Helena M. Zimmerman ^{3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Oral Interview with Martha Drugan Westphal, 3-2003:
"Uncle Bill was short, stocky, and had red, rosy cheeks. Aunt Lena always seemed crabby! She was always stern and proper."
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 173, Family 78, Roll 1739
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Rents Home
Lena Drugan..Wife..28..GERMANY

(Living with husband.)
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 2 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 219, Family 18, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Rents Home
Lena Drugan..Wife..35..GERMANY..Nat. 1910

NOTE - If her birth date was 16 Dec 1881, then her age should have been 38 instead of 35.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 2 May 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 61-24, Family 103, Roll 2614
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House rented, $10
Lena Drugan..Wife..48..GERMANY..Immig 1884..Naturalized

(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 20 April 1940. ⁶

1940 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 61-24, Family 94, Roll 4529
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Residence in 1935: Same House
House owned, value $2000
Lena M. Drugan..Wife..57..GERMANY..8th grade..Housewife

(Living with husband and daughter.)
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• Her obituary was published in the La Crosse Tribune on 19 February 1956 in La Crosse, WI.

² Mrs. Lena Drugan, 74, died Friday in a La Crosse hospital after a long illness. She was born Dec 16, 1881, in Germany, and she married Will Drugan in 1906. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Gile (Edith) Harris, La Crosse, and Mrs. Forrest (Audrey) Thompson, Onalaska; one son, Kenneth Drugan, Trempealeau; nine sisters, Mrs. Edith Ewald and Mrs. Elvina Fulling, both of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Louise Reese, Clinton, Wisconsin, Mrs. Amanda Bagenevski and Mrs. Lilah Heaser, both of Fountain City, Wisconsin, Mrs. Mae Parkin, La Crosse, Mrs. Hannah Schmidt, Saint Charles, and Mrs. Esther Brink, Van Nuys, California; and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 9 AM Monday at Saint Batholomew's Catholic Church, the Rev. Leo Pollack officiating, and burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call at the Smith Mortuary in Galesville Sunday afternoon and evening, and the Rosary will be said at the mortuary at 8 PM Sunday.

(Source: La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, Wisconsin, Sunday, February 19, 1956, page 6)
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• She was buried on 20 February 1956 in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial #95033426
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Helena married William John Drugan, son of Patrick Drugan Jr. and Elizabeth Jane Keeffe, on 5 January 1910 in Ettrick, WI.^{1 2 3 4 5 6} (William John Drugan was born on 11 July 1882 in Trempealeau, WI,^{1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12} died on 2 December 1946 in Trempealeau, WI ¹³ and was buried on 4 December 1946 in Holy Cross Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI ¹.). The cause of his death was Heart attack while working on railroad section.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They have conflicting marriage information of 5 January 1910 and , Trempealeau County, WI. ¹³

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 173, Dwelling 78, Family 78, Roll 1739
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home rented
William Drugan..Head..27..WI..Laborer RR Section
Lena Drugan..Wife..28..GER

(Living next door to Edmund Drugan and family.)
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 2 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 219, Family 18, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home rented
William Drugan...Head..37..WI..Railroad
Lena Drugan..Wife..35..GER..Nat. 1910
Edith Drugan..Dau..9..WI
Kenneth R. Drugan..Son..5..WI
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 2 May 1930. ⁵

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 61-24, Family 103, Roll 2614
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House rented, $10
William Drugan..Head..47..WI..Foreman, Railroad Section
Lena Drugan..Wife..48..GER..Immig 1884..Naturalized
Edith Drugan..Dau..18..WI..Waitress, Restaurant
Kenneth Drugan..Son..15..WI
Andrey Drugan..Dau..8..WI
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 20 April 1940. ⁶

1940 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 61-24, Family 94, Roll 4529
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Residence in 1935: Same House
House owned, $2000
William J. Drugan..Head..57..WI..9th grade..Bridgeman, Railroad..earned $1800 in 1939
Lena M. Drugan..Wife..57..GER..8th grade..Housewife
Audrey E. Drugan..Dau..18..WI..10th grade..Student
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  Marriage Notes:

In honor of Carl Zimmerman's 80th birthday, his children gathered at his home for dinner and supper Saturday and he was presented with a purse of money. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. William Drugan, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Perkins, Mrs. Esther Brink and sons Thomas and Robert, Mr. and Mrs. William Schmidtknecht and son Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Haeuser, Mr. and Mrs. Gile Harris, daughter, Gilah Mae and Dr. D. Cusdrey. Mr. Zimmerman will make his home this winter with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Drugan.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 14 Nov 1938, page 13)
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