Ada "Margaret" TAMMEN ¹

  General Notes:

FAMILY HISTORY FROM PAT ZUPAN: Ada was placed in an orphanage in York, York Co, NE but ran away; last known address was Holdredge, Phelps Co, NE.

1900 NE CENSUS, York Co, Lockridge Twp, Mother's Jewel's Home: "Aha Tamon", inmate, 10, b. 1890 in NE.

MOTHER'S JEWELS ORPHANAGE, York Co, NE: Ada, "after many trials and failures, her incorrigible disposition" was sent to a home in Omaha on Sept. 1, 1905.

1910 NE CENSUS, Douglas Co, Omaha city, House of the Good Shepard: Margaret "Fammen", 20 single, inmate, seamstress. (Parents' birthplaces were not provided by mother superior for any of the inmates.)

1920 IA CENSUS, Polk Co, Des Moines Twp: David "Tammel", 43, div., to US in 1877, naturalized 1888, b. Germany, parents b. Germany, laborer for a contractor; half-sister Margaret Dillon, 30, wd, b. NE, father b. Germany, mother b. Ireland; nephew John Dillon, 5, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. NE; 7 lodgers.

DES MOINES, IA CITY DIRECTORY:
1922 David J. Tammen rms 1210 High
1928 David "Tamal" r 517-8th
1930 David "Tamman" lab r 517-8th
Margt "Tanner" hlp Sandy's Coffee Shop r 517-8th
1932 John Dillon watchman Pres-O-Lite Co r 303 Racoon
David Tammen lab 4 1031-6th Ave
Thomas Tammen r 1031-6th Ave
Margt L. "Tanner" clk Unio Mut. Lt Co r 1088 W. 27th
1934 David Tammen r 244-2nd
1936 John Dillon driver Salvation Army r 244-2nd
David J. Tammen custodian trades Assembly Hall r721-3rd
1939 David Tammen carp r 2347- 338th
1940 John Dillon solr. Salvation Army r 224-2nd Ave
David J. Tammen (Margt) lab WPA r 620 E. 12th
1842 David J. Tammen (Margt) lab h 1128 Army Post Rd (Ft. DM) (Note: This is probably Ft. Des Mes, a military training facility on the south edge of Des Moines.)

1930 CENSUS - no record of Margaret; her son, listed as J. D. Tammen, was living with David Tammen in Des Moines, IA. (Had Margaret died by then?)

Ada married Mr. DILLON.