Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


John Walter Weisend

According to the 1920 census, John Walter Weisend's parents were born in Ohio. John was a farmer. John and Anna married in Nebraska and had their first two children there before moving back to Ohio.


John P. Weisend

John P. Weisend, who never married, lived in Marietta, Washington Co., OH at the time of his death.


Joseph William Strahler

In 1920,. Joseph W. Strahler (33) owned a mortgaged farm in Watertown, Washington Co., Ohio with his wife Marie (25) and children James (7), Wilbur (6), Alice (4 yrs 10 mos) Albert (3 yrs 7 mos), Edna (2 yrs 3 mos) and Bernadine (2 mos). None of the children attended school. Joseph's father and mother were born in Germany and Ohio, respectively.

In 1930, 44 year old Joseph Strahler owned a farm in Watertown where he lived with his wife Marie (38) and their 11 children: James (18), Wilmer (17), Alice (15), Albert (13), Edna (12), Bernadine (10), Regis (8), Lawrence (6), Elizabeth (4 yrs 2 mos), Richard (3 yrs 9 mos), and Martha (1 yr 6 mos). All the children attended school except for the youngest three. The Strahler family owned a radio set.

An article on page 12 of the The Zanesville Times Recorder on 25 Aug 1938 titled "Ruppel Family Reunion" lists attendees "Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Strahler and children Mary, Martha, Albert, Regus and Lawrence [of] Waterford." See notes of Clem Ruppel for details.

The following appeared in The Zanesville (OH) signal newspaper on May 15, 1951:
ALL 12 CHILDREN OF WATERFORD COUPLE AT WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY OF PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Strahler of Waterford observed their
40th wedding anniversary Sunday and each of their 12 child-
ren was in attendance.
Counting their children, grandchildren and sons and
daughters-in-law, there were 41 persons at the anniversary
party at the Strahler home.
All of the 12 Strahler children are graduates of Waterford high
school and yesterday marked the first time in several years all
members of the family have been together.
The Strahler children live in widely scattered sections of the
nation, one of them as far away as Tucson, Ariz. Two make
their home in west Virginia and the remainder are in Ohio.

The following caption accompanied a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Strahler with their children:
The 12 children of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Strahler of Waterford
attended their parent's 40th wedding anniversary yesterday. Left
to right they are Richard Strahler of the home, Albert Strahler of
Marietta, Regis Strahler of the home, Mrs. Bernadine Burza of
Barberton, Wilmer Strahler of Waterford, Martha Strahler of Bar-
berton, Sister Margaret Teresa of Clarksburg, W. Va., Joseph
Strahler, Mrs. Edna Lopez of Clarksburg, Mrs. Strahler, James
Strahler of Waterford, Mary Strahler of Kima(?), Lawrence
Strahler of Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Elizabeth Buckohr of Bar-
berton.


Alice Strahler

Alice entered the convent as Sister Margaret Theresa. She is listed as a deceased sibling in the 2004 obituary of her sister, Edna Strahler Lopez.


Albert Francis Strahler

Albert Strahler was a veteran of the US Army. He was widowed at the time of his death. His wife's name is not known.


George Louis Schott

George had scarlet fever as a kid and he tells a story of "a German girl" neighbor coming over and laying hot corn cobs around his feverish body. They expected him to die, but he pulled through.

George loved the farm, trees, creeks, and animals. He loved to be outside enjoying nature, rain or shine. His father had cows, chickens, sheep, pigs, dogs horses (in fact his daughter Ann has an old ad for stud services). As a boy, he once raised a baby piglet that was "one-too-many" for the mother. That pig followed him around and when it was killing time, his Dad could not do it, so he called the neighbor to do it. (That story always upset his daughter as a child... she hoped the pig would remain a pet.)

George's home life had problems due to his step-mother, Willie Mae. He remembered her as a mean woman who thought he would amount to nothing. She frequently warned him that he "would end up in a penitentiary." George quit school in the sixth grade... "jumped out the school window" is how he phrased it.

George Schott was in an auto accident when he was 16 years old. His arm was badly injured, and gangreen set in overnight, so the arm was amputated at the elbow.

All George knew was farm work, but he was aware that farm work required two good arms. That knowledge, combined with a strong dislike of his step-mother, drove him to leave the farm for Detroit, where a priest named Father Fitzgerald helped him get a job at the Ford Motor Company. At Ford, George drove a hi-lo and worked as a painter. In 44 years, he missed only two days of work. George met his wife Mildred at the Ford plant.

He used to say "I beat death three times," with the scarlet fever, the car accident and when he fell off his speeding scooter at age 90!


George Schott's obituary, courtesy of his daughter, Ann Schott Steffy:

SCHOTT, George Louis. Age 91, May 18, 2007 of Sterling Heights.
Beloved husband of Mildred (Nee Cieczka) Schott. Dear father of
Ann (Bill) Steffy and Martha (James) Malecki. Grandchildren Jeffery
and Steven Malecki, and Daniel and Peter Steffy. Mr. Schott retired
from Ford Motor Co. after 44 years of service and will be missed by
many friends and family. Friends may call at Wm. Sullivan & Son
Funeral Home, 8459 Hall Rd., (3 blocks E. of Van Dyke), Utica from
3-8 p.m. Sunday and 2-8 p.m. Monday. Rosary 7 p.m. Monday. Mr.
Schott will lie in state on Tuesday at St. Matthias Catholic Church,
12509 19 Mile Rd., Sterling Heights from 9:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.
time of Mass. Interment Resurrection Cemetery.


Karl V. Schott

Karl Schott's residence at the time of death was Washington Co., OH; however, according to his Ohio online death certificate he died out-of-state. He was married at the time of death.


Katherine L. Bradville

Dates of birth and death (from Social Security Death Index) have not been verified.


Paul E. Kenney

The following wedding announcement appeared in The Zanesville (OH) signal newspaper on December 3, 1940: Announce Marriage Announcement has been made of the marriage of Paul Joseph
Kennedy and Catherine Marie Bosner, daughter of Mrs. Anna
Bosner, Marietta. Mrs. Kennedy is a former Lowell resident.

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Since both the Ohio online death certificate index and the Social Security Death Index spell the surname "Kenney," it is believed that name is mispelled in the wedding announcement in the Zanesville Signal.


Catherine Marie Bosner

According to the online Ohio death certificate index at www. ancestry.com, Catherine was a salesperson in an apparel store.