Sunday's Obituary - Bertha Christina Rothmeyer Huber

Mrs. Chas. Huber Passes Today

From my grandmother's scrapbook;
likely Yankton Press & Dakotan,
date unknown

Mrs. Bertha Huber of Yankton Route 2, died early today at Sacred Heart hospital, at the age of 81.  She had been in the hospital for five weeks.


A daughter, Verna, Mrs. Claire Fitzgerald of Yankton, and two sons, Richard and Wilfred Huber of rural Yankton, survive Mrs. Huber along with two sisters, Mrs. Rose Kurzreiter of Eugene, Ore., and Mrs. Lucy Thomas of Kansas City, Kas.  There are nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.


She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles M. Huber, two sons and one daughter.

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The 1940 Census - Who Is On My List?

Only 34 more days until the release of the 1940 census!  

While it isn't the first time I will find some of my living relatives on a census, I'm still very excited!  All four of my grandparents were on the 1930 census - as small children - and on the 1940 census they will be grown, and both of my grandfathers will be getting ready to head off to fight in WWII.


So who are the people I will be focusing on for the 1940 census?  These are mostly direct-line ancestors, but there are a few collateral folks in there too.  I have a whole other list with even more collateral folks to look up, but these are my priority.  Using the One-Step tools created by Steve Morse, I have already determined (hopefully) the enumeration district where they should be found, which should make things a little easier.


Theresa Burns, Mayfield, Yankton, SD (ED 68-8)
Albert L. Crowe, Indianapolis, IN (ED 96-285, 96-286)
Charles C. Crowe, Mt. Vernon, IN (ED 65-5, 60-15, 60-16)Harold John & Lucile Francis Crowe, Indianapolis, IN (ED 96-283) 

Harold John Crowe, Jr., Indianapolis, IN (ED 96-289, 96-290)
James M. Crowe, Mt. Vernon, IN (ED 65-5)
Mabel L. Crowe, Gosport, IN (ED 60-15, 60-16)
Owen Charles Crowe, Mt. Vernon, IN (ED 65-4)
Mary Alice (Egan) Schneider, Yankton, SD (ED 68-18, 68-22A-B)
John Joseph Gallagher, Ridgefield, NJ (ED 2-273, 2-276, 2-278)
Jeannette (Heerdink) Stiker, Mt. Vernon, IN (ED 65-5)
Edward John Lanctot, Yankton, SD (ED 68-18, 68-22A-B)

James Lanctot, Yankton, SD (ED 68-18, 68-22A-B)
Joseph Lanctot, Yankton, SD (ED 68-18, 68-22A-B)
Emma T. (Rothmeyer) Huber, Yankton, SD (ED 68-27)
Mary Alice (Schneider) Lanctot, Yankton, SD (ED 68-18, 68-22A-B) Clare Maxine Slowey, Yankton, SD (ED 68-18, 68-22A-B)

John Edward Slowey, Mayfield, Yankton, SD (ED 68-8)
Thomas Patrick & Christina Ann (Huber) Slowey, Yankton, SD (ED 68-8)
Vernon G. Slowey, Mayfield, Yankton, SD (ED 68-8)

 

I have made plans to be off work for the entire day on April 2, and will be indexing my little fingers off.  I will be checking blogs periodically until that day for other people's lists -- in addition to my own -- to see if I run across anyone else's folks while I'm indexing.

FamilySearch, Archives.com, and findmypast.com have joined together to make sure the 1940 census gets indexed and published as quickly as possible.  If you haven't already, I strongly encourage you to join me as a volunteer indexer for the 1940 census.  It's a great opportunity to give back (and get some research done in the process)!

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Wedding Wednesday: Huber-Rothmeyer

Joseph Huber & Emma Rothmeyer

Joseph and Emma (Rothmeyer) Huber are my 2nd great grandparents.  The couple were married on 9 Oct 1892, but I am unsure if they married in Iowa or South Dakota.


Joseph Huber was born in 1866 or 1867 in McGregor, Iowa, the fourth child (of 15) of Peter S. and Theresa (Reisinger) Huber.  Peter and his family moved to South Dakota to stake their claim on some land, and Joseph remained in Yankton County (likely Utica) until 1930.  


Emma Rothmeyer was born 20 Jun 1870 in Elkader, Iowa, the third child (of 6) of Joseph and Christina (Wagner) Rothmeyer.  


The couple had a total of 8 children: Clara, Anna (my great grandmother), Ellanora, Martha, Joseph, Mildred, Alice, and Paul.  Joseph died, after an 8-month battle against prostate cancer that spread to his intestines, on 19 Oct 1930 around age 63 in Los Angeles, California, where they lived for 2 months.  He is buried at Sigel Cemetery in Yankton.  Emma moved back to South Dakota, and died on 1 May 1947 at the age of 76 in Yankton, and is also buried at Sigel Cemetery.


This photo really grabbed me when I saw it ... maybe it was the fact that her dress wasn't white, maybe it was that she looked like a deer in headlights ... no idea.  In any case, I think it's a pretty cool wedding photo.

52 Weeks to Better Genealogy - Week 5

Week 5: . Play with WorldCat.org. WorldCat is a massive network of library content that the public can search for free (user name and password not required). Not every library is a part of WorldCat, but the vast size of the network makes it an important genealogy tool. If you are looking for a specific book or publication, enter the identifying information into the WorldCat search box and see which libraries hold the item. You may even find that you can get the item through your library’s inter-library loan program. Don’t forget to search for some of your more unusual surnames and see what comes up. The goal is to play with WorldCat and examine its possibilities for your own research. If you’re already familiar with WorldCat, play with it again. The network and collection grow and change constantly.

I didn't have a specific book in mind when I started my search, so I did a search for my Slowey surname.  I found a lot of books written by authors with the surname of Slowey, but not anything that pertained to any of my specific ancestors (at least none that I know of right now). 

I did another search for my Lanctot surname.  Again, several authors with the Lanctot surname, but pretty slim pickins for anything pertinent.  As I'm scrolling through the list, I notice a book called "La Famille Lanctot."  Hmmm.  Author? Philippe Constant.  That name sounds familiar.  I look in my genealogy program ... no Constants.  Ohhh ... that's right.  One of my Wagners is named Constant (actually two, but who's counting?).  Still ... it's a Lanctot family history.  My Wagners eventually flow into my Lanctots (via Rothmeyers, Hubers, and Sloweys), so maybe these folks are related somehow.  (It's scary being inside my head, huh?)  Oh great.  The book is in French.  Ok, I might need an interpreter.  Let's see if I can even get the book first, then we'll deal with whether I can read it.

Turns out it's available through the NEGHS.  Awesome.  Now the question is whether I can get it through interlibrary loan or if I have to join the society (which I've been meaning to do anyway) and request a lookup (except I have no idea what's in that book).  I will definitely have to look into this some more.  Perhaps when I have some extra time after school lets out, I can go to the library and see which libraries are on the ILL roster.

This is definitely a tool I will use for my research in the future.  I have included a link to WorldCat.org in my toolbox as well.


52 Weeks To Better Genealogy is a 2010 series of weekly blogging prompts that are a bit more challenging and are geared towards those new to the field of genealogy and family history as well as those who want to brush up on some skills which might be a bit rusty.  Thanks to Amy Coffin at We Tree Genealogy Blog and Thomas MacEntee at Geneabloggers for putting this together!