HAHN, Clarence and WELCH, Mary (Muscatine IA)

 

Clarence August HAHN,
of Muscatine Iowa

UPDATE - These photos of the Hahn & Welch family members have been claimed by Mary Welch's great-granddaughter and are going home!

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Clarence Hahn, cousin of Robert and Florence, great cousin of Dorothy"

PHOTO TAKEN: Clifford & Son Studio, Muscatine IA, circa 1895

PHOTO ACQUIRED: Dec 2022, South Florida Fairgrounds Antiques Festival

Photos of Clarence HAHN at approx ages 1, 3, 5
Reverse mentions he is a great-cousin of D. Lund

This is Clarence August HAHN, born 21 March 1890 in Muscatine Iowa, to parents John W. HAHN and Bertha WAGNER. Father John's parents are Johannes "John" Hahn & Christina Vaupel, both born in Germany. His second wife was Clairette Rose Williams Sherman, whom he married in May 1929 after the death of his Clarence's mother Bertha in 1927.

1900 Census > Iowa > Muscatine > Muscatine > 210 6th Street

• HAHN, John M., head, Aug 1856, 43, born in Iowa of German parents, bank teller
• HAHN, Bertha M., wife, Dec 1859, 40, born in Missouri of German parents
• HAHN, Clarence, son, Mar 1890, 10, born in Iowa, at school

Clarence Hahn, freshman
at Millikin College

In June 1914 Clarence married Bertha Margaret Danzeisen, a girl he met at Millikin College in Decatur Illinois. (I do not possess the photo at left - it was found online in a digital copy of the 1908 yearbook for Millikin College.) However the bride died unexpectedly in December of the same year of "acute septicaemia and heart complications."

 

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In June 1919 he married Katherine Hazel Blair (1888-1967), daughter of Lincoln Clay Blair and Katherine G. Donlon.

1920 Census > Iowa > Muscatine > Muscatine > 410 Chestnut Street

• HAHN, John W., head, 63, assistant cashier at bank
• HAHN, Bertha M., wife, 60, no occupation
• HAHN, Clarence A., son, 29, assistant cashier at Bank
• HAHN, Katherine H., daughter-in-law, 29

He died 15 Jun 1947, and is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine. There is no mention of any offspring in the newspaper obituary.

Mary C, WELCH-HAHN

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "My Great Grand Mary Welch Hahn"

PHOTO TAKEN: Grosheim Bros. Studio, Muscatine IA, circa 1889

PHOTO ACQUIRED: Dec 2022 South Florida Fairgrounds Antiques Festival

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Photo above of Robert WELCH was acquired at the same time as that of his daughter Mary. On the back is written: "Robert Welch, father of Mary, Clara, Artie, Nellie. Great-grandfather of Dorothy."

Mary C. WELCH (9 Oct 1865 - 17 Jun 1944) is a daughter of Robert WELCH (1842-1920) and Mary Emma BRANDT (1844-1920).  

Mary had several siblings:

• Clara Welch (b.1872) m. Gardner Wallace
• Nellie A. Welch (b.1874)
• Robert J. Welch (b.1877)
• William Welch (1879-1919)
• Arthur H. Welch (1883-1943)

25 Nov 1886, Mary became the wife of Charles F. HAHN (9 Oct 1865 - 3 Apr 1953), hardware salesman, and son of Johannes "John" Hahn & Christina Vaupel, both born in Germany. This means Charles F. HAHN is a brother of John Hahn (the father of Clarence August Hahn, see above.)

Robert HAHN

Mary and Charles had children:

• Florence H. HAHN (1890-1986).
• Robert HAHN (1894-1981) m. Mollie Mae Christiansen, moved to Miami FL

Robert had a daughter (Dorothy 1926-1999) married Richard Lund (Richard died 1997).

1935 Florida State Census > Dade County

• HAHN, Robert C., 38, born in Iowa, Druggist
• HAHN. Mollie Mae, 37, born in Iowa
• HAHN, Dorothy, 9, born in Florida, 4th grade student

Dorothy HAHN-LUND passed away a couple decades ago in Florida. I believe these photographs may have belonged to her.

This photo of Dorothy was found in an archived edition of "Florida Today" 12 October 1993. It is remarkable how much she resembles her grandmother Mary Welch-Hahn.

In order to help me visualize the relationship between the people in these physical photos, I have worked up a crude family tree and marked in yellow the people in the photos I recently acquired.

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UPDATE - It is three months later, and having returned to the same Antiques Fair and sought out the same vendor, I was able to locate and purchase a dozen more individual photographs from this same family.

They are being returned to the same descendant of Mary Welch as the photos in the earlier post.

LUKER, Gertrude (Utica NY)

 

Gertie Donohue-Luker (Utica NY)

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Gertie Donohue-Luker, wife of Fred M. Luker, mother of Fred Jr, Joe and Marjorie Luker-Latus"

PHOTO TAKEN: Harris & Greene Studio, Utica NY, circa 1890

PHOTO ACQUIRED: Dec 2017, South Florida Fairgrounds Antiques Show

UPDATE - Gertie Luker has been claimed by her great-granddaughter and is going home!

With this much information supplied on the back, it was fairly easy to confirmed the identity of this woman.

This is Gertrude Donohue-Luker, born in about 1874 to parents Thomas Donohue (1830-1905) & Bridget McEvoy (1838-1912). 

The 1875 State Census finds her and her family living in Herkimer NY.

• DONOHUE, Thomas, 42, b. Ireland, mason working at Ilion
• DONOHUE, Bridget, 36, b. in Ireland, keeping home
• DONOHUE, Mary, born in Oneida County
• DONOHUE, George, 15, Oneida
• DONOHUE, John, 14, Oneida
• DONOHUE, Joseph, 10, born in Herkimer County
• DONOHUE, Francis, 8, Herkimer
• DONOHUE, Maggie, 6, Herkimer
• DONOHUE, Gertrude, 1, Herkimer

Around 1894, she married Frederick William LUKER (1866-1908) and had three children:

• 1897-1973 Frederick Jr. LUKER (m. Mary Jeanette SHANLEY)
• 1899-1972 Joseph Francis LUKER (became a priest and did not marry).
• 1901-1981 Marjorie Mary Luker-LATUS (m. John Harry LATUS)

1900 Census shows Fred Luker as the operator of a book store in Utica. The couple have two children at that time, but Gertie reports she has had 3 children, 2 living.

1908 City Directory of Utica NY states she is the widow of Fred W. Luker, who died in late January of that year.

1910 Census > NY > Oneida > Utica

• LUKER, Gertrude, hd, 36 wd, 4 children, 3 living, born in NY of Irish parents
• LUKER, Frederick, son, 12, born in NY
• LUKER, Joseph, son 10, NY
• LUKER, Marjorie, dau 8, NY
• DONOHUE, Bridget, mother, 70 wd, born in Ireland
• DONOHUE, Rosalie, sister, 26 s, NY, Stenographer in hardware store
• GAUGHRAN, Margaret, sister, 39 wd, NY, nurse
• GAUGHRAN, Leslie, nephew, 16, NY, clerk in hardware store

1920 Census > NY > Oneida > Utica

• LUKER, Gertrude E., head, 46 m?, no occupation
• LUKER, Marjorie, dau, 18 s, saleslady in Music Dept
• LUKER, Joseph, son, 20s, timekeeper at auto supply store
• HOURIGAN, Genevieve, boarder, 29s, public school teacher

1930 Census > NY > Oneida > Utica

• LATUS, Harry, head, 30, m at age 21, born in NY of NY parents, Clothing retail merchant
• LATUS, Marjorie, wife, 28, m at age 20, born in NY of NY parents
• LATUS, Mary J., dau, 4y5m, born in NY
• LATUS, John, 2y11m, born in NY
• LATUS, Marjorie A., dau, 10m, born in NY
• LUKER, Gertrude, mother-in-law, 56 wd, born in NY of NY parents

She died in 1951 and is buried in the Saint Agnes Cemetery, Utica NY. This obit was carried in the Watertown Daily News, 6 June 1951. Her son, Rev. Joseph Luker officiated.

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LAKINS, Lena Garrison (Kingston, ONT, Canada)

 

LENA GARRISON-LAKINS (Kingston ONT Canada)

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Lena (Garison) Lakins"

PHOTO TAKEN: Henderson Studio, Kingston Ontario Canada, circa 1908

PHOTO ACQUIRED: Dec 2022, South Florida Fairgrounds Antiques Show

This is Lena Maud Garrison, born in Frontenac, Ontario on 23 Nov 1888 to parents David Reuben Garrison (1863-1937) and Charlotte Bradford (1863-1949).

In 1908 she married Merrian Francis Lakins (1882-1966, son of Emon Lakins and Caroline Hill). 

Their children:

• 1909-1984 - Helen Ruby Lakins (m. Albert Martin)
• 1911-1963 - Charles Emon Lakins (m. Gladys Rendell)  son: Douglas Lakins
• 1912-1974 - Lillian Gertrude Lakins (m. Amey) sons: Lawrence and James, daughter Gloria Wachs
• 1918-1970 - Gerald Francis Lakins (m. Edith Minerva Hamilton)
• 1922-2005 - Albert "Clarence" Lakins 
• 1927-2002 - Lorraine Lakins

Harter, Anna (Oklahoma City, OK)

 

ANNA HARTER (no location given)

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Anna Harter, Marion Stafford's Great-Aunt, Mae Eells' sister"

PHOTO TAKEN: unknown location, circa 1930

PHOTO ACQUIRED: June 2021, Time Travelers Antiques Mall, Springfield OR

There was quite a lot of useful information on the reverse.

Because there was no location on the photograph, it was not possible to find the correct Anna Harter among over a hundred possible suspects. So I had to start at the other end of the data and figure out who Marion Stafford was.

The photo was located in Springfield Oregon, and I also discovered that Springfield once had a resident named Marion Stafford who had died about a dozen years ago. His parents were James Benjamin Stafford and Ada Blanche Eells. That most unusual surname of Eells assured me that I was on the right track.

Ada Eells-Stafford was the daughter of Oliver Howard Eells and Mae Dority (seen variously in records as Dorety, Dorrity, Daugherty).

And sure enough, Mae Dority-Eells had a sister name Anna Dority who married a Charles Harter, thus making her the elusive Anna Harter I was seeking. She lived most of her adult like in Oklahoma City, OK.

The "cherry on top" came as I was perusing various Ancestry family trees and found a much earlier photograph of Anna, circa 1895, which when compared side-by-side with the image I had found of Anna Harter, proved that these were the same person.

WOLFGANG, Sally (Altoona PA)

 

SALLY WOLFGANG

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Sally Wolfgang, circa 1940's, Altoona PA"

PHOTO TAKEN: unknown photographer, circa 1942-1943

PHOTO ACQUIRED: Aug 2018, Glenwood Manor Antiques, Queensbury NY

This is Sally Wolfgang, born around New Year's Day 1942 in Altoona PA, to parents James Stanley Wolfgang (1911-1989) and Marjorie Leah Woods (1911-1989). This notice appears in the Altoona Tribune, 03 Jan, 1942.

The family appears on the 1950 Federal Census for Altoona PA.

1950 Census > PA > Blair > Altoona

• WOLFGANG, James S., head, 38, sells wallpaper and paint 
• WOLFGANG, Marjorie L., wife, 37
• WOLFGANG, Sally, daughter, 8

Ancestry.com mentions that Sally was attending Altoona Central Catholic School in 1958, when she would have been around 16 years of age.

Information appears to run out after that.

I will keep working on this one.

 

WHEATON, Zula Walters (Charlotte MI)

 

ZULA WALTERS-WHEATON

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Zula Wheaton"

PHOTO TAKEN: The Roehm Studio, Charlotte MI, after March 1916

PHOTO ACQUIRED: 2016 Rt127 Yardsale, Anderson County KY

This is Zula Walters-Wheaton, born 23 June 1892 in Chester Indiana to parents Jesse Armory Walters (1870-1959) and Clara C. Bowers (1870-1953). She had four other siblings, all born in Indiana:

•   Lola Hazel Walters (1890-1971) m. Byron Orton Taylor
•   Chancey Walters (1895-1986) m. Edna Marie Wygent
•   Guy C. Walters (1901-1990) m. Jane Wilson
•   Mary Augusta Walters (1902-2006) m. William Neil Letson

Her parents moved two hundred miles away to Charlotte Michigan (between Lansing and Battle Creek) around 1909/1910, but Zula remained in Chester, renting an apartment with two other girls, in order to complete high school in that location. She graduated High School in spring of 1910 and pursued a teaching certificate in Michigan. She passed the exam and by September of that same year had landed a teaching position in a one-room schoolhouse near her parents' home.

This story on the "Strange Schoolhouse" appeared in the Lansing State Journal, 13 May 1979.

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In March of 1916, Zula married Earl A. Wheaton (1894-1948), a son of Alonzo Wheaton and Mary J. "Ibbie" Hammil. 

1930 Census > Michigan > Ingham > Lansing

• WHEATON, Earl A., head, 35, married at age 21, born in MI of MI parents, Sheet Metal worker in Auto plant
• WHEATON, Zula I., wife, 37, married at age 23, born in IN or IN parents, no occupation
• WHEATON, Curtis M., son, 11, born in Michigan
• WHEATON, Dale D., son, 6, born in Michigan
• WHEATON, Garrett E., son, 2yr 8 mo, born in Michigan
• WALTERS, Guy C., brother-in-law, 28, single, carpenter

Earl and Zula had three sons:

Curtis Miller WHEATON (1918-2000) w. Rose Ellen Burkhart

•   (they had a daughter)

Dale D. WHEATON (1924-2012) 

Garrett Earl WHEATON (1928-2022) m. Barbara Huss

•    James Garrett Wheaton
•    Robert Bruce Wheaton
•    Patricia Kay Wheaton

Lansing State Journal, 25 May 1948

After Earl died in 1948, Zula returned to teaching and secured a master's degree in education.

In 1951, Zula's parents celebrated their 62nd anniversary, which was covered in the Lansing State Journal 07 Dec 1951.

Zula's mother Clara died a couple of years later - her obit is from Battle Creek Enquirer, 21 Feb 1953.

Her father Jesse died in 1959.

There is a wonderful memorial for Zula on her page at Findagrave, where I have added this photo.

 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29982313/zula-wheaton)

 

 

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.