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Garbutt Family
Denison, Texas

1897-1888	Robert J. Garbett [sic] first appears in City Directory; listing shows him as foreman roundhouse, his residence 124 East Sears Street, corner of North Lamar Avenue
1889-1890	No listing for "Garbutt" in City Directory
1891-1892	Miss Mamie Garbutt, saleslady at Star Store, at 129-1931 West Main Street at the corner of North Austin Avenue. She lives in the home of Robert Garbutt. He is roundhouse foreman of the Houston & Texas Central Railway and lives at 124 East Sears Street. The Star Store sells "wholesale and retail dry goods, clothing, hats, furnishing goods, boots, shoes, notions, millinery." The store is owned by Waterman, Star & Co. The firm's partners are Samuel Star, who lives at 220 West Gandy Street at the corner of North Rusk Avenue; Max Grundstein, who lives at 321 West Gandy Street; and Charles Waterman of New York City.
1893-1894	Robert Garbutt, foreman at Houston & Texas Central Railway shops; residence at 124 East Sears.
1896-1897	The only Garubutt listed in the names index is Robert J. Garbutt, foreman of the round house, Houston & Texas Central Railroad; res. 124 East Sears Street.
1898-1899	The only Garbutt listed in the names index is Robert J. Garbutt, foreman of the round house, Houston & Texas Central Railroad. He is said to live at 124 East Sears Street. The street listing, however, lists as residents of 124 East Sears Street only P.J. & Margaret Garbult [sic]
1899-1900	Miss Mayme E. Garbutt lives at 124 East Sears Street. [No occupation is listed for her. The Waterman, Star & Co. store is not listed in the City DIrectory. No one with the last name of Star is listed in the City Directory.] She lives with Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Garbutt. He is foreman of the round house, Houston & Texas Central Railroad.
1901-1901	Margaret Garbutt (widow of R. Garbutt) lives at 124 East Sears Street. No other Garbutt is listed. The Waterman, Star & Co. store is not listed in the City DIrectory. No one with the last name of Star or Grundstein is listed in the City Directory.
Feb 9,1904	Carrie B. Lebrecht attests that she has sold to Miss Mayme Garbutt two liens on Lot 9, Block 9, Miller's First Addition, Denison [779 West Gandy Street], one for $784 and the other for $482, a total of $1,266. Apparently, Carrie has decided to dispose of the Gandy Street house and buy property on the edge of town from her brother, P.D. Pollard Jr. In a deposition taken on March 29, 19 04, and recorded on April 16, 1904, Carrie states that two "Vendors Lien notes" from 1890, one for $450 and one for $750, existed on the Gandy Street homestead at the time of Louis Lebrecht's death in December 1902. In January 1903, Carrie purchased these liens "with funds received from the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, on a policy written for said Louis Lebrecht and payable to her, the said Carrie B. Lebrecht. Said funds being her own separate funds, and deponent further swears that she has never come into possession of any community funds since the death of her said husband, with which she could pay off and satisfy said indebtedness." Early in 1904, Carrie herself sells these liens to Miss Mayme Garbutt (via her trustee, S.P. Ancker, head of Denison Bank and Trust Company.) Then, in April 1904, when Carrie sells the Gandy Street property to C.A. and Rosie Hoffman, they assume responsibility for paying off these Garbutt liens. Presumably, these maneuvers allow Carrie to recapture her insurance money, plus $500 cash paid by the Hoffmans. [Source: Grayson County Deed Records, Vol. 89, p. 521; Vol. 125, p.596; Vol. 156;, pp.387-89 and 397-401; and Vol. 182, p.402]
Apr 16, 1904	Carrie B. Lebrecht completes sale of her homestead (Lot 9, Block 9, Miller's First Addition, Denison; 729 West Gandy Street) to C.A> Hoffman and Rosie Hoffman for $1,400. She receives $500 cash, while $900 is applied to retire two outstanding liens owned by Miss Mayme Garbutt. This the Hoffmans accomplish as shown by a formal release recorded August 28, 1908. [Source : Grayson County Deed Records, Vol. 156, pp. 387-89 and 397-401; see also Vol. 89, p. 521; Vol. 125, p.596; and Vol. 182, p. 492]
1907	No Garbutt is listed in the City Directory

Source : Denison City Directories