Here is the quiz, a quick and fun way to acquaint people with some family lore:
FAMILY QUIZ
JUNE 3, 2006
1. What were the names of Katie LaFoe Felin’s (mother of James, Edward, and Louis Felin] two sisters? [Answer: Mary and Lizzie]
2. Name the offspring of Edward [Bud] and Lois Felin. [Answer: Jamie, twins, Nadine and Pauline]
3. Name the offspring of Louis and Mary Felin. [Answer: Fanny, Bill, Beau]
4. Name the offspring of James [Jim] and Marie Madden Felin. [Answer: Bernie, Bob, Joe, John, Margaret, Rose, Sue, Donald + two unnamed infants, one died within 24 hours of birth and one stillborn]
5. Where were the farms that Giacomo (Jake) Felin (widower of Katie) willed to his three sons? [Near Turnbow Creek, in Webster County, MO]
6. What was the name of the one-room schoolhouse that the Felin children attended near the farms? [Anderson School]
7. What were the businesses of the Felin brothers, James, Edward, and Louis? [Answer: Farming, canning factories for tomatoes, and road construction]
8. What was the scary place between the farms and Anderson School called? [Answer: Bum’s Hollow]
9. What was the most notorious hang-out in Marshfield for men and boys, women not allowed? [Answer: the Pool Hall]
10. How did Marie Madden and future husband Louis Felin meet? [Answer: She was a bookkeeper for his factory in Fair Grove, MO. Her mother (maiden name Stone) also worked in the factory.
11. What were Marie Madden’s siblings names? [Answer: Mildred (Mit), Curtis, and Kenneth (Kent)]
12. What was Harve Madden’s (father of Marie, Mildred, Curtis, and Kenneth) occupation? [Answer: Farmer]
13. Name two unusual facts about Marshfield. [Answers: A. It was the smallest town in America to have a Carnegie Library. (Loyola (Brick) Spreitler, father of Mark, Scott, and Christopher, always said Marshfield had the smallest Carnegie Library in the United States. B. President George H. W. Bush chose Marshfield as the quintessential American town in which to celebrate the Fourth of July in 1991.]
14. What is the county seat of Webster County? [Answer: Marshfield, MO]
15. From what country did Giacomo (Jake) Felin immigrate? [Answer: Austria (from the Tyrol Province, southern Austria)]
16. What was the business of the LaFoe’s in Northview, MO? [Answer: Shopkeeping]
17. Why was Katie Felin (mother of James, Louis, and Edward) institutionalized in the early 1900’s? [Answer: She suffered from post-partum depression, an untreatable condition in that time.]
18. What was the name of the long-term priest at Holy Trinity Church in Marshfield? [Answer: Father Donahue]
19. Who was the best Mass server ever at Holy Trinity? [Answer: John L. (Pete) Felin]
20. Who was the town physician who delivered many of the Felin babies and made housecalls? [Answer: Dr. C. R. MacDonnell]
21. What was the big, big event in Marshfield in 1955? [Answer: The Centennial Celebration]
22. What was Miss Muzzy’s Cafe most known for? [Answer: the amount of old chewing gum stuck under the counter.]
23. Where was Miss Muzzy’s Café located? [Answer: On west side of the Square in Marshfield?]
24. Bess Hosmer, an intimidating, gruff woman who owned an insurance agency near Miss Muzzy’s, had a run-in with Martha Sue Spreitler-Boaz (nee’ Felin) when Sue was eight-years old. What happened? [Answer: Sue was on the street with one of the family mutts when it got into a scrap with Mrs. Hosmer’s pure-bred pride and joy. Mrs. Hosmer demanded to know, “Is your dog vaccinated?” Sue, with equal hostility, responded, “Yes! Is yours?”]
25. What are names of Bernie and Maudie (Larrimore) Felin’s offspring? [Answer: Anna, Shirley, Steve, Sandy, Karen Kaye, Doug, Glen, Mike, Tammy, Cindy]
26. What are names of Bob and Betty Felin’s offspring? [Answer: Robert (Bobby), Debby, Sandy, and Kathy]
27. What are names of Joe and Mary (Gann) Felin’s offspring? [Answer: Lisa, Beth, and David]
28. What are names of John (Pete) and Janet (Jensen) Felin’s offspring? [Answer: Kelly, Nancy, and Merri]
29. What are names of Margaret (Felin) and Norman Abbott’s offspring? [Answer: Stephanie, Sabrina, Randy, and Catrina]
30. What are names of Donald and Vita (Nicastro) Felin’s offspring? [Answer: Jennifer and Julie]
31. What are names of Martha Sue (Felin) and Loyola (Brick) Spreitler’s offspring? [Answer: Scott and Christopher (Ding)]
32. What was to be feared at the annual Webster Country Fair? [Answer: “Gypsies” who stole children, meaning there was no money to go.]
33. Sue’s first husband’s name was ___________. Brayden’s middle name is the same, ____________. [Answer: Loyola]
34. Which children had asthma and had to be in the hospital? [Answer: Chris Spreitler and Sam King]
35. Which teenager knows a lot about nature? [Answer: Jacob Schmitt]
36. Which pre-teens play basketball on teams their dad coaches? [Brett and Alex Smith]
37. Which six-year girl was courageous enough to jump off the high diving board at Shaw Park Pool? [Answer: Lizzie King]
38. What two half-brothers in our family are rambunctious and really love each other? [Answer: Jalen and Brayden Spreitler]
39. Which adult in our family is a creative mechanic? [Answer: Nathan Schmitt]
40. Margaret gave her granddaughter a car when she turned 16. Who is that granddaughter? [Answer: Erica Abbott]
41. Which girl in our family is very, very artistic? [Answer: Amanda Abbott]
42. Which boy in our family is a great hockey player? [Answer: Connor Abbott]
JUNE 3, 2006
1. What were the names of Katie LaFoe Felin’s (mother of James, Edward, and Louis Felin] two sisters? [Answer: Mary and Lizzie]
2. Name the offspring of Edward [Bud] and Lois Felin. [Answer: Jamie, twins, Nadine and Pauline]
3. Name the offspring of Louis and Mary Felin. [Answer: Fanny, Bill, Beau]
4. Name the offspring of James [Jim] and Marie Madden Felin. [Answer: Bernie, Bob, Joe, John, Margaret, Rose, Sue, Donald + two unnamed infants, one died within 24 hours of birth and one stillborn]
5. Where were the farms that Giacomo (Jake) Felin (widower of Katie) willed to his three sons? [Near Turnbow Creek, in Webster County, MO]
6. What was the name of the one-room schoolhouse that the Felin children attended near the farms? [Anderson School]
7. What were the businesses of the Felin brothers, James, Edward, and Louis? [Answer: Farming, canning factories for tomatoes, and road construction]
8. What was the scary place between the farms and Anderson School called? [Answer: Bum’s Hollow]
9. What was the most notorious hang-out in Marshfield for men and boys, women not allowed? [Answer: the Pool Hall]
10. How did Marie Madden and future husband Louis Felin meet? [Answer: She was a bookkeeper for his factory in Fair Grove, MO. Her mother (maiden name Stone) also worked in the factory.
11. What were Marie Madden’s siblings names? [Answer: Mildred (Mit), Curtis, and Kenneth (Kent)]
12. What was Harve Madden’s (father of Marie, Mildred, Curtis, and Kenneth) occupation? [Answer: Farmer]
13. Name two unusual facts about Marshfield. [Answers: A. It was the smallest town in America to have a Carnegie Library. (Loyola (Brick) Spreitler, father of Mark, Scott, and Christopher, always said Marshfield had the smallest Carnegie Library in the United States. B. President George H. W. Bush chose Marshfield as the quintessential American town in which to celebrate the Fourth of July in 1991.]
14. What is the county seat of Webster County? [Answer: Marshfield, MO]
15. From what country did Giacomo (Jake) Felin immigrate? [Answer: Austria (from the Tyrol Province, southern Austria)]
16. What was the business of the LaFoe’s in Northview, MO? [Answer: Shopkeeping]
17. Why was Katie Felin (mother of James, Louis, and Edward) institutionalized in the early 1900’s? [Answer: She suffered from post-partum depression, an untreatable condition in that time.]
18. What was the name of the long-term priest at Holy Trinity Church in Marshfield? [Answer: Father Donahue]
19. Who was the best Mass server ever at Holy Trinity? [Answer: John L. (Pete) Felin]
20. Who was the town physician who delivered many of the Felin babies and made housecalls? [Answer: Dr. C. R. MacDonnell]
21. What was the big, big event in Marshfield in 1955? [Answer: The Centennial Celebration]
22. What was Miss Muzzy’s Cafe most known for? [Answer: the amount of old chewing gum stuck under the counter.]
23. Where was Miss Muzzy’s Café located? [Answer: On west side of the Square in Marshfield?]
24. Bess Hosmer, an intimidating, gruff woman who owned an insurance agency near Miss Muzzy’s, had a run-in with Martha Sue Spreitler-Boaz (nee’ Felin) when Sue was eight-years old. What happened? [Answer: Sue was on the street with one of the family mutts when it got into a scrap with Mrs. Hosmer’s pure-bred pride and joy. Mrs. Hosmer demanded to know, “Is your dog vaccinated?” Sue, with equal hostility, responded, “Yes! Is yours?”]
25. What are names of Bernie and Maudie (Larrimore) Felin’s offspring? [Answer: Anna, Shirley, Steve, Sandy, Karen Kaye, Doug, Glen, Mike, Tammy, Cindy]
26. What are names of Bob and Betty Felin’s offspring? [Answer: Robert (Bobby), Debby, Sandy, and Kathy]
27. What are names of Joe and Mary (Gann) Felin’s offspring? [Answer: Lisa, Beth, and David]
28. What are names of John (Pete) and Janet (Jensen) Felin’s offspring? [Answer: Kelly, Nancy, and Merri]
29. What are names of Margaret (Felin) and Norman Abbott’s offspring? [Answer: Stephanie, Sabrina, Randy, and Catrina]
30. What are names of Donald and Vita (Nicastro) Felin’s offspring? [Answer: Jennifer and Julie]
31. What are names of Martha Sue (Felin) and Loyola (Brick) Spreitler’s offspring? [Answer: Scott and Christopher (Ding)]
32. What was to be feared at the annual Webster Country Fair? [Answer: “Gypsies” who stole children, meaning there was no money to go.]
33. Sue’s first husband’s name was ___________. Brayden’s middle name is the same, ____________. [Answer: Loyola]
34. Which children had asthma and had to be in the hospital? [Answer: Chris Spreitler and Sam King]
35. Which teenager knows a lot about nature? [Answer: Jacob Schmitt]
36. Which pre-teens play basketball on teams their dad coaches? [Brett and Alex Smith]
37. Which six-year girl was courageous enough to jump off the high diving board at Shaw Park Pool? [Answer: Lizzie King]
38. What two half-brothers in our family are rambunctious and really love each other? [Answer: Jalen and Brayden Spreitler]
39. Which adult in our family is a creative mechanic? [Answer: Nathan Schmitt]
40. Margaret gave her granddaughter a car when she turned 16. Who is that granddaughter? [Answer: Erica Abbott]
41. Which girl in our family is very, very artistic? [Answer: Amanda Abbott]
42. Which boy in our family is a great hockey player? [Answer: Connor Abbott]
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Bob Felin's wife's maiden name was Martin and she is a native of Oklahoma.
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