Magdalena Tolson

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  • Magdalena
  • Verona
  • Welty
  • Tolson
  • Norman Tolson (Distington, England March 25, 1883-1961); artist; immigrated 1903, naturalized in Pennsylvania [per 1920 census] married September 30, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois 1920: census lists as “photographer” with own studio 1930: census lists as "artist" in "decorator" industry 1950: census lists as a carpenter in building construction parents: Norman and Margaret Cass Tolson 6 siblings
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  • Norman, Jr. (Illinois 1916-1996 California); New York, New York Morton Cass (Illinois January 27, 1920-?) ; artist; married Marie Samuelson, daughter of Lee and Mary Williams Samuelson, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 15, 1940 in Clinton, Iowa; San Jose, California
  • February 15, 1888
  • Berne, Indiana
  • May 14, 1972
  • Cadillac, Michigan
  • childhood-1911: 730 Columbia Ave., Fort Wayne, Indiana

    1920 census: 124 49th St., Chicago, Illinois

    1922: Kansas City, Missouri

    1930 census: 1436 Jonquil, Chicago, Illinois

    summers?: Lake George, Michigan

    1940 census: 639 Groveland Park, Chicago, Illinois; Morton seeking work as agent in commercial art, Norman art instructor in private school; no occupation for her

    in retirement: Bringold Rd., Lake George, Michigan

    1950 census: 310 ???, Lincoln, Michigan

    at time of death:  Lincoln, Michigan
  • Chicago, Illinois

    Kansas City, Missouri

    Lake George, Michigan
  • Block Printer, Crafts, Etcher, Painter
  • Fort Wayne, Indiana; student of Abby Fish Chase
    1914: graduated School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • January 12-February 12, 1922: Exhibition of Works by the Artists, Sculptors, Designers, Musicians and Writers of Missouri and Kansas, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri; Stock Yards Inn, Chicago, etching; Flowers
  • 1922: Sweeney Purchase Prize for best painting by a Kansas City artists valued at less than $100: Exhibition of Works by the Artists, Sculptors, Designers, Musicians and Writers of Missouri and Kansas, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri; Flowers

    1922: Kansas City Art Institute Honor Medal for Painting
  • illustrator

    teacher, art school, Kansas City, Missouri

    worked for (Robert R.) Jarvie Company, Chicago, Illinois [designer?]

    late 1920s-?: designing and supervising interior furnishings and decorations for Stevens Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
  • Parents: Joel (Ohio April 1857-before 1910) and Dina Lehman (February 1863-?) Welty; from Berne, Indiana

    Joel: 1900 manager at box factory

    Siblings:

    Harrison (Harry) (March 1889-?); Lakewood, Ohio; 1910 census: tester Elec. works.

    Viola Ruth (January 1893-1970); worked at YWCA in Kalamazoo; retired to Lake George

    Paul S. (February 1896-?); worked at YWCA in Kalamazoo; retired to Lake George, Michigan with wife Margarete

    Ivan (September 1899-?); minister in Colorado; Maine; wife: Ann; retired to Sheffield, Massachusetts

    Dr. Carl, (Fort Wayne, Indiana circa 1902-?); Beloit, Wisconsin