Postcard Delivered 100 years later!

 This story is 2 days old, but I just heard about it and it's such a fun story to read about!

On Tuesday (Sep 8), a woman in Belding, Michigan named Brittany Keech received a Halloween postcard that was postmarked almost 100 years ago- Oct 29, 1920!

It reads:

Dear Cousins,

Hope this will find you all well. We are quite well but mother has awful lame knees. It is awful cold here. I just finished my history lesson and am going to be pretty soon. My father is shaving and my mother is telling me your address. I will have to close for a night. 

Hope grandma and grandpa are well. Don't forget to write us- Roy get his pants fixed yet.

Flossie Burgess

The card is addressed to a Mrs. Roy McQueen at 103 E. Division Street in Belding, Michigan. 

You can read the whole story Here. It's also been reported on Facebook (where it originated) and the NY Times.

I decided (being a genealogist) to look up this Mrs. Roy McQueen. First, I looked up "Roy McQueen" in "Belding, Michigan" in the 1920 U.S. Census. I got Roy & Nora McQueen living on E. Division St. That was easy!

In the 1920 Census, it states that Roy McQueen (35) was born in 1885 in Canada and was a manager at a Produce company. His wife Nora (34) was born about 1886 in Michigan. They are living with 2 single women (boarders)- Leefa Giles (34) and Eris Giles (42)- more than likely sisters.

Doing more research, George LaRoy "Roy" McQueen was born 15 Sep 1883 in Canada and died on 11 May 1942 in Michigan (age 58). He was the 3rd son of George S. McQueen (1843-1929) & Catherine Garner (1849-1907). His wife, Mrs. Roy McQueen was Nora Bell Murdock. She was the daughter of William Murdock (1854-1937) & Margaret Little (1867-1951). Nora was born on 07 Aug 1885 in Shiawassee County, Michigan and died at the age of 92 on 21 Nov 1977 in Owosso, Michigan. 

Roy & Nora were married on 20 Dec 1905 in Hazelton, Michigan. They didn't have any children. 

Michigan Marriage Record

Roy & Nora McQueen 
Buried at Elmwood Cemetery 
New Lothrop, Michigan

The author of the post card "Flossie Burgess" was Nora's cousin Florence A. Burgess (b. 1907). Flossie & Nora's mother's were sisters (Maggie & Minnie Little). In 1920, Flossie was living with her parents in Jamestown, New York.