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Peter M. Foley1,2 (M)
b. 11 January 1877, d. before 1960

     Peter M. Foley was born on 11 January 1877.3

On 28 December 1927, Peter M. Foley married Margaret G. Kenefick, daughter of John Kenefick and Bridget Dohoney, in Steubenville, Ohio.3,4

Peter M. Foley died before 1960.5

He preceded his wife in death; Margaret died around 1960.5

Citations

  1. [S57] Obituary of Mrs. Sadie McCullough, source for first initials.
  2. [S93] Obituary of Mrs. Margaret Foley, source for first name.
  3. [S209] Manuscript note by Bridgette Kenefick Osz.
  4. [S168] 1910 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Ohio, population schedule, city of Steubenville, enumeration district 134, supervisor's district 15, sheet 17, dwelling 345, family 351, online HeritageQuest Online, aft 1910.
  5. [S93] Obituary of Mrs. Margaret Foley.

(--?--) Ford (M)
Relationship=2nd great-grandfather of John Patrick Karl.

Appears on charts:
     Pedigree for John Patrick Karl

     (--?--) Ford was born in Scotland.1

(--?--) Ford married (--?--) (--?--).

     Child of (--?--) Ford and (--?--) (--?--):
Mary (--?--)+   b. Oct 1851

Citations

  1. [S121] 1900 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, town of Cleveland, enumeration district 31, supervisor's district 19, sheet 12, dwelling 195 (?) (lines 36-40), family 221, online <www.genealogy.com>.

(--?--) Ford (M)
Relationship=Great-grandfather of John Patrick Karl.

Appears on charts:
     Pedigree for John Patrick Karl

     (--?--) Ford was born in New York.

Circa 1881, (--?--) Ford married Mary (--?--), daughter of (--?--) Ford and (--?--) (--?--), in probably New York.1

     Children of (--?--) Ford and Mary (--?--):
Frank Ford   b. Jan 1887
Eugene Ford   b. Apr 1891
Gertrude Ford+   b. Feb 1896, d. 1 Nov 1918
Arthur Ford   b. Jun 1898

Citations

  1. [S121] 1900 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, town of Cleveland, enumeration district 31, supervisor's district 19, sheet 12, dwelling 195 (?) (lines 36-40), family 221, online <www.genealogy.com>.

Arthur Ford (M)
b. June 1898
Pop-up Pedigree
Relationship=Granduncle of John Patrick Karl.

     Arthur Ford, son of (--?--) Ford and Mary (--?--), was born in June 1898 in Ohio.1

Arthur was listed as a son in the 1900 US Federal Census, enumerated 7 June 1900, in the household of Mary (--?--) of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County (Cleveland Township), Ohio. They lived at 463 Hamilton Street, a rented home that was shared with two other families.1

Citations

  1. [S121] 1900 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, town of Cleveland, enumeration district 31, supervisor's district 19, sheet 12, dwelling 195 (?) (lines 36-40), family 221, online <www.genealogy.com>.

Eugene Ford (M)
b. April 1891
Pop-up Pedigree
Relationship=Granduncle of John Patrick Karl.

     Eugene Ford, son of (--?--) Ford and Mary (--?--), was born in April 1891 in New York.1

Eugene was listed as a son in the 1900 US Federal Census, enumerated 7 June 1900, in the household of Mary (--?--) of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County (Cleveland Township), Ohio. They lived at 463 Hamilton Street, a rented home that was shared with two other families.1 He had attended school the previous seven months.1

Citations

  1. [S121] 1900 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, town of Cleveland, enumeration district 31, supervisor's district 19, sheet 12, dwelling 195 (?) (lines 36-40), family 221, online <www.genealogy.com>.

Frank Ford (M)
b. January 1887
Pop-up Pedigree
Relationship=Granduncle of John Patrick Karl.

     Frank Ford, son of (--?--) Ford and Mary (--?--), was born in January 1887 in New York.1

Frank was listed as a son in the 1900 US Federal Census, enumerated 7 June 1900, in the household of Mary (--?--) of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County (Cleveland Township), Ohio. They lived at 463 Hamilton Street, a rented home that was shared with two other families.1 He had attended school the previous nine months.1

Citations

  1. [S121] 1900 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, town of Cleveland, enumeration district 31, supervisor's district 19, sheet 12, dwelling 195 (?) (lines 36-40), family 221, online <www.genealogy.com>.

Gertrude Ford1,2,3,4,5 (F)
b. February 1896, d. 1 November 1918
Pop-up Pedigree
Relationship=Grandmother of John Patrick Karl.

Appears on charts:
     Pedigree for John Patrick Karl
     Descendant Chart for Valentin Rentz
     Descendant Chart for Jacob Karl

Gertrude (Ford) Karl
     Gertrude Ford, daughter of (--?--) Ford and Mary (--?--), was born in February 1896 in Cleveland, Ohio.6,7,8

Gertrude was listed as a daughter in the 1900 US Federal Census, enumerated 7 June 1900, in the household of Mary (--?--) of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County (Cleveland Township), Ohio. They lived at 463 Hamilton Street, a rented home that was shared with two other families.9

Circa 1913, Gertrude Ford married John Karl, son of Philip F. Karl and Mary Ann Strubel, at St. John's Cathedral (?) in Cleveland, Ohio.10

Jack and Gertrude may have met in Cleveland, although I do not know for sure (this is the guess of Kitty Lou, their daughter-in-law--she says that Jack and other members of his family had many friends there). They probably got married in 1913 or 1914; they seem to have moved immediately to Youngstown, as her death certificate indicates she had lived in that town since 1913.3

They lived at 126 W. Glenhaven Avenue [in August 2002 this was just a vacant lot in a run-down black neighborhood], which was just down the street from Jack's sister Aunt Dell & her husband Louis Ress, who lived at 177 W. Glenhaven (or Glenaven) Avenue.11,3

Gertrude Ford was a housewife.12

On 1 November 1918 Gertrude Ford died in Youngstown, Ohio, at age 22 of bronchopneumonia (a complication of having influenza), leaving John a widower. She died at 3:30 a.m., at home (I think), and the attending doctor was Jason B. Nelson, M.D.

There are a couple of interesting things about Gertrude's death certificate. One is that many fields about her family were marked "unable to learn" (date of birth, name of father, birthplace of father, maiden name of mother, birthplace of mother). This could indicate a couple of different things: when she got sick and it became clear that she wasn't going to recover, they may have asked for her family's information but she may have been too ill to respond or communicate. Another possibility is that she was estranged from her family; it seems surprising to me that neither her husband nor her sister- and brother-in-law, who lived down the street, would know her parents' names.


The other interesting thing about the death certificate is that the "informant", the person who provided the information to the official who filled out the certificate, was Louis Ress, Gertrude's brother-in-law, and not her husband. There are a few possibilities for this as well: Jack may have been ill too; he may have been too devastated by her death to deal with this task; or he may not have been available, perhaps away on a trip somewhere. Both Pat Karl (his grandson) and Kitty Lou (his daughter-in-law) think the most likely option is that he was grieving too much to be of any help to someone collecting information for a death certificate. Plus, of course, he also had a three-year-old toddler and a one-year-old infant to feed and comfort.3,13

Gertrude Ford was buried on 2 November 1918 in Calvary Cemetery, which is located in Youngstown, Ohio.3,13

     Children of Gertrude Ford and John Karl:
Leo Raymond Karl+   b. 29 Sep 1915, d. 22 Apr 1965
Anna Rita Karl   (excluded)

Citations

  1. [S62] Leo R. Karl, death certificate 27050 (registrar's file no. 346).
  2. [S53] Interview, Kitty Lou (Catherine Louella) Karl, Jan 2002.
  3. [S106] Gertrude Karl, death certificate, volume 2787 (certificate 80321).
  4. [S184] Jocelyn Wilms, "Re: Returning message...," e-mail to Elizabeth Churchett, 27 April 2002, middle initial "E".
  5. [S68] Manuscript note by J. Patrick Karl.
  6. [S121] 1900 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, town of Cleveland, enumeration district 31, supervisor's district 19, sheet 12, dwelling 195 (?) (lines 36-40), family 221, online <www.genealogy.com>, source for birth date.
  7. [S106] Gertrude Karl, death certificate, volume 2787 (certificate 80321), source for birth place.
  8. [S311] Ann Rita Karl, birth certificate file. no. 112400, supports birth place & date info (26 October 1917).
  9. [S121] 1900 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, town of Cleveland, enumeration district 31, supervisor's district 19, sheet 12, dwelling 195 (?) (lines 36-40), family 221, online <www.genealogy.com>.
  10. [S125] Matthew Karl, "Re: Biographical Sketch...," e-mail to Elizabeth Churchett, 22 April 2002.
  11. [S218] Letter, J. Patrick Karl to multiple family members, 1 Sep 2002.
  12. [S311] Ann Rita Karl, birth certificate file. no. 112400 (26 October 1917).
  13. [S161] Record of Interments, 1 November 1918.
  14. [S234] Elizabeth Churchett, "IM: 20 Sep '02 (Pat Karl, Elizabeth Churchett)," e-mail to Pat Karl, 20 Sep 2002.

Martha Magdalena France1,2 (F)
b. 1795, d. 1861

     Martha Magdalena France was born in 1795 in Pennsylvania.

On 3 June 1819, Martha Magdalena France married Jacob Shonk in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.3,4

Martha Magdalena France was buried in 1861 in Arney, Indiana, Beech Cemetery (a few miles west of Patricksburg, Indiana).

Martha Magdalena France died in 1861 in Owen, Indiana.

     Children of Martha Magdalena France and Jacob Shonk:
Jacob Shonk Jr.
John Shonk
David Shonk
Mary Ann Shonk
Henry Shonk
Sarah Ann Shonk
Elizabeth Shonk
Michael Shonk
Daniel Shonk
Susanna Shonk+   b. 28 Jun 1820, d. 10 Aug 1904

Citations

  1. [S456] Alan Deibel, Tuscarawas County (OH) Marriage Records, 1808-1844.
  2. [S58] Doyle & Mary Shonk, A Four Family History: Shonk-Auman, Silvius, Penrod, Lantz, suggests last name may have originally been "Frantz."
  3. [S58] Doyle & Mary Shonk, A Four Family History: Shonk-Auman, Silvius, Penrod, Lantz, p. 27.
  4. [S456] Alan Deibel, Tuscarawas County (OH) Marriage Records, 1808-1844, page 69 (entry for "Shank, Jacob - Magdalena France").

Gladys Ilene Frazier1 (F)
b. 16 April 1902, d. November 1978
Pop-up Pedigree

Appears on charts:
     Descendant Chart for Valentin Rentz
     Descendant Chart for Jacob Karl

     Gladys Ilene Frazier, daughter of Homer M. Frazier and Lena May McLearey, was born on 16 April 1902.2

On 31 December 1924, Gladys Ilene Frazier married Victor Edward Karl, son of Jonathan John Karl and Anna Maria Weaver.2

On 10 November 1939 her husband Victor died at age 39, leaving Gladys a widow at 37 years old.2

On 1 May 1949, Gladys Ilene Frazier married Ferdinand William Karl, son of Jonathan John Karl and Anna Maria Weaver, in Warren, Ohio.2,3 "At the time that she married Ferd, Gladys was the widow of Ferdinand's younger brother, Victor Edward."2

Gladys died in November 1978 at age 76.2,4

     Child of Gladys Ilene Frazier and Victor Edward Karl:
Victor Edward Karl Jr.   (excluded)

Citations

  1. [S58] Doyle & Mary Shonk, A Four Family History: Shonk-Auman, Silvius, Penrod, Lantz.
  2. [S138] GEDCOM file created by Dennis Hughes, 26 April 2002.
  3. [S58] Doyle & Mary Shonk, A Four Family History: Shonk-Auman, Silvius, Penrod, Lantz, 10 May 1944.
  4. [S58] Doyle & Mary Shonk, A Four Family History: Shonk-Auman, Silvius, Penrod, Lantz, has her dying on same day as 1st husband, Victor (p. 29); clearly their error as on p. 28 the same woman (same birthdate) is shown marrying her 2nd husband, Victor's brother Ferdinand.

Homer M. Frazier (M)

     Child of Homer M. Frazier and Lena May McLearey:
Gladys Ilene Frazier+   b. 16 Apr 1902, d. Nov 1978



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