Arthur Owen Drugan ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Another name for Arthur was "Joker" Drugan.⁸

  General Notes:

Arthur O. Drugan who has been traveling through the northern part of the state for the past month, came here Saturday evening to spend Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Theodore Schmitz. He left Monday for Rochester and other places in the state.

Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, MN, 14 Feb 1922, page 9
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Arthur O. Drugan who has been spending the past few months in Colorado and Kansas and other western states is here visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. Theodore Schmitz.

(Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, MN, 7 Jul 1922, page 11)
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Arthur O. Drugan, brother of Mrs. Theodore Schmitz (Ella Drugan), spent Sunday with relatives here (Trempealeau). He left Monday for points in Minneapolis.

(Source: Winona Daily Republican, Winona, MN, Oct 08 1924, Page 11)
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The obituary for his brother, Hubert, in September 1949 indicated that Arthur was from Missouri which is where their other brother, Francis, was also living.
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There are three conflicting dates of birth for Arthur:

Dec 1885 - 1900 US Census
9 Dec 1886 - 1917 Draft Registration Card
1887 - Gravestone,
1905 Wisconsin State Census,
1910 US Census,
1920 US Census,
and the Winona Daily News Obituary
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  Death Notes:

Name: Arthur Drugan
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Feb 1962
Event Place: Lacr, , Wisconsin
Residence Place: , Wisconsin
Gender: Male
Age: 75
Certificate Number: 004295

Citing this Record
"Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8SR-62S : 12 December 2014), Arthur Drugan, 05 Feb 1962; from "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing certificate number 004295, Lacr, , Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Health, Madison.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of December 1885 and a birth location of , Trempealeau County, WI.

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• He has alternate birth date of 1887 and a birth location of , Trempealeau County, WI.

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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 9 June 1900. ⁴

1900 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 137, Family 155
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned, no mortgage
Arthur O. Drugan..Son..Dec 1885..14..WI..At School

(Living with widowed mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1905 Wisconsin State Census in Trempealeau, WI in June 1905. ⁵

1905 Wisconsin State Census
Page 467, Family 120, Line 54
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Arthur O. Drugan..Son..18..WI..Day Labor

(Living with widowed mother.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 16 April 1910. ⁶

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 173, Family 51, Roll 1739
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned
Arthur O. Drugan..Son..23..WI..Magazine Solicitor

(Living with widowed mother.)
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• His occupation on 5 June 1917 was a Traveling Salesman for Homestead Company in Des Moines, IA. ²

• He resided in Decorah, IA on 5 June 1917.
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• On 5 June 1917, he registered for the World War I Draft at Decorah, IA.

name: Arthur Owen Drugan
birth date: 09 Dec 1886
birthplace: Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Norfolk, NE on 4 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 147, Family 30, Roll 993
Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska
904 Norfolk Avenue; home rented
Arthur Drugan..Head..32..WI..Press Manager, Nebraska Farm Journal

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 9 Dec 1886, then his age should have been 23 instead of 32.
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• He resided in Trempealeau, WI on 27 April 1942.
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• Arthur Owen Drugan registered for WW II Draft: 27 April 1942, Whitehall, WI.

³ Name: Arthur Owen Druean
Birth Date: 09 Dec 1886
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• He resided in Missouri in September 1949.
In the September 1949 obituary for his brother, Hubert Drugan, it mentioned that Arthur was from Missouri.
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• He was buried after 5 February 1962 in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial #95033418
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• His obituary was published in the Winona Daily News on 7 February 1962 in Winona, MN.

⁹ Funeral services for Arthur Drugan, 75, Trempealeau, who died of pneumonia Monday morning at St. Francis Hospital, La Crosse, will be Friday at 10 a. m. at St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church here. The Rev. Edward Sobecyk will officiate. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Mr. Drugan was hospitalized about a week ago. Recently he had been a resident of Golden Age Nursing Home, Whitehall.

Born here in 1887, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Drugan. He traveled extensively as a salesman in his younger days but had to stop because of poor eye-sight.

Survivors are: A son, Wayne, North Dakota; two daughters, Mrs. Stanley (Blossom) Cass and Mrs. Leo (Margie) Jefferies, both of Michigan; a sister, Mrs. Ella Schmitz, Strum, Wis., and a number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews and nieces.

Friends may call at Smith Mortuary, Galesville, Thursday evening. The Rosary will be said at 8:15 p. m. Thursday.

(Source: Winona Daily News, Winona, MN, 7 Feb 1962)
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Arthur married Leila Grace Anderson, daughter of Welcome Wallace Anderson and Ellen Clarissa Pryor, on 6 April 1914 in Brown County, SD.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Leila Grace Anderson was born on 4 April 1893 in Gilford, MN ^{1 10} and died in May 1984 in Howard, SD.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Norfolk, NE on 4 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 147, Family 30, Roll 993
Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska
904 Norfolk Avenue; home rented
Arthur Drugan..Head..32..WI..Press Manager, Nebraska Farm Journal
Lela Drugan..Wife..26..MN
Wayne Drugan..Son..4..ND
Margery Drugan..Daughter..1..ND
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• Divorced: Bef 1922.

  Marriage Notes:

Their first daughter, Blossom, was born about 4 months after Arthur and Leila were married. For whatever reason, they decided to adopt her out to Arthur's sister, Ella Agnes Drugan, who had been married to Theodore Schmitz for about 13 years.

I do not have the date of adoption nor do I know if Blossom was adopted out almost immediately or if it happened several years later. Blossom was born in 1914 and by the time she was 6 years old, the 1920 census shows her living with Theodore and Ella Schmitz under the name of Blossom E. Schmitz.
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Arthur and Lela have not yet been found in the 1930 and 1940 US Census. Their second daughter, Margery, was found living with Arthur's sister, Ella Schimtz in 1930 in Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Robert Westphal reports that Margery was also adopted by her aunt, Ella Agnes Drugan who was married to Theodore Schmitz.
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After her divorce from Arthur Drugan, Leila was remarried to Albert Langberg in 1922.
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