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On November 9, 1904, Mr. Gaskill married Beulah, daughter of William H. and Hope (Zelly) Deacon, of Northampton township, Burlington county.
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The Perry family, which has
PERRY long had an honored existence in Essex county, has to-day no more able representative than Edward Smith Perry, whose ancestry so far as it is ascer- tainable is given below. His grandfather, the earliest member of his line of whom we have definite information, may have been a son of Deacon John Perry, of Orange, who died Oc- tober 1, 1821, aged seventy-five years ; he may have been a grandson of Arthur Perry, born 1716, died January 1, 1777, who with his wife Jane is buried in the old public cemetery at Orange. He may also have been the grand- son of Benjamin and Sarah Perry, whose nine year old daughter died March 16, 1735.
(I) George Perry was born in Bloomfield, Essex county, New Jersey, January 27, 1796, and died November II, 1848. His wife, Jane Ochiltree, was born October 7, 1800, and died November 12, 1879. They are both buried in the Bloomfield cemetery. Children: Smith; Caroline, married Thomas Taylor, of Bloom- field; William, married the widow Nancy Trembly; George Washington, referred to below.
(II) George Washington, son of George and Jane (Ochiltree) Perry, was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, May 10, 1834, and died November 1, 1889. He bought and sold live stock. He married, July 3, 1859, Sarah Ann, daughter of Edward G. and Catherine (Wilcox) Smith, and granddaughter of Caleb and Sarah (Garthwaite) Smith. Her father was married twice, his second wife being Mar- garet Roff. Children, last two by second wife : Sarah A. Smith, referred to above; Amelia; Elizabeth, wife of Levi Van Buskirk; Alma, wife of James Dickerson; and Matilda, mar- ried (first) Freeman Condit; (second) a Mr. Rogers. Children of George Washington and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry: 1. Kate, born Au- gust 6, 1860, died September 30, 1863. 2. Ed- ward Smith, referred to below. 3. Addison Griffin, referred to below. 4. Kate L., born in Bloomfield, November 11, 1867; married in New York, January 30, 1898, Dante J. Bis- perone, for whose ancestry see appended Bis- perone sketch. 5. Duncan Kennedy, referred to below. 6. Amelia, married Alfred Clark, of Paterson, New Jersey ; three children. 7. Har- riet, died aged sixteen. 8. Wilson George, re- ferred to below.
(III) Edward Smith, son of George Wash- ington and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry, was born in Orange, New Jersey, October 5, 1862. For his early education he was sent to the iii-2
Orange public schools, and learning the trade of a hatter, he became in 1880 superintendent of the Brennan & Carr factory, where he re- inained for twenty-five years, and resigned in order to accept his present position of registrar of Essex county, to which he was elected in 1905. Previous to this he had served for twelve years and eight months as one of the members of the common council of Orange. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Lodge No. 135, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Orange, and of Lodge No. 12, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Orange. His clubs are the Republican Indian League, the Union League Club, of Orange, and the Mckinley and Roosevelt Club. Of the last two he is president. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, of Orange. On October 10, 1885, Mr. Perry married Ella Bertha, daughter of George Washington and Mary (Schaeffer ) Vincent, for whose ancestry see Vincent sketch appended. Children : I. George Washington, born July 16, 1886. 2. Ella Bertha, January 5, 1888. 3. Edward B., October 19, 1899. 4. Floyd C., October 6, 1891. 5. Charles W., March 20, 1894. 6. Irving G., August 8, 1895.
(III) Addison Griffin, son of George Wash- ington and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry, was born at Bergen Hill, Bergen county, New Jer- sey, April 23, 1865, and is now living in Orange, New Jersey. After receiving his early educa- tion in the public schools he obtained a position in a produce dealer's, which he gave up in order to engage in the milk business. This in turn he relinquished one year later, and spent two years in the employ of a railroad, and finally in 1897 he started the sale and exchange stable which he has continued to conduct up to the present time. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and in religious conviction a Presby- terian. In June, 1888, he married, in East Orange, (first) Josephine Ryan, and (second) about 1897, Annie Ryan, a cousin of his first wife. The father of his first wife was Michael Ryan, and of his second, Michael's brother Philip. Children of Addison Griffen Perry: I. Lillian Veronica, born February 10, 1890. 2. Arthur A., August 27, 1891. 3. Florence, June 4, 1894. 4. Irene. 5. Walter, June 11, 1898. 6. Mary Francis, December 7, 1899. 7. Frank H., March 7, 1905. 8. Ruth, December 9, 1906.
(III) Duncan Kennedy, son of George Washington and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry, was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, January 17, 1871, and is now living in Orange. For his early education he attended the public
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schools of Orange, after which he learnt the trade of hatter; but after working for eight years at this he went into a box factory and later into the Orange water department. In 1908 he gave up this last employment in order to enter the town fire department. He is a Republican and a Presbyterian. June 22, 1896, Mr. Perry married, in New York City, Mary, daughter of Michael and Maria ( Brown ) Ryan, and widow of William Burke, who by her first husband had three children: Josephine Mary Burke, born December 25, 1888; William F .. March 18, 1890; Lawrence, May 26, 1892. Her father was born in 1838, and died May II. 1905 ; her mother was born in 1835, and died October 26, 1884. Children of Duncan Ken- nedy and Mary ( Ryan-Burke) Perry: Edna Loretta, born July 29, 1902, and Helen Marie, November 16, 1906.
(III) Wilson George, son of George Wash- ington and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry, was born in Orange, New Jersey, January 27, 1879, and is now living at 70 Mitchell street, West Orange. He received his education in the public school, and then learned the trade of hatter, at which he has continued ever since, being employed in the blocking department of one of the large Orange factories. He is a Republican. July 1, 1900, Mr. Perry married, in Orange, Caroline, daughter of Louis and Alexandrienne ( Browdin) Amirault. Children : I. Irene Adele, born February 7, 1901. 2. Robert Wilson, December 5, 1903. 3. Lor- raine Estelle, March 26, 1905. 4. Eleanor Corinne, December 27, 1907. 5. Wilson George, October 7, 1908.
(The Peperone Line).
Dante J. Peperone is the only child of John and Anne Marie Peperone. His parents were natives of Turin, Italy, his father being born there December 18, 1842, and dying in Amer- ica, November 8, 1907. Coming to this coun- try in 1886 with his son, who was born in Turin, April 12, 1872, the father obtained em- ployment in one of the large Orange hat fac- tories, and Dante J., who had received his early education in the Italian parish schools, com- pleted it in the Orange public school. He was nine years old when he was brought to this country, and after leaving school he learned the trade of carpenter, and by his energy and ability has risen to the position of foreman for several of the large contractors. It should be mentioned as an evidence of his ability that he built his own home. He is a Republican and a Presbyterian. He is secretary of Lafayette
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a member of the Encampment and of the Brotherhood Insurance Company. January 30, 1898, Mr. Peperone married, in New York City, Kate Loretta, daughter of George Wash- ington and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry, who was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, Novem- ber II, 1867. Children: 1. Cecile Anna, born December 16, 1898. 2. Elmira Sarah, Septem- ber 30, 1905. 3. Marie Adelaide, August 14, 1908.
(The Vincent Line).
Thomas Vincent, born in England, married Martha Reynolds, and had thirteen children, among whom was George Washington, re- ferred to below.
(II) George Washington, son of Thomas and Martha (Reynolds) Vincent, was born in West Orange, New Jersey, July 23, 1842, and died there May 5, 1905. After being educated in the Orange public schools he became for a while a clerk in a store, and then set up in busi- ness for himself as a produce dealer. He was a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church ; the secret societies of which he was a member were the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias. He married, August 27, 1859, Mary, daughter of John Christopher and Wilhelmina (Zimmer- mann) Schaeffer, who came to this country from Germany. She was born in New York City, January 12, 1842, and is the oldest child of her parents. Children: I. Ella Bertha, born March 22, 1866; married, October 10, 1885, Edward Smith, son of George Washing- ton and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry. 2. Amelia, wife of George Jorgensen. 3. Caroline. 4. George Washington, married Grace Condit, and has two children-Hazel and Wesley. 5. Thomas, married Annie Jacobus, and has three children-Wilbur, Martha and Myrtle. 6. Arthur, married Elizabeth Macauley, and has one child, Arthur.
CONDIT The Condit family of New Jer- sey which has played such an important and prominent part in the history of Essex county from its earliest period down to the present day, is of Norman descent, and the name has had honorable men- tion more than once in English history. Among the most prominent of the English members of the family was John Conduit Knight, who married, in England, Catherine Barton, widow, niece of Sir Isaac Newton, with whom the couple resided during Sir
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Isaac's life, and from whom they inherited his estate. Sir John Conduit succeeded Sir Isaac also as master and warden of the mint, and died January 20, 1739, aged eighty years. His wife died May 27, 1737, aged forty-nine. Their monument is in Westminster Abbey. They had one child, a daughter, who married a Mr. Wallap, eldest son of Lord Lynington. The Kensington estate descended to the Earl of Portsmouth.
(I) John Cunditt, first known member of the family in this country came to America in 1678, with his son Peter, and settled at New- ark, New Jersey. He bought land there in 1689 and 1691. He died in 1713. By his first wife he had a son Peter (referred to below), and by his second wife, Deborah, he had an- other son, John, who died a minor. There is reason to believe that his second wife was a widow when he married her, and that she had a daughter, Mary, who married Captain John Morris.
(II) Peter, only child of John Cunditt to reach maturity and marry, came over to Amer- ica with his father. He died in 1714, leaving a widow and seven children. From the fre- quent mention in the Newark record of the "two widows Cunditts," it seems probable that Peter's widow lived with her mother-in- law at least for some time after her hus- band's death. Peter Condit married, in 1695, Mary, daughter of Samuel Harrison, of New- ark. Samuel was son of Sergeant Richard Har- rison, and grandson of Richard Harrison of Cheshire, England, and Brandford, Connecti- cut. Children of Peter and Mary (Harrison) Condit : I. Samuel, referred to below. 2. Peter, born 1698 or 1699; died July 11, 1768; married Phebe Dodd. 3. John, born about 1701 ; died about 1783 ; married Joanna, daughter of Mathew Williams, of Newark. 4. Nathaniel, born about 1703; died June 23. 1746; married Elizabeth, daughter of Swain and Susan ( Ackerman) Ogden of Orange. 5. Mary, born 1705 or 1706. 6. Philip, born April, 1709; died December 23, 1801 ; married Mary Day. 7. Isaac, born 1711 or 1712, liv- ing in 1764, and married, but wife's name un- known.
(III) Samuel Condit, eldest child of Peter and Mary Harrison Condit, was born in New- ark, New Jersey. December 6, 1696, and died July 18, 1777. About 1720 he purchased land lying between the Orange Mountains, after- wards called Pleasant Valley. Subtracting from this land five plantations of fifty acres each, he built on each plantation a house which
he donated to each of his five sons, giving at the same time a family Bible apiece. He re- served for himself a homestead plot of seventy acres. Three of these farms have ever since remained in the family line of descent, and it is a remarkable fact that his descendants have a continuous representation in an official ca- pacity in the churches of Orange for more than one hundred and fifty years. He is buried in the Orange burying ground, having survived his first wife more than twenty years, and his second wife exactly five months. Their graves are near their husband, while in close proximity is the resting place of their third son, Samuel Junior.
In 1722 Samuel Condit married Mary Dodd. born November 8, 1698, died May 25, 1755. She was the mother of all his children. The second wife, whom he married in 1756, was Mary ( Nutman) Williams, the widow of Amos, born 1700; died February 18, 1777. Children of Samuel and Mary Dodd Condit : 1. Daniel, referred to below. 2. Jotham, born January 29, 1727 ; died July 9, 1752; married Rebecca Pierson. 3. Samuel, January 13. 1729, to November 18, 1776; married (first) Mary, daughter of Joseph Smith, of Orange : (second) Martha (Carter ) Wilcox, widow of Stephen Wilcox, of Elizabethtown, who after his death married (third) Deacon Paul Day, of Bottle or Long Hill, Morris county, New Jersey. 4. Martha, October 17, 1731, to Jan- uary 6, 1831 ; married (first) Gershom Will- iams, ( second) Jedediah Freeman. 5. David, March 17, 1734, to April 24, 1777, married Joanna Williams. Enlisted in Second Regi- ment New Jersey Militia during the revolu- tion ; promoted to major 1776, and for gal- lantry brevetted lieutenant-colonel. 6. Jona- than, October 18, 1736, to August 29, 1823 ; married his cousin Jemima, daughter of John Condit. Was captain of militia, Second New Jersey Regiment, during the revolution.
(IV) Daniel, eldest child of Samuel and Mary (Dodd) Condit, was born in Orange. December 27, 1723, and died November II. 1785. He was a farmer and occupied the land given to him by his father. He was also a soldier in the revolutionary army, having enlisted as a private in the first Batallion, sec- ond establishment of the New Jersey militia. He married Ruth, born December 29, 1723. died November 23. 1807, daughter of Samuel and Jemima (Williams) Harrison, grand- daughter of Samuel and Mary (Ward) Harrison, and great-granddaughter of Ser- geant Richard Harrison. Daniel was a
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deacon in the Presbyterian church, and an exemplary Christian man. Children of Daniel and Ruth ( Harrison) Condit: I. Adonijah, born 1749; died September 13, 1770. 2. Eunice, married Nathaniel Ogden. 3. Jemima, married Major Aaron Harrison. 4. Mary, born January 18, 1756; married her cousin Philip, son of Philip Condit, of Morris- town. 5. Joel, married Sarah Wheeler. 6. Amos, born January 2, 1759; died March 12, 1802; married Dorcas Harrison. 7. Samuel. referred to below. 8. Ira, February 21, 1764. to June 1, 18II ; a graduate of Princeton Col- lege and a trustee thereof; vice-president and professor of moral philosophy in Queen's (now Rutgers) College; became a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church. He married Sarah, daughter Henry Perine, of Freehold, New Jersey.
(V) Samuel, seventh child and fourth son of Daniel and Ruth (Harrison) Condit, was born August 16, 1761, and died August 31, 1822. After his marriage he removed to the eastern side of the Orange Mountain and re- sided at what was long known as "Tory Corner." He was a farmer, a devout Chris- tian man, a kind parent, a sincere friend, and a private in the revolutionary war. In 1785 he married Hannah, born October 29, 1764, died January 31, 1855, daughter of Ichabod and Sarah (Williams) Harrison, grand- daughter of Nathaniel, and great-granddaugh- ter of Joseph Harrison and Dorcas, daughter of Sergeant John Ward. Their children were : I. Jemima, born October 7, 1786; died Decem- ber 16, 1788. 2. Sarah, July 30, 1788, to Au- gust 24, 1841; married Ichabod Losey. 3. Jemima, April 29, 1791, to March 28, 1882; married Samuel Morris Dodd, whom she sur- vived fifty-one years. 4. Eunice, July 2, 1793, to November 22, 1882; married John Munn. 5. Harriet, November 22, 1795, to January 4, 1880; married (first) Viner Van Zandt Jones, (second) Deacon Henry Pierson. 6. Samuel, March 22, 1798, to October 22. 1864; married Phebe Peck. 7. Mary, Novem- ber 5, 1802, to December 30, 1881 ; married Stephen Dodd. 8. Abigail, March 29, 1804, to April 26, 1880; married Thomas D. Kil- burn. 9. Clara, February 28, 1806, to March 23, 1842; became first wife of Thomas W. Munn. 10. Ira H., referred to below. II. Ichabod, born December 6, 1810; died 181I.
(VI) Ira H., next to the youngest child of Samuel and Hannah (Harrison) Condit, was born May 16, 1808, and died January 7, 1906. He was a farmer, and the first part of his life
lived at Orange, but spent the latter years in Livingston township, Essex county. For sev- eral years he was a member of the board of chosen freeholders. He married Phebe Far- rand Mulford, born September 8, 1808, daugh- ter of Timothy and Susan ( Kitchell) Mulford, and granddaughter of Aaron and Phebe (Far- rand) Kitchell; for some years after the war of the revolution, Aaron Kitchell was a mem- ber of the New Jersey legislature, from 1791 to 1801 he was in congress as a representa- tive from that state; and from 1805 to 1809 he was United States senator ; also grand- daughter of Timothy and Esther (Osborn) Mulford. Their children are : I. Samuel, born July 9, 1832, now living in Oakwood avenue, Orange; married Mary Elizabeth Harrison. 2. Clara, January 27, 1834, married Zenas Williams. 3. Hannah, born October 9, 1839; married Orlando Williams. 4. Elias Mulford, referred to below. 5. Susan, born July 2, 1843. 6. Sarah, born December 18, 1848; married Amos W. Harrison. 7. and 8. Mary and Harriet, twins, born October 31, 1850. 9. Ira, born February 5, 1855; died March 24, 1859.
(VII) Elias Mulford, fourth child and second son of Ira H. and Phebe Farrand (Mulford) Condit, was born in Orange town- ship, Essex county, New Jersey, May 21, 1841. For his early education he attended the Orange public schools, after leaving which he com- pleted his education in private schools. Some time later he went into business for himself as a surveyor and civil engineer, and in gen- eral business but of late years has been en- gaged only in a real estate business. In poli- tics Mr. Condit is a Republican, devoted to the interest and welfare of his party. From 1885 to 1889 he was a member of the board of chosen freeholders, and for a considerable time director thereof. In 1886 and 1887 he was for two terms a member of the New Jersey house of assembly. In 1890 he was a candi- date for congress, but with his party sustained defeat in the great tariff debate of that year. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1892 at Minneapolis.
November 29, 1870, he married, in West Orange, Sarah Louise, born July 4, 1842, daughter of Charles and Susan (Losey) Beach. Children : I. Charles Beach, born June 7, 1872; married Mary Maude Kynor, born November 16, 1874, eldest daughter of George W. and Annie (Gibbons) Kynor ; and has one child, Warren Kynor, born September 10, 1907. He is a graduate of Princeton Univer-
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sity, 1895, and Princeton Theological Semin- ary, 1898. He was for nine years pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Liberty Corner, New Jersey, and is now pastor of the Trinity Reformed Church, Newark, New Jersey. 2. Phebe Augusta, January 27, 1874. 3. Clara Louise, March 28, 1876. 4. Wilberforce, born November 16, 1878; married Emma Louise Smith, born May 2, 1882: children: Dorothy. born September 14, 1902; Ruth Louise, Feb- ruary 4, 1904; Wilberforce Mulford, Febru- ary 4, 1906. 5. Albert Kitchell, born Febru- ary 12, 1880; graduated from Princeton Uni- versity, 1902, and New York Law School. 1904. He is now an attorney in Passaic, New Jersey. 6. Hattie May, born January 30, 1882. 7. Elias Mulford Jr., born September 29, 1883.
The Merz family, which was
MERZ worthily represented by the late Henry Merz, for several years a prominent and influential resident of Newark, New Jersey, is a late acquisition to the state of New Jersey.
(I) Johannes Merz was born in the vicinity of the city of Darmstadt, in the dukedom of Hesse, Germany. He was a highly educated and cultured man, and served for over fifty years in the capacity of schoolmaster in the town of Bensheim, winning and retaining the respect and esteem of all under his control, as well as of his fellow citizens. The government con- ferred upon him a medal for faithful services upon his fiftieth anniversary as a schoolmaster. The greater portion of his life was spent in the town of Bensheim, in the affairs of which he took a deep interest, and there he married Katharine Werle, who bore him nine children : I. August, died in infancy. 2. Henry, whose sketch follows. 3. Karl, came to America and became prominent as a musical composer, and who was successively professor of music at Oxford University and at Wooster Univer- sity, Ohio. 4. Emile, who came to America and died at San Francisco, California. 5. Katharine, volunteered in the capacity of nurse in a military hospital during the Franco-Prus- sian war, 1870; she was awarded two medals of honor, one by Emperor William I and the second by the Grand Duke Ludwig III in rec- ognition of her faithfulness and fidelity to duty ; she came to America and now ( 1909) resides with her sister-in-law on Littleton ave- nue, Newark, New Jersey. 6. Louis, came to America, but returned to the fatherland. 7. Marie, became a Sister of Mercy in the his-
toric city of Manheim, Germany; she died in 1876. 8. Hans, at present resides in the city of Berlin. 9. George, died in early life. Mr. and Mrs. Merz were consistent Christians, and members of the Roman Catholic church, of which Mr. Merz was for many years the official organist.
(II) Henry, son of Johannes and Kathar- ine (Werle) Merz, was born in the town of Bensheim, May 29, 1833, died in Newark, New Jersey, May 13, 1905. His early mental train- ing was under the tuition of his father ; later he entered the Gymnasium, a classical school, and pursued his studies with a view of enter- ing the ministry. This aim was abandoned, however, and he decided to emigrate to the new world, and accordingly set sail in 1853. landing at New York City. Shortly after- ward he removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylva- nia, and there secured a position in a music store, being well qualified for the work by his natural talent as well as by the musical edu- cation that had been part of his early train- ing. After a few years, becoming desirous of improving his condition and circumstances, he took up his residence in New York City and engaged in business on his own account, open- ing and conducting a photographic studio. He conducted this enterprise until about 1869, when he became interested with his brother-in- law, Frederick Heller, in the manufacture of Ultramarine Blue, an article which was then for the first time successfully manufactured in the United States by the firm of Heller & Merz. In addition to the article above named they manufactured a large variety of aniline dye stuffs, and their plant in Newark is the largest of its kind in this country, furnishing employment to many skilled operatives and laborers. As both members of the firm were thorough business men, straightforward in all their transactions, the enterprise proved a com- plete success and was highly remunerative. Although of a quiet and reserved disposition. Mr. Merz took an active interest in the af- fairs of the community wherein he resided, and while a resident of New York City served as a member of the board of education and also as one of its trustees, and was connected in an official capacity with the German Hospital of New York City. In 1889 he removed to his beautiful residence at No. 143 Littleton ave- nue, Newark, where his death occurred. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and an active member of the Turn Verein, the Liederkranz and other social German organi- zations of New York City and Newark. Mr.
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Merz inherited to a remarkable degree the characteristics of his father. He loved music and books, and was thoroughly conversant with his favorite authors along both lines. He enjoyed the acquaintance of a wide circle of friends, both in New York and Newark, who esteemed and appreciated him for his many excellent traits of character, and in his home life he also displayed the qualities which en- dear, proving always a faithful, loving hus- band and indulgent father.
Henry Merz was married in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 20, 1856, to Augusta Heller, born in Bensheim, in the dukedom of Hesse, Germany, May 18, 1837, daughter of Christian George and Elizabeth ( Boll) Heller. Children : 1. Carl, born September 20, 1857; married Marie Roth ; no children. 2. Freda, January 28, 1859; married Dr. Henry Kroll- pfeiffer ; children : i. Freda, born May 21, 1883 ; ii. Harry, November 5, 1884; iii. Elsie, February 16, 1889; iv. Carl, April 25, 1894. 3. Emilie, April 8, 1861 ; married George Pro- chazka ; children : i. Ottillie, born October II, 1887; ii. George, December 14, 1889; iii. Al- bert, December 16, 1896. 4. Harry, Decem- ber 27, 1863; married Elizabeth Bernhardt ; one child, Elsie, born December 8, 1892. 5. Johanna, February 19, 1865, died August 22, 1866. 6. Ottilie, December 14, 1867. 7. Eu- gene, April 11, 1869. 8. August, November 7. 1873 ; married, April 26, 1899, Florence Vic- toria Doyle; children: i. and ii. Viola and Ottilie (twins), born June 13, 1900; iii. Henry. August 22, 1906, died March 19, 1909. 9. Elsie, July 23, 1883.
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