- Back row standing: Dan (Daniel, b. 8-9-1859), Kate (Katherine C., b. 4-13-1874), George (George, b. 10-28-1860) Middle row standing: Anna (Julia Anna, b. 3-18-1867), “Mother”/Bobo (Elizabeth, b. 11-24-1868), Min (Amelia, b. 8-4-1870) First row standing: Becky (Rebecca, b. 12-1-1856), Lena (Helena, b. 9-3-1865), Vina (Lavina, b. 11-16-1857), Lydia (Lydia, b. 1-13-1862) Seated: Grandpa (Christian, b. 2-22-1836) and Grandma (Elizabeth Kaufman, b. 10-4-1836) The two children not shown are Mary (b. 1-10-1864) who died in 1894 and Christian C (b. 8-26-1872) — not sure where he was at the time – perhaps behind the camera??
- Christian & Elizabeth (Schöettler) Shetler Family. Christian & Elizabeth Schőettler (Shetler), with 10 or their 12 children taken in Denver in 1914. The lady (Elizabeth, also called Bobo)++ in the middle, second row from the back. This is the great-grandmother of Sallie Harlan who has been keeping Mike up to date on that end of the Schoettler (Shetler) clan. Pictured in the back between the two men is Katherine, great-grandmother of Tom Jensen*, about 1914.
- *On November 15, 2012, I received an email from Tom Jensen that read: “Christian C. Schöettler is my great great grandfather. Can you direct me to anyone know on his side of the family. My great-grandmother was his youngest girl (Kate) Katherine. My name is Tom Jensen, I live in Iowa. I got started looking for my mom’s grandparents. Katherine married Fred Harris in Alliance, NE. Katherine had three girls, one named Katherine and she had two girls, one named Katherine Sue.”
- I have been communicating with Tom and sending him information. Hopefully we will learn more about his family and share it here.
- Sallie sent this picture of her dad, Bob Irvin, who is 89 (and Christian Shetler’s great grandson), her brother John (64), and her (66) taken at Christmas, 2010. She said “as you will see we have all inherited Christian’s dark eyes and hair (well it was dark at one time!). And I think Dad has inherited the ears too! So now you know what your distant California cousins look like.”
- The following information was found in an old Bible by our distant cousin, Sallie Harlan(sallieharlan@gmail.com) who sent me this information. She will be sending more and I will be adding more. It was so neat for Sallie to find us and make contact. I hope to meet her someday. The following information was found in an old Bible by our distant cousin, Sallie Harlan(sallieharlan@gmail.com) who sent me this information. She will be sending more and I will be adding more. It was so neat for Sallie to find us and make contact. I hope to meet her someday.
- The following information was found in the back of the Bible:
- The following names are the father, mother, brothers and sisters of Mrs. C. E. Thatcher (Elizabeth Shetler) ++
- Father, Christian Shetler born Feby 22, 1836, Allegheny Co, Maryland. Mother, Elizabeth (Kaufman (in somebody else’s handwriting) Shetler born Oct. 4, 1836 in Holmes County Ohio. (one of them possibly died August 1918 from pencil calculations on next page)
- Born to them as follows: Rebecca, Dec. 1, 1856 Johnson Co. Iowa. Married Chris Knepp Lavina (?), Nov. 16, 1857, Johnson Co. Iowa. Married Michael Mill(ar?) (er?) (as?) Daniel, Aug. 9, 1859, Johnson Co. Iowa. Married Ella Garry George, Oct. 28, 1860, Johnson Co. Iowa. Married Jennie Johnson Lydia, Jany. 13, 1862, Johnson Co. Iowa. Married George Briggs Mary, Jany. 10, 1864, Johnson Co. Iowa. Married Frank Richardson Died Sept. 13, 1894, Dallas Texas Helena, Sept. 3, 1865, Johnson Co. Iowa Married Frank B. Shepard Julia Anna, March 18, 1867, Johnson Co. Iowa. Married R.S. Truesdell Elizabeth, Nov. 24, 1868, Johnson Co. Iowa. Married C. E. Thatcher ++(see above) (Died Dec 27 1944 (in somebody else’s handwriting – Bobo’s?) (See pictures below of Bobo)++ Amelia, Aug 4, 1870, Johnson Co. Iowa Married J. T. Whitehead Christian C. Aug 26, 1872, Johnson Co. Iowa Married Emma Aigencourt (?) Katherine C. Apl. 13, 1874, Johnson Co. Iowa. d.1948 Married Fred W. Harris d. 1960
- The following information was found in the front of the Bible on possibly a loose page: This information was written down in Elizabeth Shetler Thatcher’s (Bobo’s) bible by her husband, Charles Elmer Thatcher (Pomp). (See pictures below of Bobo) Presented to Mrs. C. E. Thatcher by her mother, Mrs. Christian Shetler, Kansas City, Missouri, October 7, 1903. 2)
- Near front of bible: Charlie Elmer Thatcher, Born December 11th, 1869, Van Buren County, Iowa Elizabeth (Shetler) Thatcher, Born Nov. 24, 1868 Johnson County, Iowa, Date of Wedding June 29, 1898, Alliance, Nebraska, 8pm, Reverend H. G. Golden officiating
- Born to them: Mary Louise April 4, 1899 (Sallie’s paternal grandmother) Frank Daniel April 21, 1904.
For Christian’s children’s pages, just click on the v next to Christian’s name on the menu and there are also more photos on the site photo page.