DEUBER, Charles, Clara and son Lester (Akron OH)

 

DEUBER, Charles and Clara with son Lester (Akron OH)

UPDATE - The Deuber family has been claimed and heading home to a relative!

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Dad, Lester and Mother Deuber"

PHOTO TAKEN: Lockhart Studio, Akron OH, circa 1902

PHOTO ACQUIRED: 2022 Phoenix Flea Market, Old Hickory TN

Today I purchased my 900th vintage photograph.  This is Charles and Clara DEUBER of Akron OH, and the handsome lad in the middle is their son Lester. The photo was taken around 1902 when Lester was about age 4.

Charles Deuber was born in November 1872 in Ohio, of German parents Frederick John Deuber (1825-1895) and Mary Blumenstock-Zollman (1839-1919). He married Clara Dellenbaugh (or Dellenbach) (born about 1878), a daughter of Christian Dellenbaugh (_) and Katherine Brunny (1851-1879).

Charles at age 8 appears with his family on the 1880 Census for Holmes County OH.

• DEUBER, Frederick, head, 55, farmer, born in Wurtemberg GER.
• DEUBER, Mary, wife, 41, keeping house, born in Wurtenberg GER.
• DEUBER, Margaret, dau, 20, house keeper, born in OH
• DEUBER, John W., son, 18, Farm labor, born in OH
• DEUBER, Emelia, dau, 17, born in OH
• DEUBER, Frederick, son, 16, born in OH
• DEUBER, Henry, son, 14, born in OH
• DEUBER, Mary, dau, 11, born in OH
• DEUBER, Charles, son, 8, born in OH
• DEUBER, Louisa, dau, 6, born in OH

At the farm next door, the 1880 census records John DEUBER (42) & Margaret (36) Zollman-DEUBER and daughter Clara (12). I presume this is a brother of Frederick. And at the next property, there is 81yo Michael Zollman and his 44 yr old step-daughter Marie Blumenstock, which I presume is family of Charles' mother. 

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I actually acquired three photos of this family, one of which was likely taken on the wedding day of Charles and Clara. They were married in or around 1896. At that time they made their home in Winesburg OH, some 13 miles away from the county seat Millersburg where the photo was taken.

The 1900 Census finds Charles at age 27, and his wife Clara Anna living in Akron with 3yo son Lester. He was born in Winesburg but was otherwise a lifelong resident of Akron. 

Also living with the family in 1900 was father-in-law Christian Dellenbaugh (widowed), employed as a cooper, and brother Henry W. Deuber (age 25) working as a dry goods clerk.

1910 Census for Akron:

• DEUBER, Charles, head, 37, married 13 years, employed as a streetcar conductor
• DEUBER, Clara, wife, 31, has had 2 children both living
• DEUBER, Lester, son, 13
• DEUBER, Helen, daughter, 7
• SCHALLIOLL, Erma, niece, 25, born in OH, employed as a school
• SCHALLIOLL, Fred, nephew, 23, born in OH, cashier in a freight office

(The last two are children of Charles eldest sister Margaret, who married Charles Schallioll, although I am not certain why they are living with Charles' family at this time.)

1920 Census > OHIO > Summit > Akron

• DEUBER, Charles, 47, employed by Street car Co.
• DEUBER, Clara, 40
• DEUBER, Lester, 22, real estate agent
• DEUBER, Helen, 20, stenographer at Rubber Co.

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Charles died March 6, 1937. His widow died two years later.

Lester George Deuber served in WWI. He married Katye Grace Rogers. Both he and Katye worked as mail clerks for the Akron Post Office. Lester died 13 July 1953 in Akron. He is buried at Rose Hill Burial Park.

Helen married a dentist Harold W. Hart, and died July 21, 1991. She is buried with the rest of her family at Rose Hill Burial Park.

I find no evidence that Lester or Helen had any descendants.

KOHLER-GLAUCH, Bertha Theresa (Hamilton OH)

 

Bertha Theresa KOHLER-GLAUCH
1894-1976

Bertha Kohler was born 4 Mar 1894 in Ohio to parents Fred Kohler (1861-1939, a farmer) and Mary Bandtel (1858-1904).

The 1900 Census states that she was born in Mar 1896, although her headstone says 1894.

1900 CENSUS > OHIO > Butler > Union Township

• KOHLER, Frederic, head, 38, Nov 1861, married 10 years, born in Germany, farmer
• KOHLER, Mary, wife, 39, May 1861, 7 births 6 living children, born in Ohio
• KOHLER, Emma, daug, 9, born 1891 in Ohio, at school
• KOHLER, Edith, daug, 6, born Sep 1893 in Ohio, at school
• KOHLER, Bertha, daug, 4, born Mar 1896 in Ohio
• KOHLER, Luthor, son, 3, born Apr 1897 in Ohio
• KOHLER, Edna, daug, 2, born July 1898 in Ohio
• KOHLER, Mary, daug, 1, born Apr 1899 in Ohio

In 1904, Bertha's mother passed away due to complication of diseases. This left Fred as a single father with 6 children ages 13-5 to care for. It is presumed that the eldest daughter Emma would have taken on a great deal of the work of running the house, until her father remarried in 1906 to a woman named Elizabeth Dowd who had two grown sons by a previous marriage.

On the 1910 Census for Hamilton (Butler County) OH, Bertha is 16, living with and working as a maid and cook for a pastor and his wife. That couple was named MYERS. Other than the age, all of the previous information seems to fit. Older sister Emma is also working for a Hamilton family as a servant. Her employer was a bridge builder named J.T. Guillaume.

The 1910 Census also shows Frederic Kohler and his family in Union Township (I am not entirely sure where that is located in relation to the town of Hamilton where Bertha and Emma had gone to work.

1910 CENSUS > OHIO > Butler > Union Township

• KOHLER, Frederick, head, 48, married 4 years, born in Germany, imm. in 1888, farmer
• KOHLER, Elizabeth, wife, 2 births 2 children living, born in Germany, imm. in 1863
• KOHLER, Edith M. daug, 17
• KOHLER, Edna M., daug, 12
• KOHLER, Mary L., daug, 10
• WOLBER, John, nephew, 23, born in Germany, farm labor

In comparing 1900 to 1910, one can see that Luthor seems to be missing. He should be around 13.

The 1920 Census for Hamilton shows a 25 year old Bertha employed as a servant in the household of a retail merchant named Howard Hyman.

In 1920, Bertha married William Edmund Glauch, a machinist who was also a prominent bicycle racer and trombone player. He and Bertha appear to have had no children. William died in 1953, twenty-three years before Bertha passed.

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Bertha's siblings per Findagrave:

1891 - Emma C. Kohler-WITHROW (d. 1972) in 1912 m. Minor T. Withrow (d.1964)

1913 - Wayne Carl Withrow (d.1996)

1917 - Mabel B. Withrow-FISHER (d. 1991)

1892 - Edith Marie Kohler-MORRIS (d. 1987) m. Edward L. Morris

1914 - Leland Stanford Morris (d. 2005)

19xx - Helen Morris-STOFFREGEN

19xx - Marjory Morris-PETERS

19xx - Mary Morris-ITTEL

1897 - Edna Marie Kohler-MORRIS (d. 2004) m. __

1920 - Mildred Edna Morris-BRAMBLE (d. 2018)

1923 - Faye Ernestine Morris-GROH (d. 2006)

1899 - Mary Lilly Kohler-SCHALLIP-WEISS (d. 1989) m1. George S. Schallip, m2. ___ Weiss

1925 - Robert G. Schallip (d. 2014)

1903 - Hilda M. Kohler (d. 1903, died as infant)

SOWERS, Martha "Mattie" Samuels

 

Martha Caroline Samuels-Sowers

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO:  Tattie Sowers (Martha Caroline Samuels Sowers), Aunt “Tattie”

PHOTO TAKEN: Bellar’s Art Co., Elizabethtown KY circa 1897

PHOTO ACQUIRED: Paisley Pig Antiques, Shelbyville KY, 2022

 This is Martha Caroline SAMUELS, seen as “Mattie” on Census and newspaper records, and apparently known within her own family as “Tattie”.  She is the aunt of James and Walter NANTZ, described on the post directly before this one. Her photo was found in the same booth as the photos of her nephews.

 She and her siblings were the children of William Thomas SAMUELS (1821-1902) and Caroline SYMPSON (1824-1892). William and Caroline’s children:

   1844 Mary Samuels-HAYES (d. 1911) married Benjamin HAYES. They had five children.

   1848 Sarah E Samuels-SANDERS (d. 1932) married Richard D. SANDERS. They had a daughter.

   1852 James L Samuels (died __)

   1854 Louise E. Samuels-NANTZ (d. 1911, the mother of James and Walter Nantz)

   1857 Martha C. Samuels-SOWERS (d. 1932) m. William M. SOWERS. No children.

   1860 William T. Samuels (d. 1917)

 

 Martha was married first to William M. SOWERS (1857 – 1889, the son of John Pleasant Sowers & Mary Mason Crenshaw. He died at age 32 and is buried in Larue County Kentucky.

 She later married James M. CARLETON (1844-__)

 

She died at age 75, 21 May 1932, and is buried in Resthaven Memorial Park, Louisville, KY, where her nephews are also buried.

NANTZ, James B. and brother Walter

 

James B. Nantz (1879-1954)

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO:  Jim Nantz (James B. Nantz)

PHOTO TAKEN: A.J. Reuling Photo Studio, Louisville KY, circa 1897

PHOTO ACQUIRED: Paisley Pig Antiques, Shelbyville KY, 2022

 This is James Benjamin NANTZ, born in Hodgenville Kentucky on 25 May 1879 to parents John Robert NANTZ (1844-1894, a son of Thomas W. Nantz & Elizabeth Lewis) and Louise E. SAMUELS (1854-1911, a daughter of William Thomas Samuels & Caroline Sympson).

 He worked for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) for much of his life in various roles, electrician,  signal foreman, signal repairman.

 This photograph, also in my possession, shows James with his younger brother Walter Lee NANTZ (7 Mar 1882  - 16 Mar 1972). Walter is about 3 years younger than James, and the boys are approximately ages 10 and 7 in this image which was taken around 1889 in Elizabethtown, KY.

 The 1900 Census shows the family at 3114 S. Fourth Street n Louisville, which interestingly is located on property which today is just a few blocks from Churchill Downs Racecourse.

 

1900 Federal Census > Kentucky > Jefferson > Louisville > 3114 S. Fourth Street

NANTZ, Louise E., head, 46, widowed, 4 births, 3 living

NANTZ, James B., son, 21, wagon maker

NANTZ, Walter L., son 18, wagon painter

ASHCRAFT, Mayme N., daughter, 24, born Nov 1875

ASHCRAFT, Edgar Jacob, son-in-law, 32, revenue lawyer

SAMUELS, Thomas, father, 79, Jan 1821, widowed

SOWERS, Mattie, sister, 43, May 1857, widowed

SAMUELS, William T, brother, 39, Dec 1860, wood finisher

 

James’ sister Mayme Ashcraft died in 1908, age 32.

She and Edgar had one daughter:

  -- Lucy Caroline Ashcraft (1905-1932) who married Shirly Hardin (1896-1936)

       They had a daughter --- Shirley Nelson Hardin (1923-1996).

 

At the time of his WWII Draft Registration (at age 62), James was living at 109 W. Woodlawn Avenue and his brother Walter was a block away at 107 W. Wellington Avenue.

 Walter married Eva MARSH in 1923 and had a daughter:

     -- Betty Lou NANTZ who married Harvey Boone.

              -- they had no children.

 

James died rather suddenly of a coronary blockage on 6 November 1954. He is buried at the Resthaven Memorial Park in Louisville. 

James left quite a small fortune in his will with instructions for several gifts to be made to specific charities. Walter was the recipient of the remaining funds.

 

Walter died at age 90 in 1972 in Louisville and is also buried at the Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Louisville.