Frank Antonio McIntyre Majano 1967-2019 Remembered

Frank is the son of Blanca Marina Majano and Frank McIntyre Calderon (1907-1977), grandson of Bartholomew McIntyre (1854-1924) and Paula Calderon (1887-?).  He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador on 25 Nov 1967 and lived there his entire life. As an adult, he married Dora Alvarado Arevalo and was employed in the construction business, not too unlike his grandfather, Bartolo. 

Frank died on 27 July 2019 in San Salvador. He is buried with his father and grandfather in El Cementerio General de San Salvador.

His gravestone reads:

Frank Antonio McIntyre

25 Nov. 1967

27 July 2019

I remember: From your loved ones You will always live in our hearts

Rest in Peace, Frank Antonio.

Sources: Photos from Marina McIntyre-Steffan including a copy of his death certificate.

Who is Alice?

In the 1880 US Census for Highland Pointe, County Clackamas, Oregon, Patrick McIntyre (c1831-1901) is listed as head of household and there is a granddaughter named "Allice McIntyre" who is 7 years old.  Who is this "Allice?"

Detail shows:

None of the children listed are old enough to have a 7 year old child. We know the other children of Patrick and Bridget: Mary didn't marry until 1875; Edward didn't marry until c1877; Bartholomew was living in Mexico in 1872/3 when Allice would have been born.

Of note, Kate is listed as 18 years old, a daughter of Patrick and Bridget, widowed, and without occupation. 

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However, in the 1880 US Census for San Francisco, California, her husband, Paul Kreft is listed:

Kreft, Paul, White, Male, 33, Boarder, married, Seaman, born in Russia

So, it seems that Paul Kreft was a seamen in June, 1880 and Kate most likely went to live with her parents in Oregon. I believe that Bridget and children might have moved to the Oregon homestead with Patrick sometime after December, 1879, when their son, William, was killed in a car accident in San Francisco.

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We don't have a marriage record for Paul Kreft and Kate McIntyre, but his obituary, written in 1900, states they married in 1878.

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In a letter from Kate's niece, Ellen McIntyre, daughter of Dominick and Mary McDonald, she writes in 1965 to Mrs. Stratford that Kate and Paul had a daughter, Alice, who died as an infant. See letter: https://mcintyrestevens.blogspot.com/2020/06/letter-from-ellen-mcintyre-satantin-sp.html

In the letter, Ellen writes "My sister (Sarah) says there were no other children in the Kreft family. One named Alice who died as an infant and another named Frances who was killed in a horse and buggy runaway."

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On Find-A-Grave there is an entry for May Alice Kreft, daughter of Paul and Kate:

 

Additionally, it reads: 

The entry was created by Athanatos, added 11 Mar 2013.

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Paul Kreft's 1900 obiturary reads:

Paul Kreft

After a long and painful illness, Paul Kreft died at 3:30 yesterday afternoon at his home in this city, aged 52 years, 2 months and 3 days.

Mr. Keft (sic) was born in Danizer, Prussia, May 20, 1848, and came to California when 16 years of age, residing there until 1881, when he came to The Dalles, making this his home until the time of his death. In 1878 he was united in marriage with Kate McIntyre in San Francisco.  She and six children, Henriette, Bertha, Charles, Edward, Paul and Nellie, survive him, while two children have preceded him to the grave, one daughter having been killed in a runaway accident here four years ago.

Mr. Kreft was a painter by trade, and for several years conducted a paint store here.  For the past years his health has been failing, and a few months since he went to San Francisco, hoping to gain relief, but his malady was incurable, and since his return home he has patiently awaited his final summons.  He was an honored member of Mt. Hood camp, W. O. W., and was universally respected by the entire community.

During his residence in The Dalles Mr. Kreft held a number of official positions, and on the death of Dr. Rhinehart, who was major, he was selected by the council to serve the unexpired term as chief executive of the city.

Source believed to be: The Dalles Daily Chronicle, July 24, 1900. Original copy provided by Dolly Purcell, May 5, 2014.

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So, we know/have:

1. A grandchild "Allice McIntyre" age 7 years listed on the 1880 US Census with Patrick and Bridget McIntyre in Oregon.

2. None of Patrick and Bridget's children, with the exception of  Mary, Edward and Bartholomew, were old enough/married to have a child 7 years old. 

3. It is unlikely Allice is the child of Edward who married in c1877; Mary who married in 1875; or, Bartholomew who was living in Mexico in 1872/3 when Alice would have been born.

4. Paul and Kate married in 1878.

5. We have a letter from the daughter of Dominick, Kate's brother, that Paul and Kate had a daughter Alice that died as an infant.

6. A child, May Alice, daughter of Paul and Kate was buried on July 23, 1880 and was 8 months old.

7. Paul Kreft's obituary in 1900 states he had two children who "preceded him to the grave."

8.  We know the names of seven of Paul and Kate's eight children. They are listed on www.McIntyreGenealogy.com

Given the information available, it is believed that "Allice McIntyre" age 7 years on the 1880 US Census is actually May Alice Kreft, first born daughter of Paul and Kate Kreft and was 7 months old at the time of the census.

The census taker may have been told that Kate's husband was "gone" and he surmised Paul Kreft was dead, because he was not living with her.  And the census taker probably just left off the "months" for Allice when he transcribed the information on to the census sheet.

Letter from Ellen McIntyre Schantin to Ella Luella Lewis Stratford, 1965

This letter written on October 5, 1965 by Ellen McIntyre Schantin, daughter of Dominick McIntyre (c1856-1932) and Mary McDonald (1868-1936), is in response to an inquiry of Ella Luella Stratford (1898-1993), the first wife of Paul Kreft (1893-1975). Ella and Paul divorced 8 Nov 1924.

Ellen was a first cousin to Paul Kreft (1893-1975), the first husband of the now Mrs. Stratford.

Letter transcription:

                                                                                                                                Portland, Oreg

                                                                                                                                Oct 5^th, 1965

Dear Mrs. Stratford: -

                Am sorry not to have answered your nice letter sooner, but it seems this is the year that everyone decided to visit me.

Had company from Calif, Wisconsin and Virginia and when the tourist season was over found had not even started the things I had intended to do.

I am the youngest (Ellen McIntyre Satantin) of the family (though not young). Am sixty seven and a widow and live alone. I have four children, seven grandchildren and soon will be Great Grandma.

Grandpa McIntyre (Patrick) lived with us for several years, but I was only three years old when he died so of course do not remember him. So about all I know is hear say.

I asked my sister (Sarah) who is six years older than I if she knew Grandma McIntyre’s maiden name and she said it was Bridget Stevens. She did not know what part of Ireland they came from or when they came over. But that they had several (5 children Edward, Bartholomew, Mary, Dominick, Kate) children when they came.

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The last aunt on the McIntyre side passed away two and a half years ago. But in the last seven or eight years she was very confused and senile. Her name was Ellen Frances Flaherty. They had no children so when her husband died, I was appointed her guardian. I put her things in a closet upstairs and there may be some family pictures among it. If there are I will send them to you. I haven’t gone through her things since she died, but must get at it sometime.

My sister (Katherine), my aunt & husband all died within eight months and it has kept me busy ever since untangling their affairs. My sister (Sarah) and I went to see Bird (Agnes Bertha Mattie Kreft) about a month ago and she was in the Hosp. so we went there and found she had fallen and broken her arm. She used to phone me about every week, but I haven’t heard from her since and hate to call her for fear she might try to answer the phone and fall again.

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She is very senile and was eighty years old Sept 30^th.  She too is quite confused. My sister says there were no other children in the Kreft family. One named Alice who died as an infant and another named Frances who was killed in a horse and buggy runaway. She also said the one you have listed as “Nettie” was Nellie. Our grandfather McIntyre’s first name was Patrick. She says she recalls hearing Bird say her father (Paul L. F. Kreft) was a seaman in San Francisco before becoming a painter.

We had our first rain in six weeks last night. So I guess our summer is over and it was a very hot one.

I don’t think I have been much help, but it is about all I know not that is hear say.

Sincerely yours,

Ellen Schantin

Notes: 

1. The red inclusion of information was provided by Dolly Kreft Purcell. 

2. The letter transcription was done by Elaine McIntyre Beaudoin.

3. Agnes Bertha Mattie Kreft, nicknamed "Bird," is the sister of Paul Kreft (1893-1975)

4. The Alice referred to in the letter is believed to be the first born child of  Paul (1848-1900) and Kate (McIntyre 1861-1914) Kreft.

Source: The original letter is held by Dolly Kreft Purcell, granddaughter of Ella Luella Lewis. It was scanned and made available on May 26, 2020.  Ellen McIntyre's married name was updated July 12, 2020.

Paul Kreft Family c 1920s

Patrick and Bridget's daughter Kate (1861-1914) married Paul Louis (Ludwig) Frederick (Ferdinand) Kreft (1848-1900) in the late 1870s/early 1880s. They had eight children, the seventh child was Paul Louis Frederick Kreft (1893-1975) and is pictured here with his first wife, Ella Luella Lewis (1898-1993).  They applied for a marriage license on 23 Jan 1913 in Wasco County, Oregon, with permission to marry granted by Paul's mother Kate, as Paul was under 21 years of age.  They later divorced on 8 November 1924 in Twin Falls, Idaho. Their two children pictured with them are Catherine Kreft Call (1915-2003) and Paul Frederick Kreft (1918-1967).

The photo was taken in the early 1920s, possibly in Idaho.

Photo source: Dolly Kreft Purcell, via email May 26, 2020. Thank you Dolly for this beautiful photo of your grandparents, father and aunt and the additional family information you provided.

Unknown Woman

Sal Bigone has a treasure trove of photos of the McIntyre family. He has graciously shared many of them and they appear in other posts in this blog. But this one, of the beautiful woman in a hat, has eluded him and his cousins. Does anyone know who she might be?

It is a possibility she is the wife of one of Patrick McIntyre's children.

The photo was taken at Bushnelf studios, most likely in San Francisco, California. Date unknown. There is no writing on the reverse side.

Does anyone know who this is?

Photo source: Sal Bigone, May 24, 2020

Richard M. McIntyre 1943-2019 Remembered

In an effort to learn more about his family, Richard did an autosomal DNA testing at Ancestry.com. In the fall of 2018, Sal Bigone, who also had tested at Ancestry.com, noticed the rather close McIntyre match in his results and contacted Richard. Sal said they had a wonderful one hour telephone conversation. Sal then shared this information with the cousins. Over the next several months Richard communicated via telephone and email with a number of the cousins, sharing his genealogical information with many of us. Elaine added this information to her database and for those deceased individuals in Richard's family, that information now appears on www.McIntyreGenealogy.com.

Richard knew the name, Bartholomew McIntyre, as his grandfather, but didn't know the name of his grandmother. Through information received from Marina, it was known that Richard's father, Anthony, was the child of Bartholomew McIntyre (1854-1924) and Paula Calderone (1887-?). This was shared with Richard.

Richard kindly sent photos of himself to Elaine who, at Richard's request, scanned them and sent the images to a number of  the cousins. Since Richard picked out these photos as representative of his life, we know they meant a lot to him. Here are a couple of the pictures he sent.

Boot camp, 1962

Medical cruise, 1963

With his son, 1973

Sitting at the piano, 1994

Security officer, 2005

Richard also took a 37 marker Y-DNA test for Elaine on FamilyTreeDNA in the spring of 2019. When the results came back, he and Elaine's paternal uncle, Thomas McIntyre, were a match, with only a one marker difference. Since then, Elaine's brother Larry, has taken the 111Y-DNA test at FamilyTreeDNA and he too matches Richard at a one marker difference. These tests prove Richard's McIntyre family which can be traced up through Edward McIntyre (c1806-1881), the father of Patrick McIntyre, and Michael McIntyre (c1805-1891), Elaine's 2nd great grandfather, were most likely brothers. If this is true, then we all share the common ancestry of the parents of Edward and Michael.  Thank you Richard for "tying" our families together with your DNA.


Richard Martin McIntyre, the son of Anthony Patrick McIntyre (1909-1986) and Dorothy Nell Stein (1917-2000), was born in San Mateo County, California on October 6, 1943. He married Alta Lee Neal and they had one son. He lived his final years in Las Vegas, Nevada where he died on September 16, 2019. RIP.

Sources: Photos from the collection of Richard M. McIntyre; DNA testing at Ancestry.com and FTDNA; genealogy information from records provided by Richard McIntyre, Marina McIntyre-Steffan, Elaine McIntyre Beaudoin and Sal Bigone.

Maria McIntire Ruiz is Remembered

Maria McIntire and Alfredo Ruiz
Married October 28, 1905
Photo courtesy: Sal Bigone

Maria (Mary Anne) McIntire Ruiz (1883-1952), daughter of Bartolo McIntire (1854-1924) and Concepcion Ramos (b1863-1913), is remembered fondly by her grand niece, Joanie Hamilton Zandona. 

She shares: 

"My mother was extremely close to Maria and loved her deeply. She was the oldest of the sisters and the matriarch of the family.  This is the story that my mother always told me. 

"Maria came to my mother's (Betty Jane Artiga Hamilton 1923-2013) house on 2214 Clay Street and told her that she had come to say goodbye because this would be the last time that they would see each other because she was going to die.  My mother remembered it as being very strange.  A week later, Maria died.  My mother took her death very hard.  

"The other strange story that my mother always used to tell me was that Maria's daughter, Mary Angela, was very beautiful and one day (I don't remember why) Mary Angela got angry at Maria, went to bed and never got out of the bed making Maria wait on her hand and foot until she died. The day Maria died, Mary Angela got out of her bed and, from that time forward, was no longer bed ridden.  Strange. My mother took me to Sir Francis Woods in SF to see where they lived.  I took pictures, which I still have."

Thank you Joanie for sharing the two stories about your great aunt, Maria McIntire Ruiz.

RUIZ - June 23, 1952, Mary Anne, beloved wife of the late Alfred Ruiz, dearly beloved mother of Mary Angela Ruiz, loving sister of Mrs. Frances Campos, Mrs. Mercedes Artiga and Mrs. Elena Morales, loving sister-in-law of Gustavo A. Ruiz.

Friends are invited to attend the funeral Wednesday, June 25, 1952, at 7:45 a.m. from Duggan's, 3434 17th Street, near Valencia; thence to St. Charles' Church where a Requiem High Mass will be offered at 8:15 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Recitation of the Rosary Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.

Source: San Francisco Examiner, June 24, 1952.