 1870 - 1941 (71 years)
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| Name |
Louise (Lue) Catherine COFFITS [1, 2] |
| Born |
19 Jun 1870 |
Central City, IA  [1] |
- Virginia Grist has birthdate of 1879
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| Gender |
Female |
| Census |
1880 |
Buffalo, Linn, IA |
- Age 9, living with parents John and Catharine, and siblings, Henry [Harry?], Mary and George. Also farmhand, William Mittan, age 15.
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| Census |
1900 |
Tama, IA [3] |
- Age 41, living with husband, George, children, Gladys, Velma and John; also Catherine Coffits, John Coffits, George O. Coffits, Genevieve Coffits and a servant, Carrie M. Cook.
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| Residence |
1906 |
Cedar Rapids, IA [4] |
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| Census |
1910 |
Minneapolis, MN [5] |
- Renting on Stevens Avenue
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| Census |
1920 |
Minneapolis, MN [6] |
- Age 49, living with George, Velma and John.
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| Census |
1930 |
Minneapolis, MN [4, 7] |
- 4936 10th Ave. S. Age 59, living with son John, 31, at 4936 10th Ave. South
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| Residence |
1930 |
Minneapolis, MN [4] |
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| Residence |
1934 |
Minneapolis, MN [4] |
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| Census |
1940 |
Minneapolis, MN [8] |
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| Died |
3 Jul 1941 |
Minneapolis, MN [9] |
| Buried |
7 Jul 1941 |
Minneapolis, MN [10, 11] |
- Lakewood Cemetery, SECTION 21 LOT 509 GRAVE 9
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| Notes |
- Middle name is spelled two ways: Catharine and Catherine. Not sure what is correct. Death Index has Catherine. -David Grist
- Sometimes, she is called Louisa. I think this was mostly when she was a girl. Nickname is “Lue”. -David Grist [12]
- 1880 census: Louisa Coffits, with sibling Henry, in Buffalo, Linn, IA
1900 census: Lou C. Strite in Tama, IA. Looks right, despite misspelling.
1920 census: Lue Strite, Hennepin County, MN
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| Person ID |
I51 |
Tree1 |
| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2021 |
| Father |
John COFFITS, b. 27 Jun 1843, Fairfield County, Ohio , d. 19 Oct 1931, Minneapolis, MN (Age 88 years) |
| Mother |
Catharine Margaret BIRK, b. 16 Jan 1844, Wapakoneta, OH , d. 10 Nov 1908, Minneapolis, MN (Age 64 years) |
| Married |
30 Jan 1866 |
The Boulder Church, [1, 13] |
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| Family ID |
F193 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
George Trevor STRITE, b. 25 Feb 1869, Anamosa, IA , d. 27 Dec 1928, Rochester, MN (Age 59 years) |
| Married |
29 Nov 1894 |
Cedar Rapids, IA [1, 13, 14] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Gladys Ione STRITE, b. 29 Oct 1895, Cedar Rapids, Iowa , d. 14 Nov 1990, San Francisco, CA (Age 95 years) |
| + | 2. Velma Ethel STRITE, b. 4 Jun 1897, Cedar Rapids, Iowa , d. 20 Jan 1965, Minneapolis, MN (Age 67 years) |
| | 3. John Levi (Levy) STRITE, b. 27 Oct 1898, Tama, IA , d. 16 Feb 1991, Red Wing, MN (Age 92 years) |
| | 4. Eda Louise STRITE, b. 7 Jun 1900, Tama, Iowa , d. 22 Aug 1900, Tama, Iowa (Age 0 years) |
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| Photos
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 | Louise Coffits
Louise Coffits holding Franklin James Grist Jr., with Virginia Grist at her side. |
 | George Trevor Strite and Louise Coffits, house at 4936 10th Ave. South in Minneapolis
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 | Louise Coffits, Gladys Strite and John Strite
Remembrance from Virginia Grist:
This the front door of my grandmother Lue's house [Louise Coffits], which George bought for her. He must have died soon after that. And that is John Strite, mother's brother, who always lived there with her. He was very quiet, and had a canoe and exercised a lot!
This is 4936 10th Ave. South, and a very nice house. It had a cool basement with a pool table in it. When it was very hot, we ate meals in a makeshift kitchen there. There was a garage in back with a flat roof, where we went to watch shooting stars! Fun!
When in Minneapolis, we always had Sunday dinner there with Aunt Mae [Mary Leona Coffits] and Uncle Will Dunn, a barber. Aunt Mae was very sweet to us. their daughter Ethel [Dunn], who I adored, was maybe 10 years older than me. June [Flemming] and Doris [Flemming] and I played with handmade quilts that we were allowed to make into houses. The grown-ups ate in the dining room with the pink crystal and good china. We kids ate in the nice kitchen.
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 | 4936 10th Ave. South in Minneapolis
Home of Louise Coffits and George Strite;
Google map below shows how the house looked in 2010.
View Larger Map |
| Histories |
 | Letter from Gladys, Nov. 7, 1918
From the days just before Armistice Day. |
| Last Modified |
26 Dec 2014 |
| Family ID |
F35 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | A tintype of Louise C. Coffits
Tintype |
 | Louise (Lue) Catherine Coffits
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 | Louise (Lue) COFFITS with George STRITE
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 | George Strite and Louise Coffits
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 | Franklin James Grist Jr., Louise Coffits and Virginia Grist.
Virginia Grist: "Love the Model T! That's me and I think the baby is Jim" |
 | Franklin Grist with the Strites
Franklin James Grist, Gladys Strite, George T. Strite, Louise Coffits and Velma Strite |
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| Louise Coffits, Gladys Strite and John Strite
Remembrance from Virginia Grist:
This the front door of my grandmother Lue's house [Louise Coffits], which George bought for her. He must have died soon after that. And that is John Strite, mother's brother, who always lived there with her. He was very quiet, and had a canoe and exercised a lot!
This is 4936 10th Ave. South, and a very nice house. It had a cool basement with a pool table in it. When it was very hot, we ate meals in a makeshift kitchen there. There was a garage in back with a flat roof, where we went to watch shooting stars! Fun!
When in Minneapolis, we always had Sunday dinner there with Aunt Mae [Mary Leona Coffits] and Uncle Will Dunn, a barber. Aunt Mae was very sweet to us. their daughter Ethel [Dunn], who I adored, was maybe 10 years older than me. June [Flemming] and Doris [Flemming] and I played with handmade quilts that we were allowed to make into houses. The grown-ups ate in the dining room with the pink crystal and good china. We kids ate in the nice kitchen.
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 | Louise Coffits
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 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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 | Louise Coffits
In Washington Park, Milwaukee, WI |
 | John Strite and Louise Coffits
At 4936 10th Ave. South in Minneapolis |
 | Louise Coffits and John Strite
At 4936 10th Ave. South in Minneapolis |
 | Mary Leona (Mae) and Louise (Lue) Coffits
At 4936 10th Ave. South |
 | Dorothy Grist, Gladys Strite and Louise Coffits
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 | Louise Coffits
In both shots, Virginia Grist is holding a doll; Louise is holding Franklin James Grist Jr. Gladys Strite is the young woman in the one photo. Man is John Coffits. |
 | Velma and Lue visit Gladys in Appleton
Because of the rain which missed scarcely a day this week, out-of-town visitors in Appleton homes had to confine most of their activities to porches or indoors. Mrs. Franklin J. Grist [Gladys Strite], 24 Winona Ct., is shown with her mother, Mrs. Lue Strite [Louise Coffits], and her sister, Mrs. Frank Flemming [Velma Strite], both of Minneapolis, on the porch of the Grist home. |
| Recordings |
 | The Story of Virginia Grist's Birth (10 minutes)
Gladys Strite tells the story of Virginia Ann Grist's birth in 1921. Interview took place at her apartment in San Francisco on 22 July 1988. On hand were Melissa Gray, Grace Louise Grist and Virginia Ann Grist.
- Friend Trix Watson has her daughter, Margene, about the same time.
- Franklin: "Ma, it's a girl, but I don't care."
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| Grists to Sioux Falls; Jim's Birth (6 minutes)
Gladys Strite tells how Franklin got started in the fur business. (6 minutes). Interview took place at her apartment in San Francisco on 22 July 1988. On hand were Melissa Gray, Grace Louise Grist and Virginia Ann Grist. Also:
- Moving to Sioux Falls, SD
- Birth of Jim Grist ) Franklin James Grist, Jr.
- Moving back to Minneapolis.
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| Sources |
- [S4] (Self-published, J. Hart Rosdail, Chicago, IL (June 30, 1937)).
- [S18] Minnesota Death Index.
- [S37] 1900 U.S. Federal Census.
- [S90] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.
- [S20] 1910 U.S. Federal Census.
- [S22] 1920 U.S. Federal Census.
- [S19] 1930 U.S. Federal Census.
- [S175] 1940 U.S. Federal Census.
- [S31] Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002.
- [S210] Susan LaVelle.
- [S179] .
- [S11] Newspaper obituary for Catherine BIRK.
- [S159] Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992.
- [S245] Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992.
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