Charlotte Anne Bright1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 12472, (1873 - 1958)
FatherRobert Bright1,4
MotherMilessa Crondell1

Key Events:

Birth: Aug 1873, Waukegan, Illinois5,6,7
Marriage: around 18918
Marriage: 8 Feb 1897, Lacrosse, Wisconsin, Frank Marion Lambert (Oct 1866 - 15 Nov 1920)9,10
Marriage: 16 Dec 1926, Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington, Lee C. Moore (about 1861 - )11
Marriage: between 1926 and 1930, Robert Edward Gapsch (4 Sep 1863 - 25 Jun 1946)3,12,13
Marriage: 15 May 1947, Pierce Co., Washington, Albert F. Stilson (22 Jan 1878 - 20 Jul 1963)14
Death: 16 Jun 1958, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington15
ChartsDescendants of Edward and Sophie Gapsch

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Charlotte Anne Bright was born in Aug 1873 in Waukegan, Illinois.5,6,7 She was known to family as Lottie.2,16,17
     Charlotte apparently had a child in Canada by, and may well have married, around 1891, an unknown man of German birth.8
     Charlotte married, apparently second, Frank Marion Lambert, son of Peter Lambert and Elizabeth Allen, on 8 Feb 1897 in Lacrosse, Wisconsin.9,10
     Charlotte and Frank settled in Minnesota after their marriage. They appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Dresback Twp., Winona Co., Minnesota, enumerated 3 Jun 1900. Their daughter Verna was listed as living with them, as was her daughter, Mina, by an unknown father.18
     Charlotte and Frank moved to Wisconsin about 1904. They appeared on the 1905 State Census of Onalaska, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin. Their children Verna and Leslie were listed as living with them, as was her daughter Mina.19
     Charlotte and Frank moved to Washington before 1909. They appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, at 412 East 2nd, enumerated 23 Apr 1910, reporting that the family rented its home. Their children Verna, Leslie and Bessie were listed as living with them, as was her daughter by another father, Mina.20
     Charlotte and Frank appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, at East 11th St., enumerated 2 Jan 1920. Their son Leslie was listed as living with them.21
     Her husband died on 15 Nov 1920 in Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington.22
     Charlotte married third Lee C. Moore on 16 Dec 1926 in Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington, with Rev. Francis A. LaViolette officiating.11 Charlotte and Lee presumably divorced before long because she remarried by 1930, but we cannot be sure since no further record of him as been located. He is shown as living in Vancouver in the marriage license application, but no other record of him in that area, nor any record of his death, has been found.
     Charlotte married fourth Robert Edward Gapsch, son of Edward W. Gapsch and Sophie Herfurt, between 1926 and 1930.3,12,13
     Charlotte and Robert appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington, at 508 E. 16th St., enumerated 5 Apr 1930, reporting that they owned a home valued at $3000, and did not own a radio.23
     Charlotte and Robert appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington, at 508 E. 16th, enumerated 11 Apr 1940, reporting that they owned a home valued at $2,500, and had lived in the same house in 1935.24
     Robert died on 25 Jun 1946 in 508 E. 16th St., Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington.25,26
     Charlotte married fifth Albert F. Stilson on 15 May 1947 in Pierce Co., Washington.14
     Charlotte died on 16 Jun 1958 in Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, at age 84.15
     
Research Note, 2 Jun 2008:
Mina appears on the 1900 census with Frank and Lottie Lambert, shown as age 8. Frank and Lottie had been married only 3 years, so Mina would appear to be the daughter of one of them by another marriage. Mina is shown as Frank's daughter and with his surname, but her father is shown as born in Germany, while Frank was born in Minnesota. Her mother is shown as born in Illinois, which Lottie was. Lottie is shown as the mother of two children, both living, and Mina and Vernie are shown in the family, apparently Lottie's two children. I conclude that Mina was actually Lottie's daughter by another father.
     In the 1905 Wisconsin census there is a single space for birth place of parents, and for Mina it shows Canada, but neither Frank nor Lottie are shown as born there.
     In the 1910 census Mina's father's birthplace is shown as Minnesota, and Lottie and Frank are shown as having been married 18 years, while Mina is age 17. Whether there was a conscious effort to make Mina appear to be Frank's daughter or error by the enumerator is not clear. No further record of Mina has been found.18,19,20

Children:
     Child with an unknown spouse:

  • Mina [surname unknown]27,28,29 (Feb 1892 - )

Children:
     Children with Frank Marion Lambert:

  • Verna Lambert30,28,31 (Jul 1897 - )
  • Leslie Leroy Lambert32,33,34 (21 Jan 1903 - )
  • Bessie Lambert35 (abt Aug 1909 - )

Children:
     There were no children with Lee C. Moore

Children:
     There were no children with Robert Edward Gapsch

Children:
     There were no children with Albert F. Stilson

Citations

  1. [S4550] "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930," FamilySearch.org, record for Frank Lambert and Lottie Bright, citing FHL #1276061.
  2. [S1452] Frank Lambert household, 1900 U.S. Census, Winona Co., Minnesota, shows name as Lottie Lambert.
  3. [S261] Robert Edward Gapsch, Certificate of Death, shows Charlotte Anne Gapsch as his wife.
  4. [S2958] "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for Charlotte Stilson, citing FHL#2033779 and it 1, no 11958.
  5. [S1452] Frank Lambert household, 1900 U.S. Census, Winona Co., Minnesota, shows month, year, age 26, and state, as Illinois, and both parents born in Canada.
  6. [S4550] "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930," FamilySearch.org, record for Frank Lambert and Lottie Bright, citing FHL #1276061, shows town, as Dresbek, and state.
  7. [S7275] Albert F. Stilson and Charott Ann Gapsh, marriage certificate, shows age 73 at marriage 15 May 1947, town, as Waukegan, and state.
  8. [S1452] Frank Lambert household, 1900 U.S. Census, Winona Co., Minnesota, shows Mina in the household, apparently Lottie's daughter, who a was born in Canada with a German father.
  9. [S4550] "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930," FamilySearch.org, record for Frank Lambert and Lottie Bright, citing FHL #1276061, shows date, town, and state.
  10. [S1452] Frank Lambert household, 1900 U.S. Census, Winona Co., Minnesota, shows married 3 years.
  11. [S7277] Lee C. Moore and Charlotte A. Lambert, Certificate of Marriage.
  12. [S2856] Robert Edward Gapsch, Application for Account, shows married.
  13. [S1843] Robert Gapsch household, 1930 U.S. Census, Clark Co., Washington, shows married, with his first marriage at age 27 hers at age 20.
  14. [S7275] Albert F. Stilson and Charott Ann Gapsh, marriage certificate.
  15. [S2958] "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for Charlotte Stilson, citing FHL#2033779 and it 1, no 11958, shows date, city, county, and state.
  16. [S1843] Robert Gapsch household, 1930 U.S. Census, Clark Co., Washington, shows name as Lottie Gapsch.
  17. [S2856] Robert Edward Gapsch, Application for Account, shows name as Lottie Lambert.
  18. [S1452] Frank Lambert household, 1900 U.S. Census, Winona Co., Minnesota.
  19. [S4555] Frank Lambert household, 1905 Wisconsin State Census, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, Onalaska.
  20. [S1453] Frank Lambert household, 1910 U.S. Census, Pierce Co., Washington.
  21. [S1454] F. M. Lambert household, 1920 U.S. Census, Pierce Co., Washington.
  22. [S2958] "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," FamilySearch.org, record for Frank Marion Lambert, citing FHL #1992760.
  23. [S1843] Robert Gapsch household, 1930 U.S. Census, Clark Co., Washington.
  24. [S4552] Robert E. Gapsch household, 1940 U.S. Census, Clark Co., Washington.
  25. [S261] Robert Edward Gapsch, Certificate of Death, shows date, place, city and county.
  26. [S3183] Clark County Genealogical Society, Clark County Cemeteries, "Park Hill - G," pg 5, shows date, from tombstone inscription.
  27. [S1452] Frank Lambert household, 1900 U.S. Census, Winona Co., Minnesota, shows Mina as the daughter of Lottie's husband, but shows the child's father as born in Germany while he was born in Minnesota. Shows her mother as born in Illinios, which Lottie was, and shows Lottie as the mother two children, both living, while listing Mina and Vernie in the household.
  28. [S4555] Frank Lambert household, 1905 Wisconsin State Census, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, Onalaska, shows the girl as daughter of Latta's husband.
  29. [S1453] Frank Lambert household, 1910 U.S. Census, Pierce Co., Washington, shows Mina as the daughter of Lottie's husband.
  30. [S1452] Frank Lambert household, 1900 U.S. Census, Winona Co., Minnesota, shows the child as the daughter of Lottie's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  31. [S1453] Frank Lambert household, 1910 U.S. Census, Pierce Co., Washington, shows Vernon as the daughter of Lottie's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  32. [S4551] "Minnesota, Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," FamilySearch.org, record for Leslie Leroy Lambert, citing FHL #1377832.
  33. [S4555] Frank Lambert household, 1905 Wisconsin State Census, La Crosse Co., Wisconsin, Onalaska, shows him as the son of her husband.
  34. [S1453] Frank Lambert household, 1910 U.S. Census, Pierce Co., Washington, shows him as the son of her husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  35. [S1453] Frank Lambert household, 1910 U.S. Census, Pierce Co., Washington, shows Bessie as the daughter of Lottie's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.