Michael Frank STEHLE

1866 - 1912  (~ 46 years)

• Name	Michael Frank STEHLE  [1]
  Birth	Jul 1866	Minnesota, USA   [2, 3]
  	Date of birth based on age given as 46 at the time of his death.
  Gender	Male
  Residence	6 Jun 1900	Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA   [3]
  Residence	18 Apr 1910	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA   [4]
  	Ward 3
  Burial	1912	Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
  	Buried in Section L2SEB120 with his sister Barbara and his mother Barbara Stehle. He was 46 years old at time of death.
  Death	24 Nov 1912	Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA   [5, 6]
  	Cause: Probably suicide by overdose of medicine
  Notes	He appears in the city directory for Tacoma, Washington, in 1897-1898, and the city directory for Helena, Montana, in 1899. In both cities he was an operator with the Western Union Telegraph Company. Earlier, he was listed in the city directories for Mineapolis as a telephone operator. In 1900 he was living with his wife Jeanette and daughter Calla in Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, in a boarding house. Harley Jones was also living in this same boarding house at that time. In 1910 He was divorced, age 43, living with his single sister, age 49, in Minneapolis. Newpaper article, Duluth New-Tribune, 27 Nov 1912, p. 13: Overdose of Medicine Kills A.P. Operator MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 26. ---- Michael F. Stehle, Associated Press operator for a number of years in this city, died here yesterday. Mr. Stehle had been a sufferer from a nervous complaint, and he had obtained a doctor's prescription. While his sister, who had been in attendance, was out of the room, Mr. Stehle is said to have taken an overdose of the medicine from which he died. Funeral will be held from St. Stephen's Catholic church, Minneapolis. The pall-bearers will be made up from Associated Press employes [sic] in the Twin Cities. Newspaper article, Minneapolis Morning-Tribune, 25 Nov 1912, p. 6: Veteran Operator Passes Away. M.F. Stehle, veteran telegraph operator, died suddenly at his home, 1601 Chgicago avenue. Mr. Stehle was one of the best known operators in the Northwest and at the time of his death was in the employ of the Minneapolis office of the Associated Press. Heart disease was the cause of death. [7, 8, 9] (Medical):Newspaper articles regarding his death does not suggest suicide. One article gives his cause of death as heart disease.
  Person ID	I1098	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2011

  
  

  Family ID

  F10793

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• Sources

  [S171] Social Security Application, Calla Barbara Blandin (Reliability: 3). [S231] Minnesota State Census 1885, (Ancestry.com. Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Minnesota Historical Society. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.), Age 19, living in Minneapolis. (Reliability: 3). [S150] U.S. Federal Census, Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin (Reliability: 3). [S150] U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Reliability: 3). [S168] Death Certificate, Minnesota Death Index, State File No. 018171 (Reliability: 3). [S82] Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002, (Ancestry.com. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health. URL: http://www.ancestry.com), File #018171 Certificate #018171 Record #109396 (Reliability: 3). [S62] Newspaper Article, Duluth News-Tribune, 27 Nov. 1912, p. 13 (Reliability: 3). [S62] Newspaper Article, Minneapolis Morning-Tribune, 25 Nov 1912, p. 6 (Reliability: 3). [S150] U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Minneapolis, Ward 3, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Reliability: 3).