Photographs and Mysteries
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Rudes hopes to remain probate judge
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
**UPDATE** The Wives of Oscar Leutz
Two updates in two days?! My goodness I must be on a roll or something. And oddly enough it is on the same topic as yesterday. If you will recall I was attempting to sort out the four known wives of Oscar Leutz. Today I confirmed Uncle Bob once again. Oscar's marriage to Bertha Woods was in fact very short lived. They were married December 28, 1920 and were divorced in October, 1921. As found in the newspaper announcing the separation...
In the case of Oscar Leutz vs. Bertha A. Leutz, Judge Wierman has granted a divorce to the plaintiff on the grounds of gross neglect of duty, and the defendant divested of all property rights of plaintiff by way of dower or otherwise, and defendant has been restored to her maiden name Bertha Woods.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
**UPDATE** The Wives of Oscar Leutz
Death of Mrs. Oscar LeutzMrs. Myrtle Long Leutz, second daughter of Mr and Mrs. Edwin Long, of Toledo, was born near Elmore, January 1st, 1888, was married to Oscar Leutz, Dec. 10th, 1904, and died at her home in Oak Harbor, on Oct. 12th, 1907, after an illness of only one day. She leaves a husband, son, father, mother, two sisters and two brothers, besides a host of other relatives and friends, to mourn her untimely departure.Very early in life, she united with the Second Baptist church of Toledo and remained a faithful member of that organization. She was a member of the Christian Sunday School, of Oak Harbor, also of the Ladies' Aid society of that church.The funeral, Tuesday, was from the Christian church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. L. Morrison. The floral emblems were numerous and beautiful, mutely testifying of the love of the living for the dead.The fair young mother with her infant daughter, which died at birth, resting peacefully on her quiet breast, was indeed a touching sight, and the large concourse of sympathizing friends mingled their tears with those of the desolate husband. Only the tender, softening hand of Time, and the hope to "Some day greet with pleasure, the dear ones waiting there," can console him.
Extra special shout out to Uncle Bob who thought she'd died in child birth with her son, Ivan. The dates didn't line up but I just assume Uncle Bob didn't know she'd had another baby, especially so close to the birth of her son. The babies were about 1 year and 7 months apart. What a tiny little fella to lose his momma. Also, for those of you that didn't do the math, Oscar married Myrtle when she was 16 and buried her at 19. I'm so glad to finally be able to add more information regarding this young woman to the tree and help her short life be remembered in some fashion.
Where it fits: Oscar Leutz is the son of Gustav and Mary (Washa) Leutz. This makes him the brother of Leon Leutz who was the father of Mary Cary (Leutz) Rudes.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
The Dumond Families
Ithaca’s Reputed First Settlers Were Peter Hinepaugh and Isaac Dumond, Settling Here in 1788
Some five years ago certain errors were made in giving a
sketch of the beginnings of Ithacan history and though they did not materially
affect the values in the subsequent series of events still they warrant correction. These errors were largely due at the time to
the disparity in the narrative then available.
Recently much more material has come to hand so that the story as give
here, as amended, is as nearly correct as it is possible to make it after this
lapse of events of nearly a century and a half.
By DR. LUZERNE COVILLE
Briefly stated, it was in the spring of 1788, for the nights
were still uncomfortably cool, that Robert McDowell and seven others started
from Kingston, Pennsylvania, on a tour of the wild lands that lay in the lake
country about the heads of Seneca and Cayuga lakes. The exploring company was made up in the main
of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Four were in horses and four afoot. They started out along the old Sullivan trail
from Chemung and spent their first night at Kathrene’s Town (Montour) and
pushed on past the head of Seneca Lake to Peach Orchard (Hector). They there turned east and picked up the head
waters of the Halsey Creek (Taughannock) followed to its mouth at Goodwin’s
(Taughannock) Point. Camping there upon
Cayuga Lake for the night, they started south the next day, keeping well to the
high ground and thereby avoiding the deep cross ravines and gullies. They emerged from the forest trail at last, upon
a shoulder high up above the lake corner.
There below, spread out in the morning sunshine, lay the great
flats extending for miles, covered with grass and nearly treeless, filling the
whole valley’s bottom and framed by the darker green if the oaks and pines of
the sturdy forest growth. Across to the
east was the “great falls”, pouring its flood of water into the creek below
Midway the valley ran the inlet, and about a mile up, where a branch from the
each joined it, they found a fording place.
Camped at Buttermilk
They explored the lands and streams on the east and south sides
of the valley and finally make their camp for the night under a tree at the falls
three miles south (Buttermilk) “to avoid as far as possible the multitude of
gnats that infested the place”. They spent
three more days here, mainly investigating the reaches above the flats. They then left for home via Cayuth Lake and
Kathrene’s, having met only the two men at Peach Orchard and the two at
Kathrene’s. They were absent about 10
days.
In the late June or early July of the same year, 1788,
McDowell returned here with five companions, equipped with flour from Wyoming
and corn-meal from Tioga Mill, with ropes and implements, horses and two cows,
and proceeded to cut and cure hay. The
wild grass was lush and they were able in about six weeks to “sweep” and stack
upon the high ground from both sides of the inlet some 60 or more tons of hay,
railed against depredation and stacked for us in winter feeding of the cattle
that they proposed to drive in that fall.
While at the haying they were joined by two men, Peter Hinepaugh and
Isaac Dumond, part of a scouting party of 11 men who had come from Kingston,
N.Y. with two Delaware Indians as guides.
Returned to Chemung
These people all returned to the Esopus after a month’s
absence without making any choice of land.
The McDowell party went back to Chemung in August but sent back three of
their number in October with 70 head of horses and cattle for wintering
here. They built a long cabin and
shelters for the cattle on the high ground at the head of the flats, some three
miles up the valley. Of their number two
returned to Chemung in February in two feet of snow on snowshoes made for them by
Peter Hinepaugh. On the way they broke
their compass and were lost in a blizzard and freeze near Cayuta Lake for five
days, without food, but were finally able to find they way downstreak to
Shepard’s and out. After an absence of
six weeks these two returned from their home visit to spend the rest of the
winter here at the log cabin (near to Puff’s tavern).
The Delaware people, Dumond and Hinepaugh, returned here in
December or January presumably determined to make their homes upon these Cayuga
flats, and erected two or three cabins, that of Hinepaugh being upon the high
land at the Mill Creek (Cascadilla), that of the Yaples’ upon the foot of the
hill just south of the creek, and the Dumonds’ still farther south near
Six-Mile Creek. They later in the spring
planted their corn and their crops of wheat, rye, barley and peas on their
share of the old Indiana (corn) fields, lon since abandoned. And then leaving behind them ma young brother,
John Yaple, an unmarried man, to guard their property they returned for their
families at Cook House and Pakatakan on the Pepacton.
Brought Daughter Here
In the spring of 1789 Richard McDowell. In later years spoken of and addressed as
Squire McDowell, came here in company with his daughter, Jane, aged eight,
together with a white lad of 12 years and a Negro boy. Putting up temporarily a bark cabin, Indian0fashioned,
he planted on the old Indiana fields his corn and sowed his spring wheat and
built a log cabin (traditionally upon the property that is now 114 West Buffalo
Street) thereby establishing his plantations on the site of or near the old
court house. Later in the season he
removed here his family from Chemung, comprising his wife, Margaret, three daughters
and two sons. He erected the further farm
buildings needed and that fall gathered his first crop.
Peter Dumond of Hurley, (IV), son of Igenas (III), sonof Jan
Baptiste (II), son of Wallerand (Wolron) Dumond (I), was born in or about
1730. The earliest of the Dumond
ancestry here was a certain Wallerand DuMond, a Huguenot, who at Wildtwick
(Kingston, N.Y.) in 1664, married (Margaret) Hendricks, the widow of Jans
Arentsen from Wie, near Zwolle, in Swtzerland [sic]. The wife of Jan Baptiste DuMond was Neeltje
Van Veghten, whose grandfather came here in 1636 with his wife, children and 12
servants. The wife of Igenas DuMond was
Catharine Schuyler, whose ancestry runs back two generations to David Schuyler
of colonial Albany, and to the aristocratic Ver Plancks of New Amsterdam.
Peter DuMond (IV) together with his brother Harmonus DuMond
and two other men, Johannes Van Wagenen and ______ Hendricks, formed an
exploring party up the Delaware valley in the fall of 1762 and spring of 1763
and located in the Indian settlement of Paghatakan (Arkville) where they each
purchased farms. These four pioneer
families were the first permanent colony on the east branch of the Delaware
River.
Married in 1572
Peter DeMond married in September, 1752, Maria Can Wagenen
of Kingston, by whom he had six children born at Hurley and baptized at
Kingston. Four of these children
comprise “the early Dutch settlers of Ithaca”.
In that year of 1789, Catharine, the oldest daughter, married to Peter
Hinepaugh, was 35 years of age and had five children, the oldest of whom was 12
years of age. Isaac DuMond, aged 31
yearss [sic], had married in 1784 Sallie Barrows (Berro) of Hurley and had
three children. Mond, aged 31 years, had
married Jacob Yaple and had three children.
John, 26, married in July, 1789, Jane Barrows (Berro just before leaving
Paghatakan. There remained on the farm
the sons, Igenas, aged 36, and Jacobus, aged 28, twhere their descendants still
remain.
Hinepaw was an older half brother of the Yaples. The name of the mother was Susannah Cisco and
it is recorded that she was born in Holland. Her early home in America may have
been near Kingston as the name is not uncommon there. She married about 1758 Henry Yaple and they
had at least three sons, all born in what is now Lebanon County, Pa. It is also a curious thing that in 1795
Hinepaugh is signing his name to documents in good clear German-English script
as Pieder Heimbach.
This is the first of two articles on the subject of the Dumond
Families. The second will appear
Monday.
Source: The Ithaca Journal, March 2, 1935, Page 3. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal-dumond-family-per-ith/9822835/ : accessed October 25, 2023), clip page for DuMond Family per Ithaca Journal, March 02, 1935 by user kcnm4davis
Friday, March 31, 2023
War on the Homefront
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
A Case of Mistaken Marriage
The Gazette out of Lexington, Virginia dated Thursday, February 2, 1860 has this shocking story on the front page.
Jopp Family Bible
While I was looking for something entirely unrelated I stumbled upon a list of family Bible's currently in possession of the Hayes Presidential Center. On the list was Stoner and Jopp. I called, asked some questions and received scanned copies of both! JACKPOT! Sadly at this time I don't know where the Stoner family fits with our Stoners but the Jopp was a home run. Below are the pages I received.
Monday, March 27, 2023
The Port Clinton Lighthouse
Money Goes Missing
Cornerstone of a Courthouse
Port Clinton Lutheran Church
As some of you might know I LOVE hunting through church records to see what goodies they have in regards to birth, marriage and death records but some also have family registers or track membership and communion recipients so you can narrow down when a family moved into the area. They also have baptism and confirmation records that often prove helpful with the added bonus of a lot of churches took pictures of their confirmation classes. Apparently the new church building was a big deal as this is found in the "Our Church Paper", December 4, 1895.
State of the Tree
I have been slowly attempting to rebuild my tree from the roots up and have been enjoying a whole new world of resources. It is amazing how many new resources have joined the world since I first started hunting however many years ago that was. (I refuse to admit I've been doing this for over 20 years). That being said in my reconstruction attempts I found a whole slew of very cool Port Clinton articles on the Virginia Chronicle website as well as some interesting reads on family so hopefully over today or the next several days I'll be flooding this page with the articles I've found. Some might be family, some might be distant family and some might be just something I found interesting but as always I will attempt to make it clear exactly where they fit and how. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I have enjoyed finding and sharing them!
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Leutz family papers
Last Tuesday I received a message from Mariah informing me they had found some documents and she was wondering if I was interested. I replied with my address and like magic I received some very exciting mail today and I have jumped right on to share it with you. So, without further delay I give you a passport and two baptism certificates.
This isn't the original-original baptism record but it is a certified copy of her baptism record which at the time also served as a birth certificate. It would also be used to help gain membership to a parish wherever they ended up.
The documents came with both transcribed copies and full on translations if anybody is interested I can share those as well. Thank you so much Mariah!
Where It Fits: Johann & Louisa are the parents of Carl, Gustav, Charles, Luisa & Clara. They are the grandparents of Oscar, Myrtle, Lorenz, Leon, Berlin, Clara, Edward, Emery, William, Edith, Esther and Fred Leutz & Omah, Homer, William, Ada, Luella, Maud and Clara Bisch.
A picture of the couple can be found here: https://photographsandmysteries.blogspot.com/2010/03/update-fredrick-frederica-leutz.html
Friday, October 9, 2020
Are you my Octave?
I might have had a break through in a long standing brick wall. From the time I started hunting down my ancestors I've had a brick wall at Octave Debo. He just wouldn't budge. He and his family were surrounded by various leads and none of them lead to productive records. Let me lay out his timeline for you and we'll see if my brick wall just came tumbling down.
- In the 1870 census Mr. Octage (yes, it lists him as Octage) Debo is living in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. His age is recorded as 54 and he is living with his wife, Jane; and his children, Edward, William, Ella, Leon & E. Albert. He lists his birth place as Canada.
- In the 1880 census Mr. O. Debo is living in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. He lists his age as 69 and he is living with his wife, Jane; and sons, William, Leon and Albert.
- In the 1900 census Mr. Octave Debo is living in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. He lists his date of birth as July, 1823 and his age at 76. He is living with Jane, his wife of 48 years and he claims to have been born in Canada while both parents are listed as born in France.
- In his obituary in 1904 it says he was 79 years of age and all other useful clues are left out as it was a short obituary with little to no useful genealogical significance.
Monday, September 28, 2020
Rachel Lee (Taylor) Myers (1942-2020)
CASTALIA — Rachel Lee Myers, 78, of Castalia, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, after suffering a stroke.
Rachel was born on March 5, 1942, to Elizabeth and William Taylor in Lacarne, Ohio.
After graduating from Oak Harbor High School in 1960, she went on to graduate from Stautzenberger College in 1961. She took her first position at Periodical Publishers, then worked for the Plumbers Union and later was employed as the high school secretary at Perkins High School, where she retired after 31 years of service to the district.
During this time, Rachel also was an active member of the Educational Office Professionals of Ohio (EOPO) and served as president for two years.
In 1959, Rachel met Terry Myers, and they were married in Monroe, Michigan, in 1960. They lived two years in Kentucky while Terry was in the Army and then returned to Ohio.
Terry and Rachel have two married children, Phillip (Tana) Myers and Debbie (Jim) Roderick. Rachel and Terry also have four granddaughters, Makenna and Keeleigh Myers, both of Columbus, Morgan Roderick of Boston and Marissa Roderick, who is attending Eastern Kentucky College.
Rachel spent much time enjoying her family cocker spaniels, Maxx, for 15 years and Maxine for the last 10 years, walking them daily. Rachel enjoyed boat rides with Terry when Terry wasn’t fishing. Lunches with her girlfriends were weekly, and she and Terry played cards with their friends on a regular basis.
Rachel was a devoted member of Grace Lutheran Church in Castalia. At Grace, Rachel was involved in the contemporary music program with high school students, taught Sunday School, attended Bible Study and was a member of Circle 5.
Rachel was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Carol Merrick. She is survived by her husband Terry, her children and grandchildren, her sister Lorna (Don) Noble, sister Ann (Jim) Dickerson and brother Bill (Jane) Taylor.
Visitation will take place 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, from at Ransom Funeral & Cremation Service, 610 South Washington St., Castalia. Masks and social distancing will be required.
A private funeral service will be held at Ransom Funeral & Cremation Service on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. The Rev. Kathleen Suggitt of Grace Lutheran Church will be officiating. Interment will follow in the Lacarne Cemetery.
The family suggests that memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church 203 S. Washington St., Castalia, OH 44824 or Back to The Wild, PO Box 423, Castalia, OH 44824.
Condolences and gifts of sympathy may be shared with the family by visiting ransomfuneralhome.com
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Charles H. Hatch
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Don't think for a second that I've forgotten about the Rudes side of the family but sometimes you have to go where the fish are biting and lately that hasn't been the Rudes side. However, today I came into the possession of an obituary for Charles Hatch.
Died
HATCH - At his late residence in Vanlue, O., on Saturday evening, Aug. 17, 1889, Mr. Charles H. H. Hatch , aged 53 years, 8 months and 1 day.
Mr Hatch was the father of 9 children, 4 sons and 5 daughters of whom 2 sons and 4 daughters, with the mother, are left to mourn his loss.
Mr. Hatch was a good citizen, and his absence will be felt in the village of Vanlue.
The funeral took place from his late residence, on Tuesday morning, August 20th, the services and interment taking place at the Lee church. A very large congregation of sympathizing neighbors and friends being present to contribute their compassion for the living, and their respect for the dead. Rev. J. M. Dustman, of Bluffton, officiating. The burial was conducted according to the beantiful (sic) ritual of the order of the I.O.O.F, of which fraternity he was an honored member.
According to the August 22nd news paper Mr. Hatch was at Fred Sutters saw mill on Saturday when he fell against a saw, cutting his arm off above the elbow. Medical aid was immediately summoned and the injury dressed and he fell to shock that same evening. He was only 53.
Where it fits: Charles was the father of Lillie Mae Hatch, wife of Carlos A. Rudes. Together they are the parents of Merrill Basil Rudes (1890-1939) and seven sons in total (Earle, Ercell, Cecil Harold, Gail Carlton, Raymond Sandwich, Dewey Lee & Merrill Basil), grandparents of Merrill Rudes (1920-1994) & George Rudes (1923-2007).
Laurie Dangler
Laurie A. (Rudes) Dangler, M.D., age 48, died Saturday, June 1, 2019 at her home after a long battle with brain and breast cancer. She was born August 5, 1970 to Randolph and Paulette (Oberhaus) Rudes in Toledo Ohio.
While growing up outside Toledo, Laurie excelled in many activities including playing trumpet in her high school marching band, competitive horseback riding, and learning how to bake the best apple pies ever. She was known for her kind heart, strong work ethic, drive and determination. After graduating with honors from Genoa Area High School, Laurie went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Cum Laude, from the University of Toledo, and her M.D. from The Ohio State University.
Laurie met the love of her life, Doug, in junior high school and they were married August 1, 1992 in Genoa, Ohio. Throughout their many years together, Laurie and Doug enjoyed participating in Volkswagen clubs throughout Ohio, traveling and a mutual love of music. Laurie and Doug raised two outstanding children, Rebecca and Evan, who Laurie loved deeply.
While training to run the Columbus Half Marathon in 2007, Laurie was diagnosed with brain cancer. She was determined to run again after treatment and formed ROC On! (Run Over Cancer), a charity that raised funds for brain cancer research. Laurie continued to run half-marathons after treatment for many years, inspiring many others to run and raise funds as well.
Laurie was also an excellent doctor who was adored by her patients. Laurie made friends easily wherever she went. Her loving spirit will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
Laurie is preceded in death by her parents, Randolph and Paulette Rudes. She is survived by her husband of 26 years, Doug; daughter, Rebecca; son, Evan; sisters Angela Jimerson, Abigail (Jeremy) King, Lindsey (Thomas) Milam; nephews Gregory, Nicholas and Timothy; and niece Sarah.
Services are listed below. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to The Ohio State University Fund, ROC On Research Fund for Neuro-Oncology Center, Fund #313389 (www.giveto.osu.edu <http://www.giveto.osu.edu>).
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
**UPDATE #2** Little Brown Box
There were two pictures in the box that I couldn't identify. One was another wedding photograph. On the back I can't make out the first word but the rest is:
Now, since I was working on the confirmation picture tonight (yes, tonight. You are getting updated as it happens so no lag time this time.) I picked Merle Porter. The name sounded familiar and I wasn't sure why. It turns out that is the name of a famous photographer but as far as I can tell they aren't one in the same. In that search I found his obituary, if you aren't interested in the whole thing you can read the highlighted part:
Penny for your thoughts on this one all y'all!
Original post can be found in its entirety here: https://photographsandmysteries.blogspot.com/2009/12/update-little-brown-box.html
UPDATE: Confirmation?
A nice Sunday mystery. This was taken at Northland Studio in Toledo, Ohio. There is no label saying who, what, when, or why. I am assuming it is a confirmation but I'm not sure.
Timeframe: The skirts are short enough that it is fairly safe to assume this was taken after 1908. Since all the girls have a bob cut, which didn't become popular until the 20's, this was taken after 1920. They started to get longer then the jaw length in the 30's and all these girls have the shorter bobs so I am guessing this was taken between 1920 & 1930.
Where It Fits: I don't know. Can you tell me?
Friday, April 26, 2019
Hilda Michel
On April 15, 1967, she married Kenneth J. Michel, and he preceded her in death on June 26, 2011. Together they worked on the family farm and vegetable stand near Oak Harbor. Hilda was the secretary at R.C. Waters Elementary School, Oak Harbor, for many years and was a substitute aid. An active member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Oak Harbor, she was a former organist and was a member of the Altar Rosary Society and the Corda Club. Hilda and Ken enjoyed traveling after their retirement and visited many places in the U.S. and Europe. She was “always busy” and volunteered her time with the Holiday Bureau and Meals on Wheels. Hilda enjoyed reading, playing the piano at Riverview, and going out to eat with her friends.
She is survived by her sons, Ed (Katie) Michel, Joliet, IL and Frank Michel, Oak Harbor; sisters, Sr. Angie Keil, OSF/T, Boonville, KY and Dorothy Murawa, Toledo; and grandchildren, Kyle, Paige, & Daniel Michel. She was preceded in death by her son, Greg Michel, and a sister, Mary Lou Westhoven.
The family will receive friends from 2-8 PM Sunday at Crosser Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 301 N. Locust St., Oak Harbor, where a Christian Wake service will be held at 7:30 PM Sunday. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM Monday, April 15, 2019 at St. Boniface Catholic Church, 215 Church St., Oak Harbor, where friends may call after 9:00 AM Monday. Rev. Timothy F. Ferris will officiate, and interment will follow at Salem Township Union Cemetery, Oak Harbor. Following the services, a luncheon will be served in the undercroft of St. Boniface Church. Those planning on making a memorial contribution are asked to please consider St. Boniface Church or School, the Sisters of St. Francis, Tiffin, or Heartland Hospice. Crosser Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Oak Harbor, is assisting the family with arrangements and encourages those wishing to send a condolence or share a fond memory to visit www.crosserfuneralhome.com.
Friday, April 12, 2019
Monuments Men in the news
March 21, 2019 at 12:35 PM EDT - Updated March 21 at 12:37 PM
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