HAMM, Myrtle Caroline

1906 - 1966  (59 years)

• Name	HAMM, Myrtle Caroline  [1]
  Born	8 Jul 1906	Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1910	Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin
  	See George Hamm Sr. for details.
  Census	1920	Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin
  	See George Hamm St. for details.
  Census	1940	Laona, Forest County, Wisconsin
  	See husband Clarence for details.
  Died	14 Jun 1966	Pewaukee, Waukesha County, Wisconsin   [4]
  Buried	18 Jun 1966	Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin   [4]
  	Pine Grove Cemetery, Clasen Funeral Home 209 West Wisconsin Ave., Oconomowoc, WI 53066 Funeral Director: Milton J. Clasen
  Person ID	I2177	Shepard and John Tree
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	HAMM, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl E.,   b. 16 Aug 1876, Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin ,   d. 5 Sep 1951, Manawa, Waupaca County, Wisconsin  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	AMUNDSON, Julia Caroline (Carrie),   b. 29 Aug 1879, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota ,   d. 31 May 1949, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota  (Age 69 years)
  Married	24 Feb 1903	Moose Lake, Carlton County, Minnesota   [5]
  Divorced	19 Jul 1910	Koochiching County, Minnesota   [6]
  	entry in International Falls Press v8 no17 p1 Thursday July 28, 1910
  Notes	District Court Adjourned Friday. Fred W. Hamm vs. Carrie Hamm Divorce granted. <—entry in newspaper, see divorce entry.
  Family ID	F1741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	JOHN, Corporal Clarence Fredrick,   b. 29 Oct 1898, Oconto, Oconto County, Wisconsin ,   d. 13 Feb 1954, Gillett, Oconto County, Wisconsin  (Age 55 years)
  Married	9 May 1931	Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois   [7]
  Children	1. JOHN, Myrtle Claire   2. JOHN, Major Victor Fredrick   3. JOHN, Carole Louise,   b. 25 Jan 1938, Laona, Forest County, Wisconsin ,   d. 5 Dec 1997, Illinois  (Age 59 years)
  Photos
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2001
  Family ID	F1692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Headstones

  Clarence F. John and Myrtle Hamm John This headstone is located in Pine Grove cemetery in Wausau, Wisconsin.

  
  

• Notes

  Myrtle was raised by her father’s sister Lydia Hamm and her Hamm grandparents. Comments from son Victor F. John: She changed to Methodist because I couldn’t join the Scouts as a Lutheran. She met Clarence at the Marshfield Hospital, where he had been taken after a train wreck. He had been married previously to meeting Myrtle and had a daughter. They received $25,000 from the train wreck settlement, and went on a spending spree, spending a lot of it in Florida. When they got back they bought a bowling alley in Schofield, Wisconsin. All this happened just before[after] the depression in the mid 1920’s[30s], so the bowling alley went bust as no one had any money to spend on such luxuries during the depression. Lived in Gillett, Oconto Co., Wisconsin, Laona and Crandon, Wisconsin and Wausau, Marathon Co., Wisconsin. Spent a lot of time making canned goods preparing for winter. I can remember bags of cheese hanging in the rafters dripping liquid until it turned into cottage cheese. NOTE: my corrections added in [] because, they were married in 1931, and depression started in 1929. Mrytle was living with her daughter Claire during her illness which is why she died in Waukesha.

  
  

• Sources

  [S412] . [S429] There are two birth records for Myrtle, one is a line item with incorrect information, the second is a corrected record filed by Myrtle and her Aunt Lydia probably for social security records. [S356] . [S430] . [S1506] Box 2. [S1506] Judgment was entered July 19, 1910. [S549] .