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Lotta Alice Donnell (Mrs. Robert L. Hegnauer): abstracts of records viewed in the Ancestry survey (2026-09-26, lean mode)

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Tree person 102705347196 in tree 206849982 (FamilySearch GZVR-M5R, WikiTree Donnell-1385). These are the pending hints, the sources already attached to her (read to check them), and a few targeted finds. Everything was viewed on screen. Nothing was saved, accepted, ignored or changed on Ancestry, Newspapers.com, Find a Grave, FamilySearch or WikiTree. Nothing was clipped. The Washington death certificate (a free public record) was viewed in the browser's PDF viewer and not saved to disk. Readings in [brackets] are editorial. Her first marriage, the censuses of 1920 and 1930, the Alden baptism of Leonard and the 1930 divorce are already abstracted in H0017-survey-abstracts.md and aren't repeated here.

Spellings met: Lotta Alice Donnell (marriage), Lotta M Donnell (1900 census index), Lottie Donnell (1910), Lotta A. Hegnauer (1920), Lotta D. Hegnauer (from 1930 onward: directories, 1950 census, death), Lottie Hegnauer (1940), Mrs. Lotta Hagnauer (1935 obituary of her mother), Lotta Donnell Hegnauer (death certificate). From about 1930 she used her maiden name, Donnell, as her middle name.


Pending hints (7 new; 12 already accepted)

#HintIdentifiersCall
0U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, "Miss Lotta Alice", Marshall62116/2837791; newspapers.com/image/201681616strong (index date wrong)
1Member tree, "Lotta Alice Donnell" (Van Buren Family Tree)tree 163993, person 197032960Ignore (rule)
2Member photo "Obituary for ALICE DONNELL (Aged 73)" (vanburen2, 7 Apr 2020)/mediaui-viewer/tree/163993/person/197032960/media/7fa96c1a-43dd-4a7d-93f7-2e72563b5531; Newspapers.com clip 48190827strong as a document naming her; it's her mother's obituary
3Geneanet Community Trees Index, Lotta Alice Donnell62476/6518034906Ignore (a compiled tree)
4U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, "Lotta Hegnauer", father George J. Donnell61843/56190232; newspapers.com/image/187552746strong (her father's 1936 obituary)
5Minnesota, Newspapers.com Stories and Events Index, "Mrs. Lotta D. Hegnauer", 4 Oct 193162364/4311389016; newspapers.com/image/182442498strong
6U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, Lotta Hegnauer, spouse Robert L., child Leonard D.61048/300141759; image 43102_3421606200_0109-00375strong (abstracted under H0017 hint 11)

Hint 0: U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index — STRONG (the index date is wrong)

  • Index: "Miss Lotta Alice" [Miss Lotta Alice Donnell]; female; residence Marshall; occupation student; marriage date 16 Aug 1910 [wrong]; parents G. J Donnell; father "G Ji Donnell"; spouse Robert L Hegnauer.
  • The page is The Marshall Republican, Fri 12 Aug 1910, p. 4 (image 201681616), the same article as Robert's hint 6. Its full text is in H0017-survey-abstracts.md. The wedding was on Tue 9 Aug 1910 (the licence return agrees). The tree already cites the article through two clippings under Other sources.
  • In the add panel, untick the marriage date (16 Aug) and the residence "Marshall," if it would overwrite anything.

Hint 1: member tree (Van Buren Family Tree) — IGNORE

  • It claims birth on 3 Jan 1890 at Brookville, Franklin, Indiana; death on 5 Apr 1973 at Tacoma; father George Johnson Donnell; mother "Alice Johnston Garrett". Details not opened (lean mode).
  • The Brookville birthplace probably comes from the 1900 census residence, not from a birth record. Her obituary says Newburgh, Ind. (see below). "Garrett" is unexplained. Her mother's maiden name was Johnson (her death certificate, and her mother's obituary naming brothers Charles and Robert Johnson). Garrett may be a first married name. Treat it as a lead only.

Hint 2: member photo "Obituary for ALICE DONNELL (Aged 73)" — STRONG (the mother's obituary)

  • Shared by Margaret Jill Van Buren (vanburen2), who "originally shared this article on 7 Apr 2020 from Newspapers.com", and saved by five other users. Type Document/Certificate; dated 15 Jun 1935; Minneapolis, Minnesota. In her tree it is linked to Lotta Alice Donnell, but the notice is about Lotta's mother.
  • Source: Star Tribune (Minneapolis), [Sat] 15 Jun 1935, p. 16; Newspapers.com clip 48190827, page image 183512513. Full text:

    MRS. ALICE DONNELL. Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Donnell, 73, who died Wednesday at her home, 4208 West Forty-fourth street, will be at 2 p. m. Saturday at the home. Burial will be in Hillside cemetery. Born in Newbury, Ind., she had lived in Minneapolis 10 years. Surviving are her husband, the Rev. George Donnell, retired; two daughters, Faustine and Mrs. Lotta Hagnauer, and two grandchildren, all of Minneapolis; two brothers, Charles and Robert Johnson, Evansville, Ind., and a sister, Mrs. Rose Strong, Seattle, Wash.

  • Death "Wednesday" before Sat 15 Jun 1935 was 12 Jun 1935. It places Lotta in Minneapolis in June 1935 and names her sister Faustine. The mother's birthplace "Newbury, Ind." is presumably Newburgh, Warrick Co., which is next to Evansville, where her brothers lived.
  • Recommendation: accept on Lotta as a document naming her, and also on Allice J. (H0047), who is the subject. It is a derivative copy of a newspaper clipping.

Hint 3: Geneanet Community Trees Index — IGNORE (compiled tree)

  • Lotta Alice Donnell; born 3 Jan 1890, Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana; married 9 Aug 1910, Marshall, Saline Co., Missouri; died 5 Apr 1973, Tacoma; spouse Robert Lucius Hegnauer; children Leonard Donnell and Robert Lucius Hegnauer. It's a member-tree derivative, so it's ignored like a member tree. The Brookville claim is the same as hint 1's.

Hint 4: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index — STRONG (her father's obituary)

  • Index: Lotta Hegnauer [Lotta Donnell]; female; The Minneapolis Star; father George J. Donnell.
  • The Minneapolis Star, Wed 22 Jul 1936, p. 7, newspapers.com/image/187552746. Full text:

    REV. DONNELL'S RITES THURSDAY / Retired Minister Was Active in La Crosse Presbytery Funeral services for Rev. George J. Donnell, 81, 4208 W. Forty-fourth street, former moderator and stated clerk of the La Crosse presbytery of the Synod of Wisconsin, who died Sunday at the home of a sister, Mrs. Annie Galloway of Columbia, Tenn., will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Minneapolis residence, with burial at Hillside cemetery. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Donnell was chairman of the Christian education committee of the Synod of Wisconsin. His last pastorate was at Neillsville, Wis. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, A.F. & A.M., at New Washington, Ind., and was once in the Mankato, Minn., presbytery. Surviving are two daughters, Faustine and Mrs. Lotta Hegnauer of Minneapolis; a sister, Mrs. Galloway, and a brother, Kerr of Macon, Tenn.

  • Match: the father's name and the 4208 W. 44th St. home (her son Leonard gave her that address in 1940). It confirms that she was his daughter and lived in Minneapolis in July 1936. For H0042: he died Sun 19 Jul 1936 at Columbia, Tenn., aged 81 (born about 1855; the 1900 census says Jul 1857), and was buried at Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis.
  • Recommendation: accept on Lotta; also save it to George (H0042).

Hint 5: Minnesota, Newspapers.com Stories and Events Index, 4 Oct 1931 — STRONG

  • Index: Mrs. Lotta D. Hegnauer; topic Other; residence 4 Oct 1931, Minneapolis; Star Tribune.
  • Star Tribune [the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune], Sun 4 Oct 1931, p. 9, newspapers.com/image/182442498. From an article on emergency work programs in Minneapolis (the neighbouring paragraph is on canning at Northeast Neighborhood House and Wells Memorial Settlement House), under the crosshead "Women Work on Clothing":

    The reconditioning of used clothing provides another source of employment to 15 women daily in the emergency clothes station which has been functioning since August 27 on the fourth floor of the Citizen's Aid Building. More than 1,500 garments have been issued to needy families from this work-room where women sew, mend and prepare old clothes for a new lease of service. The station, sponsored by the Family Welfare association and directed by Mrs. Lotta D. Hegnauer, of the Family Welfare staff, also provides employment to a number of women who are unable to leave their homes. They are given sewing and mending to do and are paid, by the hour, for their services.

  • It shows her working as a social-welfare worker in Minneapolis within a year of the divorce. That fits the 1932 directory ("visitor", meaning a welfare visitor). Save it as Residence/Occupation, 1931, Minneapolis.

Hint 6: U.S., Presbyterian Church Records (Alden, Minnesota) — STRONG

  • 61048/300141759 is Lotta's own index line (Lotta Hegnauer; spouse Robert L. Hegnauer; child Leonard D. Hegnauer). It is on the same register page as Robert's hint (61048/150141759). The baptism of Leonard D., son of Robert L. & Lotta Hegnauer, was on 9 May 1920 at the Presbyterian Church in Alden, Freeborn Co., Minn. The full reading is in H0017-survey-abstracts.md, hint 11.

Current facts on Ancestry (before any change)

  • Name: Lotta Alice Donnell; Gender: Female.
  • Birth: 3 Jan 1890 (no place).
  • Residence 1900: Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, USA (student; single; daughter).
  • Marriage: 9 Aug 1910, Marshall, Saline, Missouri, USA, to Robert Lucius Hegnauer (1887–1969).
  • Residence 1910: Marshall Ward 2, Saline, Missouri, USA (single; daughter).
  • Residence 1920: Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, USA (occupation none; married; wife).
  • Residence 1930: "Minneapolis (Districts 251-266), Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA" (married; wife; occupation Teacher).
  • Residence 1935: "Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota" (no "USA"; from the 1940 census).
  • Residence 1940: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA (home economist; divorced; head).
  • Residence 1950: Pierce County, Washington, USA (social worker, children's worker; relation Partner; divorced).
  • Death: 5 Apr 1973, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA.
  • Burial: Aft. 5 Apr 1973, "University Place, Pierce County, Washington, United States of America".
  • Residence (no date): Tacoma, Washington, USA.
  • Family: parents George Johnson Donnell (1857–) and Allice J Donnell (1862–1935). Spouse Robert Lucius Hegnauer, with children Robert Lucius Hegnauer Jr. (1916–1999) and Leonard Donnell Hegnauer (1919–1950). Berenice E. Burger (1904–1998) is linked as "Friend", not as a spouse. There is no sibling in the tree; the census and obituaries name a sister, Faustine.
  • Ancestry sources (13): the 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940 and 1950 censuses; Missouri Marriage Records; U.S. City Directories (Minneapolis 1930, 2469/755898718); Find a Grave index (60525/215895559); SSACI (60901/790202857, which is Robert Jr.'s application naming mother Lotta Donnell, not hers); SSDI (3693/26681233); WWII Draft Cards Young Men (2238/136634578, which is Leonard's card naming her); Washington Death Records (6716/397587).
  • Other sources (2): The Marshall Republican, 12 Aug 1910, p. 4 (two clippings).

Attached sources, read to check them

1900 census (7602/13380045), index

  • Brookville, Franklin Co., Indiana; sheet 4; dwelling 94, family 98. Household: George Donnell, 42 [head], born Florida; Allice J Donnell, 38, born Indiana; "Lotta M" Donnell, daughter, 10, born Jan 1890, Indiana, single, student, can read and write; "Jaustine" [Faustine] Donnell, 5.
  • This is a residence, not a birthplace. The "M" is probably a misreading of the middle initial A.

1910 census (7884/176902579), index

  • Marshall Ward 2, Saline Co., Missouri; College Street; ED 179, sheet 13B. George J Donnell, 52; Alice J Donnell, 48; Lottie Donnell, daughter, 20, born Indiana, single, father born Florida, mother born Indiana; "Flontine" [Faustine] Donnell, 15.

1940 census (2442/96940053), index

  • Minneapolis, Hennepin Co.; 516 University Avenue [S.E.]; sheet 61A; household 111; rented, $43 a month. Lottie Hegnauer, head, 50, born Indiana, divorced; she gave the information; residence in 1935 Minneapolis; home economist, private wage worker; 38 hours; 52 weeks in 1939; income $1,320; highest grade college, 4th year. Also in the household: Donnell Hegnauer, 20 [her son Leonard Donnell].

1950 census (62308/67681340), index

  • Pierce Co., Washington (the index gives no town, so she was probably outside Tacoma's limits; see the Dash Point directory entries below); dwelling 135; not a farm. Household: Berenice E "Berger", head, 46; Lotta D Hegnauer, "Partner", 59, born Indiana, divorced; social worker (children's worker); industry "Purce [Pierce] County Welfare"; government worker; 40 hours last week.
  • The image was not read, so the enumerator's exact wording and the street were not checked.

U.S., City Directories, 1930 Minneapolis (2469/755898718), index

  • Lotta D Hegnauer; 4849 [Ewing] av S [indexed "lOwing av 8"]; spouse Robert Hegnauer.

U.S., WWII Draft Cards Young Men (2238/136634578), image read (her son's card)

  • Image 44018_09_00010-04343, Minnesota. Serial 818, order number V [1177?]. Leonard Donnell Hegnauer, 516 Univ. Ave. S.E., Mpls., Henn., Minn. (a later address, "424 University Avenue SE", is written across the top); telephone BR 2956; age 21; born Wells, Minn., 10 [Oct] 4 1919 [mm dd yyyy, so 4 Oct 1919]; U.S.A.; person who will always know his address: Mrs. Lotta D. Hegnauer, mother, 4208 W. 44th St., Mpls., Henn., Minn.; employer: student, Univ. of Minn., Mpls. Signed Donnell Hegnauer. The back of the card (registration date, probably 16 Oct 1940) was not read.

Find a Grave index (60525/215895559) and memorial 244808061, photo read

  • findagrave.com/memorial/244808061/lotta-d-hegnauer. Lotta D Hegnauer, 1890–1973 (aged 82–83); burial New Tacoma Cemetery, University Place, Pierce Co., Washington; plot "EUT Section". Created by T.P. on 18 Oct 2022, with one photo by T.P. (19 Oct 2022). No bio and no family links.
  • Photo: a flat granite marker in grass reading LOTTA D. HEGNAUER / 1890 1973.

U.S., Social Security Death Index (3693/26681233)

  • Lotta Hegnauer; SSN 532-38-8675, issued in Washington in 1956–1957; born 3 Jan 1890; last residence 98408, Tacoma; died Apr 1973.

Washington, U.S., Death Records (6716/397587), index

  • Lotta D Hegnauer; residence Tacoma; died 5 Apr 1973, Tacoma; certificate 009532.

U.S., SSACI (60901/790202857)

  • Index: Lotta Donnell; spouse Robert L Hegnauer; child Robert Lucius Hegnauer. This is her son Robert Jr.'s application (the same as Robert Sr.'s 60901/640202857), not her own. It confirms her maiden name. She has no SSACI entry of her own: a search for Lotta Hegnauer, born 1890, gives only non-primary lines.

Target gaps: finds

Death certificate, Washington State Dept. of Health, 1973 no. 9532 — PRIMARY (image read)

  • Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, "Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907–2001", reference DE_1973009532, digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/153E232ED2118B519420E7734D001D07 (the image is a free PDF, viewed on screen). The Digital Archives index row has age "0" and SSN "000000000", which are index defaults; the image has the real values.
  • Form HEA-67; local file no. 1046; state file no. 9532.
    • Deceased: LOTTA DONNELL HEGNAUER; female; died April 5, 1973; Caucasian; age 83; born January 3, 1890.
    • County of death Pierce; city Tacoma, inside city limits; Doctors Hospital, 737 S. Fawcett St.
    • State of birth Indiana; citizen of U.S.A.; DIVORCED; surviving spouse "-----".
    • SSN 532-38-8675; usual occupation Social Worker; kind of business Children's Home Society.
    • Residence: Washington, Pierce Co., Tacoma, inside city limits, 3717 Fawcett Ave. So.
    • Father GEORGE JOHNSON DONNELL; mother's maiden name ALICE JUANITA JOHNSON.
    • Informant Mr. Robert L. Hegnauer (Son), 118 Ross Road, Kelso, Wash. 98626.
    • Cause: (a) metastatic carcinoma, 3 years; (b) primary site, carcinoma of colon, [7?] years (handwritten). Autopsy no.
    • Physician attended her from May 1966 to April 5, 1973; last saw her alive March 3[1?], 1973; did not view the body; time of death 11:35 [A?]M. Certifier Dr. Robert Lane [?], M.D., 1135 Medical Arts Bldg., Tacoma 98402; signed April 6, 1973.
    • Disposition: CREMATION; New Tacoma Cemetery, 9221 Chambers Crk. Rd. W., Tacoma; date April 9, 1973; funeral home Brookside Mortuary, 9212 Chambers Crk. Rd. W., Tacoma. Received by the local registrar April [6?], 1973; the state stamp is dated APR 20 1973.
  • It confirms the birth date, gives Indiana as the birth state only (the informant was her son) and gives the mother's middle name, Juanita. It also confirms the cremation and the inurnment at New Tacoma Cemetery.

Obituary: The News Tribune (Tacoma), Thu 5 Apr 1973, p. 15 — STRONG

  • One Newspapers.com search ("Hegnauer", 1973, Washington) gave 11 matches. The obituary is newspapers.com/image/735459112. Ancestry's index of it is 61843/1190296607 (birthplace Newburgh, Warrick, Indiana; child Robert L; sibling Faustine Clements). It is not yet a hint or source on the tree. Full text:

    Lotta Hegnauer — Mrs. Lotta D. Hegnauer, 83, of 3717 Fawcett Ave., died Thursday. She was born in Newburgh, Ind., and had lived in Tacoma since 1944. She was a retired social worker for the Children's Home Society of Washington. Mrs. Hegnauer attended the Longview Community Church and was a member of the Omicron Nu Society, the Pi Lambda Theta Society, the American Association of Social Workers, and the National Retired Teachers' Association. Survivors include a son, Robert L. of Kelso; a sister, Mrs. Faustine Clements of Ojai, Calif.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services will be announced by Brookside Mortuary.

  • Newburgh is the only specific birthplace found in any record. It is secondary evidence (the informant is unknown) but consistent: her mother was born at "Newbury" [Newburgh], Ind., and the mother's brothers lived in Evansville, next to Newburgh. The 1900 Brookville residence is where the family lived when Lotta was 10 and doesn't conflict.
  • Omicron Nu is the home-economics honor society and Pi Lambda Theta the education honor society, which fits her work as a home economist and teacher.

Funeral notice: The News Tribune (Tacoma), Fri 6 Apr 1973, p. 47 — STRONG

  • newspapers.com/image/735459280. Under the funeral notices:

    HEGNAUER — Private services for Mrs. Lotta D. Hegnauer will be held Sat. in the Brookside Chapel, Dr. Robert Warren officiating. Inurnment will be in the New Tacoma Cemetery.

  • The service was on Sat 7 Apr 1973. The death certificate gives 9 Apr 1973 as the disposition date.

Son Leonard's death notice: The Minneapolis Star, Sat 7 Oct 1950, p. 12 — STRONG (names her)

  • Found as an Obituary Index line in the name search (61843/90787351, AI-garbled as "Child: Leonard D. Keon"). newspapers.com/image/187731807:

    HEGNAUER—Leonard D., 2414 Bayless place, St. Paul. Survived by wife, Phyllis; 2 sons, Keith & Mark; mother, Mrs. Lotta Hegnauer; brother, Richard [sic; Robert]. Services Monday 1:45 p.m. Billman chapel, 2518 Central. Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Please omit flowers.

  • For Leonard Donnell Hegnauer (no H-ID yet): he died about Oct 1950, and his wife was Phyllis. His sons Keith and Mark may be living, so keep them out of public text.

City directories (U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995; found by a name search, none attached except 1930)

Index lines were read for the years below. The 1944 image was read; the other entries are AI-indexed.

YearCityRecordEntry
1927Minneapolis2469/977510116Lotta D Hegnauer (not opened)
1929Minneapolis2469/900571088Mrs Lotta D Hegnauer (not opened)
1930Minneapolis2469/755898718(Robert) 4849 Ewing av S (attached)
1932Minneapolis2469/775457044Mrs Lotta D, visitor, 4312 Linden Hills blvd apt 1
1934Minneapolis2469/988714273"Lotta Hegnauer I" (not opened)
1937Minneapolis2469/1009636721home economist, [?] Univ av S E apt 23; index "Spouse Robert" (image not read)
1938Minneapolis2469/1018434102(not opened)
1940Minneapolis2469/800697113(not opened)
1941Minneapolis2469/989970624(not opened)
1942Minneapolis2469/802715212(not opened)
1944Minneapolis2469/1023306670image 15848677 (p. 260 of 510): "Hegnauer Lotta D (wid Wm) home economist h1812 Bryant av S apt 18"; next line "Robt L jr (Adelaide L) USN h3308 19th av S apt 1"
1945Tacoma2469/8332052152420 N 21st, social worker
1947Tacoma2469/815748875(not opened)
1949Tacoma2469/912066082Mrs Lotta D, Dash Point, visitor
1951Tacoma2469/782302795Mrs Lotta D (not opened)
1953Tacoma2469/844451266Mrs Lotta D, soc wkr (no address indexed)
1954Tacoma2469/804432350Mrs Lotta D (not opened)
1955Tacoma2469/756240943Mrs Lotta D (not opened)
1956Tacoma2469/799646245Dash Point, caseworker
  • The 1944 "(wid Wm)" is a directory error or a social convention. Robert L. Sr. was alive (d. 1969), and she had divorced him in 1930. No husband William is known. Flag it; don't create a person. The 1937 index "Spouse Robert" should be checked on the image.
  • Dash Point (1949, 1956) is a waterfront community in unincorporated Pierce Co., northeast of Tacoma. That fits the 1950 census entry with no town.

The Burger "marriage": no marriage exists

  • The tree links Berenice E. Burger (H0078) as a "Friend", not as a spouse, and has no marriage fact. Berenice's own profile has her gender set to Male, which is an error: she is "Daughter" in the 1930 Fullerton, Nebraska census, and "Berenice" is a woman's name. The two women lived together: in 1950 Berenice was head of the household and Lotta, "Partner", and both were county-welfare social workers. Berenice's tree profile has Tacoma about 1945, death 7 Jan 1998 at Puyallup, and burial at New Tacoma Cemetery, the same cemetery as Lotta.
  • Washington did not permit marriage between two women before 2012. Lotta's death certificate says Divorced and surviving spouse "-----"; her obituary names no spouse or companion. There's no marriage to find. The master record's "later married Berenice E. Burger" should be changed to a neutral statement, for example that she shared a household with her friend and colleague Berenice E. Burger from at least 1950. The relationship is recorded only as the census's word "Partner". That term was used in 1950 for unrelated co-householders, so don't over-read it.

Birth record: not found

  • There is no Indiana birth record for her online. An Ancestry birth-category search (Donnell, Indiana, 1890) found no match; the Indiana WPA Birth Index doesn't cover her. There is no SSACI or NUMIDENT line of her own (her SSN was issued in Washington in 1956–57). The evidence for 3 Jan 1890 is the death certificate, the SSDI and the 1900 census (Jan 1890). The evidence for the place is Indiana (every census and the death certificate) and Newburgh, Ind. (the 1973 obituary only).

Residences 1930–1973 (combined)

1930 Minneapolis, 4849 Ewing Ave. S. (with Robert) → Nov 1930 divorced (Faribault Co.) → 1931 Minneapolis, Family Welfare Association staff → 1932 4312 Linden Hills Blvd. apt 1 ("visitor") → 1935–36 Minneapolis (her parents' obituaries; their home was 4208 W. 44th St.) → 1937 University Ave. S.E. apt 23 (home economist) → Apr 1940 516 University Ave. [S.E.] (home economist; son Donnell with her) → 1940 contact address 4208 W. 44th St. (Leonard's draft card) → 1944 1812 Bryant Ave. S. apt 18 (home economist) → 1944 moved to Tacoma (obituary) → 1945 2420 N. 21st St., Tacoma (social worker) → 1949 Dash Point (visitor) → 1950 Pierce Co., in Berenice Burger's household (Pierce Co. Welfare) → 1953 Tacoma (social worker) → 1956 Dash Point (caseworker) → 1956–57 SSN issued, Washington → retired from the Children's Home Society of Washington → 1973 3717 Fawcett Ave. S., Tacoma. She died 5 Apr 1973 at Doctors Hospital, Tacoma, was cremated and her ashes were placed in New Tacoma Cemetery (EUT Section), University Place.

Occupations

Student (1900–10; Appleton City Academy; Missouri Valley College 1909–10; special student in music, University of Illinois, 1912–13) → teacher (1930 census) → Family Welfare Association worker / "visitor" (1931–32) → home economist (1937–44) → social worker / caseworker, Pierce Co. Welfare (1945–56) → social worker, Children's Home Society of Washington (retired). Member of Omicron Nu, Pi Lambda Theta, the American Association of Social Workers and the National Retired Teachers' Association.

Leads

  • Sister Faustine Donnell (b. about 1895, Indiana; "Jaustine" in 1900, "Flontine" in 1910), later Mrs. Faustine Clements, of Ojai, Calif. (1973). She is not in the tree.
  • Mother: Alice Juanita Johnson, born at Newburgh ("Newbury"), Ind.; died Wed 12 Jun 1935 at 4208 W. 44th St., Minneapolis, aged 73; buried at Hillside Cemetery. Her siblings were Charles and Robert Johnson of Evansville and Mrs. Rose Strong of Seattle. The member tree's "Alice Johnston Garrett" is unexplained. (For H0047.)
  • Father: Rev. George J. Donnell died Sun 19 Jul 1936 at the home of his sister, Mrs. Annie Galloway, in Columbia, Tenn., aged 81, and was buried at Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis. He had been moderator and stated clerk of the La Crosse Presbytery, and his last pastorate was at Neillsville, Wis. He was a Mason at New Washington, Ind., and had a brother Kerr at Macon, Tenn. (For H0042.)
  • Robert Jr. had a wife Adelaide L. by 1944 (in the Navy, 3308 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis). An Adelaide Louise Hegnauer died in 1995 in Cowlitz Co., Wash. (WA Digital Archives index).
  • Leonard Donnell Hegnauer: born 4 Oct 1919 at Wells, Minn.; wife Phyllis; lived at 2414 Bayless Place, St. Paul; died shortly before Sat 7 Oct 1950 (the exact date isn't in the notice), with services Mon 9 Oct, and was buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. A Fort Snelling burial implies military service, so look for his VA/BIRLS record and the national cemetery interment index.
  • A birth register entry at Warrick Co., Indiana (Newburgh), 1890, might exist in the county health office's birth books; Indiana counties recorded births from 1882. FamilySearch catalog check.
  • The Newspapers.com name search gave five more Obituary Index lines naming "Lotta Hegnauer" (61843/56188617, 61050494, 71291347, 89247394, 90785515). They are probably other printings of the 1935, 1936 and 1950 notices. Not opened.
  • The Ohio results for "Lotta Hegnauer" (Canton 1935 marriages, Summit Co. marriage, the Ohio birth index "Lotta M.") are a different family and are not her.

Blockers

  • No birth record online (see above). No image read for the 1937 directory or the 1950 census.

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