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20 November 2009
Explaining my Thoughts
Ok, so I was thinking about what I just wrote – about the thought that maybe I’d bit off more than I could chew by having all of our boys so close together, and I just wanted to clarify. I don’t feel like I can’t handle all the boys or anything, and I love them all to death, of course. I’ve just been feeling like I’ve got all these different things on my continuous ‘to do list’ that I’d like to get done, and after I get done with all the daily stuff that has to be done, and the things that I need to do here and there, I don’t have a lot of extra time to spend on those things I’d like to do – so rather than getting one project finished and feeling like I did a really good job on it, I’m getting just bits and pieces of each thing done here and there, and nothing really done to my satisfaction. But those are just the ‘extra’ things – like my genealogy, organizing the family photos, editing family videos so the kids can actually watch them instead of just saving them on the computer somewhere, etc. I know, I just need to figure out a way to balance everything, and to cut out the unimportant things, (but, really, it’s easy to cut out the unimportant things – the hard thing is to try to decide which of the ‘important’ things is less important and can go without doing). Anyways, I’m just going on and on. It’d probably be more wise to spend less time writing about this, and instead use this time to go cut Kolby’s hair, so I can check one more of those things that needs to be done off of my ‘to do list’ so I can be that much closer to finding a free minute to do some of the stuff that doesn’t have to be done.
"I didn't do it, Mommy!"
I had just one wish for today – besides getting everything I needed to do done, I really wanted to find the time to upload some Czech records about my ancestors to my genealogy blog. I’ve been wanting to do it for the last few days, but not been able to. So, after getting the boys ready this morning, sending Kolby off to school, picking out the clothes and cutting Eli’s, Camden’s, and Isaac’s hair for the family photos that I had forgotten we have scheduled tomorrow, getting the kids down for naps, making a dessert and preparing a gift for a wedding shower tonight, I finally had a chance (about ½ an hour until Kolby gets home from preschool and the boys will all get up for naps) to try to get some work done. Then Isaac came down with a messy diaper. No big deal, that won’t take too long. Then, mid-diaper change, Camden came down with red paint all over his hands. (As you can probably tell, naptime hasn’t been very successful at our house lately – the boys would take a nap just fine, but now that Camden and Isaac both know how to open doors, even with the baby-proof doorknob covers on, it’s hard to keep them in their rooms long enough for them to relax a minute and realize that they are actually tired). Apparently Camden had gone into the study, where Michael and I had started to put up shelving in the closet and so there’s lots of stuff out that needs to be organized and put away, including a little bag of craft paint and paintbrushes. Camden, while holding up his hands covered in bright red paint, informed me that he didn’t do it. He said Eli did. That’s pretty believable, since it wasn’t too many days ago that they came downstairs and Eli had found the only markers in the house (in the closet in the study) and colored all over Camden – on his face, his neck, his back, his legs, and in his ears. So, the idea of Eli painting Camden’s hands wasn’t too far fetched. I went upstairs to find paint all over a piece of sandpaper that they had found, and on the hardwood floors (I’m so glad we don’t have carpet), and Eli asleep in his bed. I’m still not sure about that – I wouldn’t put it past Eli to paint Camden and then quickly go to sleep so as to point the blame to his little brother, but maybe not . . . But, anyways, after cleaning the floors (luckily I found it before it had dried all the way and it all came up), cleaning Camden’s hands, and scrubbing the paint off of his jeans (I got almost all of it out), I put Camden to sleep on the couch, and all 4 of the boys actually went to sleep. But, Kolby just walked in from school, and we just finished a long discussion about why Mommy can’t handle him inviting two of his friends over to play right now. And now I’d better get Kolby’s hair cut too. And I only have two and a half hours before I’m supposed to be at that wedding shower, so I probably aught to consider getting out of my pajamas that I’m still in from this morning, and making myself at least somewhat presentable. Sometimes lately I start to think that maybe having 5 kids in 5 years was biting off a little more than I could chew – but, then again, if I only had 3 kids I’m sure I’d feel like I was just as busy and they’d get into stuff just as often. Oh well, everyone says that the kids grow up way too quickly (which I can already see, by how grown up they are already starting to be), and that I’ll miss it after they’re bigger. I guess I’ll eventually get to a point in my life when I’ve got spare time (hopefully), so I should just not worry about trying to get it all done at once. (Or maybe I won’t be too tired tonight after the wedding shower, and I can come home and get some good work in on the genealogy stuff then). :)
18 November 2009
I'll Admit It
Ok, I admit it, I’ve been spending way more time thinking about what I’m going to post next to my new genealogy blog than about posting to our family blog. Genealogy’s just too exciting. :) I was up until 2:00 this morning on the phone with my mom in San Diego working on submitting the family information that she and my dad collected on their trip a couple years ago to the Czech Republic to the new.familysearch.org website. It was really fun to work on that with her and get it done, since we’ve both been trying to find time in each of our busy schedules for a month or so now to sit down and do that. But what I enjoyed even more was the fact that she seemed to be getting just as excited about the genealogy work as I am. It’s fun not to be the only one. So, now that the boys have all been fed lunch, Kolby is at afternoon kindergarten, I finished spackling all the little nail holes and dings in the walls of the entire downstairs of our house, and the younger boys are all up for naps; I’m off to further neglect our family blog and upload those Czech records to my genealogy blog. (Anyone who’s never tried doing a little genealogy research before should really try it – it’s quite addicting).
11 November 2009
My New Genealogy Blog
Ok, I did it. I made a separate genealogy blog so I could post my family history work there instead of on our family blog, and have it all organized in one spot. I spent some time the last couple days setting it up and adding some fun old family photos and a cool quote I found. And I was able to export the handful of genealogy posts from this blog and import them onto the genealogy blog, so now I’m all ready to start posting to my new genealogy blog. http://www.stephsgenealogy.blogspot.com/
10 November 2009
It only took 6 years . . .
Tonight at dinner Kolby leaned back on the stool he was sitting on and it tipped backwards and he fell and hit the back of his head on the corner of the dining room doorway. He cut his head open and I took him into an urgent care for stitches. They put some numbing cream on the cut, snipped just a little bit of his hair off around the cut, then gave him four stitches (when he saw it, Michael said afterwards that he could have stitched it up better – if only he’d had the materials to do so at home – at least he can save us a trip and remove the stitches next week). Kolby was so tough, though. The nice thing about the numbing cream is that he didn’t have to get poked with a needle, but I guess it doesn’t last nearly as long with the cream. So by the last stitch Kolby moved his legs a bit and I heard him take in a few sharp breaths. Then when he sat up afterwards he had a couple of tears on his cheeks, but he hadn’t made a noise the entire time they were stitching him up. He told me on the drive home that it didn’t hurt anymore, so that’s good. Now he just has to keep it dry for 24 hours and then Michael can remove the stitches in about 7 days. I’m just surprised that with 5 very active little boys who enjoy to climb, jump, and roughhouse, it’s taken us 6 years before any of them had to get stitches.
09 November 2009
Eli's Speech Evaluation
Well, we just finished with Eli’s speech evaluation, and I think it went quite well. They test every aspect of the child’s development, not just the speech. And they said that he was doing extremely well with those parts of the tests. I guess they always test to see how well a child can do things, even above the child’s age level. So, the psychologist and the speech therapist said they were very impressed because they’ve never seen a child his age be able to do certain things – like the psychologist showed Eli a picture and asked: ‘An egg is to a chicken as an acorn is to a ___?’ And Eli answered tree correctly. And she had these little blocks with different shapes on each face of the blocks and she asked him to use the blocks to form the designs that she showed him in different pictures. She told me that most kids can’t do very many of those, and Eli got up past the level of a 13-year-old.
But I hadn’t had any concerns about any of his development other than his speech. They tested his speech, and confirmed that he does have a lisp. The speech therapist told me that it was interesting, because lots of kids with lisps replace an ‘S’ sound with a ‘Th’ sound, but Eli not only does that, but also replaces a ‘T’ sound with a ‘Th’ sound – she said she’d never heard a child do that specific sound replacement before. (She was telling me that they recently visited a little girl who was also very bright and had a lisp with just the ‘Th’ sound replacing the ‘S’ sound, and that they decided not to do any speech therapy for her – so I guess Eli is just on the very edge of needing a little extra help). And I know that he can make an ‘S’ sound, because he sometimes replaces other consonants with an ‘S’ sound, even when there’s not an ‘S’ in the word. I guess that they add up all the scores on their tests and they have to have above a certain score in order for the child to qualify for speech therapy. And she told me that Eli qualified on the pronunciation part of the test, but they have to qualify on at least two parts of the test, and since he didn’t qualify on any of the non-speech parts of the test, she averaged his score down a little bit on the language section in order for him to qualify. She said that because some of the time she could understand him well and other times she had a hard time understanding him, she thought he would really benefit from speech therapy. She told me that we would get the reports in the mail and would probably start therapy after the school Christmas break in January. She said that someone will come to our house twice a week, and that she thought he would be done with the therapy relatively quickly (which I assumed meant a month or maybe two, until she said she thought he’d almost be done with therapy when he starts kindergarten next fall). So, I’m glad that they are going to work with him on this, and I’m glad that it will be at our house and that the school districts cover the cost – I really don’t mind the high taxes here in NYS because you can really see where the tax money is being spent for the people in the communities, especially for the children.
But I hadn’t had any concerns about any of his development other than his speech. They tested his speech, and confirmed that he does have a lisp. The speech therapist told me that it was interesting, because lots of kids with lisps replace an ‘S’ sound with a ‘Th’ sound, but Eli not only does that, but also replaces a ‘T’ sound with a ‘Th’ sound – she said she’d never heard a child do that specific sound replacement before. (She was telling me that they recently visited a little girl who was also very bright and had a lisp with just the ‘Th’ sound replacing the ‘S’ sound, and that they decided not to do any speech therapy for her – so I guess Eli is just on the very edge of needing a little extra help). And I know that he can make an ‘S’ sound, because he sometimes replaces other consonants with an ‘S’ sound, even when there’s not an ‘S’ in the word. I guess that they add up all the scores on their tests and they have to have above a certain score in order for the child to qualify for speech therapy. And she told me that Eli qualified on the pronunciation part of the test, but they have to qualify on at least two parts of the test, and since he didn’t qualify on any of the non-speech parts of the test, she averaged his score down a little bit on the language section in order for him to qualify. She said that because some of the time she could understand him well and other times she had a hard time understanding him, she thought he would really benefit from speech therapy. She told me that we would get the reports in the mail and would probably start therapy after the school Christmas break in January. She said that someone will come to our house twice a week, and that she thought he would be done with the therapy relatively quickly (which I assumed meant a month or maybe two, until she said she thought he’d almost be done with therapy when he starts kindergarten next fall). So, I’m glad that they are going to work with him on this, and I’m glad that it will be at our house and that the school districts cover the cost – I really don’t mind the high taxes here in NYS because you can really see where the tax money is being spent for the people in the communities, especially for the children.
08 November 2009
Our Week
Well, it’s the end of another week, and here we are again. I’ve enjoyed finding a chance here and there this week to try to post some genealogy to the blog (I’ve even been toying with the idea of possibly creating a separate genealogy blog, just so as to keep all of the genealogy work that I want to post online all organized in one spot – we’ll see).
So, our week has been rather hectic at times, but overall it has been pretty nice. On Monday Kolby had his 6-year-old check-up (and since the boys all got the flu shot at Camden’s last appointment, and the swine flue vaccine at Isaac’s last appointment, it was pretty nice to go and not have any of them have to have anything). Kolby is healthy and is growing well – he is up to about 46 pounds and 46 inches tall (from 44 pounds and 44 inches tall a year ago). The doctor noticed Kolby reading a book when she came into the office, and she said he was doing really well with his reading. He has kind of taken off lately – and can now recognize many words without help and can read basic books. I think that it’s pretty cool to see a child learn how to read.
This week I was also able to contact some people who are going to come to the house tomorrow afternoon to do a speech evaluation for Eli (they do this for free through the school districts out here). I’m assuming that they will tell us that he is pretty normal and just needs some extra work on pronouncing some of his word sounds, and will grow out of it too as he gets older, but we’ll see.
On Tuesday Eli enjoyed going back to preschool after having to miss both days last week because he was not feeling well.
And on Wednesday we went and spent the morning at the Phillips’ house while Kristin helped me (well, really I helped her a little bit and she did most everything) to convert an old dress I had into a skirt. It turned out really cute and I was excited to wear it to church this weekend. Thanks, Kristin, for taking the time to do that for me!
On Thursday Courtland turned 9 months old. He’s getting to be such a big boy – moving all around the house all the time. I spent most of the day Thursday making and decorating birthday cakes for the birthday party we had for Kolby this weekend, and cleaning the house up. Kolby had his piano lesson that afternoon, which he always enjoys. And his brothers love to sit and watch him take his lesson too – Eli has told me more than once that he is looking forward to learning to play the piano when he turns 5. Kolby is almost finished with the two lesson books that I picked up for him about a month or so ago, so he’s really learning a lot pretty quickly. And Michael had his scout committee “roundtable” meeting that night too, so that was a full day. When he got home that night we got out the paint and painted the darker tan color below the chair rail in the entryway and the kitchen. It turned out really nice looking – now we just need to get the chair rail back up in the kitchen and it will be great.
Friday morning I had plans to go with Kristin to Jennifer Schmuhl’s house for a quick visit because it was Jennifer’s birthday. Kristin had a doctor’s appointment for Mary that morning, and then she was going to stop by afterwards so we could go visit Jennifer at 10am. I was getting things ready around the house and getting the kids ready. Kolby and Eli took a shower before Michael left for work, the boys had breakfast, I changed lots of clothes and diapers, I cleaned up some things around the house, I got Kolby to get his backpack ready and he made some peanut butter sandwiches for himself and his brothers. Isaac and Camden were playing with their toys upstairs while we were getting everything ready. Then Kolby called out to tell me that Isaac had made a mess, and I went upstairs to find that someone had left the bathroom door open (so instead of playing with his toys in the bedroom, Isaac had been playing in the bathroom for the last 10 minutes or so). He had gotten the bottle of children’s vitamins, opened the child-proof lid (don’t ask me how), and eaten somewhere around 60 vitamins, with the remaining 10 or 20 vitamins all partially chewed up and spit out in the sink, on the counter, on the stool, and the floor. He had gotten red vitamin “juice” all over himself, and then smeared it on the walls and floor. So, after cleaning him up I called poison control to make sure that he wouldn’t have any problems, and luckily I was told that the vitamins didn’t have any iron or anything in them that would cause a problem. So, I cleaned up that mess and then I turned around to find that while they had taken a shower earlier Kolby and Eli had squirted shampoo and conditioner all over the walls, shower curtain, tub, faucets, and the shampoo and soup bottles inside the shower, so I got to wash that all down. By the time I was done cleaning up those messes, it was really too late for me to take the time to get ready, but I showered anyways because I needed it. Kristin was patient and waited for me to finish getting everyone in the car, and Kolby insisted on taking his backpack, coat, and the sandwiches in the car with him, even though it was 10am and his school bus doesn’t come until almost noon.
When we got to Jennifer’s house we decided to just run up to the door and have a brief visit, so the boys waited in the car. They kept opening the automatic sliding door of the van, though, which set off the panic alarm over and over as I had to keep pushing the buttons to silence that alarm. After a few minutes they stopped doing that, so I figured that they must have gotten into the sandwiches or something to keep them occupied. We had a nice little visit with Jennifer, and then Kristin and I went to leave. When I got in the car the boys were all laughing at themselves – they thought they were hilarious because they had put the front seat backs all the way down, opened the mirrors, turned on the windshield wipers and the hazard lights, moved all the vents, pushed the buttons on the radio, etc. I was putting the seats back up when Kristin pulled out and headed home. Then I tried to start the car, and it wouldn’t start. The mirrors that they had opened had lights in them, which had drained the car battery. I had to have Jennifer come out and let me use her car to jump ours, and her car was set up differently, with the battery below some other engine components, so we had to make some phone calls to figure out how to even jump it in the first place. While I was doing this, my 3 oldest boys were going into her house to use the bathroom and I guess Eli had to wait too long, because he needed a change of clothes before he came back out. I finally got things ready, and we headed out, having missed Kolby’s school bus. It was good that Kolby had insisted on bringing the lunches and his backpack, because we dropped him off at school before going home. I got the boys down for naps, and fortunately for the rest of the day things calmed down a bit.
I got everything done that I wanted to with getting the house all cleaned up, which felt good to have that all done. Then after dinner we put Isaac down to bed and Kolby’s friends started to arrive. We had 9 kids come, plus Kolby, Eli, and Camden. We ate popcorn and watched a short ‘Wallace and Gromit’ movie that I’d picked up at Blockbuster, had cake and ice cream sandwiches, opened gifts, and then got out the sets of Legos that Kolby had gotten from us and other family members for his birthday and all of the kids built things until their parents picked them up. The party lasted from 7 to 9pm, and we were amazed that that many 5 and 6 year olds could be that well behaved for that long, that late at night. It was great. The best birthday party yet, I think.
And yesterday was a nice relaxing day. We purposefully didn’t schedule a lot so we could try to have a break from our usual crazy busy Saturdays. We had Michael’s special whole grain blueberry waffles for breakfast, Kolby and I ran to the store in the morning, then we got the boys’ toys cleaned up, Michael got the front yard mowed (after I had spent 2 hours earlier in the week raking the leaves), I got the bathroom floor mopped upstairs (the only thing I had wanted to get cleaned in the house that I hadn’t gotten to before the party), the boys played with some dinosaur toys that Kolby got at his party, and Kolby and Eli also worked on one of his new Lego sets in the study, then we picked up a babysitter so we could go to a church meeting last night in Palmyra. After the meeting we stopped at the store to exchange a couple of space heaters that I had picked up earlier (we’ve got big plans to heat our house [mostly] this winter with electric heaters rather than the gas furnace, which should hopefully save us a lot of money with the electric plan they have here). We also picked up a movie and set up the projector that Michael had home from work for the night and had a nice little date night in after Michael dropped off the babysitter.
Today we had ‘stake conference,’ a church meeting that is held twice a year when all of the congregations in the area all meet together at once. It was a long 2-hour meeting with all of the boys, and we were all glad to have a chance to walk around afterwards when we stopped by the Hill Cumorah and then briefly stopped by the visitor’s center there to see a new exhibit of sculptures of Jesus’ life.
So, I’d say overall we had a pretty good week. Hopefully things are going well with all of you too.
So, our week has been rather hectic at times, but overall it has been pretty nice. On Monday Kolby had his 6-year-old check-up (and since the boys all got the flu shot at Camden’s last appointment, and the swine flue vaccine at Isaac’s last appointment, it was pretty nice to go and not have any of them have to have anything). Kolby is healthy and is growing well – he is up to about 46 pounds and 46 inches tall (from 44 pounds and 44 inches tall a year ago). The doctor noticed Kolby reading a book when she came into the office, and she said he was doing really well with his reading. He has kind of taken off lately – and can now recognize many words without help and can read basic books. I think that it’s pretty cool to see a child learn how to read.
This week I was also able to contact some people who are going to come to the house tomorrow afternoon to do a speech evaluation for Eli (they do this for free through the school districts out here). I’m assuming that they will tell us that he is pretty normal and just needs some extra work on pronouncing some of his word sounds, and will grow out of it too as he gets older, but we’ll see.
On Tuesday Eli enjoyed going back to preschool after having to miss both days last week because he was not feeling well.
And on Wednesday we went and spent the morning at the Phillips’ house while Kristin helped me (well, really I helped her a little bit and she did most everything) to convert an old dress I had into a skirt. It turned out really cute and I was excited to wear it to church this weekend. Thanks, Kristin, for taking the time to do that for me!
On Thursday Courtland turned 9 months old. He’s getting to be such a big boy – moving all around the house all the time. I spent most of the day Thursday making and decorating birthday cakes for the birthday party we had for Kolby this weekend, and cleaning the house up. Kolby had his piano lesson that afternoon, which he always enjoys. And his brothers love to sit and watch him take his lesson too – Eli has told me more than once that he is looking forward to learning to play the piano when he turns 5. Kolby is almost finished with the two lesson books that I picked up for him about a month or so ago, so he’s really learning a lot pretty quickly. And Michael had his scout committee “roundtable” meeting that night too, so that was a full day. When he got home that night we got out the paint and painted the darker tan color below the chair rail in the entryway and the kitchen. It turned out really nice looking – now we just need to get the chair rail back up in the kitchen and it will be great.
Friday morning I had plans to go with Kristin to Jennifer Schmuhl’s house for a quick visit because it was Jennifer’s birthday. Kristin had a doctor’s appointment for Mary that morning, and then she was going to stop by afterwards so we could go visit Jennifer at 10am. I was getting things ready around the house and getting the kids ready. Kolby and Eli took a shower before Michael left for work, the boys had breakfast, I changed lots of clothes and diapers, I cleaned up some things around the house, I got Kolby to get his backpack ready and he made some peanut butter sandwiches for himself and his brothers. Isaac and Camden were playing with their toys upstairs while we were getting everything ready. Then Kolby called out to tell me that Isaac had made a mess, and I went upstairs to find that someone had left the bathroom door open (so instead of playing with his toys in the bedroom, Isaac had been playing in the bathroom for the last 10 minutes or so). He had gotten the bottle of children’s vitamins, opened the child-proof lid (don’t ask me how), and eaten somewhere around 60 vitamins, with the remaining 10 or 20 vitamins all partially chewed up and spit out in the sink, on the counter, on the stool, and the floor. He had gotten red vitamin “juice” all over himself, and then smeared it on the walls and floor. So, after cleaning him up I called poison control to make sure that he wouldn’t have any problems, and luckily I was told that the vitamins didn’t have any iron or anything in them that would cause a problem. So, I cleaned up that mess and then I turned around to find that while they had taken a shower earlier Kolby and Eli had squirted shampoo and conditioner all over the walls, shower curtain, tub, faucets, and the shampoo and soup bottles inside the shower, so I got to wash that all down. By the time I was done cleaning up those messes, it was really too late for me to take the time to get ready, but I showered anyways because I needed it. Kristin was patient and waited for me to finish getting everyone in the car, and Kolby insisted on taking his backpack, coat, and the sandwiches in the car with him, even though it was 10am and his school bus doesn’t come until almost noon.
When we got to Jennifer’s house we decided to just run up to the door and have a brief visit, so the boys waited in the car. They kept opening the automatic sliding door of the van, though, which set off the panic alarm over and over as I had to keep pushing the buttons to silence that alarm. After a few minutes they stopped doing that, so I figured that they must have gotten into the sandwiches or something to keep them occupied. We had a nice little visit with Jennifer, and then Kristin and I went to leave. When I got in the car the boys were all laughing at themselves – they thought they were hilarious because they had put the front seat backs all the way down, opened the mirrors, turned on the windshield wipers and the hazard lights, moved all the vents, pushed the buttons on the radio, etc. I was putting the seats back up when Kristin pulled out and headed home. Then I tried to start the car, and it wouldn’t start. The mirrors that they had opened had lights in them, which had drained the car battery. I had to have Jennifer come out and let me use her car to jump ours, and her car was set up differently, with the battery below some other engine components, so we had to make some phone calls to figure out how to even jump it in the first place. While I was doing this, my 3 oldest boys were going into her house to use the bathroom and I guess Eli had to wait too long, because he needed a change of clothes before he came back out. I finally got things ready, and we headed out, having missed Kolby’s school bus. It was good that Kolby had insisted on bringing the lunches and his backpack, because we dropped him off at school before going home. I got the boys down for naps, and fortunately for the rest of the day things calmed down a bit.
I got everything done that I wanted to with getting the house all cleaned up, which felt good to have that all done. Then after dinner we put Isaac down to bed and Kolby’s friends started to arrive. We had 9 kids come, plus Kolby, Eli, and Camden. We ate popcorn and watched a short ‘Wallace and Gromit’ movie that I’d picked up at Blockbuster, had cake and ice cream sandwiches, opened gifts, and then got out the sets of Legos that Kolby had gotten from us and other family members for his birthday and all of the kids built things until their parents picked them up. The party lasted from 7 to 9pm, and we were amazed that that many 5 and 6 year olds could be that well behaved for that long, that late at night. It was great. The best birthday party yet, I think.
And yesterday was a nice relaxing day. We purposefully didn’t schedule a lot so we could try to have a break from our usual crazy busy Saturdays. We had Michael’s special whole grain blueberry waffles for breakfast, Kolby and I ran to the store in the morning, then we got the boys’ toys cleaned up, Michael got the front yard mowed (after I had spent 2 hours earlier in the week raking the leaves), I got the bathroom floor mopped upstairs (the only thing I had wanted to get cleaned in the house that I hadn’t gotten to before the party), the boys played with some dinosaur toys that Kolby got at his party, and Kolby and Eli also worked on one of his new Lego sets in the study, then we picked up a babysitter so we could go to a church meeting last night in Palmyra. After the meeting we stopped at the store to exchange a couple of space heaters that I had picked up earlier (we’ve got big plans to heat our house [mostly] this winter with electric heaters rather than the gas furnace, which should hopefully save us a lot of money with the electric plan they have here). We also picked up a movie and set up the projector that Michael had home from work for the night and had a nice little date night in after Michael dropped off the babysitter.
Today we had ‘stake conference,’ a church meeting that is held twice a year when all of the congregations in the area all meet together at once. It was a long 2-hour meeting with all of the boys, and we were all glad to have a chance to walk around afterwards when we stopped by the Hill Cumorah and then briefly stopped by the visitor’s center there to see a new exhibit of sculptures of Jesus’ life.
So, I’d say overall we had a pretty good week. Hopefully things are going well with all of you too.
07 November 2009
Ott Family Census Findings
Summary of Census Findings for Anna Marie Ott Spohr’s mother and two brothers (Anna Strunz Ott, Franz Josef “Frank” Ott, and Louis Ott).
Census Records:
1900 census -- Anna Ott family
1900 United States Federal Census, Cincinnati, Ward 11, Hamilton, Ohio,, roll T623 1276, page 11A, Enumeration District 86, dated 9 June 1900, street: Frintz Street, family no. 246, lines 49-50:
"Line 49, Anna Ott, head of household, white, female born Apr 1845, age 55, widow, mother of 5 children, 3 children living, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1883, number of years in the United States: 17, able to read, able to write, able to speak English, renting house.
Line 50, Louis Ott, son, white, male born June 1884, age 15, single, born in Ohio, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: Jeweler, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English."
1910 census -- Anna Ott family
1910 United States Federal Census, Cincinnati, Ward 10, Hamilton, Ohio,, roll T624_1191, page 3B, Enumeration District 121, image 555, dated 16 April 1910, street: Race Street, house no. 1613, dwelling no. 27, family no. 82, lines 77-78:
"Line 77, Anna Ott, head of household, female, white, age 64, widow, mother of 5 children, 3 children living, born in Ger. German, father born in Ger. German, mother born in Ger. German, year of immigration to the U.S.: 1882, whether able to speak English or if not give the language spoken: German, occupation: none, able to read, able to write, renting house.
Line 78, Louis Ott, son, male, white, age 26, single, born in Ohio, father born in Ger. German, mother born in Ger. German, able to speak English, occupation: Press Hand, industry: Factory, type of worker: w, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write."
1920 census -- Anna Ott family and Anna Spohr family
, 1920 United States Federal Census, Venice, Madison County, Illinois, sheet 10B, Third Street, house no. 1521, dwelling no. 169, family numbers 232-234, lines 58-69:
"Family no. 232:
Line 58, Maril Lawson, head of household, male, white, age 32 . . .
Line 59, Melvin Lawson, son, male, white, age 7 . . .
Line 60, Louis Kelly, roomer, male, white, age 27 . . .
Line 61, Alven Edmondston, roomer, male, white, age 22 . . .
Family no. 233:
Line 62, Anna Ott, head of household, owns home, home is mortgaged, female, white, age 75, widow, year of immigration: Un, naturalized: Un, able to read, able to write, born in Austria, mother tongue: Ger, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 63, Frank Ott, son, male, white, age 42, single, year of immigration: Un, naturalized: Na, naturalized 1895, able to read, able to write, born in Austria, mother tongue: Ger, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Manager, industry: Pool Room, type of worker: Em.
Line 64, Louis Ott, son, male, white, age 35, single, able to read, able to write, born in Ohio, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Manager, industry: Pool Room, type of worker: Em.
Family no. 234:
Line 65, Anna Spohr, head of household, owns home, home mortgaged, female, white, age 45, widow, year of immigration: Un, naturalized: Na, naturalized 1906, able to read, able to write, born in Austria, mother tongue: Ger, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Proprietor, industry: Confectionery, type of worker: Em.
Line 66, Louis Spohr, son, male, white, age 20, single, did not attend school within the year, able to read, able to write, born in Illinois, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Apprentice, industry: Electrical, type of worker: W.
Line 67, Carl Spohr, son, male, white, age 16, single, attended school within the year, able to read, able to write, born in Missouri, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 68, Gussie Lippert, roomer, female, white, age 37 . . .
Line 68, Amelia Lippert, daughter, female, white, age 9 . . ."
Census Records:
1900 census -- Anna Ott family
1900 United States Federal Census, Cincinnati, Ward 11, Hamilton, Ohio,
"Line 49, Anna Ott, head of household, white, female born Apr 1845, age 55, widow, mother of 5 children, 3 children living, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1883, number of years in the United States: 17, able to read, able to write, able to speak English, renting house.
Line 50, Louis Ott, son, white, male born June 1884, age 15, single, born in Ohio, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: Jeweler, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English."
1910 census -- Anna Ott family
1910 United States Federal Census, Cincinnati, Ward 10, Hamilton, Ohio,
"Line 77, Anna Ott, head of household, female, white, age 64, widow, mother of 5 children, 3 children living, born in Ger. German, father born in Ger. German, mother born in Ger. German, year of immigration to the U.S.: 1882, whether able to speak English or if not give the language spoken: German, occupation: none, able to read, able to write, renting house.
Line 78, Louis Ott, son, male, white, age 26, single, born in Ohio, father born in Ger. German, mother born in Ger. German, able to speak English, occupation: Press Hand, industry: Factory, type of worker: w, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write."
1920 census -- Anna Ott family and Anna Spohr family
"Family no. 232:
Line 58, Maril Lawson, head of household, male, white, age 32 . . .
Line 59, Melvin Lawson, son, male, white, age 7 . . .
Line 60, Louis Kelly, roomer, male, white, age 27 . . .
Line 61, Alven Edmondston, roomer, male, white, age 22 . . .
Family no. 233:
Line 62, Anna Ott, head of household, owns home, home is mortgaged, female, white, age 75, widow, year of immigration: Un, naturalized: Un, able to read, able to write, born in Austria, mother tongue: Ger, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 63, Frank Ott, son, male, white, age 42, single, year of immigration: Un, naturalized: Na, naturalized 1895, able to read, able to write, born in Austria, mother tongue: Ger, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Manager, industry: Pool Room, type of worker: Em.
Line 64, Louis Ott, son, male, white, age 35, single, able to read, able to write, born in Ohio, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Manager, industry: Pool Room, type of worker: Em.
Family no. 234:
Line 65, Anna Spohr, head of household, owns home, home mortgaged, female, white, age 45, widow, year of immigration: Un, naturalized: Na, naturalized 1906, able to read, able to write, born in Austria, mother tongue: Ger, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Proprietor, industry: Confectionery, type of worker: Em.
Line 66, Louis Spohr, son, male, white, age 20, single, did not attend school within the year, able to read, able to write, born in Illinois, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Apprentice, industry: Electrical, type of worker: W.
Line 67, Carl Spohr, son, male, white, age 16, single, attended school within the year, able to read, able to write, born in Missouri, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 68, Gussie Lippert, roomer, female, white, age 37 . . .
Line 68, Amelia Lippert, daughter, female, white, age 9 . . ."
Spohr Family Census Findings
Summary of Census Findings for Ludwig and Anna Spohr and family:
Census Records:
1900 census -- Louis and Anna Spohr, and William and Amalie Schaefer families, (2 pages)
1900 United States Federal Census, Venice, Madison, Illinois,
"Dwelling 165:
Line 96, Louis Spohr, head of household, white, male, born Aug 1871, age 28, married 2 years, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1882, number of years in the United States: 17, naturalization: Na, occupation: banker, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 97, Anna Spohr, wife, white, female, born Aug 1873, age 26, married 2 years, mother of 1 child, 1 child living, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1881, number of years in the United States: 18, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 98, Louis Spohr, son, white, male, born Oct 1899, age 8/12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany.
Line 99, Frank Ott, brother, white, male, born June 1877, age 22, single, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1882, number of years in the United States: 18, naturalization: Na, occupation: Drill Presser, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Dwelling 166:
Line 100, Wm Schaffer, head of household, white, male, born Feby 1862, age 38, married 4 years, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1883, number of years in the United States: 16, naturalization: Na, occupation: Foreman Steel Wrks, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English, owns house free (not mortgaged).
Line 1, Amelia Schaffer, wife, white, female, born Mch 1867, age 33, married 4 years, mother of 6 children, 6 children living, born in Austria, father born in Austria, mother born in Austria, year of immigration to the United States: 1882, number of years in the United States: 17, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 2, Wm Schaffer, son, white, female, born July 1889, age 10, single, born in Missouri, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: at school, attended school 9 months, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 3, Minnie Schaffer, daughter, white, female, born Sepr 1890, age 9, single, born in Missouri, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: at school, attended school 9 months, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 4, George Schaffer, son, white, male, born Apr 1893, age 7, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: at school, attended school 9 months, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 5, Annie Schaffer, daughter, white, female, born Aug 1897, age 2, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Austria.
Line 6, Agnes Schaffer, daughter, white, female, born May 1900, age 0/12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Austria.
Line 7, Louis Schaffer, son, white, male, born May 1900, age 0/12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Austria."
1910 census -- Louis and Anna Spohr family
1910 United States Federal Census, Venice, Madison, Illinois,
"Line 66, Louis Spohr, head of household, male, white, age 37, first marriage, married 11 years, born in Aust. Bohemian, father born in Aust. Bohemian, mother born in Aust. Bohemian, year of immigration to the U.S.: 1886, whether naturalized or alien: Na, able to speak English, occupation: Confectionery, industry: retail, type of worker: oa, able to read, able to write, renting house.
Line 67, Anna Spohr, wife, female, white, age 34, first marriage, married 11 years, mother of 4 children, 2 children living, born in Aust. Bohemian, father born in Aust. Bohemian, mother born in Aust. Bohemian, year of immigration to the U.S.: 1884, able to speak English, occupation: none, able to read, able to write.
Line 68, Louis Spohr, son, male, white, age 10, single, born in Illinois, father born in Aust. Bohemian, mother born in Aust. Bohemian, able to speak English, occupation: none, able to read, able to write, attended school within the year.
Line 69, Carl Spohr, son, male, white, age 7, single, born in Missouri, father born in Aust. Bohemian, mother born in Aust. Bohemian, able to speak English, occupation: none, able to read, able to write, attended school within the year.
Line 70, Frank Ott, brother in law, male, white, age 32, single, born in Aust. Bohemian, father born in Aust. Bohemian, mother born in Aust. Bohemian, year of immigration to the U.S.: 1884, whether naturalized or alien: Na, able to speak English, occupation: [illegible], industry: [illegible], type of worker: w, able to read, able to write."
1920 census -- Anna Ott family and Anna Spohr family
"Family no. 232:
Line 58, Maril Lawson, head of household, male, white, age 32 . . .
Line 59, Melvin Lawson, son, male, white, age 7 . . .
Line 60, Louis Kelly, roomer, male, white, age 27 . . .
Line 61, Alven Edmondston, roomer, male, white, age 22 . . .
Family no. 233:
Line 62, Anna Ott, head of household, owns home, home is mortgaged, female, white, age 75, widow, year of immigration: Un, naturalized: Un, able to read, able to write, born in Austria, mother tongue: Ger, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 63, Frank Ott, son, male, white, age 42, single, year of immigration: Un, naturalized: Na, naturalized 1895, able to read, able to write, born in Austria, mother tongue: Ger, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Manager, industry: Pool Room, type of worker: Em.
Line 64, Louis Ott, son, male, white, age 35, single, able to read, able to write, born in Ohio, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Manager, industry: Pool Room, type of worker: Em.
Family no. 234:
Line 65, Anna Spohr, head of household, owns home, home mortgaged, female, white, age 45, widow, year of immigration: Un, naturalized: Na, naturalized 1906, able to read, able to write, born in Austria, mother tongue: Ger, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Proprietor, industry: Confectionery, type of worker: Em.
Line 66, Louis Spohr, son, male, white, age 20, single, did not attend school within the year, able to read, able to write, born in Illinois, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: Apprentice, industry: Electrical, type of worker: W.
Line 67, Carl Spohr, son, male, white, age 16, single, attended school within the year, able to read, able to write, born in Missouri, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: Ger, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: Ger, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 68, Gussie Lippert, roomer, female, white, age 37 . . .
Line 68, Amelia Lippert, daughter, female, white, age 9 . . ."
Schaefer Family Census Findings
I have lots more Spohr family photos and papers, but I think first I will focus on posting the census records I have – which gave me much of my information about my Schaefer relatives. First I’ll post the census records I’ve found on the Schaefers, then I’ll post the ones for the Spohrs and Otts.
Summary of Census Findings for William and Amalie Schaefer and family:
Census Records:
Summary of Census Findings for William and Amalie Schaefer and family:
Census Records:
1900 census -- Louis and Anna Spohr, and William and Amalie Schaefer families, (2 pages)
1900 United States Federal Census, Venice, Madison, Illinois, , roll T623 326, page 11B, Enumeration District 68, (sheets 238B-239A), dated 11 June 1900, dwelling no. 165-166, family no. 186-186, lines 96-100, 1-7:
"Dwelling 165:
Line 96, Louis Spohr, head of household, white, male, born Aug 1871, age 28, married 2 years, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1882, number of years in the United States: 17, naturalization: Na, occupation: banker, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 97, Anna Spohr, wife, white, female, born Aug 1873, age 26, married 2 years, mother of 1 child, 1 child living, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1881, number of years in the United States: 18, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 98, Louis Spohr, son, white, male, born Oct 1899, age 8/12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany.
Line 99, Frank Ott, brother, white, male, born June 1877, age 22, single, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1882, number of years in the United States: 18, naturalization: Na, occupation: Drill Presser, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Dwelling 166:
Line 100, Wm Schaffer, head of household, white, male, born Feby 1862, age 38, married 4 years, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1883, number of years in the United States: 16, naturalization: Na, occupation: Foreman Steel Wrks, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English, owns house free (not mortgaged).
Line 1, Amelia Schaffer, wife, white, female, born Mch 1867, age 33, married 4 years, mother of 6 children, 6 children living, born in Austria, father born in Austria, mother born in Austria, year of immigration to the United States: 1882, number of years in the United States: 17, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 2, Wm Schaffer, son, white, female, born July 1889, age 10, single, born in Missouri, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: at school, attended school 9 months, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 3, Minnie Schaffer, daughter, white, female, born Sepr 1890, age 9, single, born in Missouri, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: at school, attended school 9 months, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 4, George Schaffer, son, white, male, born Apr 1893, age 7, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: at school, attended school 9 months, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 5, Annie Schaffer, daughter, white, female, born Aug 1897, age 2, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Austria.
Line 6, Agnes Schaffer, daughter, white, female, born May 1900, age 0/12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Austria.
Line 7, Louis Schaffer, son, white, male, born May 1900, age 0/12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Austria."
"Dwelling 165:
Line 96, Louis Spohr, head of household, white, male, born Aug 1871, age 28, married 2 years, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1882, number of years in the United States: 17, naturalization: Na, occupation: banker, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 97, Anna Spohr, wife, white, female, born Aug 1873, age 26, married 2 years, mother of 1 child, 1 child living, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1881, number of years in the United States: 18, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 98, Louis Spohr, son, white, male, born Oct 1899, age 8/12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany.
Line 99, Frank Ott, brother, white, male, born June 1877, age 22, single, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1882, number of years in the United States: 18, naturalization: Na, occupation: Drill Presser, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Dwelling 166:
Line 100, Wm Schaffer, head of household, white, male, born Feby 1862, age 38, married 4 years, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, year of immigration to the United States: 1883, number of years in the United States: 16, naturalization: Na, occupation: Foreman Steel Wrks, 0 months unemployed, able to read, able to write, able to speak English, owns house free (not mortgaged).
Line 1, Amelia Schaffer, wife, white, female, born Mch 1867, age 33, married 4 years, mother of 6 children, 6 children living, born in Austria, father born in Austria, mother born in Austria, year of immigration to the United States: 1882, number of years in the United States: 17, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 2, Wm Schaffer, son, white, female, born July 1889, age 10, single, born in Missouri, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: at school, attended school 9 months, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 3, Minnie Schaffer, daughter, white, female, born Sepr 1890, age 9, single, born in Missouri, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: at school, attended school 9 months, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 4, George Schaffer, son, white, male, born Apr 1893, age 7, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, occupation: at school, attended school 9 months, able to read, able to write, able to speak English.
Line 5, Annie Schaffer, daughter, white, female, born Aug 1897, age 2, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Austria.
Line 6, Agnes Schaffer, daughter, white, female, born May 1900, age 0/12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Austria.
Line 7, Louis Schaffer, son, white, male, born May 1900, age 0/12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Austria."
1910 census -- William and Amalie Schaefer family
1910 United States Federal Census, Venice, Madison, Illinois,
"Line 20, William A Schaffer, head of household, male, white, age 48, second marriage, 13 years of present marriage, born in Germany, able to speak German, father born in Germany, father able to speak German, mother born in Germany, mother able to speak German, immigrated to U.S. in 1883, Naturalized, able to speak English, occupation: Teamster, able to read, able to write.
Line 21, Mollie Schaffer, wife, female, white, age 43, first marriage, 13 years of present marriage, mother of 5 children, 4 children living, born in Austria, able to speak German, father born in Austria, father able to speak German, mother born in Austria, mother able to speak German, immigrated to U.S. in 1883, able to speak English, occupation: none, able to read, able to write.
Line 22, George Schaffer, son, male, white, age 17, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father able to speak German, mother born in Missouri, able to speak English, occupation: Teamster, able to read, able to write.
Line 23, Annie Schaffer, daughter, female, white, age 12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father able to speak German, other born in Austria, mother able to speak German, able to speak English, occupation: none, able to read, able to write, attended school within the year.
Line 24, Agnes Schaffer, daughter, female, white, age 10, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father able to speak German, other born in Austria, mother able to speak German, able to speak English, occupation: none, able to read, able to write, attended school within the year.
Line 25, Lewis Schaffer, son, male, white, age 10, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father able to speak German, other born in Austria, mother able to speak German, able to speak English, occupation: none, able to read, able to write, attended school within the year.
Line 26, Liddie Schaffer, daughter, female, white, age 6, single, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father able to speak German, other born in Austria, mother able to speak German, able to speak English."
1920 census -- William and Amalie Schaefer family, George and Bertha Schaefer family, and Kenneth Ross
1920 United States Federal Census, Venice, Madison, Illinois,
"House number 1508:
Line 81, William Taylor, head of household, male, white, age 40, married . . .
Line 82, Sahah Taylor, wife, female, white, age 37, married . . .
Line 83, Edna Taylor, niece, female, white, age 15, single . . .
Line 84, Frank Brown, roomer, male, white, age 42, married . . .
Line 85, Kenneth Ross, roomer, male, white, age 26, single, able to read, able to write, born in Minnesota, father born in Canada, father’s mother tongue: English, mother born in Canada, mother’s mother tongue: English, able to speak English, occupation: Clerk, industry: Car Shops, type of worker: w.
Line 86, N. A. Young, roomer, male, white, age 25, single . . .
House number 1514:
Line 87, George Schaefer, head of household, renting home, male, white, age 26, married, able to read, able to write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father’s mother tongue: German, mother born in Germany, mother’s mother tongue: German, able to speak English, occupation: Chauffeur, industry: Steel Mill, type of worker: w.
Line 88, Bertha Schaefer, wife, female, white, age 21, married, able to read, able to write, born in Illinois, father born in Illinois, mother born in Illinois, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 89, Dorothy Schaefer, daughter, female, white, age 8/12, single, born in Illinois, father born in Illinois, mother born in Illinois, occupation: none.
Line 90, Elizabeth Keiderling, Mother-in-Law, female, white, age 50, widow, able to read, able to write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father’s mother tongue: German, mother born in Germany, mother’s mother tongue: German, able to speak English, occupation: Cook, industry: Rooming Hovel, type of worker: w.
House number 1516:
Line 91, W. A. Schaefer, head of household, owns home free (not mortgaged), male, white, age 58, married, immigrated to U.S. in 1883, Naturalized, year of naturalization: 1890, able to read, able to write, born in Germany, mother tongue: German, father born in Germany, father’s mother tongue: German, mother born in Germany, mother’s mother tongue: German, able to speak English, occupation: Merchant, industry: Coal Co., type of worker: Em.
Line 92, Molly Schaefer, wife, female, white, age 53, married, immigrated to U.S. in 1885, Naturalized, year of naturalization: 1890, able to read, able to write, born in Austria, mother tongue: German, father born in Austria, father’s mother tongue: German, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: German, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 93, Anna Schaefer, daughter, female, white, age 22, single, able to read, able to write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father’s mother tongue: German, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: German, able to speak English, occupation: Stenographer, industry: Asphalt, type of worker: w.
Line 94, Agnus Schaefer, daughter, female, white, age 20, single, did not attend school within the year, able to read, able to write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father’s mother tongue: German, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: German, able to speak English, occupation: Stenographer, industry: Envelope Factory, type of worker: w.
Line 95, Louis Schaefer, son, male, white, age 20, single, did not attend school within the year, able to read, able to write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father’s mother tongue: German, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: German, able to speak English, occupation: Machinist, industry: Packing House, type of worker: w.
Line 96, Liddia Schaefer, daughter, female, white, age 15, single, attended school within the year, able to read, able to write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, father’s mother tongue: German, mother born in Austria, mother’s mother tongue: German, able to speak English, occupation: none."
1930 census -- William and Amalie Schaefer family
1930 United States Federal Census, Nameoki Township, Madison, Illinois,
"Line 86, William Schaefer, head of household, owns home, value of home: 10,000, family not living on a farm, male, white, age 68, married, age 26 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, language spoken at home before coming to the U.S.: German, year of immigration to the U.S.: 1884, Naturalized, able to speak English, occupation: none, not a U.S. veteran.
Line 87, Amelia Schaefer, wife, female, white, age 63, married, age 21 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Germany, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, language spoken at home before coming to the U.S.: German, year of immigration to the U.S.: 1884, Naturalized, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 88, Ray Becks, son in law, male, white, age 30, married, age 22 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Illinois, mother born in Illinois, able to speak English, occupation: Salesman, industry: Oil Refinery, type of worker: w, actually at work, not a U.S. veteran.
Line 89, Agnes Becks, daughter, female, white, age 30, married, age 22 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 90, Kenneth Ross, son in law, male, white, age 32, married, age 27 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Minnesota, father born in Canada, mother born in Wisconsin, able to speak English, occupation: Foreman, industry: Car and Foundry, type of worker: w, actually at work, not a U.S. veteran.
Line 91, Anna Ross, daughter, female, white, age 32, married, age 27 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, able to speak English, occupation: none."
1930 census -- George and Bertha Schaefer family
1930 United States Federal Census, Venice, Madison, Illinois,
"Line 90, George Schaefer, head of household, owns home, value of home: 8000, has radio set, family not living on a farm, male, white, age 36, married, age 23 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, able to speak English, occupation: Garage Man, industry: Garage, type of worker: O, actually at work, not a U.S. veteran.
Line 91, Bertha Schaefer, wife, female, white, age 31, married, age 18 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Illinois, mother born in Illinois, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 92, Dorothy Schaefer, daughter, female, white, age 10, single, attended school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Illinois, mother born in Illinois, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 93, Albert Schaefer, son, male, white, age 8, single, attended school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Illinois, mother born in Illinois, occupation: none.
Line 94, George Schaefer, son, male, white, age 6, single, attended school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Illinois, mother born in Illinois, occupation: none."
1930 census -- Oliver and Lydia Scott family
1930 United States Federal Census, Madison, Madison, Illinois, , roll 542, page 10B, Enumeration District 74, Image: 702.0, dated 9 April 1930, road: Third, house no. 1655a, dwelling no. 218, family no. 236, lines 86-88:
"Line 86, Oliver Scott, head of household, renting home, monthly rent: $17, radio set, family not living on a farm, male, white, age 26, married, age 21 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Michigan, father born in Ohio, mother born in Michigan, able to speak English, occupation: Salesman, industry: Retail Shoe, type of worker: w, actually at work, not a U.S. veteran.
Line 87, Lydia Scott, wife, female, white, age 25, married, age 21 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 88, Robert Oliver Scott, son, male, white, age 1 6/12, single, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Michigan, mother born in Illinois, occupation: none."
"Line 86, Oliver Scott, head of household, renting home, monthly rent: $17, radio set, family not living on a farm, male, white, age 26, married, age 21 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Michigan, father born in Ohio, mother born in Michigan, able to speak English, occupation: Salesman, industry: Retail Shoe, type of worker: w, actually at work, not a U.S. veteran.
Line 87, Lydia Scott, wife, female, white, age 25, married, age 21 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, able to speak English, occupation: none.
Line 88, Robert Oliver Scott, son, male, white, age 1 6/12, single, did not attend school within the year, able to read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Michigan, mother born in Illinois, occupation: none."
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