Person:Eleonora Sordelet (1)

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Eleonora Sordelet
m. 15 Apr 1858
  1. Louise K. Sordelet1859 - 1913
  2. Amelia Sordelet1860 - 1932
  3. Maria Adelia Sordelet1861 -
  4. Prosper Francis Sordelet1863 -
  5. Marie Melanie Sordelet1865 - Bet 1893 & 1900
  6. Clara Elizabeth Sordelet1867 - 1946
  7. Peter Sordelet1868 - 1868
  8. Marie Melanie Sordelet1870 - 1912
  9. Emil Sordelet1872 - 1897
  10. Elizabeth Eugenia Sordelet1873 - Bef 1912
  11. Eleanor Josephine Sordelet1875 - 1878
  12. Josephine Lenora SORDELET1876 - 1878
  13. Diane Sordelet1878 - 1878
  14. William Sordelet1878 - 1935
  15. August Theodore Sordelet1881 - 1881
  16. Eleonora Sordelet1882 - 1960
m. 10 Sep 1903
  1. Wayne Gilbert Badiac1906 - 1969
m. 10 Sep 1903
m. 1912
m. 1912
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Eleonora Sordelet
Gender Female
Birth? 18 Jun 1882 Jefferson Township, Allen Co., IN
Baptism[5] 3 Sep 1882 St. Louis Besancon Catholic Church
Marriage 10 Sep 1903 Allen Co., INto William Badiac
Marriage 10 Sep 1903 Allen Co., INto William BADIAC
Marriage 1912 Allen County, INto Leonard Snodgrass
Marriage 1912 to Leonard SNODGRASS
Death[3] 7 Mar 1960 Fort Wayne, Allen Co, IN
Burial[4][5] 10 Mar 1960 I.O.O.F. Cemetery, New Haven, Allen, IN
Reference Number? 118
Reference Number? 372

[Sordelet Family .FTW] The family moved to Grand Rapids, MI and then to Chicago, IL. Leonard died in Chicago.

Obituary

    Mrs. Elinor Snodgrass, 70, died at 8:50 p.m. Monday at her home, 711 Frederick St., following an illness of several weeks.     A former resident of Chicago, she had lived here for the past seven years and was a cook at the Twin Maple Nursing Home.     Surviving are the daughter, Mrs. Mildred Jamison, LaGrange, Ill.; and a son, Gilbert Badiac, Plymouth; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and several nieces.     The body is at the C.M. Sloan & Sons Funeral Home.  Friends may call there after 2 p.m. Wednesday.  Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the funeral home with burial in the IOOF Cemetery, New Haven.


CITY/COUNTY DIRECTORY 1899Lenora Sordelet was boarding at 117 W. Butler in Fort Wayne, IN. No occupation listed.

1910Nora Badiac was a waitress at the Harmon Lunch Room. She resided at 924 Clinton, Fort Wayne, IN Their last child was born in 1906 and Nora was single in 1910, so they were divorced bwt. 1906-1910.


DIVORCE On 29 April 1905, Lenore Badiac says that she and William were married on 10 Sep 1903 and lived together as husband and wife until the (blank) day of April 1905 when he deserted her and their child Mildred Alice, aged 8 months. They were left without any means of support . Lenore stated that William works for the Pennsylvania RR Company and draws nearly seventy five dollars. He left the state , leaving them nothing. William also has a pension of $8 a month from the government. Lenore has no property or means of her own and has been compelled to do housework to support herself and her child. She asked for $300 in support per year. Ennick & Ennick were her attorneys.

References
  1. Allen County Wills and Probates.
  2. R.L. Polk & Co. Fort Wayne City and Allen County directory for 1899. (Fort Wayne, IN, 1899)
    page 575.
  3. Lenora Snodgrass entry.
  4. Elinor Snodgrass obituary, News Sentinal, 8 Nov 1960, Fort Wayne, IN, page 15, column 3.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Sordelet Family .FTW.