The Continuing Adventures of Amelia and May Blachly

The widowed Amelia Blachly and her only daughter, May, had wandered back and forth a bit between Hobart and the Ainsworth area before moving all the way to Crown Point in 1917. After about a year there, they changed their minds yet again.

In November 1918, Amelia traded her Crown Point property with William Thompson, owner of the "old Thompson homestead on Fourth street" in Hobart. She intended to remodel the old Thompson house, which would be done by next spring, at which time she and May would once again become Hobart residents.

I don't know where the "old Thompson homestead on Fourth street" was. The Gazette reported a real estate transfer between the parties as: "44 ft. off east end lt. 47, Hobart. Wm. L. Thompson and wife to Amelia Ann Blachly, $1." We do see a Lot 47 at Fourth and Center in the "J" spur map.


Sources:
♦ "Hobart Real Estate Transfers." Hobart Gazette 22 Nov. 1918.
♦ "Mrs. Amelia Blachly Trades Crown Point Property for Thompson Homestead." Hobart News 21 Nov. 1918.