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1803955 THE PETER AND ANNA MOHR FAMILY
This outline of the Mohr Family Tree has been compiled and edited by a committee com¬ posed of Mrs. Martha Mishler, the Misses Laura and May Mohr, and Miss Fern Mohr, and was published at the Annual Reunion, July 4, 1958, at Normal, Illinois, for the purpose of preserving the historical facts of the family from its beginning in 1865 to the present. The blank pages opposite each family unit are for entering the facts of future members of the family, or for memories that cannot be otherwise chronicled here.
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PETER AND ANNA MOHR Peter Mohr was born December 25, 1843 in Germany. He came to America in 1857, married Anna Stalter
about 1865. Grandpa Mohr passed away May 30, 1892. Anna Stalter was born at Tzwibrucken, Bavaria, Germany, April 5, 1842. Her father was Joseph Stalter,
a farmer, and a minister in one of the Mennonite Churches of that time. Her mother was Katherine Rediger, also a native of Bavaria. They came to America in 1851, lived two years in Brooklyn, N. Y., and came to McLean County a year before we had a railroad.
Anna was one of a family of 11 children. Two sisters died soon after marriage; Joseph and Magdalena Lehman settled near Flanagan, Ill.; three sisters, Susan Troyer, Kate Werner, and Barbara Leiser near Saybrook, Elizabeth Springer near Arrowsmith, and the two brothers, Jacob and Nicholas in Bloomington. Their 30 children spoke of Grandma as “Aunt Ann.”
She worked out as hired girl for a number of years, part of the time for a neighbor, Mrs. Bohrer, who lived on the Cordes farm before and during the days of the Civil War. On Thursday, February 23, 1865 she became the wife of Peter Mohr who then lived with his widowed mother on the farm where Lawrence Mohr now lives, and then they farmed for four years on a farm near home, on section eight, when they bought the home place where Elmer now lives. Here Grandpa Mohr died in May 1892. Grandma continued farming.. In fact, if you had been well acquainted with her then, you would have expected her to. It was her nature to be intensely practical, to look at things just the way they are.
She had learned to work and farm by doing, so she wasn’t afraid to go ahead, kept on farming, bought more land and paid for it. In 1908 she moved to Normal.
She was born endowed with remarkable health and vigor of body, so going to town couldn’t be retirement. Instead she filled her house with girls from the University and more than provided for herself until she was 85. She was one of the last survivors of the men and women who grew up before machines and education overtook us, who had to learn to do things by experience and thus could take care of themselves and be useful wherever they were. . .
She was a Mennonite by birth, environment, and culture; and united with the old Rock Creek Mennonite Church as the nearest place of worship where Jonathan Yoder was the Bishop. When this growing congregation built at North Danvers under the leadership of Father Stuckey, she was interested, and helped. She was still more interested when time brought The East White Oak Mennonite Church within two miles of her home. She was one of the charter members of that Church.
Three children died in infancy. —Written by W. A. Ropp, 1934.
THE MOHR PICNIC
The Fourth of July always came along: with a bang in ^ shiny^black carciage! Everybody got all dressed until the picnic basket was packed, Bob Deck hltc e up freezer and a few packages of harmless up, and at last the carriage loaded with the picnic lce at our destination everyone
fireworks and all the family. We were off to the5J^n b was attacked by a rowdy bunch of kids for his annual exchanged greetings. Before the day was over, Unc ,, but i am' afraid as we grew older we were able
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» -»«j-ru teacher had given us. I wish I could remember, but sure y gwagn,t bad enough, then we had to sing with Ruth, Alma, the Twins and myself put on our musicale. As ^ recitations At last four o’clock rolled around. Roy, Johnny, and Floyd’s help and some of the others helped Then ^ the really big event
The dads and big brothers hitched up the late models a neighborhood, and the neighbors were
I still enjoy the Fourth, but I have very happy childhood memones-ones I hope I forge
Mohr Family Fourth of July!
1. JACOB MOHB Born April 11, 1868 Died September 19, 1949 Married March 4, 1892 J To Elizabeth Basting
Bom September 19, 1868 Died January 2, 1934
T. LAURA MOHR Bom September 3, 1896
2. LAWRENCE MOHR Bom October 1, 1898 Married September 8, 1932 To Alyce Gregory
Born August 24, 1911
3. EARL MOHR Bom May 12, 1900 Married to Dollie Meredith (They had one son)
Married July 30, 1948 To Minnie Zimmers
Bom December 25, 1898
4. HAROLD MOHB Bom November 17, 1902 Married January 15, 1949 To Ruby Cox
Bora August 23,
5. MABEL L. MOHR Bom September 6, 1906 Married October 12, 1929 To Clarence Ropp
Bom October 1, 1907
6. MAY E. MOHB Bom September 5, 1906 .
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r THOMAS GREGORY MOHB Bom February 13, 1936 Married October 28, 1956 To Nadine Rexroat
Bora September 26, 1938
JIMMY MOHB Bom July 18, 1940
JEAN MOHB Bom June 13, 1948
ROBERT MOHR Bom June 3, 1946
NORMA JEAN MOHR
Bom March 30, 1947^
1. DIANA LEE
Bom February 18, 1958
‘ JOANNE ELIZABETH BOPP Bom May 16, J.988 Died July 18, 1939
RAY EUGENE ROPP Bom April 16, 1942
GORDON LEE ROPP Bom April 5, 1933 Married June 19, 1955 To Roberta Lee Cutter
Born August 14, 1936
r ORVILLE MOHR Bom July 11, 1923
■I Married December 10, 1943 To Jerry Edmonds
Born December 19, 1924
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anna mohb
Bora December 3, 1869
Died, 1937
Married February 8, 1894
To Emanuel King
Born June 4, 1870
Died February 12, 1898
ALBERT RALPH KING Bora September 14, 1895 Married November 30, 1916
To Edith Sigler Bom May 19, 1897
Married December 80, 1902
To John Meyer
Bora July 27, 1870
Died October 2, 1952
ARTHUR MEYER Bora July 25, 1897
Died March 28, 1948 Married January 24, 1921
To May Reeves Born January 29, 1902
1. DONALD EMANUEL
Bom July 2, 1918 Married November 3, 1939
To Virginia Beck Bora August 3, 1919
(TARRY LEE Born March 26, 1940
RALPH EMANUEL Bora May 23, 1950
DEWEY GENNE
2. DOROTHY MARIE Bora December 8, 1920 Married August 16, 1938
To Warren Reynolds Born May 23, 1917 Died November 24, 1955
DAVID KING Bom January 14, 1942
DANIEL GUY ■
Bora October 31, 1946
3. WILLIAM LEE Bora December 3, 1924
Married September 21, 1946
To Vera Johnson Bora May 26, 1924
RICHARD LEE a Born September 8, 1947
LINDA ELIZABETH Born August 28, 1951
4. RUTH ALBERTA Born February 17, 1928 Married September 27, 1946
To Melvin Alwes Bora April 11, 1920
MICHAEL WILLIAM Bora May 14, 1947
KATHLEEN ANN Bora June 8, 1955
rl. WARREN Bora November 1, 1923
Married, 1944 To Joan Marie Koflca
Bora January 6, 1928
* At Brisbane, Australia
2. JAMES Born June 1, 1935
Married July 28, 1956
To Barbara Morrison
JOHN RICHARD MEYER
Bora October 22, 1949
KIMBERLY SUE Born September 12,1956
JEFFREY ARTHUR
Born 1958
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1. EMANUEL PETER MOHR
Bom April 12, 1878 in Normal Township
Married February 10, 1897
To Tran qua Lena Bricker
Bom February 23, 1876
in Normal Township
Died March 9, 1927
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To Mrs. Elia Stuckey Edwards
Bom October 1, 1874
Died February 6, 1950
E. P. Mohr Died
September 25, 1946
LYLE BRICKER MOHR
Bom January 30, 1898
in Normal Township
Married May 22, 1923
To
Margaret Annette Armstrong
Bom September 9, 1900
in Bloomington Township
JAMES LYLE MOHR
Bom January 13, 1926
in Normal, DL
Died April 28, 1926
DONALD EUGENE MOHR
Bom February 8, 1928
in Normal, HL
Married August 26, 1950
To Joyce Eylene Mann
Bom December 8, 1931
DAVID ALLEN MOHR
Bom July 19, 1933
- in Normal, DL
MICHAEL LEE
Bom August 21, 1951 In Bloomington, ILL
DANIEL ALAN
Bom December 20, 1954
in Kankakee, HL
CAROL ELLEN
Bom July 4, 1956
in Harvey, HL
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MAGGIE ELLEN MOHR
Born November 14, 1875
Married December 16, 1897
To Aaren E. King Born February 28, 1874
Died February, 1899
Married January 7, 1908
To Walter A- Ropp Born August 12, 1872
LEONARD ELMER KING
Bom August 18, 1898
Married December 21, 1921
To Cesta Worley Bora December 27, 1897
MARTHA ELLEN ROPP
Bom February 20, 1905
Married May 2, 1928
To Charles Lawrence Mishler
Bora May 18, 1906
ESTHER AMELIA ROPP
Bom February 18, 1918
Married August 16, 1937 •
To Lester William Earles
Bora January SO, 1912
f MARY ELLEN Bora November 6, 1924
Married October 2, 1944
To Warren Miller Bora August 26, 1926
PRESTON WORLEY
Bora August 6, 1980
JOHN WENDEL Bora August 31, 1982 Married February 7, 1954
To Phyllis Johnson Bora-;-
ROBERT WILLIAM
Bora October 1,1938
DAVID ROPP Bora September 14,1941
JAMES ALLEN Born July 26, 1946
RICHARD LEE Bora May 6, 1947
LARRY WALTER Born November 28, 1949
MICHAEL JOE Bora June 17, 1948
SALLY COLEENE Bora May 18, 1949
DANIEL WARREN Bora December 18, 1962
CONSTANCE SEE Bora March 6, 1968
WILLIAM GEORGE MOHR
Born July 4, 1879
Died December 15, 1955
Married December 18, 1902
To Mary Leah Ramseyer
Born November 3, 1879
1. RUTH MOHR
Born December 6, 1903
Married July 1, 1939
To Samuel Sommer Bom December 12, 1895
Died July 15, 1953 at Pratt, Kansas
2. ROY WILLIAM MOHR
Bom August 8, 1908
Married April 6, 1935
To Gladys Hawkins
Bom March 22, 1902
3. ALVIN RALPH MOHR
Bom November 27, 1913
Married October 2, 1940 To Irene Milam Mears
Bom April 8, 1910
4. PAUL FREDRICK MOHR Bora November 24, 1919
5. BERNICE ANNETTE MOHR
Bora October 22, 1923 Married May 11, 1946 To Paul Joseph Heiser
April 2, 1923
' RICHARD LYNN
Bom May 22, 1941
BARBARA ANNE
. Bom October 23, 1946
RONALD WILLIAM
Bom September 13, 1938
WANDA LEE MOHR
Bom March 21, 1^39
Married August 7, 1956
To Ronald Powell Bora August 26, 1938
JOHN ALVIN Bom January 4, 1944
JAMES CHARLES Bom November 25, 1946
PATRICIA JEAN
Bom November 28, 1946
* CONNIE RAE Bora September 1, 1952
RICKI PAUL Bom January 1, 1956
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IVA IDA MOHR
Born March 3, 1882
Died August 4, 1956
Married November 23, 1904
To Louis Ramseyer
Born March 6, 1879
Died December 26, 1939
1. ALMA LUCILLE RAMSEYER Born March 17, 1906 Married June 25, 1939 To Gerald Benson Galloway
Born June 26, 1906
2. JOHN ALVIN RAMSEYER Bora April 13, 1908 Married August 24, 1931 To Zoa A. Manges
Born February 4, 1907
3. DOROTHY ANNETTE RAMSEYER
Bom February 11, 1910 Married February 1, 1930 To Harold Wayne Sylvester
Bom October 1, 1911
4. LOUIS MERLE RAMSEYER Bora May 1, 1914 Married August 15, 1940 To Marjorie Bloomquist
Bora April 8, 1919
LUCIA ANNE Bora May 4, 1940
BARBARA LUCILLE Bora May 31, 1942
f ELINOR JEANNE Bora April 27, 1935
JOHN ALVIN Bora June 25, 1937
/ LARRY K. SYLVESTER l Bora January 20, 1940
LINDA DORN Bora March 11, 1942
JANE ANNE Bora February 6, 1946
THOMAS MERLE Bom February 23, 1948
ANNE ELIZABETH Bom May 29, 1956
5. WILLIAM JENNINGS RAMSEYER
Bora January 16, 1916 Married June 22, 1941 To Helene StonehOl
Bora December 11, J918
6. RAYMOND RALPH RAMSEYER
Bora August 26, 1919 Married August 23, 1952 To Betty Miller
Bora January 31, 1924
WILLIAM MICHAEL Bora June 8, 1945
• JUDITH HELENE Bom August 26, 1949
ROBERT MARK Bora March 28, 1957
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NANCY LYNN J Bora October 5, 1958
CRAIG ALAN Bora August 6, 1956
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ELMER MOHR
Bora October 10, 1884
Died December 30, 1945
Married February 5, 1908
To Bstella Engle
Bom May 23, 1886
1. FLOYD MOHR Bom July 6, 1909 Married August 15, 1930 To Mildred Robinson
Bom February 21, 1909 Died March 26, 1940
Married March 26, 1942 To Edna Bigger
Bom November 1, 1914
2. VIOLA PEARL Bom August 2, 1913 Died May 14, 1914
3. FERN MOHR Bom May 30, 1916
4. LUCILE MOHR Bom July 22, 1916 Married October 20, 1940 To Loren Rolofson
Bom January 2, 1918
6. GLEN MOHR Bom April 8, 1918 Married May 27, 1939 To Vera Dobbins
Born December 5,
6. CLAUDE MOHR Bom July 27, 1926 Married February 10, 1947 To Judy Foskule (divorced)
Married September 2, 1950 To Joan Bramble
Bom February 24, 1930
WA^ May 15, 183S [kANDY WAYNE Married March 17, 1956 j Boro April 10, 1957 To Bonnie Hoxsey '■
Bom October 10, 1936
NANCY „ • Bom September 9, 1936 f t\ a tf>F Married December 14, 1956 I DAN To Don Messamore | Bom March 8, 1958
Bom June 26, 1933 t
LARRY Bom June 8, 1944
SAUNDRA Bom May 18, 1941
JANET Bom October 14, 1947
GARY , Bom March 8, 1940
RICHARD Bom February 15, 1948
KENNETH _ Bom July 19, 1947
SENBom° Oct. 8, 1948 (Adopted)
MERLE LYNN Bom February 9, 1958
RHONDA LEE Bom December 10, 1956 1930
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