Ida Edith SCHULZE
"Edith" (Anna Catharine ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 22 Mar
1868 in Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa. She died between 1936 and 1940 in
Boulder City, Nevada and was buried in Denver, Colorado.
Edith married George R. HENSON about 1889. George was born Jun 1864 in Missouri.
George was a railroad conductor for the Union Pacific Railroad out of Trinidad and later for the Colorado and Southern Railroad out of Denver.
They had two children:
Julia married Walter FISK on 21 Sep 1913 in Denver, Colorado. Julia graduated from Trinidad High School. She lived for a time in Greeley, Colorado after her marriage to Walter Fisk.
Walter was a pharmacist and owned drug stores in Denver, Colorado Springs and Greybull, Wyoming. They also studied optometry and later are said to have lived in Henderson or Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ara married Howard G. CURTIS, “Billie” on 2 Jun 1916 in Denver, Denver, Colorado. Howard was born about 1895.
Frederick Carl SCHULZE (Anna
Catharine ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 11 Apr 1872 in Lansing,
Iowa. He died in Boulder, Colorado and was buried in Denver.
Frederick married Emma BAYSE, “Aunt Em”, in Lansing, Iowa. Emma was born about 1874 in Illinois.
Frederick was a railroad conductor but his hobby was a gold mine near Boulder, Colorado, where he would vacation and hunt for gold (but never found much). He also had a tire and auto repair business in Indiana Harbor, Indiana. Apparently, according to Marcella Schultz Dygert, Freddie never amounted to much.
They had one child
Frederick married Nora RAY on 6 Aug 1917 in Greeley, Colorado. Nora was born about 1898.
"Freddy" and Nora named their children after movie stars; Freddy, Douglas, Delores, Roberta, Bobolink, Myrna Loy, Marie and Erlinathena. Nora was reported to have been from "a mountain town. She was very good looking and, although not very well educated, she was smart and the real bread-winner in the family."
Leander Vaughn SCHULZE
"Uncle Lee" (Anna
Catharine ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 11
Feb 1876 in Lansing, Iowa. He died after 1976.
Uncle Lee married Mercia WALKER on 1 Dec 1903 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mercia was born about 1876 in Wisconsin.
Mercia was from Pueblo, Colorado, a widow with two children; Ruth and Harry. Leander was the postmaster in La Veta, Colorado. He also was a rancher for a time near Barela, Colorado.
They had three children:
Robert married Margaret Agatha MCALLISTER, daughter of Charles Edward MCALLISTER and Margaret JONES, on 26 Apr 1905 in Albany, New York. Margaret was born 19 Aug 1879 in Albany. She died 22 Feb 1952 in Springfield, Missouri and was buried in Springfield.
When Robert was a small boy the Schulzes left Lansing for Nebraska where they took up a homestead near Orleans, Nebraska. The bleak country had a redeeming asset in that the Cudahy Company, makers of Old Dutch Cleanser, had a lease to extract silica. It was said by Marcella Schultz Dygert, a daughter, that the Schulzes became quite affluent as a result. Robert died of a heart attack six days before his 67th birthday. Robert was a railroad man all his life.
They had six children:
Marcella married George B. DYGERT "Togo" in 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. Togo was born 30 Jul 1906 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He died Dec 1983 in Hamilton County, Ohio.
Robert married Jean MULLAHEY in 1945 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Marietta married Leo Francis BARON in San Francisco, 4 Mar 1933. He was born 6 Apr 1908 in Springfield, Missouri, a son of Charles Leo BARON and Mary Wilhelmina HOPPE. He died 24 Feb 1973 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Marietta had a full life in her 92 years and remembered all of it. With a father in the railroad business and a husband in the newspaper business, she moved a lot. On her 80th birthday, she was asked if she knew how many homes she had lived in. "36," she answered. And then she recited the addresses of them all — Cleburne, Texas, Springfield, Missouri, Wilmington, Delaware, Indiana Harbor and Whiting, Indiana, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Kansas City, Arlington, New Jersey, New Rochelle, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Boston and Denver. For most addresses she also remembered the phone numbers. When she turned 90, she was asked the same question. She repeated all addresses. For her entire life, family members used her as the ultimate source on family matters.
She was close to her two sisters and two brothers throughout her life, but especially to her older sister, Mickey. Until Mickey died, the two of them were best friends, talked weekly and even completed each other's sentences. They were nicknamed "the code sisters" since they often did not even bother to finish sentences but just exchanged words to communicate in a language no one else could follow.
After raising two children, she worked at the Grolier Company, University of Chicago Hospital and Houghton Mifflin in Boston.
According to her son Robert BARON, in the early 1980's, there was a strike at the supermarket she favored. She was asked if she would like to go elsewhere to do her shopping since there were pickets outside the store. She wanted to go where she had always shopped. As we pulled up to the store, she said: "I'll go into my old lady act." Her son waited in the car and a while later she came out and the strikers loaded the groceries and helped her into the car.
Charles married Dorothy J. DEHOFF on 30 Sep 1950. Dorothy died 15 Apr 1963 in Chicago, Illinois.
Martha Alberta SCHULZE
"Birdie" (Anna
Catharine ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 22 Feb
1882 in Lansing, Iowa. She died in childbirth 17 Dec 1924 in
Pittsburg, Kansas after the family waited too long to call a doctor,
and was buried 19 Dec 1924 in Pittsburg.
Birdie married William Ezekiel BELDEN, son of George W. BELDEN and Lucy NILES, on 30 Aug 1904 in Denver, Colorado. William was born 10 May 1878 in Chesterton, Indiana. He died 29 Jan 1944 in Los Angeles, California.
Aunt Birdie was one of the most popular teachers in Las Animas County. According to Marcella Schulze Dygert she had the most education in the family. "She was a smart woman but her husband sort of dragged through life," according to Marcella.
They had three children:
Wilma married Raymond R. DESOMBER on 19 Aug 1928 in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Raymond was born about 1906 in Wyoming.
George married Lettie Martha CAMPBELL on 8 Aug 1930 in Los Angeles, California. Lettie was born 16 Apr 1911 in Porterville, California.
Jean married John Robert HUMPHREY on 13 Dec 1941 in Yuma, Arizona. John was born 7 Aug 1920 in Racine, Missouri. He died 23 Jun 1998 in Casa Grande, Arizona and was buried 4 Jul 1998 in Hemet, California.
Harry J. SCHULZE (Anna
Catharine ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 9 Apr 1884 in Lansing, Iowa. He
died in Alexandria, Virginia, in a railroad accident
Harry married a girl from Memphis, Tennessee, Lillian A. HERSEY about 1915. She was born about 1885 in Mississippi. They moved to Alexandria, Virginia where he worked for Fruit Growers Express.
They had four children:
Lulu married John Thomas BELDEN in Orleans, Nebraska. John was born 28 Mar 1890 in Norton, Kansas. He died 17 Nov 1971 in Beaverton, Oregon.
They had four children:
Marie married Martin William TURNER on 26 Oct 1932 in California.
Hazel married King MCDONALD in Feb 1933 in California.
Donald married Geraldine Violet HELLER, daughter of John William HELLER and Virgie Mae THOMAS, on 22 Jun 1941 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Geraldine was born 14 Mar 1922 in Hooper, Nebraska.
Winnie came with her family by train to The Dalles in 1891 when she was 16 years old from La Crosse, Wisconsin. She met Heike (pronounced "Ike"), a young farmer who "had a lot of good habits." Their courtship between Albany and The Dalles was by letter; "the only way", said Winnie. She and Heike were married in her parent's home..."by the undertaker because the itinerant preacher was away." Winnie said, "He was the justice of the peace, too."
Winnie loved to memorize and recite poetry. They "contain a lot of good morals, some are funny ones," she said. She held continuous membership in Western Star Grange for 70 years and was a hard working and activist member. She had held practically every office and served several times as master.
Winnie married Heike OHLING "Ike", son of Paul Janssen OHLING and Teetje Feewen RAVENSTEIN, on 30 May 1894. Ike was born 28 Oct 1865 in Freeport, Illinois. He died 24 Oct 1929 in Albany, Oregon and was buried in Albany.
Heike ("Ike") moved to Linn County with his parents at the age of four in about 1869. He was a farmer and dairyman most of his life.
The Ohlings were all work and business, from a "respectable", fairly well-to-do German background. Heike and Winnie lived and worked on their farm near Gray, Oregon until he retired in 1919 and they moved Albany, leaving the operation of the farm to just-married son Glenn.
They had three children:
"Roy" Ohling was born on the family farm six miles south of Albany and lived there all his life except for 1 ½ years spent in California. He was prominent in Linn county farming and dairying circles and was active in promoting farming in cooperation with the extension service. He was a 46-year member of the Western Star Grange, an Army veteran of World War I and a long time member of the Albany Methodist church.
Roy married Florence Henrietta EASTMAN, daughter of Hiram H. EASTMAN and Henrietta CALKINS, on 21 Sep 1924 in Linn County, Oregon. Florence was born 14 Apr 1895 in Straight Creek, Kansas.
Glenn was named for his great great grandmother Catherine (Glendennen) Vaughn. Glenn was born on the farm on Oakville Road where he had lived his entire life and where he died. He was a farmer and a member of Western Star Grange.
Glenn married Rachel Amelia MILLER, daughter of Abraham Benedict MILLER and Artie Mina SWARTZWALTER, on 17 Sep 1919 in Brownsville, Oregon. Rachel was born 8 Feb 1897 in Eugene, Oregon. She died 20 Aug 1983 in Corvallis, Oregon and was buried 23 Aug 1983 in Twin Oaks, Oregon.
Rachel grew up in the Willamette Valley, graduated from Albany High School and lived most of her life in the Albany area. She was a member of Albany First Evangelical Church and a 60-year member of Western Star Grange. Rachel was one of Linn County's popular school teachers.
Bennie married Lettie Olive UNDERHILL, daughter of Horace Erwin UNDERHILL and Lydia Alice Margaret BOLES, on 2 Dec 1924 in Albany, Oregon. Lettie was born 15 Oct 1903 in Summit, Washington. She died 13 Jan 1996 in Newport, Oregon and was buried 16 Jan 1996 in Albany, Oregon. She was a master gardener and played piano for dances.
Emma was once a telephone operator in Arlington, Oregon and worked in a hotel in Dunsmuir before her marriage to Robert Veal. She resided in La Crosse, Wisconsin until 1891 when the family came to the Dalles, Oregon. From 1909 to 1956 she lived in Albany, Oregon.
Emma married Robert A. B. VEAL "Bert" on 10 Mar 1909 in Oregon. Bert was born 2 Jul 1874 in Wabash, Indiana. He died 14 Dec 1919 in Albany, Oregon.
Robert Veal moved with his family to Oregon from Kansas in 1884. He attended the Albany schools and graduated from Albany College and a business college in Portland. For several years he was a court reporter and was appointed reporter for the third judicial district of Oregon. He was one of the most proficient shorthand writers in the state.
He later joined his father's chair manufacturing business. For 21 years he was a member of R. Veal and Sons, manufacturers of chairs in Albany. The factory grew to be the largest business of its kind west of the Mississippi River. In 1919, the year he died, they employed 100 men.
They had one child:
Flora Mae married Wilferd Allen HAUSMANN "Bill"
on 27 Oct 1897 in Churchs Ferry, North Dakota. Bill was born 14 Mar
1869 in Lansing, Iowa. He died 27 Jun 1942 in Churchs Ferry and was
buried in Churchs Ferry.
Flora Mae was the oldest in the family and probably did not receive more than an eighth grade education. She lived and worked for a time in the home of a minister and his wife in Devils Lake in order to attend school there. She was very active in her Methodist church. As a young girl she would walk from the farm to town on Sunday evenings to play the organ for church services. She had the pleasant habit of always singing or whistling while she worked, usually hymns, all of which she knew by heart. Flora Mae was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, having held several offices including Worthy Matron. She was also well known as a marvelous cook. On their 25th wedding anniversary the community of Churchs Ferry had a surprise celebration for the Hausmanns at the church. Twenty-fifth anniversaries were rare in those days.
Known as "Bill", he was often called a "sidewalk farmer" because he lived in town but had farming interests. He owned a tree farm on land he filed on when he came to North Dakota from Lansing. It was part of a US Department of Agriculture program whereby one could file on a tract of land, plant trees on it to hold the soil and then claim it as one's own.
Bill brought the first automobile to Churchs Ferry in 1907, a Lambert, which he drove from Minneapolis, Minnesota, about 500 miles. He built the first garage in town and hired a mechanic to run it. Before the main part of the garage was occupied with too many cars, he flooded part of the cement floor in winter for a skating rink. He was also the manager of the opera house and when motion pictures began to be shown he bought a projector and showed movies every Saturday night. Later, twice a week.
Bill was prominent in community and civic affairs, a member and president of the Churchs Ferry Board of Education for 30 years and served two terms in the state legislature. He was a Past Master of the Masonic Lodge and a Shriner.
He was a member of the Devils Lake Elks Lodge where he was Exalted Ruler for two terms and was also the Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler for the state of North Dakota. He was chairman of the Elks State Committee for crippled children, one of the great interests of his life.
They had seven children:
Luverne attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, across the river from Hamline University in St. Paul, where he could keep a brotherly eye on his sister, Neva. Luverne never married. He lived and worked on the Hausmann farm at Churchs Ferry and managed his mother's estate after his father died. In 1946 he was elected president of the Churchs Ferry and Zion Congregation Cemetery Association (Antioch Cemetery).
Neva Viette HAUSMANN
was born 4 Jul 1899 in Churchs Ferry, North Dakota. She
died 27 May 1996 in Sedona, Arizona.
Neva married Malcolm F. FARLEY on 6 Aug 1924 in Churchs Ferry, North Dakota. Malcolm was born 31 Jan 1896 in Renville, Minnesota. He died 1 Feb 1941 in Chicago, Illinois.
Neva graduated from high school in 1917 after which she took graduate courses in physics and biology before going on to university.
She attended Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, graduating with a major in education. While in University she met Malcolm Farley and they became engaged. After graduation he was accepted by the Associated Board for Christian Colleges in China to teach at Fukien University in Foochow, Fukien, China. He accepted with the understanding he could return for the summer after two years, to get married and take his bride back to China with him. Before they were married and went to China, Neva taught school for two years. They went by train to San Francisco and then sailed to China via Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Neva learned the language, customs, history and culture of her new home. She had to leave in 1927 because of the civil war and all American women and children were evacuated. Daughter Patricia was born during this time in the Philippines. They were able to return in the 1930's but there was much political turmoil all over China. In addition to bandits, war lords and pirates, communists posed a new threat. Neva left on furlough in 1936, a year early for medical reasons. A year later Malcolm sailed from Shanghai on the morning of July 7, 1937 and after they had sailed they heard the news that the Japanese had attacked Shanghai. This ended their missionary work in China.
After Malcolm died Neva had a variety of jobs, including summer work at her sister and brother-in-law's restaurant, the Green Grill in Churubusco, Indiana. Later she was food service manager at the YWCA in Denver and then at the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder where she was Physical Science Technician in Physics. She retired from the National Bureau of Standards in 1965.
A highlight of Neva's life was to return to China in 1980 and to find their cook of many years, many people she had known and the site of their summer home where the typhoon protection wall was all that was left. Again in 1987 (at age 88) she went back to Foochow as a volunteer to teach English for three months at a high school associated with the university where her husband had taught. She had an abiding interest and love of flowers and gardening. She was a member of the Boulder, Colorado, Garden Club for many years.
Malcolm attended Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Minnesota where he obtained his Masters degree. He went to China in 1922 where he was a professor of English and head of the Department of Western Languages and Literature at Fukien Christian University. He taught English, French and Chinese art and archaeology.
He became an archaeologist in China and collected Chinese ceramics, bronzes and other Chinese artifacts. During one of their furloughs from China, Malcolm studied Chinese art and archaeology for nine months at the Sorbonne and University of Paris.
His interest in Chinese art and archaeology led to the study of the medieval trade between China and the Near East. In 1939 with grant money from Harvard Yenching Institute and the American Council of Learned Studies he searched the ruins of eastern Mediterranean countries to establish the evidence of commerce between south China and the Near East. He collected more than 1000 bronze warriors in China. His collections of Chinese art are on exhibit at Hamline University (The Malcolm F. Farley Memorial Collection), the Field Museum in Chicago and at the Denver and Phoenix Art Museums.
Dorothy was raised and educated in the Churchs Ferry
schools and graduated from Churchs Ferry High School. She
attended Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota for two
years and graduated from the University of Minnesota in
1923. She taught school in Churchs Ferry and Wilton, North
Dakota, and in Edgar and Troy, Montana prior to her marriage.
After her marriage the couple moved to Churubusco, Indiana where they owned and operated a newspaper. They left Indiana in 1946 and lived in Marshfield, Wisconsin; Seattle, Washington, and Watford City until returning to Churchs Ferry in 1958.
Dorothy married Gordon METTLER on 30 Dec 1930 in Churchs Ferry. Gordon was born 7 Apr 1902 in Monarch, Montana. He died 29 Aug 1993 in Columbia Falls, Montana and was buried 3 Sep 1993 in Churchs Ferry.
As a young boy, Gordon moved with his family to East Glacier, Montana and when a teenager to Spokane, Washington where he graduated from high school. Gordon graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in journalism and then went to Troy, Montana where he worked for a newspaper. For a time he was a linotype operator and later owner and publisher of a newspaper in Churubusco, Indiana. He and Dorothy also ran the Green Grill restaurant in Churubusco.
In the late 1940s they moved to Marshfield, Wisconsin where Gordon was manager of the Culligan Water Softener distributorship. He went back to college and obtained a teaching degree and taught school in Seattle, Washington and in Churchs Ferry. After Dorothy died he moved to Columbia Falls where he lived with his sister until her death in August of 1993.
Gordon was well read, philosophical and a great talker. During the summers when school was out he and Dorothy worked in a gift shop run by his sister in Glacier National Park, Montana.
Robert graduated from Churchs Ferry High School in 1925. His main interest was in mechanics and he attended tractor school in Fargo, North Dakota. After his marriage he lived and worked on one of his father's farms until his father died in 1942. Robert then took over the management of the farms in partnership with his brother, Luverne. The two brothers eventually bought the heirs rights of the interests of the other members of the family.
Robert was civic-minded and served on several civic and community boards. He was a member of the Masonic and Elks Lodges. He was confirmed in the Methodist Church but joined the Lutheran faith after his marriage.
Robert married Lila JOHNSON on 26 Jul 1930 in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota. Lila was born 2 Feb 1906 in Penn, Ramsey, North Dakota. She died 1998.
Mildred graduated from Churchs Ferry High School in 1928 and attended Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, for three years. In 1933 she went to Churubusco, Indiana, to work for her sister, Dorothy and her husband, in their printing office. After her marriage to Joseph they continued to live in Churubusco. Mildred was an active member of the Methodist Church and enjoyed gardening and baking cookies for shut-ins. Her untimely death was due to a malignant brain tumor.
Mildred married Joseph WEAVER on 12 May 1934 in , Jones, MS. Joseph was born 21 Jun 1904 in Churubusco, Whitley, Indiana. He died 7 Apr 1983 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Joe Weaver was an electrician and had a business selling and repairing television sets.
Margaret was active in school affairs where she was a 4-H member, sang in choruses and choirs, played basketball and studied piano. Following school she was a Girl Scout leader, directed community chorus and church choir. She is a member of Eastern Star, where she held local, district and state offices. She is a member of Devils Lake Music Club, which is a member of the National Federation of Music Clubs.
Margaret was a third generation member of the Methodist Church of which her grandfather, John Thomson, was a charter member.
Margaret married Darwin McConnell ROHRER on 5 Jan 1944, in the home of Margaret's sister, Neva Hausmann Farley, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Darwin was born 30 Mar 1910 in Benson County, North Dakota. He died 18 Feb 1989 in Devils Lake, North Dakota and was buried in Churchs Ferry.
Darwin graduated from Irvine Consolidated High School in 1928 and attended Minot Business College for one term. He worked at various jobs until he took up farming "on a shoe-string" and eventually became an extremely successful farmer, acquiring farm land until at retirement he owned nearly 2000 acres. Darwin's main interest was working with livestock and horses. He was a licensed and bonded livestock buyer.
Baseball was also one of his life-long passions and he played on a local team and later was an avid spectator. During school years he was a member of 4H and received several awards including one for owning and showing the Grand Champion heifer at the North Dakota State Fair in 1929. Later he was a 4H leader for many years; a member of the Elks Club and Masonic Lodge. He also was on the county 4H council, the elevator board, school board and the Benson County Welfare Board.
Alice THOMSON
(Margaret Jane ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 27 Nov 1880 in
Lansing, Iowa. She died 16 May 1956 in Los Angeles, California.
Alice married Charles Garfield SPRONG, son of David Henry SPRONG and Rachael HOLLIDAY, before 1915. Charles was born 30 Jul 1877 in Potter, Kansas. He died 23 Aug 1953 in Santa Monica, California.
Charles worked for a telephone company in Kansas. In 1930 they were resident in Santa Rosa, California He was in the real estate business in California and lived in Long Beach at the time of his death.
They had one child:
Nell married Frank GANO on 1 Dec 1915 in Grandview,
Washington. Frank was born 25 Sep 1887 in Forest, Ohio. He died 1 Dec
1978 in Sunnyside, Washington and was buried 4 Dec 1978 in Grandview.
Nell, or Nellie, was educated in Churchs Ferry, North Dakota. She moved to Grandview with her parents in 1912. The Ganos bought a farm in 1919 between Sunnyside and Outlook, Washington. In 1929 they moved to Grandview.
Nellie was a member of the First Methodist Church, Eastern Star, and American Legion Auxiliary. She took an active interest in the affairs of the Grandview community.
Frank came west in 1908 and settled in Yakima. In about 1929 he opened the first State Farm Mutual Insurance office, the first in "the lower valley". He was also a broker for several other insurance companies for many years. He served for many years as the representative for the American Red Cross, in charge of distributing emergency funds to those in need, and this often reached into his personal funds. He was awarded a citation from the Republican National Committee in recognition for his dedicated and unfaltering service as a representative of the State Central Committee. He was a lifetime member of the Grandview Chamber of Commerce, served as a member of the Grandview City Council and was a lifetime and active member of the United Methodist Church. He was also a member of the Grandview Rotary Club.
Frank loved the outdoors and was widely known for his wonderful garden and beautiful flowers.
They had two children, not their own, related somehow, but raised as their own:
Dorothy married Kenneth KNERR. Kenneth was born 8 Sep 1917. He died 10 Jul 1991 in Oregon.
Minnie married James DAVIDSON, son of O. J. and Ingaborg DAVIDSON, on 26 Jun 1912 in Churchs Ferry. James was born 29 Mar 1888 in Soldiers Grove, Wsconsin. He died 29 Nov 1954 in Harrington, Washington. James was in the grocery business.
They had two children:
Dorothy married Walter Franklin MORRISON, son of Norman Willis MORRISON and Emma Wilhelmina ERFMANN, on 24 Nov 1938 in Spokane, Washington. Walter was born 19 Dec 1908 in Troy, Montana. He died 9 Jan 1963 in Libby, Montana and was buried in Troy, Montana. Walter managed and then owned a grocery and dry goods store in Troy, Montana.
Robert married Margaret GUADANOL on 8 Feb 1944 in Deming, New Mexico. Margaret was born 3 Apr 1923 in Priest River, Idaho.
Raymond W. THOMSON
(Margaret Jane ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 27 Jan 1892 in
Devils Lake, North Dakota. He died 15 Jun 1959 in Spokane,
Washington and was buried 18 Jun 1959 in Grandview, Washington.
Raymond graduated from Churchs Ferry State High School in 1910. He served in the Army in World War I and later was the head of a large fruit packing company in Yakima and sent fruits in season home to relatives in North Dakota.
Raymond married Blanche MITCHELL on 9 Jan 1918 in Grandview, Washington. Blanche was born 4 Oct 1895 in Ness City, Kansas. She died in Yakima, Washington and was buried in Yakima.
They had four children:
Donelda married Roland SKILTON about 1939. Roland was born about 1920.
Richard married (1) UNKNOWN about 1949.
Richard also married (2) Sally ROPER on 2 Sep 1966.
Raymond was a district produce buyer for Safeway Stores in Yakima.
Raymond married Lila CARR about 1955. Lila was born about 1935.
Charlotte graduated from from Lansing High School in 1898 and taught
school until she moved with her parents to Churchs Ferry, North Dakota
in 1903. In North Dakota she attended State Normal School in Mayville
and after graduation, taught school in Leeds, North Dakota, for four
years. She then studied nursing at Neenah, Wisconsin and took a post-graduate
course in Chicago. She practiced nursing for several years until she
was married.
She was greatly interested in all forms of civic improvement, was a prominent member of the W.F.M.S., taught in the Sunday School and had charge of the King's Heralds. During World War I she was vice-chairman of the local Red Cross and had charge of the women's work. She became a member of the Wild Rose Chapter, O.E.S. in 1915 and transferred her membership to Tampa where she was treasurer of their local chapter until failing health forced her to give up all social activities.
Charlotte married Joseph G. NICHOL on 11 May 1915 in Churchs Ferry, North Dakota. Joseph was born 1 Feb 1862 in Manitoba, Canada. He died in Tampa, Florida.
J.G. Nichol arrived in Churchs Ferry in April, 1886, from Manitoba. By July he had established a blacksmith shop. The first building to be erected in the town, Irvine Church's ferry building, was purchased by Nichol and moved into town for a residence. The first child born in Churchs Ferry was a daughter, Etta, born to Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Nichol, 6 January 1887. Joe's first wife, Pearl, died 25 January 1892.
He married Charlotte Thompson in 1915 when his daughter Etta was 28 and Charlotte was 37.
Joe Nichol was a wealthy man, starting out in 1886 with the blacksmith shop in Churchs Ferry and later having made his money in North Dakota real estate. After their marriage Joe sold his real estate holdings and he and Charlotte moved to Florida where they joined the Christian Scientist Church.
Joe had a daughter, Etta, by a previous marriage who was almost as old as Lottie. Lottie did a lot of crochet work and embroidery. They did not have children of their own.
They had one child:
Gertrude attended Lansing schools until about age 11 when she started
having problems with pneumonia. Her parents thought it best to move
to a dryer climate so moved the family to North Dakota. When Gertrude
had completed 8th grade she was told that that was enough education.
Her mother (Minnie) had become sickly and Gertrude stayed home to help
with the household chores. Gertrude was a member of Eastern Star.
Gertrude married her first cousin once removed, William Charles SMITH "Bill", son of George SCHMIDT and Elisabetha ENGELHORN, on 11 May 1916 in Churchs Ferry, North Dakota. Bill was born 17 Apr 1878 in Waukon, Iowa. He died 28 May 1946 in Rolette, North Dakota. [See Liz Schmidt, Second Generation]
Guests at the wedding were Mr. & Mrs. Mathias Engelhorn , Mr. & Mrs. Adolph P. Engelhorn, Mrs. F. E. Thompson, Mr. W. F. Engelhorn , Mrs. F. Hillerman , R.L. Thompson, Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Hausmann , Emma Engelhorn, Katherin Engelhorn and Thomas Engelhorn .
As a young man (age 17) William Charles took a position with the Milwaukee Railroad, served as operator and agent from 1898 until 1914 at stations in northern Iowa. He transferred to the Great Northern in August of 1914 to be the agent at Churchs Ferry, North Dakota until early 1918 when he moved to Rolette, North Dakota. There he was the agent for the consolidated Soo and Great Northern Railroads. He served the railroads for 48 years until his retirement at age 65 on June 30, 1943.
Bill Smith's was the first white family to settle on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. The Turtle Mountains extended into Canada near Bellcourt, North Dakota. They went camping nearly every weekend and Bill built a chuck wagon box on the side of his Model T to carry the camping gear. "It was all Indian country around there." Bill was always a railroad man.
He was a trustee of the Presbyterian Church and Past Master of Doric Lodge No.100 and was a member of the Order of Railway Telegraphers. Death was due to coronary thrombosis.
They had one child:
Lucile married David L. BOTTON on 6 May 1934 in Kilarney, Manitoba, Canada. David was born 25 May 1909 in Flaxton, North Dakota. He died 17 Mar 1988 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Lucille and David eloped to Canada to get married after she became pregnant. David was the postmaster at Rolette, North Dakota for 33 years and Lucile worked as a clerk in the postoffice, especially during the war years. When David retired they traveled with a travel trailer for several years before settling in Phoenix in about 1975. [See Liz Schmidt, Third Generation, for children]
Wilhelmina Louise GAHLEY (Mary Emiline
ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 16 Apr 1884 in Orleans,
Nebraska. She died 23 Nov 1961 in Caldwell, Idaho and was buried 28
Nov 1961 in Caldwell.
Wilhelmina, "Minnie," moved from Orleans, Nebraska in 1901 to Parma to keep house for her step-brothers Will and Frank who had prevailed on her parents for some help at their home in Idaho.
Minnie lived most of her life in the Notus and Parma areas. She was a member of Boone Memorial Presbyterian Church of Caldwell and the Notus Grange.
Wilhelmina married Asa William ANDREWS, son of Thomas ANDREWS and Jane MANSELL, on 26 Jan 1904 in Parma, Idaho. Asa was born 21 Nov 1876 in Parma. He died 15 Sep 1967 in Caldwell, Idaho.
They had two children:
Howard married Gwendolyn GRIFFITH, daughter of Clarence James GRIFFITH and Edna Pearl KINNE, on 18 Jun 1932 in Burley, Idaho. Gwendolyn was born 29 Sep 1906 in Mountain Home, Idaho. She died 5 Oct 1989 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and was buried 10 Oct 1989 in Parma, Idaho.
John married (1) Helen SMITH before 1946. The marriage ended in divorce. Helen was born 18 Oct 1916 in Turlock, California. She died in California.
John also married (2) Josephine Rosalie BUFFA, daughter of Joseph BUFFA and Cleo SHIELDS, on 6 Jun 1953 in Saginaw, Michigan. Josephine was born 23 May 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri. She died 21 Sep 1989 in Bay City, Michigan from a drowning accident.
Agnes Catherine GAHLEY
(Mary Emiline
ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 1 Jun 1887 in Orleans, Harlan,
Nebraska. She died 22 Feb 1967 in Nampa, Idaho and was buried 25 Feb
1967 in Parma, Idaho.
Agnes married John PRITCHARD, son of Thomas Emanuel PRITCHARD, on 7 Dec 1907 in Twin Falls, Idaho. John was born 24 Apr 1880 in Sioux City, Iowa. He died 4 Apr 1957 in Parma, Idaho and was buried 8 Apr 1957 in Ten Davis Cemetery, Idaho.
Catherine and John homesteaded on the North Side Tract near Wendell, Idaho in 1911 and moved to the farm in 1913. They moved to a farm in the Ten Davis community of Canyon County in 1929 and to Parma in 1945.
John was a member of the Christian Church in Nebraska and a past noble grand of the I.O.O.F. lodge in Wendell, Idaho.
They had one child:
Edna married Carroll Theodore SHIPPY on 7 Nov 1930 in Caldwell, Idaho. Carroll was born 23 Jul 1905 in Marion, Oregon. He died 20 Feb 1976 in Boise, Idaho.
Elizabeth Gertrude GAHLEY
(Mary Emiline
ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 16 Mar 1890 in Orleans,
Nebraska. She died 25 Feb 1957 in Parma, Idaho and was buried 28 Feb
1957 in Parma.
Known as Gertie, Gertrude moved from Nebraska to the Ten Davis community with her family in 1909. She lived at Wendell, Idaho from 1915 to 1919 and then returned to Ten Davis where she spent the rest of her life. Gertie was a member of the Kirkpatrick Memorial Presbyterian Church, was a past noble grand of Rebekah Lodge and a past president of the Ten Davis Social Circle.
Elizabeth married Willard Tillman BARTLES, son of Philip E. and Violet J. BARTLES, on 25 Jul 1911 in Parma, Idaho. Willard was born 6 Jun 1879 in Frankfort, Indiana. He died 31 Dec 1961 in Caldwell, Idaho.
They had three children:
Mary married James Thomas JOHNSON on 10 Jun 1937 in Parma, Idaho. James was born 25 Mar 1903 in Chinook, Washington. He died 1 Oct 1989 in Caldwell, Idaho.
Frank married Doris Mildred JOHANSON on 12 Apr 1936 in Parma. Doris was born 6 Sep 1917 in Parma.
Ruth married Henry Howard MULLEN, son of Alfred Lee MULLEN and Elizabeth Gertrude HILL, on 18 Sep 1941 in Parma. Henry was born 5 Apr 1917 in Combs, Arkansas.
Carl married Mary Isabell SIMPSON, daughter of Frank GAHLEY and Minnie HICKS, on 27 Dec 1914 in Ten Davis, Idaho. Mary was born 30 Sep 1893 in Wisconsin. She died 31 Oct 1963 and was buried in Parma.
They had four children:
Louise married (1) Charles Walter ROSE, son of Walter Nowlin ROSE and Minnie Lucinda LAU, on 27 Dec 1935. Charles was born 28 May 1911 in Hansen, Idaho. He died 24 Oct 1951 in Sparks, Nevada.
Louise also married (2) Sterling DOWN in 1954.
Jack married Verna SCOTT on 6 Feb 1944 in Caldwell, Idaho. Verna was born 21 Jan 1919.
Bonnie's death was the result of being kicked in the chest by a horse. She was rendered immediately unconscious and died within two hours.
Frank was reared and educated in Parma. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served on Guadalcanal in the Pacific during World War II and in the Korean War. He retired from the Marines in 1958.
Frank married Nora Marcela MATSON, daughter of Alton Monroe MATSON and Flora STONE, on 31 Dec 1949 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Nora was born 26 Dec 1925 in Mapleton, Utah.
Melvina Jane GAHLEY
(Mary Emiline
ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 14 Apr 1894 in Orleans,
Nebraska. She died 17 Feb 1983 in Caldwell, Idaho and was buried 19
Feb 1983 in Parma, Idaho.
Melvina married Orville Edward Augustus ATTEBERRY, son of James Linsy ATTEBERRY and Agnes Ann WAMMACK, on 3 Feb 1915 in Wendell, Idaho. Orville was born 12 Aug 1886 in Norton, Kansas. He died 6 Oct 1971 in Caldwell, Idaho and was buried 9 Oct 1971 in Parma.
Orville grew up in Edmond, Kansas, a farming community about 15 miles south of Norton and came to Idaho in 1909. After his marriage to Jane Gahley in the home of her parents at Wendell the couple farmed in the Ten Davis community until 1917. They then moved to Wilder where they farmed until 1941. He worked for the Boise Payette Lumber Company from 1941 to 1968.Orville was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Odd Fellows Lodge and Rebekah Lodge No. 75, all in Wilder.
They had five children:
Linsy Atteberry was a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He retired from the Air Force in 1974.
Linsy married (1) Elizabeth Edrie SCHEIBE, daughter of Raymond SCHEIBE and Agnes PETERSON, on 27 Dec 1937 in Asotin, Washington. The marriage ended in divorce. Elizabeth was born 6 Dec 1917 in Asotin.
Linsy also married (2) Cleo Grace MASON, daughter of Webster Garfield MASON and Marie Eleanor DOBEUS, on 16 Jan 1948 in Everett, Washington. Cleo was born 18 Jun 1920 in Townsend, Montana. She died 13 Apr 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was buried May 2008 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Leora married Lincoln William NOE, son of James Wiley NOE and Mable LEVICK, on 25 Mar 1941 in Caldwell, Idaho. Lincoln was born 12 Feb 1920 in Wetmore, Kansas.
Dutch married (1) Ruby Rose GRISCHOWSKY in May 1949 in Fruitland, Idaho. The marriage ended in divorce. Ruby was born 30 Sep 1931 in Fruitland.
Dutch also married (2) Margaret Illene WICKS, daughter of Albert George WICKS and Effie Louisa HOPPER, on 19 Jun 1954 in Winnemucca, Nevada. Margaret was born 19 Feb 1934 in Lowry City, Missouri.
Martin was employed by Morrison-Knudsen Company on Guam Island prior
to his capture by the Japanese during World War II. He was interned
at a prisoner of war camp at Shanghai, China and later transferred to
Kobe, Japan, where he died of pneumonia in a Japanese hospital. Martin
was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Parma.
Martin married Mary Esther POWERS, daughter of Francis A. POWERS and Mary CORDIE, on 31 Aug 1918 in Caldwell, Idaho. Mary was born 1 Apr 1902. She died Nov 1974 in Boise, Idaho.
They had four children:
Ben joined the Army Air Force on December 16, 1941. He was a B-17 tail gunner and engineer with the legendary Col. Tibbets. They lived at the Ten Davis schoolhouse and Ben drove the school bus for five years. In 1951 they began farming on a place homesteaded by Ben's Powers grandparents.
Ben started a custom combining business in 1961. He combined "from here to Blackfoot to Nevada and everywhere in between." Ben always loved family gatherings, was well-known and well-liked throughout the area.
Ben married Maxine EKBERG on 15 Oct 1944 in Boise, Idaho. Maxine was born 15 Feb 1926 in Rankin, , OK. She died 5 Oct 2004 in Parma, Idaho and was buried 11 Oct 2004 in Parma.
Betty married Thomas V. BISCOE "Boots" on 26 Jan 1943 in Tacoma, Washington.
Boots was born 4 Mar 1922 in Centerville, Maryland. He died 4 Dec 1990 in Boise, Idaho.
Richard married (1) Maida LAMBERT in Apr 1948. The marriage ended in divorce.
Richard also married (2) Rose MUSSER on 10 Jan 1955 in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Rose was born 3 Apr 1930 in Marion, Virginia.
Melvin married (1) Wanda W. WOODS on 10 Nov 1956 in Yuma, Arizona. The marriage ended in divorce.
Melvin also married (2) Marlene Zerpts CAMPBELL in 1965 in Boise, Idaho. The marriage ended in divorce. Marlene was born in Gillette, Wyoming.
Melvin also married (3) Patricia Anne THOMPSON on 9 Jul 1983 in Nampa, Idaho. Patricia was born 26 Aug 1937 in New Britain, South Dakota.
Henrietta Emiline GAHLEY
(Mary Emiline
ENGELHORN,
Thomas Gottlieb) was born 12 Jun 1898 in Orleans,
Nebraska. She died 13 May 1978 in Boise, Idaho and was buried 16 May
1978 in Parma, Idaho.
Henrietta married James PRITCHARD, son of Thomas Emanuel PRITCHARD, on 4 Oct 1916 in Wendell, Idaho. James was born 17 Mar 1885 in Pierre, South Dakota. He died 9 Dec 1969 in Ontario, Oregon and was buried in Parma, Idaho.
They had four children:
Harvey married (1) Bettie M. GRAHAM on 21 May 1940 in Payette, Idaho. Bettie was born 7 Feb 1921 in Central City, Nebraska. She died 26 Dec 1968 in Boise, Idaho and was buried in Parma, Idaho.
Harvey also married (2) Nina VAN DE BERG on 19 Nov 1970 in Reno, Nevada. Nina was born 4 May 1920 in Missouri. She died 21 Aug 1994 in Boise, Ada, Idaho.
Harvey also married (3) Effie SIDENER on 2 Oct 1994 in Winnemucca, Nevada. Effie was born 4 Apr 1918 in Burns, Kansas. She died Mar 2008 in Caldwell, Idaho and was buried in Pierce, Idaho.
Robert married Evelyn Irene ROSE on 30 Jun 1942 in Tacoma, Washington. Evelyn was born 11 Feb 1924 in Parma, Idaho.
Erma married Fred Walter TRENT on 7 May 1942 in Mountain Home, Idaho. Fred was born 24 Sep 1920. He died 26 Jan 1998 in Caldwell, Idaho and was buried 29 Jan 1998 in Parma, Idaho.
Norma married Calvin Lee ROSE on 27 Jun 1945 in Parma, Idaho. Calvin was born 10 May 1921 in Parma and died 2 May 1982 in Boise.
He married Unknown
They had one child:
Martin married Lorena WIGGINTON. Lorena was born 2 Sep 1891 in Birmingham, Alabama. She died 29 Jan 1969 in Portland, Oregon and was buried 31 Jan 1969 in Portland.
They had the one child: