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Reuben Rabinovich

2011-10-28T01:12:41Z

66.65.187.244: /* Life in Vilna */

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| name = Reuben Rabinovich
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1878|9|24}}<ref>[[:File:Rubin rabinovich naturalization.png|Reuben's naturalization card]]</ref>
| birth_place = Baku (now Azerbajan)<ref>[[Nancy Robins]]'s paper with memorial dates of Reuben, Sarah, Nate</ref>
| death_date = 1951<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Edwin-G-Robinson/PDFODT6.pdf</ref>
| death_place = Illinois
| resting_place = [[Oakridge Jewish Cemetery]], Hillside, IL<ref>Email from Karen Robins on 2/22/2011</ref>
| spouse = [[Sarah Myrtle Caplan]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Edwin-G-Robinson/PDFODT6.pdf</ref>
| children = [[Nathan E. Rabinovich]] [[Rose Rabinovich]] [[Esther Rabinovich]] [[Hyman Rabinovich]] [[Bertha Rabinovich]] [[Ben Robins|Ben Rabinovich]] [[Samuel Isaac Rabinovich]] [[Alexander Aaron Rabinovich]]
| parents = [[Nathan Rabinovich]] [[Esther Schulman]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Edwin-G-Robinson/PDFODT6.pdf</ref>
| relatives = [[Moishe Rabinovich]] (Brother) [[Eli Rabinovich]] (Brother) [[Dora Rabinovich]] (Sister)<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Edwin-G-Robinson/PDFODT6.pdf</ref>
| residence = {{lived_at|Azerbaijan|1878|c. 1896}} {{lived_at|Vilnus, Russian Empire|c. 1896|1905}} {{lived_at|Chicago|1905|}}
}}

== Early life ==

Reuben was born in 1878<ref>[[:File:Rubin rabinovich naturalization.png|Reuben's naturalization card]]</ref> in the town of Sivenzian in the Russian Empire.. His parents were [[Nathan Rabinovich]] and [[Esther Schulman]]. (Note: Family oral tradition has it that Reuben and is brothers were born in Azerbaijan. Reuben's brother Eli's [[:File:Eli robinson naturalization petition.png|naturalization papers]] show he was born in "Sivenzian", which appears to be a match for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ven%C4%8Dionys Švenčionys] (spelled Sventzion in Yiddish) in Lithuania.)

In the 1890s<ref>assumes that Nathan would have sent Reuben for rabbinical studies around the time he was 18</ref>, Nathan moved to Vilnius, in present day Lithuania, for rabbinical studies. The exact timing and circumstances are fuzzy. According to one account, "Father Nathan sent Reuben to Vilna (present day Vilnius, Lithuania) for rabbinical studies as this was the cultural center of eastern Europe. Apparently Eli and another brother Moishe ended up there. It is not known if Nathan (a rabbi) ever resided there."<ref>[[Edwin Robinson]]; Rabinowich.doc</ref> Alternatively, "Reuben and brother Eli came to Vilna from Baku around 1895 (and maybe others including his widowed mother)."<ref>[[Nancy Robins]]'s paper with memorial dates of Reuben, Sarah, Nate</ref>

== Life in Vilna ==

In the span of several years, Reuben moved to Vilna, Nathan died, Reuben's mother and siblings joined him in Vilna (either coming with Reuben or following him soon thereafter), and Esther remaried [[Yehiel Beinush HaCohen]], a rabbi from in or near Vilna. Yehiel had several children of his own, including [[Sarah Myrtle Caplan]].

Some family stories suggest that Sarah and Reuben were forced to marry, even though Sarah had a boyfriend at the time. Sarah was extremely unhappy about this. Reuben and Sarah married in Vilna in 1898. A year later, in 1899, they had their first child, Nathan (Nussan).<ref>[[Nancy Robins]]'s paper with memorial dates of Reuben, Sarah, Nate</ref> According to Nancy, "One thing we know is that Reuben’s father was also named Nathan (Nussan). In Jewish tradition, of course, children are named in honor of a dead relative. So certainly Reuben’s (natural) father was dead by then. Likewise, Reuben and Sarah's third child, Esther, was born in 1907; we can assume this means Reuben's mother, Esther, was the child's namesake and was dead by 1907.

== Life in The United States ==

[[File:Statendam.jpg|thumb|left|Reuben immigrated aboard the Statendam]] In 1905<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7488&iid=NYT715_548-0422&fn=Rubin&ln=Rabinowik&st=r&ssrc=&pid=4003586583 Ship manifest for the "Statendam"]</ref>, Reuben immigrated to the US, without his wife or children. He arrived at the port of New York March 13, 1905.<ref>[[:File:Rubin rabinovich naturalization.png]]</ref> The ship's manifest lists him as 26 years old; a painter; Russian; Jewish; from Baku; and he lists a friend named Phil B. Kaplan, at 139 E. Houston St. in New York, NY. (Phil could have been a brother of Reubin's wife Sarah, whose maiden name was HaCohen?)

A year later, Sarah and their children immigrated. By 1910, we find Reuben and Sarah, in their early thirties, living in Chicago with their children. Reuben was a plumber.

By 1920, Reuben (age 40) and Sarah (age 43) live in Chicago with their children Nathan (age 21), Rose (age 14), Esther (age 12), Hyman (age 10), Bertha (age 8), Ben (age 5), Sam (age 3), and Alexander (age 4 months)<ref>[[:File:1920 census rabinovich.png|1920 Federal Census]]</ref>.

After raising eight kids together, Sarah and Reuben separated. Sarah's two daughters (Rose and Esther, neither of whom ever married) took Sarah to Washington, D.C., with them when they went there to find work. (Esther became extremely paranoid and had many cats.)

== Historical Records ==

* Reuben immigrated from Russia to the US aboard the Statendam ([[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7488&iid=NYT715_548-0422&fn=Rubin&ln=Rabinowik&st=r&ssrc=&pid=4003586583 Ship manifest for the "Statendam"]), arriving at the port of New York on 3/13/1905.<ref>[[:File:Rubin rabinovich naturalization.png]]</ref>
* Sarah immigrated from Russia to the US in 1906<ref>[[:File:1920 census rabinovich.png|1920 Federal Census]]</ref><ref>[[:File:1910 census rabinovich.png|1910 Federal Census]]</ref>
* Reuben (age 32) and Sarah (age 34) live in Chicago with their children, Walter (age 10), Rose (age 5), Esther (age 3), and Hyman (age 10 months) in the [[:File:1910 census rabinovich.png|1910 Federal Census]]. Reuben is listed as a plumber. In this census, Reuben is listed as speaking English, but Sarah is listed as Yiddish-speaking.
* In 1912, Reuben was [[:File:Rubin rabinovich naturalization.png|naturalized]], at age 32. At this point he lives at 1247 W. 12th Street, Chicago.
* In 1917 or 1918, Reuben [[:File:Reubin rabinovich wwi draft.png|registered]] for the WWI draft
* Reuben (age 40) and Sarah (age 43) live in Chicago with their children Nathan (age 21), Rose (age 14), Esther (age 12), Hyman (age 10), Bertha (age 8), Ben (age 5), Sam (age 3), and Alexander (age 4 months) in the [[:File:1920 census rabinovich.png|1920 Federal Census]]
* In 1942, Reuben [[:File:Reuben rabinovich wwii draft.png|registered]] for the WWII draft. Reuben's address is 7512 N. Rogers Ave., and he lists his son Ben as a contact, living at 1228 W. Kinze. His employer is listed as "Robbins Co."

== Descendants<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Edwin-G-Robinson/PDFODT6.pdf</ref> ==

<pre>
3 Reuben RABINOVICH b: 1878 d: 1951
... +Sarah (Muttele) Myrtle CAPLAN b: 1875 d: 1962
........ 3 Nathan E. ROBINS b: 1899 d: August 21, 1967
............ +Ida E. EPSTEIN b: 1907 d: March 12, 1995
................ 4 Seymour ROBINS b: Private
.................... +Darryl JACKSON b: Private
......................... 5 Gail ROBINS b: Private
............................. +Allen MUERCHKE b: Private
................................. 6 Allison MUERCHKE b: Private
................................. 6 Brian MUERCHKE b: Private
......................... 5 James ROBINS b: Private
............................. +Kathy ? b: Private
................................. 6 Rachel ROBINS b: Private
................................. 6 Rebecca ROBINS b: Private
......................... 5 Richard ROBINS b: Private
............................. +Lori ? b: Private
................................. 6 Dana ROBINS b: Private
................................. 6 Joel ROBINS b: Private
................................. 6 Daniel ROBINS b: Private
......................... 5 Matthew ROBINS b: Private
............................. +Janet ? b: Private
................................. 6 Michelle ROBINS b: Private
................................. 6 Joshua ROBINS b: Private
......................... 5 David ROBINS b: 1960 d: 1997
............................. +SUE b: Private
................................. 6 Mark ROBINS b: Private
................................. 6 Chris ROBINS b: Private
................................. 6 Jennifer ROBINS b: Private
................ 4 Bertram ROBINS b: Private
.................... +Joan SCHREIBER b: Private
......................... 5 Deborah ROBINS b: Private
............................. +Gerald BARBER b: Private
................................. 6 Sarah ROBINS-BARBER b: Private
................................. 6 Amanda ROBINS-BARBER b: Private
......................... *2nd Husband of Deborah ROBINS:
............................. +Peter Rex ASHLOCK b: Private
......................... 5 Laura ROBINS b: Private
............................. +Zvanko OLEAR b: Private
................ *2nd Wife of Bertram ROBINS:
.................... +Jane MATTINGLY b: Private
......................... 5 Eden ROBINS b: Private
................ 4 Myrna Gay ROBINS b: Private
.................... +Allen Howard NEIMS b: Private
......................... 5 Daniel Mark NEIMS b: Private
............................. +Shanna ROBINSON b: Private
................................. 6 Evan Robin NEIMS b: Private
................................. 6 Avery Morris NEIMS b: Private
......................... 5 Susan Roberta NEIMS b: Private
............................. +Troy Joseph GRECO b: Private
................................. 6 Amelia Claire GRECO b: Private
................................. 6 Sophie Rose GRECO b: Private
................................. 6 Hannah Ruth GRECO b: Private
......................... 5 Nancy Elizabeth NEIMS b: Private
............................. +Robert Miles PARKS b: Private
................................. 6 Nathan Robert PARKS b: Private
................................. 6 Rachel Elizabeth PARKS b: Private
........ 3 Baby Boy (?Schmuel) ROBINS b: 1903 d: Unknown
........ 3 Rose ROBBINS b: March 13, 1905 d: January 1994
........ 3 Esther Mollie ROBBINS b: 1907 d: 1993
........ 3 Hyman ROBINS b: June 02, 1909 d: September 1984
............ +Marian BROOKSTEIN b: Private
................ 4 Raelaine ROBINS b: Private
.................... +Paul RADNITZ b: Private
......................... 5 Cynthia Lynne RADNITZ b: Private
............................. +Darren Lawrence BERGSTEIN b: Private
................................. 6 Darcy Heather BERGSTEIN b: Private
......................... 5 Sharon Joyce RADNITZ b: Private
............................. +Robert Steven CHUDNOW b: Private
................................. 6 Sabrina Hillary CHUDNOW b: Private
................................. 6 Elijah Ross CHUDNOW b: Private
........ 3 Bertha ROBINS b: Private
............ +Louis ZARA b: August 02, 1910 d: October 05, 2001
................ 4 Paul ZARA b: October 01, 1931 d: July 25, 2001
.................... +Leah SATTLER b: Private
......................... 5 Scott SLUTSKY b: Private
......................... 5 Vicki SLUTSKY b: Private
......................... 5 Greg SLUTSKY b: Private
................ *2nd Wife of Paul ZARA:
.................... +Carol Lee MARTIN b: Private
......................... 5 Susan ZARA b: Private
............................. +Jeremy ANDERSON b: Private
................................. 6 Dylan ANDERSON b: Private
................................. 6 Evyn ANDERSON b: Private
......................... 5 Kate ZARA b: Private
......................... 5 Jack ZARA b: Private
................ 4 Philip ZARA b: Private
.................... +Diane CAMIS b: Private
......................... 5 Valerie Jeanne ZARA b: Private
............................. +Craig Robert KLEINMAN b: Private
................................. 6 Holly Ann KLEINMAN b: Private
................................. 6 Jennifer Elizabeth KLEINMAN b: Private
..................................... +Joseph TYLER b: Private
......................... 5 Kathleen Maria ZARA b: Private
............................. +P. MONTOYA b: Private
................................. 6 Christopher Lee MONTOYA b: Private
................................. 6 Courtney Marie MONTOYA b: Private
................ 4 Daniel ZARA b: Private
.................... +Barbara ROSS b: May 14, 1935 d: July 15, 2002
......................... 5 Michael ZARA b: Private
......................... 5 Joseph ZARA b: Private
........ 3 Benjamin ROBINS b: October 05, 1914 d: July 01, 1990
............ +Rochelle Genevieve MINKUS b: February 18, 1917 d: March 27, 2004
................ 4 Karen Tobi ROBINS b: Private
.................... +Morton FELDBERG b: Private
......................... 5 Steven Michael FELDBERG b: Private
............................. +Janice Kay HOLLIS b: Private
................................. 6 Alyson Kay FELDBERG b: Private
................................. 6 Zachariah Allen FELDBERG b: Private
......................... 5 Jonathan Lee FELDBERG b: Private
................ 4 Nancy ROBINS b: Private
.................... +Eugene Howard BERNSTEIN b: Private
......................... 5 Joshua Andrew BERNSTEIN b: Private
......................... 5 Jennifer Robins BERNSTEIN b: Private
........ 3 Samuel Isaac ROBINS b: June 01, 1916 d: April 24, 1992
............ +June Leona TIKULSKI b: Private
................ 4 Martin Bel ROBINS b: Private
.................... +Elizabeth Bangs EATON b: Private
........ 3 Alexander Aaron ROBBINS b: Private
............ +Frances GREEN b: April 29, 1917 d: June 16, 2004
................ 4 Harriet Beth ROBBINS b: Private
.................... +Fred OST b: Private
......................... 5 Carrie Melissa OST b: Private
......................... 5 Mitchell Ethan OST b: Private
......................... 5 Jessica Caitlin OST b: Private
................ 4 Ralph Joel ROBBINS b: Private
.................... +Cynthia RICH b: Private
......................... 5 Jacy ROBBINS b: Private
......................... 5 Rory ROBBINS b: Private
</pre>

== Notes ==
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2011-09-01T23:31:47Z

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Minnie Simon (1880)

2011-03-26T15:55:16Z

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| name = Minnie Simon
| birth_date = c. 1880<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=ILT626_525-0290&fn=Eugene&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=120980194 1930 Federal Census]</ref>
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| death_date = After 1959<ref>Gene Bernstein's recollection</ref>
| resting_place = [[Waldheim Cemetery]], Forest Park, IL
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| children = [[Reva Bernstein (1904)|Reva Bernstein]] (b. c. 1904) [[Lillian Bernstein]] (c. 1905 - c. 1911) [[Isabelle Bernstein (1906)|Isabelle Bernstein]] (b. 1906) [[Adolph Bernstein (1908)|Adolph Bernstein]] (b. 1908) [[Morris Bernstein (1911)|Morris Bernstein]] (b. 1911) [[Beatrice Bernstein (1916)|Beatrice Bernstein]] (b. c. 1916)<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=ILT626_525-0290&fn=Eugene&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=120980194 1930 Federal Census]</ref>
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Minnie was depressed for much of her life, and received "shock therapy" one or more times

== Lillian ==

Jean's son [[Adolph Bernstein (1908)|Adolph Bernstein]] apparently made a big deal of telling his son [[Eugene Bernstein]] that they were both fourth children and the first son in their families. This corresponds to Lillian, whom we only know from [[Adolph Bernstein Family Tree|Adolph Bernstein's Family Tree]], in which she is listed as "deceased," presumably in infancy or childhood.

== Historical Records ==

* Minnie's maiden name is known from her daughter [[Reva Bernstein (1904)|Reva Bernstein]]'s California death index [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=reva&gsln=lieberman&msbdy=1904&msbpn__ftp=illinois&msgdy=1928&msrpn__ftp=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&msrpn=36829&msrpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|16|730|36829|&uidh=uv6&mssng0=sam&mssns0=lieberman&mscng0=gloria&mscns0=lieberman&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4307182&recoff=1+2+14&db=CAdeath1940&indiv=1 listing]
* Jean (age 29), Minnie (age 27), and children Reva (age 7), Lilly (age 4), Isabelle (age 3), Abraham (age 1 year, 3 months) live in Elgin, Illinois in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=31111_4328192-00563&fn=Rena&ln=Berstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=130519628 1910 Federal Census]. Jean and Minnie have been married 8 years. They have had 4 children, all still living. Reva was born in New York, and Lilly, Isabelle, and Abraham were all born in Illinois. Jean immigrated in 1899, and Minnie in 1900. Jean is listed as a self-employed Fruit Salesman.
* Jean's (age 37) WWI Draft [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6482&iid=IL-1613541-4642&fn=Jean&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=10003017 papers]. Address: 219 Summit, Elgin, Kane, Illinois. B'day: Nov 26, 1880. Occupation: Fruits/produce. Nearest Relative: Minnie Bernstein
* Jean (age 39), Winnie, Reva (age 16), Isabelle (age 13), Adolph (age 11), Morris (age 8), and Beatrice (age 4) live in Elgin, Kane, Illinois in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=4300539_00067&fn=Beatrice&ln=Bernstalen&st=r&ssrc=&pid=73111833 1920 Federal Census]. They are renting their home. Isabelle, Adolph, and Morris (but not Reva?) attended school in the last year. All can read/write. Jean born in Romania (as are parents). Winnie born in Austria (as are parents). Reva, Adolph, Morris and Beatrice born in Illinois; Isabelle born in Wisconsin?
* Eugene (age 49), Minnie (age 49), Eabel (age 23), Morris (age 18), Beatrice (age 14) live in Elgin, Kane, Illinois in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=ILT626_525-0290&fn=Eugene&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=120980194 1930 Federal Census]. The family lives in a home valued at $7,500. Eugene and Minne got married at 21 years old (c. 1901). All in home are able to read/write. Eabel not in school, but Morris and Beatrice are. Eugene born in Romania (1st language: Romanian), Minnie born in Poland (1st language: Polish). Eabel born in Wisconsin, other children born in Illinois. Both immigrated in 1900 and are naturalized and can speak English. Eugene is a fruit and produce merchant. Minnie not employed. Eabel is a stenographer at a merchant office.
* Possible match for Minnie (age 65) in Dade County Florida, in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=minnie&gsln=bernstein&msbdy=1880&msbpn__ftp=Poland&msbpn=5183&msbpn_PInfo=3-|1652381|5183|&msdpn__ftp=USA&msdpn=2&msdpn_PInfo=3-|1652393|2|&msady=1900&msapn__ftp=USA&msapn=2&msapn_PInfo=3-|1652393|2|&msrpn__ftp=Elgin,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&msrpn=36842&msrpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|16|730|36842|&uidh=uv6&mssng0=jean+eugene&mssns0=bernstein&mscng0=adolph&mscng1=morris&mscng2=beatrice&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=3495466&recoff=1+2&db=FloridaStateCen1867&indiv=1 1945 Florida Census]
* Possible matches for Minnie's death:
** [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=minnie&gsln=bernstein&msbdy=1880&msbpn__ftp=austria&msrpn__ftp=Elgin,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&msrpn=36842&msrpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|16|730|36842|&msfns0=simon&uidh=uv6&_83004003-n_xcl=m&pcat=BMD_DEATH&h=248814&recoff=1+2&db=floridadeath&indiv=1 Florida Death Index, 1877-1998]: d. 1946, Dade Co., Florida
** [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=minnie&gsln=bernstein&msbdy=1880&msbpn__ftp=austria&msrpn__ftp=Elgin,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&msrpn=36842&msrpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|16|730|36842|&msfns0=simon&uidh=uv6&_83004003-n_xcl=m&pcat=BMD_DEATH&h=454753&recoff=1+2&db=floridadeath&indiv=1 Florida Death Index, 1877-1998]: d. 1953, Dade Co., Florida

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

Avram Bernstein

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{{Infobox person
| image =
| name = Avram Bernstein
| birth_date = c. 1850
| birth_place = Baku, Romania<ref>[[Adolph Bernstein Family Tree]]</ref>
| death_date =
| resting_place = Bucharest, Romania<ref>[[Adolph Bernstein Family Tree]]</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Chia Rosenberg|Chia ("Carolina") Rosenberg]]|}}<ref>[[Adolph Bernstein Family Tree]]</ref>
| children = [[Betty Bernstein]] (c. 1874 - c. 1916)<ref>Uzia Galil, Geni.com</ref> [[Bertha Bernstein]] [[Belline Bernstein]] [[Jean Bernstein (1880)|Jean Bernstein]] (b. 1880) [[Morris Bernstein]] [[Marie Bernstein]]<ref>[[Adolph Bernstein Family Tree]]</ref>
| parents =
| relatives =
| residence =
}}

Carolina had a brother with 7 children: 1 son, six daughters. 5 of the daughters emigrated to Chicago, Illinois.<ref>[[Adolph Bernstein Family Tree]]</ref>

Avram was born in Baku, Romania, and lived his adult life in Bucharest, Romania. Adolph Bernstein's family tree says that he was a "sage of Jewish community."<ref>[[Adolph Bernstein Family Tree]]</ref>

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

Adolph Bernstein (1908)

2011-03-19T21:18:16Z

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{{Infobox person
| image = Adolph bernstein yearbook.png
| name = Adolph Bernstein
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1908|12|30}}<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=adolph&gsln=bernstein&msddy=1990&msdpn__ftp=Elgin,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&uidh=uv6&mssng0=sylvia&mscng0=eugene&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4480345&recoff=14+15&db=ssdi&indiv=1</ref>
| birth_place = Elgin, IL (?)
| death_date = {{dda|1992|11|24|1908|12|30}}<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=adolph&gsln=bernstein&msddy=1990&msdpn__ftp=Elgin,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&uidh=uv6&mssng0=sylvia&mscng0=eugene&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4480345&recoff=14+15&db=ssdi&indiv=1</ref>
| death_place = Deerfield Beach, Broward, Florida<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=adolph&gsln=bernstein&msddy=1990&msdpn__ftp=Elgin,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&uidh=uv6&mssng0=sylvia&mscng0=eugene&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4480345&recoff=14+15&db=ssdi&indiv=1</ref>
| resting_place = Elgin, Illinois
| spouse = [[Sylvia Horwitz]]
| children = [[Elaine Bernstein]] [[Ellie Bernstein]] [[Harriet Bernstein]] [[Eugene Bernstein]]
| parents = [[Jean Bernstein (1880)|Jean Bernstein]] [[Minnie Simon (1880)|Minnie Simon]]
| relatives =
| residence =
}}

In later years, Adolph began to refer to himself as Avram (his grandfather's name), as Adolph was no longer acceptable. Adolph compiled a family tree (on paper) based on locating his father's Romanian relatives. His son [[Eugene Bernstein]] has this family tree today.

== Story of Adolph and Sylvia Meeting ==

Adolph and his friend (?) had jars of fetuses which they were going to display at state fairs to make money during the depression. Their first stop was Minneapolis where Adolph stayed with sister ([[Reva Bernstein (1904)|Reva Bernstein]]) and brother-in-law ([[Sam Lieberman]]) who had a sister named [[Jeanette R Lieberman]], married to [[Ralph Henry Horwitz]], who introduced Adolph to his younger sister [[Sylvia Horwitz]] at a shivah.

* Adolph's older sister is [[Reva Bernstein (1904)|Reva Bernstein]].
* [[Reva Bernstein (1904)|Reva Bernstein]] married [[Sam Lieberman]].
* [[Sam Lieberman]]'s younger sister is [[Jeanette R Lieberman]].
* [[Jeanette R Lieberman]] married [[Ralph Henry Horwitz]].
* [[Ralph Henry Horwitz]]'s youngest sister is [[Sylvia Horwitz]].

After Sylvia and Adolph met, they courted for a while, and Adolph's friend Ted took off for California without him. Adolph wanted to get married, but Sylvia's parents refused to allow it. Why? Because she had one older sister who was not yet married. So they had to wait until Mildred got married until they could get engaged.

== Overview ==

[[File:Adolph bernstein kiwanis.png|thumb|left|300px]]
"Adolph Bernstein’s life portrays the rich and valued participation of Jewish individuals in post-World War II Elgin. Bernstein, a member of the YMCA’s Board of Directors, chaired the publicity efforts for a fundraising campaign that supported a new building. He managed Fin ‘n Feather Farm and its popular Milk Pail Restaurant while helping lead his synagogue, the Community Chest, the Association of Commerce, St. Joseph’s Hospital, the Elgin Association for the Crippled, the Fox Valley Mental Health Society and the Kiwanis Club. When Elgin faced its biggest political question in the 1950s - the form of city government - leaders on both sides were Adolph Bernstein and Ben Rifken, native Elginites and sons of immigrant Jews.

"The immigrant parents of Adolph Bernstein and Ben Rifken had found Elgin a good place to raise Americans. Many Jews settled in Elgin as families in a community of diversity with strong public schools and people who valued them. Their children engaged with other Elgin kids in scouting or sports at the YMCA. Elgin was a springboard into American life for such people as Irene Wirtschafter, Marshall Goldman and Bobby Rosengarden."<ref>http://www.elginhistory.org/jewish_site_html/images/jewish_exhib_brochure.pdf</ref>

== Role in Shaping Elgin's City Government ==

"In the fall of 1953, petitions were circulated calling for a referendum on the changeover. Elginites for City Manager, later known as Elginites for Council-Manager, was formed under the leadership of Attorney William W. Brady, Anita Connor, who was active in the League of Women Voters, and Adolph Bernstein. This group campaigned for a favorable vote. The incumbent mayor, Myron M. Lehman, then serving his fourth term, and his supporters opposed the change. They maintained that 'the American ideal of government means full-time representation, not part-time councils; government by the peoples' representative, not a one-man appointee...' ECM charged that 'We are driving an old car with gas pedals and no brakes.'

"On April 6, 1954, voters approved the plan by a relatively close margin, 5,905 to 5,105, and Elgin became the first commission-form city in Illinois to adopt the managerial option by referendum. The decision in this segmented industrial city was far less conclusive than in a residential, one-class suburb like Highland Park, where the council-manager plan was voted in by a margin of 3,754 to 81 in December of the same year."<ref>http://www.elginhistory.com/eaah/eaah-ch09.htm</ref>

== Career ==

Adolph's father [[Jean Bernstein (1880)|Jean]] had died around age 50, and Adolph was convinced he would as well. As a result, he retired around age 47 and planned to spend his few remaining years relaxing. After turning 51 or so, his wife Sylvia kicked him out of the home and told him to go get a job. He did so, starting a second career that spanned another 15 years or so.

== Historical Records ==

* 1927 Elgin High School [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&dbid=8943&iid=RHUSA1900_054314-00023&rc=586,1819,716,1847;740,1820,922,1848&sid=_82004042=Illinois%26_82004044=Elgin%26_81004041=1927%26_F0002E5E=%C2%A0&pid=512488&ssrc=&fn=adolph&ln=bernstein&st=g yearboook] (including the photo used in his profile above)
* 1930 census: Age 21, boarding with the Tubins in Chicago<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=adolph&gsln=bernstein&msbdy=1908&msbpn__ftp=Illinois,+USA&msbpn=16&msbpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3247|16|&msddy=1992&msdpn__ftp=Broward+County,+Florida,+USA&msdpn=384&msdpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3245|12|384|&uidh=uv6&mssng0=sylvia&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=24646079&recoff=5+6&db=1930usfedcen&indiv=1</ref>
* Adolph (age 28) and Sylvia (age 27) [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7484&iid=LAT905_165-0389&fn=Adolph&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1030624 returned from a cruise] in the Carribean on Nov, 22, 1937 in the port of New Orleans. Their address is listed as 663 Preston Ave., Elgin, IL
* [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=adolph&gsln=bernstein&msbdy=1908&msrpn__ftp=Elgin,+Cook,+Illinois,+USA&uidh=uv6&mssng0=sylvia&mssns0=horowitz&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=212169619&recoff=1+2+20&db=2000WP&indiv=1 Phonebook listing] for Adolph (posthumous) and Sylvia in Deerfield Beach, FL in 1996

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

Jean Bernstein (1880)

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{{Infobox person
| image =
| name = Jean ("Eugene") Bernstein
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1880|11|26}}<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6482&iid=IL-1613541-4642&fn=Jean&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=10003017 WWI Draft papers]</ref>
| birth_place = Romania<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6482&iid=IL-1613541-4642&fn=Jean&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=10003017 WWI Draft papers]</ref>
| death_date = around 1930?
| resting_place =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Minnie Simon (1880)|Minnie Simon]]|c. 1901}}
| children = [[Reva Bernstein (1904)|Reva Bernstein]] (b. c. 1904) [[Isabelle Bernstein (1906)|Isabelle Bernstein]] (b. 1906) [[Adolph Bernstein (1908)|Adolph Bernstein]] (b. 1908) [[Morris Bernstein (1911)|Morris Bernstein]] (b. 1911) [[Beatrice Bernstein (1916)|Beatrice Bernstein]] (b. c. 1916)<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=ILT626_525-0290&fn=Eugene&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=120980194 1930 Federal Census]</ref>
| parents = [[Avram Bernstein]]
| relatives =
| residence = {{lived_at|Bacau, Romania|1880|1900}} {{lived_at|Elgin, Illinois|1900}}
}}

Eugene immigrated, from Bacau, Romania. His father's grave is in Bucharest, Romania.

== Immigration ==

[[File:Lalorraine.jpg|thumb|left]]
In November 1880, Jean left from La Havre, France, aboard the SS La Lorraine (left)<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7488&iid=NYT715_161-0475&fn=Jean&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=4002608752 Ancestry.com's copy of the ship manifest]</ref>. He gave his place of last residence as Paris and classified himself as "student". The day before his 20th birthday, on November 25, 1900, he arrived in New York and entered via Ellis Island<ref>[http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?MID=00790937280913014624&FNM=JEAN&LNM=BERNSTEIN&PLNM=BERNSTEIN&bSYR=1880&bEYR=1880&first_kind=1&last_kind=0&TOWN=null&SHIP=null&RF=1&pID=604526120008 Ellis Island Ship Manifest for La Loraine]</ref>.

According to the ship manifest, Jean was headed to his cousin's place. His cousin, Seth (or Josh or Jeff or John) Golden lived in Manhattan's lower east side, at [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=eldric+street&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl 83 Eldridge Street].

== Historical Records ==

* There is an interesting record in the [http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900]. It lists a "Max Bernstein" rather than "Jean" or "Eugene", but the timing and location are about right, and the bride's name is right:

{| class="wikitable"
! Groom || Bride || Date || Vol./Page || License No. || County
|-
| BERNSTEIN, MAX || SIMON, MINNIE || 1901-02-17 || || 322200 || COOK
|}

* Jean's (age 37) WWI Draft [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6482&iid=IL-1613541-4642&fn=Jean&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=10003017 papers]. Address: 219 Summit, Elgin, Kane, Illinois. B'day: Nov 26, 1880. Occupation: Fruits/produce. Nearest Relative: Minnie Bernstein
* Jean (age 39), Winnie, Reva (age 16), Isabelle (age 13), Adolph (age 11), Morris (age 8), and Beatrice (age 4) live in Elgin, Kane, Illinois in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=4300539_00067&fn=Beatrice&ln=Bernstalen&st=r&ssrc=&pid=73111833 1920 Federal Census]. They are renting their home. Isabelle, Adolph, and Morris (but not Reva?) attended school in the last year. All can read/write. Jean born in Romania (as are parents). Winnie born in Austria (as are parents). Reva, Adolph, Morris and Beatrice born in Illinois; Isabelle born in Wisconsin?
* Jean's [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1629&iid=31192_118131-01232&fn=Jean&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=3912251 naturalization card]. Birth date: Nov 26, 1880. Date of naturalization: June 8, 1921. Address: 219 Summit St. (Elgin, Kane, Illinois). Country of birth: Romania.
* Eugene (age 49), Minnie (age 49), Eabel (age 23), Morris (age 18), Beatrice (age 14) live in Elgin, Kane, Illinois in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=ILT626_525-0290&fn=Eugene&ln=Bernstein&st=r&ssrc=&pid=120980194 1930 Federal Census]. The family lives in a home valued at $7,500. Eugene and Minne got married at 21 years old (c. 1901). All in home are able to read/write. Eabel not in school, but Morris and Beatrice are. Eugene born in Romania (1st language: Romanian), Minnie born in Poland (1st language: Polish). Eabel born in Wisconsin, other children born in Illinois. Both immigrated in 1900 and are naturalized and can speak English. Eugene is a fruit and produce merchant. Minnie not employed. Eabel is a stenographer at a merchant office.

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

August J. Vaughn

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{{Infobox person
| name = August J. Vaughn (born August Johnson)
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| birth_place = Vestergatland or Smaland, Sweden (Source Conflict)<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0165.html</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1947|1|7|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| resting_place = [[Platte Valley Cemetery]] in Phelps County, Nebraska
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Matilda Swan Peterson]]|Dec 31, 1877}}, Illinois<ref>http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html</ref>
| children = [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] (1878-) [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] (1882-1969) [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] (1884-1925) [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] (1886-1975) [[Henry Carroll Vaughn]] (1888-1974) [[Fred Walter Vaughn]] (1890-1955) [[Alvin August Vaughn]] (1893-1986) [[Ernest Harold Vaughn]] (1896=1983) [[Togue Thedford Vaughn]] (1898-1976)
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Sweden]]|1854|1868}} {{lived_at|[[Illinois, USA]]|1868|1878}} {{lived_at|[[Phelps County, Nebraska, USA]]|1878|1947}}
| parents = [[John G. Johnson]] [[Johanna Johnson]]<ref>[[:File:Illinois census 1870 geneseo city.png]]</ref>
| relatives =
}}

== Biography of August J. Vaughn<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]+</ref> ==

[[File:A J Vaughn Biography.png|thumb|left]]
August J. Vaughan [sic], a successful farmer and stock-raiser of Williamsburg township, Phelps County, was born in Sweden, February 8, 1854. He was reared on a farm and attended school for about seven years. He landed in New York City, after a somewhat stormy voyage, on August 3, 1868, and came west as far as Oneinda, Knox County, Ill., where he remained for 10 years, working out by the month on a farm.

Mr. Vaughan came to Phelps County, Nebr., in July 1878, homesteading the southeast quarter of Section 32. There was plenty of antelope and other wild game, but very few actual settlers in that locality then. Mr. Vaughan was a young man and came here with a very limited means, having only three horses and about $50 in money. He built a sod house and at once set about laying the foundation for his future home. He underwent all of the hardships of frontier life, was compelled to haul water three miles for his stock, being unable to have a well dug, and was subjected to many other inconveniences. He has worked hard, early and late, however, until the once wild and desolate prairie homestead has been transformed into a productive and beautiful farm.

Mr. Vaughan was married to Miss Matilda S. Peterson on December 31, 1877. She was born in Sweden in 1856 and came to America in 1868. This union has resulted in the birth of five children, namely -- Oscar, Ira (deceased), Alice, Eddie, and Carroll. Mr. Vaughan has 320 acres of improved land, all fenced and under a good state of cultivation. He is a progressive man and believes in keeping well-bred stock of all kinds. He has some as fine standard-bred Hambletonian horses as anyone would wish to see, and his Short-horn cattle and Poland-china hogs are among the best to be found in Phelps County. He is regarded as one of the most successful stock-raisers in the county, and his example is well worthy of emulation.

Both Mr. Vaughn and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Mission church. In politics he is a republican, and a man who stands high in the estimation of his fellow men.

(Note: This was published in 1890, at which point A.J. and Matilda did only have 5 children. Children 6-9 were born after this book, in the 1890s. -- [[User:Jim.lindstrom|Jim.lindstrom]])

Ancestry.com has a list of ships that arrived at New York on Aug 3, 1868:
* Caledonia
* Carrie Douglass
* City of London
* Davis
* Holsatia
* Louisiana
* Rosalia
* Udola

Ancestry.com has passenger lists for most of these ships. The handwriting is extremely difficult to decipher, but none appears to match A.J. Several ships did include a lot of Swedish immigrants, though. Most/all passed through the UK, and none come directly from Scandanavia.

== Account of A.J. Vaughn's Emmigration by [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]]<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[Eric Jacob Lindstrom| Eric Lindstrom]], 9/30/2010.</ref> ==

<blockquote>This is the story that my mother, Aline, and my uncle, [[Lee Vaughn]], have told me about the origin of the Vaughn name taken by their grandpa, August J. Vaughn, sometime in the 1880's when he came from Illinois to Phelps County, Nebr.: At age, 18, my great grandfather, August Johnson came from Sweden in the early 1880's and worked for a few years for a Swedish farmer in Illinois with a last name of Vaughn. He appreciated the job opportunity in Illinois and admired his employer, Mr. Vaughn. August Johnson was later convinced by someone to move to Phelps County, Nebraska and homestead 160 acres about 2 miles south of the pioneer cemetery, which we now call [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. Upon arriving in Phelps County and doing the homestead claim he discovered that the county had many families with the name of Johnson who were not related to him and made it confusing. (or maybe there was another reason or two) I have not examined the real estate title or homestead document at the Phelps County Clerk's office to see how the name is recorded, but, at some time during the 1880's when he first came to Phelps County, he assumed the name of A. J. Vaughn. His wife, 8 sons, and all of male offspring have used the Vaughn name ever since. A.J. and his wife, Matilda, and 4 of their sons, Togue, Fred, Ernest, and Carroll, are buried at the [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. A.J. & Matilda had 4 other sons and a daughter who were married were buried with their families in Holdrege & Overton, Nebr. and near Akron, Colo. My grandfather, Edward P. and wife, Ethel A. are buried in [[Moses Hill Cemetery]] northwest of Holdrege where my parents are buried.</blockquote>

== Timeline ==

{| class="wikitable"
| 1854
| August was born<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1868
| August came to Oneida, Illinois, at age 14<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1877
| August married [[Matilda Swan Peterson]], in Galesberg Illinois, on Dec. 31, 1877.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref><ref>http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html</ref>
|-
| 1878
| 1st child, [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] was born
|-
| July 1878
| August and Matilda moved to Phelps County, Nebraska<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref> (possibly accompanied (or later followed) by Matilda's parents, [[Carl J. Peterson]] and Maria Sophia Peterson)
|-
| 1882
| 2nd child, [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| 3rd child, [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| A J became a naturalized US citizen<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=004313292_00014&fn=Togue&ln=Vaughn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=107465986 1920 Federal Census]</ref>
|-
| 1886
| 4th child, [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] was born, in Westmark, Nebraska
|-
| 1888-1898
| 5th through 9th children are born, in Nebraska
|-
| 1915
|Matilda dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|-
| 1947
|August dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|}

== A.J.'s Phelps County Farm ==

In an email<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[James Brian Lindstrom| Jim Lindstrom]], 10/6/2010.</ref>, [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] writes:
<blockquote>Great grandpa homesteaded in northern Phelps county. [...] The land that he homesteaded is about 16 miles northwest of Holdrege in Westside Township with a legal description as follows: The Southeast quarter of Section 32, Township 8, Range 19 West of Principal Meridian, Phelps County, Nebraska. The county recorder's office doesn't have the old real estate deeds inserted on their computerized database, so I will have to go to Holdrege sometime and walk in the Phelps County Recorders Office and find the original or microfilmed recorded deed from United States of America to A.J. Vaughn, August J.Vaughn, August Johnson, or whatever name he used back in the 1880's when he first homesteaded it. The landowner now on that place is Ryan C. Vaughn, who is my cousin, Stanley Vaughn's son, who now owns and farms the land which is identified as parcel ID # [[http://phelps.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsIMS/servlet/Report?pid=004357.00&proptype=res 004357.00]] by the Phelps County Assessor, and, contains 165.44 acres more or less. You can see the parcel description on the Phelps County Assessor's records, and, [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FTyzawIdltgR-g&split=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&hq=&hnear=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ll=40.620044,-99.50562&spn=0.017721,0.038581&t=h&z=15 view] the parcel map on Google Earth if you wish. There is no house or farm buildings on the farm now. and, it is used only for farmland for corn and soybeans.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I can remember when A. J. Vaughn raised registered Hereford cattle on the farm. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that in the early 1900's A.J. Vaughn (his grandpa) sold high quality registered Hereford (red & white) bulls and bred cows to other ranchers and producers at auction at the farmstead on an annual basis. My mother, [[Aline Kleone Vaughn|Aline]], when she was a young girl, used to help her grandparents by helping to cook meals at harvest time or on special occasions when they needed to feed extra farm workers. A.J. Vaughn and his wife, Matilda raised 8 sons and 1 daughter. Great Grandpa Vaughn loved his trotting horses and had a race track behind his horse barn where he trained the "trotting gait" to his horses. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that he remembers the horses in training wore a harsh metal appliance on the horse shoulders and legs which would cause them to bleed until they learned the special gait to make them a trotter. Then they were used to race with a two wheel cart which had bicycle-like tires.</blockquote>

The address of the above map is "H Rd & 744 Rd, Loomis, Phelps, Nebraska 68958".

== Historical Records ==

* August J Vaughn (age 46), Matilda Vaughn (age 44) live with children Ida (age 18), Alice (age 16), Eddie (age 14), Carol (age 11), Fred (age 9), Alvin (age 5), Ernest (age 3) and Taggie (age 2) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ewdard+phillip&gsln=vaughn&msbdy=1886&msbpn__ftp=Westmark,+Phelps,+Nebraska,+USA&msbpn=59079&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3248|30|2340|59079|&msddy=1975&msdpn__ftp=Nebraska,+USA&msdpn=30&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3248|30|&msfng0=august&msfns0=vaughn&uidh=uv6&mssng0=ethel+a&mssns0=+olson&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=32818216&db=1900usfedcen&indiv=1 1900 Federal Census]
* August J Vaughn (age 56), Matilda Vaughn (age 53) live with children Eddie (age 23), Fred (age 19), Alvin (age 16), Ernest (age 14), Tagon (age 11), and Alice (26) in Williamsburg, Phelps, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=ewdard+phillip&gsln=vaughn&msbdy=1886&msbpn__ftp=Westmark,+Phelps,+Nebraska,+USA&msbpn=59079&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3248|30|2340|59079|&msddy=1975&msdpn__ftp=Nebraska,+USA&msdpn=30&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3248|30|&msfng0=august&msfns0=vaughn&uidh=uv6&mssng0=ethel+a&mssns0=+olson&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=150442477&db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=1 1910 Federal Census]
* Togue Vaughn (age 21), Ernest Vaughn (age 23), A J Vaughn (age 66), and Olga Thuline (age 27) lived in Wiliamsburg, Phelps Co, Nebraska in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Togue+Thedford&gsln=Vaughn&mswpn__ftp=nebraska&msbdy=1898&msidy=1943&msddy=1976&msfng0=august&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=107465986&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1 1920 Federal Census]. (Matilda had died 5 years earlier.) A J is listed as a farmer, and Togue and Ernest are listed as laborers on that farm.

== Ongoing Research ==

The [[:File:August johnson 1870 illinois census.JPG | 1870 Illinois Census]] lists A.J. in Ontario Township, Illinois, just north of Galesburg:

Johnson, August. 18 M. White. Sweden. Knox County. Ontario Township.

This [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nephelps/phsummer98.html Directory Listing, 1889 Phelps County Map (Phelps County Museum)] lists A.J. in Nebraska in 1889:

VAUGHAN, A. J. Occupation: FARMER. Post Office: WESTMARK. WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, PHELPS COUNTY, NE.

A [[:File:Williamsburg township.png|1903 Atlas of Williamsburg Township, Nebraska]] shows A.J.'s plot of land

The [[:File:Vaughns nebraska 1910 census.JPG | 1910 Nebraska Census]] lists A.J. in Phelps County:

VAUGHN, August J. 56, male, white. Birth Place: Sweden. Phelps County. Williamsburg Township.

The [[:File:Illinois census 1870 geneseo city.png|1870 Census for Geneseo City, IL]] contains an August Johnson. What makes this likely to be A.J. is that August is the right age, he's listed as a day laborer (could fit Dean's story of August working for a Vaughn), it's in the area where we know he married Matilda, and his father's immigration year is listed as 1868, which matches the immigration date for August, given in that biography (Aug 3, 1868).

The 1877 book [http://books.google.com/books?id=yXUUAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA496&ots=JLIODaAbob&dq=john%20g%20johnson%20%22henry%20county%22%20illinois&pg=PA201#v=onepage&q=%22johnson,%20august%22&f=false The History of Henry County, Illinois] (p201) lists August, Charles, and [[John G. Johnson|John]].

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Immigrants]]

Anna Carolina Hedell

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{{Infobox person
| image =
| name = Anna Carolina Hedell
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1863|9|6}}<ref>http://genealogy.hollymillrun.com/Default.asp?Page=FGS&Individual=17823</ref>
| birth_place = Nybygget, Ö.Eneby, Sweden<ref>http://genealogy.hollymillrun.com/Default.asp?Page=FGS&Individual=17823</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1940|11|5|1863|9|6}}<ref>http://genealogy.hollymillrun.com/Default.asp?Page=FGS&Individual=17823</ref>
| resting_place = Norrkoping County, Sweden<ref>http://genealogy.hollymillrun.com/Default.asp?Page=FGS&Individual=17823</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Johan Albert Karlsson]]|}}<ref>http://genealogy.hollymillrun.com/Default.asp?Page=FGS&Individual=17823</ref>
| children = [[David Albert Carlsson]] [[Anna Linnea Elisabeth Carlsson]] [[Johan Elis Waldemar Carlsson]]<ref>http://genealogy.hollymillrun.com/Default.asp?Page=FGS&Individual=17823</ref>
| parents = [[Johan Fredrik Hedell]] [[Carolina Wilhelmina Carlsdotter]]
| relatives =
| residence =
}}

One of Anna's sons has a daughter named Ann. Ann died in 2005. Ann's husband Jörgen Hedell and son Simon visited [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] in Kearney previously.

<pre>
Anna Carolina Hedell
(Father) (Mother)
| |
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|
|
David Albert Carlsson, or
Johan Elis Waldemar Carlsson
(Father) (Mother)
| |
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|
Jörgen Hedell--(marriage)-- Ann
|
(Son)
Simon
</pre>

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

Aline Kleone Vaughn

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{{Infobox person
| image = Aline kleone vaughn.jpg
| name = Aline Kleone Vaughn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1914|3|16}}
| birth_place = USA
| death_date = {{dda|2009|7|20|1914|3|16}}
| resting_place = [[Moses Hill Cemetery]], Phelps County, Nebraska<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39699999</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[George Delphin Lindstrom]]|February 14, 1934|July 9, 1981}}
| children = [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] [[Larry George Lindstrom]]
| parents = [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] [[Ethel A. Olson]]
| relatives =
}}

Aline and [[George Delphin Lindstrom|George]] lived on [[Carl Gustav Lindstrom|Charlie]]'s farm, which was adjacent to [[Gustaf Lindstrom]]'s original homestead. See [[Locating Gustaf Lindstrom's Homestead]] for a comparison of locations.

According to [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]], "My mother, Aline, said that she met my dad, George, at a Saturday night dance in Overton in 1933. They were married at Westmark Church parsonage on Feb. 14, 1934."

== Traditions ==

Christmas Eve gatherings at the Lindstrom farm were traditional ethnic events with lots of family and food. Lutefisk, potato baloney and Christmas cookies made up the Swedish gastronomy of the evening meal. Lindstrom and Vaughn family members from all over were invited to share in the food, singing and gift opening.

Here's an 8mm film of Christmas Eve 1959, featuring a Santa Claus visit:

<qt>file=ChristmasEve1959_Medium.mov|width=320|height=240|autoplay=false|controller=true</qt>
 

You can download a higher-quality version of this movie at https://files.me.com/bill.lindstrom/2xgd06.mov
 
Aline was a prolific seamstress. In 1965, she made marching band majorette costumes as gifts for granddaughters [[Shirley Jean Lindstrom]] and [[Cynthia Lee Lindstrom]]. Along with the Christmas Eve 1965 meal and family gathering, it was all memorable.

<qt>file=Twirlers_Medium.mov|width=320|height=240|autoplay=false|controller=true</qt>
 

You can download a higher-quality version of this movie at https://files.me.com/bill.lindstrom/tsu1bh.mov
 

== Obituary ==

"Aline Kleone Lindstrom, passed away July 20, 2009 in Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born March 16, 1914 in Phelps County, Nebraska the second of four children to Ed and Ethel (Olson) Vaughn. She was confirmed at Westmark Church and attended faithfully. She attended School District 70 for eight years. She did domestic work in many homes, but with her mother's poor health, she was needed at home.

"On February 14, 1934 she was united in marriage to George D. Lindstrom at the Westmark Church parsonage with a reception at the new Dale Hotel in Holdrege. To this union, three children were born: Dean Randall, Shirley Aline and Larry George. The family made their home on the Lindstrom homestead where they both spent their entire life. The first years of marriage were hard and lean. No rainfall, no crops just farm produce sold. Aline later became an active member in the Holcomb Church where she taught Sunday school, Vacation Bible School and was persistent in the family's attendance at church. George passed away on July 9, 1981.

"Aline was a member of the Tre-Kroner Swedish Society, the Sod House Society and Holdrege Senior Citizens Band and Chorus. She was a member of the Jolly Jane's and Needle Craft clubs. She enjoyed traveling with her husband to many states and Canada. She also enjoyed her pioneer family history and the fellowship with friends, family and grandchildren. She was employed as a cook for the R-4 School. She loved flowers, gardening and being outdoors. Aline was an exceptional seamstress and spent much time at her sewing machine.

"Aline leaves to mourn her two sons: Dean Lindstrom and his wife, Jan of Kearney, NE; and Larry Lindstrom and his wife, Dorla of Elm Creek, NE; brother, Lee Vaughn and his wife Ruth of Kearney, Nebraska; one sister-in-law, Alberta Vaughn of Omaha, Nebraska; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.

"Besides her parents and husband, George, she was preceded in death by her daughter Shirley Aline in infancy; two brothers: Irving Vaughn and Kenneth Vaughn; sisters-in-law, Mildred Vaughn and Cornelia Vaughn." <ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39699999</ref>

== Historical Records ==

* [http://phelpsdeeds.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsDeeds/servlet/DeedReport?instrumentnum=200901746 Deed] to some of Aline's land

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

Caspar Booher (1758)

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{{Needs_research}}

* To do: See [http://www.genealogy.jostko.com/Special/Booher/BooherDeeds.pdf Booher Deeds].
* John Koning has done significant genealogical research on Boohers [http://www.genealogy.jostko.com/Special/Booher/BooherNotes.pdf here] and [http://www.genealogy.jostko.com/Special/Booher/index.htm here].

{{Infobox person
| name = Caspar Booher
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1758|9|15}}<ref>http://www.searchtrees.com/tree/10090.htm</ref>
| birth_place = Germany<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/h/a/Lori-J-Shaffer/GENE8-0028.html</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1831|3|31|1758|9|15}}<ref>http://www.searchtrees.com/tree/10090.htm</ref>
| death_place = [[Shirley Twp., Huntingdon County]], Pennsylvania, USA
| resting_place = Mt Union Cem., Huntingdon Co., PA<ref>http://genealogyandmore.com/MyFamily/PS05_177.HTM</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Phoebe Shaver]]|May 19, 1778|1831}}<ref>http://www.searchtrees.com/tree/10090.htm</ref>
| children = [[Elizabeth Booher (1779)|Elizabeth Booher]] (b. 1779) [[John Booher (1780)|John Booher]] (b. 1780) [[Henry Booher (1782)|Henry Booher]] (b. 1782) [[Catharine Booher (1785)|Catharine Booher]] (b. c. 1785) [[Samuel Booher (1788)|Samuel Booher]] (b. 1788) [[Jacob Booher (1794)|Jacob Booher]] (b. 1794) [[Nancy Booher (1798)|Nancy Booher]] (b. 1798)<ref>http://www.genealogy.jostko.com/Special/Booher/BooherWorksheets.pdf</ref>
| parents = [[Henry Booher]]<ref>http://www.searchtrees.com/tree/10090.htm</ref>
| relatives =
}}

== Excerpt from [http://www.genealogy.jostko.com/Special/Booher/ShaverDocs/NicholasShaverDoc.pdf Nicholas Shaver Family] by John Koning ==

Like that of his [[Nicholas Shaver, Jr.|father-in-law]], the history of Casper Booher and his family is a mystery before the mid-1780's. Casper was a witness on the indenture agreement when Nicholas bought his land in Shirley Twp. in 1785, and he also shows up on the Shirley Twp. tax lists starting in 1784. No earlier confirmed records for Casper have been found to this point. The family bible shows that Casper and Phoebe were married in 1778, but there is no indication where the marriage took place.

==Historical Records==
Life details:
* In 1788, Caspar owns 1 horse, 2 cattle, and 80 acres of land<ref>http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/huntingdon/taxlist/1788-shirley.txt</ref>
* Casper Booher served in the militia under Capt. John Galbreath.<ref>http://www.searchtrees.com/tree/10090.htm</ref>
* He is found in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1800usfedcenancestry&h=425240&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t21169794_p1132114138_kpidz0q3d1132114138z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid 1800 census] in Shirley Township, Huntingdon County, PA.<ref>http://www.searchtrees.com/tree/10090.htm</ref>, with
** Free White Males Under 10: 1 (probably: Jacob, age 6)
** Free White Males 16 to 25: 2 (probably: Samuel, age 12; Henry, age 18)
** Free White Males 26 to 44: 1 (probably: Caspar, age 42)
** Free White Females Under 10 : 1 (probably: Nancy, age 2)
** Free White Females 10 to 15 : 1 (probable: Catharine, age 15)
** Free White Females 26 to 44 : 1 (probably: Phoebe, age 44)
** (Likely not in the home: John, age 20; Elizabeth, age 21)
* In 1803, Casper was the supervisor of Shirley Township.<ref>http://www.searchtrees.com/tree/10090.htm</ref>
* He is found in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1820usfedcenancestry&h=875117&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t21169794_p1132114138_kpidz0q3d1132114138z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid 1820 census] in Shirley Township, Huntingdon County, PA.<ref>http://www.searchtrees.com/tree/10090.htm</ref>, along with:
** Free White Males - 45 and over: 1 (probably: Caspar, age 62)
** Free White Females - Under 10: 1 (unknown. possibly a child of the 26-44 year old female)
** Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1 (unknown.)
** Free White Females - 45 and over: 1 (probably: Phoebe, age 64)
* Caspar is living in Shirleysburg, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1830usfedcenancestry&h=604181&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t21169794_p1132114138_kpidz0q3d1132114138z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid 1830 Federal Census], along with:
** Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1 (probably: Caspar, age 72)
** Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 (unknown.)
** Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79: 1 (probably: Phoebe, age 74)
* Caspar's land is distributed among his heirs in [http://www.genealogy.jostko.com/Special/Booher/BooherDeeds.pdf a number of Booher deeds] in the 1830s

==Caspar's Family Bible==

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== Caspar's Last Will & Testament<ref>http://www.genealogy.jostko.com/Special/Booher/Wills/CasperBooherWill.pdf</ref><ref>Huntingdon Co., PA Will Book Vol. 3, Pages 342-344 (Family History Library Microfilm #0854232)</ref> ==

In the name of God, Aman I Casper Boocher of Shirly township Huntington County, being in perfect health and sound in mind memory and understanding, thanks be to God for the same
being mindfull of my mortality do make and constitute this my last will and testament. First and princeapally I recom- mend my immortal spiret to God who gave it in hopes of a joyfull resurrection and my body to the earth, when it shall pleas God to seperate my soul and my body, and my body to be buriate in a decently maner at the discretion of my exeudor according to the rites of our church. And as to such worldly estate wherwith it hath pleased God to pless me. I gave and dispose therof as follows, it is my will that my personall property shall imediately after my desease be sold by my executor at at publick vendue and from the proceeds therof all my just debts and funeral expence shall be payd, and the ballance if eny shall be equelly dividet amongst my children. I do nominate my son John Boocher of Shirly township to be my executor of this my last will & testament. it is further my will that the plantation I now live on shall after my desease be the property of my son John Boocher for his proper use and behoof and the said John shall pay the sum of tweffe hundert dollers including the purchase money and feeses due for all my lands to the Comenweth of Pensylvania and whatever the said purchase money and feeses may amt over and above two hundret dollers shall be payd out of the proseeds of my personall property and the ballance of said purchase money to be payd by my son John Boocher shall and will be a thousand dollers shall be payd by the said John or his executors or administrators as follows, he the said John Boocher is to have as a part of his legasee the sum of two hun -dert dollers, which sum shall be redused out of the above sum of a thousent dol -lers, and the said John Boocher is further to pay on or before the first day of April after my desease unto my son Samuel Boocher the sum of one hundret dollers and also the same amt of one hundret dollers to be payd on or before the second first day of April to the sd. Samuel Boocher and the sd Samuel Boocher is to have the privilegeof the stone house and the other privileges as h..r to fore for his own proper use for the term of six years from and after the first day of April last paste, it is further my will that my son John shall pay one hun- -dret dollers on or before the third day of Aprile after my desease unto my son Henry Boocher and also on or before the fourth first day of Aprile after my desease the same amt of one hundert dollers to the same by the same, and it is further my will that my son John shall pay unto my daughter Nancy Linn the sum of one hundret dollers on or before the fifth first day of Aprile after my desease and it is further my will that the said John shall pay unto my daughter Elizabeth Roberts one hundert dollers on or before the sixth first day of Aprile after my desease and it is further my will that the said John shall pay unto my son Jacob the sum of one hundert and sixty dollers on or before the seventh first day of Aprile after my desease and it is further my will that my son John shall pay unto my grand daughter Elizabeth Bady the sum of forty dollers on or before the eight first day of Aprile after my desease, and if the said Elizabeth Bady has not recd. the following property viz. one cow two sheep one bed one spinging wheel she shall recd and have them artikels emedeatly after my desease, it is further my will and I do order that my son John shall have my two stills and all belonging to them and also my big bible, it is further my will and I order that my beloved and dear wife Pheoby shall have two betts and betseads, one beurow one copper kitle one iron pot steukettle one sciled one tea kitle coffee stomper one tin bucket and one other bucket one washing tup one jurn one table two chairs one chelf bowles and sausers one cobert 8 milk crocks 4 large croks 4 tins and a set of knives and forks 2 smoothing irons one cow one pot rack one pear of toungs and fire shovel on chest one weomans sadle and bridle one reel and spining wheel one stove and stovepipe one heogsed and two good barrels two oken barrels and it is my will and I order that my wife shall have the dwelling house - wherein I now live during her naturall lifetime for her resi-dence, together with part of the garden for her use and the stable which I have now in posession for to keep her cow likewise firewood for one fireplace and stove as much as she wants and my son John is to haul and cut the same and put convenient to her house in rediness for to put on the fire or in the stove, it is further my will that my son John shall pay or yild unto my wife yearly and every year the following items six pound of good wool 8 pounds of good hackled flax she is to have the third of the aples of the big grafted tree, six bushels of winter aples every year that ther are aples on the place, one barrel of sider if ther be aples the fourth part of peaches and 3 bushels of poteates three bushels of buckwheat 6 bushels of corn 18 bushels of wheat 150 pounds of pork to one hind quarter of beef to be not less than 70 pounds one bushel of salt 15 lb of sugar 10 lb of good coffee 30 heads of cabages to one pair of fine shoes 3 gallon of honny all these items my son John is to deliver to my wife at her sd dwelling house and the wheat and other grain he is to get ground and deliver the prosids thereof at her requist and she is to get one and a half ton of good hay delivered at her request, and if my wife should want for to leve the aforesaid dwelling and move els where in bounds of two mills my son John shall be bound to deliver unto her all the above mentioned items with the exeption of the fire wood at her new place of residence and during her absence of her dwelling my son John shall have the use of the house and other privileges, nevertheless if my wife would want to come and move back again she shall not be deprived of so doing and shall be intilet to all her former privileges in full, it is further my will that my son John shall not be bound to pay any money to his brothers or sisters until the death of mine and my wifes notwithstanding it is stated otherwise above all the interlining was done before it was signed. I publish and declare this and none other to be my last will and testament. In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this 6th day of Aprile in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
Casper Booher {Seal}

Huntingdon County ss,
Before me the Register for the probate of Wills and granting
letters of Administration in and for the County of Huntingdon, personally appeared
Harmanus Ow and Joseph Ow, who being sworn according to law depose and say
that they were personally present and saw and heard the above named Casper
Booher sign seal execute publish pronounce and declare the above and foregoing instru-
ment of writing as and for his last will and testament. and that they the siad Har-
manus Ow and Joseph Ow did sign their names thereto as wtnesses in the presence of
each other and in the presence of the said Testator, and at his instance and request.
and that he the said Testator was at the time of sound and disposing mind mem-
ory and understanding to the best of their knowledge and belief.
Harmanus Ow
Joseph Ow
Sworn & subscribed the 14th day of
}
April 1831 – Before D N Porter Regr.
}

==See Also==

*[[Politicians and Public Officials|Index of politicians and public officials]]
*[[Veterans|Index of veterans]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Immigrants]]

Fred Wilhelm Hoppe

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{{Infobox person
| name = Fred Wilhelm Hoppe
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1889|12|9}}<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Fred+Wilhelm&gsln=Hoppe&msbdy=1889&msbpn__ftp=Iowa,+USA&msbpn=18&msbpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3247|18|&msddy=1966&msdpn__ftp=Iowa,+USA&msdpn=18&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3247|18|&msgdy=1915&msfng0=wilhelm&msfns0=hoppe&uidh=uv6&mssng0=bertha&mssns0=volkert&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=28653517&recoff=12+13&db=ssdi&indiv=1 Social Security Death Index]</ref>
| birth_place = Iowa
| death_date = {{dda|1966|6|21|1889|12|9}}<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Fred+Wilhelm&gsln=Hoppe&msbdy=1889&msbpn__ftp=Iowa,+USA&msbpn=18&msbpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3247|18|&msddy=1966&msdpn__ftp=Iowa,+USA&msdpn=18&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3247|18|&msgdy=1915&msfng0=wilhelm&msfns0=hoppe&uidh=uv6&mssng0=bertha&mssns0=volkert&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=28653517&recoff=12+13&db=ssdi&indiv=1 Social Security Death Index]</ref>
| resting_place = [[Correctionville Cemetery]], Iowa<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=59156</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Bertha Sophia Volkert]]|February 10, 1915|1966}} in Battle, Iowa<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http://pilot.familysearch.org/records/trk:/fsrs/rr_319631289/p4&hash=HloWXpZgU9zB10k5M56iYku8TUc%253D Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992]</ref>
| children = [[Margaret Baker]] [[Grace Kathryn Hoppe]] [[Frank Hoppe]] [[Carol Buley]]
| parents = [[Wilhelm Hoppe]] [[Louisi Heini]]
| relatives =
}}

== [[Jill Marie Linn|Jill Lindstrom]]'s Memory of the Hoppe's ==

I do remember my Grandma and Grandpa Hoppe very well. They were both alive until I was in Jr. High (grandpa died) and High School (Grandma died) ( or around then). The were a big part of my life. Went there for most holidays (except for Memorial Day was ALWAYS the Linn side) and they came to see us quite often too. I went to stay a week every summer with them in Correctionville and loved it. (Caught frogs, played with the chickens, picked raspberries, stayed int their upstairs....and played with my cousin, Jane.) It was great fun! My Grandma was a wonderful seamstress and she helped sew a couple of dresses for Homecoming and proms. My Grandpa was quite a teaser.....always teasing and playing with us kids. They always went to Phoenix, Az every winter because my Grandpa had bad emphysema.<ref>Email from [[Jill Marie Linn]] to [[James Brian Lindstrom]] on 11/12/2010</ref>

{| class="imageframe"
| [[Image:Fred_Hoppe_and_jill_linn.png|300px]]
|-
| <center>Photo of Grandpa Hoppe and [[Jill Marie Linn| Jill Linn]]</center>
|}

== Marriage Announcement<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=8286&iid=NEWS-IA-CO_NE.1915_02_18_0010&rc=1458,354,1554,383;1570,354,1682,383;1399,463,1505,492;664,5563,772,5605;3592,5288,3652,5317&pid=479807498&ssrc=&fn=bertha+sophia&ln=volkert&st=g Correctionville News, Feb 18, 1915]</ref> ==

Mr. Fred William Hoppe and Miss Bertha Sophia Volkert were married Wednesday noon at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs Karl Volkert in Battle township. Henry Hoppe and Miss Rosa Hoppe attended the young couple, while Dorothy Benedict and Helen Kurtz were the flower girls. Rev. Langkammerer performed the ceremony.

A splendid wedding dinner was served at one o'clock, only near relatives being present.

The young couple will start housekeeping the first of March and will occupy George Volkert's farm four and a half miles northwest of Cushing.

Best wishes for happiness in their life are extended to the young people.

==Historical Records==

* Fred (age 5) appears in the [[:File:Wilhelm hoppe 1895 iowa census.png|1895 Iowa Census]], but he is listed as "Fritz".
* Fred appears in the [[:File:Wilhelm hoppe 1900 iowa census.png|1900 Iowa Census]] in Union Township, Woodbury County
* Fred appears in the [[:File:Wilhelm hoppe 1910 iowa census.png|1910 Iowa Census]] in Union Township, Woodbury County
* Fred appears to be renting a tract of land called "The Hoppe Farm" to a Herman M Hopp (no relation) according to a [http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1127&path=Iowa.Woodbury,+1917.8 1917 Atlas of Woodbury County, Iowa]
* The Correctionville News, July 23, 1914, writes "Fred and Henry Hoppe shipped a carload of fine hogs to Sioux City Monday. They accompanied the shipment."
* Fred's [[:File:Fred wilhelm hoppe wwi card.png|World War 1 draft card]] from June 5, 1917
* Fred appears in the [[:File:Hoppes 1925 iowa census.png|1925 Iowa Census]] in Union Township, Woodbury County
* In 1933: "Fred Hoppe was seriously injured on Thursday while helping to pick up hay at the John Fletcher home, north of town. One of the teams ran away. Fred was knocked down, one of the horses stepping on his arm and a wagon wheel passing over his head. Mr. Hoppe saw the team coming and stepped out to try to stop them. It was then that he was struck and injured. He was immediately brought to Hamburg for medical attention and the doctors found it necessary to take ten stitches to close the wound in his head. At the time the Reporter went to press the injured man was getting along nicely"<ref>http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=6753&iid=NEWS-IA-TH_HA_RE.1953_06_11_0002&rc=100,4425,191,4462;214,4425,328,4462;444,4592,530,4630;54,4758,172,4796;1612,3083,1754,3120&pid=499854338&ssrc=&fn=Fred+Wilhelm&ln=Hoppe&st=g</ref>
* The Ida County Pioneer Record, October 27, 1955, [http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=6756&iid=NEWS-IA-ID_CO_PI_RE.1955_10_27_0014&rc=636,1937,709,1979;621,2137,720,2179;54,2175,160,2217;544,2212,662,2254;1069,779,1165,821;1719,2350,1817,2392;1537,4325,1609,4367;1442,4362,1561,4404;1471,5604,1599,5687;2480,1017,2583,1059;2475,2362,2578,2404;2188,2783,2272,2825&pid=501050382&ssrc=&fn=Fred+Wilhelm&ln=Hoppe&st=g writes], "Mr and Mrs John Volkert, together with Mr and Mrs Fred Hoppe of Correctionville, went to Denver, Thursday. Mr. Hoppe was the delegate from the Brotherhood of St. John Lutheran church, to the national convention of the American Lutheran Brotherhood, which was held in Denver from Friday noon through Saturday."
* The Ida County Pioneer Record, October 24, 1957, [http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=6756&iid=NEWS-IA-ID_CO_PI_RE.1957_10_24_0002&rc=1762,2292,1865,2334;1890,2292,2018,2334;1964,2329,2112,2371;1699,2366,1772,2408;2129,3725,2198,3767;2395,3800,2443,3842;3030,2591,3131,2633;3157,3554,3236,3596&pid=502095874&ssrc=&fn=Fred+Wilhelm&ln=Hoppe&st=g writes], "Mr and Mrs Fred Hoppe of Correctionville, Mrs Rose Hoppe, Mr and Mrs Wm. Volkert, Sr., and Mrs Kate Kurtz and Helen went to Spirit Lake Monday, spending the day with Dr and Mrs walter Meier an helping them close their cottage fro the summer."
* The Ida County Pioneer Record, November 28, 1957, [http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=6756&iid=NEWS-IA-ID_CO_PI_RE.1957_11_28_0013&rc=1073,633,1161,675;1129,896,1221,938;1245,1046,1318,1088;2884,521,2979,588;3194,687,3267,729;2970,875,3061,917;3085,875,3199,917;3001,987,3147,1029;3078,1025,3152,1067;3186,1175,3306,1217;3901,396,3971,438&pid=502132749&ssrc=&fn=Fred+Wilhelm&ln=Hoppe&st=g writes], "Mr and Mrs Wm. Volkert, Sr., entertained at dinner Sunday for their 35th wedding anniversary. The guests were Mr and Mrs D. B. Severson of Sioux City, Mr and Mrs Fred Hoppe of Correctionville, Mr and Mrs Frank Volkert of Holstein, Mrs Kate Kurtz, Mrs Rose Hoppe, Jim Stanton, and Mr and Mrs Wm. Volkert Jr. and family."
* The Ida County Pioneer Record, May 15, 1958, [http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=6756&iid=NEWS-IA-ID_CO_PI_RE.1958_05_15_0012&rc=500,792,614,817;362,921,428,946;445,921,528,946;1904,704,1977,733;2278,3475,2397,3500;2114,3504,2185,3529;2203,3504,2310,3529;2048,4000,2122,4025;1888,5204,1938,5233&pid=502447116&ssrc=&fn=Fred+Wilhelm&ln=Hoppe&st=g writes], "Mrs Rose Hoppe, Mrs Kate Kurtz and Helen and Mr and Mrs Lester Baker and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Hoppe at Correctionville."
* Fred's [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Fred+Wilhelm&gsln=Hoppe&msbdy=1889&msbpn__ftp=Iowa,+USA&msbpn=18&msbpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3247|18|&msddy=1966&msdpn__ftp=Iowa,+USA&msdpn=18&msdpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3247|18|&msgdy=1915&msfng0=wilhelm&msfns0=hoppe&uidh=uv6&mssng0=bertha&mssns0=volkert&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=28653517&recoff=12+13&db=ssdi&indiv=1 Social Security Death Index] entry.

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

Cushing Cemetery

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== Creation of the Cemetery ==

[[Georg Carl Volkert]] contributed land to the Cushing Cemetery. The April 27, 1911 edition of the Correctionville News writes:

<blockquote>
A suitable location for Cushing's new cemetery has at last been found. Last year the town council undertook the establishment of a burying ground and decided on a plot of ground on the Organ farm. Chas. Baldwin, the present owner, however, strenuously objected, and the deal fell through. For several years, our German citizens have been agitating a movement of this kind and finally took it into their own hands to provide Cushing with a suitable resting place for the dead. A number of influential members of the Lutheran church met here Saturday and selected a two-acre tract on the Volkert farm adjoining the Stewart place, three-fourth of a mile west of the Lutheran church on the Correctionville road. The owner, Carl Volkert, has already given his consent to deed the ground for consideration of $650.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=8286&iid=NEWS-IA-CO_NE.1911_04_27_0009&rc=1871,3708,1980,3733;2325,3792,2385,3817;1866,3821,1986,3846&pid=477785097&ssrc=&fn=karl&ln=volkert&st=g April 27, 1911 edition of the Correctionville News]</ref></blockquote>

==Location==
<googlemap zoom="16" lat="42.4662" lon="-95.6933">
42.4662, -95.6933
</googlemap>

==List of People Buried in the Cushing Cemetery==
* [[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=94548&CScn=cushing&CSst=14& Findagrave.com]]
* [[http://iowagravestones.org/cemetery_list.php?CID=97&cName=Cushing Iowa Gravestone Photo Project]]


[[Category:Cemeteries]]

Cushing Cemetery

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== Creation of the [[Cushing Cemetery]] ==

[[Georg Carl Volkert]] contributed land to the Cushing Cemetery. The April 27, 1911 edition of the Correctionville News writes:

<blockquote>
A suitable location for Cushing's new cemetery has at last been found. Last year the town council undertook the establishment of a burying ground and decided on a plot of ground on the Organ farm. Chas. Baldwin, the present owner, however, strenuously objected, and the deal fell through. For several years, our German citizens have been agitating a movement of this kind and finally took it into their own hands to provide Cushing with a suitable resting place for the dead. A number of influential members of the Lutheran church met here Saturday and selected a two-acre tract on the Volkert farm adjoining the Stewart place, three-fourth of a mile west of the Lutheran church on the Correctionville road. The owner, Carl Volkert, has already given his consent to deed the ground for consideration of $650.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=8286&iid=NEWS-IA-CO_NE.1911_04_27_0009&rc=1871,3708,1980,3733;2325,3792,2385,3817;1866,3821,1986,3846&pid=477785097&ssrc=&fn=karl&ln=volkert&st=g April 27, 1911 edition of the Correctionville News]</ref></blockquote>

==Location==
<googlemap zoom="16" lat="42.4662" lon="-95.6933">
42.4662, -95.6933
</googlemap>

==List of People Buried in the Cushing Cemetery==
* [[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=94548&CScn=cushing&CSst=14& Findagrave.com]]
* [[http://iowagravestones.org/cemetery_list.php?CID=97&cName=Cushing Iowa Gravestone Photo Project]]


[[Category:Cemeteries]]

Georg Carl Volkert

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{{Infobox person
| name = Georg Carl Volkert
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1855|4|6}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/o/n/Duane-Long-CO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1608.html</ref>
| birth_place = Althausen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/o/n/Duane-Long-CO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1608.html</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1932|11|12|1855|4|6}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/o/n/Duane-Long-CO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1608.html</ref>
| death_place = Iowa
| resting_place = [[Cushing Cemetery]], Iowa
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Barbara Margaretha Hummel]]|February 27, 1882|November 11, 1932}} in Illinois
| children = [[Edmund B. Volkert]] [[Kate Volkert]] [[Freddie Volkert]] [[Amanda Volkert]] [[Rosa Volkert]] [[Bertha Sophia Volkert]] [[Barbara Freda Margaretha Volkert]] [[William K. Volkert]]
| parents = [[Johannes Volkert]] [[Katharina Margarethe Volk]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/o/n/Duane-Long-CO/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1608.html</ref>
| relatives =
}}

==Timeline==

{| class="wikitable"
| 1855
| Georg is born, in Althausen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
|-
| 1879
| Georg immigrated from Germany to the US. Georg's father [[Johannes Volkert]] is buried in Germany, which indicates that Georg came to the US on his own. He may have come with his sister, [[Anna Rosina Volkert]], who also immigrated in that year<ref>[[:File:Volkert 1900 iowa ida battle.png|1900 Iowa Census]]</ref>
|-
| 1880
| Georg's first child [[Edmund B. Volkert]] was born, in Paw Paw, Lee County, Illinois
|-
| 1882
| Georg and [[Barbara Margaretha Hummel]] are married, in Illinois
|-
| c. 1882-1883
| Georg's family moves from Illinois to Iowa
|-
| 1883
| Georg's second child is born, in Iowa
|-
| ...
| Georg's third through eighth children are born, in Iowa
|-
| 1932
| Georg dies, in Iowa, and is buried in [[Cushing Cemetery]]
|}

== Contribution to the Creation of the [[Cushing Cemetery]] ==

Georg Carl contributed land to the [[Cushing Cemetery]]. The April 27, 1911 edition of the Correctionville News writes:

<blockquote>
A suitable location for Cushing's new cemetery has at last been found. Last year the town council undertook the establishment of a burying ground and decided on a plot of ground on the Organ farm. Chas. Baldwin, the present owner, however, strenuously objected, and the deal fell through. For several years, our German citizens have been agitating a movement of this kind and finally took it into their own hands to provide Cushing with a suitable resting place for the dead. A number of influential members of the Lutheran church met here Saturday and selected a two-acre tract on the Volkert farm adjoining the Stewart place, three-fourth of a mile west of the Lutheran church on the Correctionville road. The owner, Carl Volkert, has already given his consent to deed the ground for consideration of $650.<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=8286&iid=NEWS-IA-CO_NE.1911_04_27_0009&rc=1871,3708,1980,3733;2325,3792,2385,3817;1866,3821,1986,3846&pid=477785097&ssrc=&fn=karl&ln=volkert&st=g April 27, 1911 edition of the Correctionville News]</ref></blockquote>

== Volkert and Hoppe Relations ==

Two of the Volkert children married Hoppes. Rosa Volkert married Henry Hoppe and Bertha Sophia Volkert married Fred Wilhelm Hoppe.

==Historical Records==
* Georg Carl appears in the [[:File:Volkert 1900 iowa ida battle.png|1900 Iowa Census]] in Battle Township, Ida County
* Sioux Valley News, October 10, 1907, [http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=50335&iid=NEWS-IA-SI_VA_NE.1907_10_10_0004&rc=2683,2229,2751,2258;2768,2229,2888,2258;2798,2304,2879,2333;2561,2342,2696,2371&pid=475867140&ssrc=&fn=karl&ln=volkert&st=g writes], "Daniel Dragoo sold his farm west of [Cushing] town to Carl Volkert of Lee Center, Ill., for $105 per acre. The purchaser is a nephew of Carl , George and Andrew Volkert, prominent german farmers of this locality."
* Carl (age 53) and Barbara (age 50) live with children Rosa A (age 19), Bertha S (age 16), Freda M (age 14), and William C (age 12) in Battle, Ida County, Iowa in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=georg+carl&gsln=volkert&msbdy=1855&msbpn__ftp=Althausen,+Main-Tauber-Kreis,+Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg,+Germany&msbpn=157241&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652381|3253|30328|31875|1572&msddy=1932&msdpn__ftp=Woodbury+County,+Iowa,+USA&msdpn=3192&msdpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3247|18|3192|&msrpn__ftp=Paw+Paw,+De+Kalb,+Illinois,+USA&msrpn=37003&msrpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|16|853|37003|&msrpn1__ftp=Cushing,+Woodbury,+Iowa,+USA&msrpn1=43346&msrpn1_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|18|3192|43346|&msgdy=1882&msgpn__ftp=Illinois,+USA&msgpn=16&msgpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3247|16|&uidh=uv6&mssng0=barbara+margaretha&mssns0=hummel&msbng0=andreas&msbns0=volkert&msbng1=anna+rosina&msbns1=volkert&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=7366917&db=1910USCenIndex&indiv=1 1910 Federal Census]. Georg is listed as a farmer, living on a farm he owns; the others in the household are not employed.
* Correctionville News, August, 8, 1912, [http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=8286&iid=1912_08_08_0008&rc=365,5691,434,5712;1916,3129,1975,3154;2028,4241,2092,4266;2650,3591,2712,3616;2879,3612,2937,3637;2371,3633,2470,3658;2902,3787,2961,3812;3122,3112,3217,3137;3233,3112,3359,3137;3162,3371,3222,3396;3508,3500,3598,3525;3741,3829,3829,3854&pid=478421000&ssrc=&fn=georg+carl&ln=volkert&st=g writes] that Carl is a founding board member of the Cushing Realty and Improvement Company
* The Correctionville Argus, March 7, 1913 [http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=50402&iid=NEWS-IA-TH_CO_AR.1913_03_07_0008&rc=1139,1912,1291,1945;383,3921,455,3954;473,3921,598,3954&pid=478780424&ssrc=&fn=carl&ln=volkert&st=g writes], "Carl Volkert of Pam Pam, Ill., is visiting his numerous relatives in this locality before continuing his journey to Draper, Lyman County, S. D., where he owns a farm which he will work this season."
* Karl (age 59) is listed as living in Battle township, Ida county, Iowa in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1084&iid=IA1915_241-1199&fn=Karl&ln=Volkert&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1513588 1915 Iowa Census]. His 1914 earnings were $1,540, and his farm was valued at $32,280, with an encumbrance (a mortgage?) of $9,000 against it.
* Karl (age 64) and Barbara (age 60) and son William (age 21) are living in Battle township, Woodbury County, Iowa in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=georg+carl&gsln=volkert&msbdy=1855&msbpn__ftp=Althausen,+Main-Tauber-Kreis,+Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg,+Germany&msbpn=157241&msbpn_PInfo=8-|1652381|3253|30328|31875|1572&msddy=1932&msdpn__ftp=Woodbury+County,+Iowa,+USA&msdpn=3192&msdpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3247|18|3192|&msrpn__ftp=Paw+Paw,+De+Kalb,+Illinois,+USA&msrpn=37003&msrpn_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|16|853|37003|&msrpn1__ftp=Cushing,+Woodbury,+Iowa,+USA&msrpn1=43346&msrpn1_PInfo=8-|1652393|2|3247|18|3192|43346|&msgdy=1882&msgpn__ftp=Illinois,+USA&msgpn=16&msgpn_PInfo=5-|1652393|2|3247|16|&uidh=uv6&mssng0=barbara+margaretha&mssns0=hummel&msbng0=andreas&msbns0=volkert&msbng1=anna+rosina&msbns1=volkert&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=28813353&db=1920usfedcen&indiv=1 1920 Federal Census]
* Carl (age 74) and Barbara (age 71) are living in Rock township, Woodbury County, Iowa, in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=IAT626_689-0327&fn=Carl&ln=Volkert&st=r&ssrc=&pid=32196826 1930 Federal Census]. Anna Volkert (age 67) is listed next on the census form, so presumably she was living nearby.

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Immigrants]]

Jacob Booher Linn

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{{Infobox person
| image = Jacob_booher_linn.png
| name = Jacob Booher Linn
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1839|3|10}}<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186735</ref>
| birth_place = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], USA
| death_date = {{dda|1893|12|28|1839|3|10}} (The death date of Jacob's tombstone is difficult to decipher; he died sometime in late Dec. 1893)
| death_place = [[Blair, Nebraska]], USA
| resting_place = [[Shelby Township Cemetery]]<ref>http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=186735</ref>, Shelby, Iowa, USA
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Hester Ann Chilcoat]]|October 13, 1864}}<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p464 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref><ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=21820056&</ref>
| children = [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]] [[McKendree Linn]] [[Monroe Linn]] [[Anna Laura Linn]] [[Walter McKnight Linn]] [[Franklin Bryce Linn]] [[Willie Linn]] [[Hugh Harrison Linn]]
| parents = [[James Linn]] [[Nancy Booher]]
| relatives = [[Caspar Booher Linn]] (brother) [[John Linn]] (brother) [[James W. Linn]] (brother) [[Jane Linn]] (Sister) [[Hugh Linn (1832)|Hugh Linn]] (Brother) [[Samuel Brierly Linn]] (Brother)<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p464 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref>
}}

== Clan Linn Book Entry==

"Jacob Booher Linn was born March 16, 1839 in [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Huntingdon%20County,%20Pennsylvania&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Huntingdon,%20Pennsylvania&gl=us&ei=61uhTJ3nBYKdlgefxbG8BA&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&ll=40.480381,-78.00293&spn=4.545618,9.876709&t=h&z=7 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania] and reared on a farm until 1859, when he entered the Rainsburg Academy, Blair County, Pennsylvania. He remained there until President Lincoln issued his first call for troops, when he enlisted, April 23, 1861, for three years in the Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry. He served in the Peninsula campaign; in the seven days' fight before Richmond under General McClellan; was taken prison, June 27, 1862, and spent sixty days in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby_Prison Libby prison] and on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Isle_(Virginia)#Civil_War Belle Island]. Unfit for duty when exchanged, he was sent to a hospital, but, impatient to be in active service, he took "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_leave French leave]," and joined his regiment in time to be at the battle of Antietam. He was also at the battle of Fredericksburg, in 1863. He was honorably discharged at Spottsylvania Court House, and mustered out at Pittsburg, May 23, 1864.

Returning home in June, he soon after bought a farm, where he remained until 1874, when he moved with his family to near Shelby, Iowa, and bought 120 acres, which he improved. He left his farm in the hands his son, McKendree, in 1881, and moved to Hand County, South Dakota, where, taking up 480 acres, he remained four years. He then placed Dakota lands in the hands of his sons, Ambrose and McKendree, who now own 800 acres and control about 3000 acres more as a ranch. Returning to Shelby, he remained there until his decease, in 1893, which occurred suddenly. He had gone to [[Blair, Nebraska]], to a reunion with two of his old army messmates. Each had read a paper on his army experiences and observations, and when done knelt in prayer before parting. He began to pray, saying 'We thank Thee, O Lord, that we as comrades have been permitted to meet again. We pray Thee to help us to live that we may all meet in heaven.' As he finished the last sentence, he fell back into the arms of his messmates, gasped twice, and his spirit took its flight." p526-25, The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, taken from The Clan Linn.

Note: Jacob's photo (right / above) shows his Civil War veteran's ladder badge,Company F., 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21169794/person/1041168042/photo/6d76e5c0-bec6-44ea-bbc1-459eff4d6aa5?src=search</ref>

==1915 Shelby County History Book Entry==
"Jacob Linn, was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1839. He is a son of James, a soldier of the war of 1812, and Nancy Hooker Lynn. He received his education in the public schools of Pennsylvania, and was attending college in order to gain an education that would be sufficient for a profession, when the war broke out. In answer to Lincoln's call, he enlisted, April 23, 1861, in the Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves, Company F, he served three years in the same regiment. He was under fire at Gainesville and took an active part in the second battle fought on the Potomac, and in the seven days' fight on the Peninsula; he was taken prisoner June 27, 1861, and sent to Libby Prison; he spent sixty days here and at Belle Isle, experiencing all the horrors of these terrible prisons. After his discharge he was unfit for duty and was sent to the United States hospital in New Jersey, but he took French leave and joined his regiment at Sharpsburg, Maryland. He took an active part at Sharpsburg, Antietam, battle of Fredericksburg under General Burnside, the battle of the Wilderness and in the seven days' battle before Richmond. He was honorably discharged at Spotsylvania Court-House, and mustered out of the service at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1864, as Sergeant.

He was married October 7, 1864, to Hester Ann Chilcote, of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Alva and Catharine (Booker) Chilcote. Mr. and Mrs. Linn have seven children, six sons and one daughter -- Ambrose B., McKindre, Anna Laura (a successful teacher), Monroe, Walter M. C., Franklin, and Hugh L."<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=linn&GSiman=1&GScid=431918&GRid=21820056&</ref>

==Ninth Child==
The north side of Jacob's tombstone indicates Jacob and Hester had a ninth child: born May 12, 1878; died May 16, 1878. This seems impossible, however, given, Hugh Harrison's birth only six months later.

==Locating Jacob's Farms==
*Shelby, Iowa: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=41.537183,-95.481953&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.598824,79.013672&ie=UTF8&ll=41.537109,-95.479774&spn=0.139029,0.308647&t=h&z=12 41°32'13.86"N, 95°28'55.03"W] (This farm was passed down to son [[Franklin Bryce Linn]] and then to grandson [[Leslie Leonard Linn]]. It remained in the family until the 1990s and Les was awarded a Century Farm award by the State of Iowa.
*Northeast corner of [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hand+county,+south+dakota&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Hand,+South+Dakota&ll=44.496505,-99.008789&spn=8.477637,19.753418&t=h&z=6 Hand County, South Dakota]
:Land of Jacob Booher Linn: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=44.810458,-98.917753&sll=44.80898,-98.91775&sspn=0.001029,0.002411&ie=UTF8&ll=44.809122,-98.909912&spn=4.216442,9.876709&t=h&z=7 44°48'37.65"N, 98°55'3.91"W] (SE & SW Quarters of Tract 32, Linn Township)
:Land of [[Ambrose Burnside Linn]]:[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=44.797444,-98.902747&sll=44.794441,-98.902715&sspn=0.016476,0.038581&g=44%C2%B047'50.80%22N,+98%C2%B054'9.89%22W&ie=UTF8&ll=44.793531,-98.898926&spn=4.217581,9.876709&t=h&z=7 44°47'50.80"N, 98°54'9.89"W] (SW quarter of Tract 4, Carlton Township)
:Land of [[McKendree Linn]]: [http://maps.google.com/ 44°48'17.12"N, 98°56'1.97"W] (NW Quarter of Tract 6, Carlton Township)

==Photos==

{| class="imageframe"
| [[File:Jacob booher linn family.png|250px]] || [[File:Cpl jacob b linn.jpg|130px]] || [[File:Jacob_b_linn_GAR_photo.jpg|250px]]
|-
| Jacob B. Linn and family || Corporal Linn (later First Sergeant) of Company F, 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry || Jacob B. Linn (Company F, 8th PA Inf)at left border pasted in, brother Samuel B. Linn (Company A, 9th PA Cav) fourth row from front, fourth from right.
|}

==Historical Records==

* Jacob (age 31) and Hester (age 35) are living in Springfield Township, Huntingdon County, PA, along with Ambrose (age 4), McKendry (age 3) and Monroe (age 1) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon+County,+Pennsylvania,+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3244|41|1423|&msddy=1893&msdpn__ftp=nebraska&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=41233806&recoff=1+2&db=1870usfedcen&indiv=1 1870 Federal Census]
* Jacob is listed in the [[:File:Jacob booher linn 1880 shelby iowa census.png|1880 Census for Shelby, Iowa]]. (Also listed are Samuel B Linn and James W Linn.)
* Jacob (age 45) and Hester (age 49) are living in Shelby, Iowa along with Ambrose (19), McKendree (age 17), Monroe (age 15), Annie (age 14), Walter (age 13), Frank (age 11), and Hugh (age 6) in the [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=jacob+booher&gsln=linn&msbdy=1839&msbpn__ftp=Huntingdon+County,+Pennsylvania,+USA&msbpn=1423&msbpn_PInfo=7-|1652393|2|3244|41|1423|&msddy=1893&msdpn__ftp=nebraska&uidh=uv6&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=6784649&recoff=1+2+3&db=IAstatecen&indiv=1 1885 Iowa State Census]
* Jacob is listed in the [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6247&iid=95270241&fn=Jacob&ln=Linn&st=r&ssrc=&pid=44855 1885 Census for South Dakota Territory] in Hand County.
* Jacob and brother [[Samuel Brierly Linn]] are listed in the Shelby County Iowa 1892 Farmers Directory (p. 4)<ref>http://iagenweb.org/shelby/history/1892%20Farmers/1892%20Shelby.htm</ref>

==See Also==

*[[Veterans|Index of Veterans]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

August J. Vaughn

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{{Infobox person
| name = August J. Vaughn (born August Johnson)
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| birth_place = Vestergatland or Smaland, Sweden (Source Conflict)<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0165.html</ref>
| death_date = {{dda|1947|1|7|1854|2|8}}<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=101139&GRid=36501752&</ref>
| resting_place = [[Platte Valley Cemetery]] in Phelps County, Nebraska
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Matilda Swan Peterson]]|Dec 31, 1877}}, Illinois<ref>http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html</ref>
| children = [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] (1878-) [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] (1882-1969) [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] (1884-1925) [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] (1886-1975) [[Henry Carroll Vaughn]] (1888-1974) [[Fred Walter Vaughn]] (1890-1955) [[Alvin August Vaughn]] (1893-1986) [[Ernest Harold Vaughn]] (1896=1983) [[Togue Thedford Vaughn]] (1898-1976)
| residence = {{lived_at|[[Sweden]]|1854|1868}} {{lived_at|[[Illinois, USA]]|1868|1878}} {{lived_at|[[Phelps County, Nebraska, USA]]|1878|1947}}
| parents =
| relatives =
}}

== Biography of August J. Vaughn<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]+</ref> ==

[[File:A J Vaughn Biography.png|thumb|left]]
August J. Vaughan [sic], a successful farmer and stock-raiser of Williamsburg township, Phelps County, was born in Sweden, February 8, 1854. He was reared on a farm and attended school for about seven years. He landed in New York City, after a somewhat stormy voyage, on August 3, 1868, and came west as far as Oneinda, Knox County, Ill., where he remained for 10 years, working out by the month on a farm.

Mr. Vaughan came to Phelps County, Nebr., in July 1878, homesteading the southeast quarter of Section 32. There was plenty of antelope and other wild game, but very few actual settlers in that locality then. Mr. Vaughan was a young man and came here with a very limited means, having only three horses and about $50 in money. He built a sod house and at once set about laying the foundation for his future home. He underwent all of the hardships of frontier life, was compelled to haul water three miles for his stock, being unable to have a well dug, and was subjected to many other inconveniences. He has worked hard, early and late, however, until the once wild and desolate prairie homestead has been transformed into a productive and beautiful farm.

Mr. Vaughan was married to Miss Matilda S. Peterson on December 31, 1877. She was born in Sweden in 1856 and came to America in 1868. This union has resulted in the birth of five children, namely -- Oscar, Ira (deceased), Alice, Eddie, and Carroll. Mr. Vaughan has 320 acres of improved land, all fenced and under a good state of cultivation. He is a progressive man and believes in keeping well-bred stock of all kinds. He has some as fine standard-bred Hambletonian horses as anyone would wish to see, and his Short-horn cattle and Poland-china hogs are among the best to be found in Phelps County. He is regarded as one of the most successful stock-raisers in the county, and his example is well worthy of emulation.

Both Mr. Vaughn and his estimable wife are members of the Christian Mission church. In politics he is a republican, and a man who stands high in the estimation of his fellow men.

(Note: This was published in 1890, at which point A.J. and Matilda did only have 5 children. Children 6-9 were born after this book, in the 1890s. -- [[User:Jim.lindstrom|Jim.lindstrom]])

(Note: Based on the details above, it may be possible to determine the ship that A.J. took from Sweden to New York... -- [[User:Jim.lindstrom|Jim.lindstrom]])

== Account of A.J. Vaughn's Emmigration by [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]]<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[Eric Jacob Lindstrom| Eric Lindstrom]], 9/30/2010.</ref> ==

<blockquote>This is the story that my mother, Aline, and my uncle, [[Lee Vaughn]], have told me about the origin of the Vaughn name taken by their grandpa, August J. Vaughn, sometime in the 1880's when he came from Illinois to Phelps County, Nebr.: At age, 18, my great grandfather, August Johnson came from Sweden in the early 1880's and worked for a few years for a Swedish farmer in Illinois with a last name of Vaughn. He appreciated the job opportunity in Illinois and admired his employer, Mr. Vaughn. August Johnson was later convinced by someone to move to Phelps County, Nebraska and homestead 160 acres about 2 miles south of the pioneer cemetery, which we now call [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. Upon arriving in Phelps County and doing the homestead claim he discovered that the county had many families with the name of Johnson who were not related to him and made it confusing. (or maybe there was another reason or two) I have not examined the real estate title or homestead document at the Phelps County Clerk's office to see how the name is recorded, but, at some time during the 1880's when he first came to Phelps County, he assumed the name of A. J. Vaughn. His wife, 8 sons, and all of male offspring have used the Vaughn name ever since. A.J. and his wife, Matilda, and 4 of their sons, Togue, Fred, Ernest, and Carroll, are buried at the [[Platte Valley Cemetery]]. A.J. & Matilda had 4 other sons and a daughter who were married were buried with their families in Holdrege & Overton, Nebr. and near Akron, Colo. My grandfather, Edward P. and wife, Ethel A. are buried in [[Moses Hill Cemetery]] northwest of Holdrege where my parents are buried.</blockquote>

== Timeline ==

{| class="wikitable"
| 1854
| August was born<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1868
| August came to Oneida, Illinois, at age 14<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref>
|-
| 1877
| August married [[Matilda Swan Peterson]], in Galesberg Illinois, on Dec. 31, 1877.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref><ref>http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html</ref>
|-
| 1878
| 1st child, [[Oscar Albion Vaughn]] was born
|-
| July 1878
| August and Matilda moved to Phelps County, Nebraska<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalsouv00batt#page/702/mode/2up/search/Vaughan Biographical Souvenir of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps, Harlan, and Franklin, Nebraska]</ref> (possibly accompanied (or later followed) by Matilda's parents, [[Carl J. Peterson]] and Maria Sophia Peterson)
|-
| 1882
| 2nd child, [[Ira Clarance Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1884
| 3rd child, [[Alice Irene Vaughn]] was born
|-
| 1886
| 4th child, [[Edward Phillip Vaughn]] was born, in Westmark, Nebraska
|-
| 1888-1898
| 5th through 9th children are born, in Nebraska
|-
| 1915
|Matilda dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|-
| 1947
|August dies (buried in Platte Valley Cemetery)
|}

== A.J.'s Phelps County Farm ==

In an email<ref>Email from [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] to [[James Brian Lindstrom| Jim Lindstrom]], 10/6/2010.</ref>, [[Dean Randall Lindstrom]] writes:
<blockquote>Great grandpa homesteaded in northern Phelps county. [...] The land that he homesteaded is about 16 miles northwest of Holdrege in Westside Township with a legal description as follows: The Southeast quarter of Section 32, Township 8, Range 19 West of Principal Meridian, Phelps County, Nebraska. The county recorder's office doesn't have the old real estate deeds inserted on their computerized database, so I will have to go to Holdrege sometime and walk in the Phelps County Recorders Office and find the original or microfilmed recorded deed from United States of America to A.J. Vaughn, August J.Vaughn, August Johnson, or whatever name he used back in the 1880's when he first homesteaded it. The landowner now on that place is Ryan C. Vaughn, who is my cousin, Stanley Vaughn's son, who now owns and farms the land which is identified as parcel ID # [[http://phelps.gisworkshop.com/PhelpsIMS/servlet/Report?pid=004357.00&proptype=res 004357.00]] by the Phelps County Assessor, and, contains 165.44 acres more or less. You can see the parcel description on the Phelps County Assessor's records, and, [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FTyzawIdltgR-g&split=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&hq=&hnear=H%20Rd%20&%20744%20Rd,%20Loomis,%20Phelps,%20Nebraska%2068958&ll=40.620044,-99.50562&spn=0.017721,0.038581&t=h&z=15 view] the parcel map on Google Earth if you wish. There is no house or farm buildings on the farm now. and, it is used only for farmland for corn and soybeans.</blockquote>

<blockquote>I can remember when A. J. Vaughn raised registered Hereford cattle on the farm. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that in the early 1900's A.J. Vaughn (his grandpa) sold high quality registered Hereford (red & white) bulls and bred cows to other ranchers and producers at auction at the farmstead on an annual basis. My mother, [[Aline Kleone Vaughn|Aline]], when she was a young girl, used to help her grandparents by helping to cook meals at harvest time or on special occasions when they needed to feed extra farm workers. A.J. Vaughn and his wife, Matilda raised 8 sons and 1 daughter. Great Grandpa Vaughn loved his trotting horses and had a race track behind his horse barn where he trained the "trotting gait" to his horses. My uncle [[Lee_Vaughn|Lee]] says that he remembers the horses in training wore a harsh metal appliance on the horse shoulders and legs which would cause them to bleed until they learned the special gait to make them a trotter. Then they were used to race with a two wheel cart which had bicycle-like tires.</blockquote>

The address of the above map is "H Rd & 744 Rd, Loomis, Phelps, Nebraska 68958".

== Other Historical Records ==

This [[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nephelps/phsummer98.html Directory Listing, 1889 Phelps County Map (Phelps County Museum)]] lists A.J.:

VAUGHAN, A. J. Occupation: FARMER. Post Office: WESTMARK. WILLIAMSBURG TOWNSHIP, PHELPS COUNTY, NE.

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}


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Ethel A. Olson

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{{Infobox person
| name = Ethel A. Olson
| birth_date = {{birthdate|1891|7|15}}
| birth_place = USA
| death_date = {{dda|1946|8|26|1891|7|15}}
| resting_place = [[Moses Hill Cemetery]], Phelps County, Nebraska<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41246031</ref>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Edward Phillip Vaughn]]|Sep 6, 1911|}}<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0437.html</ref>
| children = [[Irving Emmons Vaughn]] [[Aline Kleone Vaughn]] [[Kenneth Vaughn]] [[Lee Vaughn]]<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/a/Darlene--J--Doane/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0437.html</ref>
| parents = [[Eric Olson]] [[Ellen Marie Anderson]]
| relatives =
}}

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}