This One is for My Aufderhauer Cousins--A Tangled Web

This blog post pertains to the Aufderhaar-Roediger branch of the family (shout out to Susan)!--you have cousins in Luzerne Co, PA that you may be unaware of.

To understand my starting point, find George Roediger (1854-1934), son of Johann Tobias Rödiger and Anna Margaretha Eichenauer in your family tree.
George was married twice. I have blogged previously about the multiple tragedies that struck his first family. Suffice it to say here that of the nine children born to George Roediger and his first wife, Anna Martha Scheuch, all except two died in childhood. Their first child, Heinrich Nikolaus never married and was struck and killed by a train at age 32. The only surviving child of that marriage, Anna Margaretha Agnesa married William Wesley Aufderhaar and had 9 children. So, Anna Martha Scheuch's only surviving descendants descend from this Roediger-Aufderhaar union.

So this blog post is of especial interest to the William Wesley Aufderhaar descendants. But, as is often the case, due to the tangled web of relationships, George Roediger's wife, Anna Martha Scheuch was his second cousin twice removed and so is also my fourth cousin once removed. "What a tangled web we weave, when our ancestors we  retrieve". Yes, I just made that one up. I know--pretty lame, but true.

Here is how Anna Martha Scheuch is related to all us non Aufderhaar-Roedigers (I know the type is very small and I had to leave off Anna Dorothea Rödiger's parents, Johann Adam Rödiger and  Barbara Elisabeth Bettenhausen, but hopefully the description below the chart will help you):

FOLLOW THE ORANGE BALLS

Anna Martha is the daughter of Nicolaus Scheuch (1823-1880) and Anna Christina Schade (1830-1889). Nicolaus Scheuch is the son of Conrad Scheuch (d. 1874) and Agnese Hildebrand (1804-1851). Agnese Hildebrand is the daughter of Nicolaus Hildebrand (1777-1843) and Anna Dorothea Hoßfeld (1780-1837). Anna Dorothea Hoßfeld is the daughter of Johann Tobias Hoßfeld (1756-1834) and Anna Dorothea Rödiger (1761-1825). Anna Dorothea Rödiger is the daughter of Johann Adam Rödiger (1718-1802) and Barbara Elisabeth Bettenhausen (1734-1804).

Anna Dorothea Rödiger is the sister of Johann Heinrich Rödiger (my GGG grandfather) who married Anna Sidonia Schneider (my GGG grandmother). Their son, Johann Tobias Rödiger became the progenitor of all of the Roedigers and Eichenauers who came to western Ohio in the second half of the 1800s. All of those named in this paragraph were born, married and died in Tann, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse.

Now that I have established our common interest in Anna Martha Scheuch, I will now endeavor to show how certain immigrants to Luzerne Co, PA are related to her, and thus to the Aufderhaar Roedigers.

FOLLOW THE STARS, Then note the 1st and 2nd generation of Schaubs in Luzerne Co, PA in the red box

I have already stated that her parents were Nicolaus Scheuch and Anna Christina Schade. But, I climbed up the Scheuch side of that tree to establish a link with Johann Adam Rödiger. Now I need to climb up the Schade side of the tree, but not too far. Anna Christina Schade's parents are Justus Schade (d. 1873) and Anna Martha Scheuch (d. 1873). (I am sure that there is another double relationship between this Anna Martha Scheuch and her son-in-law, Nicolaus Scheuch, but I haven't pursued that line of enquiry yet*). Justus Schade and Anna Martha Scheuch had at least one other child besides Anna Christina. Her name was Catharina Elisabeth Schade (1828-1860, Tann). Catharina Elisabeth Schade married Heinrich Schaub in Tann. Their first son, Justus Schaub, was born in Tann in 1851 and arrived in the USA in 1867 He is the first cousin of Anna Martha Scheuch about whom this blog post revolves . He migrated to Luzerne Co, PA where he married twice. First to Barbara Elisabeth Manns. They had one daughter, Alice K. Schaub who was born and died in Hazleton, Luzerne Co, PA (1883-1918) and never married.

In 1889, Justus Schaub married, second, Mary Elisabeth Schmidt. She was a native of Luzerne Co, but her mother, Elisabeth Bube had been born in Tann and emigrated to the USA with her first husband Gottfried Brandau and their three children in 1857. Dare I muddy the waters further by stating that Elisabeth Bube was also the first cousin once removed of Jacob Lotz, who has a place in a previous post. He it was who married Johann Katharina Elisabeth Rödiger (sister of George and Johann Tobias Rödiger), in Bochum.

Anyway, back to Justus Schaub and Mary Elisabeth Schmidt. They had 6 children: Gertrude, who married Walter Dugan in 1915; Vera, who never married; Henry Martin, who married Pauline Hess; Danzer Justus, who died in Berkley, CA in 1951; Justus C, Jr, and William S.

So, bottom line is that the Schaubs of Luzerne Co, PA are definite cousins of the Aufderhaar-Roediger clan of Auglaize Co, OH.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!
Justus Schaub's mother-in-law, Elisabeth Bube, had a brother, Johann George Bube, who arrived from Germany in 1867 with his wife and four sons (who were all born in Tann) and also settled in Hazleton, Luzerne Co, PA. They have no direct relationship to our family, but I am throwing in this additional information at no extra charge. Two of the sons, Simon and Karl Heinrich, presumably lived their entire lives in Hazleton. Adam Heirich married and moved to the vicinity of Weatherly, Carbon Co, just 9 miles distant. The fourth son, George Heinrich Bube moved to Alabama, married Anna Maria Kullmann in Pullman Co, AL in 1881 and they lived the rest of their lives in or near Birmingham, Alabama. They had at least 6 children, Annie G, Magdalena, Jacob, Martha A, Julia and George Henry Jr.

As always, if you are an ancestry.com subscriber, you can access my tree "The Rödiger Family Tree"--see link on my Blog Home Page or follow this link directly to Anna Martha Scheuch's profile page.

*Since writing this Blog Post, I have determined the relationships mentioned above. You can read about that in my next Post LINK

Stephen Roediger

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.