Mountain View Cemetery

George W. Bigcraft

George W. Bigcraft

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Age 33

Born 17 January circa 1884 in Michigan

Single

Resided at 540 N. Franklin, Butte

Buried in the plot for the Unidentified Dead at Mountain View Cemetery in Butte

George W. Bigcraft was born in Michigan on January 17, circa 1884, son of James W. Bigcraft and Alice Steel1.

By 1900, the family (James, Alice and seven children) was living in Valverde, Colorado, now a neighborhood in the City of Denver.2 Sixteen-year old George also lived in Valverde but at a different location as a boarder.3

It appears that George’s parents may have separated shortly after the 1900 census and James then headed for California or back to Michigan. George continued to live with his mother and siblings for the next few years until he was about 23 years old. In 1908, 24-year-old George and his brother Oliver moved out and were living in Denver. According to various U.S. City Directory records, George worked at various jobs during this time period, including gardener and teamster.4,5

U.S. City Directory records indicate that George had moved to Butte by at least 1914.6 By the following year, he was working as a minor in the Black Rock mine, residing at 332 S Main.7

At the time of his death in 1917, George was a single man, aged 33 years old, and lived at 540 N. Franklin.8

The Butte daily post. (Butte, Mont.), 11 June 1917

The Butte daily post. (Butte, Mont.), 11 June 1917

On June 11, 1917, George was still unaccounted for, as stated in a news article from The Butte Daily Post.9

He was finally listed as one of the “unidentified dead” in the “Official List” published in the Anaconda Standard on June 28th.10

In Memory of the Unidentified Dead of the Granite Mountain Fire | June 8, 1917

In Memory of the Unidentified Dead of the Granite Mountain Fire | June 8, 1917

George is buried in the plot for the “unidentified dead” in Mountain View Cemetery, located at 3910 Harrison Avenue in Butte, Montana.11, 12

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Image/Photo credits

  1. United States flag: commons.wikimedia.org | Created by jacobolus using Adobe Illustrator. [Public domain]
  2. Mountain View Cemetery memorial: author

SOURCES

  1. State of Montana Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate 21829 (1917), George W. Bigcraft; digital image, Ancestry.com, “Montana County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011,” Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jan 2020), citing Montana State Historical Society, Helena, Montana. ↩
  2.  1900 U.S. census, Valverde, Arapahoe, Colorado, Enumeration District 0155, sheet 7-A, dwelling 144, James Bigcraft household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jan 2020), citing National Archives microfilm publication T623, 1854 rolls. ↩
  3.  1900 U.S. census, Valverde, Arapahoe, Colorado, Enumeration District 0155, sheet 2-B, dwelling 33, Paul Gies household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 January 2020), citing National Archives microfilm publication T623, 1854 rolls. ↩
  4. Thirty-Third Annual Denver City Directory for 1905 (Denver, Colo.: Ballenger & Richards), p. 183, George W. Bigcraft; digitized in “U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jan 2020), path Colorado > Denver > 1905. ↩
  5.  Thirty-Ninth Annual Denver City Directory for 1911 (Denver, Colo.: Ballenger & Richards), p. 200, George W. Bigcraft; digitized in “U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jan 2020), path Colorado > Denver > 1911. ↩
  6.  Butte City Directory for the Year Commencing April 1914 (Helena, Mont.: R. L. Polk & Co., of Montana), p. 62, Geo Bigcraft; digitized in “U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jan 2020), path Montana > Butte > 1914. ↩
  7.  Butte City Directory for the Year Commencing May 1915 (Helena, Mont.: R. L. Polk & Co., of Montana), p. 116, Geo Bigcraft; digitized in “U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995,” database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jan 2020), path Montana > Butte > 1915. ↩
  8. Montana death certificate 21829, George W. Bigcraft. ↩
  9. “Official List of the Dead in the North Butte Fire Determined by Coroner,” Anaconda Standard (Anaconda, Montana), 28 June 1917, p. 11; image copy, Genealogybank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 14 June 2016), Newspaper Archives. ↩
  10. “Web: RootsWeb Cemetery Index, 1800-2010,”  database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/search/ : accessed 14 June 2016), entry for George W. Bigcraft, June 1917, Silver Bow, Montana, USA; citing Cemetery Records. RootsWeb. ↩
  11.  Montana death certificate 21829, George W. Bigcraft. ↩
  12.  Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 Jan 2020), memorial page 128650030, George W. Bigcraft (1884–1917), created by lrobart; citing Mountain View Cemetery, Butte, Silver Box, Montana, USA. ↩
Henry Bennetts

Henry Bennetts

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Henry Bennetts_screenshot from news article*Age 43
*Born in England circa 1874
*Immigrated to the United States circa 1881
*Married with 6 children
*Resided at 141 Missoula Ave, Centerville
*Buried in the plot for the Unidentified Dead at Mountain View Cemetery in Butte,
with a marker in the family plot at Mount Moriah Cemetery

Henry Bennetts was born in England in about 18741. His parents were Henry and Mary Bennetts.2

After immigrating to America in about 18813, Henry married Elizabeth Nichols in 1900 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.4 By 1912, the couple had become parents to six sons – John, Cecil, Raymond, David, Henry, and Paul – all born in Pennsylvania.5

In 1913, the family moved to Butte from Smokerun, Pennsylvania, where Henry worked in the coal mines.6 In March of 1914, the couple welcomed a seventh son, James.7 Sadly, James died of whooping cough several years later on May 3, 1916. 8

Tragedy struck again when Henry died a little over a year later, leaving Elizabeth to raise six sons: Cecil, 13; John, 12; Raymond, 9; David, 8; Henry, 6; and Paul, 3.[Ibid., The Butte daily post. (Butte, Mont., 13 June 1917.]

Copyright (c) 2017, Lark M. Dalin Robart

Photo credits
  1. Flag of the United Kingdom: canstockphoto.com
Click here to read an article from The Butte Daily Post about Henry Bennetts and his family.
Sources
  1. “United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch : accessed 29 July 2018), Henry Bennetts, Bigler, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 49, sheet 22A, family 376, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1330; FHL microfilm 1,375,343. ↩
  2.  “Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968″, database with images, Ancestry.com : accessed 29 Jul 2018, Henry Bennetts and Elizabeth Nichols, 7 Nov 1900; citing “Marriage Records. Pennsylvania Marriages”. Various County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania. ↩
  3. Ibid., United States Census, 1910, Henry Bennetts. ↩
  4. “Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968,” database with images, Ancestry.com : accessed 29 July 2018), Henry Bennetts and Elizabeth Nichols, Pennsylvania, United States; citing “Marriage Records. Pennsylvania Marriages”. Various County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania. ↩
  5. Ibid., United States Census, 1910, Henry Bennetts. ↩
  6. The Butte daily post. (Butte, Mont.), 13 June 1917. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85053058/1917-06-13/ed-1/seq-9/>. ↩
  7. “Montana, County Births and Deaths 1830-2011“ database with images, Ancestry.com : accessed 29 July 2018), James Bennetts, Montana, United States; citing “Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011.” Montana State Historical Society, Helena, Montana. ↩
  8. “Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011,”database with images, Ancestry.com : accessed 29 July 2018), James Bennetts, Montana, United States; citing “Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011.” Montana State Historical Society, Helena, Montana. ↩
Joseph Bellich

Joseph Bellich

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Age 32

Born 1885 in Serbia

Immigrated to the United States circa (date unknown)

Single

Resided at 15 Main, Meaderville

Buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Butte

Joseph Bellich1 was born in Serbia in about 18852.

At the time of his death, Joe was 32 years old3 and resided at 15 Main in Meaderville.4

The Butte daily post. (Butte, Mont.), 11 June 1917

The Butte daily post. (Butte, Mont.), 11 June 1917

On June 11, 1917, he was still unaccounted for, as stated in a news article from The Butte Daily Post.5

He is buried in an unmarked grave at Mountain View Cemetery at Block 13, Section 1, Lot 6, Grave 3.6

 

Copyright (c) 2017, Lark M. Dalin Robart

Photo credits

  1. Serbian flag: canstockphoto.com
SOURCES:
  1. Alternate spelling: Belich. ↩
  2. “Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-25819-18492-96?cc=1930397 : 20 October 2015), Silver Bow > Death certificates 1915-1917 no 20043-22544 > image 1818 of 2534; citing various county recorder offices. ↩
  3. Ibid. ↩
  4. “Official List of the Dead in the North Butte Fire Determined by Coroner,” Anaconda Standard (Anaconda, Montana), 28 June 1917, p. 11; image copy, Genealogybank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 14 June 2016), Newspaper Archives. ↩
  5.  Ibid. ↩
  6.  Lark Robart, “Find-A-Grave”, database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 November 2016) Joseph “Joe” (1885-1917) – Find A Grave Memorial# 128706830. ↩
Peter Barros

Peter Barros

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 Age 33

Born 1884 in Greece

Immigrated to the United States in (date unknown)

Single

Resided at (unknown)

Buried in an unmarked grave at Mountain View Cemetery in Butte on June 13, 1917

Peter Barros was born in 1884 in Greece and was 33 years old at the time of his death.1

Peter’s funeral was held on June 13th –

BARROS – The funeral of the late
Peter Barros will be held at the Dan-
iels & Bilboa funeral chapel this
afternoon at 1 o’clock. Interment in
Mountain View cemetery.2

He is buried in an unmarked grave in Mountain View Cemetery in at Block 13, Section 1, Lot 3, Grave 1.3.

 

Copyright (c) 2016, Lark M. Dalin Robart

Photo credits

  1. Greek flag: canstockphoto.com

SOURCES

  1. “Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004,” database with images,FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKNR-4YZL : 20 October 2015), Peter Barros, 09 Jun 1917; citing Death, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States, various county recorder offices; FHL microfilm 2,311,712. ↩
  2.  “Barros,” Anaconda Standard (Anaconda, Montana), 13 June 1917, p. 10; image copy, Genealogybank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 14 June 2016), Newspaper Archives. ↩
  3. Lark Robart, “Find-A-Grave”, database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 November 2016) Peter Barros (1884-1917) – Find A Grave Memorial# 128706830. ↩
Nils Oskar Anderson

Nils Oskar Anderson

, , , , ,

Age 40

Born 15 September 1876 in Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway

 Immigrated to the United States in 1902

Married with two daughters

Resided at 945 rear N. Main, Butte

Buried in the plot for the Unidentified Dead at Mountain View Cemetery in Butte

Nils Oskar Anderson was born on September 15, 1876, in Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway1 to Anders Nilsen and Karen Lovise Johansdotter. He immigrated to the United States in 1902 and married Hulda Matilde Hansen in 1907.2

Hulda was also born in Fredrikstad on June 27, 1884,3 to Martin Hansen and Karen Oline Petersendatter4 and immigrated to the United States in 1904.5

In April of 1910, Nils and Hulda were living with their two daughters Clara, age 2, and Nellie, 4 months old, in Duluth City, Minnesota.6 Some time after April 1910 and before June 1917, Nils and Hulda moved to Butte where Nils died in the Granite Mountain Speculator Mine Fire on June 8, 1917.7 At the time of his death, his daughter Clara was 9 years old and his daughter Nellie was 7.

On June 11, 1917, Nils was still unaccounted for, as stated in a news article from The Butte Daily Post.

The Butte daily post. (Butte, Mont.), 11 June 1917

He was finally listed as one of the “unidentified dead” in the “Official List” published in the Anaconda Standard on June 28th.8

Nils’s remains are most likely buried in the plot for the “unidentified dead” in Mountain View Cemetery, located at 3910 Harrison Avenue in Butte, Montana. 9

Inscription: In Memory of the Unidentified Dead of the Granite Mountain Fire | June 8, 1917

About a year after his death, Hulda married Nils’s younger brother, Carl Anderson.10 The family relocated to Seattle where Hulda died on March 15, 1960.11

Copyright (c) 2016, Lark M. Dalin Robart

PHOTO CREDITS
  1. Flag of Norway: canstockphoto.com
  2. Mountain View Cemetery memorial: author
SOURCES

Please note that in addition to the sources listed below, some information for this short profile of Nils Oskar Anderson comes from Laura Lefkow, who is married to Nils’s great great grandson Edward Hynes.

  1. “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8Q6-T8N : 12 December 2015), Carl Anderson, 1917-1918; citing Butte City, Montana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,100. ↩
  2.  “United States Census, 1920,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHNP-2CP : 14 December 2016), Carl Anderson, Seattle, King, Washington, United States; citing sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,926. ↩
  3. “Washington, Petitions for Naturalization, 1860-1991,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/search/ : accessed 13 Mar 2017), entry for Hulda Mathilde Anderson, 4 June 1941; citing Idaho, Oregon, and Washington Petitions for Naturalization, 1932–1991. Records of the District Courts of the United States, RG 21. The National Archives at Seattle, Seattle, Washington. ↩
  4. “Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960,” database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 13 Mar 2017), entry for Hulda Mathilde Anderson, 15 March 1960; citing Citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia. ↩
  5.  “United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2PG-YX8 : 29 October 2015), Hulda Anderson, Duluth Ward 7, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 186, sheet 12B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,738. ↩
  6.  “United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2PG-YX8 : 29 October 2015), Nels Anderson, Duluth Ward 7, St Louis, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 186, sheet 12B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,738. ↩
  7. “Web: RootsWeb Cemetery Index, 1800-2010,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/search/ : accessed 27 August 2016), Nils Anderson, June 1917, Silver Bow, Montana, USA; citing Cemetery Records. RootsWeb. ↩
  8.  “Official List of the Dead in the North Butte Fire Determined by Coroner,” Anaconda Standard (Anaconda, Montana), 28 June 1917, p. 11; image copy, Genealogybank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 14 June 2016), Newspaper Archives. ↩
  9. Lark Robart, “Find-A-Grave”, database, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 March 2017) Nils Anderson (1877-1917) – Find a Grave Memorial #129641550. ↩
  10. “Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3QB-X1C : 7 December 2014), Carl Anderson and Hulda Anderson, 27 Jun 1918; citing Marriage, Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, county courthouses, Montana; FHL microfilm 1,906,090. ↩
  11.  “Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N31R-TZ2 : 5 December 2014), Hulda Mathilda Anderson, 15 Mar 1960; citing Seattle, King, Washington, reference 5269, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,034,030. ↩
Francis Harold Allen

Francis Harold Allen

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Age 27

Born 2 November 1889 in Gunnislake, Cornwall, England

Immigrated to the United States in 1912

Married with 2 children

Resided at 945 rear N. Main, Butte

Buried in the plot for the Unidentified Dead at Mountain View Cemetery in Butte

Francis Harold Allen was born in Gunnislake, Cornwall, England, on November 2, 1889.1

Although Gunnislake was considered one of the richest mining areas in Europe at one time, most mining activity came to a halt in the late 19th century – which might explain Francis’s emigration from England to the United States in 1912. According to the New York Passenger List, he left a wife behind in England but was joining a brother in Butte, listed as “Mr. M. Allen”.2

On June 5, 1917, Francis filled out a World War I Draft Registration Card which states he was of medium height and build and his eyes and hair were brown, although the New York Passenger List states his eyes were blue and his hair was light. He had two years prior volunteer military service in England and claimed a draft exemption. His stated reason for the claim: his mother, wife and two children were dependent on him for support.3

Three days after he registered, Francis died in the Granite Mountain Fire.

The Butte daily post. (Butte, Mont.), 11 June 1917

The Butte daily post. (Butte, Mont.), 11 June 1917

On June 11, 1917, Francis was still unaccounted for, as stated in a news article from The Butte Daily Post.4

He was finally listed as one of the “unidentified dead” in the “Official List” published in the Anaconda Standard on June 28th.5

In Memory of the Unidentified Dead of the Granite Mountain Fire | June 8, 1917

In Memory of the Unidentified Dead of the Granite Mountain Fire | June 8, 1917

Francis is buried in the plot for the “unidentified dead” in Mountain View Cemetery, located at 3910 Harrison Avenue in Butte, Montana.6

Copyright (c) 2016, Lark M. Dalin Robart

Photo credits

  1. United Kingdom flag: canstockphoto.com
  2. Mountain View Cemetery memorial: author

SOURCES

  1. “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8QV-ZCF : accessed 14 June 2016), card for Francis Harold Allen, 1917-1918; citing Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,711,443. ↩
  2. “New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 14 June 2016), manifest, S. S. Oceanic, October 2, 1912, stamped p. 1, line 19, Francis Harold Allen, age 21 (or 26?). ↩
  3. “United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database with images, FamilySearch, card for Francis Harold Allen, 1917-1918, Silver Bow County, Montana. The Butte daily post. (Butte, Mont.), 11 June 1917. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85053058/1917-06-11/ed-1/seq-10/> ↩
  4. “Official List of the Dead in the North Butte Fire Determined by Coroner,” Anaconda Standard (Anaconda, Montana), 28 June 1917, p. 11; image copy, Genealogybank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 14 June 2016), Newspaper Archives. ↩
  5. “Web: RootsWeb Cemetery Index, 1800-2010,”  database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/search/ : accessed 14 June 2016), entry for Francis H. Allen, June 1917, Silver Bow, Montana, USA; citing Cemetery Records. RootsWeb. ↩
  6.  Also, see FindAGrave Memorial #129641059. ↩