Person:Mary Reddin (2)

She spent her entire life in Cascade, Iowa. She helped her mother take in washings and clean houses for people. She worked at the Cascade Hotel and the Patterson Mansion, which has since been torn down. (It became a public school for many years. If it were still standing it would have been a tourist attraction and museum, what foolish mistakes people make) Mary was well liked by everyone and a very devout person. She was always willing to help anyone in need. We have heard several versions of the birth of her son Thomas Reddin. His marriage license states he was Born in Bloomington , Ill. But Burlington, Iowa was once called Bloomington. I knew a neighbor that said he was born right in Cascade as her sister-in- law was her friend and helped in the birthing. This family had always lived across the street from the Reddin family. Charles Reddin thought he heard his father give information in a doctor's office in which he said his nearest relative was his half-brother George Rice. This can't be true as according to the 1880 census, Catherine and son George were living with her Mother and Charles Rice was out west. In the 1885 Federal Census I found the listing for Margaret Reddin in Cascade, living with her two grandsons, George Rice age 9 and Thomas Mullady age 4 living at home for the present. Evidently Grandmother Margaret told the truth as to parentage of Thomas, but throughout his life he used the name Thomas Joseph Reddin. It really doesn't matter as he was a very quiet and wonderful man., highly respected by everyone. He was a life long friend of a Joseph Mullady a neighbor. His children and Charles Reddin could have passed for brother and sister. Mary died December 24, 1914. According to Anna Koster Reddin it was a cool rainy afternoon. Mary had ordered an air rifle gun for a neighbor boy as a Christmas present She walked several blocks downtown in the rain and cold. She became ill later on in the night and died of double pneumonia. Mary had purchased the Snowdon home in East Cascade, across the street from her mother. She added a second story with a bathroom and lived there with her son Thomas. When Thomas married he and his wife lived in Grandmother Margaret Reddin's old home as he had either inherited it or bought it from the estate. At one time Mary had worked at Casper, Natrona Co. Wyoming. according to what Ethel Rice had told her daughter, Dolores AnDyke. By this time Ethel had re-connected with her children and in her old age was taken care of by Dolores. Dolores wrote this information in a letter to the daughters of Charles and Doris Reddin when they were doing research.

DEATH OF MARY E. REDDIN This community was surprised and many friends were deeply grieved When it was announced that Mary E. Reddin had passed away at the family residence in East Cascade at 1:10 o'clock this morning, after a brief attack of double pneumonia. She was taken ill with a severe cold last Monday and pneumonia setting before the attack could be checked. All day Tuesday her condition was precarious and the family and friends feared the final outcome. Mary E. Reddin was a daughter of the late Mrs. Margaret Reddin and was born in Jones County 49 years ago. She is survived by her sister Mrs. Delia Kelly, of Denver, Colo. and Marshal Thomas Reddin of this City. Mary Reddin was held in high respect by all who knew her. Her live was a noble devotion, and extreme sorrow fills the hearts of her survivors and a host of friends upon this sad occasion. She was a devout Catholic and life-long member of St. Martin's Congregation. The funeral will probably be held Saturday or Sunday morning at St. Martin's church.

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If according to her obit she was born in Jones County. The family must have stayed on the farm in Jones County , working for the Clausons until Thomas joined the Army during the Civil War then they moved to Cascade and purchased the home in East Cascade. It is hard to tell which Reddin bought the home as Thomas father was Thomas and his mother was Margaret. Very confusing.

Some of the following information was recorded from and interview with Reggie Durkin, whose parents lived across the street from the Reddin Family in Cascade, Iowa. He is the one Mary Reddin had ordered a Christmas present for and became ill walking through the rain and snow to pick it up at the post office. Reggie said he spent most of his time at the Reddin home. Tom Reddin took him many places. He spent many happy times with Mayme (Mary Reddin) and also at the George Rice farm, known as the George Patterson Farm . "Mayme would go out to help Ethel with the work as she became lonesome" He also stated that George was many years older than Ethel. Ethel had said that her mother had just up and disappeared when she was a little girl and was never heard from again. Some people by the name of Hickok raised her. Years later Ethel did the same thing to her family when she and George lived in South Dakota. After six or seven years George and Ethel moved from Cascade to South Dakota. We have a post card written by Ethel Rice to Anna Reddin from the train as they were going to their destination. Reggie stated that some years later word was received in Cascade that Ethel had left George. He tried to take care of the children and hired someone to look after them. It must have been about this time during the depression that George sent word to Tom and Anna Reddin and asked if they could take them. Charles was very little. He could remember his parents going to the orphanage in Dubuque to see if they would take the children. The old farm house near Cascade had four bedroom and was colder than blazes. It sure wasn't equipped to make life pleasant for a large family. Grandma Reddin was 41 and Tom must have been about 45. It may also have been their thinking that they were too old to start another family. Grandma Reddin was overly protective of her son Charles. She dressed him like a sissy and was always afraid others would influence him (according to Charles). They were not the sole owners of the farm. Anna's father and sister and Tom all had an interest in the farm. I know they had a hard time making ends meet. Grandma Reddin's father seemed to be the boss and made many mistake, mortgaging things he had no right to but the bank went along with his deals behind Tom and Anna's back.

Mary http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=94374b96-09b5-4ea2-986c-442fa479b58f&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232630

young Mary http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=8936e8ac-20dd-4aba-99eb-4b3c6c3386b2&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232630

O'Brien Reddin Mary http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=8a101025-109d-43ca-9079-88ae0918dac9&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232630

O'Brien Reddin Mary & Amelia Hardy http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=cf76c2b6-2677-432e-a31b-94b6b52ab91d&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232630

Mystery http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=54995ed2-96f9-4360-a5a0-99d56840defd&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232630

O'Brien Reddin Tom George Ethel Mary http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=27dd829a-c994-456f-bcfc-d17f7dce4190&tid=7775997&pid=-1039232630

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit)
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Whitewater, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll: T624_401; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 148; Image: 446.

   Birth date: abt 1870Birth place: IowaResidence date: 1910Residence place: Whitewater, Dubuque, Iowa _APID: 7884::141662164

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2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623,)
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Whitewater, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll:  ; Page: ; Enumeration District: .

   Birth date: Apr 1869Birth place: IowaResidence date: 1900Residence place: Cascade Town, Dubuque, Iowa _APID: 7602::15777135

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3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite)
   Year: 1880; Census Place: East Cascade, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll: T9_338; Family History Film: 1254338; Page: 497.2000; Enumeration District: 190; Image: 0818.

   Birth date: abt 1863Birth place: IowaResidence date: 1880Residence place: East Cascade, Dubuque, Iowa, United States _APID: 6742::47676905

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4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes)
   Year: 1870; Census Place: , , ; Roll: M593.

   Birth date: abt 1864Birth place: IowaResidence date: 1870Residence place: Whitewater, Dubuque, Iowa _APID: 7163::21234336

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5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census, 1895. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - Iowa. 1895 Iowa State Census. Des Moines, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa.Original data: Iowa. 1895 Iowa State Census. Des Moines, Iowa: State Historical Societ).

   Birth date: abt 1863Birth place: Dubuque CO IAResidence date: 1895Residence place: Cascade, Dubuque, Iowa _APID: 7321::521020

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6.   Ancestry Family Trees. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.)
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