1 Patricia Ann Johnson, Source, F. Born in Chicago Heights, Cook Co., IL.

 

Patricia Ann married Mark Samuel Mount Ph.D., M, in 1st Congregational, Steger, IL.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Bradley Alan, M

                       ii.          Christopher Clayton, M

 

2 Robert Frederick Johnson, Father, M. Born on 8 Apr 1919 in Detroit, MI. Robert Frederick died in CA in Jun 1973; he was 54. Buried in Adams Cemetery, Crete, IL. Occupation: Cost Accountant. Education: Indiana University Extension. Religion: Presbyterian.

 

1.  Served in WWII and was stationed in Washington State for part of his tour of duty.  After his discharge he returned to work at Victor Chemical in Chicago Heights  and attended Indiana University extension concentrating in accounting. 

 

2.  About 1948/49 he was transferred to the new Victor plant in Morrisville, PA where he was the office manager and traffic manager.  He was active in the Traffic Club, played in a men’s softball league and participated on a local bowling team.

 

3.  During 1960 he was transferred back to the Chicago area and he and Lois settled in Hazel Crest, IL where they both commuted to Chicago to work.  A few years later he was transferred to NY and he and Lois settled in West Caldwell, NJ.  The next transfer took them to CA where Bob worked in San Francisco.  They lived in Walnut Creek, CA.

 

4.  Obit

Robert F. Johnson of Walnut Creek, Calif., formerly of this area, died Wednesday at Joh Muir Memorial hospital in Walnut Creek.

 

Services will be held tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at Spindler-Koelling Cret chapel.  The Rev. F

Charles Guigle, pastor of the United Church of Christ, will officiate and burial will be in Adams

Cemetery in Crete.

 

Friends may call at the chapel today from 2 to 10 p.m.

 

Mr. Johnson was born April 8, 1919, in Michigan.  He was employed by Stauffer Chemical in Chicago Heights and graduated from Bloom high school.  He was also a veteran of World War II.

 

Surviving are his wife Lois; two daughters, Patricia Mount of Amherst, Mass., and Sandra Wright of Milford, Conn.; a brother, Charles of Chicago Heights and four grandchildren.

************

 

Nephew of the L. Adams Dies

Robert F. Johnson of Walnut Creek, Calif., formerly of this area, died recently at John Muir Memorial Hospital in Walut Creek.

 

Servides were held at Spindler-Koelling Crete Chapel.  The Rev. F. Charles Guigle, pastor of the United Church of Christ, officiated and burial was in Adams Cemetery in Crete.

 

Mr. Johnson was born April 8, 1919, in Michgan.  He was employed by Stauffer Chemical in Chicago Heights and graduated from Bloom High School. 

 

He was also a veteran of World War II.

 

Surviving are his wife, Lois; two daughters, Patricia Mount of Amherst, Mass., and Sandra Wright of Milford, Conn.; a brother, Charles of Chicago Heights, and four grandchildren.  Also surviving are his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Adams, 1423 Vincennes, Crete and numerous cousins in the Crete area.

 

(I corrected all the typos in this obit.  Also Les and Ida were Mom’s aunt and uncle, not Dad’s.)

 

 

5.  Social Security Number:  329-07-7080 

State or Territory Where Number Was Issued:  Illinois

 

6.  I have a note payable to “my grandson” signed by his Grandmother Busse (Kuersten) in the amount of $100.00.  She borrowed the money from him shortly after her second husband, Charles Kuersten, died.

 

Misc:  Daddy always hated onions and said it was from working in the onion fields in Blue Island.

 

7.  1920 United States Federal Census Recordinfo

about Robert F Johnson

Name:  Robert F Johnson

Age:  3 months

Estimated birth year:  abt 1919

Birthplace:  Michigan

Race:  White

Home in 1920:  Detroit Ward 2, Wayne, Michigan

Sex:  Male

Marital status:  Single

Relation to Head of House:  Son

Mother's Birth Place:  Illinois

Father's Birth Place:  Pennsylvania

Image:  705

Year: 1920; Census Place: Detroit Ward 2, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: T625_802; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 88; Image: 705.

 

Name:      Robert F Johnson

Age:     11

Estimated birth year:     abt 1919

Relation to head-of-house:     Son

Father's Name:     Homer Johnson

Mother's Name:     Carsie Johnson

Home in 1930:     South Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois

Image source:     Year: 1930; Census Place: South Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 415; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 2030; Image: 297.0.

 

On 15 Aug 1941 when Robert Frederick was 22, he married Lois June Hartmann, Mother, F, in 1st Congregational Church, Steger, IL.

 

They had the following children:

          1            i.          Patricia Ann, F (1942-)

                       ii.          Sandra Jean, F (1947-)

 

3 Lois June Hartmann, Mother, F. Born on 4 Oct 1921 in South Chicago Heights, IL. Lois June died in Branford, CT, on 5 Apr 1984; she was 62. Buried in Restland Memorial Park, Hanover, New Jersey. Occupation: Telephone Operator, Advertising Copywriter. Education: Bloom High School (1939). Religion: Presbyterian.

 

1.  August 16, 1941, Steger, IL (probably in the church bulletin)

Last night in a beautiful candle-lit floral setting, marriage lines were read in the Steger Church for Mr. Bob Johnson and Miss Lois Hartmann.  Mrs. Sarah Shelby played the wedding march and accompanied Miss Marjorie Hartmann who sang "I love you Truly."  Following the marriage cermony friends of the bride and groom extended greetings to the young couple at the reception held in the church parlor.

 

2.  Lois was a talented artist and when she was in school she used to make greeting cards and sell them for extra money.  She was offered a college scholarship in art but was forced to decline it.  She used her background in art during her career in advertising.

 

3.  During WWII she worked as a telephone operator as did her mother and her sister.

 

4.  After moving from Steger, IL to Morrisville, PA, after WWII, she was active as a Brownie leader and as the Superintendent of the Sunday School for the First Presbyterian Church.

 

5.  She liked to garden and she particularly liked bearded iris.  She often used them to make corsages for special events and in arrangements for local flower shows.

 

6.  She went to work in the advertising department of S. P. Dunham Department Store in Trenton, NJ during the late 1950’s and worked there until Bob’s transfer back to Chicago.  She then worked for an advertising agency in the Loop.  When Bob’s next transfer took them back to the East Coast, she worked for an advertising agency (Hayden) in Montclair, NJ.  Upon their move to   Walnut  Creek, CA she became very active in the Newcomer’s Club and worked on the scripts for their variety  show.  After Bob’s death, she moved back to the East Coast and settled in Stratford, CT at Oronoque  Village where she worked on the Villager newspaper.  She eventually went back to work at the Westport News  in Westport, CT and was employed there until her death.

 

7.  Westport News (CT), Wednesday, August 9, 1978

 

Lois J. Johnson of Stratford was married to George Thomas Marshall of Montclair, New Jersey on Saturday, July 29 at the home of his sister, Mrs. Samuel Meyer, in West Orange, New Jersey. The Rev. Herbert H. Donovan, Jr. Rector of St. Luke Episcopal Church in Montclair performed the ceremony.

 

Matron of Honor was Mrs. Marjorie Schlosser, sister of the bride of Park Forest South, Illinois. Best Man was Stanley G. Bedford of Nutley, New Jersey, Judge of the Superior Court, State of New Jersey.

 

A garden reception and champagne buffet followed the ceremony.

 

The bride is an administrative assistant on the Wesport News.  The groom, a graduate of Bard College of Columbia University, is a public relations consultant.

 

The couple is planning a trip to California in the fall and will reside in Stratford.

 

8.  The Register, New Haven, CT - 6 Apr 1984

Lois H. Marshall, 62

Stratford - Lois Hartmann Johnson Marshall 62, of 61A Cheyenne Lane, Oronoque  Village, died Thursday (5 Apr 1984) at Connecticut Hospice, Branford, after a brief illness.  She was the wife of G. Thomas Marshall.

 

Mrs. marshall was born in South Chicago Heights, Ill., Oct. 4, 1921, daughter of the late Arnold and Catherine Klemme Hartmann, and was a resident of Walnut Creek, Calif., before moving to Stratford 10 years ago.  She was an assistant to the advertising and news director of Brooks Newspapers Inc., Westport.  She was co-founder of the Oronoque Village monthly publications, and was formerly associated with the Hayden Advertising Co., of Montclair, N.J.

 

In addition to her husband, she leaves two daughters, Patricia A. Mount of Amherst, Mass., and Sandra J. Wright of Orange; one sister, Marjorie H. Schlosser of University Park, Ill., and four grandchildren.

 

Graveside services will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. in the Restland Memorial Park, Hanover, N.J. The Cody-White Funeral Home, 107 Broad St. Milford, is in charge of arrangements.

 

9.  Oronoque Villager - May 1984

Losi Johnson Marshall 1921-1984

 

The first we heard of Lois was when a neighbor said, “There’s a talented woman who just moved to Cheyenne Lane.  She’d like to  work on the Villager.”  Naturally we wasted no time reaching her by phone.  “Sure,” she said, “I’ll help.  What do you want me to do?”

 

It turned out that Lois could do almost anything on a newspaper.  She had been media director and copywriter for several department stores and advertising agencies in New Jersey and Chicago.  Recently widowed, then, back in 1975, she moved east from California to be near her two daughters.

 

But her choice for a job on the Village was layout - a spot where we desperately needed help.  And for nine years she was layout and production chief for our village paper.  One weekend each month her home was the focus of activiity as other staff members came and went, working under her direction to pull the issue together.

 

Warm friendships were formed in the doing, because Lois had a knack of making work seem like fun.  Her quick perception of what was right, her boundless creative ideas showed up in every Villager, and her gay personality inspired the rest of us.  For her, this was a labor of love.  She gave unstintingly of her precious time, for Lois had remarried and also had a demanding job as assistant to the advertising and news director for the Brooks Newspaper Syndicate in Westport.  But she always found time for the Villager.

 

This giving of herself in all areas of her life was perhaps her greatest talent.  Ask her neighbors.  Ask her many friends.  Ask Tom, her husband who so generously shared her with us.  We all felt her energy, her sensitivity to the needs of others, her caring.

 

The last time I saw Lois, her concern was typically not for herselt, “How is everything going on the paper?” she wanted to know.

 

“It’s not the same without you,” I told her, holding her hand.

 

And it never will be.

 

Ruth Byrne Kelly

 

10.  Buried in Marshall Plot in NJ

 

Misc:

 

She played a fluglehorn or something similar in Junior High.

She was a pretty good tennis player in her youth.

 

4 Homer Newton Johnson, Grandfather, M. Born on 22 Jan 1889 in Woodside, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Homer Newton died in Harvey, Cook Co., IL, on 15 Jul 1970; he was 81. Buried on 17 Jul 1970 in Cedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park, IL. Occupation: Machine Tool.

 

1.  Woodside  Pennsylvania  Fayette County  39:50:00 N 079:50:55 W   1022 ft

 

2. 1900; Census Place: Nicholson, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623 1411; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 42.

Name:      Homer N Johnson

Home in 1900:     Nicholson, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Age:     11

Estimated birth year:     1889

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Race:     White

Relationship to head-of-house:     Son

 

 

Name:      Homer Johnson

Age in 1910:     20

Estimated birth year:     1889

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Home in 1910:     4-WD DETROIT, Wayne, Michigan

Race:     White

Gender:     Male

Series:     T624

Roll:     681

Part:     2

Page:     236B

Year:     1910

 

1920 US Federal Census - Ancestry.com

 Johnson, Homer N  

  Age: 31

 Year: 1920

  Birthplace: Pennsylvania

 Roll:  T625_802

  Race: White

 Page:  3B

  State: Michigan

 ED:  88

  County: Wayne

 Image:  705

  Township: Detroit

 

1930 US Federal Census - Ancestry.com

Name:    Homer Johnson

Age:    41 years 

Estimated birth year:    1888

Birthplace:    Pennsylvania

Relation to Head-of-house:    Head

Race:    White

Home in 1930:    South Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois

Occupation:   

Education:   

Military Service:   

Rent/home value:    1900

Age at first marriage:    28

Parents' birthplace:    PA

 

3..  Rev. B. G. Waters officiated at funeral from W. E. Kerr Chapel

 

4.  Social Security Death Index 

      Homer JOHNSON 

    Birth Date: 22 Jan 1889 

    Death Date: Jul 1970 

    Social Security Number:  360-01-3919 

    State or Territory Where Number Was Issued:  Illinois

 

  Death Residence Localities

    ZIP Code: 60426 

    Localities:  Dixmoor, Cook, Illinois

  Harvey, Cook, Illinois

  Markham, Cook, Illinois

  Phoenix, Cook, Illinois

  

5.  Family story:  #1 Homer ran away from home when he was between 10 and 12 years old after disagreement with his  parents over religion .  He supposedly traveled out west to Washington State.  #2  He was one of the youngest  of 10-12 children and his family was well-to-do.

His father supposedly became a large landowner in the Chicago area including owning the land where either Flossmoor Country Club or a race track was built.  When he died the children  supposedly fought each  other over the inheritance and by the time all the suits were over the only ones with anything were the lawyers.

 

2005 - We have absolutely no idea where this story originated but both Sandie and I remember hearing it.  I wonder if this could have actually been Grandma’s family as Busse’s were wealthy landowners in the Chicago area.  Although I believe her grandfather Fred Busse was born in Germany, he was in Addison, DuPage Co., IL which was a prominent Busse area.

 

6.  Homer applied (or at least Carrie applied as the envelope was in her handwriting) for a delayed special registration of birth in October of 1942 under a law passed in 1941 that allowed this.  In his application he lists his occupation as steam fitter and his residence as R. R. #2, Chicago Heights, IL. There is an affidavit signed by John Elsworth Johnson attached that says he is the father.  There is also an affidavit of one Elizabeth M. Honsaker who says he has known Homer for 53 years and that she is a non-relative to the applicant. The record is filed as #1982 of 1942 and dated October 14, 1942.

 

In 1917 when Homer Newton was 27, he married Caroline Alvine Christine Busse, Grandmother, F.

 

They had the following children:

          2            i.          Robert Frederick, M (1919-1973)

                       ii.          Charles H, M (1921-1998)

 

5 Caroline Alvine Christine Busse, Grandmother, F. Born on 21 Aug 1889 in Eagle Lake, Will Co., IL. Caroline Alvine Christine died in Harvey, Cook Co., IL, on 7 Jul 1970; she was 80. Buried on 9 Jul 1970 in Cedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park, IL.

 

1.  Called Carrie

 

2.  1900 Census  Foxhome, Wilkin County, MN

William Busse, head, w, m, Dec 1859, 40, m, 18, Illinois, Germany,

Germany, hardware dealer

Sophia Busse, wife, w, f,  Oct 1864, 35, m, 18, 6, 4, Illinois, Germany,

Germany

Alvina Busse, daughter, w, f,  Oct 1884, 15, s, Illinois, Illinois,

Illinois, at school

Carrie Busse, daughter, w, f, August 1889, 10, s, Illinois, Illinois,

Illinois, at school

Paula Busse, daughter, w, f, June 1891, 9, s, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois

William Busse, son, w, m, Apr 1899, 1, s, Minnesota, Illinois, Illinois

Frida Thurnau (looks like Thurman?), boarder, w, f, Mar 1878, 22, s, 

Illinois, Germany, German, millinary

William Graby(?), boarder, w, m, Aug 1856, 43, s, Illiniois, Germany,

Germany, Day Laborer

(index looked like Bouss)

 

1910 Wilkin County Minnesota Census:   Carrie Busse,  20, born IL, a servant for the Wells family in 1st Ward, Brekenridge MN (I think this is grandma!)

Name:   Carrie Busse

Age in 1910:  20

Estimated birth year:  abt 1890

Birthplace:  Illinois

Home in 1910:  1-Wd Breckenridge, Wilkin, Minnesota

Neighbors: 

Race:  White

Gender:  Female

 

3.  Rev. G. G. Waters officiated at funeral from W. E. Kerr Chapel.

 

4.  Supposedly met Homer after she took a trip by train to Washington State.  Her parents moved from Eagle Lake, IL to Fulda, MN and then the area around Breckenridge, MN.  They may have also live for a while across the river in ND.  Her brother William did live in ND.  We do not know if she traveled to Washington from MN or from IL. 

 

5.  After their marriage they eventually settled in Detroit, MI and then came back to IL where they lived in South Chicago Heights and Harvey.  When I was a little girl they lived in an apartment in Harvey but eventually they bought a small house in Harvey and lived there until their deaths.

 

6 Arnold Charles Hartmann, Grandfather, M. Born on 9 Dec 1891 in Crete, Will Co., IL. Arnold Charles died in Steger, Will Co., IL, on 26 Jun 1954; he was 62. Buried in Adams Cemetery, Crete, IL.

 

1.  Was not married at the death of his mother in 1916.

 

2.  Title:    Index to Marriage Record 1850 - 1920 Inclusive Volume V Letters K - L Inclusive

Record Location:    Lake County, Indiana

W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Crown Point Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration 1939

Spouse 1:    Catherine E. Klemme

Spouse 2:    Arnold C. Hartman

Marriage Date:    06 Dec 1917

County:    Lake

Book:    32

Original Source Page:    169

Date:    06 Dec 1917

 

3.  1900; Census Place: Crete, Will, Illinois; Roll: T623 353; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 101.

Name:      Arnold Hartmann

Home in 1900:     Crete, Will, Illinois

Age:     8

Estimated birth year:     1892

Birthplace:     Illinois

Race:     White

Relationship to head-of-house:     Son

 

 1920 Federal Census

Hartmann, Arnold  

Age: 28

Hartmann, Catherine

Age: 25

Year: 1920

Birthplace: Illinois

Roll:  T625_358

Race: White

Page:  14B

State: Illinois

ED:  10

County: Cook

Image:  628

Township: Bloom

 ED10. Sheet 14B. Dwelling 53.

At time of census living at 2704 Chicago Road

 

4.  Letter from Marge Hartmann Myers Schlosser   28 Jan 1974 says midddle name NOT Charles but Carl.

 

5  Arnold Hartmann, 62, Dies Suddenly

 

Arnold C. Hartmann, business agent for the Teamsters union, died suddenly

of a heart attack at his home, 3747 Stella, Steger. He was 62 years old.

Services at West End Chapel, Rev. E.A. Carnes, pastor of First  Congregational

church, Steger, will officiate, burial Adams cemetery, Crete.  AF & AM Lodge

763 of Crete conducted services last night at the chapel.

 

Mr. Hartmann was born Dec 9, 1891 at Crete. He is survived by his wife,

Catherine; two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Myers of Steger and Mrs. Lois

Johnson of Morrisville, Pa; four brothers, Walter of South Chicago

Heights, Arthur of Chicago Heights, Henry of Steger and Fred of Crete;

and three grandchildren.

 

On 6 Dec 1917 when Arnold Charles was 25, he married Katherine “Kate” Elenore Klemme, Grandmother, F, in Lake Co., IN.

 

They had the following children:

          3            i.          Lois June, F (1921-1984)

                       ii.          Marjorie Jean, F (1927-1989)

 

7 Katherine “Kate” Elenore Klemme, Grandmother, F. Born on 23 Oct 1894 in Crete, Will Co., IL. Katherine “Kate” Elenore died in Crete, Will Co., IL, on 23 Nov 1973; she was 79. Buried in Adams Cemetery, Crete, Will Co., IL.

 

1.  Baptized at Zion UCC in Dyer, Lake Co., IN. #99, p.674

 

2.  Were they married at Zion UCC?

 

3.  Funeral Services will be held tomorrow for Mrs. Catherine E. Tatge, 1462

Wood Street in Crete, who died Friday in her home.  The Rev, Lionel Miles,

former pastor of the First Congeregational Church of Steger will officiate

at 1:30 PM in Steger Memorial chapel. Burial  will be in Adams Cemetery in Crete.

 

Mrs.Tatge was born October 23, 1894 in Crete and was a life-long

resident of the village. She was a deaconess emeritus of First

Congregational church. Survivors include her husband, Henry; two daughters,

Mrs. Lois Johnson of  Walnut Creek, CA and Mrs. Marjorie Schlosser of Park

Forest South; a son  Melvin of Steger; nine grandchildren; 17

great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Ida Adams of Crete.

 

4.  Cannot account for 17 great-grandchildren - only 10.  Also Melvin was step-son.

In addition, she was NOT a life-long resident of Crete.  Lived most of her life, after

marriage to Arnold, in Steger.  She moved back to Crete when she became Henry's

housekeeper.  They married after a few years.

 

8 John Ellsworth Johnson, G Grandfather, M. Born in Nov 1863 in Fayette Co., PA. John Ellsworth died in Fayette Co. PA, in 1947; he was 83. Buried in Greendale Cemetery, Masontown, Fayette Co., PA.

 

1. Year:   1870, Census Place: German, Fayette, Pennsylvania, Pg. 6

Name:  John Johnson

Age: 7

Estimated birth yar: <1863>

Birthplace:  Pennsylvania

Relationship to head-of-household:     Nephew  (Uncle George Deffenbaugh)

Home in 1870:     German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Marital status:     Single

Race:     White

Gender:     Male

Father's birthplace:     PA

Mother's birthplace:     PA

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: German, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1342; Page: 178; Image: 358.

 

Year: 1880; Census Place: German, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1129; Family History Film: 1255129; Page: 227B; Enumeration District: 41; Image: 0758.

 Name:      John E. JOHNSON

Age:     17

Estimated birth year:     <1863>

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Occupation:     Laborer

Relationship to head-of-household:     Nephew

Home in 1880:     German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Marital status:     Single

Race:     White

Gender:     Male

Father's birthplace:     PA

Mother's birthplace:     PA

 

 

Year: 1900; Census Place: Nicholson, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623 1411; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 42.

Name:      John C Johnson - Image shows John E

Home in 1900:     Nicholson, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Age:     36

Estimated birth year:     1864

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Race:     White

Relationship to head-of-house:     Head

Occupation:   Farmer

Mary H. wife, children:  Florence B, Homer N, Violet and John’s mother Mariah.

 

There are a number of other Johnson families living in the township at this time.

 

Name:      John E Johnson

Age in 1910:     46

Estimated birth year:     1863

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Home in 1910:     NICHOLSON TWP, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Race:     White

Gender:     Male

Series:     T624

Roll:     1345

Part:     2

Page:     96B

Year:     1910

154/154

John E. Johnson age 46

Mary H age 46

Violete C age 17

Mariah/Moriah age 75

 

Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index

Name:  John E Johnson

Birthplace:  Pennsylvania

State:  PA

Age:  46

Color:  W

Enumeration District:  0049

Visit:  0154

County:  Fayette

Relation:  Head of Household

Other Residents: 

Relation Name Age Birth Place

Wife Mary H 46 Pennsylvania

Daughter Violet C 17 Pennsylvania

Mother Moriah 75 Pennsylvania

  

 

1920 German Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Roll:     T625_1569, Page:     24A, ED:     45, Image:     0482

Elworth     Head  age 56

Mary Harriet   Wife age 55

Living next door to daughter Violet Crow and family.  Hattie does not show up in a search for Mary Harriet Johnson on the 1920 Fayette census but she clearly shows listed that way on the image of the page.

 

1930 United States Census

Name:      Elsworth Johnson

Age:     66

Estimated birth year:     abt 1864

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Relation to head-of-house:     Head

Spouse's Name:     Mary H Johnson

Race:     White

Home in 1930:     German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Image source:     Year: 1930; Census Place: German, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2039; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 38; Image: 818.0.

Still living next door to daughter Violet and family

 

2.  Resided in Masontown, Fayette Co., PA

 

3.  John and Hattie are buried next to each other in Greendale.  There is a large stone with Johnson on one side and Crowe on the other side.  Smaller stones list J. Ellsworth and Mary Harriet.  The back side of the large stone says Crowe and the Crowe family stones are in a row.  Lester has a stone but is not buried there.  He was cremated and it is unknown where or if the remains were interred.  Edith Crowe Romesburg and husband Herman have a large stone next  to this plot and Herman is buried there.  Paul Honsacker, the person in charge of Greendale, reported that Edith currently maintains the  site.  She is 91 years old.

 

4.  Mennonite Church, Masontown, PA and location of both the Mennonite and Greendale Cemeteries.

N 39 50.616’

W079 52.771’

Elevation=999’

 

In ~1885 when John Ellsworth was 21, he married Mary Harriet “Hattie” Smith, G Grandmother, F.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Florence B, F (1886-1913)

          4           ii.          Homer Newton, M (1889-1970)

                      iii.          Violet C, F (1892-1985)

 

9 Mary Harriet “Hattie” Smith, G Grandmother, F. Born in Apr 1864 in Fayette Co., PA. Mary Harriet “Hattie” died in Fayette Co. PA, on 16 Mar 1931; she was 66. Buried in Greendale Cemetery, Masontown, Fayette Co., PA. Religion: Quaker(?).

 

1.  Name:      Mary H Smith

Estimated Birth Year:     abt 1864

Age in 1870:     6

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Home in 1870:     Nicholson, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Race:     White

Gender:     Female

Post Office:     Masontown

Roll:     M593_1343

Page:     288

Image:     3

Year:     1870

In this census Hattie is living with her Longanecker grandparents, Joseph and Mary Annetta (Barber) Longanecker.

 

Name:      Mary H. SMITH

Age:     16

Estimated birth year:     <1864>

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Occupation:     Servant

Relationship to head-of-household:     Daughter

Home in 1880:     German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Race:     White

Gender:     Female

Father's name:     Robert SMITH

Father's birthplace:     PA

Mother's name:     Polly D. SMITH

Mother's birthplace:     PA

Image Source:     Year: 1880; Census Place: German, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1129; Family History Film: 1255129; Page: 231B; Enumeration District: 41; Image: 0766.

 

In 1910 the family on one side was a Robert Smith and wife Dorothy ages 71 and 67.  On the other side was an Emma Bixler and son Philip.

 

2.  Debby Harrison lists nickname as “Had”.  Our family always used Hattie.

 

3.  Mary Harriett Johnson

Mary Harriett Johnson, aged 66 years, 11 months and 12 days, wife of Elsworth Johnson, died at 5:30 p.m., Monday, March 16, 1931 at the Johnson residence in Masontown.  Death is said to have resulted from a series of paralytic strokes.  She was a daughter of the late Robert and Sarah Longenecker Smith and a native and life-long resident of Nicholson township.

 

In addition to her husband she is survived by two children:  Homer Johnson, of Chicago, and Mrs. Orville Crow, of Masontown.

 

The funeral cortege will meet at the home Thursday at 1:30 p.m, and proceed to the Mennonite church where funeral services will be solemnized at 2 o’clock in charge of Rev. Abraham Metzler.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.  (She is actually buried in Greendale.)

 

10 Wilhelm Busse, G Grandfather, M. Born in Dec 1859 in Washington Township., Will Co., IL. Wilhelm died in ~1910; he was 50.

 

1.  Most records record name as William.

 

2.  1870 Census - Washington, Will Co., IN

William Busse

Age in 1870:  10

Estimated Birth Year:  1859

Birthplace: Illinois

Home in 1870:  Washington, Will, Illinois

Race:  White

Gender:  Male

Post Office:  Washington Center

Roll:  M593_292

Page: 470

Image:  404

Year:  1870

 

1880 Census, Washington, Will Co., IL

Year: 1880; Census Place:Washington, Will, Illinois; Roll:T9_261; Family History Film:1254261; Page: 518A; Enumeration District: 214; Image: 0137.

Name:  Wm. BUSSE

Age: 20

Estimated birth year:  <1860>

Birthplace:  Illinois

Occupation:  Farmer

Relation:  Son

Home in 1880:

Washington, Will, Illinois

Marital status:  Single

Race:  White

Gender: Male

Head of household: Lowiese BUSSE

Father's birthplace: HAN

Mother's birthplace:  HAN

 

1900 Census  Foxhome, Wilkin County, MN

William Busse, head, w, m, Dec 1859, 40, m, 18, Illinois, Germany,

Germany, hardware dealer

Sophia Busse, wife, w, f,  Oct 1864, 35, m, 18, 6, 4, Illinois, Germany,

Germany

Alvina Busse, daughter, w, f,  Oct 1884, 15, s, Illinois, Illinois,

Illinois, at school

Carrie Busse, daughter, w, f, August 1889, 10, s, Illinois, Illinois,

Illinois, at school

Paula Busse, daughter, w, f, June 1891, 9, s, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois

William Busse, son, w, m, Apr 1899, 1, s, Minnesota, Illinois, Illinois

Frida Thurnau (looks like Thurman?), boarder, w, f, Mar 1878, 22, s, 

Illinois, Germany, German, millinary

William Graby(?), boarder, w, m, Aug 1856, 43, s, Illiniois, Germany,

Germany, Day Laborer

(index looked like Bouss)

 

3.  According to obit for Louise Busse he was alive on 4 Feb 1910 when his mother died.

 

4.  According to Nicole L Martin, William and Sophie moved to Wahpeton, Richland Co., ND

William's sister Louise Wolter lived across the river in Breckenridge, Wilkens Co., MN

 

On 14 May 1882 when Wilhelm was 22, he married W. Emilie “Sophia” Christine Thurnau, G Grandmother, F, in St. John's, Eagle Lake, Beecher, IL.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Alvina, F (1884-)

          5           ii.          Caroline Alvine Christine, F (1889-1970)

                      iii.          Pauline, F (1891-1976)

                      iv.          William, M (1899-1987)

 

11 W. Emilie “Sophia” Christine Thurnau, G Grandmother, F. Born on 23 Oct 1864 in Will Co., IL. W. Emilie “Sophia” Christine died in Chicago, Cook Co., IL, on 29 Feb 1948; she was 83.

 

1.  This is the daughter that fits the birthdate as recorded in the census for our “Sophy”.  I originally picked the other one because this name did not seem to fit for a “Sophy”.  However........2004pjm Changed records and removed link to other person.  Nov 3, 2004

 

2.   Name also seen as Turner.

 

3.  BUSSE, WILLIAM                       THUERNAU, SOPHIA                     05/14/1882    /     00009107 WILL (Have marriage license application.)

 

4.   Index to Marriage Record 1850 - 1920 Inclusive Volume I Letters A - B Inclusive

Lake County, Indiana

W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Crown Point Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration 1939

County: Lake

Name: Sophia Busse

Spouse: Charles Kuersten

Marriage Date: 10 May 1912

Date: 10 May 1912

Book: S

Original Source Page: 450 

 

5.  In 1900 they appear as a family (including Alvina age 15) in Foxhome, Wilkin Co., MN.  I believe I found Sophia and son William (Willie) living in Otter Tail County in 1910.  Sophie is listed as a housekeeper  and son is listed as Willie.  They are not enumerated with any other family members and there is NO sign of William.  So if William was alive on 4 Feb 1910 when his mother died he either died or disappeared between that date and when the census was taken.

 

6.  In following the family through the census the birth for “our” Sophy remains consistent as October of 1864.

 

7.  Robert Arnold - stick069@hotmail.com

Lists a son Friedrich b. 1896 died 22 Aug 1896, buried at St. Pauls Lutheran, Beecher, Will Co., IL.  He also lists a daughter Rose born 1883 and died 9 Mar 1884, buried at St. Pauls’s Lutheran, Beecher, Will Co., IL

 

12 Johann Heinrich “Henry J.” Hartmann, G Grandfather, M. Born on 14 Jan 1853 in Crete, Will Co., IL. Johann Heinrich “Henry J.” died in Chicago Heights, Cook Co., IL, on 24 Jun 1912; he was 59. Buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, Will Co., IL. Religion: Lutheran.

 

1.  Year: 1900; Census Place: Crete, Will, Illinois; Roll: T623 353; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 101.

 

 

2.  Obit - Chicago Heights Star.

 

H. J. Hartmann Is Summoned

Well-Known Man Yields To Death After An Illness Of Two Years-Funeral

Services Tuesday

 

Henry J. Hartmann, a well-known resident and business man, died at his

home,9 East Main St., Saturday evening last. Although suffering from poor

health for two years, Mr. Hartmann had attended to his business until a

days before.

 

Funeral services were held at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church,

Fourteenth Street and Chicago Road, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev.

Sandvoss officiated at the services. The attendence was large, a number

coming form Chicago, Crete, Steger, and other places. Many floral

tributes were sent. The casket was borne by the six sons of the deceased,

interment was at Crete.

 

Mr. Hartmann was born in Crete in 1853. He recieved his education in the

parochial school of that place , and at the age of 16 began clerking  in

a store in Eagle Lake, where he remained about two years. He then worked

for awhile in a general store in Crete and later was employed as a clerk

in Chicago. Later he was a traveling salesman, and  in 1879 returned to

Crete, where he remained in the grocery business until he came to Chicago

Heights.

 

Mr. Hartman was a staunch Republican, and during his time held several

important offices, including the postmastership at Crete, being appointed

by President McKinley. In this city he served as justice of the peace,

and at the time of his death was city sealer, having recently been

appointed by Mayor Stolte. He also was a member of the Conference board,

representing the Retail Liqour Dealer's Association.

 

Mr. Hartmann is survived by the widow and eight children, six sons and

two daughters, as follows:Walter C., Oscar E., Arthur H., Henry J., Fred

W., Arnold C.,  and Mrs. Henry F. Ruhe and Emeline Hartmann. To these the

many friends of the deceased extend sympathy.

 

2.  Note:moved to Chicago Heights in 1909.    Opened a tavern called the

Quincy #9.   It catered to railraod men. Have picture.

 

3.  Illinois Deaths prior to 1916

HARTMANN, HENRY J     06/29/1912     COOK COUNTY     59 YR     U             0016 670     COOK  

 

4.  CRETE REMEMBERED

 

The Hartmann Building

Article 57- by Phyllis Monks & Carol Triebold

 

Reflecting An Entrepreneurial Spirit

 A building reveals much about the history of a community and the individuals who work or live in it.

 The entrepreneurial spirit of Crete’s H. J. Hartmann (also known as Henry J. or Johann Heinrich) has passed to each owner and tenant of his building at 1390 Main Street.

 Landing in Crete in the spring of 1879 with his team and wagon, Hartmann bought butter, eggs and poultry from local farmers. .  Loaded with these goods, he made the long journey on the dirt wagon road to Chicago.  He sold these goods in Chicago and purchased dry goods and general merchandise to resell or to trade, for more produce from the farmers.

 Within a year Hartmann rented his first store in an old blacksmith shop on Main Street opposite Crete’s sash and door factory south of Division Street.  Hartmann’s hard work increased his business so fast that in 1881 he erected a building on the east side of Main Street south of Cass Street.  Here he sold his dry goods on the first floor and used the loft to pack butter, eggs and poultry for sale in Chicago.  He also started a meat market, carrying a full line of fresh and salt meats and sausages.

 His wagon loads to Chicago increased, weighing as high as 2000 pounds as he added more products, such as roasted pigs.  A newspaper article of December 28, 1893 stated, “The killing and dressing of roasting pigs was a great industry in those days and Mr. Hartmann handled 700 ‘porkies’ in one winter.”  He had a large covered wagon made for his business that required four horses to pull it to Chicago.

 Needing even more space by 1887, Hartmann bought a lot at the southwest corner of Main and Cass Streets and built a handsome two-story and basement brick structure.   The date on Hartmann’s building can be seen today on the northern portion of Old Town Mall.

 In 1893 Hartmann built a three story frame warehouse and sausage factory for his growing business ventures.

 He also started an ice cream business in the basement of the building, which became a main attraction on hot summer days.  Hartmann’s ad in the August 19, 1898 edition of The Crete Citizen read:  “Watermelons going like hot cakes because they are cheap, Crockery being sold at wholesale, Groceries-rock bottom prices.”

 The Hartmann property was sold in 1908 to H. C. Wehmhoeffer for $18,000.  In the same year Hartmann turned over the store operations to his son-in-law, Henry (Heinrich) F. Ruhe.

 The store business was sold to Henry Diersen and William H. Rinne in April 1914.  Six months later William C. Hartmann (brother to H. J. Hartmann), Diersen and Rinne incorporated Crete Supply Company to operate the Wm. C. Hartmann & Son, which advertised in December 1926 in The Crete Record, “You will find Old St. Nick in all his glory at The Crete Store…In our Dry Goods Department you will find lots of pretty and useful Christmas gifts, among which are men’s silk shirts, handkerchiefs, stationery, perfumes, men’s, women’s and children’s silk and wool hose.”

 William’s son, Fred Hartmann continued the business in the older north two-story building till he sold the business to Ralph Einhorn in 1946.  Mr. Einhorn bought the building and operated Einhorn’s Grocery store in the north portion until he was appointed Crete Postmaster in 1966.

 

5.  H. J. hartmann became the Postmaster of Crete on June 23, 1897 and naturally placed the Post Office in his store.  hartmann’s daughter, Rosa leonora hartmann, became Crete’s first lady Postmaster at the young age of 21.  She served as Postmaster from March 20, 1901 to September 15, 1903.  She married henry Ruhe on November 1, 1903 and he carried on her father’s business from 1908 to 1914.

 

On 5 Sep 1876 when Johann Heinrich “Henry J.” was 23, he married Katharina “Nana” Hilgert, G Grandmother, F, in Cook Co., IL.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Walter Carl, M (1877-1962)

                       ii.          Oscar Edwin, M (1879-)

                      iii.          Rosa Leonore “Nora”, F (1880-1951)

                      iv.          Arthur Heinrich, M (1882-1989)

                       v.          Alice “Anna”, F (1884-1886)

                      vi.          Heinrich Johann “Henry J.”, M (1885-1966)

                     vii.          Friedrich “Fred” Wilhelm, M (1887-1968)

          6        viii.          Arnold Charles, M (1891-1954)

                      ix.          Marie Emmeline, F (1894-1928)

 

13 Katharina “Nana” Hilgert, G Grandmother, F. Born on 9 Nov 1855 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL. Katharina “Nana” died in Chicago Heights, Cook Co, IL, on 15 Oct 1916; she was 60. Buried in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, Will Co., IL. Religion: Lutheran.

 

1.  Marriage license #27651, Cook Co., IL - listed as Katie in records

 

2. Mrs. Katherine Hartmann, nee Hilgert, died suddenly at her home , 25 East

Main Street, last Sunday night. Mrs. Hartmann had been in usual health up

to a few hours before her death and her passing was a great shock to her

family and friends. She had spent the day in the country with relatives

and returned home early in the evening, retiring at the usual hour. About

11 o'clock her son was awakened by her labored breathing and found her

unconscious. Medical aid was summoned, but death came in a short time

despite all efforts to fight it. The physicians attributed her death  to

a cerebral hemorage.

 

Mrs. Hartmann was born in Chicago 59 years ago and was married to

H.J.Hartmann Sep 5, 1876.  A few years later they moved to Crete, where

they resided for 25 years. Mr. Hartmann carrying on a merchantile

business and serving as postmaster. About eight years ago they came to

Chicago Heights.

 

Nine children were born to them, eight of whom are still living.They are:

Walter C, Oscar, Leonora (Mrs. H. F. Ruhe), Arthur, Fred, Arnold, and

Emmeline. All are married except Arnold and Emmeline. There are 11

grandchildren.

 

During her long life in this area, Mrs. Hartmann had endeared herself to

a large circle of friends, who with her relatives mourn her sudden

taking off.

 

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in St. Paul's

Lutheran church conducted by Rev. Bauer, pastor. The six sons of the

deceased will act as pallbearers and burial will be in Trinity Cemetery

in Crete.

 

3.  Death record:  HARTMANN      NANNA      KATHERINE     F/W  UNK  0007986 1916-10-15 COOK        CHGO HGTS           16-10-18         00000193

 

Family Tree Legends, Illinois Deaths, Before 1916

HARTMANN, NANNA K              10/15/1916               COOK COUNTY               60 YR               U                                           00000193               COOK

 

14 John Charles Klemme, G Grandfather, M. Born on 17 May 1864 in Endor, Crete Twp., Will Co., IL. John Charles died in Crete, Will Co., IL, on 25 Apr 1952; he was 87. Buried in Adams Cemetery, Crete, Will Co., IL. Occupation: Auctioneer.

 

1.  1864 Zion United Church of Christ, Dyer, Lake Co, Indiana

Page: No 91. Page 624.

 

2.  Confirmed 1879 Zion UCC, Dyer Lake Co., IN.  Confirmations normally held on Palm Sunday.

 

3.  April 1952 - Final rites were held Sunday at the First Methodist church, Crete, for John Klemme, 87, of 1227 Columbia street, Crete, who died Friday at St. James hospital, Chicago Heights. The Rev. Thoburn Anderson officiated at the rites, and burial was at Adams cemetery. Mr. Klemme was born May 17, 1864, at Crete. Surviving are his wife, Carrie; five daughters, Mrs. Ida Adams, Mrs. Edna Janetske, Mrs. Edythe Luecke and Mrs. Florence Swanson of Crete and Mrs. Catherine Hartmann of Steger; two sons, Ernest M. King of STEGER and Walter Klemme of Crete; two brothers, Charles of Crete and Theodore of Dyer; 17 grandchildren, and 30 great grandchildren. One son, Frank King, preceded him in death.

 

4.  Source:     Year: 1880; Census Place: Crete, Will, Illinois; Roll: T9_260; Family History Film: 1254260; Page: 34D; Enumeration District: 190; Image: 0071.

Name:      John KLEMME

Age:     16

Estimated birth year:     <1864>

Birthplace:     Illinois

Relation:     Son

Home in 1880:     Crete, Will, Illinois

Marital status:     Single

Race:     White

Gender:     Male

Head of household:     Henry KLEMME

Father's birthplace:     LP. DLM

Mother's birthplace:     PRU

 

Source:     Year: 1900; Census Place: Crete, Will, Illinois; Roll: T623 353; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 101.

Name:      John Klemme

Home in 1900:     Crete, Will, Illinois

Age:     36

Estimated birth year:     1864

Birthplace:     Illinois

Race:     White

Relationship to head-of-house:     Head

Occupation:    Farmer

 

1910, Will Co., IL - Crete Twp

91  94  Klemme John Head 45

             Ella S  42

             Ida 18

             Katherine 15

             Walter W 12

              Edna 8

 

1920 Crete, Will Co., IL - Crete Twp.

1062  111  Klemme  John  head  54  IL

1063  111     Ella  wife  50  IL

1064  111     Walter  son  22  IL

1065  111     Edna  dau  18  IL

 

5.  Heather Abrahamson <hedda30@yahoo.com>

 

6.  Crete Remembered

pg. 116

“John Klemme was Crete’s one-of-a-kind auctioneer at the turn of the century.  He was master of the art.  He advertised as “Col. John Klemme, will cry the sale in English or German or both.”  According to advertisements in 1921, he had been in the business for 30 years.”

 

6. In “The Star”, May 8, 1919, “Col. John Klemme was about to cry a sale at Hugo Themer farm east of town, Thursday afternoon and was walking behind the cows in the barn when one of them kicked and broke both bones in his left leg squarely off, just above the shoe top.  A physician was called and he was removed to his home, where he is getting along as well as can be expected.

 

7.  Bill/Advertisement

John Klemme, Auctioneer.  Will cry your sale in English or German, or Both if Desired.

 

Charges reasonable

Satisfaction guaranteed

 

Can furnish clerk when desired

 

Leave order at “The Crete Citizen” Office, or address him at Bemes, Illinois

 

8.  Auctioneer that cried auctions in German or  English. Was only auctioneer licensed to operate from Joliet, IL to  Crown Point, IN.

 

On 15 Aug 1885 when John Charles was 21, he married Ella Sarah Corwin, G Grandmother, F.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Alfred, M (1890-1890)

                       ii.          Ida Linda, F (1891-1982)

          7          iii.          Katherine “Kate” Elenore, F (1894-1973)

                      iv.          Walter William, M (1897-1963)

                       v.          Edna Leona, F (1901-1970)

 

15 Ella Sarah Corwin, G Grandmother, F. Born on 14 Feb 1867 in Vermillion Co, IL. Ella Sarah died in Chicago Heights, Cook  Co., IL, on 2 Aug 1921; she was 54. Buried in Adams Cemetery, Crete, Will Co., IL. Occupation: Seamstress.

 

1.  Family story:  She was orphaned, became a seamstress and traveled from family to family making clothes.  She would stay with a household until everyone was “outfitted” and then go on to her next stop.  She had regular customers and she met my great grandfather when she went to sew for his family.

 

2.  Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950, Url:

http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/genealogy/forms/idphdeathsrch.html

Abbrev: Illinois Statewide Death 1915-

Page: certificate 0024347 - Klemme, Ella Corwin

 

KLEMME        ELLA       CORWIN        F/W  UNK  0024347 1921-08-02 COOK        CHICAGO HEIGHTS     21-08-04

 

3.  Family sources report birth 1869 but she appears in the 1870 census as Sarah E, age 3.  Census taken June 1870.  Pilot, Vermillion Co., IL

 

16 John Keney Johnson, GG Grandfather, M. Born on 19 Jun 1830 in Fayette Co., PA. John Keney died in Masontown, Fayette Co., PA, on 5 Apr 1863; he was 32. Buried in Newcomer Farm, Fayette Co., PA.

 

1.  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1850 United States Federal Census. M432, 1009 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.

Name:      John Johnson

Age:     20

Estimated birth year:     abt 1830

Birth place:     Pennsylvania

Gender:     Male

Home in 1850

(City,County,State):     German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Page:     25

Roll:     M432_779

 

Name:      John Johnson

Age in 1860:     30

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Home in 1860:     German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Gender:     Male

Post Office:     Masontown

Roll:     M653_1109

Page:     354

Year:     1860

Head of Household:     John Johnson

John Johnson   German, Fayette, PA   30   1829   Pennsylvania   Male    

Maria Johnson  German, Fayette, PA  27  1832  Pennsylvania  Female  

Josiah Johnson  German, Fayette, PA  5  1854  Pennsylvania  Male  

Ira Johnson  German, Fayette, PA  4  1855  Pennsylvania  Male  

Occupation listed as: Distiller

NOTE:  Value of real estate:  $18, 780 and personal property valued at $5,000.  This was an sizeable fortune in 1860.

 

2.  12 Mar 2005 - Cannot find the family or John in the 1870.  It is possible that he died between the 1860 and 1870 census.  1880 has Mariah living with brother George, mother Susan and two sons, Josiah and John.

 

3.  17 Mar 2005 - If death date I found at World Connect is correct, Maria was “barely’ pregnant at the time of John’s death and probably didn’t even know it.  John E’s calculated birthdate is 9 months later.

 

4.  Debby Harris <harrisch@bellsouth.net>

Died of smallpox

 

5.  Burial info from Vance Funeral Home Records

AKA Mack Farm.  Tombstone illegible.

 

6.  Vital statistics: Marriages: Some Fayette County Marriages

Extracted from  Fayette Co. Courthouse

Uniontown, PA. 1852-1855

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Donna Clark

derae@cobweb.net

page 46

John JOHNSTON, son of David & Mary Johnston, a miller, born

and resides in  German Twp.

and

Mariah DIFFENBAUGH, daughter of Anthony & Susannah Diffenbaugh

married 10-5-1856 in Masontown.    A law ceremony performed by

Daniel Miller of Masontown.  Registered 11-25-1856, P.A.Johns.

 

On 5 Oct 1856 when John Keney was 26, he married Maria Deffenbaugh, GG Grandmother, F, in Masontown, Fayette Co., PA.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Josiah Newton, M (1856-1925)

                       ii.          Ira Freemont, M (1858-1909)

          8          iii.          John Ellsworth, M (1863-1947)

 

17 Maria Deffenbaugh, GG Grandmother, F. Born on 25 Apr 1834 in German Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Maria died in Fayette Co., PA, on 8 Nov 1914; she was 80. Buried in Jacob’s Lutheran, German Twp., Fayette Co., PA.

 

1.  AKA Mariah

 

2.  1900 and 1910 living with John and Hattie in Fayette Co., PA (Nicholson Twp.)

 

3.  1870 living with brother George in German Twp., Fayette Co., PA along with sons Ira, Josiah and John and her mother Susan.  Jacob J Johnson and family, and another Deffenbaugh family are neighbors.

 

1880 living with brother George in German Twp., Fayette Co. along with two sons John and Josiah and her mother Susan

 

4  Christie Jeppson - hermanajeppson@yahoo.com

Lists as Maria

Dates for birth and death

 

5.Ancestry.com. Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical and Personal History [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2003. Original data: edit: John W. Jordan and James Hadden. Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, Volumes I-II. New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912.

 

6.  Mrs. Maria Johnson, widow of John Johnson, died November 8, 1914, 80:6:13, at the home of her son, J. Ellsworth Johnson. She was preceded in death by (sic) her husband of 51 years. She is survived by three sons: J. Newton Johnson of Meadow, Idaho; Ira F. Johnson and J. Ellsworth Johnson of Masontown.

 

Maria Johnsn

Nicholson Twp

Book 18 Pg 318

Will:  18 Jun 1913

Died: 8 Nov 1914

Probate: 12 Nov 1914

(ref: newspaper clipping. It should read "she survived her husband by 51 years." She was married for only seven years.)

 

7.  Vital statistics: Marriages: Some Fayette County Marriages

Extracted from  Fayette Co. Courthouse

Uniontown, PA. 1852-1855

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Donna Clark

derae@cobweb.net

page 46

John JOHNSTON, son of David & Mary Johnston, a miller, born

and resides in  German Twp.

and

Mariah DIFFENBAUGH, daughter of Anthony & Susannah Diffenbaugh

married 10-5-1856 in Masontown.    A law ceremony performed by

Daniel Miller of Masontown.  Registered 11-25-1856, P.A.Johns.

 

 

8.  Will of Maria Johnson

Be it remembered that I, Maria Johnson of Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Penna., do make this my last will and testament in manner following.  That is to say - I order and direct that all my just debts shall be paid with convenient speed.  I give unto John Ellsworth Johnson, my son all that piece of land containing between five and six acres which I bought of Nicholas Riffle and which adjoins of my son John Ellsworth Johnsons.  This gift to my son John Ellsworth Johnson is in consideration for services rendered by him for me he to have and hold the same forever.  Second I give and bequeath to my son Josiah Newton Johnson and my son John E. Johnson and Ira Fremont Johnsons’ two children viz:--Frank Johnson and Helen Johnson to have the balance of my estate divided as follows:  Josiah Newton one-third and John Ellsworth Johnson one-third and Frank Johnson one sixth and Helen Johnson sone-sixth- I have endeavored to divide my estate as just equitable between my heirs as I think just to me they are all alike.  I appoint Isah Cover the executor of this my last will and testament.  In witness whereof I the above named testator have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen Hundred and thirteen.

                                her

                      Maria X Johnson   (seal)

                               mark

 

Then and there signed, sealed and published by Maria Johnson the Testator as and for her last will in the presence of us who at her rquest in her presence and in the presence of each other have hereto set our names as witnesses.        

 

                       Conrad Deffenbaugh

                        Ella M. Coldren

 

Fayette County, SS:  BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the 12 day of Nov. A. D. 1914 before me (Register’s Seal) CHARLES O. SCHROYER, Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for said County, came Conrad Deffenbaugh and Ella M. Coldren subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of Writing, purporting to be the last Will and testament of Maria Johnson, deceased, who being duly sworn, according to law, did each depose and say that they were personally present and saw the said Maria Johnson sign and seal the foregoing Instrument of Writing and heard her declare the same to be her last Will and testament when of sound and disposing mind and memory, to the best of their belief.  That they signed their names as witnesses thereto by request of the said testatrix in her presence, and in presence of each other.  That they know of no undue influence being used in making said Will or any later Will made.

 

Affirmed to and subscribed before me this 12” day of Nov. A. d. 1914 as witness my hand and official seal. 

Chas. O. Schroyer ---REGISTER.             Conrad Deffenbaugh

                                                             Ella M. Coldren

 

Now Nov. 12, 1914 the testimony of the above witnesses being adjudged sufficient, I do hereby admit the foregoing Will to probate and order the same to be recorded as such.  Given under my hand, at Uniontown, the above date.

 

                                                                Chas. O. Schroyer---REGISTER.

 

Same day letters test. to Isah Cover.

 

RECORDED AND COMPARED NOVEMBER 12, 1914---CHAS. O. SCHOYER---REGISTER.

 

9.  She is buried next to Josiah but there is a problem with her tombstone which lists her birth as 1864.  My best guess is that J. Ellsworth, with whom she lived, gave the dates to the person who carved the stone and he gave his wife’s birthdate instead of his mother’s.  Hattie, was in fact, born in April of 1864 which would correspond with the date on the stone.  Maria/Mariah Deffenbaugh Johnson was born 25 Apr 1834.

 

10.  In the 1860 Census, John and Maria and sons, Josiah and Ira, reside next door to a Josiah Bowman and wife Maria.  Is there a family relationship between Maria, who was the daughter of Susannah Bowman, and Josiah Bowman who lived next door in 1860.

 

18 Robert W Smith, GG Grandfather, M. Born on 29 Mar 1839 in German Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Robert W died in Morgantown, Monongalia Co., WVA, on 13 Apr 1927; he was 88. Buried in East Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, Monongalia Co., WVA.

 

1. 1850 United States Federal Census Record

Name:   Robert W Smith

Age:  11

Estimated birth year:  abt 1839

Birth place:  Pennsylvania

Gender:  Male

Home in 1850

(City,County,State):  German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Jacob

Mary

Louise

Elizabeth

Robert W

 

 

1860 United States Federal Census Record

Name:   Robert Smith

Age in 1860:  21

Birthplace:  Pennsylvania

Home in 1860:  German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Gender:  Male

Head of Household:  Jacob Smith

Post Office:  Masontown

Jacob Smith   German, Fayette, PA   51   1808   Pennsylvania   Male  

Mary Smith  German, Fayette, PA  48  1811  Pennsylvania  Female 

Louisa Smith  German, Fayette, PA  24  1835  Pennsylvania  Female 

Elizabeth Ross  German, Fayette, PA  23  1836  Pennsylvania  Female 

Robert Smith  German, Fayette, PA  21  1838  Pennsylvania  Male 

Samuel Smith  German, Fayette, PA  18  1841  Pennsylvania  Male 

Taylor Smith  German, Fayette, PA  13  1846  Pennsylvania  Male 

Mary Smith  German, Fayette, PA  11  1848  Pennsylvania  Female

 

 

Name:      Robert SMITH

Age:     40

Estimated birth year:     <1840>

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Occupation:     Laborer

Relationship to head-of-household:     Self

Home in 1880:     German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Race:     White

Gender:     Male

Spouse's name:     Polly D. SMITH

Father's birthplace:     PA

Mother's birthplace:     ---

Image Source:     Year: 1880; Census Place: German, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1129; Family History Film: 1255129; Page: 231B; Enumeration District: 41; Image: 0766.

Robert

Polly D Wife

Mary H. daughter

Mattie daughter

Amidy H son

Hannah daughter

Jacob son

 

Name:      Robert Smith

Home in 1900:     Nicholson, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Age:     61

Estimated birth year:     1839

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Race:     White

Relationship to head-of-house:     Head

Image source:     Year: 1900; Census Place: Nicholson, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623 1411; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 42.

Wife:  Dortha, daughter Eliza age 15 and grandson Edgar age 4. Mother -in- law Martha J. Johnson and sister-in-law Mary F. Johnson .Living next door is Nicholas Johnson. Martha J. is widow of David Johnson.  Maiden name McGill.

 

In 1910: Robert Smith and wife Dorothy ages 71 and 67.  Living next door to John and Hattie.

 

Pennsylvania 1910 Miracode Index Recordinfo

about Robert Smith

Name:  Robert Smith

Birthplace:  Pennsylvania

State:  PA

Age:  71

Color:  W

Enumeration District:  0049

Visit:  0153

County:  Fayette

Relation:  Head of Household

Other Residents: 

Relation Name Age Birth Place

Wife Dorothy 67 Pennsylvania

Son Edgar O 14 Pennsylvania

 

2.  Margaret Robe Summitt - verirood@verizon.net    2004

 

In ~1863 when Robert W was 23, he married Sarah Longanecker, GG Grandmother, F, in Fayette Co., PA.

 

They had one child:

          9            i.          Mary Harriet “Hattie”, F (1864-1931)

 

19 Sarah Longanecker, GG Grandmother, F. Born on 13 May 1840 in Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Sarah died in Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA, on 28 Apr 1868; she was 27. Buried in Fairview Cem., Masontown, Fayette Co., PA.

 

1.  Lived in Nicholson Twp.  Died before 1870.

 

2.  Name:      Sarah Longanecker

Age:     10

Estimated birth year:     abt 1840

Birth place:     Pennsylvania

Gender:     Female

Home in 1850

(City,County,State):     Nicholson, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Page:     101

Roll:     M432_779

 

Name:      Sarah Longanecker

Age in 1860:     19

Birthplace:     Pennsylvania

Home in 1860:     Nicholson, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Gender:     Female

Post Office:     Masontown

Roll:     M653_1109

Page:     563

Year:     1860

Head of Household:     Joseph Longanecker

 

3.  Pat Lubits Gump <Patricia943@webtv.net>

"Family Records from the Scrap Book of Jacob Mack,"  Rev Jacob Mack listed Sarah (Mary) Longanecker Smith's  birth and death records as follows:

b 13 May 1840; d 28 Apr 1868. Residence was listed as Nicholson Twp, Fayette County, PA.  That publication is on microfilm from the genealogical records of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

4.  Pat Lubits Gump <Patricia943@webtv.net>

"Some Cemeteries of Fayette County, PA" by

Kathryn Cooley Miller, p. 183, Sarah Smith is buried in the Fairview Church of the Brethren, Masontown, Fayette County, PA with  her mother, father, and other family members. The inscription of the tombstone states: Sarah Smith 4-28-1868 Wife of Robert.  Robert Smith does not seem to be buried there.

 

20 Friedrich Busse, GG Grandfather, M. Born in 1828 in Selze-Hanover, Germany. Friedrich died in Will Co., IL, bef 1880; he was 52.

 

1.  Moved from Addison, Dupage Co., IL to a farm that in 1910 was owned by Alfred Wehling.  Located about one and on-half miles northwest of Beecher. Move from Addison was before 2 Feb 1864 because they had son, Hermann, baptized at St. John's Lutheran, Eagle Lake on that date.

 

2.  Real Estate Owners from History of Will Co., 1878

 

BUSSE, Fred  Farmer  P. O. Beecher  Washington Twp

 

3.  Nicole Martin <msmartins@myfamily.com> old address

She thinks this is the family in 1860.  That would mean that parts of Louisa Sr.’s obit were obviously wrong as it states they married in Addison in 1859. This could explain why I haven’t been able to find a marriage record for them in IL.

 

1860 Census, Addison, IL

Fred Bashel, 31, m, lab, ---, 200, Hanover

Louisa ", 36, Hanover

Lousia, 3, Hanover

Wm, 1, Illinois

Illinois, DUPAGE, Roll 175 Book 1, Page 246

 

1870 Census - Ancestry.com

Busse, Fredrick,  Birthplace:  Hannover / Hanover,  State:   Illinois Age:  41

 County:   Will, Gender:  Male,  Township:   Washington,    Race:  White

 Post Office:   Washington Center, Year:  1870

 Roll:   M593_292,  Page:  470,  Image:   403

 

1870 census:  Washington, Will County, IL

Fredrick Busse, 41, w, farmer, 8000, 9700, Hanover, parents foreign

Louisa Busse, 45, f, w, keeping house, Hanover

Louisa Busse, 12, f, w, at home, Hanover

William Busse, 10, m, w, at home, Illinois

Herman Busse, 6, m, w, Illinois

Emma Busse, 3, f, w, Illinois

Ferdinand Oberheiden, 28, m, w, farm laborer, Hesse Cassel

 

4.  this doesn’t agree with other information rec’d from various sources however the names do fit!

Name:   Friedrich Busse

Arrival Date:  21 May 1853

Estimated Birth Year:  abt 1822

Age:  31 9/12

Gender:  Male

Port of Departure:  Bremen, Germany

Destination:  New York

Place of Origin:  Württemberg

Ship Name:  Clementine

Port of Arrival:  New York

Line:  47

Microfilm Serial:  M237

Microfilm Roll:  125

List Number:  413

Port Arrival State:  New York

Port Arrival Country:  United States

Ships list lists:  Fred, Louise, son Friedrich, daughter Louise.

 

5.  Called Fredrick in one census, Fred in Louise’s obituary.

http://www.karensgen.com/buch/illinois/willco/beecherstpaulburials.php

Busse, Christian FRIEDRICH

24 JUL 1841

24 OCT 1879

Elk Grove, IL

Father: Christian Busse

Mother: Friederika Henjes

Spouse: L. Hengstmann

10/May 2004 - We know this is not the correct information for our Fred who did, in fact, marry Louise Hengstmann.

 

6.  Description:  Short, stout with black hair and blue eyes.

 

Friedrich married Louise Hengstmann, GG Grandmother, F.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Louisa Dorthea E, F (1857-1933)

        10           ii.          Wilhelm, M (1859-1910)

                      iii.          Carl Fr. Lud. "Hermann", M (1864-1907)

                      iv.          Emma, F (1867-1895)

 

21 Louise Hengstmann, GG Grandmother, F. Born on 19 Aug 1823 in Selze-Hanover, Germany. Louise died in Breckenridge, Wilken Co., MN, on 3 Feb 1910; she was 86. Buried in St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Cemetery, Beecher, Will Co., IL.

 

1.  Emigrated in 1859 to Addison, DuPage Co., IL.

 

2.  Listed on 1908 Assessment list for Town of Washington, value of personal property $604.

 

3.  Obit

 

Beecher Herald, Will Co., IL

Friday, 04 Feb 1910

 

Mrs. Louisa Busse peacefully passed away, Thursday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Wolter, near Breckenridge, Minn., of old age.

 

She was born in Selze-Hanover, Germany, Aug. 19, 1823.  She came to America in 1859, settling at Addison, Ill., where she was married the same year to Fred Busse, and where they resided for a number of years, moving from there to the farm now occupied by Alfred Wehling, one and one-half miles northwest of Beecher.

 

Mrs. Busse was always a healthy woman up to a few years back, when old age began to tell on her.  She was a kind and loving mother and wife, and was possessed of a true christian spirit.

 

She was the mother of two daughters and two sons, two of whom are dead.  The living are Mrs. Henry Wolter and William Busse.  Mrs. Henry Stade died July 11, 1895, and Herman Busse, July 1, 1907.  Her husband died in 1885.

 

The funeral will be held Sunday, at 1 o'clock p.m., from the home of her son-in-law, Henry Stade, in town.  The remains are to arrive either Saturday evening or Sunday morning.  Services will be held in the Lutheran church, Rev. L. J. F. Going officiating.  Interment will be made in the St. Paulus cemetery.

 

4.  from BeecherCemetery reading by W. E.Eilrich: "On Stade family  monument in  St. Paul's

 

5.  Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002

Name:    LOUISA BUSSE

Death Date:    02/03/1910 00:00:00

Death Place:    WILKIN

State File Number:    015476

 

6.   1880 Federal Census

Name:     Lowiese BUSSE

 Age:     56

 Estimated birth year:     <1824>

 Birthplace:     HANOVER

 Relation:     Self

 Home in 1880:     Washington, Will, Illinois

 Occupation:     Keeping House

 Marital status:     Widowed

 Race:     White

 Gender:     Female

 Head of household:     Lowiese BUSSE

 Father's birthplace:     HAN

 Mother's birthplace:     HAN

 

1880 census: Washington, Will County, IL

Lowiese BUSSE   Self   W   Female   W   56   HANOVER   Keeping House  

HAN   HAN

 Wm. BUSSE   Son   S   Male   W   20   IL   Farmer   HAN   HAN

 Herman BUSSE   Son   S   Male   W   16   IL   Farmer   HAN   HAN

 Emma BUSSE   Dau   S   Female   W   13   IL   At Home   HAN   HAN

 Max WOHLGEBORN   Other   S   Male   W   28   PRUS   Servant   PRUS   PRUS

Louise’s obit lists her husband’s death as 1885 but she is clearly listed as a widow in the 1880 census.

 

1900 census

1900 census: Washington, Will County, IL

Henry Stade, head, m, Feb 1861, Illinois, Germany, Germany, merchant grocer

Henry Stade, son, Feb 1890, 10, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, at school

Alfred Stade, sone,  Aug 1891, 8, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, at school

Edna Stade, daughter, Aug 1893, 6, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, at school

Louis Stade, brother, --- 1862, 37, m, 12, Illiniw, Germany, Germany,

merchant grocer

Mary Stade, sister in law, Nov 1862, 37, m, 12, Illinis, Germany, Germany

Ida Stade, daughter, Nov 1870, 10, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, at school

Louise Busse, mother in law, f Aug 1823, 76, w, 4,2, Germany, Germany,

Germany, 1859, 41

Sch---, Augusta, servant, f, Feb 1881, 19, s, Illinis, Illinis,

Illinois, houswork

 

22 Wilhelm “William” Thurnau, GG Grandfather, M. Born in ~1835 in Hesseleasel. Wilhelm “William” died in Will Co., IL, on 26 Sep 1879; he was 44.

 

1.  Also spelled Thernau, Theurneau, Theurnau, Thurneau, Thurnan & TURNER

 

2.  St. John's Evangelical Lutheran records - 275-10-1879 THURNAU,Wilhelm 26 sep 1879

 

3.  1903 Necroligist Report

Who the heck is this?  25 May 1903. – Mrs. Dorothy THUERNEAU, widow of the late Wm. THUERNEAU, of Washington township, aged 91 years. She had lived in that vicinity for nearly 50 years.  This was William’s mother! 9/29/04!

 

Beth Wilson <beth@swilson.com>

I did find Wilhelm Turnau (born circa 1809) with his wife and 2 children on an abstraction of a 1848 ship passenger list.  It says her name was Marie Dorothee Charlotte Stock.

 

 

4.  Nicole Martin - msmartins@sbcglobal.net

1870  Washington, Will County, Illinois

Series: M593  Roll: 292  Page: 453

William Turner, 35, m, w, farming, 8500, 1880, Hesseleasel

Wilhelmina Turner, 26, f, w, Hesseleasel

Mary Turner, 8, Illinois

Sophia Turner, 6, Illinois

Wilhelmina Turner, 4, Illinois

Louisa Turner, 2, Illinois

William Turner, 61, helping farm (it says ditto, which would be ILL, but prob Hesseleasel)

Doseltra? Turner, 61  (YOUR DOROTHY !?!)

Henry Barnetin?,  26, farm servant, Hanover

 

1880

Year: 1880; Census Place: Washington, Will, Illinois; Roll: T9_261; Family History Film: 1254261; Page: 501D; Enumeration District: 214; Image: 0104.

 Wilhelmina Thurnau (listed as Thurnan), 35, widow, Prussia

Mary, 17

Sophie, 15

Loweise, 12

Christine, 10

Almeine?, 8

Wm, 6

Roseine, 4

Fredricke, 2

Henry, 3/12 (looks like Mar)

Henry Wilkering, 23, farm laborer

 

1900 Washington, Will County, Illinois

Series: T623  Roll: 354  Page: 180

 

Herman Thurnau (listed as Thurnan), Sep? 1852, Ill, Germany, Germany

Sophia, Sep 1856, Germany

Herman, Apr 1881, ILL

Sophia, Nov 1883

Albert, Apr 1890

Henry, July 1893

Halen? (daughter), June 1896

Ewald?, Mar 1900

Dorthea, Mar 1812, mother, widow, Germany, 1830

Mary Sewick, April 1826, mother-in-law, Germany, 1870

Golver? Fetter, Mar 1856, boarder, Germany, 1888

 

 

4.Robert Arnold

Note:  We have some conflict as to which names go with which children in some cases.  I took the full names from the baptismal records done by Karen Rowe.

Children of Wilhelmine Sophie Christine MEYER and Wilhelm THERNAU are:

    i. Marie THERNAU was born 17 DEC 1862 in Eagle Lake, IL, and died 29 APR 1940 in St. Lukes, Beecher. She married Fredrich HASEMANN 11 SEP 1881 in St. Pauls, Beecher, IL. He was born 12 AUG 1862 in Eagle Lake, IL, and died 3 APR 1945 in St. Lukes, Beecher.

3.   ii. Sophie THERNAU was born 23 OCT 1864 in Eagle Lake, IL. She married Wilhelm BUSSE 14 MAY 1882 in Eagle Lake, IL. He was born 1859.

    iii. Wilhelmine THERNAU was born 28 SEP 1866 in Eagle Lake, IL, and died 20 NOV 1870 in Eagle Lake, IL.

    iv. Louise THERNAU was born 21 SEP 1868 in Eagle Lake, IL, and died 15 DEC 1918 in St. Lukes, Beeche, IL. She married Herman VON ENGELN 10 JUL 1887 in Eagle Lake, IL. He was born 8 NOV 1861 in Eagle Lake, IL, and died 12 MAR 1928 in St. Lukes, Beecher, IL.

    v. Christine THERNAU was born 20 SEP 1870 in Eagle Lake, IL. She married Heinrich HEIN 26 DEC 1890 in Eagle Lake, IL.

    vi. Alvine THERNAU was born 13 SEP 1872 in Eagle Lake, IL. She married Mithe or WEST.

    vii. Wilhelm THERNAU was born 17 OCT 1874 in Eagle Lake, IL.

    viii. Rosine THERNAU was born 23 MAY 1876 in Eagle Lake, IL. She married Henry William HERMANN. He was born 18 SEP 1872 in St. Pauls, Beecher, IL.

    ix. Friedricke THERNAU was born 8 MAR 1878 in Eagle Lake, IL. She married Ernst BALGEMANN. He died 9 FEB 1971 in St. Pauls, Beecher, IL.

    x. Heinrich THERNAU was born 21 FEB 1880 in Eagle Lake, IL, and died in Eagle Lake, IL.

 

Bef 1879 when Wilhelm “William” was 44, he married Wilhelmine Meier, GG Grandmother, F.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Maria Dor. Caroline “Mary”, F (1862-1940)

        11           ii.          W. Emilie “Sophia” Christine, F (1864-1948)

                      iii.          “WIlhelmine” Dor. Mar. Sop Car., F (1866-1870)

                      iv.          Doro. Soph. Eliz “Louise”, F (1868-1918)

                       v.          Henriette Sophie “Christine”, F (1870-)

                      vi.          Louise Friedricke “Alvine”, F (1872-)

                     vii.          George Wilhelm Heinrich “William”, M (1874-)

                    viii.          Wilhelmine “Rosine”, F (1876-)

                      ix.          Sophie Wilh. “Friedrike”, F (1878-)

                       x.          Heinrich “Henry”, M (1880-)

 

23 Wilhelmine Meier, GG Grandmother, F. Born on 28 Jul 1844 in Hesseleasel. Wilhelmine died in Andover, SD.

 

1.  Also seen as Meyer.  Wihelmine Sophie Christine Meyer

 

2.  Found in IL marriage data base as Wilhelmina Meyer Thurnau (Mrs.)

 

3.  Days for children from files of Robert Arnold - stick069@hotmail.com

They are probably baptism dates rather than true birth dates.  pjm Nov 2005

 

4.  Robert lists birth in Engern and death in Anover, South Dakota????

 

24 Johann “John” Carl Hartmann, GG Grandfather, M. Born on 10 Feb 1825 in Horsten, Schaumburg, Germany. Johann “John” Carl died in Beecher, Will Co., IL, on 28 Jan 1866; he was 40. Buried in St. Johns Lutheran, Beecher, Eagle Lake, Will Co., IL. Occupation: Farmer. Religion: Lutheran.

 

1. To America by 1852.

 

2.  Death record as Johan C. Hartmann.  St. Johns Lutheran Church, Eagle Lake, Beecher, IL death records.

 

3.  Baptism sponsor was Cord Henrich Hartmann, grandfather.  Nenndorf Ev. Lutheran Church baptism records, Nenndorf, Schaumburg, Germany.

 

4.Will county Court - February 13th, 1866

 

Ordered by the Court that the said instrument in writing be and it hereby is admitted to probate that the same shall have full force and effect as the last will and testament of the said John Carl Hartman deceased, and that the same be entered to record which is done in the letter and figures following to wit,

 

The last will and Testament of John Carl Hartman of the County of Will deceased.

 

In the name of God amen I John C. Hartman of the age of fourty years, being of Sound mind and memory do hereby make, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in the manner following that is to say,

 

I give and bequeath to my beloved Son John Henry Conrad Hartman the Sum of Six hundred dollars, one conv(?) and one horse when he shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one years.  I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Engle Maria Dorothea Hartman all of my Real and personal estate of what-kind and nature whatever for her own proper use benefit and behoof but I would like to make it her duty especialy and it is this my last desires wish that she should give my beloved children a good and sufficient education further to hire my brother Conrad Hartman for the next two years to carry on my farm and pay him a proper compensation for his services and lastly I do hereby appoint my beloved Wife Engel Maria Dorothea Hartman my Executor of (of)this my last Will and Testament - hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.

 

In virtue whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of January A.D. 1866

 

John Carl Hartman (Seal)

 

This instrument of writing was at the date thereon signed and Sealed in our presents by the said John Carl Hartman as his last Will and Testament and at his request we have signed our names as witnesses thereto.

 

Conrad Tatge - residing in Crete, Will County

William (?)Toland

 

(Toland could be Boland, Foland or whatever...the first letter resembles the T in Tatge but is not

exactly the same. pjm)

 

5.  Do we know who these are?

Real Estate Owners from History of Will Co., 1878

HARTMAN, J. C  Farmer  P. O. Eagle Lake  Washington Twp

HARTMAN, John C  Farmer  P. O. Crete  Crete Twp

 

6.   Past and present of Will county, pg. 832

William C. Hartman, the owner of a good farm of one hundred and eighty acres on section 25, Crete township, is numbered among the native sons of Will county, his birth occurring in this township on the 13th of April, 1857.  He is of German lineage, both his parents, John and Ellen Sophia (Behrens) Hartman, having been natives of Germany.  In the year, 1850 the father came to the United States and setled in Cook county, Illinois, where he remained for a short time prior to coming to Crete township, Will county, Illinois.  He bought land on section 25 and began the development of the farm, which he continued to make his home until his death.  He was industrious and frugal and in his undertakings met with a measure of success such as always rewards the labors of one who is persistent and energetic and whose efforts are guided by sound judgment.  He was an active member of the Crete Lutheran church and one of the organizers of St. John’s church in Crete township.  In the community he was known as a good neighbor and in his family circle was a devoted husband and father, doing everything in his power to promote the welfare and happiness of his wife and children.  His early political allegiance was given the whig party and upon its dissolutions he joined the ranks of the new republican party in 1856 and remained one of its faithful supporters until his death, which occurred in 1871 in his sixtieth year.  His wife passed away in 1900 in her sixty-sixth year.  (PJM note: Dates do not agree with those given by family members.) She came from Germany with her brothers, Conrad and Otto Behrens, who settled in Crete township, and her sister, Sophie Behrens, who afterward became the wife of Henry Wiebruk, who settled in Monee township.  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hartman were born the following cildren:  Henry, who is now a merchant in Chicago Heights; John, a farmer in Iroquois county; Wiliam C; August, a farmer in Crete township; Marian, the wife of Henry W. Ohlendorf, who follows farming in Crete township; and Sophia, the wife of T. C. Tatge, of Crete Township.

 

On 8 May 1852 when Johann “John” Carl was 27, he married Engel Marie Dorothea Behrens, GG Grandmother, F, in Trinity Lutheran, Crete, Will Co., IL.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Conrad J., M (1849-1920)

        12           ii.          Johann Heinrich “Henry J.”, M (1853-1912)

                      iii.          Johann Friedrich “John”, M (1855-1927)

                      iv.          Conrad Wilhelm “William C”, M (1857-1949)

                       v.          Heinrich August “August H.”, M (1859-1931)

                      vi.          Maria “Mary”, F (1861-1936)

                     vii.          Catharina "Sophia" Caroline, F (1863-1938)

                    viii.          Frederich W. C., M (1866-1868)

 

25 Engel Marie Dorothea Behrens, GG Grandmother, F. Born on 3 Jun 1827 in Ohndorf #47, Schaumburg, Germany. Engel Marie Dorothea died in Crete, Will Co., IL, on 13 Jul 1893; she was 66. Religion: Lutheran.

 

1.  Buried with Conrad Hartmann.  Matching stones.

 

26 Jacob Hilgert, GG Grandfather, M. Born on 8 Apr 1819 in Rhine Provine, Germany. Jacob died in Alma, Buffalo Co., WI, in 1901; he was 81. Occupation: Carpenter.

 

1.  Joined Revolution in Germany in 1848 asking for Bill of Rights and a Constitutional Government.  The revolution failed and  he was persecuted for his involvement.  He escaped and fled to the United States in 1852.

 

2.  First settled in Chicago, IL.  Lived for some time in Sheboygan & West Bend, WI.  Moved to Alma, WI in 1872 where he spent the rest of his life on farm he had carved out of virgin forest.

 

Jacob married Anna Margrath Michel, GG Grandmother, F.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Jacob, M (1852-)

        13           ii.          Katharina “Nana”, F (1855-1916)

                      iii.          Charles, M (1858-)

                      iv.          Maria Margarethe “Mary”, F (1859-1895)

                       v.          Magdalene “Lena”, F (1865-1916)

                      vi.          Henrietta, F (-<1901)

                     vii.          George, M (1882-)

                    viii.          Anna, F

 

27 Anna Margrath Michel, GG Grandmother, F. Born on 8 Apr 1829 in Coblentz, Germany. Anna Margrath died in Alma, Buffalo Co., WI, in 1889; she was 59.

 

28 Heinrich  August Christoph Klemme, GG Grandfather, M. Born on 28 Jan 1829 in Sabbenhausen, Lippe Detmold, Germany. Heinrich  August Christoph died in Endor, Crete Twp., Will Co., IL, on 18 May 1901; he was 72. Buried on 21 May 1901 in Bemer Ev. Cemetery, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN. Occupation: Farmer. Religion: Lutheran.

 

1.  First American born generation.

 

2.  1862 Able Bodied Male Citizens, Crete, Illinois

Number 105. Klemme, Henry, age: 36, Town: Crete, Nativity: Germany,

Occupation: brick maker.

 

Heinrich  August Christoph married Katharina Grages, GG Grandmother, F.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Heinrich (Henry), M (1856->1886)

                       ii.          August (Gus), M (1857->1892)

                      iii.          Friedrich August Henry William, M (1860-1920)

                      iv.          Hermann, M (1862-)

        14           v.          John Charles, M (1864-1952)

                      vi.          Wilhelm (William), M (1866-1944)

                     vii.          Eduard William, M (1868-1927)

                    viii.          Christoph Carl (Charles), M (1870-1953)

                      ix.          Bertha, F (1872-1944)

                       x.          Emil Karl, M (1874-1918)

                      xi.          Wilhelmine Emilie (Emma), F (1877-1950)

                     xii.          Theodor, M (1879-1954)

                    xiii.          Alfred, M (1882-)

 

29 Katharina Grages, GG Grandmother, F. Born on 6 Jan 1838 in Eiden, Germany. Katharina died on 13 Dec 1904; she was 66. Buried in Bemer Ev. Cemetery, Hanover Twp., Lake Co., IN.

 

1.  what is this?

008 ... Grages, Christina ... Beckeloh ... 07 July1861 ... Klemme, August ... Sabbenhausen, Lippe Dettm

 

30 Eleazer Miles Corwin, GG Grandfather, M. Born on 17 Sep 1817 in Aurora, Erie Co., NY.

 

1.  Letter dated 28 Jan 1974 from Marjorie Hartmann Myers Schlosser.

 

2.  CORWIN, MILES

  State: NY Year: 1850

  County: Erie County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule

  Township: Aurora Page: 091

  Database: NY 1850 Federal Census Index

 

 

2.  CENSUS YR:  1860  STATE or TERRITORY:  IL  COUNTY:  Vermilion  DIVISION:  Newell Township  REEL NO:  653-233  PAGE NO:  496 REFERENCE:  Enumerated by Hamilton White (no date)

 12  3456 3479 Corwin        Miles          43    M    .    Farmer         800       300       N. York           .     .     .    .    .

 13  3456 3479 Corwin        Almeda         35    F    .    .              .         .         N. York           .     .     .    .    .

 14  3456 3479 Corwin        Jane           12    F    .    .              .         .         N. York           .     X     .    .    .

 15  3456 3479 Corwin        Lucy           10    F    .    .              .         .         N. York           .     .     .    .    .

 16  3456 3479 Corwin        Marietta       6     F    .    .              .         .         N. York           .     .     .    .    .

 17  3456 3479 Corwin        Matilda        3     F    .    .              .         .         N. York           .     .     .    .    .

 18  3456 3479 Corwin        Elizabeth      3     F    .    .              .         .         Illinois          .     .     .    .    .

 19  3456 3479 Corwin        James E.       2     M    .    .              .         .         Illinois          .     .    

 

1870 -

Name:      Miles Corwin

Age in 1870:     53

Estimated Birth Year:     1816

Birthplace:     New York

Home in 1870:     Pilot, Vermilion, Illinois

Race:     White

Gender:     Male

Post Office:     Higginsville

Roll:     M593_285

Page:     334

Image:     675

Year:     1870

 

3.  Can’t find in 1880 census.  Only Miles is in CO, born IA, and 22 years of age. 

 

4.  Gene Pool records at Ancestry:  Eleazar “Miles” Corwin born 1816 Erie, Aurora, NY, wife Almeda, Amanda - 19 Aug 1844 to 9 August 1845, Jane - 1848, Lucy - 1850, Mary - 1854

 

5.  Film or fiche number 1985378

Official temple record for deceased individuals, 1991-1996

 

6.  Marriage records for  Vermillion Co. also show a Mary A and an Owen.  Owen shows as a laborer in the household in 1870. Are these folk related in any way?

 

In ~1842 when Eleazer Miles was 24, he married Almeda, GG Grandmother, F, in Aurora, Erie Co., NY.

 

They had the following children:

                        i.          Jane, F (1848-)

                       ii.          Lucy, F (1850-)

                      iii.          Matilda, F (1856-)

                      iv.          Elizabeth, F (1857-)

                       v.          James E, M (1858-)

                      vi.          Marietta, F (1854-)

        15         vii.          Ella Sarah, F (1867-1921)

 

31 Almeda, GG Grandmother, F. Born in ~1825 in NY.

 

32 David Johnson, GGG Grandfather, M. Born on 5 Mar 1785 in Reading, Berks Co., PA. David died in Fayette Co., PA, on 24 May 1860; he was 75. Buried in Newcomer Farm, Fayette Co., PA.