Person:Albert Green (2)

Howell, Mich., August 28th, 1895

The People of the State of Matrimony, Plaintiff vs Herbert A. Thompson, Defendant To All To Whom This May Come: Greeting:

    Whereas it has come to our knowledge, indirectly, that Herbert A. Thompson, of the Township of Stockbridge and the County of Ingham in the great State of Michigan, hath upon Oath and in writing, before the County Clerk of the County aforesaid, declared, vowed and stated his intentions of taking for better or for worse, to have and to hold till death does them part, a certain young lady, to-wit:- Miss Jessie Andrews, of the Village of Williamston in the County aforesaid, by and with the consent of her parental Pa to accept in-to-to-herself and her hand in marriage according to the laws of God and the great State of Michigan.
    Now, Therefore, We the undersigned officers and members of the late Stockbridge Literary Society, do hereby enter our most solemn protest against the further procedure in the matter for the following reasons, to-wit:-
    1st.- The aforesaid Herbert A. Thompson has taken this important step without due consideration and advice with his Spiritual advisers Bert Green, Barney E. Cummiskey, and Fred A. Bush.
    2nd.- The aforesaid Herbert A. Thompson has totally ignored his spiritual advisers in extending invitations to friends and relatives, by failing to invite at least two of our members to be present in person and witness the affair in all its magnitude and grandeur.
    3rd.- The aforesaid Herbert A. Thompson did, at the time of the meetings of said Literary Society, at and on various occasions, lead and cause us, his spiritual advisers, to believe, by actions and otherwise, that his heart strings were firmly entwined around one other of the fair sex, to-wit, Miss Josie Snyder of the Village and County first above mentioned.
    Now, Therefore, We the undersigned Spiritual advisers do most solemnly protest against the further carrying out of this contract, and have decreed that in case the act shall be performed, the bride and groom shall be fined at least one large piece of Wedding Cake for each of the below mentioned Spiritual advisers.
         Signed Frederick A. Bush
                     Barney E. Cummiskey
    Miss Rosa Smith of the Township of Howell, Livingston County, is hereby deputized to act in the capacity of an officer to properly serve this paper upon the defendant, the aforesaid Herbert A. Thompson.
                     John Cummiskey, Prosecuting Attorney

According to Martha Ann Driver Tracy, the family had quite a sense of humor. This home-made legal document is a perfect example.

Albert was quite fond of children. Whenever he encountered the Tracy grandchildren at his sister, Helen's home, Albert always had a pocket of candy to hand out.

His sister Helen kept 3x5 card notes on the state of Albert's health the last several years of his life.

Albert suffered from deterioration of the brain and serious hardening of the arteries. He had lesions on the left frontal lobe of his brain and a mass growth under his left shin, fluid on the brain

9/12/1964Helen got a postcard - Albert in the hospital with a high temp and a virus 9/15/1964Albert in the hospital - fever down, kidney infection. Brain condition worse 1965/1966Strokes 6/1967Muskegon - Therapy 8/4/67To Mercy Hospital, Jackson. According to his wife Pearl, the week before Albert had a cerebral spasm 11/1967Albert returned to Grand Haven Hospital 7/20/1968Albert entered Muskegon Nursing Home 10/1968Albert taken to Jackson by his guardian, step-daughter Ann O'Leary 11/12/1968Albert had a broken hip and pneumonia and died 11:25 am in Jackson.

Funeral services were held at the Van Zantwick Chapel, Friday, November 15, 1:30 pm. Rev. Fr. Alan Langlois officiated.

From The Grand Haven Tribune

A.C. Green dies in Jackson Albert C. Green, formerly of 510 S. Seventh St., passed away today at a nursing home in Jackson.

Funeral arrangements will be announced tomorrow by VanZantwick Funeral Home.

Al Green dies at Age of 66; Ill Four Years Albert C. Green, formerly of 510 S. Seventh died Tuesday at Ganton Nursing Home in Jackson at the age of 66. For 26 years he was employed here at Oldberg Mfg. Co. as Traffic Manager, retiring for health reasons in 1964.

Born Nov. 26, 1901 in Stockbridge, he came here in 1938 and had been in Jackson for the past two months. His wife, Pearl, died July 31.

Mr. Green was a former member of the B.P.O.E. Grand Raven Lodge and of the Spring Lake Country Club.

Survivers include a daughter, Mrs. James O'Leary of Jackson [she was not his natural daughter, but Pearl's by a former marriage]]; a sister, Mrs. Charles Driver of Lansing and two grandchildren. The body is at the VanZantwick Funeral Home.

Before the vacuum cleaner came along in 1901, people all over the world were chasing dirt from one corner of their house to the next, never able to really capture it all with a broom or a mop.

Hubert Cecil Booth was born in Gloucester, England. At the age of 18 he had moved to London to study civil and mechanical engineering at the City and Guilds College. While working as an engineer, he witnessed a demonstration of a new cleaning machine by an American inventor. The machine had a bunch of high-pressure jets that blew dust and dirt into a collecting box. Booth asked the inventor why he did not use suction instead of blowing. The inventor got angry and left, but Booth could not let go of his idea.

A few days later, Booth decided to test his idea by placing a handkerchief over a cushioned chair and sucking on it hard. He of course started choking at the dust that he sucked in, but when he turned over the hanky, it was filthy from the dust that had been trapped in it.

His machine worked using a large suction pump, connected to a hose that was attached to a hollow container where the dirt was collected.

It took years for Booth to develop a refined machine that could be used by the public (his initial design included a suction pump that was so large, it had to be drawn around in a horse-drawn carriage!). One of his first successful uses of the vacuum in public was to clean a blue carpet in the aisle of Westminster Abbey for the coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The Royals were so impressed that they had a vast vacuum-cleaning unit installed in the palace.