GEORGE C. SAMES

Born: October 8, 1888    St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
Died: December 18, 1955    Stearns, Minnesota


Parents:
 
 
Marriage:
 
Occupation:
 
 
Gustaf "Gus" A. Sames
Ottilia M. Kaufmann
 
Cecilia A. Ebert

Clerk in general store
Salesman in a grocery store
Proprietor of a retail grocery store
George C. Sames

Children: Robert A. Sept. 1923  
  Vernon Matthew Mar. 5, 1925 † Mar. 24, 1996
  Marie Abt. 1926  
  Georgian Angeline Abt. 1928  
  Adeline Abt. 1930  
 
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At the time of the 1895 Minnesota state census, George was 7 years old and living with his parents and younger sister Lena in Minnetrista, Hennepin, Minnesota. His father was working as a clerk in a store.
 
On June 20, 1900 at the time of the U.S. federal census, George was 11 years old and living with his parents and three younger sisters in Minnetrista Township, Hennepin, Minnesota. Boarding with the family was William Peters, a 29-year-old single man from Pennsylvania who was working as a telegraph operator. George's father was working as a clerk in a general store. George was attending school.
 
At the time of the June 26, 1905 Minnesota state census, George was 16 years old and living with his parents and four siblings in Minnetrista, Hennepin, Minnesota. He was working as a clerk and his father Gustav was a merchant.
 
On April 18, 1910 George was 21 years old and living with his parents and four siblings in Minnetrista, Hennepin, Minnesota. He was working as a salesman in a grocery store. His father Gustav was was a retail merchant selling general merchandise.
 
On June 5, 1917 George was 28 years old, single and working as a clerk in a general store, Sames & Dullems, in St. Bonifacius, Hennepin, Minnesota. He was of medium height, stout, with brown eyes and light brown hair.
 
On Jan. 5, 1920, George was 31 years old, single and living alone in Waconia, Carver, Minnesota. He was working as a salesman in a general store.
 
At the time of the Apr. 3, 1930 U.S. federal census, George was 42 years old and living with his wife Cecilia A. and their five young children in a home on Cleveland Avenue, St. Bonifacius, Hennepin, Minnesota that they rented for $25 a month. The family owned a radio. George was the proprietor of a retail grocery store.
 
George died in Stearns County, Minnesota on Dec. 18, 1955 at the age of 67.
 
Robert R. Mullally recalls George and Cecilia Sames: "My wife's parents, Andy & Otillia Thurk, had a grocery store in St. Bonifacius, MN, in the early 1930's with George & Cecelia Sames."

Ancestry: The Stimmler/Stimler Line
   
Gustaf A. and Ottilia M. Sames (née Kaufmann) Family

Old Sames Store

Sames Store Interior

Stimler Family Crest      Kampa Family Crest
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