Sunday, January 11, 2026

Johann Henry Mertens & Maria Christina Scheulen

 

Johann Henry Mertens & Maria Christina Scheulen children and grandchildren 


Johann Henry Mertens 🧬 27 DEC 1837 • Westphalia, Osage, Missouri 14 JUL 1909 • Cole, Missouri Marriage 15 FEB 1859 • Westphalia, Osage, Missouri Maria Christina Scheulen 4 SEP 1840 • Böesinghoven, Kreis Krefeld, Rheinland, Germany 10 JUN 1904 • Cole, Missouri 


1. Maria Magdalena Mertens # 18 MAR 1860 • Westphalia, Osage, Missouri 24 MAR 1932 • St. Louis, Missouri Marriage 1880 • St Thomas, Cole, Missouri Martin John Dauer 5 Dec 1859 • Osage, Missouri 23 Mar 1901 • Osage, Missouri

- 2.) Mary Christina Dauer 29 SEP 1885 • Osage, Missouri 16 JUN 1925 • Phelps, Missouri

- 2.) John Martin Dauer 4 NOV 1888 • Osage, Missouri 6 MAR 1972 • Truxton, Lincoln, Missouri

- 2.) Marie Magdalena Dauer 7 OCT 1890 • Osage, Missouri 13 MAY 1959 • Caldwell, Callaway, Missouri 

- 2.) Theresia Frances Dauer Sep 1892 • Osage, Missouri 1910 • Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Martin Leo Dauer # MAY 1895 • Frankenstein, Osage, Missouri 3 NOV 1927 • Cole County, Missouri

- 2.) Katherine Katie Dauer # 5 MAR 1898 • Linn, Osage, Missouri 16 NOV 1941 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

1. William Joseph Mertens # 30 OCT 1861 • Westphalia, Osage, Missouri 13 AUG 1899 • Osage Bluff, Cole, Missouri Marie Margaret Schneiders 1 May 1868 • Cole, Missouri 2 Feb 1900 • Cole, Missouri

- 2.) John Henry Hubert Mertens # 26 MAY 1888 • St Thomas, Cole, Missouri 6 OCT 1943 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Christine Marie Mertens 16 MAR 1889 • Cole, Missouri 12 FEB 1947 • Cole, Missouri

1. Anna Maria Christina Mertens 6 DEC 1863 • Westphalia, Osage, Missouri 25 JUL 1906 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri Marriage 1880 Francis "Frank" Twehaus 9 FEB 1861 • Koeltztown, Osage, Missouri 20 MAR 1930 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) John Herman Twehaus 2 DEC 1890 • Osage, Missouri 9 JAN 1971 • Dodge, Nebraska

- 2.) Bernard Joseph Twehaus 22 MAR 1892 • Cole, Missouri OCT 1966 • Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri 

- 2.) Martin Henry Twehous 10 OCT 1896 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri 19 MAY 1979 • Taos, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Annie C Twehaus 24 Feb 1898 • Cole, Missouri 2 Jan 1967 • Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Mathilda Magdalena Twehaus 19 FEB 1903 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 25 JUL 1941 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri

1. Anna Gertude Mertens 21 FEB 1866 • Washington, Osage, Missouri 11 MAY 1915 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri John Joseph Heislen 12 JUN 1862 • Taos, Cole, Missouri 30 AUG 1926 • St. Louis City, Missouri

- 2.) John Paul Heislen 21 AUG 1890 • Cole, Missouri 29 DEC 1964

- 2.) William Joseph Heislen 16 FEB 1892 • Cole, Missouri †1944

1. Theodore Mertens # 19 SEP 1867 • Westphalia, Osage, Missouri 19 MAR 1933 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri Marriage 12 Oct 1899 • Cole, Missouri Mary Ludwina Huhmann 6 Dec 1877 • St Thomas, Cole, Missouri 2 Nov 1944 • Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Agnes M. Mertens 10 DEC 1900 • Cole, Missouri 11 MAY 1902 • St Thomas, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Carl Joseph Mertens # 26 MAR 1903 • St Thomas, Cole, Missouri 7 MAY 1970 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Rose Benedicta Mertens 23 MAR 1905 • St Thomas, Cole, Missouri 25 SEP 1988

- 2.) Anna Frances Mertens 22 JUL 1907 • Cole, Missouri 28 FEB 1989

- 2.) Emil Henry Mertens 29 SEP 1909 • St Thomas, Cole, Missouri3 DEC 1985 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Felix John Mertens 26 Oct 1911 • St Thomas, Cole, Missouri 1 Jun 1930 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Everett August Mertens 17 JUL 1914 • St Thomas, Cole, Missouri 25 OCT 1972

- 2.) Clement Theodore Mertens 20 DEC 1917 • St Thomas, Cole, Missouri 9 JUN 2011 Westphalia, Osage, Missouri

- 2.) Louise Rose Mertens 9 OCT 1919 • Cole, Missouri 23 FEB 1990 • Chariton, Missouri

1. Maria Margaret Mertens # 30 OCT 1869 • Osage Twp, Cole, Missouri 19 JAN 1953 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri Marriage 15 Jan 1891 Henry John Cassmeyer 16 APR 1864 • Taos, Cole, Missouri 11 FEB 1939 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Leo Joseph Cassmeyer 28 APR 1893 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri 21 NOV 1949 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Leona Sophia Cassmeyer 16 Feb 1895 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri 30 Jul 1957 • Missouri

- 2.) John Henry Cassmeyer 28 SEP 1896 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri 7 APR 1976

- 2.) Antoinette Anna Cassmeyer 20 MAY 1898 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri 15 MAY 1979

- 2.) Regina Josephine Cassmeyer 28 APR 1901 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri 17 SEP 1984 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Victor Paul Cassmeyer Sr 9 JAN 1905 • Osage Bend, Cole, Missouri 20 MAR 1980 

- 2.) Infant Cassmeyer 21 JAN 1911 • Cole, Missouri 21 JAN 1911 • Cole, Missouri

1. Theresia Mertens # 12 FEB 1872 • Washington, Osage, Missouri 22 AUG 1960 • Webster Groves, St. Louis, Missouri Marriage 22 Sep 1897 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri James H Morrow 4 Feb 1875 • Cole , Missouri 4 Jan 1939 • St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

- 2.) Angeline Elizabeth Morrow 28 Feb 1898 • St Louis, Missouri 13 Apr 1985 • Webster Groves, St. Louis, Missouri

- 2.) Bernard John Morrow # 25 JUL 1900 • St Louis, Missouri 8 JAN 1976 • St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

1. Anna Elisabeth Mertens 8 APR 1874 • Washington, Osage, Missouri 2 NOV 1874 • Westphalia, Osage, Missouri 

1. Peter Paul Otto Mertens # 5 MAR 1876 • Washington, Osage, Missouri 23 MAY 1962 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri Marriage22 Apr 1901 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri Mary Bock 7 FEB 1881 • Cole, Missouri 27 JAN 1939 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 2nd Marriage 5 Sep 1946 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri Johanna K. Korsmeyer 26 Apr 1906 • Honey Creek, Cole, Missouri 14 Nov 1997 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri 

- 2.) George Joseph Mertens 11 JUL 1903 • Osage Bluff, Cole, Missouri 23 FEB 1982 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Lawrence Theodore Mertens 7 Dec 1904 • Osage Bluff, Cole, Missouri 30 Dec 1904 • Osage Bluff, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Clara Anna Mertens 18 NOV 1905 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 5 NOV 1991 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Louis John Mertens 23 JUN 1908 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 21 JUL 1963 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Frances Marie Mertens 12 Nov 1910 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 22 Aug 1965 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Augusta Mertens # 30 Dec 1912 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 18 May 1981 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Bernard Henry Mertens # 28 JUL 1914 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 16 APR 2000 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Edward Theodore Mertens 16 JUL 1917 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 30 AUG 1988 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Joseph Gerard Mertens 23 SEP 1919 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 18 APR 1920 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Otto August Mertens 18 OCT 1921 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 10 AUG 1923 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) William Francis Mertens 27 JUN 1924 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 18 OCT 1991 • Sedgwick, Kansas

- 2.) Alice Marie Mertens 4 Jun 1927 • Wardsville, Cole, Missouri 7 Jun 2003 • Boone County, Missouri

1. Catherina Hubertina Mertens 23 MAR 1879 • Washington, Osage, Missouri 1900 • Westphalia, Osage, Missouri

1. Anna Maria Gertrude Mertens # 15 JUL 1881 • Osage, Cole, Missouri 3 APR 1963 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri Marriage 8 Oct 1912 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri Benjamin Bernard Krummen 23 SEP 1867 • Taos, Cole, Missouri 11 JAN 1935 • Osage County, Missouri

- 2.) Bernadine Ann Krummen # 12 APR 1913 • Cole, Missouri 30 AUG 1989 • Palm Beach, Florida

- 2.) Clarence Krummen 7 FEB 1915 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri 2 MAR 1986 • Fulton, Callaway, Missouri

- 2.) Elizabeth Christine Krummen 19 Feb 1917 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri 22 Jun 2008 • Affton, St Louis, Missouri

- 2.) Rosalin Krummen 2 MAY 1919 • Cole, Missouri 8 OCT 1934 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri

- 2.) Nadine Doris Madge Krummen 12 JUL 1922 • Taos, Cole, Missouri 23 JUN 2007 • Independence, Jackson, Missouri 

- 2.) Ludvina Theodora Krummen 9 Mar 1925 • Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri 16 Jun 2014



Saturday, July 26, 2025

Broke a break wall with Jose Luis Leyva Ortiz

 

With my moms DNA. She match up with someone that has a Leyva name. His line go up to Jose Santos Leyva and Sebastiana Ortíz. They lived in San Luis Potosi, Mexico area where my great grandma Amalia and her brother Roberto was born at with their mothers name Hernandez. Thier parents never got married. Amalia father was a break wall for a very long time. Have broke thru a break wall thru DNA also with a picture with a name on it. The guy name is J Louiz Leyva Ortíz. the photo was taken in 1954. Now I have to go all thru Jose Santos Leyva and Sebastiana Ortíz children. They do have alot.

I figered Amalia father was Jose Luis Leyva Ortiz who born in 1868 and died in 1964. He was married to Maria Refugio Espericoeta who passed in 1910. Then got married to Maria Refugio sister Norberta. What I have found that Jose Luis and Maria Refugio had 12 children which 6 of them made it to the adult hood. Amalia and Roberto poss. have half siblings thru their father. As I can see the Leyva are still in San Luis Potosí, México area. Jose Luis grandson Rafael Leyva Rangel went to Brownsville, Cameron, Texas back in 1953.


Friday, April 18, 2025

Mary Catherine Divert Kids and grandchildren

 

Mary Catherine Divert 🌳 1835 • Pennsylvania 23 MAR 1897 • Pike, Missouri 1st Marriage 1 Nov 1850 • Louisa, Iowa John J Allen 1830 • Ohio 1857 • Wapello, Iowa

1. Elizabeth A. Allen 1850 • Iowa †?

1. Sarah I. Allen 1856 • Missouri †?

2nd Marriage 13 Apr 1858 • Pike, Missouri Samuel P.* Epperson 5 JAN 1808 • Jessamine, Kentucky BEF 1880 • Salt River, Pike, Missouri

1. Francis A Epperson 23 JAN 1858 • Ashburn, Pike, Missouri 13 DEC 1926 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri Marriage 15 NOV 1877 • Pike, Missouri George William* Penrod 4 MAR 1858 • Lee, Iowa 4 FEB 1929 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri

- 2.) Steve Emmet Penrod 29 SEP 1878 • Salt River, Pike, Missouri 3 JUL 1955 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri

- 2.) Permelia Ann Penrod 🧬 27 FEB 1884 • Salt River, Pike, Missouri 11 APR 1925 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri Marriage 13 Nov 1901 • Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois Aaron Eliphalet Lafe Kniffen 7 FEB 1870 Fulton, Illinois 8 JAN 1956 Louisiana, Pike, Missouri

--- 3.) Jesse Armelia Niffen 22 DEC 1902 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri 4 OCT 1903

--- 3.) Aaron Lee Niffen 1 FEB 1904 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri 1 DEC 1971 • Columbia, Boone, Missouri 

--- 3.) George Lester Niffen 🧬 29 MAR 1908 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri 8 APR 1974 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri

--- 3.) Martha Louise Niffen 29 MAR 1908 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri 1909

--- 3.) Elmer Richard Niffen 29 AUG 1911 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri 4 DEC 1973 • Missouri, Pike, Arkansas

--- 3.) Roy Leon Niffen 🧬 5 AUG 1914 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri 8 JUN 1978 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri

--- 3.) Mary Mina Niffen 🧬 1 NOV 1917 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri 22 DEC 1998 • Hannibal, Marion, Missouri

--- 3.) Albert Henry Niffen Sr. 24 JAN 1923 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri 11 MAR 1972 • Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa

--- 3.) Lydia Niffen APR 1925 • Louisiana, Pike, Missouri Death Louisiana, Pike, Missouri

- 2.) John Henry Penrod 9 OCT 1885 • Ashburn, Pike, Missouri 16 APR 1951 • Adams, Illinois

- 2.) Jessie Penrod JUN 1888 • Pike, Missouri 27 JUN 1905 • Pike, Missouri

1. William Earl George Epperson 10 SEP 1863 • Pike, Missouri 3 MAY 1943 • Hannibal, Marion, Missouri Marriage 14 Jun 1891 • Ashburn, Pike, Missouri Sarah Ellen Heimer 24 NOV 1874 • Augusta, Hancock, Illinois 22 JAN 1953 • Hannibal, Marion, Missouri 

- 2.) Iva Epperson 7 MAR 1893 • Hannibal, Marion, Missouri 04 AUG 1955 • Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma

- 2.) Pearl Epperson 23 APR 1895 • Hannibal, Marion, Missouri 3 JUN 1981 • Illinois

- 2.) Archie William Epperson 19 OCT 1900 • Hannibal, Marion, Missouri 12 APR 1965 • Black Rock, Erie, New York

1. Nancy Alice Epperson 17 JULY 1868 • Pike, Missouri 29 MAY 1937 • Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma ?22 JUN 1882 • Pike, Missouri C E Tice 1867 ?7 Apr 1892 • Carroll, Missouri William Ellis Jennings 12 DEC 1864 20 AUG 1904

- 2.) ??? Francis P Jennings 23 NOV 1896 • Oklahoma 17 MAY 1958

1. Annie N. Epperson 10 JAN 1874 • Pike, Missouri 17 DEC 1961 • Franklin, Johnson, Indiana Marriage 17 Sep 1896 • Madison, Illinois Harry Whiteside 21 MAY 1876 • Montgomery, Illinois ABT 1950

- 2.) William Alexander Whiteside 10 JAN 1900 • Illinois SEP 1937 The End 

1. Charles H. Epperson MAY 1876 • Pike, Missouri 18 MAR 1905 • Augusta, Hancock, Illinois Marriage 1896 Melvina Mrs. Epperson JAN 1881 • Illinois

- 2.) Cecil Earl Epperson APR 1899 • Illinois The End



Thursday, April 17, 2025

Henry Divert & Rebecca Ann Fickle

 


Henry Divert had 2 children precede him in death and is survived by 7 children and wife. His age at death was 90 years, 7 months and 3days.

The funeral was held at Lick Creek Church http://www.lickcreekchurch.org/about-us.html, Saturday, January 7, at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. William Stoy. Remains were intered in the Browns Cemetery west of Bryan.

Source: Page 25 of the West Unity area collection of obituaries found at the Bryan Library, Bryan, Ohio

Source: The info is on findagrave.com


1840 Census Centre, Williams, Ohio, USA 💙💜


listed as Henry Diment. written page #234. In Centre, Williams, Ohio 

Male, 15 thru 19 bet. 1825-1821, 

Male, 50 thru 59 bet. 1790-1781, 

Female, 5 thru 9 bet. 1835-1831, 

Female, 20 thru 29 bet. 1820-1811, Rebecca

Female, 30 thru 39 bet. 1810-1801



Henry Divert 31 MAY 1810 • Northumberland, Pennsylvania 3 JAN 1901 • Williams, Ohio 25 Jul 1839 • Williams, Ohio Rebecca Ann Fickle 15 OCT 1817 • West Virginia 1 MAY 1902 • West Unity, Williams, Ohio Burial Brown Cemetery, Bryan, Williams, Ohio


1. William Henry Divert # 22 JUN 1840 • Bryan, Williams, Ohio 11 APR 1915 • Fayette, Fulton, Ohio 

Marriage 26 Oct 1865 Defiance, Ohio Sarah Ann Tharp MAR 1843 • Bath, Allen, Ohio 1908 • Fulton, Ohio

- 2.) Hulda Jane Divert 1866 • Washington, Defiance, Ohio 1884 • Defiance, Ohio

- 2.) Sylvia Ann Divert 8 SEP 1867 • Washington, Defiance, Ohio 26 JAN 1950 • York, Washtenaw, Michigan

- 2.) William E Divert 5 JAN 1868 • Bryan, Williams, Ohio †1959 Jonesville, Hillsdale, Michigan

- 2.) Orren Albert Divert 16 JAN 1870 • Williams, Ohio 30 SEP 1951 • York, Washtenaw, Michigan

- 2.) Ida Rebeca Divert # 5 JUL 1871 • Paulding, Ohio 5 SEP 1911 • Jonesville, Hillsdale, Michigan

- 2.) Elnora Viola Divert 1 JAN 1874 • Bryan, Williams, Ohio 13 AUG 1938 • Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan

- 2.) Walter Scott Divert 15 OCT 1876 • Pulaski, Williams, Ohio JAN 1966 • Jonesville, Hillsdale, Michigan

- 2.) Orpha A Divert 15 SEP 1878 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 23 JAN 1890 • Fayette, Fulton, Ohio

- 2.) Addie Divert EST 1882 • Defiance, Ohio ABT 1897 • Fulton, Ohio

- 2.) Stella Divert EST 1885 • Defiance, Ohio EST 1885 • Defiance, Ohio

- 2.) Alta May Divert # 4 APRIL 1887 • Fayette, Fulton, Ohio 17 JAN 1970 • Wauseon, Fulton, Ohio 


1. Thomas J Deivert # 16 FEB 1841 • Williams, Ohio 16 FEB 1909 • Blakeslee, Williams, Ohio 

Marriage 15 Mar 1866 • Defiance, Ohio Rachel E Tharp 21 DEC 1846 • Bath, Allen, Ohio 2 JAN 1915 • Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio

- 2.) Matilda Frances Deivert # 10 MAR 1867 • Mark, Defiance, Ohio 14 NOV 1954 • Portland, Washington, Oregon

- 2.) Orley Deivert 14 SEP 1877 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 15 NOV 1877 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio

- 2.) Orlo Deivert 14 SEP 1877 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 21 AUG 1935 • Bridgewater, Williams, Ohio

- 2.) Homer Deivert 26 MAY 1881 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 20 FEB 1953 • Berrien Center, Berrien, Michigan

- 2.) Ethelen Ethel Deivert 19 AUG 1890 • Bryan, Williams, Ohio 14 FEB 1954 • Garrett, DeKalb, Indiana 


1. Catharine Deivert ABT 1844 • Williams, Ohio AFT 1880 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 

Marriage John S Struble FEB 1834 • Knox County, Ohio 1881

- 2.) Henry Marlin Divert 19 FEB 1865 • Bryan, Williams, Ohio 27 DEC 1951 • Montpelier, Williams, Ohio 


1. Phebe Divert # 2 SEP 1846 • Defiance, Defiance, Ohio 28 NOV 1920 • Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota 

Marriage 17 Jan 1868 • Defiance, Ohio Lyman Hemenway 3 MAR 1805 • New York 4 SEP 1877 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio

- 2.) Lyman Leroy Hemenway 17 MAY 1867 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 31 MAR 1870 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio

- 2.) Florence Elvira Hemenway 22 APR 1869 • Bryan, Williams, Ohio 26 DEC 1942 • Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

- 2.) Forest Jay Hemenway # 29 JUL 1871 • Bryan, Williams, Ohio 18 APR 1944 • Biggs, Butte, California

- 2.) Edith Edna Hemenway 19 NOV 1877 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 11 OCT 1936 • Chicago, Cook, Illinois 


1. Benjamin Divert # 3 APR 1849 • Williams, Ohio 11 OCT 1923 • Fulton, Ohio 

Marriage 20 Aug 1872 • Defiance, Ohio Mariam Sweet 5 AUG 1855 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 11 OCT 1923 • Fayette, Fulton, Ohio

- 2.) Burton Leroy Divert 30 MAY 1873 • Williams, Ohio 1960

- 2.) Jesse May Divert 3 DEC 1874 • Defiance, Defiance, Ohio BEFORE 1880

- 2.) Cora Olive Divert 24 OCT 1875 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 27 SEP 1951 • Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan

- 2.) Wilbur Lyman Divert # 29 APR 1879 • Fayette, Fulton, Ohio 29 AUG 1952 • Fayette, Fulton, Ohio

- 2.) Park Edison Divert # 5 SEP 1888 • Franklin, Fulton, Ohio 6 APR 1953 • Norwalk, Huron, Ohio 


1. Mary Matilda Messler-Divert # 10 SEP 1851 • Center, Williams, Ohio 24 JUN 1936 • Blissfield, Lenawee, Michigan 

Marriage 6 Jan 1870 • Defiance, Ohio Fowler McDowell 8 AUG 1846 • Williams, Ohio 22 JUL 1920 • Blissfield, Lenawee, Michigan

- 2.) Orpha Adel McDowell SEP 1870 • Toledo, Ohio 1964

- 2.) James McDowell 24 APRIL 1871 • Ottawa Lake, Monroe, Michigan 5 JULY 1937 • Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

- 2.) Nora Belle McDowell # 1 MAR 1875 • Blissfield, Lenawee, Michigan 30 AUG 1958 • Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

- 2.) William Wilbert Mcdowell 30 JUNE 1878 • Ottawa Lake, Michigan 9 JUL 1969 • Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

- 2.) John Adison McDowell 30 DEC 1880 • Whiteford, Monroe, Michigan 9 JUL 1969 • Toledo, Lucas, Ohio

- 2.) Jessie Mcdowell 12 JUL 1884 • Whiteford, Monroe, Michigan 21 OCT 1902 • Summerfield, Monroe, Michigan

- 2.) Frank Irvin McDowell 08 MAR 1887 • Ottowa Lake, Lenawee, Michigan 9 AUG 1978 • Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan

- 2.) Mary McDowell 17 SEP 1889 • Palmyra, Lenawee, Michigan 18 SEP 1889 


1. Rebecca Divert 1854 • Williams, Ohio 1860 • Defiance, Ohio

1. Henrietta Deivert 1859 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 1860 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio

1. Frank Divert APR 1861 • Farmer, Defiance, Ohio 22 MAY 1936 • Williams, Ohio

Marriage 7 Dec 1882 • Wright, Hillsdale, Michigan Ella Rebecca Borton 25 SEP 1850 • Camden, New Jersey 9 DEC 1913 • Williams, Ohio

Marriage 27 Feb 1915 • Williams, Ohio Laura Alice Thomas 29 SEP 1863 • Williams, Ohio 30 NOV 1935 • Williams, Ohio


Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Brick Wall with Mary Catherine Divert "Epperson"

 

Have DNA Connection with Henry Divert and Rebecca Ann Fickle family. Henry Divert poss be Mary's Uncle or father

Henrys daughter Mary Matilda Divert is listed half thru DNA and someone has her listed with David G Messler and Eliza Boone or Boor as her parents. 

Also have DNA matches with  John Hans Jacob Wagner Sr  & Anna Sophia Berger Engle Descendants. Some of them match up with Henrys sons William Henry Divert and Benjamin Divert family. 


1850 United States Federal Census Living with George Helmigh Mary could be a Orphan.  

Name Mary Divers

Gender Female

Race White

Residence Age 20

Birth Date abt 1830

Birthplace Pennsylvania

Residence Date 1850

Home in 1850 Wapello, Louisa, Iowa


Iowa, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1835-1850

Name Mary Divers

Marriage Date 1 Nov 1850

Marriage Place Louisa

Spouse John J. Allen


1860 United States Federal Census

Mary has 2 kids with the surname Allen. 


1860 Salt River, Pike, Missouri

Samuel Epperson 52

Mary C Epperson 28

Elizabeth A Allen 10

Sarah I Allen 4

Francis Epperson 1


Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940

Name Annie Epperson

Gender Female

Age 22

Birth Year abt 1874

Marriage Date 17 Sep 1896

Marriage Place Madison, Illinois, USA

Father Samuel Epperson

Mother Mary Divert

Spouse Harry Whiteside


Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1969

Frances Penrod

Father Sam Epperson

Mother Mary Divers

William Earl George Epperson

Father Samuel Epperson

Mother Mary Divers



Monday, April 14, 2025

Waller DNA Broke thru

 

My 4th great-grandparents Jeremiah Waller & Mary H Rogers was my brick wall until I took DNA on ancestry. 

Actually got dna connections from 7th great-grandparents Thomas J Waller and Mary Alice Threlkeld sons Richard (1716) and William (1722) Waller. There is a book on the Wallers. John Waller Immigrant came to Virginia in 1654 from Beaconsfield, England and settle down in Somerset, Maryland. Also Johns mother Lady Anne Hampden line gose up to the royals. Edward I King of England. "The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants" 

In the book it says Nathaniel Waller Jr. may had a 2nd wife. So, Jeremiahs and his sisters Margaret & Phoebe mothers name is unknown. It dose say half cousins thru DNA from their brothers Charles and Smith Waller descendants.

I put Mary H Rogers and William Park Rogers under Enoch Rodgers & Catherine Katie Teague

Enoch Rodgers & Catherine Katie Teague 

William Park Rogers & Sarah Agnes Duke 


DNA Matches with Enoch Catherine children 

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Polly Rogers Abraham Pettyjohn

Shared DNA: 9 cM across 1 segments

Unweighted shared DNA: 9 cM

Longest segment 9 cM

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Match up with William Cornelius Rogers 1777 Tennessee

Shared DNA: 9 cM across 1 segments

Unweighted shared DNA: 9 cM

Longest segment 9 cM

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Benjamin Curray Pettit Margaret Cunnigan


Match with My Kniffens and "random people" Abraham D Carlock Sr. family. Also William Cornelius Rogers 1777 Tennessee


Shared DNA: 20 cM across 1 segments

Unweighted shared DNA: 20 cM

Longest segment 20 cM

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Nancy Nannie Pettit James Humphrey


Match with Pleasant R. Waller family 

Shared DNA: 14 cM across 1 segments

Unweighted shared DNA: 42 cM

Longest segment 42 cM

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DNA matches with random people


Grief Austin Lynch Nancy Penelope Rogers 

Mary Frances Lynch & John Henry Rodgers "Grief 1st Marriage" 


Bolen K Bankston Elizabeth W. Rogers

Sarah Elizabeth Bankston & William Richard Moses Waddell Sr

Mary Susan Bankston & Albert J. "Jack" Sanders


Abraham Jacob Derst II & Mary Victoria McCarty. 


Peter Kimbrell Alicey Jackson

Archibald Kimbrell Mary Polly Jackson

Malinda Kimbrell William Emanuel Griffis, One of my matches go up to William Laxton Lynch Jr who had 34 children counting Grief Austin Lynch



Saturday, April 12, 2025

My line to the Royals

 

22th Edward I King of England ⭐️ m. Eleanor of Castile 

21th Joan of Acre 1272 m. Gilbert de Clare 7th Earl of Gloucester 

20th Elizabeth de Clare m. Theobald 2nd Baron Verdun 

19th Isabella de Verdun m. Henry 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby 

18th William 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby 1333 m. Margaret Ufford

17th Henry 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby m. Joan Poynings 

16th William 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby m. Philippa Clifford 

15th Sir Thomas Ferrers m. Elizabeth Freville 

14th Sir Henry Ferrers m. Margaret Heckstall

13th Sir Edward Ferrers 1468 m. Constance Brome 

12th Elizabeth Ferrers m. John Hampton 

11th Griffith Lord Hampden m. Anne Cave 

10th Sir Robert Waller II m. Lady Anne Hampden 💗  


9th John Delier Waller 1616 m. Alice Major "Immigrant" 

8th William Waller I 1661 m. Bridget Nelson "Only son"

7th Thomas J Waller 1696 m. Mary Alice Threlkeld "Thru DNA" 

6th Nathanael Waller Sr 1713 m. Elizabeth Strobridge

5th Nathaniel Waller Jr. 1746 m. Poss. Mrs 2nd Wife Waller

4th Jeremiah Waller 1798 m. Mary H Rogers "Was Brick Wall" 

3rd Joseph W. Waller 1835 m. Sarah Maria O'Neal 

2nd Lydia Emma Waller 1871 m. Louis Edward Harrison 

Hershel Everett Harrison 1897 m. Lola Helen Arend

Roy Alexander Harrison 1931 m. Mary Edith Niffen