Heinrich Schömbs (James) of Evansville IN

Heinrich Schoembs-James of Evansville

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The Story of Heinrich Schoembs-James (1810-1889)

For several years we had documentation of a Schoembs family living in Evansville, Indiana, in the 1860-70 timeframe. They appeared in the 1870 Census, some City Directories, and there was documentation of their children's marriages. But that was all. We did not know from where Henry Schoembs had come, nor what happened to the family after the 1870s. They vanished! They did not appear in the 1880 Census, or other sources. A good friend of Emily Bocko's, Jean Wiseman, who lives in Evansville, had assisted and found the above mentioned references.

1870 Evansville Census

Only after realizing that at least two other early Schömbs emigrants had changed their surname from "Schoembs" to "James", did we think to search for the Heinrich Schoembs family under a new surname. The search was successful! The result has had multiple ramifications in solving the riddle of Heinrich Schoembs of Evansville.

On May, 8, 1873, John Schoembs-James married Rosa Schnabel. They do not appear in the 1880 Census. However, in the Census does appear Rosa James, a 25 year old widow, with twin six year old daughters. The significant point is that she and her daughters are living with the Schnabels! A very logical situation, if her maiden name was Schnabel. Rosa is enumerated as having German parents -- i.e. the Schnabels. Maggie Schnabel, also a widow, is enumerated as being born in Rheinpfalz (Germany). This all is part of the evidence that the Schoembs family changed their name to James.

1880 Evansville Census

Finally, in Carmi, Illinois, in the 1880 Census, appears a Henry James family. Carmi is a town 30 miles to the west of Evansville, IN.

1880 Carmi, IL, Census

The similarities between the Henry James family in Carmi in 1880, and the Henry Schoembs family in 1870 are indisputable. Henry was born in 1810 in Hesse Darmstadt; his wife Lucy was born in 1810 in Prussia; their daughter Margaret/Maggie was born in 1851 in Kentucky; and their son Joseph was born in 1854 in Indiana. It is clear that they are the same family. In 1870 their son John lived with them. By 1880 he had married and died (husband of Rosa James, above). Their son Henry Jr., born in 1843 in Ohio, was not living with them in 1870, but was in 1880. He is enumerated as a widower in the 1880 Census. While the family probably would never have used a hypenated name in the 19th Century, i.e. "Schoembs-James", we do use it in this chapter for those persons who were born a "Schoembs" but died a "James". This was true for Henry and Lucy as well as four of their five children. All their children with the exception of Mary (*1843) changed their family name. By the time they did this Mary had married and took on the family name of her husband.

The Birth of Heinrich Schoembs (James)

Two factors allow us to identify the German family into which Heinrich Schömbs was born. First, we have the birthdate for Heinrich from the burial monument (see below). He was born 24 June 1810 in Hahnheim, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany. Hahnheim is located three kilometers (2 miles) north of Undenheim, the home of Zacharias Schömbs. Second, Heinrich was one of a handful of Schömbs emigrants who changed their surname to James. In all cases the change was made years after they emigrated. In Amerika they lived far apart in different states. Click on the Link to the James Family Name, for more information. Therefore they were undoubtedly close in both relationship and geography in Germany, prior to their emigration. They knew each other and stayed in contact after emigration.

Given this logic, Heinrich Schoembs James (*1810) was most assuredly born in Hahnheim, the son of Martin (*1777) and Regina Schömbs. We have the birthrecord for Heinrich. We have no other documentation of his life in Germany, consistent with someone who emigrated and therefore neither married nor died in Germany.

The following logic was used to calculate a range of birthdates, prior to finding the headstone at the cemetery: "Our information on the birth in Hahnheim, however, only states the year as 1810. We do not have the month and day. If we really had confidence in the Census information, we could pin his birthday down to between 12 June and 10 July of 1810. Heinrich was enumerated as being 60 years old in the 1870 Census (recorded on 10 July 1870) and 69 in the 1880 Census (recorded on 11 June 1880). But this might be expecting too much from Census data." Now that the headstone has been located and the date is stated as 24 June 1810, the date range is validated. But generally Census information is not this reliable. (jds)

The Emigration and Marriage of Heinrich Schoembs (James)

While we have no specific record of the emigration of Heinrich from Germany, nor his immigration into Amerika, we can piece together the puzzle from the following logic:

Per the 1870 and 1880 Census information, Lucy Schoembs (Heinrich's wife) is shown to have come from Prussia, while Heinrich is from Hessen Darmstadt. Therefore it is unlikely that Heinrich and Lucy knew each other in Germany. It is possible they met on the boat from Europe. Otherwise they met in their new country. Their first child Maria was married in 1860 to Caspar Limberg. She was probably at least 18 years old, giving her a birthyear of no later than 1842. The first major Germany emigration to Amerika did not begin until the mid-1840s. Therefore Heinrich, and Lucy, were at the very front of the wave.

It is from the cemetery monuments that we now know the dates of birth and death of many of the family members. Lucy was born Lucia Frisse (*29.01.1810, +21.06.1891 Carmi). Heinrich Schoembs married Lucy Frisse. It was a number of years later when they changed their name to James.

I would speculate that Heinrich and Lucy each emigrated about 1840. They met, married, and had their first child in 1842. This makes Heinrich one of the first Schömbs emigrants, of whom we are aware, to Amerika. It also makes him one of the earliest Schömbs emigrants to any country. Thomas Schembs (*1770 Gundheim) emigrated to Brazil in 1825. In 1840 Heinrich was 30 years old. Lucy was 31. Further research might shed more light on the subject.

From the marriage records of two of their children, we have information about Lucy, Heinrich's wife. However, the information is in conflict. Per the 1860 marriage record for their daughter Maria, her mother's maiden name is Lucy Trisse. However, from the 1865 marriage record for their son John Henry, his mother's maiden name was Lucy Hezzelmann. As noted below, Lucy's maiden name was most likely neither of the above, but rather Frisse.

Where They Lived in Amerika

A small number of the family emigrants, when arriving in Amerika, spent their first few years moving before they settled down in their final home. Heinrich, and his wife Lucy, appear to have been more mobile than most. But then, they were also the earliest. The country was changing rapidly and the emigration wave was beginning to burst. The first evidence of an address for the Schoembs is in 1864. They are listed in the Evansville, IN, City Directory as living at Canal Street and 6th. It then says Lamasco, which was a district or part of Evansville. However, from the various Census information for the family, it appears that Evansville was at least their third stop. The 1880 Census indicates that Henry, their first born, was born in 1843 in Ohio. Census information on births only includes the state or country, not the city. This is the only citation of the family living in Ohio, so there is a possibility that it is in error. Census information for both John Henry (*1848) and Margaret/Maggie (*1851), however, indicates that they were born in Kentucky. Given that this information appears in four different Census (1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910), it is undoubtedly correct. These four Census give KY as the birthplace of Maggie. The 1870 Census is the only Census in which John Henry is shown, and he is identified as being born in KY. A search of the Kentucky Census for 1850 does not find the Schoembs. Their last child, Joseph (*1854), was born in Indiana, and most likely Evansville. Their oldest child Maria was married in Evansville in 1860, and son John Henry married in Evansville in 1865. City Directories for Evansville list the Schoembs starting in 1864 and continuing through 1872. Since the revelation of the name change to James was made after the City Directory information was researched, we must now go back and look for the family in the mid-late-1870's in Evansville. We know the family had moved to Carmi, Illinois, by the date of the 1880 Census. The U.S. Census for 1890 was destroyed in a fire in Washington, D.C., and therefore no longer exists. By 1900 Henry and Lucy would have been 90 years old and probably had passed away. At this time we assume that Henry and Lucy lived the rest of their lives in Carmi. Since at least two of their children were also living in Carmi, this should be a reasonable assumption. We should locate death and burial information in Carmi in the near future. Generally the names of emigrants (e.g. Heinrich Schoembs of Evansville, IN) remain consistant in these chapters. However, in the case of this family and the change of the family name to James, we will attempt to use "Schoembs-James" for Heinrich, Lucy, and their children who were born and christened as "Schoembs" and died as "James". Where the some of the children of Henry and Lucy lived is still unclear. Maggie and Joseph, the two youngest, went with the parents to Carmi and lived their lives in southern Illinois. John Henry Schoembs James' widow, Rosa, appears to have stayed in Evansville and raised her family. Henry, Jr., was living with the family in Carmi in 1880, but no trace of him has been found after that date. Finally, Maria married in Evansville and most likely raised her family there.

Their Lives in Evansville

To locate Evansville, Indiana click on the map. There is an interesting excise tax assessment list from the year 1862. (Note: when the images of old records appear blurry, try zooming in. You might find a zoom level which is significantly improved,) The assessment lists Henry Schoembs on lines 19 and 20 as being in the wholesale liquor business and owing $22.92 in taxes, apparently the license required for operating his business. From the Evansville City Directories we can learn some things about the occupations and residences of Henry:

1864 - (res) w s 5th Av bet Canal and 6th, Lamasco
1866 - (bus) Casper Limberg & Co, (res) w s 5th Av bet Canal and 6th, Lamasco
1870 - (bus) saw mill, (res) w s 5th Av bet Canal and 6th, Lamasco
1872 - (res) w s 5th Av, bet 5th and 6th Sts

It is interesting to note that in 1866 Henry is listed as working for his son-in-law, Casper Limberg. But a few years later he is working at a sawmill. In 1872 Henry would have been 62 years old. No occupation is given for him.

Based upon the Census from the years 1870 and 1880 together with the Evansville City Directoris, the timing of their change of name from Schoembs to James might have occurred simultaneously with their move to Carmi, IL. This was in the mid- to late-1870's.

The St. Polycarp Cemetery

Several family members are buried at the St. Polycarp Cemetery, located to the west of Carmi.


John James (1848-1879) click to enlarge	Heinrich James (1810-1889) click to enlarge	Lucy James (1810-1891) click to enlarge	Earl E. "Doc" James (1888-1957) click to enlarge

The Reitz Family in Evansville

Oral history for the James family tells us that their forefathers who lived in Evansville were related to the "Reitz" family, and that the Reitz home is now a historic home in Evansville. A search of the yielded a website for the Reitz Home Museum. The website gives much interesting information about the Reitz family in Germany prior to emigration, and the Evansville family of John August Reitz (*1815 Dorlar, +1891 Evansville).

The Reitz Family Home/Museum

Franz Josef Reitz (*1779 Dorlar, +1862 Evansville) married three times in Germany. His first wife died in 1810, two weeks after delivering their third child. Franz Josef remarried the following year. His second wife died in 1819, having given birth to five more children. Franz married for the third time in 1821. They had nine more children. (note- of the seventeen children of Franz Josef Reitz, five did not survive past the age of six months) Two of the Reitz children married into the Limberg family (see reference below where the Schoembs family marries into the Limberg family in Evansville). Franz Josef, his third wife Ernestine Wehn Reitz, and ten of his children emigrated to Amerika. Whether they all emigrated together is not known, nor is it known if they all came to Evansville. Their oldest son appears to have emigrated in 1844. Their second oldest child who emigrated was Johann August Reitz (*1815, +1891). Per the website of the Reitz Home Museum "John Augustus Reitz had already made his fortune in lumber by the mid-1850's". In 1839 John August married Catherine Gertrude Frisse (*1820, +1893). Again, from the oral history we know Henry and Lucy Schoembs were in some way related to the Reitz family. We can now see that Lucy's maiden name must have been Frisse, not Trisse or Hezzelman as other documentation suggests. Lucy was born in 1809. Assuming that she was the sister of Catherine Frisse, rather than the cousin, Lucy was the older sister of Catherine Frisse Reitz.

The Deaths of Heinrich and Lucy

Heinrich passed away on 8 February 1889 in Carmi, Illinois. Lucy followed Heinrich two years later on 21 June 1891.

Descendants of Henry Schoembs-James

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5.1 Henry Jr. (*~1842)	5.4 Margaret (*1851)
5.2 Maria "Mary" (*1843)	5.5 Joseph Francis (*1854)
5.3 John Henry (*1848)

Children: (5)

5.1.....Henry Schoembs-James, Jr. (*~1842 Ohio)

Henry appears in several Evansville City Directories:

1864 - (bus) turner, (res) w s 5th Av bet Canal and 6th, Lamasco
1866 - (bus) turner, (res) n e s 3rd bet Sycamore and Vine
1870 - (bus) turner, wks C.Armstrongs
1872 - (bus)

Then in 1880, Henry Jr. is enumerated in the Census as living in Carmi, IL, with his parents, sister Maggie, and brother Joseph. He is indicated to be 37 years old, either a widower or divorced (this is indicated by the mark in the fifth column to the right of his age), working as an Engineer in a mill, and having been born in Ohio. Nothing else is known about his marriage, or if they had children.

At this time we have no other information about Henry Jr. He seems to have just disappeared.

5.2.....Maria "Mary" A. Schoembs-James (*about 19.12.1843 Maysville KY, +08.10.1920 Evansville IN)

We know first of Maria from the documentation of her marriage to Caspar Limberg (*21.07.1828 Dorlar, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, +19.06.1898 Evansville IN) on 27 November 1860. At the time of their wedding Mary was 17 years old and Caspar 31. As mentioned above, Maria is cited as the daughter of Henry and Lucy Trisse Schaems. Maria's name was entered as Maria Schaems. Witnesses at the marriage were August Reitz (see Johann August Reitz above) and Adam Muller. Caspar Limberg was the son of Frederick Limberg and Helena Reitz. This is a third case of the Limberg and Reitz families marrying. Caspar was the second of at least seven children of Frederick and Helena.

From Evansville City Directories we can learn more about the Caspar Limberg family:

1863 - (bus) wagon manufacturing, sw corner High and Fulton Ave; (res) se corner Fulton Ave and 3rd, Lamasco
1864 - (bus) same; (res) n side of Front, betw Pearl and 6th Ave, Lamasco
1866 - (bus) wholesale cabinet ware mfg, n side 4th, bet 6th and 7th Aves, Lamasco; (res) n s Water, bet Pearl and 6th Ave, Lamasco
1868 - (bus) blacksmith and wagonmaker, nw cor Front and 5th Ave, Lamasco; (res) Front, bet 5th and 6th Avs, Lamasco
1870 - (bus) blacksmith and wagonmaker, nw cor Water and 5th Ave; (res) n side Water, betw Pearl and 6th Ave, Lamasco
1872 - (bus) blacksmith and wagonmaker, nw cor 5th and Front, Lamasco; (res) n side Water St, bet 6th Av and Pearl St.

In 1880 Caspar is enumerated in the Census as a wagonmaker. The family is on the last three lines of Page 13 of Perry Township in Vanderburgh County. They then continue on the first six lines of Page 14. Their sons Henry and Frederick, ages 16 and 13 respectively, work for their father. While the Census is difficult to read, zooming in makes it relatively clear.

Children: (9)

9.1.....Matilda "Julia" Limberg (*15.09.1861 Evansville IN, +13.07.1925 Evansville IN)

Julia married John Baptist Schmitt (*15.05.1849 Evansville IN

Children: (3)

3.1.....Maria Margaret Schmitt (*30.04.1883 Evansville IN)

3.2.....John William Schmitt (*12.07.1885 Evansville IN)

3.3.....Julia Maria Anna Schmitt (*10.10.1887 Evansville IN, +20.04.1979 Owensboro KY)

Julia and David Henry Brown (*06.05.1884, +11.03.1964 Evansville IN) were married on 9 April 1908.

Children: (3)

3.1..... Emmarena Brown

3.2.....Milton R. Brown

3.3.....Madelyn Brown

9.2.....Henry Frederick Limberg (*21.12.1863 Vanderburgh Cty IN, +30.10.1942 Marshall, Harrison Cty TX)

Henry was baptised in the Trinity Catholic Church on 17 Jan 1864, just before the Civil War commenced. Read the record of the baptism. Note that his grandparents, Henry and Lucia Schoembs, were the sponsors and the spelling of the family name.

Henry married Wilhelmina "Minnie" Sophia Brune (*12.03.1868 Mt. Vernon OH, +16.11.1943 Marshall TX). In 1900 they lived at 1618 Law Avenue in Evansville. Henry was a "bench" carpenter. They rented the home.

In about 1901 Henry and his family had moved to Marshall TX, in the eastern part of the state. In 1910 seven of their nine children were living. Henry was a carpenter for the railroad. By 1920 the three youngest sons were living at home, as was Marie, who at age 28 was a widow.

Children: (9)

9.1.....Caroline Sophia "Carrie" Limberg (*22.10.1889 Florence AL, +05.04.1972 Marshall TX)

Carrie married Duncan Crowell.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Charles Henry Crowell (*11.03.1914 Marshall TX, +31.03.2003 Longview, Marshall Cty TX)

Charles married Evelyn O, Hellberg (*24.06.1919 TX, +13.11.2013 Marshall TX). The ceremony took place in Marshall on 12 April 1939.

Children: (5)

5.1.....Pam Crowell

Pam married a man by name of Brocato.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Trey Brocato

2.2.....Nicholas Brocato

5.2.....Tommy Crowell

5.3.....Charles Crowell

5.4.....Charlotte Crowell

Charlotte married a man by the name of Sneed.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Alan Sneed

2.2.....Aaron Sneed

5.5.....Margaret Crowell

Margaret married a man by the name of Darby.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Bryan Darby

3.2.....Craig Darby

3.3.....John Darby

9.2.....Anna Maria "Marie" Limberg (*04.09.1891 Evansville IN, +02.06.1950 Oxnard CA)

Marie appears to have married twice. The first was to a Mr. Rosborough. Rosborough passed away as a young man and Marie later married Walter Blackmore. In 1920 Marie was a widow living with her parents and working as a trimmer in a millinery store.

9.3.....Bertha Wilhelmina Limberg (*27.07.1893 Evansville IN, +San Bernadino CA)

Bertha married Tom Bruff.

9.4.....Gustav Edward Limberg (*29.03.1896 Evansville IN, + 16.03.1979 New York NY)

9.5.....Theodore Frederick Limberg (*14.05.1898 Evansville IN, +19.11.1899 Evansville IN)

9.6.....Carl Louis Limberg (*22.05.1900 Evansville IN, +19/12/1925 Los Angeles CA)

Carl, age 19, was a manager at a storage battery company in the 1920 Census.

9.7.....Helen Matilda Limberg (*12.05.1903 Marshall TX, +15.11.1906 Marshall TX)

9.8.....Edward John Limberg (*22.09.1905 Marshall TX, +04.09.1968 Marshall TX)

In 1920 Edward, 14, was a delivery boy for the newspaper. Ten years later he was a battery man in an auto shop.

9.9.....Joseph Francis Limberg (*21.03.1909 Marshall TX, +24.02.1978 Jefferson TX)

In 1930 Joe was a clerk at the creamery, single and living at home. He later married.

Children: (??)

??.1.....Marguerite Limberg (*1951 Harrison Cty TX)

Marguerite married Artie Hawthorne (*abt 1953). They live in Jefferson, TX.

9.3.....Frederick Limberg (*1867 IN)

Frederick married Katherine (*1866 IL) in 1896. They had one child, of whom we are aware.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Mary Limberg (*1898 IN)

9.4.....Mamie Limberg (*about 1869 IN)

Mamie does not appear in the 1880 Census. And in the 1900 Census it looks like Mary Schoembs Limberg (*1843) says she had born 8 children, 7 of whom were still living. If so, Mamie was probably the non-survivor.

9.5.....Gertrude Limberg (*21.05.1871 Evansville IN, +20.05.1952 Evansville IN)

Gertrude and Christian F. Meyer (*abt 1874/1875, +07.01.1961 Evansville IN) were married in the St. Boniface Church in Evansville on 2 January 1902.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Raymond Frederick Meyer (*26.08.1906 Vanderburgh Cty IN, +26.05.1992 Evansville IN)

Lillian E Branch (*, +24.09.2003 Evansville IN) and Raymond were married 9 December 1937.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Donald C. Meyer

Donald and Betty married. They had two children.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Diana Meyer

2.2.....Karen Meyer

3.2.....Lillian Ann Marie Meyer (*27.09.1909 Evansville IN, +)

On 16 September 1939 in Evansville Lillian and Noah Webster Simens (*20.07.1912) married. We have no information about them after the marriage.

3.3.....Gladys Gertrude Meyer (*07.09.1914 Evansville IN, +)

9.6.....Gustav Edward Limberg (*01.09.1873 Evansville IN, +30.10.1939 Lewis & Clark County MT)

There is no information about the life of Gustav Edward.

9.7.....August Limberg (*1874 IN)

Was there a 9.6 Gustav Edward AND a 9.7 August? Or are they the same person? The 1880 Census only shows one. See LiveLinks below. Also, look at the 1900 Census for Mary Schoembs Limberg (1843). It is a little hard to read but it looks like bore 8 children, not 9, 7 of whom were living in 1900.

9.8.....Clara Limberg (*Dec 1875 IN)

Clara and Ernst C. Feldhaus (*18.05.1873 Evansville IN, +25.01.1955 Evansville IN married in the St. Boniface Church in Evansville on 29 November 1900.

Children: (5)

5.1.....Irene Mathilda Feldhaus (*26.10.1901 Evansville IN, +10.03.1991 Evansville IN)

Irene married Urban Leonard Mayer (*16.04.1900 Indiana, +17.12.1988 Evansville IN). The wedding was in the St. Boniface Church in Evansville on 10 November 1926.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Mary Louise Mayer (*15.02.1928 Evansville IN, +05.07.2004 Evansville IN)

Mary Louise and George Henry Fehrenbacher (*29.08.1927 Vanderburgh Cty IN, +24.05.2014 Warrick Cty IN) married in Sacred Heart Church in Evanston.

Children: (7)

7.1.....Judith Ann Fehrenbacher (*1949 Evansville IN)

Judith and Frederick Sylvester Gries (*1949 Evansville IN) married in the St. Wendel Church in Posey County IN.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Jennifer Lyn Gries (*1971 Evansville IN)

Brian Rogge married on 20 June 1998 in the St. Joseph Church in German Township IN.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Briana Lyn Rogge (*2001)

2.2.....Mariah Ann Rogge (*2006)

3.2.....Stephanie Ann Gries (*1973 Evansville IN)

On 20 July 1996 in the St. Joseph Churh, German Township, Stephanie and Thomas Edward Brown (*1971) were wed.

3.3.....Kimberly Sue Gries (*1976 Evansville IN)

James Ryan Flener (*1976 Evansville IN) married in Poseyville IN on 21 October 1995.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Cassandra Sue Flener (*1995 Evansville IN)

2.2.....Ashley Renee Flener (*1998 Evansville IN)

7.2.....Doris Jean Fehrenbacher (*1950 Evansville IN)

Doris married Ronald Lee Duncan (*19490. The ceremony was in St Wendel Church, Posey County IN on 18 July 1970.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Brandon Duncan (*1983 Evansville IN, +1983 Evansville IN)

7.3.....Wayne Allen Fehrenbacher (*1953 Evansville IN)

Wayne and Diane Marie Keil (*1955) were married in 1975.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Tony Wayne Fehrenbacher (*1975 Evansville IN)

Tony and Jessica Ann Michi (*1977 Evansville IN) were married on 5 June 1999. The ceremony was at St. Wendel Church, Posey County.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Katelyn Mary Fehrenbacher (*2005 Warrick Cty IN)

3.2.....Ethan Michl Fehrenbacher (*2009 Warrick Cty IN)

3.3.....Emma Elizabeth Fehrenbacher (*2013 Warrick Cty IN)

4.2.....Craig Allen Fehrenbacher (*1977 Evansville IN)

Craig and Kelly Janell Seib (*1978 Evansville IN) married on 24 September 2005 in the Saints Peter and Paul Church in Haubstadt IN.

4.3.....Keith Keil Fehrenbacher (*1983 Evansville IN)

4.4.....Jeremy George Fehrenbacher (*1987 Evansville IN)

Jeremy and Erin Marie Brown (*abt 1988) were married in 2012. The wedding was on 23 June in the Holy Family Church in New Albany IN.

7.4.....male Fehrenbacher (*06.06.1956 Evansville IN, +06.06.1956)

Wayne and Diane had a son who died at the time of his birth in 1956,

7.5.....George Leonard Fehrenbacher (*1959 Evansville IN)

George married Lisa Morton (*1959) on 20 August 1988.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Wesley George Fehrenbacher (*1990 Evansville IN)

7.6.....Karla Jo Fehrenbacher (*1963 Evansville IN)

Karla and Jeffrey Alan Tieken (*1964 Evansville IN) were married in the St. Wendel Church, Posey County IN.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Jacob Zachary Tieken (*1994)

2.2.....Joshua Matthew Tieken (*1996 Evansville IN)

7.7.....Carol Sue Fehrenbacher (*1965 Evansville IN)

Carol Sue and her husband Kevin Ivan Wilzbacher (*1960 Evansville IN) were married in the St. Wendel Church, Posey County IN. Their first attempt at building a family resulted in triplets!

Children: (3)

3.1.....Tanner Kevin Wilzbacher (*1993 Evansville IN)

3.2.....Dustin Kerry Wilzbacher (*1993 Evansville IN)

3.3.....McKenzie Morgan Wilzbacher (*1993 Evansville IN)

4.2.....Richard Joseph Mayer (*24.07.1931 Evansville IN, +19.05.1994 Evansville IN)

Richard and Jeurice Winiger married in the Corpus Christi Church in Evansville IN. The date was 15 February 1958.

4.3.....Dolores Amelia Mayer (*19.10.1935 Evansville IN, +21.12.2015 Evansville IN)

At this moment we do not have the given name of Dolores's husband Scheller (*16.02.1935 Evansville IN, +01.09.2004 El Paso TX). Their marriage was in the Sacred Heart Church in Evansville.

Children: (6)

6.1.....Jerry Rodney Scheller (*1953 Indianapolis IN)

Jerry married Maria Wendell on 10 August 1981.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Courtney Jade Scheller (*1983)

Courtney and Danan Coleman married.

6.2.....Debra Ann Scheller (*07.10.1955 Evansville IN, +26.09.2012 Evansville IN)

6.3.....Ronald Joseph Scheller (*1957 Evansville IN)

Susan Pettus (*1967) and Ronald Joseph married,

Children: (1)

1.1.....Kendyl K Scheller (*1996 Evansville IN)

6.4.....James Thomas Scheller (*1959 Evansville IN)

James married a woman with the given name Sharilyn.

6.5.....Steven Raymond Scheller (*1961 Evansville IN)

Steven married twice. One of his wives was Brandi McMurtry (*1968). The other was Kelly Anne Carlton (*1967). It is believed that the mother of the three children was Brandi McMurtry.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Taylor Robinson

3.2.....Gage Scheller

3.3.....Grant Scheller

6.6.....Michael Lee Scheller (*21.08.1966 Evansville IN, +)

Michael and Diana Marie Pszczolkowski (*1962) were married in the Neu Chapel, Evansville on 20 February 1993,

Children: (1)

1.1.....Rachel Nicole Scheller (*1994)

4.4.....Elma Jean Aileen Mayer (*09.01.1940 Evansville IN, +21.02.2014 Evansville IN)

Elma Jean and Albert Leo Fairchild (*27.12.1932, +29.03.2017 Evansville IN) married.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Lisa Jo Fairchild (*1975 Evansville IN)

5.2.....Amelia Sophia Feldhaus (*15.04.1904 Evansville IN, +24.04.1979 Evansville IN)

Amelia and Phillip George Koressel (*26.03.1902 Vanderburgh County IN, +20.02.1983 Vanderburgh County IN) were married on 29 Ocdtober 1929 in the St. Boniface Church, Evansville.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Dorothy Clara Koressel (*23.06.1931 Vanderburgh Cty IN, +09.08.2016 Evansville IN)

3.2.....Anna Marie Koressel (*12.12.1942 Vanderburgh Cty IN, +08.01.1966 Vanderburgh Cty IN)

3.3.....Mildred Koressel (*31 Oct ?? Vanderburgh Cty IN, +)

5.3.....Carl Henry Feldhaus (*21.06.1908 Evansville IN, +19.03.1991 Evansville IN)

Carl and Irene M Humpert (*21.07.1911 Indiana married.

Children: (12)

12.1.....Robert E Feldhaus (*19.09.1932 Evansville IN, +26.06.2017 Vanderburgh County IN)

In a ceremony in the St. Agnes Church in Evansville Robert and Martha Ann Wolf (*10.10.1933 Evansville IN, +11.10.2010 Evansville IN) married. The date was 23 October 1954.

12.2.....Donald E Feldhaus (*19.11.1934 Evansville IN, +11.12.2008 Evansville IN)

Don and Mary Meier were wed.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Anthony Ray Feldhaus (*1957 Evansville IN)

4.2.....Cathy Lynn Feldhaus (*1959 Evansville IN)

4.3.....Timothy Feldhaus (*1961)

Timothy and Tracey married.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Brenda Lee Feldhaus

4.4.....Christina Marie Feldhaus

12.3.....Karleen Ann Feldhaus (*19.07.1938 Evansville IN, +20.01.1989)

Karleen and David R Ziliak (*25.12.1937 Haubstadt, Gibson Cty IN) were married on 3 May 1958 in the Corpus Christi Church in Evansville.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Brian Ziliak (*1961)

Brian married Kim Ice. It is further understood that Brian had two other marriages. His two daughters were from the marriage with Kim.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Nancy Elaine Ziliak (*abt 1988)

Nancy and Derek James Gordon (*abt 1984) married in the Salem United Methodist Church in Vanderburgh County IN. The ceremony was on 3 September 2011.

2.2.....Amy Jean Ziliak

3.2.....Brenda Ann Ziliak (*12.05.1963 Evansville IN, +30.12.2013 Tully NY)

Scott Michael Hafler married Brenda on 7 July 1990 in the Holy Redeemer Church in Evansville.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Joseph Michael Hafler (*1991)

3.2.....Megan Elizabeth Hafler

3.3.....Sarah Karleen Hafler

3.3.....Bret Thomas Ziliak (*1966)

Bret was married twice. From the marriage with Diane Michele there were four children, three sons and a daughter. Bret's other marriage was with Kerri Jean Harp.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Thomas Nelson Ziliak (*1996)

4.2.....Karlee may Ziliak (*1998)

4.3.....Samuel Cole Ziliak (*2002 Evansville IN)

4.4.....Ben Ziliak

12.4.....Marvin Louis Feldhaus (*1940 Evansville IN)

Marvin and Judy Lynn Morneweg (*1956 Evansville IN) were married in 1991.

12.5.....Wayne Charles Feldhaus (*1941 Evansville IN)

Gwendolyn Jane Fray (*25.03.1948 Centertown KY, +15.02.2016 Evansville IN) and Wayne married. They had three children. Wayne later married Rose Mary Spangler. The wedding was on 28 August 1976 at St. Theresa Church in Evensville.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Melia Dianne Reine Feldhaus (*1967 Evansville IN)

Melia and Scott Barfanger married.

Children: (3)

3.1.....daughter Barfanger

3.2.....Scott Barfanger

3.3.....Nathaniel Barfanger

3.2.....Mark Dennis Feldhaus

3.3.....Jeffrey Feldhaus

Jeffrey married Jane Padfield

Children: (2)

2.1.....Jacob Wyatt Feldhaus (*1998 Evansville IN)

2.2.....Jasmin Amanda Feldhaus

12.6.....Thomas Leo Feldhaus (*1944 Evansville IN)

Thomas and Marleen Sue Swift (*1949) married. The ceremony was held in the St. Agnes Church in Evansville on 7 October 1967.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Eric Thomas Feldhaus (*1972 Evansville IN)

Eric married Natalie Ann Schwartz Zimmer (*1975).

Children: (3)

3.1.....Cullen Thomas Feldhaus (*2003)

3.2.....Brady Eric Feldhaus (*2006 Warrick County IN)

3.3.....Emmi JeAnn Feldhaus (*2006)

Emmi and Brady are twins.

2.2.....Lisa Renee Feldhaus (*1977 Evansville IN)

Lisa married Scott Michael Schaefer (*1978 Evansville IN) on 8 September 2001 in the St. Agnes Church in Evansville.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Carmen Lee Schaefer (*2004 Warrick County IN)

3.2.....Evan Scott Schaefer (*2006 Warrick County IN)

3.3.....Connor Lee Schaefer (*2017 Warrick County IN)

12.7.....Carol Irene Feldhaus (*1945 Evansville IN)

Carol and David Alan Epley (*1945) were married in the Sacred Heart Church in Evanston. The ceremony took place on 12 September 1964.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Scott Allen Epley (*1965 Evansville IN)

Scott married Kimberly Mackay.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Ashley Epley

3.2.....Emily Epley

3.3.....Zachary Epley

4.2.....Kelly Sue Epley (*21.06.1968 Evansville IN, +24.06.1968 Evansville IN)

4.3.....Shane Michael Epley (*1969 Evansville IN)

Kellie Nan Madden and Shane married on 23 October 1993 in the St. Anthony Church in Evansville,

Children: (2)

2.1.....Joel David Epley (*1995 Evansville IN)

2.2.....Lilynan Grace Epley (*2002 Warrick County IN)

4.4.....Gregory David Epley (*1971)

12.8.....Alan Raymond Feldhaus (*1946 Evansville IN)

Alan and Norma Louise Daniels (*02.06.1947, +25.04.2019 Evansville IN).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Tara Lynn Feldhaus (*1970 Evansville IN)

2.2.....Trisha Ann Feldhaus (*1975 Evansville IN)

Trisha and Gregory Charles Emge (*1976 Evansville IN) married on 13 November 1999 in the Sacred Heart Church in Evansville.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Zachary Alan Emge

2.2.....Emily Rose Emge (*2010 Evansville IN)

12.9.....Mary Ellen Feldhaus (*1947 Evansville IN)

Mary Ellen and Clifford Christian (*1942) married 14 December 1974.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Brandon Lee Christian (*1979 Evansville IN)

12.10.....Larry James Feldhaus (*1948 Evansville IN)

Larry and Ann Marie Vollmer (*1960) were married in St. Agnes Church in Evansville on 14 June 1986.

Children: (2)

2.1..... Alyssa Marie Feldhaus (*1988 Evansville IN)

Alyssa married Joshua Daniel Gilmore (*1982 Huntington, Dubois Cty IN).

Children: (1)

1.1.....child Gilmore

2.2.....Aaron Michael Feldhaus (*1990)

12.11.....Janice Louise Feldhaus (*1950 Evansville IN)

Janice and Steven Lawrence London (*15.08.1950 Evansville IN, +05.09.2000 Evansville IN) married in the Sacred Heart Church in Evansville. The wedding was on 29 January 1972.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Lori Dawn Wicks (*1975)

2.2.....Leah Jo Wicks (*1976)

12.12.....Dennis Keith Feldhaus (*1952 Evansville IN)

Dennis, the twelfth child of Carl and Irene, was married 01 July 1972 to Scarlett Sue Fehr (*1952 Evansville IN). The wedding was in St. Anthony Church in Evansville.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Matthew Dennis Feldhaus (*1975 Evansville IN)

Milissa Lea Hall (*1975) and Matthew Dennis Feldhaus were married 25 September 1999 in Bremen IN on 25 September 1999.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Nyla Jayne Feldhaus (*2004 IN)

2.2.....Livia Feldhaus (*2006 IN)

3.2.....Jason Andrew Feldhaus (*1977 Evansville IN)

Jason and Angela Lynn Hill (*1979 Lafayette IN) married. The wedding took place on the first of June 2002 in the St Boniface Church in Evansville.

3.3.....Amanda Gayle Feldhaus (*1983 Evansville IN)

Eric Daniel Hurd married Amanda on 3 August 2013 in the St. Anthony Church.

5.4.....Clara Anna Feldhaus (*06.06.1915 Evansville IN, +11.10.2011 Evansville IN)

Clara was married 17 June 1939 to Edgar A. Neu (14.06.1911 Evansville IN, +01.07.1992 Evansville IN).

Children: (3)

3.1.....Donald Lee Neu (*1940 Evansville IN)

Don and Mary Margaret Rafferty (*1941 Evansville IN) married.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Troy Allen Neu (*1965 Evansville IN)

3.2.....Todd Edward Neu (*22.09.1968 Evansville IN, +01.11.2011 Newburgh, Warrick Cty IN)

Julie Ann Campbell (*1974) and Todd were married in 1994.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Jordan Isaac Neu

2.2.....Darian Neu

3.3.....Ty Adrian Neu (*1970 Evansville IN)

Ty married a woman with the given name Cathy.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Noah Neu

2.2.....Jacob Neu

3.2.....Gerald Edgar Neu (*1941 Evansville IN)

Gerald and Georgia Lee Cummings (*1951) married in 1972.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Brandon Joseph Neu (*1973)

2.2.....Summer Dion Neu (*1976)

Summer married Bryan R. McDaniel (*~1973) in 2003.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Haley McDaniel

3.3.....Janet Louise Neu (*1950 Evansville IN)

5.5.....Joseph Bernard Feldhaus (*30.10.1917 Evansville IN, +28.07.2006 Evansville IN)

Joseph Bernard married twice. One of his wives was Jo Ann Jeffers (*~1926, +21.05.1975 Evansville IN). The other was Bernice Adler (*~1922, +07.01.2011 Evansville).

9.9.....Anna Mary Limberg (*21.10.1878 Evansville IN, +24.08.1975 Evansville IN)

Anna Mary and Bernard Henry Nunning (*30.11.1866 Evansville IN, +03.02.1937 Evansville IN) married in the St. Boniface Church in Evansville. The ceremony was on 17 November 1903.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Theodore Casper John Nunning (*09.09.1904 Evansville IN, +19.07.1974 Evansville IN)

Theodore married Mary Elizabeth Sullivan (*05.09.1904 Earlington, Hopkins County KY) on 6 June 1933 in St. Agnes Church in Evansville.

Children: (6)

6.1.....James Edward Nunning (*02.05.1934 Evansville IN, +06.07.2000 Vanderburgh County IN)

On 8 February 1954 James and Lucretia Ann Overton (*1939) married.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Cheryl Ann Nunning (*14.08.1955 Evansville IN)

4.2.....Sara Jean Nunning (*06.04.1959 Vanderburgh County IN, +08.04.1959 Vanderburgh)

4.3.....Renee Nunning (*20.03.1962 Evansville IN, +)

Daryl Paul Spindler (*1960 Evansville IN) and Renee were married on 5 August 1988.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Joseph Spindler (*1995 Milwaukee WI)

2.2.....Jacob Spindler (*1998 Nashville, Davidson Cty TN)

4.4.....James Edward Nunning (*1963 Evansville IN)

James and Jennifer Redmon (*1972) married on 25 September 1993.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Hadley Renea Nunning (*1994 Evansville IN)

2.2.....Jackson Ryder Nunning (*1999 Evansville IN)

6.2.....Richard John Nunning (*1935 EEE)

Richard and Carolyn Sue Carr (*1938 EEE) were married in the St. Agnes Church, Evansville on 16 June 1956.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Richard Dale Nunning (*1957 EEE)

Richard Dale married Barbara Ann Koressel (*1959 EEE). The ceremony was in Holy Spirit Church in Evansville on 1 March 1980.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Lori Ann Nunning (*1982 EEE)

2.2.....Samuel Dale Nunning (*1990 EEE)

Sam and Ashley Schuetz (*~1990) were married on 5 July 2013 in Destin FL.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Ensley Dayle Nunning (*2020 Warrick County IN)

2.2.....Berkley Nunning

3.2.....Michael Kerth Nunning (*1958 EEE)

Michael married Dawn Marie Alexander (*1960 Indianapolis IN). The ceremony was held in the Salem UM Church in Evansville.,

Children: (2)

2.1.....Heather Nicole Nunning (*1982 EEE)

2.2.....Michael Kerth Nunning (*1985 EEE)

Michael and Elizabeth Mary Govert (*~1984) married.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Waylon Michael Kerth Nunning (*2015 EEE)

3.3.....Patricia Sue Nunning (*1960 EEE)

Patricia's first marriage was with James Alan Patton (*1957). They were wed in 1983. With James she bore two children. Following their divorce she and Kenneth Allen Merritt (*1957) married and had one son. Her third husband was Timothy Joseph Steinkamp (*1965 EEE). Their wedding took place in St. Agnes Church in Evansville on 26 January 1991. They too had one son.

Children: (4)

With James Patton (2):

4.1.....Jamie Lynn Patton (*1984 EEE)

Ryan Parks Fonte (*1981 Marion IN) and Jamie were married in the St. Agnes Church in Evansville. The ceremony took place on 6 August 2005.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Taylor Lynn Fonte (*2005 Warrick County IN)

4.2.....James Alan Patton III (*11.01.1986 EEE, +12.06.1997 EEE)

With Kenneth Merritt (1)):

4.3.....Joshua Allen Merritt (*1989 EEE)

With Timothy Steinkamp (1):

4.4.....Jonathon Joseph Steinkamp (*1992 EEE)

6.3.....Robert Henry Nunning (*1936 EEE)

Robert and Mary Lou Cross (*17.03.1928 Princeton, Gibson County IN, +23.09.2010 EEE) were married in November 1965. They had no children of whom we are aware.

6.4.....William Theodore Nunning (*1939 EEE)

William and Carol Ann Weir (*1941) married. The ceremony was held in the St. Agnes Church in Evansville on 18 June 1960.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Lisa Gehl Nunning (*14.06.1961 EEE, 15.06.1961 EEE)

3.2.....William Theodore Nunning (*1962 EEE)

William and Pamela Sue Hockman (*~1959) married.

3.3.....Timothy Wayne Nunning (*1964 EEE)

Tina Ann Trautvetter (*1967) married in the St. Agnes Church in Evansville. The date was 7 August 1990.

6.5.....Sarah Jean Nunning (*12.06.1940 EEE, +17.08.2011 Jacksonville FL)

Sarah and Gay Charles Vincent III (*Youngstown OH) were married in the St. Agnes Church on 17 February 1962.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Pamela Jean Vincent (*1963 EEE)

Pamela and Hugh Delmar Ward (*1960) married.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Jasmine Sherri Ward (*1981 Clevelend OH)

4.2.....Gay Charles Vincent IV (*1964 EEE)

Tammy Sue Sunderman (*1965 EEE) and Gay were married on 20 July 1990.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Adam Thomas Vincent (*1990)

2.2.....Kara Chalynn Vincent (*1994 EEE)

4.3.....Mary Theresa Vincent (*29.08.1965 EEE, +15.02.2017 EEE)

Mary had two husbands. Three of her four children were with Robert Allen Antey (*1973 EEE). She was also married to Danny Robert Bozeman (*1962 EEE).

Children: (4)

4.1.....James Nicholas Vincent (*1983 EEE)

4.2.....Cydney Kaylan Powell (*1991 EEE)

4.3.....Jessie Antey

4.4.....Salem Antey

4.4.....Thomas Wayne Vincent (*07.12.1967 EEE, +08.07.1990 EEE)

Misty (*~1967) and Thomas married. Thomas died at age 22, leaving his wife and a nine month old daughter Emily.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Emily Wain Vincent (*1989 EEE)

6.6.....George Patrick Nunning (*15.04.1944 EEE, +21.11.1989 EEE)

2.2.....Oscar Ernest Nunning (*24.06.1906 EEE, +28.11.1984 EEE)

Oscar and Marie Ann Bassemier (*15.01.1911 EEE, +08.09.1978 EEE) married. The ceremony was in St. Boniface Church in Evansville on 11 October 1932.

Children: (6)

6.1.....Margaret Mary Nunning (*1933 EEE)

Margaret Mary and William Francis Basden (*13.12.1918 Kell IL, +16.07.2012 EEE) married on 19 September 1964 in the Corpus Christi Church in Evansville.

Children: (2)

2.1.....William David Basden (*1965 EEE)

2.2.....Anne Marie Basden (*1968 EEE)

Anne Marie and Heather Brooke Polley (*~1972) married in 2018.

6.2.....Madelyn Ann Nunning (*1935 EEE)

Elmer Anthony Eickhoff (*13.01.1931, +03.02.2009 EEE) wed Madelyn in the St. Boniface Church in Evansville on 21.01.1956.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Lisa Michelle Eickhoff (*1957 EEE)

Lisa married Phillip Ray Fleming (*1957) on 16 October 1982 in the St. Philip Church, Posey County IN)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Nathaniel Ivan Anthony Fleming (*1986 EEE)

On 12 October in Nashville TN Nathaniel and Tyne Whitney Miller (*1985 WWW) were married.

2.2.....Natalie Kathleen Fleming (*1987 EEE)

4.2.....Mark Anthony Paul Eickhoff (*1959 EEE)

Mark Anthony married Mary Ann Kelle (*1964 EEE) on 20 December 1986 in Evansville's Resurrection Church.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Mitchell Anthony Eickhoff (*1989 EEE)

Mallory Brianna Schenk (*1988 EEE) and Mitchell were married on 7 September 2013 in the St. Philip Church, Posey County IN.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Scott Anthony Eickhoff (*2017 Augusta, Richmond Cty GA)

2.2.....Claire Velma Eickhoff (*2019 Augusta, Richmond Cty GA)

3.2.....Caleb Edward Eickhoff (*1991 EEE)

3.3.....Rachel Kelle Eickhoff (*1993 EEE)

4.3.....Laura Ann Eickhoff (*1962 EEE)

Laura and Kent Joseph Reddington (*1959 Louisville KY) married on 8 October 1983 in the St. Philip Church, Posey Cty IN.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Andrew Joseph Reddington (*1986 EEE)

Andrew married Amanda Renee Lee (*1986 Madison, Jefferson Cty IN). The wedding was at Sacred Heart Church in Evansville on 28 May 2011.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Ellee Renee Reddington (*2012 Warrick Cty IN)

3.2.....Everlee Gail Reddington (*2016 Warrick Cty IN)

3.3.....Emmalee Ann Reddington (*2018 Warrick Cty IN)

3.2.....Kathryn Elizabeth Reddinton (*1989 EEE)

Kathryn and Bradley Allen Niemeier (*1989 EEE) wed in the St. Philip Church in Posey County IN on 22 February 2014.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Samuel Andrew Niemeier (*2016 Warrick Cty IN)

2.2.....Gideon Daniel Niemeier (*2018 Warrick Cty IN)

3.3.....Sara Marie Reddington (*1992 EEE)

4.4.....Michael Anthony Eickhoff (*1969 EEE)

Michael and Yvonne Michelle Coy (*1971 McLeansboro IL)

Children: (2)

2.1.....Mason Anthony Eickhoff (*2003 Warrick Cty IN)

2.2.....Macy Rose Eickhoff (*2006 Warrick Cty IN)

6.3.....Bernard Charles Nunning (*1938 EEE)

Bernard and Mary Jane Spahn (*1940 EEE) married in the St. Theresa Church in Evansville. The wedding was on 24 August 1963,

Children: (4)

4.1.....Kathleen Marie Nunning (*1964 Lafayette IN)

Christopher Paul Canning (*1963 Flint, Genesee Cty MI) and Kathleen were married 23 June 1990 in Christ the King Church, Syracuse NY.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Annemarie Judith Canning (*1992 Monroe WI)

Annemarie married Jon Stewart Humphress (*1992 Monroe WI). The wedding took place on 25 April 2020 in Warrick County IN.

Children: (1)

1.1.....William Stewart Humphress (*2016 Warrick Cty IN)

3.2.....Stephen Charles Canning (*1994 Monroe WI)

Hannah L. Wheeler (*1996 Louisville KY) and Stephen were wed on 12 May 2019 in Utica, Kentucky.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Hazel Gray Canning (*2019 Louisville KY)

3.3.....Jack Thomas Canning (*1998 Monroe WI)

4.2.....Karen Ann Nunning (*1966 Lafayette IN)

Karen married James Michael Scaggs (1962 Indianapolis IN). The ceremony took place in Christ the King Church, Liverpool NY on 26 May 1989.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Jessica Renee Scaggs (*1991 Washington DC)

2.2.....Jordan Scaggs (*1993 Virginia)

4.3.....Kimberly Jo Nunning (*1968 Syracuse NY)

Kimberly was married in Liverpool NY in the Christ the King Church on 1 August 1992 to David Allen Seymour (*1967 Rheinbeck NY). They have three children.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Alexandria Reed Seymour (*1995 New York)

3.2.....Rachael Jane Seymour (*1996 New York)

Rachael and Samuel Gilbert (*1997 New York) were married in the Clermont State Historical Site in Germantown NY on 26 May 2018.

3.3.....Katrina Lew Seymour (*2004 New York)

4.4.....Kevin Charles Nunning (*1974 Syracuse NY)

Kevin was married 23 June 2001 in St. Hugo Church in Bloomfield Hills MI to Elizabeth Ann Sinnott (*1975 Greensburg IN) .

Children: (2)

2.1.....Maria Josephine Nunning (*2007 Ann Arbor MI)

2.2.....Andrew Charles Nunning (*2009 Michigan)

6.4.....Walter John Nunning (*1940 EEE)

Walter and Margaret Louise Stichweh (*13.03.1946 Middletown, Butler Cty OH), +25.12.2013 Pensacola FL) married on 19 August 1972 in the St. Ann Church, Gulf Breeze FL.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Katie Louise Nunning (*1975 Pensacola FL)

Katie married David Truman Straw (*1973 TN) on 12 April 2003 in Pensacola FL.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Chloe Elizabeth Straw (*2009 Jacksonville FL)

Chloe and brother Tristan are twins.

2.2.....Tristan Ellison Straw (*2009 Jacksonville FL)

2.2.....Sara Elizabeth Nunning (*1977 Pensacola FL)

Sara and Michael Richard Craig (*1976) married in the Old Christ Church in Pensacola FL on 13 May 2017.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Wyatt Cooper Craig (*2019 Atlanta GA)

6.5.....David Herman Nunning (*1943 EEE)

Father David Nunning

David Nunning went into the priesthood. He was ordained in 1969 in the Corpus Christi Church in Evansville. Many of his working years were in the Sacred Heart Church, from which he retired in 2014. Father Nunning has been a strong voice in the Church's efforts to address and end sexual misconduct with minors in the Church. He was the only clergy on the Diocesan Review Board in the Evansville Diocese, a seven person Board overseeing compliance.

6.6.....Gerald Harold Nunning (*1946 EEE)

Gerald and Donna Elaine Brown (*1949 EEE) married on 6 April 1968 in Corpus Christi TX. The ceremony was in the Corpus Christi Church.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Brian Keith Nunning (*1968 EEE)

Brian married Richelle Lynn Spears (*Washington, Daviess Cty IN) in Evansville on 23 March 1990.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Kristen Marie Nunning (*1990 EEE)

Kristen and Mathew Kast married in August 2015.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Morgan Keith Kast (*2015 Warrick Cty IN)

2.2.....Khloe Mazie Marie Kast (*2017 Orlando FL)

4.2.....Brian-John Korey Nunning (*1992 EEE)

Brian-John and Heather Dawn Reine (*~1991) married in 2015.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Aubrey Dawn Nunning (*2014 EEE)

4.3.....Kiahlie M'Kenzy Nunning (*1994 EEE)

Kiahlie married Adam Brian Alvis (*~1990) in 2012.

4.4.....Kevin Bradley Nunning (*2000 EEE)

2.2.....Eric Scott Nunning (*1974 EEE)

Eric and Leanne Michele Love (*1975 EEE) were married 18 October 1997 in the st. Wendel Church, Posey County IN.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Grant Thomas Nunning (*2004 EEE)

3.2.....Ava Elizabeth Nunning (*2007 EEE)

3.3.....Jaxson Scott Nunning (*2011 EEE)

5.3.....John Henry Schoembs-James (*30.03.1848 Kentucky, +07.11.1879 Evansville)

John Henry, the second son, was married twice. His first marriage was 10 Jan 1865 to Caroline Fabry (*27.11.1846 Joehlingen/Karlsruhe/Baden, +9.01.1877 IN). Caroline emigrated in 1851 as a two-year-old with her parents from Germany to Amerika. The passenger list showing the family is also available.

Caroline is identified in the marriage records as the daughter of Simon and Frances Scherz Fabry. Witnesses were George Lennert and Anthony Lanzing. They were married by a Catholic priest. The transcribed record of their marriage must have the year wrong, as Caroline was clearly a Schoembs by 1868 as shown below.

The next part of the story is a little obscure. It appears that John Henry and Caroline had a child, a daughter in 1865.

Children (3)

3.1.....Francisca Carolina Schoembs (*26.11.1865 Evansville IN)

But there is no other record of Francisca except her probable burial at Saint Joseph Cemetery. Children were not listed in City Directories. Based upon the Cemetery record it appears that Francisca was never a James.

In the 1868 City Directory Caroline Schoembs is listed, but not John Henry. Caroline is shown to work at Mrs. Fabry and S., and be living at n e s 3rd bet Vine and Sycamore. We know nothing about the business Mrs. Fabry and S., but it could have been Caroline's business or that of her mother or sister. Also shown in the 1868 City Directory is a James Schoembs, also living at the 3rd, between Sycamore and Vine address. This is undoubtedly in error. It is probably John Henry, but the upcoming name change slipped into the Directory, also in error.

In the 1870 Directory John Schoembs is listed as a laborer, boarding at the home of Henry Schoembs, Lamasco. Apparently the end of the marriage of John and Caroline was at hand. Similarly in 1872 John Henry is listed as a teamster, living with his parents.

The second marriage of John Henry Schoembs was conducted by a Justice of the Peace on 8 May 1873. He married Rosa Schnabel (*1855 IN). From the 1880 Evansville Census, we know that John Henry was deceased, the family had changed their surname to James, and they had twin daughters:

3.2.....Maggie James (*1874)

3.3.....Carrie James (*1874)

Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 lists a Carrie E. James as having died at age 30 in 1910. This is probably not the same person.

In 1880 Rosa and her twin daughters were living with her mother, Maggie Schnabel, also a widow, on West Virginia Street.

5.4.....Margaret "Maggie" Schoembs-James (*~Sep 1851 Kentucky, +after 1910)

Maggie Schoembs is enumerated in four Census (1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910). While her birthyear is significantly later in the 1900 and 1910 Census, it is fairly certain that she was born in 1851. The 1870 and 1880 Census give this as her birth year. Children are listed in the Census in the order of their age, oldest first. In the 1870 Census she is said to be 19 years old, and is listed between John and Joseph. Similarly in 1880 she is shown to be born in 1851 and three years older than Joseph. If the birthyears from the 1900 or 1910 Census were correct, she would have been younger than Joseph.

Maggie did not marry. When her parents moved in the 1870s to Carmi, Illinois, Maggie went with them, and lived in the family home in 1880 in Carmi. No occupation is given for her. By 1900 her parents were deceased and Maggie is enumerated as owning a home on Fifth Street. Her occupation is working in a restaurant, probably for her brother Joseph. She is enumerated in the Census as head of household, with brother Joseph and nephews Charles H. and Earl, ages 14 and 12, living with her.

In 1910 she is living with her brother Joseph on Fourth Street. She was not found in either the 1920 or 1930 Census.

5.5.....Joseph Francis Schoembs-James (*15.01.1854 Indiana, 30.05.1911 Evansville IN)

Joseph Schoembs James is the only child of Henry and Lucy, whose living descendants we have succeeded in locating at this time. Presented here is an outline. It will be supplemented as more detailed information becomes available.

Joseph was married in 1884 to Lucy Ingersol (*IL). By the 1900 Carmi Census Joseph and his two sons are living with Joseph's sister Maggie, in her home on Fifth Street. Joseph is married but his wife is not living in the house, according to the Census. Joseph and Lucy divorced. She later re-married. Joseph's occupation is restaurant manager.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Charles Henry James (*18.09.1886 IL, +09.1971 Raleigh, Saline Cty IL)

In 1907 Charles married Verlie Ona Cochran (*1889 IL, +1959 Saline Cty IL). In 1910 they lived in Harrisburg Township, Saline County IL. Living with the family in 1910 was a 24 year old "servant", Glyde Hammersley. But their first child, born in about 1908 is enumerated as born in Colorado.

In 1920 Verlie is enumerated as the Head of household. She owns the house in Raleigh Township. Verlie is married. It is unclear why Charles is not living with the family.

Children: (3)

3.1.....Howard Cochran James (*04.05.1908 Saline Cty IL, +10.05.1973 Saline Cty IL)

Howard married Georgia Ruth Whitlock (*).

Children: (3)

3.1.....Ona Florence James

Ona married Charles Mahoney (*).

Children: (5)

5.1.....Mahoney

5.2.....Mahoney

5.3.....Mahoney

5.4.....Mahoney

5.5.....Mahoney

3.2.....Howard "Daniel" James (*16.03.1938 IL, +23.07.1984 Gallatin County IL)

Daniel married Nan (*29.03.1932).

Children: (1)

1.1.....Stephen James (*)

3.3.....Dennis James (*1944, +~1968)

3.2.....Harold Rudolph James (*14 Nov 1909 FL, +after 1930)

Harold married Geraldine Russell (*1916). His nickname was "Snookie".

Children: (3)

3.1.....Stephen Stanford James (*1943 IL)

Stephen married, but is now divorced.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Tabitha James (*)

Tabitha has her Phd and teaches at Virginia Tech.

2.2.....Harold Bryce James (* Carbondale IL)

3.2.....Gregory Harold James (*Jun 1944, +4.09.2013)

Greg married Beverly Medlock (* Hilton Head SC).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Christopher Medlock James (*1969)

Christopher married Bradley Gidcumb (*). They live in San Francisco.

Chris' night job is as a winery owner. He (Christopher Medlock James) and his partner Ames Morison built and own Medlock Ames, a boutique vineyard and winery in Sonoma County's Alexander Valley. They specialize in premium Cabernet Sauvignons and Merlots.

2.2.....Laura Anne James (*1974)

Laura and her husband Neil Alford (* New Orleans LA) live in Mill Valley, CA.

3.3.....Judith Lynn James (*1949 Harrisburg IL)

Judy married James Humphrey (*).

Children: (2)

2.1.....Amanda Harris (* St.Louis MO)

2.2.....Joel Harris (* Jacksonville FL)

3.3.....Charles Francis "Pete" James (*10.03.1911 Harrisburg IL, +08.08.1976 San Antonio TX)

Pete James' first child was a boy, borne by Georgia Alberta Meyer. It is questionable whether they married. Pete soon thereafter married Alice Lessing. Both families lived in San Antonio TX.

Children: (3) With Georgia Meyer-

3.1.....Charles Francis "Pete" James (*Sep 1935 San Antonio TX)

"Pete" Schembs (*1935) spent much of his career working for Otis Elevator. He is now retired. Pete married three times. His first wife was Marlene Genske (*Wisconsin). After their divorce he married Dayle.

Pete has now been married to Jean Foose (*1943 Greeley CO) for 35 years. They were married in Littleton CO in 1979. Jean too has retired, she from a position at the city of Hesperia CA. They enjoy traveling throughout the west but especially to Great Falls MT to see their Jean's son Scott Clinger. Pete and Jean live in Helendale CA.

They have traveled frequently, taking many cruises. Pete plays golf regularly. They garden, read and enjoy discussion groups they are a part of. Pete is a history buff.

Children: (3) With Marlene Genske:

3.1.....Dawn Marie James (*Apr 1962 San Antonio TX)

Dawn is married to John Staten (*~1960 Houston). They live in Durango CO.

3.2.....Lance Neil James (*Mar 1964 San Antonio TX)

He has one son.

Children: (1)

1.1.....Christopher James (*~1981 Denver CO)

Christopher lived for a time in Fontana CA.

With Dayle:

3.3.....Adam James (*Dec 1975 Denver CO)

Adam is a restaurant manager in Helendale CA. He married Kitrena but they divorced. He is finishing a degree in business management. He has a passion for cooking. He also plays golf with his sons and enjoys camping with his sons.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Marley Sebastian James (*~2001 Pasadena CA)

2.2.....Hawking Nacos James (*~2003 Pasadena CA)

With Alice Lessing-

3.2.....Charles Hayward James (*Mar 1936 San Antonio TX)

Hayward is divorced and living in San Antonio.

3.3.....Joan James (*~1938 San Antonio TX)

Joan married James Cole (*), a doctor. They live in Denton, TX, with their four children.

Children: (4)

4.1.....Cole

4.2.....Cole

4.3.....Cole

4.4.....Cole

4.2.....Earl Edwin James (*28.11.1888 Wabash County IL, 11.06.1957 Hawthorne Twp, White County IL)

In 1930 Earl was single and 41 years old, living in Carmi IL. His father is enumerated as having been born in IN, his mother in IL. This is certainly the same Earl. He is proprietor of a restaurant and not a veteran.

4.3.....Lucy James (*perhaps ~1890)

We know that Joseph and Lucy had four children and that they then divorced. Based upon the 1900 Census, when Joseph was living with his two older sons, one might speculate that Lucy and Fred were born in the early 1890s and then went with their mother Lucy when the couple separated prior to 1900. We don't know whether Lucy was born before Fred.

4.4.....Frederick James (*18.03.1891 Indiana, +Jul 1967)

Fred moved to Kansas City MO where he worked for a furniture store as a truck driver. Fred married Marjean (*1911 Missouri). They had a son and a daughter. This information is from oral family history and shoebox notes. But it is corroborated in the entries for Fred in the 1930 and 1940 Census. The single discrepancy is that he is enumerated as having been born in Indiana. Carmi is 10 miles from the Indiana state line. His date of birth and death date are from the Social Security Death Index.

Children: (2)

2.1.....Fred James Jr (*1933 MO)

2.2.....Margaret Jean (*1937 MO)

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