Joseph Hutchison was born on 12 February 1901 at the family home on New Street in Stonehouse, Scotland. His parents were Alexander and Janet "Jessie" (Semple) Hutchison. His father worked as a coal miner at the time of Joseph's birth. When the 1901 census was enumerated, the month after Joseph's birth, the family lived at 31 New Street in Stonehouse.
On 21 July 1904 Joseph, his parents and siblings boarded the Anchor Line's S/S Furnessia in Glasgow. They arrived in New York City on 1 August and stated their destination was Kirksville, Missouri, which was where Jessie's mother lived.
In 1910 the family lived in Novinger, Missouri and continued to do so for at least the next twenty years. By 1930 Joseph was 19 years old and worked as a coal miner along side his father and two older brothers, Alexander and James.
By 1935 Joseph had moved to Springfield, Illinois, though he continued to work as a miner. According to Ruth Anna (Richardson) Hutchison's obituary, they married in 1938 in Missouri, and they lived at 519 South Edwin in Springfield after their marriage. In 1948 the couple lived at 2441 South 5th Street in Springfield. At the time of his death, he and his wife lived a 6 Bel Air Drive. He had left the mines and was working as a state government employee. He began as a clerk and later became an accountant for the State of Illinois, Department of Revenue. The couple had no children.
Joseph died in December 1966 in Macon, Georgia, and was buried at Rochester Cemetery in Rochester, Illinois.
NOTE: It is entirely possible that Joseph was married and divorced once before he married Ruth Anna Richardson. If so, his first wife was Edna L. Ridgeway (1905-1976) and they likely married between 1925 and 1930. In 1925 Edna lived in Hannibal, Missouri, and worked at a shoe factory. By 1930 a Joseph and Edna Hutchison were living in Chicago. He worked as an assembler for Western Electric and she she worked as an assembler at a toy factory. They boarded at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Markl on 2153 Adams Street. This Joseph Hutchison was born in Scotland, his parents were born in Scotland, and he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1904, which would be correct for our Joseph Hutchison.
In 1932 Joseph and Edna lived in Taylorville, Illinois, and Joseph worked as a miner, which was an occupation more in keeping with his past history. It should also be noted that James Hutchison, Joseph's brother, also lived in Taylorville. However, by 1935 Edna was back in Hannibal, Missouri, and worked for International Shoe Co. No husband was listed at the same address. In 1940 Edna lived with her parents and listed her marital status as divorced. So the time frame for the divorce was likely between 1932 and 1935, which would also make it possible for this Joseph Hutchison to be our Joseph.
What makes this theory interesting is that Edna had a son named Harold "Hank" Hutchison. In 1930 he lived with his maternal grandparents, Samuel and Sarah (Whitaker) Ridgeway, in Hannibal. He was listed as six years old on the 1930 census. It is possible the he was an illegitimate son of Edna's born before she married Joseph Hutchison or it could be his child. We just don't know because no birth record has been located. According to the Social Security Death Index record for Harold, he was born on 3 September 1923.
Edna (Ridgeway) Hutchison died in 14 December 1976 in San Francisco, California. Her son, and possibly Joseph's, married Virginia Martin on 25 March 1950 in San Francisco. They had one child named Jana. Harold died on 16 August 1991 in Sweet Grass, California.
In order to conclusively determine if Joseph Hutchison, son of Alexander and Janet (Semple) Hutchison, was the same Joseph Hutchison that was briefly married to Edna Ridgeway, a marriage record needs to be located. The date of the marriage would also indicate whether Harold Hutchison might be Joseph's child. What weighs against this theory is no child was mentioned in Joseph Hutchison or his wife Ruth Anna (Richardson) Hutchison's obituaries.
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1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Hutchison, Alexander (Census 1901 656/00 002/00 024)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Stonehouse; ED: 2; Page: 24; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1901_353
1910 US, Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T624_766; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 1374779
1910 US Federal Census, Census Place: Wilson, Audrain, Missouri; Roll: T624_767; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1374780
1920 US Federal Census, Census Place: Centralia, Boone, Missouri, Roll: T625_906; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 203
1920 US, Federal Census, Census Place: Nineveh, Adair, Missouri; Roll: T625_902; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 17; Image 328
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 457; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0935; Image: 363.0; FHL microfilm: 2340192
1930 US Federal Census, Census Place: Hannibal, Marion, Missouri; Roll: 1211; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 0007; Image: 829.0; FHL microfilm: 2340946
1940 US Federal Census, Census Place: Hannibal, Marion, Missouri; Roll: T627_2128; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 64-10
1940 US, Federal Census, Census Place: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T627-885; Page: 62B; Enumeration District: 84-25
Alice (Muir) Jennings Genealogy Notebook, pages 5-6
Daily Illinois State Journal, 27 December 1966
Global, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1966 Hutchison, Joseph
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1901 Hutchison, Joseph (Statutory Births 656/00 0015)
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1904 Hutchison, Joseph
US, California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1976 Hutchison, Ruth
US, California Death Index, 1940-1997, 1991 Hutchison, Harold
US, California Marriage Index, 1949-1959, 1950 Hutchison, Harold - Martin, Virginia
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1925 Hannibal, Missouri (Ridgeway, Edna)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1932 Taylorville, Illinois (Hutchison, Edna)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1932 Taylorville, Illinois (Hutchison, Joseph)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1935 Hannibal, Missouri (Hutchison, Edna)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1948 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1950 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1951 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1953 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1955 Greensboro, North Carolina (Hutchison, Harold)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1955 Greensboro, North Carolina (Hutchison, Virginia)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1955 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, City Directories, 1821-1989, 1956 Hutchison, Joseph (Springfield, IL)
US, Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012, 1966 Hutchison, Joseph
US, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, 1904 Hutchison, Joseph
US, Public Records Index, Volume 1: 1980 San Bruno, California (Hutchison, Harold)
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number: 332-01-9729; State: Illinois
US, Social Security Death Index, 1835-2014, Number: 486-20-2190; State: Missouri
US, Social Security Death Index, 1835-2014, Number: 490-07-5100; State: Missouri
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