Friday, April 29, 2011
May 21st
The next meeting is Saturday, May 21st, at the home of Shawnette Malan and Carol Harless, at 10001 Hook Drive, South Jordan. We will meet at 12:00 noon and everyone will bring appetizers. Sharon White will provide the May raffle basket and will do the May "Bits and Pieces." Shawnette will be the hostess.
FOOTSTEPS From the Past To the Future
To register for the AHSGR 2011 Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, call 1-800-437-5288. It will be held July 31- August 7, at the Little America Hotel.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
April Meeting
The April 16 chapter meeting will be held at the home of Shawnette Malan and Carol Harless: 10001 Hook Drive, South Jordan. We will meet at 12:00 noon. Everyone will bring appetizers and we will eat during the meeting. The host and hostess will be Pat and Shirley Ansley. The April raffle basket will be provided by Joe Gertge. Joe will also do the April Bits and Pieces.
Be sure to bring things for Gwen to sell at her yard sale if you have anything. She is trying to raise money to fund the youth activities at the convention.
Be sure to bring things for Gwen to sell at her yard sale if you have anything. She is trying to raise money to fund the youth activities at the convention.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Globeville, Colorado Rocky Mountain News, May 13, 1901
The mysterious shooting of Mrs. Anna Wiederspahn, at the home of Louis Loos, in Globeville, early Sunday morning has roused the town to excitement and speculation.
One minute before the tragedy she was kneeling at the bedside of Loos' wife, ministering in love and kindness to the woman who was passing through the critical period of motherhood, and the next she passed into the kitchen where a shot was fired. A light was struck and she was found lying in a pool of blood with a
bullet wound in her left temple. This was at 2:00 Sunday morning and since then the authorities have vainly endeavored to solve the puzzle of her death. Close by her side lay a .38 caliber revolver, but there were no signs that she had committed suicide. Her face bore no marls of powder buns and her family says she could never be induced to handle a weapon.
Many believe the shooting, while probably accidental, was the act of Loos, the husband of the woman Mrs. Weiderspahn, as she was known by her neighbors, went to wait. Loos is in a desperate mood over the shooting and has, according to several citizens of Globeville, told conflicting stories.
Ex-Marshall Johnson says Loos came to him a few minutes after the shooting and said he had killed Mrs. Weiderspahn. The family of the dead woman say that Mr. Loos appeared at their home in great excitement saying his brother had killed the woman. Mr. Loos yesterday said the death was accidental and offers no satisfactory account of the tragedy. He has not been arrested, as his protestations of innocence are taken in good faith, and the two families have been on very intimate terms.
Important light is thrown on the mystery by William Wheeler of 1723 Thirty-fifth street, and Dan Corkey of Globeville. They were coming from a dance at Argo, and passed the Loos house about 2:00 in the morning. They say they distinctly heard four shots fired. Joseph Heim, town magistrate, examined the weapon and found it contained five empty shells.
Mrs. Weiderspahn was a prominent member of the Lutheran church of Globeville. As an intimate friend of the Loos family, she was called to their home about midnight of Saturday to render services to Mrs. Loos. Mr. Loos says she came, and went at once into the little bedroom off the kitchen. There she kneeled down by Mrs. Loos' bedside and prayed silently for a few minutes. Earlier in the evening, he says, he moved his revolver and other articles from the bedroom out onto the kitchen table. He says the gun was covered by some children's clothes.
After praying, he says, Mrs. Weiderspahn stepped into the kitchen. At that time he claims to have been in the front room sitting on the bed. He heard a shot and the light in the kitchen suddenly went out. When he struck a match he saw Mrs. Weiderspan lying on the floor, a stream of blood flowing from her left temple,
and the gun about three feet from her head. He roused the neighbors and went at once for his pastor and other citizens.
This is the story of the husband, told yesterday. On the night of the shooting he appeared greatly excited, and first told that his brother had done the shooting and next that he was "fooling" with the gun and accidentally shot Mrs. Weiderspahn.
A large crowd gathered at the Loos home, but the body was not disturbed until the coroner came. A close examination of Mrs. Weiderspahn's face did not reveal any powder marks and the weapon lay at some distance from her head. Her daughter, Miss Anna, says that she had a horror of firearms and the day before had refused to pick up a book that lay near one. It is not believed she would find the gun under the clothes on the table and handle it in a way to shoot herself.
T. F. Johnson was the first to examine the body and the kitchen closely. He found no signs of struggle and no signs indicating suicide. All talk of suicide is ridiculed by Mrs. Weidersphan's family and her pastor. She attended prayer meeting on the night of her death and made an unusually strong testimony, full of faith and hope, and is said to have been a model woman.
When the body was found it lay in the southeast corner of the kitchen in a diagonal position with the head near the wall, in the corner. The revolver was not near her hands.
Mrs. Weiderspahn was the wife of George Wiederspahn. She had six children, Anna, Amelia, Pauline, Jacob, and George. The family was grief stricken and the husband was almost crazed. The family home is at 377 North Logan Avenue, Globeville, and the husband is a laborer on the tramway. The Loos and Weiderspahn families lived in Russia together some twenty years ago. Their homes stood side by side, and the two families have always been intimate. Both families have lived in Globeville for about six years.
Loos is said to have been a somewhat unsavory reputation since coming to Globeville. He has been mixed up in several brawls and is said to have made the statement that nothing was ever said of a killing in Russia.
He was much perturbed throughout yesterday. It is stated by some of the neighbors that he had been drinking on Saturday. Loos' wife gave birth to a baby girl an hour after the shooting.
The Loos home is an unpretentious little dwelling on East Second Street, in the extreme western part of Globeville, not far from the Argo smelter. The kitchen in which Mrs. Weiderspahn met her death is small. No windows were up at the time of the shooting, and no shot could have entered from the outside.
The bullet wound does not bear the statement regarding suicide. While it is believed that someone else held the revolver from which the fatal shot was fired, it is not held that the killing was malicious. It is considered entirely accidental. There are no powder marks on the head about the wound. The bullet went straight in over the left ear and caused instant death. Statements of witnesses, as well as the facts concerning the condition of the body, will be submitted to the corner's jury.
The coroner was informed that Loos has been in trouble before. Justice of the Peace Heim said last night that Loos had a fight with Carl Goertz in a saloon on North Logan Avenue in February, assault to kill, said the justice, and was withdrawn.
Loos' statement to the officers is as follows: "About 12:00 Saturday night my wife told me to go over to Mrs. Weiderspahn's house and bring her to her. Mrs. Weiderspahn had acted as a mid-wife in the neighborhood, so she was the one my wife called for. I went directly, woke her up and told her my wife wanted her. She got up and I waited for her until she was ready to go.
"We then started out for my house. I had a 38-caliber revolver in my hip pocket. When we got to my house, I took the revolver out of my pocket and placed it on the table. I took a linen rag that was hanging on a chair and rubbed it over the barrel of the gun and then turned around and put it down again, and told Mrs. Weiderspahn that I was going to bed. She said all right. I went into the adjoining room and lay down on the bed, and was not awakened until I heard the discharge of the revolver.
"I jumped up and ran into the kitchen where she was and saw her lying on the floor with her head toward the window, dead. I picked her up in my arms and said Oh, Mrs. Weiderspahn, for God's sake are you dead? I could not stop any longer so I ran over to find the marshal to tell him but I could not get him. Then the neighbors came in"
Anna Margaret Schoessler-Weiderspahn was born 19 July 1873 in Walter Russia. Her parents were George and Anna Margaret Alles also of Walter.
The mysterious shooting of Mrs. Anna Wiederspahn, at the home of Louis Loos, in Globeville, early Sunday morning has roused the town to excitement and speculation.
One minute before the tragedy she was kneeling at the bedside of Loos' wife, ministering in love and kindness to the woman who was passing through the critical period of motherhood, and the next she passed into the kitchen where a shot was fired. A light was struck and she was found lying in a pool of blood with a
bullet wound in her left temple. This was at 2:00 Sunday morning and since then the authorities have vainly endeavored to solve the puzzle of her death. Close by her side lay a .38 caliber revolver, but there were no signs that she had committed suicide. Her face bore no marls of powder buns and her family says she could never be induced to handle a weapon.
Many believe the shooting, while probably accidental, was the act of Loos, the husband of the woman Mrs. Weiderspahn, as she was known by her neighbors, went to wait. Loos is in a desperate mood over the shooting and has, according to several citizens of Globeville, told conflicting stories.
Ex-Marshall Johnson says Loos came to him a few minutes after the shooting and said he had killed Mrs. Weiderspahn. The family of the dead woman say that Mr. Loos appeared at their home in great excitement saying his brother had killed the woman. Mr. Loos yesterday said the death was accidental and offers no satisfactory account of the tragedy. He has not been arrested, as his protestations of innocence are taken in good faith, and the two families have been on very intimate terms.
Important light is thrown on the mystery by William Wheeler of 1723 Thirty-fifth street, and Dan Corkey of Globeville. They were coming from a dance at Argo, and passed the Loos house about 2:00 in the morning. They say they distinctly heard four shots fired. Joseph Heim, town magistrate, examined the weapon and found it contained five empty shells.
Mrs. Weiderspahn was a prominent member of the Lutheran church of Globeville. As an intimate friend of the Loos family, she was called to their home about midnight of Saturday to render services to Mrs. Loos. Mr. Loos says she came, and went at once into the little bedroom off the kitchen. There she kneeled down by Mrs. Loos' bedside and prayed silently for a few minutes. Earlier in the evening, he says, he moved his revolver and other articles from the bedroom out onto the kitchen table. He says the gun was covered by some children's clothes.
After praying, he says, Mrs. Weiderspahn stepped into the kitchen. At that time he claims to have been in the front room sitting on the bed. He heard a shot and the light in the kitchen suddenly went out. When he struck a match he saw Mrs. Weiderspan lying on the floor, a stream of blood flowing from her left temple,
and the gun about three feet from her head. He roused the neighbors and went at once for his pastor and other citizens.
This is the story of the husband, told yesterday. On the night of the shooting he appeared greatly excited, and first told that his brother had done the shooting and next that he was "fooling" with the gun and accidentally shot Mrs. Weiderspahn.
A large crowd gathered at the Loos home, but the body was not disturbed until the coroner came. A close examination of Mrs. Weiderspahn's face did not reveal any powder marks and the weapon lay at some distance from her head. Her daughter, Miss Anna, says that she had a horror of firearms and the day before had refused to pick up a book that lay near one. It is not believed she would find the gun under the clothes on the table and handle it in a way to shoot herself.
T. F. Johnson was the first to examine the body and the kitchen closely. He found no signs of struggle and no signs indicating suicide. All talk of suicide is ridiculed by Mrs. Weidersphan's family and her pastor. She attended prayer meeting on the night of her death and made an unusually strong testimony, full of faith and hope, and is said to have been a model woman.
When the body was found it lay in the southeast corner of the kitchen in a diagonal position with the head near the wall, in the corner. The revolver was not near her hands.
Mrs. Weiderspahn was the wife of George Wiederspahn. She had six children, Anna, Amelia, Pauline, Jacob, and George. The family was grief stricken and the husband was almost crazed. The family home is at 377 North Logan Avenue, Globeville, and the husband is a laborer on the tramway. The Loos and Weiderspahn families lived in Russia together some twenty years ago. Their homes stood side by side, and the two families have always been intimate. Both families have lived in Globeville for about six years.
Loos is said to have been a somewhat unsavory reputation since coming to Globeville. He has been mixed up in several brawls and is said to have made the statement that nothing was ever said of a killing in Russia.
He was much perturbed throughout yesterday. It is stated by some of the neighbors that he had been drinking on Saturday. Loos' wife gave birth to a baby girl an hour after the shooting.
The Loos home is an unpretentious little dwelling on East Second Street, in the extreme western part of Globeville, not far from the Argo smelter. The kitchen in which Mrs. Weiderspahn met her death is small. No windows were up at the time of the shooting, and no shot could have entered from the outside.
The bullet wound does not bear the statement regarding suicide. While it is believed that someone else held the revolver from which the fatal shot was fired, it is not held that the killing was malicious. It is considered entirely accidental. There are no powder marks on the head about the wound. The bullet went straight in over the left ear and caused instant death. Statements of witnesses, as well as the facts concerning the condition of the body, will be submitted to the corner's jury.
The coroner was informed that Loos has been in trouble before. Justice of the Peace Heim said last night that Loos had a fight with Carl Goertz in a saloon on North Logan Avenue in February, assault to kill, said the justice, and was withdrawn.
Loos' statement to the officers is as follows: "About 12:00 Saturday night my wife told me to go over to Mrs. Weiderspahn's house and bring her to her. Mrs. Weiderspahn had acted as a mid-wife in the neighborhood, so she was the one my wife called for. I went directly, woke her up and told her my wife wanted her. She got up and I waited for her until she was ready to go.
"We then started out for my house. I had a 38-caliber revolver in my hip pocket. When we got to my house, I took the revolver out of my pocket and placed it on the table. I took a linen rag that was hanging on a chair and rubbed it over the barrel of the gun and then turned around and put it down again, and told Mrs. Weiderspahn that I was going to bed. She said all right. I went into the adjoining room and lay down on the bed, and was not awakened until I heard the discharge of the revolver.
"I jumped up and ran into the kitchen where she was and saw her lying on the floor with her head toward the window, dead. I picked her up in my arms and said Oh, Mrs. Weiderspahn, for God's sake are you dead? I could not stop any longer so I ran over to find the marshal to tell him but I could not get him. Then the neighbors came in"
Anna Margaret Schoessler-Weiderspahn was born 19 July 1873 in Walter Russia. Her parents were George and Anna Margaret Alles also of Walter.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Enjoying the 2010 Lincoln Convention
Bill and Karen Dellos with Sharon White at the Saturday night banquet.
Monday, March 21, 2011
From Suzanne Heinitz- Dodge...
Wm Staerkel did indeed move on from the pastorship at Eckheim to Norka. Staerkel was a huge influence on the development of the Brotherhood in Russia and how it set its course in the U.S., Canada, and Argentina.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Ginko Biloba
This tree's leaf that from the East
To my garden's been intrusted
Holds a secret sense, and grist
To a man intent on knowledge.
Is it one, this thing alive,
By and in itself divided,
Or two beings who connive
That as one the world shall see them?
Fitly now I can reveal
What the pondered question taught me;
In my songs do you not feel
That at once I'm one and double?
Johann Wofgang von Goethe
To my garden's been intrusted
Holds a secret sense, and grist
To a man intent on knowledge.
Is it one, this thing alive,
By and in itself divided,
Or two beings who connive
That as one the world shall see them?
Fitly now I can reveal
What the pondered question taught me;
In my songs do you not feel
That at once I'm one and double?
Johann Wofgang von Goethe
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Conrad Hert’s Lost Granddaughter
By Dee Hert
(This is a continuation of an earlier blog post on Conrad Hert's family.)
In 1910 the family immigrated to the US aboard the US Burma, landing at the port in New York
City. They traveled west to the state of Montana. More and more immigrants from Russia were settling in the area, the customs of the old country were being preserved.
Conrad’s youngest daughters began dating 2 young men of Philippine heritage of which Conrad
did not approve. Lillian married Marsh Romias and Pauline married Martin Ujano and moved
to California. The families did not stay in contact with each other due to Conrad’s disapproval. Years passed and Lillian and Pauline had children of their own. As the children grew older they questioned their parents about other family members.
Where were Conrad’s lost grandchildren?
I decided it was time to locate Conrad’s grandchildren. I knew after talking to family members that Pauline had married Martin Ujano and were last reported to be living in California. I searched for all Ujano mailing addresses in California and sent a letter explaining who I was and the purpose of the letter. Months past with no response. Then I received a phone call from Christine Ujano Carper, Conrad’s lost granddaughter. One of the letters had been received by her cousin in California and forwarded to Chris in Alaska.
After many conversations and a Hert reunion in Montana we have become close friends; I value
her friendship. Chris and I have worked together on the family research. She has introduced
me to her family members and family members of her Aunt Lillian.
Chris and her husband live in Alaska and love to go salmon fishing, now and then she surprises us with a box of delicious salmon.
(This is a continuation of an earlier blog post on Conrad Hert's family.)
In 1910 the family immigrated to the US aboard the US Burma, landing at the port in New York
City. They traveled west to the state of Montana. More and more immigrants from Russia were settling in the area, the customs of the old country were being preserved.
Conrad’s youngest daughters began dating 2 young men of Philippine heritage of which Conrad
did not approve. Lillian married Marsh Romias and Pauline married Martin Ujano and moved
to California. The families did not stay in contact with each other due to Conrad’s disapproval. Years passed and Lillian and Pauline had children of their own. As the children grew older they questioned their parents about other family members.
Where were Conrad’s lost grandchildren?
I decided it was time to locate Conrad’s grandchildren. I knew after talking to family members that Pauline had married Martin Ujano and were last reported to be living in California. I searched for all Ujano mailing addresses in California and sent a letter explaining who I was and the purpose of the letter. Months past with no response. Then I received a phone call from Christine Ujano Carper, Conrad’s lost granddaughter. One of the letters had been received by her cousin in California and forwarded to Chris in Alaska.
After many conversations and a Hert reunion in Montana we have become close friends; I value
her friendship. Chris and I have worked together on the family research. She has introduced
me to her family members and family members of her Aunt Lillian.
Chris and her husband live in Alaska and love to go salmon fishing, now and then she surprises us with a box of delicious salmon.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Schmeckfes
A German Festival of Tasting
Friday, March 25th, 2011
Lustre Christian High School
Luster, Montana
Serving Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
$12 Adults ~ $6 Age 5- Grade 8 ~ Preschool Free
*Arts & Crafts Display*Bake Sale*Benefit Auction*
*Local Entertainment*
A night for the whole family to enjoy! For directions and information call LCHS at 392-5735 or go to our website Schmeckt
www.lustrechristian.org
Advance Tickets Available
Baker’s Jewelry in Glasgow
Sonlight Christian Bookstore &
Gysler’s Ace Hardware in Wolf Point
Gut!
Friday, March 25th, 2011
Lustre Christian High School
Luster, Montana
Serving Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
$12 Adults ~ $6 Age 5- Grade 8 ~ Preschool Free
*Arts & Crafts Display*Bake Sale*Benefit Auction*
*Local Entertainment*
A night for the whole family to enjoy! For directions and information call LCHS at 392-5735 or go to our website Schmeckt
www.lustrechristian.org
Advance Tickets Available
Baker’s Jewelry in Glasgow
Sonlight Christian Bookstore &
Gysler’s Ace Hardware in Wolf Point
Gut!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
March Meeting
Our next chapter meeting will be Saturday, March 19, 2011 at noon. Everyone will bring appetizers to eat during the meeting. We will meet at the American Heritage Retirement Community Clubhouse, 3040 Homecrest Street, West Valley City. The hostess will be Gwen Oryall. Bill and Karen Dellos will provide the raffle basket.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Conrad and Lydia Hert Family
Conrad was born 1 January 1868, in Alexanderdorf, Russia. He died 10 May 1943, in Hardin, Big Horn, Montana. His death certificate states that his father was Georg Hert and mother was Katherine Marie Gable.
Lydia was born 20 December 1874, in Alexanderdorf, Russia. She died 10 October 1952, in Toppenish,Yakima, Washington; she was buried beside her husband in Hardin, Montana, at the Fairview Cemetery. Lydia’s parents are unknown at this time.
Known children:
Susanna, born in 1898 in Russia. She died in 1961 in Yakima, Washington. She married Georg Herdt and Russell Lessard.
Gottlieb born in 1899 in Alexanderdorf, Russia. He died in 1964 in Hardin, Montana. He married Pauline Weidersphan.
Katherine was born in 1902 in Russia. She died in 1970 in Missoula, Montana. She married George Fellows.
Jacob was born in 1904 in Russia. He died in 1962 in Portland, Oregon. He married Tina Wiebert.
Georg John was born in 1907 in Alexanderdorf, Russia. He died in 1974 in Billings, Montana. He married Edith Dumler and Ruby Devous.
Carl was born in 1909 in Alexanderdorf, Russia. He died in 1983 in Yakima, Washington. He married Eva Dumler.
Alexander Hert was born in 1911 in Huntley, Montana. He died in 1972 in Hardin, Montana. He married Sarah Schilreff.
Samuel Hert was born in 1913 in Custer, Montana,and died in 1988, in Billings, Montana. He married Leah Steinmetz.
Lillian Hert was born in 1916 in Custer, Montana,and died in 1944 in Eureka, California. She married Marsh Romias and Ted Edelman.
William Hert was born in 1918 in Hardin, Montana,and died in 1972 in Hardin, Montana. He married Pauline Sharpe.
Pauline Hert was born in 1920 in Hardin, Montana, and died in 1939 in Hardin, Montana. She married Marin Ujano.
Conrad and wife Lydia (Stark) immigrated in 1910,and arrived New York.
Ellis Island records note the following:
Hert, Konrad, ethnicity-Russian, German, Place of residence- Alexanderthal, Russia, Date of arrival-July 20, 1910, Age on arrival-38 years, Male-Married, Ship-"Burma", Port of departure was Libau, Posen, Prussia, Germany. Passengers are listed as, Conrad and Lidia,
children Gottlieb, Jacob, George, Carl, Susan and Catherine.
In 1912, Conrad is noted as witness at the area wedding of Henry Reichert and Mary E. Zier.
1920 Census, Montana, Big Horn county:
Conrad and Lydia, Gottlieb, Katherine, George, Carl, Alex, Sam, Lillie and William
1930 Census, Montana, Big Horn county.
May 10,1943,Conrad died. The death certificate lists Mrs. Lydia Hert as informant. Conrad is listed as 75 years, 4 months, and 9 days, birthplace Russia. He lived in the area for 28 years.
Aunt Delilah states that the land Conrad farmed was unplowed sod.
Conrad finalized the payment on his property in Big Horn county Montana; the county informed him that annual tax payments would be expected. Conrad became angry and walked away from his home. His poor command of the English language probably explains this action. He purchased another piece of property nearby and resumed farming.
(Contributed by Dee Hert)
Lydia was born 20 December 1874, in Alexanderdorf, Russia. She died 10 October 1952, in Toppenish,Yakima, Washington; she was buried beside her husband in Hardin, Montana, at the Fairview Cemetery. Lydia’s parents are unknown at this time.
Known children:
Susanna, born in 1898 in Russia. She died in 1961 in Yakima, Washington. She married Georg Herdt and Russell Lessard.
Gottlieb born in 1899 in Alexanderdorf, Russia. He died in 1964 in Hardin, Montana. He married Pauline Weidersphan.
Katherine was born in 1902 in Russia. She died in 1970 in Missoula, Montana. She married George Fellows.
Jacob was born in 1904 in Russia. He died in 1962 in Portland, Oregon. He married Tina Wiebert.
Georg John was born in 1907 in Alexanderdorf, Russia. He died in 1974 in Billings, Montana. He married Edith Dumler and Ruby Devous.
Carl was born in 1909 in Alexanderdorf, Russia. He died in 1983 in Yakima, Washington. He married Eva Dumler.
Alexander Hert was born in 1911 in Huntley, Montana. He died in 1972 in Hardin, Montana. He married Sarah Schilreff.
Samuel Hert was born in 1913 in Custer, Montana,and died in 1988, in Billings, Montana. He married Leah Steinmetz.
Lillian Hert was born in 1916 in Custer, Montana,and died in 1944 in Eureka, California. She married Marsh Romias and Ted Edelman.
William Hert was born in 1918 in Hardin, Montana,and died in 1972 in Hardin, Montana. He married Pauline Sharpe.
Pauline Hert was born in 1920 in Hardin, Montana, and died in 1939 in Hardin, Montana. She married Marin Ujano.
Conrad and wife Lydia (Stark) immigrated in 1910,and arrived New York.
Ellis Island records note the following:
Hert, Konrad, ethnicity-Russian, German, Place of residence- Alexanderthal, Russia, Date of arrival-July 20, 1910, Age on arrival-38 years, Male-Married, Ship-"Burma", Port of departure was Libau, Posen, Prussia, Germany. Passengers are listed as, Conrad and Lidia,
children Gottlieb, Jacob, George, Carl, Susan and Catherine.
In 1912, Conrad is noted as witness at the area wedding of Henry Reichert and Mary E. Zier.
1920 Census, Montana, Big Horn county:
Conrad and Lydia, Gottlieb, Katherine, George, Carl, Alex, Sam, Lillie and William
1930 Census, Montana, Big Horn county.
May 10,1943,Conrad died. The death certificate lists Mrs. Lydia Hert as informant. Conrad is listed as 75 years, 4 months, and 9 days, birthplace Russia. He lived in the area for 28 years.
Aunt Delilah states that the land Conrad farmed was unplowed sod.
Conrad finalized the payment on his property in Big Horn county Montana; the county informed him that annual tax payments would be expected. Conrad became angry and walked away from his home. His poor command of the English language probably explains this action. He purchased another piece of property nearby and resumed farming.
(Contributed by Dee Hert)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
February Meeting
The next chapter meeting will be held on February 19, 2011, at 12:00 noon. It will be at the American Heritage Retirement Community Clubhouse, 3040 Homecrest Street, West Valley City. Everyone will meet at noon. Bring an appetizer to share, and we'll eat during the meeting. Mike and Debbie Beier will provide the raffle basket. Dee Hert will be the hostess.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Anna Margaret Schoessler Wiederspahn
Anna was born 19 July 1873 in Walter, Russia. She was the daughter of Georg Schoessler and Anna Margaret Alles. Anna married George Wiedershpahn in 1893. She lived most of her adult life at the Lincoln sanitarium. She died 6 December 1960 in Lincoln, Nebraska, and is buried at the Wyuka cemetery.
Annie spent 50 years, 3 months, and 9 days of her life as a patient at the Lincoln State Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her death certificate indicates she suffered from manic depressive psychosis. Annie would have been a young woman, approximately 37 years old with seven young children at the time of her admital to the hospital.
Adult children did not speak of Annie, her grandchildren were not aware that she was living at the hospital. Grandchildren grew up assuming their grandmother was deceased.
Family members later heard stories of Annie attempting throw a baby from the window of a moving train; to date we have no way to prove or disprove the accuracy of this information.
Known children of Anna Margaret Schoessler and Geroge John Wiedersphan are:
George, 1894-1899; Jacob, 1896-1986; Conrad, 1898-1986; George, 1901-1967; Amelia, 1903-1995; Pauline, 1906-1958; and Benjamin, 1908-1979. Pauline would later marry Gottlieb Hert and lived in Montana.
Mr. Georg Wiederspahn was born 21 October 1870 in Walter, Russia, and died 30 April 1945 in Marysville, California. George later remarried and had two additional children.
Contributed by Dee Hert
Annie spent 50 years, 3 months, and 9 days of her life as a patient at the Lincoln State Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her death certificate indicates she suffered from manic depressive psychosis. Annie would have been a young woman, approximately 37 years old with seven young children at the time of her admital to the hospital.
Adult children did not speak of Annie, her grandchildren were not aware that she was living at the hospital. Grandchildren grew up assuming their grandmother was deceased.
Family members later heard stories of Annie attempting throw a baby from the window of a moving train; to date we have no way to prove or disprove the accuracy of this information.
Known children of Anna Margaret Schoessler and Geroge John Wiedersphan are:
George, 1894-1899; Jacob, 1896-1986; Conrad, 1898-1986; George, 1901-1967; Amelia, 1903-1995; Pauline, 1906-1958; and Benjamin, 1908-1979. Pauline would later marry Gottlieb Hert and lived in Montana.
Mr. Georg Wiederspahn was born 21 October 1870 in Walter, Russia, and died 30 April 1945 in Marysville, California. George later remarried and had two additional children.
Contributed by Dee Hert
Saturday, January 22, 2011
January Elections
Today was our first chapter meeting of the new year. Elections were held for this year's officers. Many thanks go out to our past president, Carol Harless. Also, big thanks to Shirley Ansley, who served as treasurer, and Suzanne Heinitz-Dodge who published the chapter newsletter. These are the changes:
President: Bill Dellos
President Elect: Dee Hert
Treasurer: Darrell Weber
Chapter Newsletter: Pat and Shirley Ansley
All other officers will remain the same. We are off and running. AHSGR Convention 2011 (Salt Lake City), here we come!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
January Meeting
You are invited to the Intermountain Chapter meeting, January 22, 2011. We will meet at 1:00 P. M. The meeting will be at the American Heritage Retirement Community Clubhouse, 3040 Homecrest Street, West Valley City.
Bill Dellos will take over the chapter president's job.
We will have the election of our chapter officers at this meeting.
Bill would like all of the Convention Committee Chairmen to attend the chapter meeting.
Everyone is to bring appetizers. We will eat during the meeting. Another group will meet later so we will need to leave the clubhouse by 4:30 P. M.
Gwen Oryall won the raffle drawing in Dec. and will furnish the basket for the January meeting.
Bill Dellos will take over the chapter president's job.
We will have the election of our chapter officers at this meeting.
Bill would like all of the Convention Committee Chairmen to attend the chapter meeting.
Everyone is to bring appetizers. We will eat during the meeting. Another group will meet later so we will need to leave the clubhouse by 4:30 P. M.
Gwen Oryall won the raffle drawing in Dec. and will furnish the basket for the January meeting.
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