Place of Death: John B. Murphy Hospital, 620 N. Belmont Avenue in Chicago, run by the Sisters of Mercy. Death certificate shows his burial originally intended at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago on July 20, but was corrected to Cook County Morgue. Oak Forest Cemetery records show his body was moved from the Morgue and interred at Cook County Cemetery at Oak Forest (Oak Forest Hospital Cemetery) the cemetery for indigent burials, on August 4, 1938, Lot 21, Grave 344. Note: Due to bad penmanship, there are two vital records for George, one spelled Mindeman, and the other Mindenian.
Spouse: Adina Carolyn Bunke, married May 3, 1894, Waukesha, Wisconsin. She was born 22 April 1872 in Jefferson, WI, and died 10 June, 1954. in Riverside, CA. The couple had two children: Irving Paul Mindeman (1st name spelled Erwin on his draft registration) (b. 20 Feb 1896 Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., WI) 1896-19?? (death date and burial unknown), and Martha Adina Mindeman Bywater 1900-1945. F.G. #40972637.
George was a fund-raising railroad and land scheme promotor across the country. He was in Michigan circa 1905-10, specifically in Albion and Charlotte, Michigan.
Albion (Michigan) Recorder, June 6, 1907: "Railroad Promoter is Arrested. George Mindeman, the promoter of the Duck Lake railroad was arrested in Chicago Tuesday Night. Will return to Albion. Another chapter in the Charlotte-Albion railroad story was commenced Tuesday when Deputy Sheriff [Erva] Mallory arrested George Mindeman in Chicago on a charge of stealing diamonds and jewelry of Mrs. George [Sarah] Murdock of this city. Mrs. Murdock missed her jewelry in March soon after she had shown them to Messrs. Mindeman and White who were using the Murdock home as headquarters while promoting the Charlotte-Albion railroad."
[Postscript Note: Mindeman was first found guilty of his crime, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality at the Michigan Supreme Court. He was retried in Calhoun County Circuit Court in September, 1909 and found not guilty. George was subsequently in legal problems for other incidents elsewhere in the U.S. in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s, and served some time in prison at the Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet, Illinois.
Place of Death: John B. Murphy Hospital, 620 N. Belmont Avenue in Chicago, run by the Sisters of Mercy. Death certificate shows his burial originally intended at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago on July 20, but was corrected to Cook County Morgue. Oak Forest Cemetery records show his body was moved from the Morgue and interred at Cook County Cemetery at Oak Forest (Oak Forest Hospital Cemetery) the cemetery for indigent burials, on August 4, 1938, Lot 21, Grave 344. Note: Due to bad penmanship, there are two vital records for George, one spelled Mindeman, and the other Mindenian.
Spouse: Adina Carolyn Bunke, married May 3, 1894, Waukesha, Wisconsin. She was born 22 April 1872 in Jefferson, WI, and died 10 June, 1954. in Riverside, CA. The couple had two children: Irving Paul Mindeman (1st name spelled Erwin on his draft registration) (b. 20 Feb 1896 Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., WI) 1896-19?? (death date and burial unknown), and Martha Adina Mindeman Bywater 1900-1945. F.G. #40972637.
George was a fund-raising railroad and land scheme promotor across the country. He was in Michigan circa 1905-10, specifically in Albion and Charlotte, Michigan.
Albion (Michigan) Recorder, June 6, 1907: "Railroad Promoter is Arrested. George Mindeman, the promoter of the Duck Lake railroad was arrested in Chicago Tuesday Night. Will return to Albion. Another chapter in the Charlotte-Albion railroad story was commenced Tuesday when Deputy Sheriff [Erva] Mallory arrested George Mindeman in Chicago on a charge of stealing diamonds and jewelry of Mrs. George [Sarah] Murdock of this city. Mrs. Murdock missed her jewelry in March soon after she had shown them to Messrs. Mindeman and White who were using the Murdock home as headquarters while promoting the Charlotte-Albion railroad."
[Postscript Note: Mindeman was first found guilty of his crime, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality at the Michigan Supreme Court. He was retried in Calhoun County Circuit Court in September, 1909 and found not guilty. George was subsequently in legal problems for other incidents elsewhere in the U.S. in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s, and served some time in prison at the Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet, Illinois.
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