I guess this would be an eyeball find............UPDATE! ........

[digger460]

All the teachers are back, and there cleaning out there rooms of garbage?

This was in a stack of stuff to be thrown in the dumpster. As I was taking all the stuff out, this was in there.

I'm in the process of tracking the family down in town. It's dated May of 1925.(hard to see in pic) This is a close knit town, so it shouldn't be to hard to track the family down. It would be a special bonus to find the person that is on the diploma. Should be around 91 yrs. old, and there is a possibilty.

I covered the name to protect the innocent!!

On with the investigating!!!

Thanks for looking!

 

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[vpnavy]

We are pulling for ya!

 

[Quin]

Neat find! But...if this person graduated in 1925 and was around 18 years old at the time...wouldn't that make them 109 year old today?

 

[nsdq]

Some schools back in the day highest grade was the 8th grade.

Neat find! But...if this person graduated in 1925 and was around 18 years old at the time...wouldn't that make them 109 year old today?

 

[ajaj]

This is neat!

aj

 

[digger460]

Neat find! But...if this person graduated in 1925 and was around 18 years old at the time...wouldn't that make them 109 year old today?

LOL Apparently I have had a senior moment. Yes , you are correct. Unless she was popped out straight into Kindergarten.

 

[digger460]

Some schools back in the day highest grade was the 8th grade.

As a side note, this diploma came from the original school that is no longer there. It was torn down in 1953.

For some reason, the school district has a policy of keeping all records. And I mean ALL records. I have plastic tubs full of the teacher's grade books from 1911 to present. I know, why? But it is pretty interesting to go through them. This was a coal mining town in the early 1900's. There are sections in the grade books, that show why a student left school. Shocking to see how many 8th graders left to go to work in the mines. But, a different time.

 

[digger460]

As a side note, this diploma came from the original school that is no longer there. It was torn down in 1953.

For some reason, the school district has a policy of keeping all records. And I mean ALL records. I have plastic tubs full of the teacher's grade books from 1911 to present. I know, why? But it is pretty interesting to go through them. This was a coal mining town in the early 1900's. There are sections in the grade books, that show why a student left school. Shocking to see how many 8th graders left to go to work in the mines. But, a different time.

nsdq, you are correct. The school has alway's been K-8 and I do know that alot of the old timer's here, never went to high school. They went right to the mines.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Awesome! A history mystery!
Good luck with the return.

 

[46Wheat]

What a great find . I hope you can return it to the family

 

[trapperart]

Very cool

 

[digger460]

I guess this would be an eyeball find....................UPDATE!

Original thread:http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/512912-i-guess-would-eyeball-find.html

Wound up going to Ancestory.com to see if I could find anything out about her. And Wah-la, it worked. I contacted this person, and here's what happened.

Reply:

"Hi, My name is Sandy and I run this tree for my best friend Anne who is a direct descendant of her.* My friend and I both grew up around that area in Illinois and Anne Marie Z. was my friend's grandma.* I also met her once when she was still living in South Wllmington.* She lived up to her 90's and was quite a strong, nice woman!* I would love to surprise Anne with this, so if you would be willing to send it to me I will be sure to give it to her, as we are due to visit them soon.* I know she would be glad to have it!** My address is :* XXXX, Solon Springs, Wisconsin, 54973.******* She will be so excited to see this!* Thank you so much!"

A little history:

When Anne Marie Zinanni was born on August 19, 1909, in South Wilmington, Illinois, her father, Acchille, was 31 and her mother, Leonilda, was 31. She had one son with William G Cobler on January 11, 1931. She died on March 30, 2005, in her hometown, at the age of 95, and was buried in Joliet, Illinois.

She married William Gilbert Cobler.

Son:*William Armando Cobler was born on January 11, 1931, in Braidwood, Illinois, the child of William Gilbert and Anne Marie. He had one son and three daughters with Elizabeth Anne Bradley. He died on March 10, 1984, in Joliet, Illinois, at the age of 53, and was buried there.


I sent it to her and asked if she could take a photo of her holding it, so we will see!

Feel a little warm and fuzzy


Thanks for looking! HH

 

[against the wind]

I read the original post. You did quite a bit of detective work. Congrats on the good deed and thank you for the effort you put into it. I know this was not a recovery from the soil but I think it deserves an honorable mention.

 

[digger460]

Thanks ATW! Wasn't looking for an HM, but it is gratifying to return something they may have been lost in a landfill. Guess I will never know why she never got it in the first place.