World War I draft registration card
Helen Ruth McLaughlin birth certificate
Jane Mullane obit
1910 federal census

Served for 5 months in 1918, then war ended. May have had the flu and spent most of the time incapacitated.15

Registered for the draft for WWI when he was age 25 (05 Jun 1917). Home address given as [best guess:] 3909 Joy, East Chicago IN. Employed by American Steel Foundries in East Chicago. Occupation difficult to read, could be “Foreman - C-M & [??] Dept.” Single, Caucasian, no dependents, no prior military service. Describes himself as tall, slender, with brown eyes and red hair.14

Took it hard when elder bro William died (Leo age 7), also when Francis died at age 3 (Leo age 5).15

Had been mail carrier for 12 years in 19345

Member, American Legion18

Listed as “D. O.” (ie “Leo”??) in Henry’s death notice, of Indiana Harbor IN19 Listed as living in East Chicago IN at time of Jane’s death.20

Learning to be a machinist in Oil City in 1910 census. Had not attended school since at least 01 Sept 1909.21

Leo.E. McLaughlin, 69, of 35 Ogden St., Hammond, died Saturday. He was a Calumet area resident for 45 years and a retired mail clerk.
He is survived by his wido, Helen, two sons, Robert and Ralph, both of Hammond; three daughters, Sister Delores [sic] Marie, Order of St. Francis at Maumee, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Eileen Conces, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Helen Mills, Indianapolis; a brother, Art of Lima, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Collison, Cedar Lake, and Mrs. Margaret Fenney [Feeney] and Mrs. Jane Mudge, both of Erie, Pa.; a nephew, Rev. Edward J. Fenney [Feeney], Erie, and six grandchildren.
Mr. McLaughlin, a World War I veteran, was a past commander of Edward Schultz Post 697, American Legion, Lansing and a member of Unity Council, Knights of Columbus, the Holy Name Society of St. Joseph church and the Notre Dame Retreat club.
Services will be held Wednesday at 9 am in the Burns Funeral Home, 5840 Hohman Ave., and at 9:30 am in St. Joseph church with Msgr. Francis Jansen singing the Mass. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. The retreat league will recite the rosary at 8 pm in the funeral chapel.22

Member of Hospital Guild

Made guardian of Mary by time of August’s will, by Lake Superior Court Rm 1, Guardianship No. 1475.23

Lived in Oak Glen (Lansing) IL at time of August’s death24

Sponsors at her baptism were Frank “Yunki” and Helen “Yunke”25

Member, American Legion18

“Helen Theresia Ruth”26