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Posted on: Vanderburgh County, IN Query Forum
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Surname: Schwartz, Bock, Sonderman
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Looking for names of Catholic Churches located in Evansville about 1880.
Hoping to locate the date of Grandparents marriage about 1858. Grandparents
Helen Bock and Henry Schwartz were married by cousin Father Sonderman,
assistant paster in Evansville about 1885.
Any information or help would be appreciated.
Joan McClanahan
Researching my grandmother HELENA FLORENCE CANTON born May 17, 1885 in
Evansville, Indiana and who was adopted when she was 8 years old in
1893. Adopted by William H. Sterrett and his wife Mary Elizabeth
Grismer Sterrett. It is possible she was in school in Louisville
Kentucky at the time, or that the school photographer was from
Louisville. Have 2nd grade picture of her with Louisville, Ky.
imprinted on the back. I hate to "sound" dumb, but I do not
understand the photo ID requirement for sending for a birth
certificate copy information. Also is there a chance of finding
adoption information prior to 1900?
Wakaakta
"You can't know where you are going until you know where you have
been."
http://members.tripod.com/~Wakaakta
"We educate our children to a fault, but we fail to teach them Wisdom"
Joyce Sequichie Hifler (paraphrased)
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Surname: CANTON, STERRETT
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Helena Florence Canton, born Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana May
17, 1885. Was adopted in 1893 by William H. Sterrett and his wife Mary
Elizabeth Grismer Sterrett. Possibly was in school in Louisville Kentucky
at the time of adoption. Would be interested in connecting with anyone
doing CANTON or STERRETT research.
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Surname: Fisher
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Seeking any info on Joanna Fisher b:July 16,1894, d: Feb 14,1920. Listed
also as Anna Fisher. This person was married to a Leroy Frick around the
1918-1919 possible.
Looking for family history on this person. Exhausted all
resourses.
We are having a reunion of descendents of Johann(John) and Peter Titzer that first came to Vanderburgh Co. in the 1840s. It will be at ST. Johns in Daylight Ind on July 30th (time not definate yet) Please contact Pam Titzer-Garrison for more info.
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Surname: Kuehnz, Jung
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Wondering if Lutitia was in Vanderburgh Co Indiana. She was born much earlier
than your Harmon.
Priscilla
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Surname: SIMPSON
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My ggrandfather Richard Ellsworth Simpson lived in Vanderburgh Co. He was
born May 1868 possibly Evansville area. He later moved to Missouri where
he married Laura Ellen Turner. Does anyone know of this Simpson family
who was in this area about 1868? Thanks!
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Surname: HARMON, SIGL, LAESSIG
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My aunt Ann Franciska SIGL born 16 nov 1902 in Green Bay, WI, d. 6 Jan.
1986 Milwaukee, WI. Married to Clayton "Clay" HARMON in San Diego, CA where
they made their home for many years. Clay was a professional photographer.
They had no children.
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Surname: LAESSIG, LASSIG, LESSIG, BAENEN, FRICK, RUDER, WAGNER, POLEGE,
MC DONALD, WEBER, VANDEHEY, KISSINGER, SAWYER, BURKART, JUNEMANN, VANDE
VAART, VANDE VOORT, VAN GRUNDERBEEK, VON ROSMALEN, de BUGGENOMS
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This is a brief biography of my LAESSIG/LESSIG FAMILY. I would like to
compare/share information on this surname.
EDWARD L. LAESSIG
Edward L. Laessig, the patriarch of our central Wisconsin USA Laessig
clan, was born in Saxony, Germany 5 July 1835. As a young man he came to
America in the year 1855 according to the 1860 Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois census records. It is possible that he came with his brother or
cousin, as a record of two young men has been found, "Eduard age 21" and
"Robert age 24" sailed from Bremen to New York on the ship "Orpheus" arriving
in the USA 1 September 1855. His
naturalization papers have not been located. According to family, it was
in Chicago that Ed met Jeanette Baenen, born 6 January 1836, an
immigrant from s'Hertogenbosch, Holland. Her parents were Francis J.J.
Baenen b. 15 Oct. 1806 - d. 14 Nov. 1887 and Clara Vande Vaart b. 28
Sept. 1803 - d. 24 Jan. 1851. Jeanette immigrated with her father,
step-mother, Cornelia (Van Grunderbeek) and siblings. Jeanette remained
in Chicago and married Edward circa 1856 or 57, and her family moved to
the town of Scott, Brown County, Wisconsin, to a small village known as
Bay Settlement, near Green Bay.
Ed and Jeanette's first child, Edward M. Laessig was born in Green Bay
on 10 March 1858. Their next three children: Mary, Henry and Augusta,
were born in Chicago. A family story that was handed down told how
Jeanette would smuggle each baby out of the house to be baptized
Catholic a few weeks after it was born, without Ed's knowledge. He was
Lutheran and did not want the children baptized Catholic, however
records at a little church on Maxwell street, now Hispanic, was once a
German Catholic Church, and verify the family lore. At several weeks of
age, each baby was baptized.
The family lived between sets of railroad tracks, and it is believed
that is why their location was sometimes overlooked for census taking.
The address was 81 West Liberty Street. It is described as the `north
side of West Liberty, between South Canal and South Jefferson' and 'N.B.
Mitchell is the street one block south of Liberty', in a Chicago city
directory of 1860-1861. The directory also stated that Edward worked at
J.C.W. Bailey & Co. as a laborer 1865 - 1866 edition.
Birth records indicate that the family relocated to Green Bay, Wisconsin
by the year 1867 when daughter Philomena "Minnie" was born. Cornelia,
Fred, Frank and Charles were likewise born in that area. Son Louis,
"Stoner", daughters Julia and Anna were later born in Marathon County,
Wisconsin where the family relocated to Webertown (Weber), a small
settlement on the Big Eau Pleine River, on the north side of the river.
A sawmill, Catholic Church, store, post office and homes were located on
the south side of the river.
Edward and Jeanette's family consisted of the following:
Edward M. Laessig b. 10 March 1858 m. Amelia Frick.
Mary Laessig b. 5 July 1859 m. Emil R. Ruder.
Henry F. Laessig b. 3 March 1863 m. Agatha "Yette" Wagner.
Augusta "Gustie" Laessig b. 23 Jan. 1865 m. Michael Wagner.
Fred Laessig b. 24 June 1870 m. Olga Polege.
Charles (or Carl) Laessig b. 28 April 1876 m. Jeanette McDonald.
Philomena "Minnie" Laessig b. 1867 m. *Henry Weber.
Louis "Stoner" Laessig b. 2 April 1877, remained unmarried.
Julia Laessig b. 24 March 1879 m. Daniel Vandehey.
Anna Laessig b. 16 March 1881 m. John D. Kissinger.
Cornelia Huberta "Nellie" Laessig b. 22 July 1869 - d. 2 Nov. 1870, age
15 months.
Francis Hubert" Frank" Laessig b. 30 March 1873 m. Mary K. Sawyer b. 22
Oct. 1873 - d. 13 Aug. 1907. Frank then m. Mary Weber on 29 September
1909.
*Henry Weber, husband of Minnie Laessig, was the son of Michael Weber
and Elizabeth Kaiser Weber. Henry's brother Christian Weber was the
founder of Weber Settlement. Christian Weber and his wife Anna Kaiser,
daughter of Andreas Kaiser and Magdalena Esslinger Kaiser, were the
parents of Mary Weber Laessig.
On September 13, 1884, the township of Brighton in Marathon County was
divided in two. The new township that was formed was Eau Pleine, named
after the big Eau Pleine River that flows through the township and Weber
Settlement. In the spring of 1885, Edward L. Laessig was elected the
first chairman of the town of Eau Pleine.
Edward was also responsible, at least in part, for the establishment and
building of the first Lutheran Church just east of where he made his
home. Although the church building no longer remains standing, a small
cemetery, maintained by the Lutheran Church in Stratford, remains. It is
located about a mile and a half north of the village of Stratford.
Edward Laessig worked as a stone mason for much of his life, and he
farmed after moving to Marathon County. He remained in that location for
the remainder of his life, passing on 10 April 1915. He was laid to rest
in the Webertown cemetery maintained as the Eau Pleine Cemetery by St.
Joseph's Catholic Church. As a final choice, Edward converted on his
deathbed. Jeanette lived until 13 May 1924. She is buried beside her
husband.
One of the fond memories of Jeanette passed on to family, was her
ability to bake homemade bread. It was said, she would tuck it in the
corner of her arm, and slice it while holding it. (per Julia Wagner
Burkart).
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Surname: TITZER
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We are having a reunion of descendents pf John & Peter Titzer who came
to Vanderburg Co.in the early 1840s, it will be at ST. Johns in Daylight
IN. on july 29th please contact Pam Titzer-Garrison for more info.
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Surname: SLAUGHTER, HALL, ZIEGLER
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My grandmother Geneva Slaughter was born in Caneyville, Kentucky. Father's
name Lee Edwin Slaughter mother's name,Hester Ann (Rogers)Slaughter. They
moved to Evansville sometime after my grandmother was born. Geneva married
Ira Hall who was from Newburgh, Indiana. Their children were, Mabel, Irene,
Alfred Thomas and Kathryn. Ira died in 1930.
Geneva married a second time to Fred Ziegler, they had several children
together. I'm hoping this information might connect with someone in the
Evansville area. Any information or help would be appreciated.
Kathy
I hope someone has access to this census and would kindly look for Simeon Berry, age abt 55, and wife Sarah, age abt 42. Thank you very much.
charvel(a)lemoorenet.com
Jeff
Surnames: Schuster, Hoepple
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Hi, I'm brand new to this list and am looking for any info on the John
August Schuster and Kathrine <sp?> Hoepple Schuster family or families. I
believe they're both buried in Vanderburgh County. John's parents are
unknown to me but Kathrine's parents were John M. Hoepple and Barbara
Zoll Hoepple.
John August Schuster died on November 20, 1943 and Kathrine died on May
11, 1925.
I have more info on their kids, marriage date/location, etc if needed.
Thank You in Advance,
Shawn Schuster
New Orleans, LA
Looking for anyone with records books, marriage, birth and deaths, late 1800's & early 1900's.
Vanderburgh, Warrick and Gibson Counties
Names
Doerner
Wilhelm
Kautz
Kracht
Thank You,
Kathy
I am in need of help.
I am looking for the cemetery that Laura Boyles Swickard is buried in. He husband Eli W. Swickard and his second wife Alice are buried in Eden Cemetery in Gibson County. We know that Laura gave birth to a daughter, Florance in 1882 in Vanderburgh County and that Eli. remarried in 1888 in Vanderburgh Co. Exact date of Laura's death is unknown.
Thank You,
Kathy
My Vanderburgh, Indiana names are:
Henry B. Jones b. Sept 1859
m. Charlotte Miama Baker b. 1860 IL. Married in Gallatin Co. IL
Children: Raymond b. 1889
Bessie b. 1895
Mary b. 1903
Gertude b. 1905
Bill Baker
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