George Roediger, pt. 4--The Line Endures

I am going to start off with a photo from the archives which would have been more appropriate to the pt. 3 post. But, that post was long enough.

1st Row--Irvin Aufderhaar, Walter Aufderhaar, Dorothy Aufderhaar, Martha Aufderhaar

2nd Row--Anna Augusta (Grosse) Schmidt-Roediger, Margaret (Roediger) Aufderhaar, Anna Christina (Weifenbach) Roediger, Mamie (Roediger) Horn, Alfred Roediger, Bertha (Roediger) Smith

3rd Row--William Aufderhaar, Conrad Roediger, George Roediger

(ca. 1919)

Conrad and George are brothers (red line), Anna Augusta is George's second wife (blue line)
and Margaret is George's sole surviving daughter from his first marriage (green line)

The four children in front belong to William Wesley and Margaret (Roediger) Aufderhaar

The older children on the right belong to Conrad and Anna Christina (Weifenbach) Roediger

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I find it interesting that the children from George and Anna Augusta (Grosse) Schmidt-Roediger's marriage are not in the above photograph.

But they did have two children, Harry George, and Hulda Alice. And they are the main subjects of today's post.

Harry George was born on 24 August 1903. On 4 October 1925, in Mercer County, he married Louetta Margaret Fetters. Harry George and Louetta Margaret had three sons. Since this generation has members who are still with us, in order to protect their privacy, I won't go into further detail, but their names are mentioned in their mother's obit below. But, in case there are other children, I would appreciate getting filled in by members of this portion of the family. :) Harry George died on 13 January 1999 in Beavercreek, OH and was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Troy, OH.

His wife of 66 years, Louetta Margaret Fetters was born on 28 March 1904 in Hopewell Twp, Mercer Co, OH. She was the daughter of Walter E Fetters and Olive L. "Ollie" Miller. Louetta died on 25 January 1992 and is also buried in Riverside Cemetery. What is somewhat disconcerting to me is that they have no memorial page on FindAGrave.com linked to Riverside Cemetery. Harry has a Memorial page (#23207845) but it list his place of burial as "unknown". FindAGrave.com is a great resource and I have contacted Mike Dearbaugh, the creator of Harry George's Memorial to advise him of the cemetery that he is buried in. I have also created a Memorial page for Louetta (#188483280) and linked her to Harry, as well as to her parents, who already have Memorial pages.

I would like to know more about Louetta's progenitors. Comment to this post if you would be willing to help me flesh that out.

Hulda Alice was born on 5 June 1905. On 12 November 1924 she married George Edward Luth (9/5/1901-1/9/1970) son of John H. Luth and Anna L. Frahm. They had 6 children (that I know of). In this case, I do not have obits or death notices for the parents that might reveal the identities of their children. But I am certain that four of the six children have died. Three died before the age of 10.

*Helen Pauline was born 9 July 1925 and died 23 January 1937 of pneumonia.

*Alice Marie was born 5 August 1927 and died just one day before her sister, also of pneumonia.

*Grace Irene was born 6 April 1933 and died on 19 February 1937 from a sore throat and heart condition. All three are buried in Buck Cemetery, Mercer Co, OH

*Florence Eileen was born 19 August 1929, married Donald Lee Bollenbacher on 18 June 1950. They had four children. Eileen died 26 July 2017. Donald was born on 17 April 1929 in Jay County, IN and died on 18 December 2016 in Van Wert (Inpatient Hospice Care), Van Wert Co, OH. They resided in the Rockford area, Mercer Co. They are both buried in Saint Pauls United Church of Christ Cemetery, Rockford.

It was Eileen who shared with me, in 2012, the picture of Anna (Grosse) Schmidt with two of her children in front of their house in German Village. --See the previous Post--

She shared a number of other photos with me at that time that pertain to her father's side of her family. She also had this clipping that I am sure you will find interesting, so I include it here:

The Singing Roedigers--Kenneth Earl Roediger, son of John Henry and Anna Christina (Eschmeyer) Roediger,
his wife, Magdaline Grewe and their four children, Shirley, Connie, Joann and Gary

I would certainly like to have a copy of that 45 rpm record. I don't suppose there any still out there? I have the means to digitize it, in case anybody has one residing in a box in the closet. Just sayin'

Before I conclude this series on George Roediger, I should provide you with the facts concerning the conclusion of his sojourn here on earth. I still have work to do to come up with the supporting documents. What I know, I received from my mom's research, and the research of Margaret (Henkener) Aufderhaar, which I have misplaced. I know it is within 10 feet of me, so it isn't really lost. And again I am indebted to Eileen (Luth) Bollenbacher, who supplied me with George's obit. *George Roediger died on 5 March 1934 in Mercer Co, OH at the age of 79 years. *His wife of 31 years, Anna Augusta died on 1 March 1940 in Celina. They are buried in Row 8, Section C, on the West side of Swamp College Cemetery, Rt. 29, west of Celina. If you notice in Anna's obit, there is more that can be learned about her family. She had a sister, Mrs. Agnes Oche living in Columbus. I am also aware of a brother, Emil (buggyseat maker) and August. But all of this is fodder for another post.

Well, I think I have finally wrapped up my series on George Roediger. I hope that you have found some useful information. And please be sure to let me know if I have mis-stated anything, or if you would like to provide additional information.

The formatting engine for this Blog is weird. So was unable to put George's obit directly under this. Check below Anna's Obit.