Fifteenth Generation

1088. Doris Mae CASSIDY was born on 10 Feb 1929 in Adams, Adams Township, Adams County, WI.²⁷ Her surname was spelled "Cassidy," which was the spelling used by her mother. Her father and his ancestors and family used the spelling "Cassity."

. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Adams, Adams Township, Adams County, WI.⁴⁴⁵ Her name was listed as "Doris M. Griggs" and she was living in the household of Tom Cassity and his first wife Blanche Mary Street and was listed as a "boarder." She was one year old at the time.

. In 1945 she was a clerk in a drug store in Evanston, Cook County, IL.⁷⁰⁹ Gary Griggs has several letters that she wrote to her mother in the Summer of 1945, telling her about her job and her life in a rooming house. In one, she told her mom that her drug store was closing down and her boss wanted her to transfer to Chicago, but that she didn't want to move there to be "a fountain girl." She was sharing a room with Ina York, a school friend from Adams, and their rent was $13.50 per week. Their address was 1900 Sherman Avenue. She signed her letters as "Babe," the nickname that she had as a young girl.

In another letter to her mom dated Sept. 24 (no year listed, but probably 1945), she talked about living in Chicago. So, she apparently did transfer there.

. She graduated in 1947 in Adams, Adams Township, Adams County, WI.⁷¹⁰ from Adams-Friendship High School. She lived at her home in Anchorage, Anchorage County, AK after 1950.²⁷ In about 1995, she moved to the Alaska Pioneer Nursing Home in Anchorage. She suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

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Doris Mae CASSIDY and John "Johnny" RUSS were married on 14 May 1949 in Wisconsin Dells, Columbia County, WI.^27,711 at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church. John "Johnny" RUSS (son of Peter A. RUSS and Florence S. UNKNOWN (RUSS)) was born on 22 Apr 1924 in Chicago, Cook County, IL.²⁷ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Newport Township, Columbia County, WI.⁷¹² After 1950 he was an electrician in Alaska.²⁷ After 1955, he worked on the initial construction of the DEW (Distant Early Warning) Line. Before that, he worked on many other military and government installations. His family resided in Spenard, a suburb of Anchorage, while he worked "in the bush." Doris Mae CASSIDY and John "Johnny" RUSS had the following children:

+1393	i.	Randy James RUSS.
1394	ii.	Gail RUSS was born on 13 Mar 1954 in Anchorage, Anchorage County, AK.27
+1395	iii.	Anthony Ray "Tony" RUSS.