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Notes for Alfred THURTELL

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The Thurtell Family History done about 1963 and the History of the
Thurtell Family done by Susan Persia Thurtell about 1968 show Alfred
Thurtell was president of Chicago Copy Company, Wilmette, Illinois, and
that he was born in 1859.

The 1900 U.S. Census soundex for Illinois (Vol. 28, E.D. 280, Sheet 14,
Line 49) shows Alfred Thurtell was age 41, born in Canada in August
1858. His U.S. citizenship is shown as NA. He and his wife, Olive H.,
who was age 34, born in Michigan in January 1866, were living at 918
South Spaulding Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Their son, Earl
H. Thurtell, age 11, born in Michigan in December 1888, was living with
them. Mary Foley, relationship servant, age 24, born in March 1876 in
Ireland, was also living with them. The census record shows that Alfred
Thurtell immigrated to the United States in 1865 and that he was renting
the home on Spaulding. It shows his occupation as a photographer. The
census record shows that his father was born in England and his mother in
Massachusetts.

A letter dated February 25, 1998, from Dr. James W. Miller, also
confirmed that Edward B. Thurtell and Alfred Thurtell formed the Chicago
Copy Company, which enlarged pictures and was quite successful.

The death certificate for Alfred Thurtell confirms his occupation was
President of Chicago Copy Company. It shows he died at his home at 1215
Carmen Avenue, Ward 25, Chicago, Cook County, Illinos, on July 15, 1922,
and that he was buried at Montrose Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. It shows
his date of birth as August 6, 1858, in Canada, and his parents as
Francis Thurtell, born in England, and Amelia Higginson, born in Canada.
His wife, Olive Thurtell, of the same address, was the informant on the
death certificate.

The Chicago Tribune for July 16, 1922, describes him as "beloved husband
of Olive, fond brother of Mrs. Louise Cook of Los Angeles, Edward of
Chicago, Walter of Kalamazoo, Dr. Thurtell of Benton Harbor, and Henry of
Washington, D. C."

Records of Montrose Cemetery, 5400 North Pulaski, Chicago, Illinois
60630, 773-478-5400, show Alfred Thurtell was buried there on July 18,
1922, in Lot 201, Woodlawn Section. Buried in the same lot are Earl
Francis Thurtell, who was buried October 12, 1911; Olive (Hall) Thurtell,
buried October 1, 1931; Charles K. Daly, buried March 5, 1920; and Lydia
Caroline Daly, buried May 8, 1914.

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