Nearly three years later on March 12, 1943, as shown on the Greater Astoria Historical website is this report about Creedmoor:

Governor Thomas Dewey ordered an investigation of what he called “disgraceful conditions” at Creedmoor State Hospital in Queens Village. Those conditions had led to an outbreak of amoebic dysentery, which had killed nine patients. In late February, one patient had beaten another patient to death. At the same time, Queens District Attorney, Charles F. Sullivan, brought these matters before a grand jury. It would be the third time in 8 years that a grand jury had looked into the affairs of Creedmoor. A 1935 investigation revealed that there were 15 violent deaths in 12 months. A 1939 report stated that patients were brutally beaten. Initial findings of the probe disclosed that attendants at Creedmoor were making only $54 a month and that, out of the normal attendant staff of 500, there were 157 vacancies.

Lillian died in July 1967. Her exact place of death is unknown however it was recorded at Suffolk County New York home to King’s Park Psychiatric Center where Lillian was incarcerated during the 1920 Census timeframe.

Woody Guthrie died October 3, 1967 while at Creedmoor. He suffered from Huntington’s Disease, a degenerative nerve disorder.

For more about Lillian see Lillian Had a Knife – A One Way Trip To a Psychiatric Hospital

He was the father of Alfred Schletter the owner of Schletter’s Pharmacy on Long Island for many years.

CAMILLO “CARL” SCHLETTER

1846 – 1911

The Mathews (Virginia) Journal, July 27, 1911

Left $25 For Funeral Feast.

NEW YORK, Special. Despondent because his wife and son, with whom he had quarreled several months ago, would not consent to a reconciliation, Carl Schletter, a cigar maker, fifty-five years old, Tuesday hanged himself from the post of his bed in his room at No. 14 Fayette Street, Williamsburg. Some hours later he was found dead. He had bequeathed all of his valuables to an old friend, a Mrs. Cella Doell, of 1447 De Kalb Avenue, and set aside $25 with which his friends were to make merry and feast after he was cremated.

New York Herald, Wednesday, July 19, 1911

 ENDING LIFE, GIVES $25 FOR GAYETY

Before Strangling Himself Once Wealthy Man Provides Money for Music and Cheer for Friends.

Carefully arranging his very small store of worldly goods on a table in his room and setting aside his last $25 with written instructions that the money be spent by his few remaining friends in music and refreshments after his funeral, Carl Schletter, a cigarmaker, strangled himself yesterday in his furnished room, at No. 14 Fayette Street, Williamsburg.

Schletter was fifty-five years old. Ten years ago he was in prosperous circumstances. Then came reverses and with them domestic troubles, which he had tried in vain for years to straighten out. His wife and son left him and would not return.

Recently Schletter told his friends that he did not know how much longer he could stand the strain of his lonely life.

“But,” he said, “because I am miserable and have had misfortunes I do not want my friends to grieve for me. I want them to remember that when I go I am going to rest and peace, neither of which I have had since I lost my wife and boy. I want my friends to rejoice with me when I leave my troubles behind me.”

Schletter’s friends did not fully understand until yesterday just what he meant [missing text]

[missing text] … pear his landlady forced the door and found her lodger dead on the floor, the cord of a window shade tied tightly about his neck.

On a table were Schletter’s last $25, and with it a few lines stating that is was to be spent for music and refreshments after his funeral. He requested his friends to remember him as a jolly fellow, not as a despondent broken man. He also asked to have his body cremated.

Schletter’s friends have arranged to carry out his programme literally by spending his last few dollars on an evening of gayety.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York. Tuesday. July 18, 1911

LEAVES MONEY FOR “WAKE”

Schletter Committed Suicide, but wanted Friends to Have a Good Time.

Camillo Schletter, 55 years old, lodging at 14 Fayette street, committed suicide this morning as a result of melancholia brought on by a dream of former happiness with his wife from whom he had been long separated. He left an interesting will in which he provided for merrymaking and music after his funeral for his friends.

Schletter had come over from Germany thirty years ago and had been a prosperous cigar manufacturer until the panic of 1905 ruined him. Since then he had to work for others. He had separated from his wife for years but apparently was always fond of her. Sunday night he dreamed of their courtship in the old country, which made him melancholy all the net day.

This morning Benjamin Schulz, with whom Schletter lived, finding that he had not arisen at 10:30, broke in his door in company with Officer James Chrystal of the Hamburg avenue station. They found Schletter in bed, strangled with a cord, the body still warm. By the time Dr. Doyle of St. Catherine’s Hospital could reach the house, the man was dead.

On the table was a package with a note directing that it be given to Mrs. Cecile Doell of 1447 DeKalb avenue. Mrs. Doell is the secretary of Branch 6 of the “Benevolent Order of the United States for the Propagation of Cremation” of which society Schletter was a member. In the package were membership cards and due books of the association and a letter saying” “Cannot stand the pain any longer.”

The man had $50 in the books of the society. He had left a will in the so called “will book” of the society in which he directed that the money be spent as follows: “50 to the undertaker for cremation and the use of one carriage! $5 to Mrs. Doell for seeing to the arrangements and $25 for refreshments, music and lunch and a general good time for his friends after the funeral.” These instructions will be carried out and the luncheon will be at the Labor Lyceum, Willoughby and Myrtle avenues after the funeral services.

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 29 Clover Ave, Floral Park, NY 11001

Peter EVERS (55) reported to the Census Enumerator that on April 1, 1940 he owned his house located in the incorporated place of Floral Park within the Town of Hempstead. It was valued at $6,500. Interestingly, Peter is recorded as 58 years old in the 1930 Census. That census did not record the person providing the family information. At that time Peter and Dorothy lived in Jamaica Queens. In the 1940 household along with his wife Dorothy (Schletter, 33) was her Maternal Grandmother Doris (Ritter) SCHWARZ (74). Peter’s highest grade of school completed was 4 years of High School as was Dorothy’s. Doris made it through the eighth grade.

Peter and Dorothy were born in the state of New York. Doris was born in Norway. It is recorded that on April 1, 1935 Peter lived in Albany, NY and Dorothy lived in Brooklyn. On that day in 1935, Doris is reported to have lived on a farm in “Christana”, Norway. Christiania, Norway is Oslo.

Peter worked 44 hours the week of March 24 – 30, 1940 as a “Printed Cards” salesman. He worked 34 weeks in 1939 and earned $1,800.

One in twenty persons listed in each 1940 Census were required to supply supplemental information. Luckily, Doris was one in twenty. From this additional information we learn that her Father was born in Norway and her Mother in Germany. She spoke Norwegian in her earliest childhood. Doris was widowed, married only once, got married at 19 and had 2 children. Her usual occupation was “Home” and she did not have a Social Security number.

Zillow.com today reports that this 1918 built, 2bed/1.5bath 1,178 SF house on its .11 acre lot last sold in September 1995 for $180,000 and is estimated by Zillow to be worth $441,000.

Take a look at the census lines 27 – 29 in the image attached.  There is also supplemental information about Doris on the very last line of the page.

See their family story in this updated posting

I have extracted the BROADHURST references from the larger database ….

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503 (reference number)

1652

Counter part indenture of lease, dated 11 June 1652, by John Broadhurst of Long Marsh, Macclesfield, Cheshire, yeoman to Richard Dawson of Wincle, Cheshire, husbandman, of land at Brown Hill and Whetston Sitch in Wincle “lately meered and separated out from the commons or waste grounds there”, for £6-3s-4d and an annual rent of 10 shillings, for the lives of Richard and his brother William.. It cites lease for 3 lives made by Ralph the brother of John Bostock of to Edward Dawson, father of Richard Dawson in 1638. Vellum, signed and sealed. Condition moderate.

514

1657

Surrender in the Halimote of the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield on 18 May 1657 by John Broadhurst of Longe-Moss, Cheshire, yeoman, before William Brereton, baronet, Steward of the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield and Anthony Booth, Ralph Gardener, Francis Broadhurst and Nicholas Higginbotham, clerk of the Court, of a messuage and lands in Wincle, Cheshire in the holding of Richard Dawson, husbandman, so that the Lords of the Manor could grant it to John Broadhurst son of William Broadhurst and grandchild of the aforesaid John Broadhurst his heirs and assigns forever. Vellum signed, sealed.

492

1736

Copy surrender of Wilkingshaw Head and other property in Kettleshulme and Wincle, Cheshire by William Clayton of Macclesfield, and John Ashworth of Macclesfield to the Earl of Derby, dated 10 George II. Paper 3 pages A3. Names: Clayton; Ashworth; Dixon; Forster; Jackson; Smith; Smallwood; Wright; Norton; Slack; Broadhurst; Redfearn; Lomas; Pott; Turner; Pickford; Roe; Downes; Broadhurst; Stonehewer; Hawkins; Kettleshulme, Macclesfield, Wincle, Cheshire;

493

1741

Copy surrender of Wilkingshaw Head and other property in Kettleshulme and Wincle, Cheshire by the Earl of Derby to James Culshaw of Knowsley, Lancashire, dated 21 George II. Paper 3 pages A3.Names: Culshaw; Ford; Nicholson; Norton; Stafford; Taylor; Dickson; Wright; Slack; Goodwin; Broadhurst; Turner; Redfearn; Pott; Lomas; Pickford; Rowe; Downes; Stonehewer; Kettleshulme, Macclesfield, Wincle, Cheshire; Knowsley,

487

1744

Articles of agreement dated 18 October 1744 between William Nicolls of Stafford and Sarah his wife which said Sarah was granddaughter to George Stonehewer late of Bailey Ford, Wincle, Cheshire deceased, and John Broadhurst of Wincle, Prestbury, Cheshire, by which Nicolls and his wife agreed to convey and surrender their copyhold messuage called Long Gutter, Wincle then in the holding of John Broadhurst. For this Broadhurst agreed to pay £340. They also agreed to share the cost of conveyance equally. Signed, witnessed, sealed and stamped.

495

1745

Surrender to the Halimote of the Court of the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield by William Nicholls of Stafford, and his wife Sarah (only surviving issue of William Trafford of Swythamley by Sarah his wife late Sarah Mellor granddaughter of George Stonehewer late of Wincle, Cheshire), John Broadhurst of Macclesfield, Cheshire and John Comberbatch of Macclesfield, of land called Long Dale and the Long Gutter in Wincle, Cheshire in the possession of William Dawson and Francis Warrington, under tenants of George Stonehewer, to John Broadhurst. Dated 15 July 19 George II (1745). Vellum, stamped.

499

1748-9

Surrender in the Court of the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield on 3 May 22 George II., by Mary Wright of Macclesfield, Cheshire, widow, Samuel Lankford of Macclesfield, button merchant and Thomas Percival of Bosley, Cheshire, yeoman, of part of White Marsh, Sutton, Macclesfield previously allotted to George Sutton’s Tenement. The surrender was to enable the court to grant the land to John Broadhurst. The court was held at Joseph Stoakes’ house, the Angel Inn, Macclesfield . Vellum, stamped.

519

1749

Indenture, dated 17 April 1749, relating to an agreement between Mary Wright of Macclesfield, widow, and John Broadhurst of Wincle, Cheshire, yeoman. In which Mary agreed to surrender at the next Halimote of the Court of the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield “land set out by meers and bounds being the lower End and containing 2 one fifth parts of the manor common lands in Sutton called White Marsh allotted to George Sutton’s tenement and containing 2 and a half acres Cheshire measure”, so that the Lord of the Manor could grant the land to Broadhurst who had bought it for £24. Vellum, signed, sealed and stamped.

497

1773

Settlement subsequent to the marriage of John Broadhurst the younger of Wincle, Cheshire to Martha, daughter of Samuel Rosson the elder, of Sutton, Macclesfield, Cheshire, dated 5 November 1773.

520

1773-74

Copy surrender in the Court of the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield by John Broadhurst of Wincle, Cheshire, yeoman, of a customary messuage called Brown Hill in Wincle, and lands including Pot Hooks, Long Gutter and White Marsh, Sutton, etc, that it might be granted to John Brocklehurst of Macclesfield, button merchant and Thomas Hammond of Gawsworth, Cheshire to be seized of them for purposes given in an agreement dated 5 November 1773-74.

512

1774

Copy of the admittance in the Court of the Manor of Macclesfield and Forest, of John Broadhurst of Wincle, Cheshire to the customary lands of John Broadhurst his father, deceased, dated 18 November 14 George III. Broadhurst was to pay a rent of 4 shillings and 9 pence and a “relief” of 4s 9d. Vellum, signed and stamped.

496

1775

Probate at Chester of the will of John Broadhurst of Wincle, Prestbury, Cheshire, yeoman, dated 2 October 1775. It mentions his present dwelling house, Long Gutter part of which was left to his wife for life. Carries the diocesan seal and revenue stamp.

511

1798

Copy of a surrender in the Court of the Manor of Macclesfield and Forest by Robert Hammond of Gawsworth, Cheshire, yeoman, eldest brother and heir of Thomas Hammond late of Gawsworth deceased, who survived John Brocklehurst of Macclesfield, Cheshire, button merchant, at the request of John Broadhurst of Wincle, Cheshire, eldest son and heir of John Broadhurst of Wincle, deceased, together with the said John Brocklehurst and his wife Margaret and Mary wife of Thomas Stubbs of North Rode, Cheshire, mother of the same John Broadhurst in their own persons at Macclesfield in the house of William Thorley, Deputy of the Right Honourable Earl of Derby, Steward of our own Lord the King of the Manor…”the copyhold premises and lands in Sutton and Wincle, Macclesfield called Brown Hill, Pot Hooks, White Marsh and Long Gutter plus the New Inn, etc, into the hands of the Lord of the Manor so that he could grant them to Matthew Shufflebotham of Wincle, Cheshire, yeoman, his heirs and assigns for ever, dated 38 May, 38 George III. Margaret and Martha were separately examined by the Court top see whether or not they had been compelled to agree to the surrender. Vellum, stamped.

486

1798

Agreement between John Broadhurst of Wincle, Prestbury, Cheshire, yeoman, and Matthew Shufflebotham of Wincle, Prestbury, yeoman, in which Broadhurst agreed that he and his wife and any others with an interest would convey a messuage called Brownhill, in Wincle, formerly in the possession of his great grandfather John Broadhurst, plus closes called Pothooks in Sutton near Macclesfield formerly part of a tenement called Haye’s Tenement, and also Long Gutter, Long Dale, White Marsh in Sutton and other named lands. Dated 15 January 1798. On the back is a note of the “Leys and Taxes parted by Matthew Shufflebotham and John Broadhurst. Signed, witnessed and stamped. A3 paper.

481

1798

Stamped receipt by Jonathon Broadhurst son of John Broadhurst late of Wincle, Prestbury, Cheshire acknowledging the receipt of £250 from his brother John which was a legacy left to him by his father. Witnessed by Nathan Jackson and dated 28 May 1798. Also a second similar receipt dated 26 May 1798 but witnessed by Charles Broad junior.

501

1798

Conveyance by John Broadhurst of Wincle, Cheshire, eldest son and heir of John Broadhurst late of Wincle, to Matthew Shufflebotham of Wincle, dated 26 May 1798, of a copyhold farm called Brown Hill and other land in Sutton including Pot Hooks (formerly part of Haye’s Tenement), Long Gutter, for ?1350. Vellum, signed, sealed and stamped.

491

1818

Copy probate of the will and codicil of Joseph Broadhurst of Macclesfield, Cheshire, yeoman, deceased dated 3 November 1818. Paper 5 pages A3.

513

1819

Copy surrender into the Court of the Manor of Macclesfield & Forest by William Deakins of Manchester, paper manufacturer, John Warrington of Gawsworth, Cheshire, shopkeeper, Richard Wainwright of Kettleshulme (now of Wincle), devisees under the will of Joseph Broadhurst of Macclesfield, deceased “as of Jeffrey Wright of Macclesfield, warehouseman, the purchaser of the premises, of Swarve Edge and land forming part of Bowne’s Tenement inWincle, Cheshire, in order that the Lord of the Manor could grant it to Ralph Deane and Enoch Barrow both of Macclesfield. Dated 17 May, 59 George III. Vellum stamped.

90

1820

Abstract of the title of Jeffrey Wright to copyhold land called Swarve Edge, Wincle , Staffordshire 1737-1820 “For Mr Courtenaye’s opinion”. Recites part of the will of Thomas Stanley younger son of Lord Strange and s surrender by the Earl of Derby into the King’s Court of the Manor of Macclesfield and Forest.Paper 35 pages A3.Names: Wright; Clayton; Ashworth; Comberbach; Culshaw; Stanley; Hornby; Burgoyne; Haslehurst; Stonehewer; Woods; Evanson; Turner; Horton; Dana; Broadhurst; Wych;Pickford; Downes; Ashworth; Clowes; Hurst; Rowson; Deakin; Wincle, Sutton, Macclesfield; Kowsley, Prescott, Manchester, Whittington, Chadderton,

One of our more mysterious families, Sarah BROADHURST (#3 of 11) and James WOODWARD, has a bit more information thanks to Bill Hoke. Bill recalled two things about their daughter Frances Woodward: Frances was a Ziegfeld Girl and she married George Bau. From those two clues I was able to piece this story together.

Frances was born in 1908 in Dover, New Hampshire where her parents worked in a cotton mill and sometime after 1920, she moved to New York City. By opening night, 28 March 1927,  Frances was a dancing girl at the Majestic Theater (where the Phantom lives now) in a musical revue, “Rufus LeMaire’s Affairs.” In August of 1927 Frances was in the opening night cast of  ”Ziegfeld Follies of 1927″ at the New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street, where Disney’s Lion King reigned. The picture above on the left is of the Ziegfeld Girls around the time Frances was a member. Additional information is listed in Frances’ Internet Broadway Database listing: click here to view.

Frances must have been garnering attention as an actress because by 1932 when she fell off a horse and broke her arm in Baltimore the news made it into The New York Times:

Ed Wynn

In 1934 Frances Woodward marries and again she makes the New York Times:

Her husband Adrian Droeshout worked for the French Line Steamship Company.

So how does Charles Laughton and his hump work into this tale?

From other family obituaries we know that Frances’ parents moved at some point to Los Angeles and I think Frances and her husband moved there before 1943. The Internet Movie Database list Frances Woodward playing the role of Sue Mason in the Hopalong Cassidy adventure “Riders of the Deadline.” It is her only credit on IMDB.com.

Frances gets credit above Robert Mitchum!

The Internet Movie Database lists Adrian Droeshout playing uncredited bit parts in movies from 1944 – 1946. It’s the the war years. By 1949 Adrian returns to work for the French Line in their new Los Angeles office according to a New York Times article. In that article it states that Adrian had been working with the publicity department of Warner Brothers.

The Hump?

Also at Warner Brothers were Gordon Bau, the head of makeup department and his brother George Bau, renowned Hollywood makeup artist, who at one time headed its prosthetics laboratory. George developed a new foam rubber formula for a lightweight facial makeup and hump which Charles Laughton wore as Quasimodo in 1939′s Hunchback of Notre Dame.

So, where are we?

I haven’t found any record of a divorce for Frances and Adrian, but our cousin Bill Hoke is certain that Frances and George Bau visited the Adams Cabins as husband and wife. Were they? Does anyone else know any more information about these family members? Let me know if you do and thanks for reading all the way to the bottom on this one!

Lowell Cemetery Gate

John Broadhurst was the son of John Richard “Jack” and Edith Broadhurst. He died when he was only 13 years old and is buried in Lowell Cemetery. The funeral bearers were Frank Crossley, Carl Costello, Peter Broadhurst and Harry Maguire as noted below. Frank Crossley was the husband of Frances “Fanny” Broadhurst. Carl Costello was Frank’s son-in-law having married his daughter Elizabeth. Peter Broadhurst was my grandfather. Harry Maguire is an unknown person at this time.

The Lowell Sun, Lowell, MA., Wed., 21 Nov. 1923, Page 3:

DEATHS

BROADHURST–The many friends of John R. and Edith M. Broadhurst will regret to hear of the death of their son, John G. Broadhurst, who died yesterday at the home of his parents, 77 West Fourth Street, aged 13 years, 3 months and 17 days. Besides his parents, he is survived by one brother, Harold, and a sister, Eva Broadhurst, all of this city.

FUNERAL NOTICES

BROADHURST–Died in this city, Nov. 20, at 77 West Fourth Street, John G. Broadhurst, son of John R. and Edith M. Broadhurst. Funeral services will be held at 77 West Fourth Street on Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Friends are respectfully invited. Undertaker William H. Saunders in charge.

Lowell Courier-Citizen, Sat., 24 Nov. 1923:

FUNERALS

The funeral of John George Broadhurst took place yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home of his parents, 77 West Fourth Street, and was largely attended. The services were conducted by Rev. Appleton Grannis, rector of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church. There were many floral tributes. The bearers were Frank Crossley, Carl Costello, Peter Broadhurst and Harry Maguire. Burial took place in the family lot in the Lowell cemetery, where the committal service was read by Rev. Mr. Grannis. The funeral arrangements were in charge of Undertaker William H. Saunders.

Once upon a time, at least once, our Richard and Sarah Ann Broadhurst family went on vacation to the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown Dependency located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Tourism boomed here in the late 1870′s and 1880′s as it became a favorite vacation spot for the mill workers of England; like our family.

The photo above–click photo for larger image–was provide by Bill Hoke at our recent Broadhurst Families reunion, it’s of our family taken on the Isle of Man. The photographer was Hugh H. McKay of Viking Studio on Douglas Head Road and based on the fake car it may have been taken around 1905.

By this time all eleven of Richard and Sarah’s children had been born: 1) Fannie, 1877 ; 2) Annie, 1879; 3) Sarah, 1882; 4) Jack, 1884; 5) Gertrude, 1887; 6) May, 1888; 7) Peter, 1889; 8) Nellie, 1891; 9) Violet, 1894; 10) Percy, 1896; and 11) Willie, 1898. In the 1901 England census two of their children were not in the household; Fannie and Sarah.

So who’s who? Does any one out there know for sure?

Click any of the images below to see views of The Isle of Man about the time our family visited ….

Up until recently the earliest family group I’ve posted has been John and Frances Adshead BROADHURST. John and Frances are my 2nd great grandparents. Their marriage certificate list’s John’s father as William Broadhurst and Edward Broadhurst as a witness. An 1841 England Census lists what I believe to be his family; William and Mary Broadhurst with children Elizabeth, Ann, Edward and Richard. I’ve recently found an older RootsWeb posting that perhaps better documents this family grouping. As of this date I still to confirm the sources with the original RootsWeb lister. Based on this infomation the family group would be as follows:

Farmer William BROADHURST (b abt 1781 Chelford) married Mary HARDERN on Tuesday, 10 February 1807 in St. Mary’s Sandbach. William and Mary may have had eight children:

1. William (b 3 Feb 1810 in Chelford, bap 04 Mar 1810)
2. John (b 27 Jan 1812 in Chelford, bap 23 Feb 1812) “my” Broadhurst lineage
3. Thomas (b 17 Apr 1814 in Chelford, bap 17 Apr 1814)
4. Edward H. (b 21 Apr 1816 in Chelford, bap 21 Apr 1816, married Ann WOOLLEY abt 1845, d 17 Feb 1885 buried in Wilmslow Parish Church Cemetery)
5. Richard (b 9 Mar 1818 in Chelford, bap 5 Apr 1818, married Mary UNKOWN, d 17 Mar 1884 in Broadwall, Sandbach and buried 21 Mar 1884 in St. Bartholemews, Wilmslow)
6. Joseph (b 10 Jul 1820 in Chelford, bap 06 Aug 1820)
7. Elizabeth (b 1824 in Cheshire)
8. Ann (b 1829 in Sandbach, Cheshire)

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