Frances Louis Campbell Martin Eftimoff Family
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Francis grew up in E. St. Louis, Illinois and lived at 901 Valentine, when her only son William Scott Martin was born in 1915. Frances and William Marvin Martin married in 1914, St. Louis. Additionally, we know that he was employed at the Funsten Nut and Fruit Company in St. Louis when their son, William Scott Martin was born. William Marvin Martin was the manager of that same company after they divorced. Her nickname was "Babe" but was likely named after her maternal grandmother and her mother's sister - Louise.TIMELINE for Frances
7 Aug 1893 * Francis was born in E. St. Louis, Illinois
1900 * Listed with parents in Census - St. Clair County, Illinois
18 April 1914 * Married William Marvin Martin, St. Louis
1915 * Frances's only son William Scott Martin was at 901 Valentine, E. St. Louis, IL
ca 1918 * Divorced William Marvin Martin
1920 * Francis not with her mother in 1920 census (St. Louis, 2935 14th St.)
1920 * Frances's son William Scott Martin is with Grandmother Emma Cassell Campbell in 1920 census
1922 * Frances married Pete Eftimoff 2nd husband
1940's * Frances and Pete lived on Sand Prairie Lane near Granite City, Madison County, IL
ca 1950 * Frances and Pete separated
1954 * Divorced
29 Dec 1955 * Died Granite City, Madison County, Illinois
Where was Francis in 1920? William Scott Martin was studying to be an understudy for child star - Jackie Coogan - photos would indicate ca 1920 - 1923.
Frances married a second time to Pete Eftimoff. They lived together until 1950 when they separated and divorced. Pete was an immigrant from Sophia, Bulgaria. Pete was kind and friendly and could fix just about anything. He worked in the steel industry as many men did in Granite City during the war years of the 1940's.
There are many great stories about Frances. As a young woman, she was very beautiful. She dresses as many young women of the 1920's dressed with bobbed hair and a shorter skirt. Her nickname was "Babe" probably due to her birth order, she was the youngest of the 5 children born to George Scott Campbell and Emma Cassell Campbell.
During the 1940's Pete and Frances has a little bar-b-que stand and sold sandwiches and such. Like many women of her era, Frances loved her flower bed and tended to the flowers regularly. However, unlike most of us, she would bury jars of money among her flowers. She was also known to put a jar filled with money in the coal pile just before the delivery man was due to arrive (for safe keeping).
After her aged mother fell and broke her hip, Emma Cassell Campbell could no longer live alone. Pete converted a chicken coop in the yard to accommodate his mother-in-law. Later, Ada Campbell, Frances's sister-in-law also came to live with Frances.
Name: FRANCES LOUISE CAMPBELL
Birth: 7 Aug 1893 E ST LOUIS, ST CLAIR, ILL
Death: 29 Dec 1955 GRANITE CITY, MADISON, ILL
Father: GEORGE SCOTT CAMPBELL (1862-1912)
Mother: EMMA KASSELL (1860-1954)
Spouses:
1: William Marvin Martin
Birth: 29 Dec 1884 Gadsden, Etawah County, Alabama
Death: 3 Dec 1949
Burial: 1949 St. Louis, MO
Father: William Edward Martin (1832-1908)
Mother: Catherine Ogie Frierson (1845-1915)
Marriage: 18 Apr 1914 St. Louis, Missouri
Divorce: bef Nov 1918
Children: WILLIAM SCOTT (1915-1957)
2: PETE EFTIMOFF
Birth: 12 Jul 1892 SOFIA, BULGARIA
Death: 17 Nov 1985 Edwardsville, Madison Co, Ill
Marriage: 15 Mar 1922
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