Aug 09

Some Chattanooga Photos

Today I have some photos of the Chattanooga, Ohio, area. The first two photos were taken by Morrison Photography, Chattanooga. I have several Morrison photos in my collection and I would like to learn more about this photographer and his studio.

The first photo is of one of the turn-of-the-century oil wells in the Chatt area. I am not sure if they were constructing the well or tearing it down. It appears that a couple of the men liked to climb poles.

Chatt-area oil well photo by Morrison Photography, Chattanooga.

Chatt-area oil well photo by Morrison Photography, Chattanooga.

Below is the photo of an unknown child, also taken by Morrison Photography.

Morrison photo of unidentified child.

Morrison photo of unidentified child. (Photo courtesy of Andy Gappa.)

This Chatt School photo was taken during the 1928-29 school year. Catherine Leininger was 6 years old in this photo, but unfortunately the students’ names were not written on the photo.

Chatt School 1928-9.

Chatt School 1928-29. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Miller.)

Baseball was popular in the Chatt area and this was one of their ball teams. Hopefully someone can identify the members of this baseball team. Glen Miller was their coach.

Chatt baseball team. Unknown year.

Chatt 1957-58 baseball team. (Photo courtesy of Jerry Miller.)

The members of the 1957-58 baseball team in the above photo:

Front row, left to right: Larry Humbert, Wayne Fickert, Lorren Caffee.
Middle row: (?) Alspaugh, Mike Merinar, John Miller.
Back row: Jerry Schaadt, Dan (?) Cook, Ron Bollenbacher, Bob Vining.

Thank you Lorren and Sherry for providing names!

 

Aug 06

Tombstone Tuesday–John Ed Hoehamer

John Ed Hoehamer, Mount Hope Cemetery, Adams County, Indiana. (2013 photo by Karen)

John Ed Hoehamer, Mount Hope Cemetery, Adams County, Indiana. (2013 photo by Karen)

This is the tombstone of John Ed Hoehamer, located in Mount Hope Cemetery, Adams County, Indiana. The marker is inscribed:

John Ed
Son of
N. & F. Hoehamer
Died Aug. 6, 1889
Aged 27 Ds.

John Edward Hoehamer was born 11 July 1889 in Adams County, Indiana, to Nicholas and Fredericka (Kniesel) Hoehamer. John was baptized 4 August 1889 at home, probably by the pastor of Zion Lutheran Chatt at the time, Carl G. Reichert. John died 5 August 1889 and was buried on the 6th in “a township churchyard in Indiana,” according to Zion’s records.

John’s mother Fredericka was the second wife of Nicholas Hoehamer. She had also been married before and her surname was Pfeifer when she married Nicholas in 1882.

John Edward is buried south of his father and in the same row. His mother’s tombstone is in the row immediately to the west but it has fallen over.

According to Zion Chatt’s records, John’s mother Fredericka died 5 March 1896 at the age or 50 years and 5 months. She was born 5 October 1845, as calculated from the records.

Aug 02

Maggie (Kallenberger) Hoehamer Photo

This past Tuesday I featured the tombstone of Margaret E. “Maggie” (Kallenberger) Hoehamer. Wednesday. while looking through some old photos, I found this cabinet card which had her name written on the back.

Maggie (Kallenberger) Hoehamer (1874-1950)

Maggie (Kallenberger) Hoehamer (1874-1950)

This photograph was taken by Smith Photography in St. Marys, Ohio. From the style of her dress and the embellishments on it I would estimate the photo was taken around 1900.

I was able to see some details of the photograph by using a magnifying glass. Maggie was wearing a wedding band so it appears the photo was taken after she and William were married in May 1900. Perhaps this photo was taken on Maggie’s wedding day, in her wedding dress. It was a fancy dress. Notice the lace and bead-work on the bodice as well as the ruffles and bow. She was also wearing jewelry, a necklace and earrings.

Maggie was the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Burkhart) Kallenberger. Their photo below was taken at Morrison Photography in Chattanooga. This is the third photo I have seen from Morrison Photography in Chatt, but I know very little about the studio.

Andrew & Elizabeth (Burkhart) Kallenberger, parents of Maggie.

Andrew & Elizabeth (Burkhart) Kallenberger, parents of Maggie.

In 1940 Maggie and William lived northeast of Chattanooga and west of Rockford. Maggie was a housewife and her highest level of education was the 8th grade. Their grandson Ansel Shindeldecker, age 16, was living with them and doing farm labor for them. The Hoehamers were living close to several folks I knew and remember: Kermit, Fern & Bonnie Stetler; Claude, Virginia, Vivian & Shirley Buchanan; Vernon, Donna & Carolyn Caffee; Jesse & Dorthea Pickering; John H., Caroline, Dale & Donald Caffee; Eugene, Dolores & Bobbie Caffee; Charles, Nora, Floyd, Harold & Donald Sipe. These were some of their neighbors as they were enumerated in the census. [1] So interesting!

The Hoehamers lived in the area between Wilson, Manley, Wabash, and Hill Roads, in Section 22 of Blackcreek Township, Mercer County, Ohio. Their farm is #67 on the map below, just to the right of the first “E” in Creek. [2]

Blackcreek Township, Mercer County, Ohio, 1916 Farm Journal Directory.

Blackcreek Township, Mercer County, Ohio, 1916 Farm Journal Directory.

 

[1] 1940 U.S. Census, Blackcreek, Mercer, Ohio, ED 54-1, p.6A, household 118, line 11, W.H. Hoehammer; digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 August 2013); from National Archives microfilm T627, roll 3114.

[2] The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Mercer County, Ohio, 1916 (Philadelphia : Wilmer Atkinson Company, 1919), 99.

Jul 30

Tombstone Tuesday–Margaret E. Hoehamer

 

Margaret E. Hoehamer, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Mercer County, Ohio. (2011 photo by Karen)

Margaret E. Hoehamer, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Mercer County, Ohio. (2011 photo by Karen)

This is the tombstone of Margaret E. Hoehamer, located in row 10 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Chattanooga, Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:

MARGARET E.
HOEHAMER
1874-1950

Margaret E. Hoehamer was born Elisabeth Margaretha Kallenberger, according to the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Chattanooga. She was born 10 January 1874 in Blackcreek Township, Mercer County, and was baptized 19 February of that year. She was the daughter of Michael Andreas “Andrew” and Elisabeth (Burkhart) Kallenberger. Her father was born in Württemberg and her mother in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. In most records Margaret went by the name of “Maggie.”

Maggie Kallenberger married William A. Hoehamer on 24 May 1900. They were married by Rev. R. V. Schmitt, the minister of Zion Chatt. [1]

According to Zion’s records and census enumerations William and Maggie had the following children:

Ida/Edie Elisabeth (1901-?)
Friedericke Louisa (1903-?)
Wilhelm Andreas Hoehamer, Jr. (1909-1978) married Alice Luella Deitsch
Stillborn son (born 14 February 1913) buried at Zion Chatt

In 1920 William and  Maggie were living in Blackcreek Township with their three children and Maggie’s mother: William, 44, farmer; Elisabeth, 46; Edith, 18, “Freeda,” 16; William, 10. “Kallen Barger,” mother-in-law, 79, widow. [2] “Kallen Barger” must have been Maggie’s mother, Elizabeth (Burkhart) Kallenberger. It is often interesting to see how a census enumerator recorded a name.

In 1930 William and Maggie were living in on Smalley Pike, Blackcreek Township, Mercer County, Ohio. William was 55 years old and was a farmer. Maggie E. was 56 years old. Living with them was their son William A., age 20, and Maggie’s mother, Elizabeth Kallenberger, mother-in-law, widow and 88 years of age. [3]

My aunts and uncle remember that their sister Helen Miller used to do housework for Maggie and William. Maggie and William lived between Wilson and Rockford West Roads, near where a tree was in the middle of the road. I do not remember this place, but my aunts and uncle do.

Obituary:

Mrs. William A. Hoehamer, Sr.

ROCKFORD, May 8—Services for Mrs. Margaret E. Hoehamer, 76, wife of William A. Hoehamer, Sr., will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Zion Lutheran church, Chattanooga. The Rev. Waldo Byers will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hoehamer was a lifelong resident of Blackcreek-tp, Mercer-co. She died at her home Sunday following a lengthy illness.

Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Mrs. J.R. Materlock, and a son, William, Jr., both of Blackcreek-tp; a brother, Michael Kellenberger [sic]; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

The body will remain at the Dick and Stallter funeral home. [4]

Although Maggie is buried in Zion Chatt’s cemetery, near her brother Michael Kallenberger, her husband is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Adams County, Indiana. [See last week’s blog post about her husband, William A. Hoehamer.]

 

[1] “Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZT6-GGQ : accessed 21 July 2013), W.A. Hoehamer and Maggie E. Kallenberger, 1900, citing Mercer County Marriages, Vol. 8: 141.

[2] 1920 US Census, Blackcreek, Mercer, Ohio, ED 124, p.10A, dwelling 190, family 190, line 20, William Hoehamer; digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 July 2013); from National Archives microfilm T625, roll 1418.

[3] 1930 U.S. census, Blackcreek, Mercer, Ohio, ED 1, p.1B, dwelling 11, family 11, line 51, William A. Hoehamer; digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 July 2013); from FHL microfilm 2341584, from National Archives microfilm T626, roll 1850.

[4] Deaths and Funerals, The Lima News, 8 May 1950, p. 2; Mrs. William A. Hoehamer, Sr. obituary.

Jul 25

Packing for the FGS Conference

FGS 2013 Ambassador BadgeThe 2013 FGS Conference is less than a month away and it is time for serious conference planning and last minute details. I have made a list of the sessions I plan to attend and the exhibitors I want to visit. But what do I want to take and carry with me to the conference each day?

I plan to drive back and forth to the conference every day so I won’t have to pack for an overnight stay. However, I have stayed over at a number of conferences and there are a few items I always pack–comfortable shoes and clothing items I can layer. Although it may be hot in Fort Wayne in August, the conference rooms at the Grand Wayne Center may be cool. Having a light sweater is always a good idea.

Plus I always pack an electrical strip with multiple outlets so I can charge all my electronic devices in my room overnight.

Here is what I will be taking with me to the conference every day:

  • Android phone and/or tablet. Useful for:

Guidebook app [I’m sure the conference planners will have conference information available on this app. With this handy app I can see the conference schedule, plan my schedule, see the list of exhibitors and venue map, create a to-do list, and more. This is a great free app!]

Evernote app [To access my shopping list, to-do list and other notes, and to create notes.]

Dropbox app–[To access the whole conference syllabus and my other saved documents I might want to look at.]

Gedstar Pro app [To access all of my family genealogy.]

Access to the Internet

  • Handouts for that day’s sessions [I still like to print and take hard copies of the handouts for sessions I will attend that day. Then I make my notes right on those pages.. I will copy the handouts once the conference syllabus is available to download.]
  • Cross body bag/purse [A small, hands-free bag with lots of pockets is very handy. Vera Bradly, Baggallini and Thirty-One have some great little purses.]
  • Business cards with my contact information and my website address.
  • Expandable/collapsible back pack for books and other items I might buy. [Light weight and not much to carry around, but available if I need it.]
  • Water [Although there will probably be water available, I carry a bottle and refill it at a drinking fountain.]
  • Power bar [If I get tired or hungry or don’t attend a luncheon I can usually get by with a power bar and some caffeinated tea.]

I find, as the conference progresses, that I take and carry less and less each day. I don’t like to carry around heavy bags and, since I can do so much with my android phone, I probably won’t have to take my android tablet.

For those who plan to research at the Allen County Public Library I suggest taking a research list, thumb drive and a wand scanner. A camera or camera phone can also be used to photograph pages and even microfilm images. This way you digitize your research finds as you go!

The 2013 FGS Conference is 21-24 August. It is not to late to register for the whole conference or just one day. Visit https://www.fgsconference.org for details.

I hope to see you in Fort Wayne next month!