Thank you for the 1900 census info, however, that is where I discovered the
possibility they were married abt 1887; the reason I doubt it was that early
is because my Grandmother wasn't born until 1890 in Evansville, John's
hometown...they may have been stretching it a bit...never know for sure...but I do
think they eloped because Claudia was Catholic and John was not. This was a
bone of contention throughout their short marriage; Claudia died in Freeport
in a freak accident a few days after the 1900 census...she accidentally
inhaled chloroform when attempting to treat a migraine by breathing threw a cloth
soaked in that substance...sad.
Jo-Ann Seitzinger
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