean mode). Member trees are always ignored. The "C" middle initial for Leonhard is unsupported.

Hint 5: U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1895, "L Hegnauer", Pleasant Gap — WRONG PERSON

• 1127/6642129 is already abstracted in H0001-survey-abstracts.md. It is Leonhard's (H0003) 80 acres in Sec. 36, Pleasant Gap Twp. Robert was 7 in 1895. Ignore: "father's land, not Robert's".

Hint 6: U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index — STRONG (the index date is wrong)

• Index: Robert L Hegnauer, male, residence Appleton City, MO; marriage date 16 Aug 1910 [wrong]; spouse Lotta Alice. "Saved to 1 person in 1 tree."
• Page: The Marshall Republican (Marshall, Mo.), Fri 12 Aug 1910, p. 4, newspapers.com/image/201681616. The tree already cites this article through two clippings by timewizardcosmo (171631971 and 184272963, listed under Other sources). The full text:

  Hegnauer-Donnell. A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Rev. and Mrs. G. J. Donnell, of College Addition, Tuesday at 9 a.m. when their daughter, Miss Lotta Alice was married to Robert L. Hegnauer, of Appleton City, Mo., Rev. Donnell officiating. The bride was a student at M. V. C. [Missouri Valley College] the past winter. Before coming to Marshall, she graduated at the Appleton City Academy at the same time that the groom did and it was here that the love affair had its beginning. She is a very pleasant, cultured and sensible young lady who is worthy of the best husband. The groom, who is a resident of Appleton City, has been attending the University of Illinois at Urbana, will return to that place with his bride, after a visit home, to complete his studies. He impresses one as an able and splendid young man. They left on the 11.15 Tuesday for Appleton City. Miss Isabel Coffin, of Appleton City, was one of the guests from a distance.

• "Tuesday" before Fri 12 Aug 1910 is Tue 9 Aug 1910, which agrees with the licence return (below). The index's 16 Aug is an AI error. In the add panel, untick its marriage date.

Hint 7: U.S., School Yearbooks, 1914 Illio (University of Illinois) — STRONG

• 1265/354958331; image 43135_b168719_00508 (image 508 of 714), a senior page headed "Class of 1913" with six portraits and entries: Clare Edward Hay, Henry Collins Hay, Ernest Joseph Healy, Nathaniel Pinckard Heath, Arthur Floyd Heck and:

  ROBERT LUCIUS HEGNAUER · Agriculture · Appleton City, Missouri · Agricultural Club; Illinois Agriculturist Staff (2).

• Match: his full name, Appleton City and the College of Agriculture. His portrait is probably the sixth, at bottom right in entry order; there are no captions. Adds: class of 1913, and membership of the Agricultural Club and the Illinois Agriculturist staff.

Hint 8: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index — STRONG (the burial place is garbled)

• Index: Robert L. Hegnauer, residence Banning, Riverside, Calif.; death "Abt 1969"; burial place "Jit San" [garbled]; obituary date 16 Dec 1969, Banning; Record-Gazette; child Robert.
• The article is already on the tree (Other sources) as clipping newspapers.com/article/record-gazette-rites-for-city-treasurer/171597771 (page image 688565858). Record-Gazette (Banning, Calif.), Tue 16 Dec 1969, p. 1, "Rites for City Treasurer Slated". The full text:

  BANNING – Services for Banning City Treasurer Robert L. Hegnauer, 82, of 225 W. Ramsey St., will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Wiefeles & Son Chapel here. Mr. Hegnauer was an 18-year resident of Banning and its city treasurer since 1960. He was also a retired school teacher. He was a native of Missouri. Surviving are his son, Robert, Jr., of Kelso, Wash.; a stepson, Vincent Hack, San Antonio, Tex. and two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Lyla Williams, Santa Ana, and Mrs. Hazel Musburger, Bemidji, Minn. Also surviving are five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mr. Hegnauer was a member of Doric Lodge 87 AF&AM of Wells, Minn., since 1915. Rev. Stever A. Hieb and Rev. William Peterson and San Gorgonio Lodge 668 F&AM will officiate at services. Interment will be in San Gorgonio Memorial Park beside the grave of his late wife, Blance [Blanche], who died Jan. 20, 1969. Friends may call at Wiefels & Son Chapel between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. today.

• The funeral was on Wed 17 Dec 1969, with interment at San Gorgonio Memorial Park, Banning. The existing burial fact ("Aft. 14 Dec 1969") can be refined. In the add panel, untick the index's "Jit San" burial place and its "Abt 1969" death date.
• New leads: stepson Vincent Hack (so Blanche Isherwood had married a Hack before 1930); her sisters Lyla Williams and Hazel Musburger; a Freemason from 1915 (Doric Lodge 87, Wells).

Hint 9: Illinois, Newspapers.com Stories and Events Index, "Mrs. Robert L. Hegnauer" — STRONG

• Index: topic Club and Association; 17 Oct 1911, Urbana; newspaper "The Summer Illini" [the page is The Daily Illini].
• The Daily Illini (Urbana), Tue 17 Oct 1911, p. 4, newspapers.com/image/757924109, "Dames' Club Meeting":

  The regular meeting of the Dames' Club will be held at the home of Mrs. A. Heck, 1107 West Springfield Avenue, Urbana, Tuesday, October 17, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. A special invitation is extended to all wives of students in the University. Owing to the new method of registration, it is a difficult task to locate the married students, and it will be of mutual benefit if all ladies who are wives of students will send their names and addresses to Mrs. Robert L. Hegnauer, 1111 West Stoughton Street, Urbana.

• Places the couple at 1111 W. Stoughton St., Urbana, in Oct 1911, while Robert was a student. Save it to Robert (Residence 1911, Urbana, Champaign, Illinois) and to Lotta (H0063).

Hint 10: U.S., School Yearbooks, 1911 Illio, "R L Hegnauer" — POSSIBLE (the page doesn't match)

• Index: R L Hegnauer; yearbook 1911; University of Illinois; photo description "Ag Club, MEMBERS".
• The linked image 43135_b168716_00236 (viewer 237 of 538) is book p. 233: a group photo captioned Butler, Aleshire, Scott, Palmquist, Petrie, Twist, Pond / Sawyer, Pennebaker, Griffith, Washburne, Richards, Gum, Angerstein, Harrison, and "Students' Union Banquet". Hegnauer is not on the page. The previous image is blank. The Ag Club member list is probably on another page of the volume.
• Identity is plausible: an agriculture student from 1909 to 1913 and a member of the Agricultural Club (1914 Illio). But the image has not been verified. Hold the hint until the right page is found, or accept it on the index alone as a weak source.

Hint 11: U.S., Presbyterian Church Records (Alden, Minnesota) — STRONG

• 61048/150141759. Index: Robert L. Hegnauer; spouse Lotta Hegnauer; child Leonard D. Hegnauer.
• Images 43102_3421606200_0109-00375 and -00376 (viewer 372–373 of 492): the Presbyterian Church, Alden [Freeborn Co.], Minnesota, "Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, 1891–1923", Register of Baptisms, pp. 140–141 ("… and baptised persons"). The row reads:
  • p. 140: Hegnauer, Leonard D. | [Son, by ditto] of Robert L. & Lotta Hegnauer | birth date blank | [a small figure "5" in the right-edge column].
  • p. 141, "When baptized": 5-9-20 [9 May 1920]. "Came into this church", "Received to full communion", "Dismissed" and "Died" are blank.
  • The neighbouring rows are Swanson (born 6-16-18, baptized 8-18-18) and Hewitt (born 8-20-1916, baptized "about 6-13-20").
• Match: both parents' names, and Alden is about 15 miles from Wells, where the family lived in 1920. The 1920 census lists Leonard D., aged 0. Save it to Robert, Lotta (H0063) and Leonard Donnell Hegnauer (in the tree, 1919–1950).

Hint 12: California, Newspapers.com Stories and Events Index, 26 Sep 1961 — STRONG

• Daily Record [the Banning Record], Tue 26 Sep 1961, p. 15, newspapers.com/image/748772624. A legal notice of the sale of a delinquent improvement bond: "… Total amount due on said bond is Two hundred and one dollars and sixty-six cents ($201.66). In order to avoid this sale, payment of the total amount above named will be required …" It is dated 9/19/61 and signed "ROBERT L. HEGNAUER, Treasurer of the City of Banning, Calif." (Publish Record 9/19–26/1961).
• It confirms he was city treasurer by Sep 1961 (the obituary says since 1960). Use it for an Occupation fact, or enrich the "City Treasurer" fact.

Hint 13: California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1954 — STRONG (index only)

• 61066/68334796. Index: Robert L Hegnauer; 1954; 94 Prince St., Banning, Riverside Co.; party Republican. The image (61066_i111462-00038) was not read in lean mode.
• It fits the 1950 census (Prince St., Banning). Residence 1954.

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Current facts on Ancestry (before any change)

• Name: Robert Lucius Hegnauer; Gender: Male.
• Birth: 11 Nov 1887, Prairie City, Bates County, Missouri, USA.
• Residence 1900: Pleasant Gap, Bates, Missouri, USA (student; single; son).
• Marriage: 9 Aug 1910, Marshall, Saline, Missouri, USA, to Lotta Alice Donnell (1890–1973).
• Residence 1910: Appleton Ward 2, Saint Clair, Missouri, USA (single; son).
• Residence 1920: Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA (cattle buyer; married; head).
• Marriage: 22 Nov 1930, Cass, North Dakota, USA, to Blanche Estelle Isherwood (1892–1969).
• Residence 1930: "Minneapolis (Districts 251-266), Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA" (married; head).
• Residence 1935: "Wells, Faribault, Minnesota" (no "USA"; from the 1940 census).
• Residence 1940: Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA (salesman; married; head).
• Residence 1950: Banning, Riverside, California, USA ("General Subject ?in Grade"; head; married).
• Custom fact "Hegnauer Seeks Third Term as City Treasurer", 19 Jan 1968, Banning (1 source, 1 media).
• Death: 14 Dec 1969, Banning, Riverside, California, USA.
• Burial: Aft. 14 Dec 1969, "Banning, Riverside County, California, United States of America".
• Family: parents Leonhard Hegnauer (1843–1916) and Susanna Katharina Hirschi (1846–1918). Spouses Lotta Alice Donnell and Blanche Estelle Isherwood. Children Robert Lucius Hegnauer Jr. (1916–1999) and Leonard Donnell Hegnauer (1919–1950). Leonard Donnell has no H-ID in the seed record.
• Ancestry sources attached (18): the 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 and 1950 censuses; California Death Index; Missouri Marriage Records; Missouri Newspapers.com Stories index (this is Leonhard's 1916 obituary, 50054/5361507115); U.S. City Directories (Minneapolis 1930); Find a Grave index (60525/207596683); U.S. School Catalogs (1916); SSACI (60901/640202857, the son's application, naming father Robert L and mother Lotta Donnell); SSDI; WWI draft; WWII draft (1942); "Web: Cass County, ND Marriage License Index" and "Web: North Dakota Marriages Index".
• Other sources (6): the Record-Gazette of 16 Dec 1969 (listed twice); the Daily Record-Gazette of 19 Jan 1968; the Marshall Republican of 12 Aug 1910 (two clippings); the San Bernardino County Sun of 9 Sep 1955, p. 20.

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Records already on the tree, read to check them

Marriage licence and return, Saline Co., Missouri, 1910 (Missouri Marriage Records, 1171/10214117)

• Image vrmmo1833_c6272-0026, book p. 42, top-left licence. State of Missouri, County of Saline. The licence authorises a marriage "between Robert L. Hegnauer of Appleton City in the County of St. Clair and State of Missouri, who is over the age of twenty-one years, and Miss Lotta Donnell of Marshall in the County of Saline and State of Missouri, who is over the age of eighteen years." Witness my hand as Recorder of Deeds, at my office in Marshall, this 8th day of August 1910, A. T. Swisher [?], Recorder.
• Certificate: "This is to certify that the undersigned Minister of the Gospel did at Marshall in said County, on the 9th day of August A.D. 1910, unite in marriage the above named persons." Signed G. J. Donnell. Filed for record on the 9th [?] of August 1910; A. B. Yeater [?], Deputy; A. T. Swisher, Recorder.
• This is the primary record for the first marriage, and it agrees with the newspaper. The bride's father officiated.

1920 census (6061/26687431), index read

• Wells, Faribault, Minnesota; street "Spindle Top" [as indexed]. Robert L Hegnauer, head, 32, born Missouri, father and mother born Switzerland; cattle buyer, own account; home owned, mortgaged. Household: Lotta A., wife, 30; Robert L., son, 3; Leonard D., son, 0.

1930 census (6224/79517799), index read

• Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; Ward 13; 4849 Ewing [Ave. S.]; dwelling 319, family 323; rented, $65; radio. Robert Hegnauer, head, 42, married, age at first marriage 22; travelling salesman, grain and feed, wage worker. Household: Lotta, wife, 40; Robert J [L.], son, 14; Donnell, son, 10.
• He was still living with Lotta in April 1930. The 1930 Minneapolis directory (2469/755898717) has "Robert Hegnauer (Lotta D), salesman, 4849 Ewing av S".

1940 census (2442/97771383), index read

• Wells, Faribault, Minnesota; Washington Avenue So.; sheet 6B, household 149; rented, $30. Robert Hegnauer, 52, head, married; residence in 1935: Wells; salesman, grain feed, working on own account; 48 hours; 52 weeks in 1939; highest grade: college, 4th year. One other household member (record 97771384, presumably Blanche) was not read.

1950 census (62308/265103913), index read

• Banning, Riverside, California; Prince St.; the index's house number "1954" looks doubtful (the 1954 voter roll has 94 Prince St.); "2nd floor, 1st house"; dwelling 99. Robert L "Heqnauer", 62, head, married, born Missouri, parents born Switzerland; occupation "General Subject [teacher] in Grade [school]", city school system, government worker; 56 hours; 52 weeks; income $3,000; completed college, 4 years; same house in 1949.

WWI draft registration card (6482/28485330), image read

• Image 005253030_05869; Minnesota, Faribault County, Draft Card H. Serial 1552, No. 142. Name Robert Lucius Hegnauer, 29; home Wells, Minn.; born Nov 11 1887; natural-born citizen; born Prairie City, Mo., U.S.A.; occupation Manager of Seed House; employer Minn[esota] Seed Corn Co., Wells, Minn.; dependants wife and child; married; Caucasian; prior military service: "II Lieutenant", branch "Inf[antr]y", [Wentworth?] "Mil Academy", 3 years, Mo. [partly illegible]; claims exemption: wife and child. Signed Robert Lucius Hegnauer.
• Registrar's report: medium height, medium build, brown eyes, dark brown hair, not bald, no disability; precinct Wells, Faribault, Minn.; registrar G. G. B[?]; dated "May 3[0?]th 1917" as written. The national registration day was 5 June 1917.
• Lead: three years of cadet service and a second lieutenant's rank at a Missouri military academy, probably before university. Wentworth Military Academy at Lexington is a guess from the partial word.

WWII draft registration card, 1942 "Old Man's Draft" (1002/18216973), image read

• Images 44474_10_00008-00651 (front) and -00652 (back). Serial U 691; Robert Lucius Hegnauer; residence Wells, "Fairbault" [Faribault], Minnesota; mailing address Wells, Minnesota; telephone Wells 44; age 54; born Nov 11 1887, Bates Co., Missouri; person who will always know his address: Mrs. R. L. Hegnauer, Wells, Minnesota; employer Frank Brothers Distributing Co., place of employment "Mapelton" [Mapleton], Blue Earth [Co.], Minn. Signed R. L. Hegnauer.
• Back: brown eyes, gray hair; other characteristics none; registrar Margaret Kelly, Local Board 1, Faribault, Minn.; registered April 27, 1942. Height and weight are not transcribed.

California Death Index (5180/3194000), index

• Robert L Hegnauer; SSN 477-01-3006 (issued in Minnesota); male; born 11 Nov 1887, Missouri; died 14 Dec 1969, Riverside [County]; mother's maiden name Hirschi. The mother's maiden name ties the index to Susanna Hirschi (H0038).

U.S. School Catalogs, University of Illinois Directory, 1916 (2203/4369242), image read

• Image 32761_1020704762_0971-00425 (412 of 1412), p. 292, running head "HEDMAN—HEINDEL". Indexed as "Hegenauer".

  HEGNAUER Robert Lucius (ag 1909-13 BS) Teach Wells Minn (Appleton City Mo) Hegenauer Mrs Lotta Alice (Mrs R L) (sp mus 1912-13 Also Mo Valley Coll) Home Wells Mich [Minn] HEGNAUER Leonard (ag 1903-6 BS AB(Kan) '00 Ag Coll & Ag Exp Sta U Ill 1906-10 do Wash Ag Coll 1910-11 Ag Exp Sta U Ill 1911-14) Mgr Bavaria Valley Plantation Bavaria Tex

• He was in the College of Agriculture from 1909 to 1913 with a B.S., and in 1916 he was teaching at Wells, Minn. Lotta was a special student in music in 1912–13 and had also attended Missouri Valley College. His brother Leonard (H0012) appears just above.
• This is the University of Illinois record the task asked for. The alumni-record hint seen on Leonhard's profile (The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois, p. 384, entry 2681) is Leonard's, not Robert's.

San Bernardino County Sun, 9 Sep 1955, p. 20 (clipping 184336216, on the tree)

• "Aesop Olympics: Banning to Stage Ancient Hare-Tortoise Race". The race was announced by "R. L. Hegnauer, secretary-manager of the Banning Chamber of Commerce"; entries were to be staged 13–15 Oct. It gives his occupation in 1955. It is a feature story, not a vital record.

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Search find (new)

Divorce, Faribault County district court, Nov 1930 — STRONG

• Newspapers.com search "Hegnauer divorce", 1929–1931, gave 128 matches, mostly other families. The first result: The Courier-Sentinel (masthead "[Br]icelyn, Faribault County, Minnesota"; Newspapers.com files it under Kiester), Thu 20 Nov 1930, p. 1, newspapers.com/image/1030815361. Column "Circuit Court Cases", Civil Cases:

  Ross vs. Berg—Verdict for plaintiff. International Milling Co. vs. Perrine—Verdict for plaintiff. Blue Earth Seed Co. vs. Perrine—verdict for plaintiff. Hegnauer vs. Hegnauer—Divorce granted plaintiff. Kingbeil vs. Klingbeil—Divorce granted plaintiff. Phelps vs. Phelps—Divorce granted plaintiff. Billington vs. Billington—Divorce granted plaintiff. Swartz vs. Swartz—Divorce granted plaintiff.

• Match: the only Hegnauer couple in Faribault County (Wells) in 1930. It ends Robert and Lotta's marriage in the November 1930 term of the Faribault County district court, just before his 22 Nov 1930 marriage to Blanche in Cass Co., North Dakota (Fargo). The item doesn't say which spouse was the plaintiff. Not yet on the tree: save the page to Robert and to Lotta (H0063) as a Divorce fact, Nov 1930, Faribault County, Minnesota. No clipping was made.
• Lead: the divorce file itself (Faribault County District Court, Blue Earth, Minn.) should name the plaintiff, the grounds and custody of the two sons. Minnesota then barred remarriage for six months after a divorce, which may explain why the wedding was in North Dakota. That is context to confirm, not evidence.

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Gaps and leads

• California death certificate (Riverside Co., 1969): not online. The index and the obituary cover the facts.
• Burial: San Gorgonio Memorial Park, Banning; funeral Wed 17 Dec 1969 (from the obituary). Find a Grave memorial 202231524 (per the H0038 survey) was not re-read.
• Blanche's previous marriage: stepson Vincent Hack, of San Antonio, Tex., in 1969. Her sisters were Mrs. Lyla Williams (Santa Ana) and Mrs. Hazel Musburger (Bemidji, Minn.). These are for H0065.
• Leonard Donnell Hegnauer (1919–1950): he needs an H-ID. The seed record doesn't list him as a child. He was baptized 9 May 1920 at Alden, Minn., and was 0 in the 1920 census and 10 in 1930 ("Donnell").
• Occupations: 1900 schoolboy; 1909–13 agriculture student, University of Illinois (B.S. 1913); 1916 teacher, Wells; 1917 manager of a seed house, Minnesota Seed Corn Co., Wells; 1920 cattle buyer; 1930 travelling salesman, grain and feed, Minneapolis; 1940 salesman, grain and feed, Wells; 1942 Frank Brothers Distributing Co., Mapleton; 1950 grade-school teacher, Banning; 1955 secretary-manager, Banning Chamber of Commerce; 1960–69 Banning city treasurer.
• Leonhard's 1916 obituary: the "lives in Illinois" in the Booster reprint is an error. The Appleton City Journal (9 Nov 1916) says Wells, Minn., and so do the 1916 University directory and his 1917 draft card. "Illinois" was probably stale from his student years (1909–13).
• The 1911 Illio Ag Club page (hint 10) still needs to be found in the volume.
• The 1954 voter roll image was not read (occupation). Neither was the second 1940 household member.