- The Mathias Schambs' of Mansfield, Ohio
CLICK to trace the ancestors of Mathias Schembs - The Story of Mathias Schembs (*1801 Herrnsheim, +1886 Mansfield)
German Record of the Emigration of Mathias Schembs and Family - Mathias Schembs (1801-1886) of Herrnsheim, age 49, with his wife Mary Magdalena Fernekes Schembs (1801-1883), emigrated from Herrnsheim in 1849. They were one of the few families who emigrated, as most Schömbs family emigrants were unmarried.
Mathias and Mary Magdalena emigrated with six or seven of their children. Three of their ten children had died within their first four years, prior to the emigration. The seven ranged in age from 22 years to 9 years old. We say six or seven because their son Georg (*1831) is not enumerated on the passenger list. Whether the passenger list is in error or Georg emigrated separately, he was 18 years at the time, is not clear.
The family emigrated on the ship F G Rogers which departed from Le Havre, France in June of 1849. They are listed in the passenger manifest. They were first found by the link to Anna Schambs/Schombs. The complete passenger list includes the whole family with the exception of Georg (*1831). - Preparing for their Emigration
- Through various German records from the time, we have a fascinating insight into their preparations to leave their home in Herrnsheim and emigrate to Amerika. As they had a number of personal possessions and wanted to sell them, undoubtedly to provide them the money to make their trip and settle in the United States, they did what people would do today -- they advertised what they had in the local version of Jenny's List, das Anzeigeblatt.
Front Page of the Anzeigeblatt für Rheinhessen
The Mainz advertising edition dated 31 January 1849The Announcement of the Auction
The belongings of Matthäus Schembs II, to be held
at 0900, 7 February, at the home of Matthäus in Herrnsheim- Click Here to read the announcement in German. Read below for the English translation:
- "Advertising Journal to Rhine Hesse no. 9 Mainz, Wednesday 31. January 1849
Advertisements from other authorities and officials.
Auction Sale of Personal Property at Herrnsheim
Next 7th February in the morning at 9 o'clock and at the following day Mister Matthäus Schembs II. will sell by a public auction at his residence: 2 mares, Mittelschlag*, 8 cows, under which 2 fat one, 3 "mother cows", 2 "breed pigs", 1 new two-horse cart, 1 one-horse front-cart, 1 handcart, 1 barrel for slurry, 1 roller, 3 full ploughs, under which one Bohemian, 1 inflexible plough, cart-ladders, horse's harness of all kinds, 1 wheelbarrow, 1 atomizer mill, 1 harness for a two-horse chaise, 1 coffer for a chaise, 60 Ohm barrels of different sizes, butts, tubs, 14 Ohm wine from 1847 and 1848 Herrnheimer plants, 2 Ohm plum brandy in small measurements, 50 hundredweights Saar coals, 150 hundredweights sainfoin hay, all kinds of fruits- and rape-chaff, straw, 220 Malter seed and other potatoes, 50 carts full of cow dung, carrots and turnips, 12 piles (Stecken*) of oaken firewood, 12 plum tree saplings and miscellaneous farming tools.
Pfeddersheim, 26. January 1849" - Change of the Spelling of the Family Name
- Soon after immigrating into the United States Mathias changed the spelling of the family name from Schembs to "Schambs". We have no explanation for this change. Perhaps it related to the documentation of their arrival in New York. We do not know. There was no precedent of the spelling "Schambs" in Germany. The spelling "Schembs" was firmly established in Herrnsheim long before their departure. Regardless, Mathias adopted the spelling with the "a" and all later documentation of the family name in Ohio is Schambs, with a single exception. The marriage of their oldest daughter Barbara in 1852 was recorded as "Schembs" in the county record.
Since Mathias and Mary Magdalena's children were becoming adults at the time they arrived in Ohio, the family tree started to grow almost immediately. In 1851 Christina Schambs and her husband Philip Laver had their first child, George M. Laver (1851).
According to his son Mathias P.'s obituary, the family first settled in Cincinnati and then moved to Mansfield. In the History of Richland County, by Graham, p. 476, Mathias (1801) was one of the early members of St. Peter's Catholic Church, which was organized in 1855.
A rift was caused in the family when son Mathias P. (1838) married Mary Barkdoll, a Lutheran, in 1862. - Outline of the Mathias Schambs Story
- After they arrived in Amerika they changed the spelling of the name to "Schambs". It is not known why this occurred, as it was a unique spelling. The descendants of Mathias (1801) and of his brother Johann Schembs (*1799) are the only people in the world with this spelling. Mathias and his family settled in Mansfield, Ohio. Most of the Schambs descendants today still live in Ohio.
- The Later Years of Mathias and Magdalena
- One of the last records we have of Mathias is from the 1870 Census. In it Mathias and Magdalena are enumerated, although she as "Mottana, aged 69)". The real property of Mathias is valued at $20,000 (in 1870 dollars!), a significant sum. Of the six properties on the census page, the Schambs property was valued the highest. To see the entire Census page click on the LiveLinks link at the bottom of this page.
Descendants of Mathias Schambs
The Schantz family is found in the 1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910 Census. Joseph was a Councilman in the city of Mansfield. There is an article in the Richland Shield 5 Aug 1882 of lightning hitting the home of Joseph Schantz. The home was on North East Diamond Street.
The following is the obituary for Barbara Schantz:[1]
They owned their home in 1900. The information comes from the 1900 Census and its abstract. By 1910 none of their children were living with Anna and Joseph. In 1920 they are again enumerated in Mansfield.
In 1900 Caroline and Laurenz Jr. are living in the home of Lorenz's mother Elizabeth in Mansfield. Elizabeth was recently widowed and mother of ten, Lorenz Jr. being the oldest at 21 years. All ten children, the youngest of whom was 2, were living in the home. Lorenz Jr. was a barber, Carrie a seamstress. Lorenz and Carrie have just had a daughter Helen.
In 1916 the family lived at 155 S. Adams in Mansfield. In 1937 Louis lived at 38 Stewart Avenue, the former home of his deceased parents. In 1940 living with Louis and Ida are Anna Massa, age 71, and Barbara Massa, age 68, Ida's sisters who had not married. They had been living with them since before 1920.
Louis was a retail clothes salesman. In 1948 at the time of Ida's death they continued living at 38 Stewart Avenue. When Louis passed away his address was given as 73 Madison road, in the countryside. The cause of death is given as "general paralysis". HIs death certificate is signed by his son-in-law, Dr. Burdette Shreffler.
In June 1914 Joseph and Hazel C. Plummer (*3.07.1890 Mt. Vernon OH) were married. Hazel was the daughter of Thomas and Jessie Paul Plummer.
In 1918 Joseph Jr. registered for the draft (cards one and two) in World War I, but claimed an exemption from service as he was support for his wife and father. He does not, however, indicate that he is also the sole support for his mother. It is not known whether he served. At the time he was working in Toledo as a manager of Daggett Company, a partnership.
In the 1920 Census Joseph and Hazel are thirty years old with no children. They have been married six years.
In 1929 Joseph and Caroline LeBuda (*9.11.1891 OH) were married in Lucas County OH. Joseph indicated that he was a widower on the marriage application. Caroline had not been previously married and was not working. Joseph listed his occupation as "foreman".
Joseph died of a coronary throbosis. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery on 6 Oct 1939.
Philip did not marry.
John was married on 26.11.1866 to Caroline Cath. Saunner (*23.12.1845 Little Washington OH, +15.05.1926 Mansfield). Caroline was the daughter of Peter and Emma Lutz Saunner, both of whom were immigrants from Germany. It is possible the family name of Caroline was actually Sonner. Multiple documents use that spelling including her death certificate and the marriage record of her son John Jr.
John Schambs was a carpenter by trade. In 1880 the family lived on Newman Street, north of Orange. In 1900 the address was 183 Newman Street and again in 1926 in the death record of Caroline. John is listed as a "landlord" by occupation. The cause of death for Caroline was given as stomach ulcers. Johann and Caroline are buried in the Mansfield Cemetery.
There is a fascinating record relating to the birth of their fourth child, Barbara in 1873. The family name is "James". We know of several other family emigrants who changed their surname to "James". We are aware of no other documentation for this family using the James surname.
Following the death of John Schambs, Caroline lived in 1910 with her oldest daughter Emma (*1867) and her family in Denver CO. Caroline was 65 years old.
Caroline outlived at least four of their six children.
By 1910 the family had moved to Denver CO. In 1920 the family was living at 2450 High Street in Denver. Victor was a manager at a wholesale cheese store.
In 1930 Victor and Emma lived at 2223 Ivanhoe Street where they owned their home valued at $10,000. Victor was superintendent in the cheese and coffee department.
In 1922 Carl married a woman by the name of Vivian G. (*1900 IL). In 1930 they lived at 1184 S. Steele Street, Denver CO and owned their home valued at $2,000. Carl was an accountant in a hardware business.
There is an interesting story in the Mansfield News, Monday, 31 March, 1902:
John Schambs was arrested Sunday afternoon by Officers Charles and Madden on the double charge of being drunk and smashing a window at the residence of his mother-in-law, Mrs Youngblood, on Ford Street. Schambs is the same pert young man who, while employed for a short time at the city jail as a night jailer some months ago, took a badge from police headquarters, imagined himself a great detective and went out to make an arrest, without having been given any police powers. For this job he was bounced out of the city's employ. When arraigned in police court Schambs stated he is 30 years of age, married and a painter by occupation. He pleaded guilty to the charge of being drunk and wa fined $5.60. The mayor reserved his decision in regard to the other charge of destroying property. After police court was over Schambs' wife, who was a spectator in the court, paid the fine and the husband was released.
The 1917 City Directory shows three Mrs. Schambs in Mansfield. In 1920 Katherine is still living with her mother but now shown as divorced.
John died four years later. He is buried with Edward Schambs (*1869, +1870), undoubtedly an older brother who died as an infant. Edward should correctly be shown as a fifth child or John and Caroine.
Much of the information about thefamily we get from the 1940 U.S. Census. Edward was a salesman for a furniture company. They owned thier home on S. Mulberry which was valued at $6000.
George was married 26.04.1853 in Lawrenceburgh IN to Clara Caroline Kessler (*1837 Kentucky, +1908 Cleveland OH). The ceremony was conducted by a Catholic priest. George worked for a cigar and tobacco company.
On 28 July 1862 he was mustered into the Union Army at Camp Cleveland. He was described as being fair complexion, light eyes, brown hair. George was a First Lieutenant in Company C, 107th Division, Ohio Volunteers Infantry. On September 28 he marched to Camp Judah, Kentucky, contracting typhoid fever soon thereafter. On October 27, 1862 George died at Camp Delaware OH. He is buried in the Mansfield City Cemetery.
Per the Mansfield City Directory, Clara lived at 242 N. Main Street in 1871-72. The address for 1880 was Main and Short Streets. By 1885 she was living with her son George at his home in Cleveland, 98 Brownell Street. And in 1900 with her daughter and son-in-law at 23 Beech Street in Cleveland.
We have the following addresses for George and Mary: 1883 14 E. Prospect; 1885 Proprieter Case & Schambs, 174 Public; 1888 23 Beech Street; and 1920 2087 E. 55th Street, Cleveland. George was a pharmacist. Some of the articles and advertisements in the Plain Dealer newspaper from the time are interesting. In 1886 they were promoting "Pomeroy's Petroline Plasters" for whatever ails you. A druggist in Johnstown PA comments on his approval of the product. Then in 1990 someone left a pocketbook at the store. Not sure why they would have had to "pay charges" before getting it back.
Toward the end of his career George went to work for Parke, Davis & Co, a major pharmaceutical company. He was a district manager.
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| Linda Schambs Hatch (Ohio), Alain Schömbs (France), Pamela Schembs (Arizona) | Paul Schambs (Ohio) and Ken Garn (Florida) in Undenheim, Germany |
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| Paul Schambs and Linda Schambs Hatch at the Weinstube |
Jim Schembs (Arizona), Reinhold Schembs (Germany), Linda Schambs Hatch (Ohio) |
| NOTE: This is a good time to show the reader some of the challenges of genealogical research. Again, click on the Link to the marriage of Christina Schambs. Her name is shown as "Christena Champs". Her father's name as "Mottice Champs", rather than Mathias Schambs. This might make it impossible to find the marriage of "Christine Schambs". But this is the transcribed record from the original marriage license record. Often the transcription is in error, usually because the hand-writing in the original document was not legible. In this case the original document is quite clear. One of the tools available for searching Censuses and sometimes other types of documents is to use the "Soundex Code" system. The Soundex Code was devised to solve the problem of "it sounds like". Schembs, Schömbs, Schombs, Schoembs and Schambs all have the same Soundex Code -- S512. The Soundex Code for Champs is also S512, as is the Code for Simpson and Sampson. Sometimes the Census taker could not understand the person due to accent, or the spelling of the person's name was somewhat variable. Sometimes Soundex is really helpful. |
Philip Jr. is enumerated in the 1900 Census as single and 46 years old. Living with him is a "servant", Bessie Wells, age 34. A few months later Philip married his servant Bessie J. Wells (*03.08.1866 Canada). Bessie's family lived in Wingham, Ontario Canada.
As mentioned, Philip remarried in 1890. Philip died eight years later. Clearly there was not complete harmony in the family as in 1899 Emma filed suit against her late husband's estate and his sons alleging that she had been misled by Philip Sr. at the time of their marriage regarding his financial status. They had entered into a pre-nuptial agreement -- IN 1890!
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| Marriage Certificate Click to enlarge |
Two years later Annie died at the age of 28. She was buried in the Mansfield Catholic Church Cemetery, plot 38. In plot 37 some of her family are also buried, including her father Mathias and sister Christena Schambs Hugo.
Five months after the death of his wife Anna, John Hammerle applied for a passport. As a part of the application is a sworn and notarized statement in which John states he was born on the Gulf of Mexico. He also says he intends to travel to Europe.
As Monika Schoembs says "John K. has an extraordinary place of birth: at sea." This is convenient, as many of the records indicate this and easily confirm that it is the same John Hammerle.
The following year John remarried. This is fascinating. John again went into Indiana to Dearborn County to be married. His second wife was Amelia Huber (*1838, +1915). Six years later they are enumerated in the 1870 Census. Amelia is enumerated as Mary. There are two carryover children from John's marriage with Anna, plus three children from his second marriage.
It should be pointed out that there are many erroneous, or at least suspicious, entries in the records for John's families in this story. One example would be that in the 1880 Census John is listed as a widower, yet Amelia does not pass away until 1909 as seen above. Another would be to try to reconcile the 1880 Census to that of 1870 regarding the names of the children. The Census information is insightful, however, in showing how John was doing through this period. In 1860, prior to the Civil War, the family was living in Marion County, Ohio. He was a sawyer (probably in a sawmill, and reported owning real property of $1,000 value and $150 of personal property. Following the Civil War in 1870 he reported real property at $6,000 and personal property of $5,000. They lived in Franklin Township, Randolph County, Indiana. Then in 1880 they lived back in Ohio in Bradford, Miami County.
Joseph was seven years old at the time of the death of his mother in 1863. He appears in the 1870 Census as Joe, age 13. In the 1880 Census of his father's family, Joseph is not listed. He would have been 24 years old and had apparently moved out of the family's home. He is not found separately in the Census.
On 17 June 1890 Joseph married Otilia Maurer (*01.1858 Canada, +1949 Ubly, Huron County MI), the daughter of William and Catherine Greibel Maurer. The wedding was in Smiths Corners, Huron County, Michigan.
Their life can be seen from the various Census records. By 1900 their three children, Walter, Paul and Anna, had all been born. They were living in Paris Township, Huron County MI, where Joseph was farming. Ten years later both sons, ages 17 and 14, were working on the farm. The Census shows that Otilia's parents had emigrated from Germany to Canada in 1861, yet that she was born in 1858 in Canada?
In the 1920 Census Walter and Anna continue to live with their parents. Walter continues to work on the family farm. Joseph can read and write English and owns the farm. Otilia's parents emigrated from Alsace Lorraine in Germany. Paul apparently had moved out of the home. He was 24 years old in 1920.
By 1930 Walter has married. They live in the farm house with Walter's parents Joseph and Otilia. Walter works on the farm.
Joseph passed away in 1936 at the age of 79. Otilia followed him thirteen years later. She was 91 at the time of her death.
On FamilySearch.org there is a partial family tree of Joseph and Otilia which might be of interest. One should go online to see more.
We do no have a record of Walter's marriage to Martha Mary Helewski (*10.5.1912 Parisville MI, +15.12.2001 Ubly MI). We first know of his marriage from the 1930 Census referenced above which indicates they had been married for a year. His wife Martha was 17 years old, Walter was 37 at the time of the Census. Their first child, Delores, was five months. Then more is learned from the obituary of Martha in 2001. She was the daughter of Adam and Rose Warchuck Helewski. The marriage took place on 24 September 1929 at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Smith Corners.
The 1940 Census shows the family with their first six children, ages 1 through 10. Walter's mother Otilia was living with them and undoubtedly helping out around the home.
Martha and Walter went on to have thirteen children ranging in birthyears from 1929 until about 1950. Walter died six years later in 1956. Martha lived another forty-five years, passing in 2001.
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| Delores Hammerle Talaski Click to enlarge |
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| Irvin O'Parka Click to enlarge |
Irvin worked on the family farm growing up, then for Greenview Farms for thirty years. He also did road work and later for Al Hansoin Motors until his retirement. He passed away on Christmas Day 2014.
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| Leo Danielski, Jr. Click to enlarge |
Jeanette Hammerle Danielski Click to enlarge |
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| The Hammerle's move South to North Click to enlarge |
Two years later Paul was twenty-one years old when the United States entered World War I, or so he stated when he registered for the Draft. He was working for Dodge Brothers (think Dodge cars) in Detroit as a machinist. He was married with one child. One is probably more concerned about accuracy when they register for the Draft, than when they fill out a marriage application. Subsequent Census records all have him born in 1896 and therefore nineteen when he was married.
With the 1920 Census Paul and Clara have a second son. They are renting their home in Detroit. He continues to work as a machinist.
In the 1930 Census their lives start to change. Paul is now employed as a policeman in Detroit. It is the first year of the Great Depression. Paul was undoubtedly laid off from the auto industry, but fortunate to find work. In 1927, eight years after the birth of their second son, Clara bears another son. He is three in the Census.
The marriage of Paul and Clara dissolved soon after 1930. In the 1940 Census we see Clara is remarried to a George O"Connell. They have been married for eight years. They too live in Detroit. Living with Clara and George are her three Hammerle sons, ages 13 to 23.
In 1940 Paul is a lodger in the home of James Greenwald, a Hungarian emigrant. Paul is again a machinist of auto parts. He worked 50 weeks during 1939 and had earnings of $1050. The amount is subject to interpretation. It might be higher than $1050 and closer to $2000. Also in the household is Alta McDonald Hammerle (*08.12.1911, +22.02.2009), age 28, sixteen years his junior. Paul too has re-married. Two years later Paul registers for the Draft for World War II. He gives Alta Hammerle of Route 2, Untilca MI as the person who will always know where he is. He is working for American Car Foundry in Detroit.
In their later years Paul and Alta owned a fruit farm in Kewadin, Antrim County MI. They were about ten miles north of Traverse City. Paul passed away at age ninety. Alta followed twenty-two years later at age ninety-eight.
In the 1930 Census they were living in Bingham, Huron County MI. Stephen was a farmer. Stephen died at the age of forty.
Anna then lived many years in Ubly. Anna was an organist for sixty years at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Smith Corners. She became a church organist at the age of twelve. She passed away on 8 January 1981 at the age of eighty-one years.
Mathias Schambs was married 11.10.1862 in Mansfield to Mary Caroline Barkdoll (*07.1841 OH, +01.04.1927 Mansfield).
In the Spring of 1877 he was in a partnership with J.K. Johnston in the furniture business, which continued until 1878. At this time Johnston formed a separate partnership with D.H. Earnest. In 1880 Mathias was still listed at the business of Johnston & Earnest at 180 N. Main Street and specialized in making piano stools. His home was at the corner of Maude and Harker.
According to the Richland "Shield & Banner" 9/25/1886 he went to San Francisco that year and was in the suspender business. He came back after 5 months (in September) for his father's funeral and had sold out his interest in the business. At that time he was undecided as to whether he would return to the coast.
In 1894 The Schambs Furniture Company began operations in Millersburg with the hiring of fifty men. Over time Mathias and his sons George and Edward were involved in the business.
There is much information in his obit, Mansfield News, 2 Dec 1916
During this same period George was putting his creative skills to work and perhaps solving a problem which he had experienced personally. He applied for and, on 7 February 1893, was issued a patent (No. 491,191) for an improved design of men's suspenders. The patent was issued fourteen months after application.
George was in furniture business at one time with his brother Edward and father Mathias P.
He came to Cardington, Ohio in the 1890's after purchasing the distribution system of a company which had operated a small plant located on the site of Cardington Steel Products, Inc. The plant burned and he bought the company's lines and erected a generating plant on the bank of Whetstone Creek, near the RR bridge. Now used by Ohio Edison to store equipment. At one time he proposed to heat most of Cardington by steam from a central heating plant, but was denied a franchise by village council. With his brother Edward A. he operated a factory in Cardington briefly.
After the sale of the Cardington light plant he and his wife moved to Mansfield and then to California in 1928. According to his obituary his wife was Bessie Caldwell, no children are mentioned (only sisters and brothers).
Ed A. Schambs and Grace Cummins were clandestinely married at Ontario Friday evening by the pastor of the United Presbyterian church of that place. So cleverly was the marriage planned, that only those connected therewith knew of it until yesterday afternoon, when Capt. A.C. Cummins, the bride's father, was informed. He immediately went to the probate court and demanded of Levi Kelley satisfactory information concerning on whose authority the license was issued. But Levi didn't know. He looked over volume 15 of the marriage record, but could find it nowhere and as judge Mack had not issued the license it was naturally supposed that James Ottinger had performed that service, and as Ottinger was out of the city no definite conclusion could be reached. Captain Cummins then went to the law firm of Bowers & Black who informed him that they had acted in the matter in a professional way as counsel for the couple. They told him that the license was a matter of record. The records were again examined and on page 487 of volume 14 of the marriage record was found the affidavit on which the license was issued Friday, May 2, 1890. The date of the preceding license is Nov. 13, 1888, and of the one following Nov. 14, 1888. This space was made available by erasing the writing in error made in the affidavit. The license was issued to Edward A. Schambs and Jennie G. Cummins. The affidavit states that the bride is over the age of 18 years and here a question arises as to the validity of the marriage. The bride will be but 17 years old on her next birthday anniversary, June 1. The attorneys who participated in the arrangements state that this fact was not known to them, nor to Mr. Schambs nor to Clerk Ottinger. When seen by a NEWS reporter Clerk Ottinger confirmed the statement and so did Mr. Schambs, who said that the young lady informed him that she was 18 years old on her last birthday anniversary and that he acted perfectly honorable in the matter. Clerk Ottinger even goes so far as to say that he did not know who the young lady was nor that she was Capt. Cummins' daughter and this statement seems the more reasonable from the fact that her first name was given instead of the middle name by which she is familiarly known. A great many minor details of the episode might be added, but it is not necessary to give the matter so much publicity. Mr. Schambs says he acted in good faith and his word is above contradiction. After they got the license, which was late in the afternoon, they drove to Ontario and the ceremony was preformed at 8 o'clock that evening. They are now husband and wife and that is all there is of it. Since the marriage the bride has remained at her home on Park Avenue West and Mr. Schambs has remained at his home. He has not yet met the irate father, but hopes that the storm will soon blow over and that the captain will become reconciled. *Additional information about this event, and its' aftermath, can be found in the 07 May 1890 issue of the Mansfield Evening News.
Rumors of an elopement were flying thick and fast this morning and an investigation showed that such an occurrence had really taken place last Friday. The interested parties are Miss Jennie Grace Cummins, the youngest daughter of Capt. A.C. Cummins, and Edward A. Schambs, bookkeeper at the Hicks Brown mill. The acquaintance between the parties began shortly after the young lady's return from California some time ago. As Miss Cummins was only 17 years of age, the consent of her father was not solicited, but the groom secured the services of Attorneys Bowers and Black, who secured the license for him. The license was issued by J.M. Ottinger, a deputy in the Probate office, and in order to conceal it from the public and especially from the reporters, who have access to the records every day, the deputy recorded the license in an old record, making an erasure to secure the blank space. The license above the one issued last Friday bears the date of November 13, 1888. As soon as the license had been granted Mr. Schambs and his fiancée drove to Ontario and were married. They returned immediately and went to their respective homes and have seen very little of each other since. The matter would have remained a secret for some time had not Mrs. Schambs notified her father yesterday of the transaction. An investigation was made by the parent, who learned that the statement was true. Mr. Schambs was seen by a SHIELD reporter this morning at the Hicks Brown Co., and would say nothing, except that the marriage had taken place. He said that he had not seen his father-in-law, although the latter had been made acquainted with all of the facts. He says that he will abide by any course Mr. Cummins may think best to pursue in the matter. There is a mystery about the matter that may cause some person trouble. It is a violation of law to issue a marriage license to a minor without the consent of the parent, and it is also a violation of law to deface the marriage record. -- Reprinted from Tuesday's SHIELD.
Two years later on April 8, 1894 Edward married Mary Margaret Beer (*1869 Charleston WV, +20.02.1919 Columbus OH). Again, similar to his first marriage the ceremony was performed out of sight (in Monroe, Michigan). The attached article adds color to the story. If Mary was forty years old at her death in 1919, she would have been 15 at the time of their marriage. But this information comes from her death certificate which was clearly not clear. Another inconsistency is the death certificate of Mary Margaret's son Marion which states that Mary Margaret was born in Bucyrus OH, not West Virginia.
Per C1900 they were living in the village of Richwood (?), county of Claibourne. Occupation listed as electrician.
The 1920 Census shows Edward, a widower, living with his six children, ages 25 through 12 years.
An obituary in the Columbus Dispatch is also informative. Edward is reported extensively and respectfully by William Leontes Curry in the "History of Union County, Ohio".
Ned married Gay Josephine Cramer (*27.03.1896 OH, +02.1981 Richwood OH) on 28 Aug 1924 in Franklin County. At least later in his career he was involved in real estate. We have two advertisements from the Columbus Dispatch, Columbus OH.
In doing family research one is often challenged to understand the sometimes conflicting evidence that is discovered. Read the 2014 email from Ed Schambs V (*1969) where he addresses some of the information which does not agree with the oral history passed down through the Mansfield family.
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| Ed Schambs (1969) on Patrol in Al Kut, Iraq | Ed on the Tigris River, Iraq |
Fourteen years later in 1940 Ella Connole Schambs and her son Edward A Schambs III, age 16, were lving with her sister Grace Connole at 95 S. Park Avenue in Bexley, Franklin County OH. Grace Connole, age 49, had not married. She owned the home valued at $40,000.
They were then transferred to Mishiwaka, Indiana. In 1956 Margaret and their daughter Theresa returned to England for a visit. Later, they moved to Denver where his mother was living and worked as an investigator of insurance fraud for a large insurance company. They also lived in New Mexico for 6 years and finally returned to Colorado. Ed is an amateur photographer.
There is an interesting article from the Columbus Dispatch newspaper in October, 1950 dealing with a police raid. Apparently slot machines, owned by George Schambs, were illegal in the Worthington Club. The article is viewed in parts one and two. The paper strongly suggests that the raid was politically movtivated. It probably is this George Schambs, as there may not have been any others living at the time.
John Cameron served in the U.S. Coast Guard and completed three years of college. He and Suzanne Mitchell (*1928 Columbus OH, +before 2004) were married 11 Oct 1953. John gave his occupation as "clerk" and Suzanne as orthoplic technician. She was the daughter of William and Helen Fullon Mitchell.
Cyrus married Sarah Louise Estey (*20.09.1906 Malden MA), the daughter of Francis W. and Sarag M. Estey. They were living at 538 E. 89th Street in New York NY in 1939. Later they moved to Brooklyn. In 2001 Sara was living at 177 Montague Street, Brooklyn. They had no children.
Bertha married Morris F. Deatrick (+1955 Pinellas Cty, FL) on 15 Nov 1937, she was 58 and Maurice 65. Her age on the marriage record may be in error. The marriage took place in Pinellas County, Fl. They were living in St. Petersburg FL in 1952. Maurice passed away three years later.
In 1916 they were living in Suffern NY. By 1920 they had moved to Washington DC. Clayton's father Edward, age 85, was living with them. Then they moved back to the New York City area, living in Plainfield NJ in 1933 and still in 1952.
From the 1900 Census we know the Tobias family lived in Mansfield also. George was one of at least six children. In 1916 George and Beuhla were living in Portland OR. But then in 1920 they were back in Mansfield, living with Beuhla's mother Mary, who by then was widowed. By 1930 mother Mary was deceased. George and Beuhla were living in the family home at 326 Park Avenue West in Mansfield. The value of the home, as entered in the Census was $35,000, a very substantial sum in 1930. It was the most valuable home on the Census page. George worked for the Power Company. No one else in the home worked. Living with them was Beuhla's sister Bertha, age 52. As seen above, Bertha married seven years later and moved to Florida.
It is interesting how each Census gathers somewhat different information. In the case of 1930 they asked if the home had a "Radio set". The Tobias's did own a radio, as did most of the homes in the neighborhood.
In 1910 George was widowed and living with his son Harry and his family in Toledo OH.
Harry was a railroader by profession. The birth record for Harry gives his name as Herman Hugo. However all other documentation calls him Harry. Since their birthdates are the same, we are certain that Herman and Harry are the same person.
In 1910 Harry's father George was living with Harry, his wife Emma and their five year old son.
1870 Census for Mathias Schambs FamilySearch.org