Cline, Thomas James

Other Events:

• Baptism: 10 Feb 1856; St John the Evangelist Catholic Church; Sponsors -Thomas Delany and Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
• Alt. Birth: 29 Feb 1856; Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
• Alt. Birth: 29 Feb 1856; Green Bay, Wisconsin
• 1860 Census: Jun 1860, Fort Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
• Residence: 1870; Fort Howard, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
• Residence: 1880; Cline, Thomas J, machinish St P, M & M Ry, res 2 Ashton Place, Glencoe St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1881; Cline, Thomas J, machinist, res 4 (old) Columbia St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1882; Cline Thomas J, machinist St P M & M Ry, bds 109 Acker St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1884; Cline Thomas J (Cline Bros), eng St P Gas Lt Co, res 171 Pearl St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1885, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• 1885 State Census: 19 May 1885, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1886; Cline Thomas J, eng Electric Station, res 384 Summit av. St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1887; Cline Thomas J, res 384 Summit pl. St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1888; Cline Thomas J, chief eng St P Gas Lt Co, res 303 Somerset St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1890; eng(ineer) St P Electric Light Co, res 281 Grove St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: Jul 1890; Witness at uncle Thomas Delaney's pension app; includes signature St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: Mar 1891; St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1895
• 1895 State Census: 15 Jun 1895
• Residence: 1896; Cline Thomas J, eng Staples-Atlee S M Co, b 1118 N 1st. Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1898; Cline Thomas J, moved to St Paul, Minn. St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1900; Engineer Osgood & B Mnfg Co, res 1077 Ross St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• 1900 Census: 7 Jun 1900, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1904; Engineer Osgood & B Mnfg Co, res 1077 Ross St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• 1905 State Census: 17 Jun 1905, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• 1910 Census: 15 Apr 1910, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
• WWI Draft Registration Card: 5 Jun 1917; East St. Louis, St Clair, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1920, East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA
• 1930 Census: 12 Apr 1930, East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA
• Alt. Death: 12 Jul 1930; East Saint Louis, Saint Clair, Illinois
• Death Record - Civil: 12 Jul 1930
• Alt. Burial: 14 Jul 1930; Belleville, Saint Clair, Illinois

Notes:

1860 Census:
Age 4 in 1860 Ft Howard Brown WI census; age 14 in 1870 census, occupation listed as Sailor. Not listed with parents in 1880 Ft Howard census.

Residence:
Cline Thomas J, eng Fuller Electric Lt Co res 286 W 14th St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA

1885 State Census:
Age 29 in 1885 MN Census, listed with wife Ida

Residence:
Engineer, res 897 Reaney St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA

1895 State Census:
897 Reaney St St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA

1900 Census:
1900 MN Census shows Feb 1856 birth, age 44, married 23 years (1877). Address 1077 Ross, St Paul Ward 2, 1077 Ross St St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA

1905 State Census:
1905 MN Census lists 1077 Ross as address, living in that district for 7 years, and in MN for 26 years and 0 months (Jun 1879). Given that the years and months of residence for the two children are accurate with their known births, the specific date of Jun 1879 may be also. 1077 Ross St St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA

1910 Census:
residence at 1115 College Ave East St. Louis, St Clair, Illinois, USA
1910 Census shows occupation as Railroad Engineer in East St Louis, 1115 College Avenue. Same address in 1920 census

Residence:
residence at 1113 College Ave East St. Louis, St Clair, Illinois, USA

1930 Census:
1930 census shows him living with son William and his wife. He is widowed. Also shows his age as 21 when married, which confirms 1877 date.
1516 N 47th St Canteen, St Clair, Illinois, USA

Death Record - Civil:
Death certificate confirms I have the correct person - birth date, father, birth place. Full middle name on death cert.
From Illinois State Death Index: Thomas J Cline 12-Jul-1930 3820497 (St Clair Co). Detail from death certificate #497:
St Clair, East St Louis, 1516 N 47th St
Thomas James Cline
Resident in city 24 years
Widowed - wife Ida Cline
b. Feb 29, 1856, age 74yrs 4 months, 13 days
occupation retired steam engineer
birthplace Green Bay WI
father Martin Cline, b. Ireland; mother unknown
informant W.A. Cline, same address
Date of death 12 Jul 1930
Cause acute meningitis, 1 day, from heat stroke.
Buried at Mt Carmel, Belleville, St Clair IL 14-Jul-1930
Undertaker Mrs MJ Walsh 701 Illinois Ave East St Louis IL

Thomas married Anderson, Ida P. 1 Jun 1877, Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, USA. Ida was born 1 Apr 1857, , , , Sweden; died 5 Sep 1925, East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA; was buried 7 Sep 1925. [Group Sheet]