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Surnames: BARNETT, BROWN, BUECHER, CLOSE, EBERLIN, FORTUM, GROBEN, HEATON, HEPPERLE,
HOFFMAN, KELLY, LOEFFLER, PFAEFFLE, PRUITT, RUETER, SALTZMAN, SCHIMMELMAN , SCHNACKE,
SMITH, STAUSER, STITCH?, TRAUPE, VOELKER, VON SACHE, WIRA, WOOD
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Family Notes of Clara (Eberlin) Wood Groben
Evansville, Vanderburgh Co, Indiana
[left in her papers given in 1951 to her cousin Edward John Buecher, and rediscovered in
his papers in 2000 by his daughter Carol Lois (Buecher) Haywood email: chaywood(a)sonic.net
website:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hoosiers
Format. fountain pen notes about family history in a small 3" by 5" bound book
of lined pages, with embossed pasteboard covers, titled "Memorandum".
[inside front cover] "Arthur Eberlin, Brother, Secr'ty manager of the Chamber of
commerce
William Eberlin, Brother, night watchman at Von Behren's near Ingleharts flour mill
[crossed out] works at Chrysler
"Mother
Married Sept. 29, 1879. Katherine Groben, born Jan. 9, 1857, had 9 children, Died Jan.
1940
Father
John Groben born Nov. 12th, 1849. Died Sept. 7, 1912
Children
Joseph Ambrose Groben Born Dec. 7, 1880. Died
Lena Groben born Sept. 25, 1883. Died Married Osa Stitch?, had 2 children
Mary Groben Born Oct. 27, 1887 Died June
Married Henry Schimmelman, had five children
Henry Groben born Oct. 24th, 1892. Died
Married Margaret Rueter, had 2 children, Gilbert and Clifford
Edmund Groben Born Feb. 21, 1894 Died Married Alvina Loeffler has 2 children
Leo Groben Born August 31, 1896 Died married Muriel Fortum had 5 children, 4 living,
Vernon killed in war
Ervin
Evelyn & Leona
and another son
Clements Groben Born Feb. 17, 1898 Died Married Bertha Heaton has 3 children
Josephine Groben Born March 30, 18?? Died 1939 Married Whirley Brown had 2 children
John Groben, Jr., Born June 17, 1904 Died Married Beatrice Hoffman had 2 children
Joe Grobens children
Helen Groben Born Feb. 29, 1908 Died Dec. 25th, 1938 Married Carl Pruitt One child born
dead
Sylvester Groben Born Jan. 2, 1910 Died Married Jan. 27th, 1931 Jessie Barnett Born Died
Juanita Joan Groben,
their child, born July 3rd, 1931.
their child Carol Rae born Aug. 30, 1934
son Davey Joe born Sept. 1944
married?
Mother
Rosa Eberlin
Born
Died
Father
Philip Eberlin
Born Aug. 3rd
Died August 25th, 1941
had 3 children
Clara Eberlin
Born Nov. 11th, 1883
Died 1951
Thanksgiving Nov. 1911
died
married Will A. Wood
Born Dec. 27, 1880
had one living child
Lynette Mildred
Born March 19, 1913
Died Nov. 1915
Clara Wood Married Joseph A. Groben, born Dec. 7, 1880 on June 26, 1923
Died
no children
Arthur Eberlin
Born Oct. 28, 1886
Died
Married Ethel Kelly
Died
then married Valada Voelker
Had one child Gilbert Eberlin by Ethel Kelly
Born
Died
Married
William Eberlin
Born March 15th, 1888
Died
Married Eva Von Sache
Sept. 7, 1937
Grandchildren
Tillie
Viola
Clarence & another son
Mable Eddie and Julius
Clara Arthur & Willie
Earl Edward Harold Ruth & Marcella
Grandfather
William Traupe
Grandmother
Anna Traupe
My mother's parents. Rosa Eberlin my mother.
Born in Braunschweig in Altgandersheim, Germany
Children
Christ married Jennie Traupe both dead
William not married died when 21
John Traupe married Kate Wira
Henry Traupe married Louise Stauser 1 child Clarance
Anna Traupe married Julius Close
Mable Edward & Julius (dead)
Rose Traupe married (dead)
Philip Eberlin 3 children
Katie Traupe married Ed Buecher. both dead
came over here in ship together & married
took 2 weeks to cross
Grandchildren
Clara Arthur and Bill
Katie Delilah Roy Edward Emil
Maudie and Walter
Tillie
Ida Jake and Charlie
My dad's Parents
Mother Albertina
Father
11 children
Philip married Rosa Traupe
Emil married Lou Hepperle
Bill married Anna Schnacke
Robert married Alice Smith
Jennie married Christ Traupe
Carrie not married
Tillie married Mr. Pfaeffle
Our Dog Booze lived to be 16 years old.
Died Sept. 21st, 1944. white curly with brown spots.
Our dog Shep born Oct. 1944.
She was 2 months old when we bought him in Dec. 1944.
Bill's dog Teddy staid here about
well right after Shep came. Teddy was 16 years old too.
But we had to have him put to sleep. He had a stroke &
suffered for 2 days, he died April 22, 1949.
Joe Grobens Parents
Catherine Saltzman Mother
John Groben Father
Children
Joe Lena Henry Edmund Leo Clements John Mary
Joseph A. Groben
born Dec. 7, 1880, St. Wendle, Ind.
Katherine Saltzman married John Groben, Parents of Joseph Groben
Clara A. Groben born Nov. 11, 1883 in Evansville, Ind.
Father and Mother Rose Traupe married Philip Eberlin
Brothers Arthur & Will"
numerous blank pages follow
[inside cover] No partings yonder. Religious song"