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
Biography Index
Susan Hawkins
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