Plat book of Huron County, Michigan : also patron's business and general farmer's directory of Huron Co. Mich. with biographical sketches / compiled and drawn from personal observations and the county records by E. B. Foote and corps of assistants.

B3IOG R APH I.E s.

born Jan. 27, 1866. They were married Oct. 28,
1887, in B~erne Lutheran church. Children are
Mathe,. born Oct. 29, 1887; Clarence, born March
10, i888; John, born July 10, 1890; Emma, born
Oct. 27, 1895;- Silba, bo~rn, in July, 1897; Elsie,.born in June, 1901, all of whom are alive at
present. They have a large stone residence, good
barns 'and a beautiful farm home.
DOMINE, HENRY.' Son of John H. J. and Margaretha
Domine., of Germany, to whom were born five
children: Doris, born in 1831; Catherine, born in,-8'33;' Elizabeth, born in 1835; Henry, the subject of th-is sketch, was born Sept. 25, 1838, and
Maria, born in 1840, all -born in Goetlendsted, Germany, Province of Ilizen. Married ýCatherina Maria
Schultz, daughter of Jergen Henry and Catherina D.
Schultz, to whom were born three children: Elizabeth, born Sept. 25, 1836; Catherina. Maria, born
Nov. 14, 1842, and Frederi~ck, born Dec. 30, 1848.
They were married March 4, 1866, and have four
'children: Henry, born Oct. 20, 1866; August, born
Sept. 21, 1872; Annie Catharina Maria.. born Sept.
20, 1875;. and Fred W. A., born Oct. 3, 1878. They
'have a beautiful 80-acre farm and a nice new
brick residence.
ELENEALIM, DAN. Son of Samuel and Lea~h Elenbaum, natives of America. Married -to Catherine
Fritz, daughter of John and Mary Fritz, natives
of Germany, -and to whom were born eight children:
Mary, born-Jan. 23, 1856; George, born March 30,
1858; Fred, born Feb. 15, 1860; Catherine, born
March 18, 1862,; Sarah, born Sept. 3, 1866; Matthew, born Oct. 7, 1868; Lydia, 'born Dec. 29, 1870;
J-ohn, born July 9, 1872. They were married. March
28, 1881, in Winsor Township, Huron County, Mich.
There are four children: May, born July 3, 1882;
Alfred, born June 30, 1884; Nora, born Nov. 15,
1887; Flossie, born March 8, 1893, all of whom are
living. They have a nice frame house, good barns
and;a fine farm home.
FINKEEINER, CHRISTIAN W. Son of Christian and
M~agdolina Finkbeiner, natives of Germany, and
to whom were born three children: Christian, the
subject of' this sketch, was born Jan. 27, 1857; John,
born Feb. 27, 1859, and died at age of 34, and
buried at Sebewaing; Louisa, born Oct. 5, 18-.
Married Ca-therina Gettel, daughter of John and
Catherina Gettel, who was born Jan. 7, 1861. They
were married Dec.. 8, 1881, in Sebewaing. There
are eight children: Martha, born Nov. 28, 1882;
Catherine, born May 29, 1884; David, born Feb. 5,
1887; Clara, born June 8, 1889, Henry, born April
18,.18.92; Arth~ur, born April 28, 1894; Delta, born
Sept. 7, 1896, died when 16 mon-ths old and buried
at Sebewaing; Otto, born May 7, 1902. They have
a Ifine large brick house, good bank barns, a good
orchard and a fine farm of 2 00 acres.
GETTEL, ýCHARLE.S. Son of John and Catherina Gettel, natives -of Germany, and was born Feb. 20,
1867. Married Cecilia Lentner, daughter of Nicholas and Wilbelmina Lentner, na~tives of Germany,
and to whom- were lbo~rn six children: Elizabeth,
born May 31, 1860; Rosa, born March 8, 1862;
Theresa, born Oct. 15, 1864; John, born May 31,
1866; Alois,,b~orn Oct. 173 1868; Cecelia, born Nov.
2, 1874. They were married Dec. 29, 1890, in
Sebew aing. Ther I PreP, aire s zix-%ch iI ldren: Em-Vma, b n- o rn

1869, all o,f whom. are -alive. They were married
June 10, 1890, at Cass City, Mich. There are four
children: Lena, 'born Sept. 27, 1890; Melvin, bo~rn
May 27, 1892; Erwin, born Jan. 18, 1895; Lucetta,
born Sept. 20, 1899, all of w~hom -are living. They
'have a ni-ce frame house, large barn and pleasant
farm home.
GEIGER, GEORGE, JR. Was born in Canada March
*9, i861. His father was a native of Germany and
*his mother of England. Came to Michigan in
1886 and settled his present farm in 1899. Married
Lydia Eniler March 13, 1890. There are six children: -Ethel Meta, born May 24, 1890; C-ora Eta, born
D.ec. 21, 1891; Albert Edward, born. Feb. 26, 1894;
-Esther Matilda, bern 'June 4, 1896; Wilbert Edmond, born March 16, 1902; Harvey Henry, born
Dec. 3, 1904;. Edna Malinda, born March 10, 1900,
and died July 29, 1901.,iTTEL, JA.COB. Son of John and Catherina Gettel,
natives of Germany, and to wh~om were born Henry,
John, Fred, Catherina, born Jan. 7, 1861; Jacob,
the subject of this sketch, was born Oct. 16, 1861;
August, K-arl, 'born Feb. 20, 1867; Maria, Gottfried, Louisa, Emma, Ida, Wilhelm, all of w'hom
were born in Sebewaing, Mich., and all of whom
are' living. Married Louisa Brady, daughter of
Henry and Ernestine Brady, to -Whom were born
William, died when nine montbs old and buried at
Sebewaing, Mich.; Louis, died a~t 17 years old; and
buri 'ed 'at Sebewaing, Mich.; Louisa, born Feb. 28,
1869; August, Hulda, Lena, Martha. They were
married Jan. 31, 1889, in Sebewaing, Mich. There
are seven chilldren: Martha, born Aug. 16, 1890.;
George, born July 6, 1892; Herbert, born July 6,
1894; Clara, born Aug. 22, 1896; Otto, born Sept.
28, 1898; Arthur, born Jan. 11, 1900; Alice, born
May 24, 1902, all of whom are living and all born
in Sebewaing, Mich. They have a fine brick house,
a large bank barn, a fine orchard and a fine productive farm.
EJEBERLY, MIC!HAE'L. Son of Christian and Elizabeoth H 'eberly, natives of Germany, ýand to whom
weire born three children: Michael, the subject of
this sketch, was born Feb. 5, 1844; Charles, born
July 22, 1846; Anna, born March 18, 1851. Married
Barbara Miller, daughter of John and Eva Miller,
natives of Germany, and to whom were born three
children: Frederick, born Aug. 5, 1848; John, born
Sept. 10, 1850; Barbara, born on the ocean Nov.
17, 1854. They were married' Nov. 23, 1871, in
Canada, where they lived for nine years, during
which time three sons and one daughter were born
to them. They then moved to Winsor, where they
have since resided, and where the rest of the children were born. There are nine children: Eva, 'born

April 8, 1873; John F., born Feb. 6, 1875; George
'H., born March 27, 1877; Charles E., born July 4,
'1879; Levi C., born Aug. 13, 1882;' Lora E., born
Sept. 8, 1885; Luella L., born March 2, 1888;
Vio~letta M., born May 24, 1891; Wesley J'., born
May 16, 1894. They have a fine brick house, also
a frame house, goo-d barns and two pleasant" farms.
H1ACKETT, CHRIS. Son of James and Rosa, Hackett,
natives of Ireland, and to whom were born five
children: James, John, Chris, the subject of this
sketch, was born Sept. 7, 1852; Mary' Rosa. Married Mary McCallum, daughter of Neil and Mary
McCallum, to whom were born nine children: Annie, Jennette, Kate, John, Daniel, Mary, born May
5, 1865; Niel, Malcolm, Maggie. They were married in Bad Axe in- Oct., 1882. There are five children: Rose, born Dec. 16, 1883; Laura, burn April
71 1886, and ' died Sept. 1, 1889;. Lila, 'born. Jan..
'183, 1889, died Oct. 25, 1902; Ella, born July 22,
1892; Eva, born May 17., 1898. They 'have a nice
large frame hou-se, a good barn, a nice orchard
and a beautiful farm home.
HECK, VALENTINE. Son of David and Catherine
Heck of Germany. His mother died in 1866 and
wa~s buried in the public cemetery. His father was
re-married in 1868 to Frances Maier, she dying in
1869, -and being buried in Durme~sheim, Baden, Germany. His father was married again to Abelonia
Bader, in October, 1872. He has one half-brother,
born June 5, 1869, and who died June 20, 1889, and
one half-sister, Thressa, 'born Oct. 8,-~ 1864. The
subject of this sketch was born Fe~b. 14,1 1864. He
married Elizabeth Martens on Sept. 4, 1891. She
was the daughter of Henry and Catherine Martens
of Germany, and she was born May 5, 1875. They
have had three sons and four daughters: Karl,
born Sept. 25, 1892; Lorenz, 'born May 14, 1894;
Edward, born April 28, 1896; Amanda, born Jan.
24, 1898; Emma, born June 24, 1899, died Aug. 8,
1899, and buried in Berne Lutheran cemetery; Olga
born 'Sept. 9, 1900; Hulda, born April 9, 1902. Tney
possess a beautiful farm of 160 a~cres and are in
good shape financially.
KRETZSCHMER, HARRY. Son of Fred and Elizabeth
Kretzschmer, of Kilmanagh, Huron County, Mich.,
and to whomn xere born eight children, Elizabeth,
born April 6,- 18 67; 'L-ouisa,: born. 'Oct. 8, 18 69; Wil'l'iam', born Feb. 27, 1872; Charles, born Aug. 19,
1874; Annie, born May 26, 1877; Harry, the subject
of this sketch, w~as born March 28, 1880; Nora, born
April 20, 1883; Arthur,' born March 1, 1886. The
subject of this sketch was united in'maraet
Katie Finkbeiner, of Kilmanagh, on April 20, 1902.
They have a nice large frame house, good barn
and a beautiful farm home.
LINK, CHRISTIAN. Son of John and 'Catherine Link,
natives of Germany, and to whom were born six
children: John, died at age of 32 years old and
was buried in Huron County, Ontario; Batbara,
Paul, Jacob, Christian,. the 'subject of this sketch,
was born Aug. 27, -1840; Martin. Married Cathermne Sch'walm, daughter of William and Catherine
Schwalm, natives of Germany,. and to whom were
born sbven children: Henry, Mary, William, Jacob,
Emnma, Solomon, died at age of ten and buried in
Canada. They were married May 15. 1866. in

George, Mary,. died when 8 years;. Catherine, born
Aug. 6, 1851; Margarette, Mary,. 'Henry. They
were married Sep~t. 19, 1882. There wa-s one son,
Frederick, born in Linkville, Sept. 9, 1888. They
'have a nice, produ~ctive, pleasant farm ho me.
LUCHT, JOHN. Son of John and Anna, Lucht, 'natives
of Germany, and to whom were born seven children,
Angie, born May 16, 1834; Peter H., born March
20, 1836; Elsie, born Aug. 20, 1838;Lnbr
Sept. 18, 1840; Anna Mary, born July 9 1842;
Catherine, born May 17, 1845; John, the subject of
this sketch, was born Dec. 27, 1848. Married Maria
Rothfuss, daughter of Bernhard -and Ba~rbara Rothfuss, natives of Germany, and to whom were born
ten children, John, born Sept. 9, 1858; Catherine,
born Dec. 26, 18059; Maria, born Feb. 11,. 1861;
Christian, born May 15, 1863, died at age '19 and
buried at Sebewaing, Mich.; Jacob, born Aug. 10,
1364; David, born Jan. 17, 1866.; Rebecca, born
Dec. 3, 1867; Anna B., born Oct. 20, 1869., die-d at,ag7-e of 4 years and is, buried at Sebewaing, Mich.;
Anna B., born Dec. 12, 1875; Bernhard, born Dec.
20, 1877. They were married Dec. 6, 1877', in Win'sor Township, Huron- County, ' Mich. There are
nine children, John F., born Nov. 29, 1878; Edward,,B., born Dec. 28, 1880; Henry H., born Dec. 19,
1882; David W., born Dec. 27, 1884; Otto C., 'born
Jan. 4, 1887, and died July 14, 1889, ahd buried
at Sebewaing; Samuel Wesley, born May 14, 1889;
Annie B., born Oct. 9, 1892; Martha Catherine, born
Dec. 20, 1894, died March 3, 1895, buried at Sebewaing; Eliza A., born Feb. 15, 1896. They have a
large frame house, two large barns and. a fine' productive farm home.
'MAIER, BERNHARD. Son of Bernhard and Johanna
Maier, natives of Germany, united in marriage in
Germany in 1827, and to wh~om were born seven
children: Juliana, Ignatz, Rophine, Wilhelm, Theressa, Catherine and Bernhard, the subject of this
sketch, who was born. June 16, 1846, all of whom
were 'born in Germany, and all of whomr are deceased except Bernhard and Rophina. Married
Kreszensia Volmer, daughter of Benj. and -Clara
Velmer, natives of Germany, an~d to whom w-ere
born five children: Bernihard, There ssa, Regina,
Augustina, Kreszensia. She was h-orn'May 25, 1853,
and all her brothers and sisters are alive except
'Bernhard and Regina. They were married April
13, 1874, in Germany, emigrated to America in
1880, and located on their present farm. There
are eight children: William, born Jan. 7.' 1875;
Karl, born Feb. 6, 1877; Bernhard, born Oct. 20,
1879; 'Joseph and Maria, being' twins, born Dec.
23, 1881; Clara, born Sept. 17, 1883; Albert, born

March 23, 1885; Emma, born Jan. 22, 1889; William, born Oct. 17, 1891; all being alive except
William, who died in 1888, and was la~id to rest in
Berne cemetery. They 'have a nice frame house
and big 'barn and, a beautiful -country home, and
are one of the substantial families of the county.
MUENTENER, HE3NRY. Son of Christian and Elizaibeth 'Muentener, natives of Switzerland, and to
whom were bforn four children: Henry 'the subject
of this sketch,- was born Oct. 22, 1856; Elizabeth,
born Dec. 12, 1858; George, 'born Marc2,184
Annie, born Nov. 5, 1870. Married Augusta Stange,
daughter of Frederick and Louisa Stange of Sagina~w, Mich. Her father died in 1868, and was,
buried in Saginaw. Her mother was again married
to 'Christian Wintersteen-, of Saginaw, where she
now resides. They were married Feb. 19, 1884, in
'Winsior, Huron County, Mich. There are eight
children: Lydia, born Dec. 14, 1884; Louisa, born
Oct. 11,, 1886; George, born Feb. 16, 1888; Clara,
born Aug. 11, 1890; Hermann, born Nov. 1.6, 1892;
Frieda, born June 4, 1894; Edward, born Jan. 12,
1897; Florence, born March 12, 1899, all of whom
are alive. They own a fine farm, a lovely concrete
house and a good barn.
MEYER, HENRY. Son of Jerken and Margrette Meyer,
natives of Germany, and to whom were -born eleven.children: Eliza, died and buried in Germany; D~or'othy,' died; Fred, died; William, born Jan. 28.,
1-854; Catherine, born in 1851;tý Henry, the subject of thi-s sketch, was blorn Jan. 26, 1857; Hermann, born May 20, 1859; Elizabeth, born in 1862
and is dead and was buried in Germany; Dorothea,
born in 1864; Fred, born in 1866; August, born
March 25, 1869. Married Eliza Mennrich, daughter
of WilIliam-Meanrich -of Germany, on June 20, 1890,
in 'Wins-or, Huron County, M-ich. Children are:
'Anna, born May 31, 1891; Henry,. blorn Oct. 25,
'1893;,' Lydia, born April 16, 1897, all living at.preseht tiime. They have a nice large brick 'home,
good barns and a fine farm.
MICHENER, JAMES W. Son of Lawrence and Eve
Michener, mother native of New York and father
2of Canada-, and to whom were born six children:
Clara, b-orn Oct. 18,57, died in 1884, and is 'buried
in Ionia; Esther Matilda, born in May, 1859;
James Wesley, the subje~ct of this sketch, was
born Feb.. 11, 1861; 'George B., 'born April 13,
1863, and died Jan. 10, 1903, and is buried in the
Pigeon, Mich., cemetery; Levi,bonAgs21
1865; William Melvin, born 'Feb. 6, 1.869. Married
Louisa Wurtz, daughter of Christian Tobias and
Louisa Pauline Wurtz, natives -of Geramny, and
who was one. of a family of 14 children, and was
born June 17, 1859. They were married Sept. 1,,1885, -and settled on a farm in Montenim County,
Mich.,. wh-ere -they resided for five years, and 'then
moved. to their present home. There are six children: 'Mona Matilda, born June 29, 1886; 'Clara.May,. born May 10, 1889; Laura Beatrice, born
''Sept. 10, 1890; Samuel Melvin, born March 12,
2 1893; James Gordon, born June 11, 1894; Flor' ence Louisa, born June 18, 1897, all living' except
James Gordon, who died when five and a half
months old, and was buried in Pigeon -cemetery.
They have a nice frame house, good bank barn and

March '10, 1865; Johannab, born Sept. 18, 1867;_
Sarah Elizhlbeth, born Feb. 12, 1871. They were
married March 7, 1882, in Canada, and later moved
to Winsor Township, Huron County, Mich. There
are eight children in the family: William Roy, 'born
Aug. 29, 1883; Maynine Pearl, born Dec. 21, 1885;
Sarah Hannah, born Feb.' 1, 1888; - Fred Gorder,
born April 19, 1892; Gertrude, born Feb. 5, 1894;
Howard, born May 10, 1897, and' Guy and Ray, who
are 'twins, born Aug. 17, 1900, all of whom ' are,.living. They have a fine large brick residence, good
bank barn and a beautiful farm home.
NIEBEL, GEORGE. Son of John and Dorothea (Armbruster) Niebel, natives of Germany, and to whom
were, born f-our children: Mary, born March 23,
18511, an'd died July 7, 1851; Frederick, born July
'5, 1857., and died Nov. 9, 1858; George, the subject
of this ske-tch, was born'June 2, 1859;' Annia Maria,
born June 3, 1861, and died Dec. 17, 1893. Married
Mary Stortz, daughter of John M. and Mary Ann
'Stortz, 'to whom- were born five children: Henry,
'born Nov. 7, 1856, in Meridian Township, Ingham
'C~ounty, Mich.; Mary, born same place, Feb., 1858,
"and die 'd Feb. 5, 188-2; John, born June 15, 1859,
in Lansing, Mich.; Robert, born Jan. 13) 1862;
Frederick, born in 1864 in DeWitt Township, Clinton County, Mich. They were married in 1880, and
they had one chi-ld,. Annie Marie, born Jan. 31, 1882.
Mr.,.Niebel was re-married to Lea Schubach, daughter of Detrich Schubach, 'en Oct. 11, 1882. There
are eight children: Frederick, born Aug, 20, 1883;
''Emma E., 'born Oct. 19, 1885; Lydia, born Feb. 11,
1887; Ernestina, born Feb. 4, 1889; Lillie, born
Sept. 17, 1891; George, born Aug. 26, 1893; Alex.
Martin, born July 16, 1895; Emanda, born Dec. 3,
1.899. They have a beautiful farm home and nice
btmilding~s in section 1, Winsor Township.
OFITWEIN, HENRY. Son of Henry and Catherine
Ortxvein, natives of Canada, and to whom were
born.14 children, Jacob, born March 23, 18.53, died
an infant; Samuel, born July 3, 1854, and died an
infant; Mary, born June 11, 1855; Levi, born Aug.
117 1857; Solomon, born Aug. 11, 1857; Catherine,
born Nov. 28, 1860; John, born July 31, 1862, and
died an infant; Elizabeth, born Sept. 25, 1864;
Rebecca, born Feb. 28, 1867; Henry, born Aug. 12,
1870; George, born May 2, 1873; Jacob, born Nov.
20, 1875; Ida, born Aug. 15, 1880. Married Mary
Ann Coleman, daughter of Francis and Eliza Jane
Colemnan, and to whom were born nine children,
'Thomas, born March 25, 1857; Catherine Jane,
born Nov. 16, 1858; William, born Jan.1718;
Sarah Ann, born Oct. 21, 1863; Angeline Etta, born
Oct. 10, 1865; George, born Jan. 8, 1868; Mary Ann,
born May 7, 1870; Frances, born June 25,-'1872;
Oliver, born Jan. 14, 1875, all of whom are living.
They were married April 13, 1898, in Canada. There
is one child, GeorgeOliver, born Jan. 1, 1899. They

have a nice brick house, big bank barn and a fine
farm home.
PFAFF, GEORGE. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Pfaff,
natives of Huron County, Ontario, Canada, t6 whom,were born three children: George', born Sept. 20,
1856; Mary, born Aug. 12, 185 '8, and Conrad;- born
March 6, 1860. His father's first wife was Elizabeth Pfaft, the result of the first union being one
son, Henry, born Sept. 9, 1850. His father' was
married to Elizabeth Keller in 185-42 da'ughter of
''Henry and -Mary Keller, to whom were b~orn three
'children: John., born Oct. 10, 1865; Margarette,
born Oct. 7, 1872, and Elizabeth, iborn' Aug. 30,
1874, and who died in 18 79 and was buried in
Huron County, Ontari~o. Married Anna Rickbeil,
daughter ýof John'and Louisa Rickbeil, 'and to whom
were b~orn ten 'children: Bertha is de-ad; William,
Emma, Annie, born October 15, 1861; Henrj, E-lizabethy J6'hn, Matilda is 'dead; Jacob, P eter. They
were married April 4, 1882, in North Dakota. They
have seven children: Matilda, born-'Feb. 6. 1883;
Elizabeth,, born Sept.; 25, 1884; Oscar, born May.30, 1888; El-sie, born Feb. 14, '1890; Earl, born
July 20, 1894; Sylvester, born Dec. 3, t,896; Stella
Mildred, 'born May 4,'-1900, all'of whom 4were blorn
in'Pembina County, North Dakota. The family resided in Dakota until Jan.' 6, 1902, when they pur'chased the place where they now reside and have a
beautiful home.'
PRECHTEL, WOLFGANG. Son of Michael. and Barbara Prechtel, who had six children: Barabara,
Anna, John,,.Therese, Wolfgang, the subject of this
'sketch, was born Nov. 8, 1864; Joseph. Married
'Katharina "Heide, who was born Mar~ch' 13, 1870.
'They were moarri'ed in Nov., 189.2, in Canada. There
'are six children: Matilda, born Sept. 4, 1893; Robent, born Feb.' 20, 1895.; Olga, horn March 15,
1897; Helena, born Aug. 5,. 189 8;".. Lydia, born
July 18, 1900; Alma, born March.15', 1902; all are
alive except Olga. They have a nice orchard and
pr-oductive farm home.
ROESENBERGER, JESSE. Son of Abraham and
Catherine Roe-senberger, natives of,.. Waterlo~o
'County, Ontario, Canada, and to whom were born
eight children: Nancy, Rachel, Levina, Samuel,
born Oct. 17, 1859; Aaron,:born April 26, 1862;
Jesse, the subject of this sketch, xvas b~orn July 2,
1865; Mary, born July 6, 1868; Sarah, born Dec.
14, 1870, all of whom are -living'. Married Ella
Daniel, daughter of Charles and Nancy Daniel,
natives of Canada, and to whom were born three
children: Ephraim, Henry, Ella, born Dec. 29, -
Her mother died and was buried in Virginia, and
'her father re-married and there wvere five children
in the second family. They were married Dec. 29,
1891, in Waterloo C-ounty, Ontario. There are four
children: Vernon, born Oct. 31, 1893; Nina, born
May 20,' 1896;' Glenn, born -Sept. 8, 1898, -and died
at age of 9 months, and was buried in Pigeon,cemetery.. They resided after marriage in Tuscola
County -for three years and then m'noved to, their
present farm in Winsor Township, where they have
since resided. They have a nice frame house, good
bank barn and a fine farm home.
ROPP, MOSES. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ropp.
Father was a native of Canada and mothear of Ger

1872; Barbara, born May 4,.1867; Daniel, horn
Feb. 87' 1869; Peter, born June 113 1871; Cathermne, b~orn March 10, 1873; Mary, -born Jan. 3, 1875;
Anna, born O~ct. 15, 1876; Joseph, born June 14,
1878; David, born Nov. 5, 1880; Moses, born Jan.
6, 188-2, died Sept. 7, 1882,. and buried in Iowa;
Lydia, born Oct. 15, 1884, and died Dec.-.29, 1887,,
and buried in Iowa; Fannie, born Nov. 5, 1886.
Th~ey were married Sep-t.. 20, 1896, in Iowa. There
are three children: 'Cleora, born Jan..27, 1898;
Blanche, b~orn Ju ne 30, 1900; Alta, b~orn Dec.' 14,
1903, all off whom are living. They -se-ttled their
present farm in 1904'..'
ROTHFUSS, DAVID. Son of Bernhard and Barbara
Rothfuss, and was 'born Jan. 17, 1866... Married to
Mary -Einwechter,. daughter of Henry and Mary
Maggie Einwechter, 'natives of Germany, and to
whom were born thirteen children: Catherine, 'born
July 24, 1870; Fred, born Ocet. 13,' 1871; Henry,
born, March 1, 1873; Mary,' born Sept. 27, 1875;
Lena, born 1874, and died When five days old;
Eliza~beth, born April 26, 1877; Lovina, born April
8, 1880; Susannah, born June 6, 1882; Charles,
born March 11, 1884; Daniel,-born-Aug. 25, 1866;
'Benjamin, born Aug. 1.2, 1888; Maggie, born July
3, 1890; Louis, born April 30, 1892. They were
married Jan. 3, 1892. There are five children:
'John, born Dec. 12, 1892; William, b~orn Sept. 6,
1895; Viola, born Dec. 1.2, 1897; Harvey, born.March 27, 1900; Alverta,.born. Sept. 22, 1902. They
have a, nice frame house, good bank barn and a
productive farm...
RUBY, FRED E. Son of Jacob and Barbara Ruby.
Married Katie Granft, daughter of Chas. and Mary
Grant, natives of Canada, and 'to. whom were born
seven children:. Robert, Ulyses, Edward, John,.
George, William, who is dead; Kate. They were
married in Dec.,. 1885, in Unionville, Mich.. They
have three children: Win., born Aug. 27, 1886; Ada,
'born April 15, 1889; Lula, born May 8, 1896, all
of whom are living. They have. a, lovely large
frame house,., a good barn and have a beautiful
f arm home.
RUBY, DAVID C. Son -of Jacob and. Barbara-- Ruby.
Father was born in 'Canada. Aug. 29 and died June
26, 1904, and mother born April, 1827, in Canada,
and to them were born nine children: David' C.;,.
'born Jan. 13, 185,6; 'John, born April 9,- 1858;
Ferdinand, born Aug..29, -; Barbara Anna, born
'Jan. 22, -; and died in 1868; William S., born
Aug. 23, 1865; Magd'olina, born April 12,.1863,
and died 1864; Christian 4., born July 31, 1'870;',..Abraham, born May 11, 1873; Felda George, 'born
Jan.' 6, 1876. Married Ha~nnah Derstein,, daughter
of Jacob and Maria Derstein, natives 'of Canada,