This information was taken from the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Census reports, and was compiled by Virginia T. Katz
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SERVANTS (Maids) - LIVING IN MANSION
Amanda Strand
Annie Johnson
Buna (?) Olson
Hilda Anderson
LIVING IN CARRIAGE HOUSE
John McKay
Isabella McKay (wife of John)
Richard Wilson (listed as roomer with the McKays)
LIVING IN GARDENER'S HOUSE
Donald Shepherd
Mabel Shepherd (wife of Donald)
Information in Footnote to History, the diary of Else Wilke Soetebier, who was briefly a maid at Glensheen in 1922. Translated from the German and edited by her daughter-in law Virginia M. Soetebier in 1995.
Housekeeper - Mrs. Spencer
Cook - Mrs. Smith
Houseman - Mark Roper (lived in mansion, brother of James)
Butler - James Roper (lived in mansion)
Cook - Sarah Roper (wife of James)
Became cook after Mrs. Smith left, moved into gardener's cottage(?)
Chauffeur and animal manager- John McKay (misidentified as James)
Groomsman - ?
Laundress - Victoria (lived in mansion)
Downstairs Maids (lived in mansion)
Upstairs Maids (lived in mansion)
Gardener: George Wyness
SERVANTS - LIVING IN MANSION
Johnie Young (female - may have been a widow)
Ida Windahl
Freda Ottoson
Possibly living in mansion
Segrud Stafseth
Serene Stafseth (wife of Segrud)
Stafseth children:
LIVING IN CARRIAGE HOUSE OR APARTMENT OVER GARDENER'S COTTAGE
James Roper
Sarah Roper (wife of James, possibly second wife)
Roper children:
GARDENER- LIVING IN GARDENER'S COTTAGE
George Wyness
Cora Wyness (wife of George)
Wyness children:
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