52 Ancestors Week #16 - Thelma Lenora Moore

This week's theme is live long.  I chose a collateral (or distant) relative since this is the oldest person I could find on the Carrico Branch of my family.  This relative is my fourth cousin 2x removed.

Thelma Lenora was born on 09 Jul 1911 in Rose Hill, Iowa to Howard Moore (1882-1963) and Clara Garrett (1885-1962).  Thelma had five siblings:

• Mildred Mae (1905-1996)
• Opal Lucille (1906-1972)
• Harold J. (1909-1986)
• Gerald Frank (1913-1995)
• Bernice Irene (1918-2010)

Thelma married Harold Davis (1911-2001) on 15 Oct 1932.  It appears Thelma lived most of her life in Iowa according to the federal census records.  They had four children, three boys and 1 girl.  It looks like three of the four are still living so to protect privacy I will not included their information here.

Thelma died on 18 Sep 2010 at age 99.  Thelma is buried at Henness Cemetery in Givin, Iowa.

52 Ancestors 2015 Week #15 - Georg Simon Gruen

This week's optional theme is how do you spell that?  I picked Georg Simon Gruen due to the changing spelling of the family name over the years.  The surname today in my family has evolved into Greene.

Georg Simon Gruen is my 6th great grandfather.

Georg Simon was born on 09 Jul 1753 in Baumerlenbach, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg (Germany) to John Simon Gruen and Barbara.

Georg married Maria Barbara Herldarth (1755-1822) on 17 Nov 1778 in Baumberenbach, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg.  Together they had eight children:

• Johann Friederick (1780-1780)
• Catharina Dorthea (1781-1865)
• Johann Georg (my 5th great grandfather; 1783-1867)
• Johan Abraham (1785-1794)
• Christina Braven (1789-?)
• Rosina Elizabeth (1791-1791)
• Rosina Elizabeth (1794-1794)
• Johan Simon (1797-1797)

Georg died on 27 Feb 1825 at age 71.

52 Ancestors 2015 Week #14 - Martha Maria Thomas

Martha is my 4th great grandmother.

Martha Maria Thomas was born 25 Jan 1846 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, England to Caleb (1819-1885) and Margaret Davies (1824-1875).  Martha had seven siblings:

• Esther (1848-?)
• Samuel (1852-?)
• William (1855-?)
• Margaret (1858-?)
• John (1860-?)
• Anne (1863-?)
• Benjamin (1865-?)

Martha married James Hodges (1843-1881) on 15 Sep 1864 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales.  They had six children together:

• Charles Leslie Skone (my 3rd great grandfather; 1865-1940)
• Maria Edith (1867-1934)
• James Frederick (1871-1962)
• Anna Nora (1874-1960)
• Arthur Jones (1879-1959)
• Fannie Mabel (1881-1960)

Martha and James moved their family to the states in 1873.  According to the 1880's census they were living in Jackson, Tennessee.  James died on 03 Dec 1881.  Martha would remarry on 01 Aug 1885 to Robert Skone Whittow (1841-1910).  They had two children together:

• George Howard (1885-1960)
• Luella M. (1888-1967)

Martha would eventually settle in Wisconsin.  Martha died on 07 Jan 1927 at age 80.  Martha is buried at Spring Green Cemetery in Spring Green, Wisconsin.

52 Ancestors 2015 Week #13 - Frederick Augustus Kober II

Frederick is my 4th great grandfather.

Frederick was born in 1796 in Kris Osterberg Neukirchen, Altotting, Bayern, Germany to Frederick Augusts Kober I (1769-1798) and an unknown mother.

Frederick married Charlotte Loose (1807-1879) around 1824. They had ten children:

• Frederick Augustus III (1825-?)
• Marie (1827-?)
• John Gottfried (1832-1836)
• Christopher Heinreich (1834-?)
• Ludwig John Henry Herman (1836-1897)
• Charlotte Sophia Elizabeth (my 3rd great grandmother; 1839-1927)
• Male Child (1842-?)
• August Frederick (1843-1917)
• Elizabeth Wilhemenia Johanna (1846-1912)
• Henrietta Wilhemia Dorothea (1848-1932)

Frederick died on 03 Mar 1851 at age 55 in Dropsy, Germany.  After his death, Charlotte and their children began moving to the US.