Richard Gendle
1877 - 1915 (37 years)-
Name Richard Gendle [1, 2] Birth Nov 1877 , , Michigan, United States 
[2] Gender Male Alt. Birth 1879 , , Michigan, United States [1, 3, 4] 
Census19 Jun 1880 Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States [1, 2] Residence 19 Jun 1880 Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States [1, 2] - Role: Occupant
Occupation4 Jun 1900 Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States [3] Residence 4 Jun 1900 Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States [3] Census9 Jun 1900 Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States [2] Occupation9 Jun 1900 Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States [2] Residence 9 Jun 1900 Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States [2] - Role: Occupant
Census20 Apr 1910 Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States [5] Occupation20 Apr 1910 Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States [5] Residence 20 Apr 1910 Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States [5] - Was a lodger at a hotel.
Residence 3 Oct 1914 Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States [4] Death 19 Oct 1915 Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States Cause: Mine explosion Newspaper Article 20 Oct 1915 Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States [6] - "Butte, October 19 '96 14 men were killed instantly at the granite mountain shaft of the North Butte company, at 130 o'clock this morning, by an explosion of 500 pounds giant powder. All the bodies have been recovered, don't all have not been identified only to their mangled condition. Other men, all working at the service, or seriously injured. One of them, Ed Bray, a shift boss died later. The explosion was heard in all parts of the city. The property loss at the mine was small, and will probably amount to less than $1000. Bray had one side of his lungs out. Another injured had his foot blown off and without taking an anesthetic submitted to the surgeon removing his leg.
«b»Were Lowering Powder
«/b»Three topmen were engaged early this afternoon in lowering powder to be 2,800 level. Powder is sent down the mine every other day. Today all the powder except one mine carload had been lowered. One car containing giant powder was at the collar of the shaft. This was to be lowered, after which a number of bosses and miners were to go below. Five of these men were waiting in the dog-house, a small room near the shaft. John Davey, the only one of the three topmen carmen to survive the explosion, left the car to get a timber 100 feet back from the shaft. He was the last man to see the others around the collar of the shaft before the explosion. Davey says that no one was near the powder set and Bray, a boss, who stood about five or 6 feet from the car. Davey heard a terrific explosion and was blown to the ground. It was not seriously injured.
«b»Cause Unknown
«/b»No one could get any theory as to the cause of the explosion. The blast swept away the frame structure in which the men were waiting at the shaft, together with the air-shaft beside the steel gallows frame. Painters were at work on this air shaft at the time of the explosion. Neither was killed, but both were injured, one sustaining a broken leg. The steel gallows frame was damaged places, one big steel support was twisted. Windows at the Speculator mine, 300 yards away, or blown out and other glass in the neighborhood destroyed. Many of the bodies were in fragments and were picked up in sheets. Workmen were searching the timbers in the room and the doghouse found a dismembered way. Others had found a fragment of the skull on which a portion of curly hair remains. Gisham was the only man at the top of curly hair. It is believed that these fragments are all that is left of his body.
«b»Body Torn to Pieces
«/b»Robert Watson's body was found at the bottom of the shaft, 2800 feet below the surface. He had been blown into the shaft and dropped to the sump, only the hand remaining of the mass of mangled flesh to give it human semblance. 850 feet away a body glove with two fingers in it was found. If the feet away to remain in an engine house were killed. John D. Pope, general manager of the North Butte company, said this afternoon that he had no theory as to the cause of the explosion. "To the best of my knowledge", said Mr. Pope, "no one was at the car of powder when it exploded. There were between 10 and 12 boxes of powder on the car when it went off. Ithere were 10 boxes, that means that there were 500 pounds of giant. The last man at the car was John Davey, who tells me that when he left the car a moment before the explosion, no one was beside it. So far as I know no one had been careless in handling this power, and, as I say, I cannot lay the blame on any one." The accident will not retard work at the mine, the explosion damaging only the "chippy" compartment, the other two compartments being uninjured. 400 feet from the scene of the explosion a shoe with a foot in it was found and also a number of sleeves with fragments of arms. Shift boss and Bray died of his injuries late tonight, bring the total of the deaths of 215, and the finding of the legs in the debris leaves the coroner believe that there is still another body in the wreckage. Two more of the injured party or death.
«b»The Dead
«/b»James A. Blow, aged 23, assistant foreman
Jay. D. We, aged 24.
George Larkin, aged 29.
John McCauley, aged 52.
John Winston, aged 38, shift boss.
Lacey Graham, shift boss, aged 39.
Ernest Watson, aged 32, shift boss.
R. I. Watson, a sampler.
Richard Gendle, aged 36, electrician.
Ed Carlson, 36, top Carman.
Paddy Morrissey, shift boss.
William Butcher, aged 32.
William Denton, aged 38.
James Powers, aged 35.
Edward Bray, shift boss.
«b»The Injured
«/b»Peter H. Brown, Carpenter.
William Valentine, Carpenter.
Phileas Blanchett, miner.
A. K. Bruce, painter."
Name Richard Chapman [2] Name Richard Gendall [5] Age 37 years Patriarch & Matriarch 
Nathaniel Gendle, b. 1781, Tavistock, Devon, England, United Kingdomd. 1868, Tavistock, Devon, England, United Kingdom (Age 87 years) (Great Grandfather) 
Elizabeth Cornish, b. Jul 1859,,, England, United Kingdomd. Yes, date unknown (Mother) Headstones 
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Father William Northey Gendle, b. 1857, Tavistock, Devon, England, United Kingdom d. 6 Mar 1888, Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States (Age 31 years) Mother Elizabeth Cornish, b. Jul 1859, , , England, United Kingdom d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: William J. Chapman m. 22 Mar 1889Marriage Yes, date unknown Family ID F14013 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ellen Osier, b. 1881 d. Yes, date unknown Marriage License 29 May 1900 , , Michigan, United States [3] Marriage 4 Jun 1900 Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States [3, 4] Age at Marriage He : 22 years and 7 months - She : ~ 19 years and 6 months. Marriage Return 4 Jun 1900 Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States [3] _STAT 1909 Divorced Last Modified 19 Dec 2016 Family ID F14017 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Ida May Greer, b. 27 Jul 1885, Sault Saint Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States d. 16 Jan 1951, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States (Age 65 years)
Other Partners: Percy Wilkinson; John Erford m. 21 Oct 1916Marriage 3 Oct 1914 Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States [4] Age at Marriage He : 36 years and 11 months - She : 29 years and 3 months. Marriage Certificate 3 Oct 1914 Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States [4] Last Modified 20 Dec 2016 Family ID F14019 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - Nov 1877 - , , Michigan, United States 
Alt. Birth - 1879 - , , Michigan, United States 
Census - 19 Jun 1880 - Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States Residence - 19 Jun 1880 - Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States Marriage License - 29 May 1900 - , , Michigan, United States Occupation - Miner - 4 Jun 1900 - Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States Residence - 4 Jun 1900 - Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States Marriage - 4 Jun 1900 - Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States Marriage Return - 4 Jun 1900 - Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States Census - 9 Jun 1900 - Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States Occupation - Iron Miner - 9 Jun 1900 - Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States Residence - 9 Jun 1900 - Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States 
Census - 20 Apr 1910 - Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States Occupation - Miner in a Copper Mine - 20 Apr 1910 - Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States Residence - 20 Apr 1910 - Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States Residence - 3 Oct 1914 - Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States 
Marriage - 3 Oct 1914 - Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States Marriage Certificate - 3 Oct 1914 - Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States Death - Cause: Mine explosion - 19 Oct 1915 - Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States Newspaper Article - 20 Oct 1915 - Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S387] Michigan, Marquette, United States, Michigan, Marquette County - 1880 - U.S. Census, (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), T9, roll 594, Ishpeming, enumeration district (ED) 023, p. 296B, dwelling 339, family 457, William Gendle Household, accessed 14 Dec 2016 (Reliability: 3).
William Gendle, White, male, age 21, married, Miner, born in England, parents born in England; Elizabeth Gendle, white, female, age 20, wife, married, born in England, parents born in England; Richard gendle, white, male, age 1, son, single, born in Michigan, parents born in England; William Gendle, white, male, age 2 months, son, single, born in Michigan, parents born in England - [S392] Michigan, Marquette, United States, Michigan, Marquette County - 1900 - U.S. Census, (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), 15 Dec 2016, T623, roll 728, Ishpeming, enumeration district (ED) 0112, sheet 17, p. 17B, dwelling 217, family 315, William Chapman Household, accessed 15 Dec 2016 (Reliability: 3).
William Chapman, head, white, male, born September 1867, age 32, married, married 10 years, born in England, parents born in England, immigrated in 1886, 14 years in the US, naturalized, Iron Miner, can read and write, speaks English, owns a house; Elizabeth Chapman, wife, white, female, born July 1859, age 40, married, married for 10 years, 8 of 10 children born still living, born in England, parents born in England, immigrated 1872, can read and write, speaks English; Richard Gendle, son, white, male, born November 1877, age 22, single, born in Michigan, parents born in England, Iron Miner, can read and write, speaks English; William Gendle, son, white, male, born April 1880, age 20, single, born in Michigan, parents born in England, Iron Miner, can read and write, speaks English; Clara Gendle, daughter, white, female, born January 1882, age 18, single, born in Michigan, parents born in England, can read and write, speaks English; Ida Gendle, daughter, white, female, born January 1884, age 16, single, born in Michigan, parents born in England, can read and write, speaks English; Barton Gendle, son, white, male, born September 1887, age 12, single, born in Michigan, parents born in England, At School, can read and write, speaks English; Betrus Chapman, son, white, male, born July 1890, age 9, single, born in Michigan, parents born in England; Beze Chapman, daughter, white, female, born July 1893, age 6, single, born in Michigan, parents born in England; Ady, son, white, male, born March 1896, age 4, single, born in Michigan, parents born in England - [S391] Michigan. Marquette., United States, Michigan, Marquette County - MI Marriage Records, 1867-1952, (Digital images. FamilySearch, \i FamilySearch\i0 . www.familysearch.org : 2015.), marriage record, Record Number123, Gendle-Osien, 900; accessed 18 Dec 2016. (Reliability: 3).
- [S397] Montana. Deer Lodge County, FamilySearch, United States, Montana, Deer Lodge County - Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950, (www.familyesarch.org :n.d.), marriage certificate (1914), Gendle-Wilkinson, accessed 18 Dec 2016. (Reliability: 3).
- [S405] Montana, Silver Bow, United States, Montana, Silver Bow County - 1910 - U.S. Census, (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), T624, roll 836, Butte, enumeration district (ED) 0098, p. 7B, dwelling 54, Richard Gendle, accessed 23 Dec 2016 (Reliability: 3).
Richard Gendle, lodger, male, white, age 31, single, born in Massachuseets, parents born in Vermont, speaks English, Miner in a Copper Mine, can read and write - [S428] Montana. Great Falls., United States, Montana, Cascade County, Great Falls – Great Falls Weekly Tribune, "Giant Powder Kills 14 at Butte," October 20, 1915, p. 1, 3; digital images, \i Newspapers\i0  www.newspapers.com : ). (Reliability: 3).
"Butte, October 19 - 14 men were killed instantly at the granite mountain shaft of the North Butte company, at 130 o'clock this morning, by an explosion of 500 pounds giant powder. All the bodies have been recovered, don't all have not been identified only to their mangled condition. Other men, all working at the service, or seriously injured. One of them, Ed Bray, a shift boss died later. The explosion was heard in all parts of the city. The property loss at the mine was small, and will probably amount to less than $1000. Bray had one side of his lungs out. Another injured had his foot blown off and without taking an anesthetic submitted to the surgeon removing his leg.
«b»Were Lowering Powder
«/b»Three topmen were engaged early this afternoon in lowering powder to be 2,800 level. Powder is sent down the mine every other day. Today all the powder except one mine carload had been lowered. One car containing giant powder was at the collar of the shaft. This was to be lowered, after which a number of bosses and miners were to go below. Five of these men were waiting in the dog-house, a small room near the shaft. John Davey, the only one of the three topmen carmen to survive the explosion, left the car to get a timber 100 feet back from the shaft. He was the last man to see the others around the collar of the shaft before the explosion. Davey says that no one was near the powder set and Bray, a boss, who stood about five or 6 feet from the car. Davey heard a terrific explosion and was blown to the ground. It was not seriously injured.
«b»Cause Unknown
«/b»No one could get any theory as to the cause of the explosion. The blast swept away the frame structure in which the men were waiting at the shaft, together with the air-shaft beside the steel gallows frame. Painters were at work on this air shaft at the time of the explosion. Neither was killed, but both were injured, one sustaining a broken leg. The steel gallows frame was damaged places, one big steel support was twisted. Windows at the Speculator mine, 300 yards away, or blown out and other glass in the neighborhood destroyed. Many of the bodies were in fragments and were picked up in sheets. Workmen were searching the timbers in the room and the doghouse found a dismembered way. Others had found a fragment of the skull on which a portion of curly hair remains. Gisham was the only man at the top of curly hair. It is believed that these fragments are all that is left of his body.
«b»Body Torn to Pieces
«/b»Robert Watson's body was found at the bottom of the shaft, 2800 feet below the surface. He had been blown into the shaft and dropped to the sump, only the hand remaining of the mass of mangled flesh to give it human semblance. 850 feet away a body glove with two fingers in it was found. If the feet away to remain in an engine house were killed. John D. Pope, general manager of the North Butte company, said this afternoon that he had no theory as to the cause of the explosion. "To the best of my knowledge", said Mr. Pope, "no one was at the car of powder when it exploded. There were between 10 and 12 boxes of powder on the car when it went off. Ithere were 10 boxes, that means that there were 500 pounds of giant. The last man at the car was John Davey, who tells me that when he left the car a moment before the explosion, no one was beside it. So far as I know no one had been careless in handling this power, and, as I say, I cannot lay the blame on any one." The accident will not retard work at the mine, the explosion damaging only the "chippy" compartment, the other two compartments being uninjured. 400 feet from the scene of the explosion a shoe with a foot in it was found and also a number of sleeves with fragments of arms. Shift boss and Bray died of his injuries late tonight, bring the total of the deaths of 215, and the finding of the legs in the debris leaves the coroner believe that there is still another body in the wreckage. Two more of the injured party or death.
«b»The Dead
«/b»James A. Blow, aged 23, assistant foreman
Jay. D. We, aged 24.
George Larkin, aged 29.
John McCauley, aged 52.
John Winston, aged 38, shift boss.
Lacey Graham, shift boss, aged 39.
Ernest Watson, aged 32, shift boss.
R. I. Watson, a sampler.
Richard Gendle, aged 36, electrician.
Ed Carlson, 36, top Carman.
Paddy Morrissey, shift boss.
William Butcher, aged 32.
William Denton, aged 38.
James Powers, aged 35.
Edward Bray, shift boss.
«b»The Injured
«/b»Peter H. Brown, Carpenter.
William Valentine, Carpenter.
Phileas Blanchett, miner.
A. K. Bruce, painter."
- [S387] Michigan, Marquette, United States, Michigan, Marquette County - 1880 - U.S. Census, (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2010), T9, roll 594, Ishpeming, enumeration district (ED) 023, p. 296B, dwelling 339, family 457, William Gendle Household, accessed 14 Dec 2016 (Reliability: 3).