10 February - Happy Birthday Granny Mable!

Photograph of Mable Roark Valdez & Rudy Valdez,
unknown date & location. In possession of D.C. Deller, New Bern, NC.

A Family Treasure - Continued

Here are the family pages from the G.W. Hussong Family Bible (1), with transcriptions next to them.

 Marriage Certificate

This is to Certify That
Mr. George W Hussong
and
M Elisebeth Ann Gilbert
Were Solemnly United By Me In
Holy Matrimony
At A.B. Hussong On the 27 of September,
In the Year of Our LORD
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy three
Conformably to the Ordinance of GOD and the Laws of
The Land.
In Presence of
A.B. Hussong         C.F. Gilbert
LaVina McCan       Margaret Gilbert

Family Record

Marriages

George W. Hussong and Elisebeth Ann
Gilbert was married September
the 27, 1873













 

Family Record 

Births

G.W. Hussong was Borned November the 13, 1854
E.A. Hussong was Borned febuary [sic] the 4, 1857
A.M. Hussong was Borned febuary the 7, 1876
M.L. Hussong was borned Jenuary [sic]the 28, 1878
L.L. Hussong was borned march the 10, 1880
Lilly Jane Hussong was born November the 4, 1881
John Franklin Hussong was Borned January the 14, 1884
Elnorah Hussong was Borned may the 1, 1888
James Allen Hussong was born September 6th, 1890
Mayble Agnes Hussong bornd sept 21, 1892.
Charles Elmer Hussong Was borned June the 20 1895
Wilmer Leander Hussong Was borned march the 10 1901
John Franklin Hussong Died January the 27, 1903

Family Record.

Births

Charley Baby
Mary Larien Hussong was Born Dec. 5, 1915
L Nora Jeneva Hussong Born October 18, 1918
Elmer Lee Hussong born April 30, 1921
William Roy Hussong Borned Sep. 19, 1923
John Arthur Hussong Borned Jan 13, 1927

Family Record.

Deaths

Luisey LuViney Hussong Died July the 19th 1881
Mary L. Hussong Died September 13th, 1888.
James Allen Hussong Died September 1st 1891
Mable Agness Hussong Died August the 12, 1893
John Franklin Hussong Died January the 27, 1903
Wilber Leander Hussong Died Jan. 1th 1914
Anna Leslie Died 18 Jan 18th, 1914
Charley Elmer Hussong died November 14 in 1928
George W. Hussong died April 3 in 1929








(1) Family data, G.W. Hussong Family Bible, The Holy Bible (John E. Potter & Company, Philadelphia, PA); original owned in 2013 by David C Deller (address private). The G.W. Hussong Family Bible passed from George W. Hussong to his daughter, Elnora Hussong Asbell to her son William Asbell Jr, to his son Bill Asbell, to Elnora's great-grandson David C. Deller.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Jones!

Dudley Emerson Jones, c. 1849 (1)

Dudley Emerson Jones, c. 1895 (2)

(1) Susan Taylor-Colby, "Dudley Emerson Jones - View Media" at Ancestry.com, at [http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1036595/person/-2010065442/photo/8?pgnum=1&pg=32816&pgpl=pid|pgNum] (accessed 30 January 2013). Photo of Dudley Emerson Jones with friend.

(2)  Susan Taylor-Colby, "Dudley Emerson Jones" at Ancestry.com, at [http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/1036595/photo/684ef403-68d2-4f8a-abdb-dbe915bc65fe] (accessed 30 January 2013). Photo of Dudley Emerson Jones.

A Family Treasure

Last summer we were able to visit a distant relative that I had never met, and my husband hadn't seen in years.  He knew I'd been doing some family research, and when he heard we would be coming, he pulled out several boxes of family pictures and documents.

For a while, all we did was pore over them all, trying to figure out who was who.  Making guesses from the few pictures that were labeled (yet another reminder that ALL photos should be labeled for those future generations who might be curious).  I had started scanning in the photos we'd viewed, when he pulled out an army green bag.  When he pulled out an old family Bible, my heart skipped a beat. 

Understand, I hadn't found a lot of information on this particular side of the family, and didn't really have any leads.  And then he showed us the family pages, from not one, but two family Bibles.  I don't know what happened to the other Bible, but the family pages had been removed and placed in another larger Bible.  These pages appear to have been filled out by the parents of George W. Hussong.  I now have the names of the parents of George W. Hussong and plenty of leads to continue the search.

Here are pages from the oldest Bible (we're assuming), and transcriptions next to them.

PARENTS' RECORD.

FATHER.  Andrew B. Hussong 

was bornd November the 2, 1822.

Rebecca Dorrel 

was bornd August the 15 - 1834.

Andrew B. Hussong and 

Rebecca Dorrel was married 

MOTHER.  October the 27, 1853

Peter Jacob Been was bornd 

December the 25th, 1838

BIRTHS

George W Hussong

was bornd November the 13. 1854

Joseph Hussong was bornd

July the 18. 1857

Mary Jane Hussong was bornd

September the 24. 1858

Maliesa Carline Hussong

was bornd November the

2  1860

Rebeca Hussong was bornd

July the 18, 1863.

Myrtle May Leslie was

Bornd Febaury the 27th on sunday 1897

MARRIAGES.

George W Hussong was converted august 

the 23, 1869 and was united to the 

church and baptised the 25, 1869

our Little Baby Leslie

was borned on Thursday 

the 13th 1900

Myrtle Leslie wase Borned

febarury the 27 day on

Sunday evening 1897

DEATHS.

Joseph Hussong

departed this life

July the 28 1857

Mary Jane Hussong

departed this life

Febuary the 15. 1859

Rebeca Hussong departed this

this life July the 18, 1863

Rebeca Hussong Junior departed

this life September the 14, 1863

Malica Caroline departed

this life July the tenth, 10, 1866

A B Hussong departed this

life Febuary the 14, 1883

Mr. George W. Hussong,

Died April, 3  1929.

If you recognize anyone from these listings or would like higher resolution images, please contact me.  And thank you again Bill for a great visit, and for one of the greatest treasures we've ever received.

Sunday's Obituary - Charles Joseph Deller

C. J. DELLER DROWNS

Former Coffeyville painter and O. C. S. Employe [sic] Falls from Motorboat.

    C.J. Deller, 33, painter and paperhanger and O. C. S. Mfg. Company employe [sic] here until two years ago, when he moved to Tulsa, drowned Saturday when he fell from a motorboat into deep water near Ketchum, Okla.
    Persons on the bank said that immediately after Mr. Deller started the motorboat, it whirled around several times and he plunged into the water.  Mr. Deller had gone to Ketchum to spend the week-end fishing.
    He was born July 22, 1905, at Kane, Pa., and came to Coffeyville with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Deller, 907 Delaware street, in 1911.
    Mr. Deller's death was reported to have been the fourth drowning near Ketchum within 24 hours.
    Besides relatives mentioned, Mr. Deller is survived by his wife, Mrs. Thelma Deller; a 14-year-old son, Charles Deller, jr., who was visiting his grandparents at Neosho, Mo.; six sisters, Mrs. Charles Koehlhoeffer and Mrs. Ora Bonham, both of Coffeyville, Mrs. W. T. Stegall of Denver, who is visiting in Coffeyville, Mrs. Vernon Syons and Mrs. C. H. Jackson, both of Sommerset, Pa., and Mrs. J. A. Longnecker of Earlsboro, Okla., and two brothers, George and Ted Deller, both of Coffeyville.
    Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. H. Austin Smith, pastor of the First Christian Church, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Skinner funeral home.  Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.  Members of the painters' local union will be pallbearers.

Sunday's obituary is a daily blogging prompt used by many genealogy bloggers to help them post content on their sites.  To participate in Sunday’s Obituary, post obituaries along with other information about that person. This is an ongoing series developed by Leslie Ann at Ancestors Live Here.

Wordless Wednesday - Charles Joseph Deller

Digital image of Mable Alice Roark, Charles Joseph Deller, unknown girl, unknown boy,
unknown man, c. 1923, probably SE Kansas, original held by D. & M. Deller, Tulsa, OK. c. 2011

Besides the interesting hairdo and hats, the first thing I noticed was what appeared to be 'sand dunes'.  In fact, they're probably chat piles; remains from the ever present lead mining in SE Kansas, NE Oklahoma, and SW Missouri.  Charles worked in those mines in Picher, Oklahoma for a short time.  You can read more about it in this article about the Legacy of Mining and in an article, "Growing up in the Shadow of the Chat Piles."

Tombstone Tuesday - Charles Joseph Deller

Digital image of Gravestone for Charles Joseph Deller,
Fairview Cemetery, Coffeyville, KS, A. B. Deller, February 2010

Charles Joseph Deller was born in Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1905 to Peter and Carrie Deller.[1]  He died in a drowning accident July 15, 1939 near Ketchum, Oklahoma.[2] This is another one of those instances where the gravestone isn't accurate.

[1] Diller, not named entry, McKean County Births, Return of Births 1904-1905, File Number 29.
[2] Charles J Deller, Ketchum, Mayes, OK death certificate 12310 (15 July 1939).