Blossom E. Drugan

   Another name for Blossom was Blossom E. Schmitz.^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Blossom was adopted by her aunt, Ella Drugan and her husband Theodore Schmitz who later adopted her younger sister, Margery. So both of the daughters born to Arthur Drugan and Lelia Anderson were adopted by Arthur's sister, Ella Drugan. But for some reason, the younger Margery appears to have kept her birth surname of Drugan whereas the older sister, Blossom, used her adopted surname of Schmitz.
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1920 Census said she was born in Minnesota; the 1930 said North Dakota; the 1940 said North Dakota.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Blossom E Kass
Given Name: Blossom
Middle Name: E
Surname: Kass
State: Michigan
Last Place of Residence: Ravenna, Muskegon, Michigan
Previous Residence Postal Code: 49451
Age: 84
Birth Date: 14 Aug 1914
Death Date: 30 Mar 1998

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2BG-YNG : 22 August 2020), Blossom E Kass, 30 Mar 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She was adopted before 1920 in , Trempealeau County, WI. Adopted by Theodore Schmitz and Ella Drugan. Natural parents were Arthur Owen Drugan and Leila Anderson. Arthur was the younger brother to Ella Drugan. So, in essence, Blossom was adopted by her aunt. This occurred before she was 6 years old but the actual date of the adoption is not yet known.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 5 January 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, Roll 2018, District 219, Household 56
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
House owned, no mortgage
Blossom E. Schmitz..Daughter..5..MN
(Living with adoptive parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 23 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 23, Dwelling 170, Family 171, Roll 2614
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned
Blossom Schmitz..Daughter..15..ND
(Living with adoptive parents.)

NOTE - Blossom was apparently adopted out from her biological parents, Arthur Owen Drugan and Leila Grace Anderson. Arthur was a brother to Ella Drugan.
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• She was buried after 30 March 1998 in the Ravenna Cemetery in Ravenna, MI.

Find A Grave Memorial #104489089
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Blossom married Stanley Peter Kass, son of Cyrus Theodore Kass and Stella Wojciechowski, about 1932. (Stanley Peter Kass was born on 18 November 1912 in , Trempealeau County, WI,^{5 6} died on 18 June 2006 in Ravenna, MI ^{5 6} and was buried after 18 June 2006 in Ravenna Cemetery, Ravenna, MI ⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

TREMPEALEAU
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Kass, who lived in the Felix Malchaski house, have moved to the Theodore H. Schmitz house on Third Street.

Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 22 Sep 1933, page 12
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Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kass and children Theodore and Bonnie, returned home to Muskegon, Mich. Saturday after visiting Mrs. Kass' mother, Mrs. Ella Schmitz.

(Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, MN, 20 Nov 1940, page 14)
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