Michael Kalb [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 27 Jan 1840 in Neukelheim, Niederbayern, Germany (now Ihrlerstein). He was christened 3 on 28 Jan 1840 in Kelheim, Niederbayern, Germany. He died 4, 5 on 3 May 1910 in Kniman, Walker Twp., Jasper Co., IN. He was buried 6 in 1910 in Chicago, IL (St. Boniface Cemetery). He married 7, 8 Ottilia on 28 Aug 1898 in Chicago, IL. Michael immigrated 9 in 1871. He was employed 10, 11 as coal dealer in 1900 in Chicago, IL.
Other marriages:Bruna, Anna
IMMIGRANT 1871?
RESEARCH NOTE: Family tradition places his death on 5/8/1912, but Jasper Co Index lists date as 5/3/1910 in Kniman if it is him. This is also the date listed at St. Boniface.
1871 Emigrated from Kelheim to the U.S.
1872 Living in Lake Co., Indiana
1888 Purchased a cemetery plot at St. Boniface Cemetery in Chicago around the same time as his brothers.
1900 Living with wife Ottilie and son William in Chicago's West Town at 390 North Avenue. They were married 9 years, but the original number was crossed out for Michael. Working as a coal dealer. His son was born in Indiana. The oil industry in Jasper County was picking up around this time. Perhaps, a coal dealer would want to get into that.
1910 Living with wife Ottilie alone. No occupation listed. He lived a few houses from that of Clemens Ott in Union Twp., Jasper Co., IN. Says they were married 11 years.
Ottilia was born 1 in Germany. She married 2, 3 Michael Kalb on 28 Aug 1898 in Chicago, IL. Ottilia immigrated 4 in 1895.
William Gercke was born 1 in 1858 in Germany. He married Dorothy. William immigrated 2 in 1895 to Germany to Illinois.
1910 Lived at 3753 Wilson in Chicago with wife and daughter.
Dorothy was born 1 in 1862 in Germany. She married William Gercke.
They had the following children:
F i Anna Gercke
Arthur Leonard was born 1 in 1896 in Illinois. He married 2 Lillian S. Godenius before 1917 in Chicago, IL.
Lillian S. Godenius [Parents] was born 1 in 1898 in Illinois. She died before 1973. She married 2 Arthur Leonard before 1917 in Chicago, IL.
1920 Living with husband at 8400 Morgan St. in Chicago
They had the following children:
F i Living
Axel Nils Herman Wide was born 1 in 1901 in Jönköping, Sweden. He died 2 on 12 Nov 1952 in Marion Co., Oregon. He married 3 Helga S. Godenius in 1929 in Chicago, IL. Axel immigrated 4, 5 on 23 Nov 1923 to Gothenberg, Sweden to New York aboard S.S. Stockholm. He was employed 6 as bookkeeper in 1930 in Chicago, IL.
1923 Immigrates through Ellis Island to Gary, IN
Helga S. Godenius [Parents] was born 1, 2 on 4 Jun 1900 in Illinois. She died 3 on 17 Feb 1937 in Portland, OR. She married 4 Axel Nils Herman Wide in 1929 in Chicago, IL.
TIMELINE:
1930 Living at 4713 Lawndale with husband. (U.S. Census)
1931 Passes through port of New York on trip to Europe with husband. She lists home as 4709 N. Lawndale.
1937 Dies in Oregon.
They had the following children:
M i Ralph Axel Wide was born 1 on 31 Jul 1931. He died 2 on 26 Aug 1990 in Washington Co., OR.
Living [Parents]
Salem Town Richardson [Parents] was born 1 in 1806 in Ohio. He died 2, 3 on 2 Sep 1881 in Bloomer Twp., Montcalm Co., MI. He was buried 4 in 1881 in Ronald Twp., Ionia Co., MI (Palo Cemetery). He married 5 Lorinda Cross on 6 Sep 1835 in Carthage Twp., Athens Co., OH. Salem was employed 6 as justice of the peace & roads commissioner after 1853 in Montcalm Co., MI. He was employed 7 as river boat operator before 1853 in Athens Co., OH. He joined religion 8 Universalist. He was employed as farmer in 1860/1880 in Bloomer, Montcalm Co., MI.
Parents born in NY. Linked through Ina King's account in the Langdon History.
RESEARCH NOTES:
Detailed family history in Ina King Goodsell's account at a family reunion in Carson City, MI, in 1927 written from memory by Charles Lavern Langdon (http://web.ncf.ca/ap312/chap3str.htm)
From the above account: They moved to Michigan in 1853 to Bloomer Township in Montcalm County. They came with covered wagons; one being drawn by a yoke of oxen, the other by team of horses hired for the trip. They arrived in September of 1853 and at once started to build a little house to serve as shelter from the Winter that would soon be upon them; the severity of which they did not even dream. It was built of logs cut from the forest by grandfather and the boys.... Named for a town in Orleans Co., Vermont. Operated canal boat on Ohio River. (Langdon)TIMELINE:
1837 Served as township trustee for Rome Twp., Athens Co., OH (History of Athens County, Ohio)
1840 Noted on census living in Rome, Athens Co., OH, with wife and four children.
1850 Farming on a rented farm in Sycamore, Wyandot Co., OH, with wife and children. Mother Susannah Culver lives nearby with his step-father Ebenezer Culver.
1853 Moved to Bloomer Twp., MI, with family. (Langdon, Chas.)
1860 Farming in Bloomer, MI, with wife and children.
1880 Living in Bloomer, MI, with wife Lorinda and grand-daughter Lorinda, aged 12.
Lorinda Cross [Parents] was born 1 in 1808 in Pennsylvania. She died after 1880. She married 2 Salem Town Richardson on 6 Sep 1835 in Carthage Twp., Athens Co., OH. Lorinda was employed 3 as nurse in Bloomer, Montcalm Co., MI. She was employed 4 as teacher before 1836 in Athens Co., OH. She served in the military 5 field nurse for U.S. during Civil War in 1860/1965 in Staten Island, New York, NY.
Parents linked from Family Search Pedigree.
They had the following children:
F i Mellissa A. Richardson M ii Plainwell Richardson was born 1 in 1834 in Ohio. M iii Edwin Richardson was born 1 in 1836 in Ohio. M iv Charles Richardson M v Ozro Richardson was born 1 in 1840 in Ohio. F vi Lodoski Richardson was born 1 in 1847 in Ohio. M vii Alonzo Richardson was born 1 in 1852 in Ohio. He died 2 in 1861 in Bloomer, Montcalm Co., MI. The cause of death was scarlet fever. M viii Thomas Richardson.
William W. King was born 1, 2 on 30 Mar 1799 in Pownal, Bennington Co., VT. He died 3 on 1 Dec 1888 in Ingham, Ingham Co., MI. He married Sarah after 1851. William was employed 4 as farmer in 1880 in Carson City, Montcalm Co., MI.
Other marriages:Ellis, Broadsea
Research Notes: linked through son William's death record. Father listed on census as being born in Rhode Island.
TIMELINE:
1820 Not in Ripley census this year.
1830 Living in Ripley, Chatauqua Co., NY, with woman and child. This is a small truck farming community bordering Pennsylvania on Lake Erie. [1830 U.S. Census]
1840 Living with wife in Ripley, Chatauqua Co., NY. There are several minors at his address so he may have a previous marriage. [1840 U.S. Census]
1842 Now living right across the border in Pennsylvania.
1847 By now is living in Michigan.
1850 Living in Concord, Jackson Co., MI, and farming. He lives with wife and all his children. [U.S. Census]
1860 Living in Bloomer Twp., Montcalm Co., and farming. He lives with his wife and two youngest children. [U.S. Census]
1880 Living alone in Carson City, MI, and working as a farmer. He is a widowed 80 year-old. [U.S. Census]
Sarah.Sarah married William W. King after 1851.
Charles Richardson [Parents] was born 1 in 1839 in Ohio. He married Mary S..
Mary S..Mary married Charles Richardson.
They had the following children:
M i Alonzo Richardson was born 1 in Aug 1877 in Montcalm Co., MI. He died 2 on 16 Sep 1877 in Carson City, Montcalm Co., MI. The cause of death was dysentery. F ii Lodoski Richardson was born 1 in 1868 in Montcalm Co., MI.
Daniel D. Cross [Parents] was born 1 in 1799 in Pennsylvania. He died in 1876 in Ohio. He married Jane Z. Decker.
Jane Z. Decker.Jane married Daniel D. Cross.
They had the following children:
M i Bolivar Cross.
John Neeves Peace [Parents] was born 1 on 25 Jun 1818 in Hancock Co., GA. He died 2 in 1902 in Adairsville, Bartow Co., GA. He was buried 3 in 1902 in Adairsville, Bartow Co., GA (Hall Station Cemetery). He married 4 Ann May Minton on 18 Jan 1844 in Georgia. John was employed 5 as overseer in 1860 in Russell Co., AL.
Other marriages:Fry, Adeline
1840s Living in Hancock Co., GA, John grew a successful farm and served as justice of the peace. (Janice Brown)
1849 Sometime before this time John moved to Barbour Co., AL, where he owned a 400 acre farm and many slaves. (ibid.)
1861 During the Civil War, or what records called "the late unpleasantness," John was commissioned by the C.S. government in Barbour Co., AL, to raise grain and stock on his farm to feed troops. (ibid.)
1865 His wife, Ann, died at the end of the war, leaving him with alone with the girls. (ibid.)
1866 Married a widow, Mrs. Adeline Barnes, with two sons. They soon moved back to Georgia in Bartow County. (ibid.)Member of the Mount Carmel Methoduct Church in Bartow Co., GA (Brown)
Ann May Minton died 1 in 1865 in Barbour Co., AL. She married 2 John Neeves Peace on 18 Jan 1844 in Georgia.
They had the following children:
M i William B. Peace was born 1 in 1846 in Hancock Co., GA. He died 2 in Rock Island, IL. William served in the military 3, 4 Civil War veteran of the Confederacy at rank of private 1861 - 1865 in First Alabama Regiment Sharpshooters. F ii Elizabeth H. Peace was born 1 in 1848 in Georgia. F iii Mary Susan Peace was born 1 in 1852 in Georgia. F iv Nancy J. Peace was born 1 after 1849 in Barbour Co., AL. F v Emma Peace was born 1 in 1856 in Russell Co., AL.