Descendants of Philipp Jacob Kroener

 

 

 

Generation One

 

     1.  Philipp Jacob¹ KROENER was born 8 July 1814 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany.  Parish records show that Kroener have lived in Wilferdingen since the 1600’s.  Philipp married Barbara SCHLAMM, daughter of Johannes SCHLAMM and Barbara ZACHMANN, 28 April 1836 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany.  After Barbara’s death he married Augustina FRANZ 16 April 1846 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany

       Philipp Jacob and his family emigrated to the United States on the ship ‘Woodside,’ departing from Le Havre (France) and arriving in New York City 2 September 1852.  In the pre-Civil War period many Germans from southwest Germany began crossing the Alsace to Paris, then going down the Seine River to the port of Le Havre, which was bringing cotton from New Orleans to supply the cloth-making industry in Alsace.  Since the cotton ships returned to New Orleans practically empty, transportation could be offered at low rates.  Some of the ships heading back to New Orleans stopped at New York or other ports, and this was perhaps the situation for the ship ‘Woodside.’  Philipp's listing on the passenger register was P. Kroener, age 38, farmer.  Also with him, were: A., age 28, female [Augustina, Philipp’s wife]; J., age 16, male, farmer [Jacob Philipp, son of Barbara]; G., age 13, male, farmer [George Adam, son of Barbara]; W., age 9, male [John, or Johann William, son of Barbara]; D., age 7, male [David Ernst, son of Barbara]; C., age 4, male [Christian, son of Augustina]; and H., age 2, male [Heinrich, son of Augustina].  The family spent its first winter in America in Auglaize County, Ohio, then in the spring of 1853 went to Marion County, where Philipp Jacob cultivated a rented farm for nine years. He made a declaration to become a citizen in the Clinton County, Indiana, Circuit Court more than two years before actually becoming naturalized on 19 September 1860 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio.  Why he was in Clinton County in 1858 is not known.

       In 1862, Philipp purchased a tract of land in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, and continued to reside there until his death of typhoid 13 September 1878 at age 64.  He was buried in the German Reformed Church Cemetery, Big Island Township, Marion County, Ohio. 

       Philipp Jacob’s name appeared with different spellings on different documents.  On an 1865 land deed his name was 'Philip Jacob Kraner.'  A two-line obituary from 1878 has 'Jacob Philip Kraner,' however his tombstone is inscribed 'Philip Jacob Kraner.'  A signature on a land deed appears to have the last name spelled Kronner or Kroener.  (The German spelling of the name is Kroener.  Kraner became the Americanized spelling.)

       Philipp’s  brother may have been Augustus Kraner, born about 1818/19 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany, who resided in Marion County, Ohio, by 1848.  His occupation was a tanner and currier.  (Philip's son George Adam became a tanner.)  An Augustus Kraner was named guardian of Philip's sons John William and David E. in 1863.  Philip Jacob was still living and it is not known why a guardian was named. When Augustus died 8 September 1891, he left a wife and two daughters.

       Philipp Jacob’s first wife Barbara was born 11 September 1815 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany.  She died 15 August 1845 in Wilferdingen at the age of 29.  A reference to her in a biographical profile of her son John William gives her last name as Slim, which was probably an Americanized spelling. His second wife Augustina was born circa 1820 in Ispringen, Baden, Germany.

     Children of Philipp Jacob¹ Kroener and Barbara Schlamm were as follows:

+              2           i.           Jacob Philipp² KRANER, born 30 January 1837 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany; married Anna Mary SLAPP.

+              3          ii.           George Adam KRANER, born 20 October 1839 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany; married Caroline EBERHART.

+              4        iii.           John William KRANER, born 7 May 1842 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany; married Louisa C. STAUB.

+              5         iv.           David Ernst KRANER, born 20 November 1844 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany; married Eliza GORENFLO.

 

        
     Children of Philipp Jacob¹ Kroener and Augustina Franz were as follows:

                 6           i.           Christian² Kroener; was born 11 January 1847 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany and died 14 June 1847 in Wilferdingen.

                 7          ii.           Christian Kraner was born 17 June 1848 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany.  He married Dorothea Barbara PFEIFFER 27 December 1870 in  Marion County, Ohio, and died 8 May 1891 in Marion County at age 42.  His wife Dorothea Barbara was born 28 December 1849 in Hafnerhaslach, Wurttemberg, Germany.

                 8        iii.           Heinrich KRANER was born 19 March 1850 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany.  He died 22 September 1868 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio at age 18, and was buried in the German Reformed Church Cemetery, Big Island Township, Marion County.

                 9         iv.           August KRANER was born 3 May 1855 in Marion County, Ohio, and died 31 August 1935 in Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio at age 80.  He was buried in Agosta Cemetery, New Bloomington, Marion County, Ohio.

     August married first Ruth A. COUPLES, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Couples, who was born in Ohio in 1865 and died in 1892 in Marion County at age 27. She was buried in Agosta Cemetery.  August and Ruth had two children: Mary Etta and Clarence L.   Mary Etta was born in March 1889 in Marion County.  In the 1900 federal census she was enumerated in the household of her  uncle John William Kraner in Bowling Green Township, Marion County. Mary married  circa 1909 Michael CROMAN, the son of William and Ruth A. Croman, who was born  in January 1882 in Ohio, and the couple had daughters Ruth Anna, born circa 1912, and Eleanor L. born circa 1916. Clarence L. was born 31 March 1891 and died in April 1966 at age 75. He resided in Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio with his wife Mildred J. EVERHART, the daughter of Milton B. and Mary M. Everhart, who was born 20 July 1895 in Ohio and died 25 September 1990 at age 95. August married second  Mattie MILLER 1 January 1894. Mattie, who was born circa 1874 and died before 1935, had been married previously and had a son Jessie born in March 1891.

+            10          v.           Edward F. KRANER, born 28 September 1857 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio; married first Lucinda Manville CLEVELAND; married second Elizabeth Louise HOUK.

 

Generation Two

 

     2.  Jacob Philipp² KRANER (Philipp¹Kroener) was born 30 January 1837 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany.  He married Anna Mary SLAPP 5 October 1870 in Monroeville, Huron County,  Ohio.

       After marrying, Jacob and Anna moved to Indiana.  They lived briefly in Rome City (five miles from Kendallville) then in 1871 located in Kendallville and opened a bakery, True Blue, at the corner of Mitchell and Main Streets.  They also opened a restaurant/hotel, True Blue Annex, at the train depot on Lincoln Street.  In Jacob’s obituary there was listed a son, Frank, living in Pike Bluff, Arkansas, born sometime in the late 1860's.  (In his will the name is given as Peter Frank.)  It is not known if Jacob was married to Frank's mother, or if he was not.  What is known is that Frank never lived with his father and was never photographed with the family.  When Jacob's wife Anna Mary died, Frank was listed in her obituary as step-son.

       Jacob died of apoplexy (stroke) 16 September 1909 in Kendallville, Noble County, Indiana at age 72, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in that county.

       Anna Mary, Jacob's wife, was born 16 January 1852 in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Christian and Magdalena (Moore) Slapp.  When she was three years old her mother died and after that she made her home with an aunt in Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio.  Later she resided in Galion, Crawford County, Ohio, where she met her future husband.  Anna Mary was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Rebekah Lodge No. 378 and the Jolly Mother’s Club.  She died 18 July 1926 of cancer in her home on North Orchard Street in Kendallville, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery.

     Children of Jacob Philipp² KRANER and Anna Mary SLAPP, all born in Kendallville, Noble County, Indiana, were as follows:

               11           i.           Harriett³ M. KRANER was born in 1871 and died in 1954 at age 83.  She was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Nobel County, Indiana. Harriet married Fred Homer AUSTIN 17 October 1899 in Noble County. He was born  in November 1870 in Indiana and died in 1960 at age 90. Fred was buried in Lakeview Cemetery. The couple had no children.

               12          ii.           Cora Inez KRANER was born 14 September 1875.  She died in 1934 at age 59, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Noble County, Indiana.  Cora married Eugene A. HERB 8 May 1912 in Noble County.  Eugene, a glove cutter in a glove factory, was born  21 August 1876 in Weibelingen, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1880. He died in 1960 at age 84 and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery. Eugene had two children from a previous marriage, and he and Cora had a daughter Mary Jean, born 31 October 1914, who married John D. CARTER 7 September 1941 in Kendallville, Noble County. Mary Jean died in April 1987 at age 72.  Eugene had two children from a previous marriage: Ruth and Donald.

               13        iii.           Claud Earl KRANER was born 1 February 1879.  He died from complications following an appendectomy 20 October 1920 in Mishawaka, Noble County at age 41, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in that county.  Claude married Ida Eleanora STONER  31 January 1900 in Noble County. Nora, as she was called,  was born 8 March 1876 near Albion, Indiana, the daughter of Elias and Anna Stoner.  She died 1 October 1968 at age 92 and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery.  Claud and Nora managed his father Jacob's restaurant/hotel until a couple of year’s after Jacob’s death.  In 1913, they moved their family to Mishawaka in Noble County and Claud worked in a veneering factory.  Claud and Nora had four children: Ralph, born 25 August 1902 and died in March 1971 at age 68 who married Ruth W. MILLER; Ruth born 31 December 1913 and died 9 May 1992 at age 78 who married Kenneth FREIBURGER; Jacob Philip born in 1915 and died 23 October 1926 at age 11, and Raymond Earl born 1 August 1919 and died in March 1976 at age 56 who married Margaret J. LONG.

               14         iv.           Edith Grace KRANER was born in November 1880.  She married Martin J. VIRGIL 5 May 1902 in Noble County. He was born in November 1873 in Indiana, the son of John H. and Martha M. Virgil. Edith and Martin had sons Richard K., born 13 January 1908 and died in July 1966 at age 58; and Calvin M., born circa 1911 and died before 1930. 

               15          v.           Beulah M. KRANER was born 7 September 1882.  Her name was often spelled Bulah.  She married Edward D. STUTSMAN 24 November 1919, and died in 1960 at age 77.  She was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Noble County. Edward was born in  1875 in Indiana and died in that state in 1965 at age 90. He was buried in Lakeview Cemetery.

               16         vi.           Clara V. KRANER was born in November 1886, and died 7 June 1909 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania at age 23. She was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Noble County, Indiana. Clara married Garfield A. MCDOWELL 12 June 1907 and they had a daughter Mary Elizabeth. born in 1909.  Garfield, the son of  Gillian and Kezia (McKeveen) McDowell, was born 17 July 1881.

               17       vii.           Katherine Viola KRANER was born 18 April 1889, and died in 1975 at age 86. She was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Noble County, Indiana.  Katherine married first Archie G. KIMMEL 28 August 1907 and they either divorced or he died before 4 September 1926 when she married second Gustave ZERULL who was born 2 March 1884 in Indiana and died in April 1964 at age 80.

     3.  George Adam² KRANER (Philipp¹Kroener) was born 20 October 1839 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany.  He died 6 August 1924 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio at age 84, and was buried 8 August 1924 in Riverside Cemetery, Troy, Miami County, Ohio.

       George became a naturalized citizen on 2 April 1860 in Marion County, Ohio and appeared on the census for that year  in Marion Township, in the household of Jacob Wolfinger, a tanner, and his wife. On 7 November 1861 in Marion County he married Caroline EBERHART, the daughter of John Adam and Magdalena (Yager) Eberhart.  In 1869 George bought the tannery of Matthew Atkinson in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana, and was still operating it in 1887.  He was appointed treasurer of the first school board of trustees in Salamonia in 1877 and appeared on the census in Salamonia through the 1910 federal census.  At the time of his death, he lived at 607 South Lincoln Avenue, Rossburg, Darke County, Ohio.

       Caroline,  George's wife, was born 28 August 1841 in Claridon, Marion County.  She died 20 September 1927 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio at age 86, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery.

     Children of George Adam² KRANER and Caroline EBERHART were as follows:

+            18           i.           Mary Magdalena³ KRANER, born 22 February 1863 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio; married William GIMBEL.

               19          ii.           William John KRANER was born 16 April 1864 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio, and married Tillie C. CLAPP circa 1895.  He was for 30 years a harness maker in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, and at one time was the co-owner, along with J. C. Corbin, of Kraner and Corbin, manufacturers and dealers in  harness and horse furnishings, on the northwest corner of Public Square in Troy.  In 1912 he was employed by Miller Brothers and was with them at the time of his death 20 July 1929 at the age of 65. His death was attributed to the effects of a heart attack he had two weeks previously. He also had Bright's disease. William was buried 23 July 1929 in Riverside Cemetery, Troy. His wife, Tillie, was born in February 1869 in Indiana. Her father was Daniel Clapp.  She died 27 December 1946 at age 77 and was buried in Riverside Cemetery.  On the cemetery record she was listed as Mrs. Tillie H. Kraner Harris and was likely married to a Harris, first name unknown, after William J. died. William and Tillie had no children.

               20        iii.           Clara E. KRANER was born 28 July1865 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio, and died 17 December 1946 at age 81. She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Troy, Miami County, Ohio.  Clara married first George Wendell 22 April 1888 in Jay County, Indiana and they had two children, both of whom died as infants. George was born 19 November 1863 in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1866. In late 1909 he was placed in the epileptic hospital in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio where he died 14 February 1910 at age 46. He had been in poor health for nine years prior to his death. George was buried in Green Mound Cemetery in Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio 16 February 1910. Clara married second Henry GIMBEL, brother of her sister Mary Magdalena’s husband William Gimbel, some time between 1911 and 1920.  Henry was born 29 October 1862 in Union City, Darke County, Ohio, and died 22 February 1947 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery. Henry was a blacksmith and worked on carriages. Clara was his third wife and they had no children.

+            21         iv.           Jennie Ellen KRANER, born 11 January 1871 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana; married Abednego STEPHENS; married Charles Allen ARMSTRONG.

     4.  John William² KRANER (Philipp¹Kroener) was born 7 May 1842 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany and  was christened Johann Wilhelm.  He suffered a stroke in December 1915 and was an invalid until his death 26 April 1921 in Hardin County, Ohio at age 78.  John was buried 29 April 1921 in Marion Cemetery, Marion County, Ohio.

     As a young man, John worked for some years as a teamster and for eight months was on the payroll for therailroad.  For a time he helped his father on his farm, then in 1873 purchased his own farm. John married Louisa C. STAUB 11 October 1874 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County.  Both John and his wife were members of the German Reformed Church.

       Louisa STAUB was born 1 November 1849 in Baden, Germany.  She came to the United States with her parents, Henry and Susan (Hetler) Staub, circa 1872.  Louisa died at age 56 of stomach cancer 20 June 1906 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County.  She was buried 22 June 1906 in Marion Cemetery.

     Children of John William² KRANER and Louisa C. STAUB were as follows:

               22           i.           Mary Susan³ KRANER was born 8 November 1875 in Green Camp Township, Marion County, Ohio.  She married George F. BROWN 11 October 1896 in Marion County, and died 25 April 1922 in Marion, Marion County at age 46. George was born in January 1871 in Ohio.

     Mary Susan and George were the parents of two daughters,  Jessie and Ruth, both of whom lived at home in 1922; and two sons,  Ralph, a student at Ohio Wesleyan University , and Rupert, also at home in 1922.  Mary Susan was a member of the German Reformed Church and later became affiliated with the Agosta M. E. Church.

               23          ii.           George William KRANER, called William by family and friends, was born 24 October 1877 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio. He died 9 January 1937 at age 59.

      William married Emma Dell WILLIAMS, the daughter of James and Sarah Williams, 21 March 1902 in Marion County, and they had two daughters, Mildred and Sarah Louise.  Emma was born in October 1880 in Ohio.

               24        iii.           Frederick Edward KRANER was born 30 August 1882 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio.  He was called Edward by family and friends.  Edward died 25 September 1962 in Marion, Marion County at age 80, and was buried in Marion Cemetery.

     Edward married 10 September 1905 in Green Camp Township, Marion County,  Lula. DUTTON,  the daughter of John J. and Sarah E. Dutton, who was born in December 1884 in Marion County.  The couple had no children.  For many years Edward resided on LaRue-Green Camp Road, near Agosta, in Marion County, and was a member of Epworth Methodist Church in Marion.  He also served as a member of the Marion County Fair Board for 25 years.

     5.  David Ernst² KRANER (Philipp¹Kroener) was born 20 November 1844 in Wilferdingen, Baden, Germany, and christened 1 December 1844 in Wilferdingen.  He married Eliza GORENFLO , the daughter of Frederick and Catherine Gorenflo, 25 October 1879 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio.  David died of cancer of the stomach 21 April 1902 in Marion, Marion County at age 57, and was buried 23 April 1902 in Marion Cemetery, Marion County.

     David’s wife Eliza, enumerated as Louisa in the 1870 and 1910 censuses, was born in November 1859 in Ohio. After David's death she married Charles Shurtleff circa 1902 and they resided in Akron, Summit County, Ohio.

     Children of David Ernst² KRANER and Eliza GORENFLO, all born in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio, were as follows (out of birth order):

               25           i.           Catherine³ KRANER was born in March 1880.

               26          ii.           Bertha KRANER was born in November 1883.

               27          iii.          Harriett KRANER was born in April 1889.

               28         iv.           Edna Marie KRANER was born in November 1898.

                            v.            Louisa KRANER was born 5 November 1880 and married 30 September 1899 David C. MCWHORTER who was born in June 1879 in Ohio. They had a daughter Mabel M. and in the 1900 federal census resided in Marion, Marion County, Ohio where David was a pressman.

     10.  Edward F.² KRANER (Philipp¹Kroener) was born 28 September 1857 in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio, and died 2 October 1950 in the city of Marion in that county at age 93. He was buried 5 October 1950 in Agosta Cemetery, New Bloomington, Marion County.  Edward, a farmer, married first Lucinda Manville CLEVELAND 14 December 1882 in Marion County. Lucinda, the daughter of Reuben Silas and Rachel (Chard) Cleveland, was born 12 May 1861 in Marion County. She died and Edward  married second Elizabeth Louise HOUK 23 February 1888 in Bowling Green Township.  Eliza, as she was called, was born  in January 1860 in Ohio, the daughter of Christopher Houk. She died 27 April 1923 at age 63, and was buried in Agosta Cemetery.   

     Children of Edward F.² KRANER and Lucinda Manville CLEVELAND were:

               29           i.           Stella R.³ KRANER was born 28 March 1885 in Bowling Green Township,  Marion County, Ohio.  She married Henry POLLOCK and resided in Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio. Stella died in December 1969 at age 65 in Lorain. Henry was born circa 1882 in Ohio and died 15 December 1958 at age 76 in Lorain. Stella and Henry had children Edward H., born 27 April 1903 and died 4 August 1974 at 71; Forest W., born 26 October 1904 and died 14 January 1978 at age 73; Ralph D., born 14 July 1907 and died 11 May 1989 at age 81; Twila W., born in 1910; Lowell D., born 3 April 1913 and died 24 December 1981 at age 68, and Burl D., born 4 July 1916 and died 26 October 1990 at age 74.

 

     Children of Edward F.² KRANER and Elizabeth Louise HOUK all born in Bowling Green Township, Marion County, Ohio, were as follows:

               30           i.           Ralph W.³ KRANER was born in October 1889, and died in 1949 in Marion County, Ohio at age 60.  He was buried in Agosta Cemetery, New Bloomington, Marion County.  Ralph married circa 1916 Millie G. [--?--] and they had daughters Helen V. and Lois. Millie was born 7 July 1892 in Ohio and died 23 July 1988 at age 95.

               31          ii.           Clara M. KRANER was born 11 January 1893 and died in December 1977 in Marion County, Ohio at age 84. She married Raymond R. KURTZ circa 1924 and lived north of New Bloomington, Marion County.

               32        iii.           Jesse D. KRANER was born 27 September 1896 and died 16 March 1912 at age 15 after falling from a loft to the cement floor below and fracturing his skull..  He was buried 18 March 1912 in Agosta Cemetery, New Bloomington, Marion County, Ohio.

               33         iv.           Inez C. KRANER was born 2 April 1901 and died in December 1967 in Marion County, Ohio at age 66.  She was buried in Agosta Cemetery, New Bloomington, Marion County.  Inez never married.

 

Generation Three

 

     18.  Mary Magdalena³ KRANER (George², Philipp¹Kroener) was born 22 February 1863 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio.  She married William GIMBEL, son of Henry and Anna Maria (Heuss) Gimbel,  13 December 1881 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.  “Mame,” as she was called by family, died 12 June 1946 in Union City, Randolph County, Indiana at age 83. The cause of her death was acute endocarditis due to arteriosclerosis.  She was buried 15 June 1946 in Union City Cemetery, Union City, Randolph County.  Mame was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Union City.

     Her husband William, a blacksmith like his father and four brothers, was born 3 December 1856 in Union City, Darke County, Ohio.  In 1887 he was listed in the Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana, city directory as one of two blacksmiths doing business there.  Eventually, William built a blacksmith shop on the east side of the end of North Howard Street in Union City.  He died 25 August 1941 at age 84 in Union City, and was buried 28 August 1941 in Union City Cemetery. 

     Children of Mary Magdalena³ KRANER and William GIMBEL were as follows:

               34           i.           Harry William⁴ GIMBEL was born 28 December 1882 in Ft. Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio.  He married Jessie M. MOOTS in December 1907 in Union City, Randolph County, Indiana, and they had a son Richard Earl, born circa 1911.  Jessie was born 24 May 1890 in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio, the daughter of Charles L. and Mary (Hawkins) Moot. Harry and Jessie divorced 2 January 1911 in Randolph County and she married  Harry R. Finney and resided in Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio in the 1930 federal census.  Jessie died in May 1964 at age 74. Harry William Gimbel  married second Debbie DEBELL 29 October 1917 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.  They had no children.  Harry died 8 October 1957 in Union City, Randolph County at age 74, and was buried 11 October 1957 in Union City Cemetery. Debbie, the daughter of  James and Sarah (Zimmer) Debell, was born  29 January 1889 in Franklin County, Ohio, and died 3 September 1978 in Columbus, Franklin County at age  89. She was buried  7 September 1978 in Union City Cemetery.

     Harry worked as a paint contractor and was superintendent of Allbrand Carriage Factory, Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana.  His 1907 marriage application gives his occupation as blacksmith.

               35          ii.           Edith Mabel GIMBEL was born 22 April 1885 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana, and died 15 April 1969 in Union City, Randolph County, Indiana at age 83. She was buried 18 April 1969 in Lisbon Cemetery in Union City. Edith married William Alva REISH 13 January 1905 in Union City. Alvie, as he was known, was born  23 March 1884 in Indiana, the son of Jacob and Lydia Reish. He died 27 July 1960 at age 76, and was buried in Lisbon Cemetery. Edith and Alvie had  two daughters. Esther Marie was born 30 December 1905 and died 3 February 1992 at age 86. She was buried 7 February 1992 in Spartanburg Cemetery, Randolph County, Indiana. Esther married Everett E. BROWN 24 February 1940 and they had no children.  Everett, the son of William and Mary (Brewster) Brown, was born  7 December 1912 in Randolph County, and died 1 May 2004 in that county at age 91. He was buried 4 May 2004 in Spartanburg Cemetery. Edith and Alvie also had a daughter Mary Ada, born 11 August 1907 in Randolph County. Mary never married and died 5 March 1978 at age 70 and was buried in Lisbon Cemetery.

               36        iii.           Earl GIMBEL was born 27 July 1886 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.  A blacksmith for Big Four Railroad, Earl married Cora Edith MANN , the daughter of David R. and Jennie Mann, 12 August 1916 in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana, and they had a daughter Treva Mae born 27 April 1918 in Union City.  Earl died of burns 30 October 1918 in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio at age 32, and was buried 2 November 1918 in Union City Cemetery, Union City, Randolph County, Indiana. After Earl's death Cora married [--?--] Horne and had a son Melvin. She died 21 January 1955 at age 64 in Lakeview, Logan County, Ohio, and was buried in Union City Cemetery. Treva Mae married Virgil Honess WARD  27 May 1938 and they had a daughter  Arlyn Lee born 7 July 1943. Treva died 24 April 1986 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio at age 67, and daughter Arlyn, who never married, died 17 June 1989 at age 45.

               37         iv.           Irvin Frank GIMBEL was born 1 October 1888 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana and died 27 October 1972 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio at age 84. He was buried in Glen Haven Memorial Cemetery, Clark County, Ohio.  Irvin married Mary Kyle RIDDLEBARGER 2 January 1915 in Union City, Randolph County, Indiana. Kyle, as she was known, was born 5 January 1895 in Ridgeville, Randolph County, the daughter of Oscar and Belle Riddlebarger. She died at age 73 on 8 March 1973 in Dayton, and was buried in Glen Haven. Irvin and Kyle had a son William Oscar born 22 November 1915 and died 2 April 1997 in Columbia,  Richland County, South Carolina at age 81. William married Louise LAWRENCE 2 October 1937.  She was born  18 June 1914 and died 22 January 1988 at age 72 in Columbia. Both William and Louise were buried in Greenbriar Memorial Cemetery in Columbia.

     In 1908 Irvin was listed in the Union City Directory as a blacksmith.  His obituary states that he was a Dayton Power & Light inspector for 35 years, and also worked at Union City Wheel Works and was the last employee to be let go when they closed their shop.

               38          v.           Hazel Dora GIMBEL was born 5 February 1891 in Union City, Randolph County, Indiana. and died 20 February 1971 in Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California at age 80. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction.  She was buried 24 February 1971 in Memorial Park, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Hazel  married Ross Franklyn BAREFOOT, son of Walter Augustus and Anna Elizabeth (Lewellen) Barefoot, 24 December 1918 in Union City.  Ross was born 2 April 1889 in Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana and died in Dayton 21 April 1946 of unaphalactic shock from a bee sting. Their children, all born in Dayton, Ohio were Walter William, born 8 November 1919 and died 30 November 2002 at age 83 who married Freda Eleanor MOORMAN and Vivian Marie SPARKS; Robert Earl who married Mary Ellen DOTTS; Dale Eugene, born 2 August 1923 and died 11 May 2004 at age 80 who married Agnes Josephine SCHULZ; Mary Elizabeth who married Albert HANSEN and Harold Edgar who married Pauline Lucille VANCE.     

               39         vi.           George Adam GIMBEL was born 13 June 1895 in Union City, Randolph County, Indiana, and died 9 May 1952 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio at age 56.  He was buried 12 May 1952 in Union City Cemetery.

     George, who never married, was a horseshoer in Company E, 309 Engineers in WWI and served overseas in France where he was gassed.  After the war he worked as a blacksmith and was later an assembler for the National Cash Register Company in Dayton.

               40       vii.           Clarence Otto GIMBEL was born 22 May 1901 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.  He married Anna Flossie PETERSON 16 November 1946 in Union City, Randolph County, Indiana.  They had no children.  Clarence, a blacksmith and machinist, died 10 December 1965 in Union City at age 64, and was buried 13 December 1965 in Lisbon Cemetery, Union City, Randolph County, Indiana. His wife Anna was born 22 July 1893 in Indiana, the daughter of Scott and Rosa Peterson. She died at age 96 on 28 September 1989 in Union City, and was buried 2 October 1989 in Lisbon Cemetery.

               41       viii.           Florence Marie GIMBEL was born 30 July 1903 in Union City, Randolph County, Indiana.  She married Ray Emerson TODD 28 July 1923 in Union City and they had three daughters: Carolyn Jeannette, born 19 October 1925 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio and died 22 February 2006 in Virginia who married James Alvin SHANNON; Marjorie Louise who married Donald William FITZGERALD, and Nancy Anne who married Thomas Maximus CONLON.  Florence died 23 February 1994 in Dayton at age 90, and was buried 26 February 1994 in Memorial Park in Dayton. Her husband Ray was born 18 February 1898 in Bowen, Hancock County, Illinois, the son of J. Walter and Alameda Viola (Hamilton) Todd. He died 4 August 1966 in Dayton at age 68, and was buried in Memorial Park.

     21.  Jennie Ellen³ KRANER (George², Philipp¹Kroener) was born 11 January 1871 in Salamonia, Jay County, Indiana.and died  22 February 1954 in Arcanum, Darke County, Ohio at age 83.  She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Troy, Miami County, Ohio. Jennie married first 31 October 1895 Abednego STEPHENS, the son of Henry Martin (or Martin Henry) and Amanda Maude (Boze) Stephens.   Abednego was born in 1873 in Darke County, Ohio and died in 1896 in Florida at age 23. He was buried in New Teegarden Cemetery, Brown Township in Darke County.  Jennie married second Charles Allen ARMSTRONG 6 February 1900 in Jay County, Indiana.  Charles was born 12 February 1866 in Franklin County, Ohio, the son of John C. and Acenoth (Money) Armstrong. He died 24 September 1945 at age 79, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery.

     Children of Jennie E.³ KRANER and Abednego STEPHENS were:

               42           i.           George Henry⁴ STEPHENS was born 3 November 1896 and died 13 January 1984 in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio at age 87.  He was buried 17 January 1984 in Sunset Memory Gardens, Darke County, Ohio.

     George married first circa 1918 Mary Agnes SKINNER. She was born  18 January 1899 in Ohio and died 25 April 1950 at the age of 51. The couple had  two children before divorcing in 1936. Their son Leroy Leon was born 28 December 1919 and died 12 February 2003 at age 83. His last known residence was Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio. Leroy married Twilla Ruth BENNETT who was born  26 April 1915 and died 6 September 1995 at age 80.  Her last known address was Girard, Trumbull County, Ohio.  George and Mary Agnes also had a daughter Illah Marie who married  Eugene F. BURKETT. George married second in 1940 Estella M. Shiverdecker HARTRUM, the daughter of John and Mollie Shiverdecker. Estella was born in August 1896 in Darke County and died at age 78 on 3 November 1974 in that county. She was the sister of Roy Shiverdecker who married George's half sister Celia. (see #43 below)

     Children of Jennie E.³ KRANER and Charles K. ARMSTRONG were as follows:

               43           i.           Celia Caroline⁴ ARMSTRONG was born 11 July 1902  in Indiana. She died 18 January 1980 in Ohio at age 77 and was buried in Block Cemetery, Darke County, Ohio. Her last known residence was Greenville in Darke County. Celia married Roy L. SHIVERDECKER 23 December 1922 in Ohio. Roy was the son of John and Mollier Shiverdecker, and brother to Estella Shiverdecker Hartrum who married Celia's half brother George. (see #42 above) He was born 28 May 1898 in Ohio and died 28 November 1982 at age 82. Their children were Evelyn Lucille who married Harold John STUCK;  Wilma Irene, born  8 August 1926 in Ansonia, Darke County, and died 12 May 2002 at age 75, who married  Paul Richard ROUTSON;  Richard Lee who married Margaret Patricia ROWE; and Kenneth Duane who married Janet Ellen LEEPER.

               44          ii.           Gerald R. ARMSTRONG was born 2 September 1903 in Darke County, Ohio and died 23 July 1980 at age 76. He married first Laura Myrtle HECKATHORNE 30 September 1922 in Darke County. Laura, the daughter of Edward R. and Minnie S. Heckathorne, was born 15 December 1896 in Darke County and died in that county at age 32 on 7 January 1929. Gerald and Laura had a son Gerald Keith and a daughter Mildred. Gerald married second Viola Mae POWELL, a divorce, born  17 December 1902 in Ohio and died 2 August 1988 at age 85. They had no known children.