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Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Not Related to Carl Jón Denbow
1st cousin 1 time removed of Hannah Jane Halley

Dorothy Krejci

F, #2752, b. 1930, d. 2004

Parents

FatherWilliam Krejci, Sr. (b. 15 September 1902, d. 9 November 1979)
MotherDorothy May Taylor (b. 30 August 1906, d. 20 May 1976)

Biography

Dorothy Krejci was born in 1930 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA. She died in 2004 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA, at the age of ~74.
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Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Not Related to Carl Jón Denbow
Partner of Dorothy May Taylor (grandaunt of Hannah Jane Halley)

William Krejci, Sr.1

M, #2754, b. 15 September 1902, d. 9 November 1979

Family: Dorothy May Taylor (b. 30 August 1906, d. 20 May 1976)

SonWilliam Krejci, Jr. (b. 4 September 1925, d. 1979)
DaughterDorothy Krejci (b. 1930, d. 2004)

Biography

William Krejci, Sr., was born on 15 September 1902 in Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio, USA.1 He married Dorothy May Taylor, daughter of Richard E. Taylor and Ruthey Jane ("Jennie") Masters, on 30 January 1925. William Krejci, Sr., died on 9 November 1979 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA, at the age of 77.
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Citations

  1. [S3] "The Leonard Oliver and Margaret Gilbert Masters Family Chart", 1978, Clarence D. Bowser (1563 Genessee Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43211), to Miriam Jane Halley Beverley (177 N. Remington Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43209); Second Site Online, http://www.denbowtree.org. Hereinafter cited as "Oliver-Gilbert-Masters Chart".
Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Not Related to Carl Jón Denbow
1st cousin 1 time removed of Hannah Jane Halley

William Krejci, Jr.

M, #2755, b. 4 September 1925, d. 1979

Parents

FatherWilliam Krejci, Sr. (b. 15 September 1902, d. 9 November 1979)
MotherDorothy May Taylor (b. 30 August 1906, d. 20 May 1976)

Biography

William Krejci, Jr., was born on 4 September 1925 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA.1 He died in 1979 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA, at the age of ~54.
William Krejci, Jr., died on 12 April 1981 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA, at the age of 55.
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Citations

  1. [S409] MC: William J. Krejci Jr. & Betty M. Holdren. Hereinafter cited as MC Krejci-Holdren.
Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Not Related to Carl Jón Denbow
Not Related to Hannah Jane Halley

Ann Kromer

F, #2757

Biography

Ann Kromer was also known as Ann Frantz. According to Vivian Doney Reid, one summer Ann came to visit herparents when they ran the boarding house. She brought several of herchildren with her. They all had whooping cough and were coughing andvomiting. Ann stayed for two weeks. Viv said it was great forbusiness- not too many people wanted to come to eat where there wereso many sick kids. Ann would come to visit each summer before schoolstarted so that Caroline could make school clothes for June. Viv alsorecalled that just after her arrival home from the hospital aftergiving birth to Susan, she heard a knock at the door. When sheanswered it there stood Ann with one of her grandchildren. They hadcome, 'unannounced', to help with the new baby. They stayed severaldays. Viv said they were a 'big help', and that everytime Ann wasn'taround she cried.
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Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Not Related to Carl Jón Denbow
Not Related to Hannah Jane Halley

Shirley Kronin

F, #2759, b. 15 September 1908

Biography

Shirley Kronin was born on 15 September 1908. She married Bud Reid Swan, son of Nellie Reid and Horace Crebs Swan, on 17 April 1934.
Shirley Kronin was also known as Shirley Swan.
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Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Not Related to Carl Jón Denbow
Not Related to Hannah Jane Halley

Catherine Kruse

F, #2764, b. 30 August 1855, d. 22 December 1947

Parents

FatherJohn Kruse (b. 1816)
MotherAnna Maria (b. 1816, d. 28 December 1890)

Family: Lorenz J. Lorenzen (b. 1854, d. 3 September 1905)

DaughterDorothea Marie Lorenzen+ (b. 20 September 1881, d. 1 November 1963)
DaughterRosine Christina 'Rosa' Lorenzen (b. 15 March 1884, d. 1 February 1894)
DaughterElsie Marie Lorenzen (b. 4 October 1889, d. 24 April 1919)
DaughterAnna Fredericka Lorenzen (b. 22 August 1891, d. 19 July 1977)

Biography

Catherine Kruse was born on 30 August 1855 in Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany+. She married Lorenz J. Lorenzen, son of John Lorenzen and Engel Christina Johansen, on 17 February 1881 in Ottawa, Ohio, USA. Catherine Kruse died on 22 December 1947 in Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA, at the age of 92. She was buried on 24 December 1947 in Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA.
Catherine Kruse was also known as Catherine Lorenzen.1 Attached as exhibits are three different anecdotes covering a several year span. Click on the text files to read them.1 She made a will on 21 December 1942 in Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA.1
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Citations

  1. [S86] "Research by Susan Sharp on her husband's Sharp line.", (Mainly 1990s), Susan Sharp (215 Oak St., Hillsboro, OH 45133), to Carl Jón Denbow (17 Coventry Lane, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA, 45701-3718); Carl J. Denbow Personal Files, 17 Coventry Lane, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA, 45701-3718. Hereinafter cited as "Susan Sharp's Research Notes".
Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Not Related to Carl Jón Denbow
Not Related to Hannah Jane Halley

John Kruse

M, #2765, b. 1816

Family: Anna Maria (b. 1816, d. 28 December 1890)

DaughterCatherine Kruse+ (b. 30 August 1855, d. 22 December 1947)

Biography

John Kruse was born in 1816.
Newspaper article (date and name of paper have been cut off) inposession of Gretchen Valentine titled Hard Work Responsible for aYoung Mind and Body, Ninety Year Old Resident Declares by Juel ReedCover, paraphrased as follows. Tena Lorenzen came to this Country withher parents, John and Anna Kruse, from Germany in 1871 when she was 16years old. Their sailing vessel was on the water for nine weeks andthree days. Supplies ran low and the voyagers were nearly starved whenthey landed. Her parents settled on a farm near Mud Creek near PortClinton to be near relatives who had preceeded them over. (See notesfor Teena Lorenzen.) BOOK: ?SEVERAL VOLUMES PASSENGER LISTS GERMANS TOAMERICA INDEXED BY NAME AND YEAR - Page 18 Ship Marco Polo, FromBremen to New York, Arrived 7 October 1871, Passengers - Kruse,Johann, 53, male, farmer; Anna, 52, female, unknown; Catharina, 16,unknown; Code says they are from Germany, province and villageunknown. (Copy in file.) U.S. Census 1880, Ottawa County, Ohio,Enumeration date: June 19, 1880. Page 401B, Dwelling No. 423, FamilyNo. 442, Kruse, John, white, male, 64, married, common laborer, 4months unemployed in the past year, POB Hanover, POBF Hanover, POBMHanover; Anna, white, female, 63, wife, married, keeping house, POBHanover, POBF Hanover, POBM Hanover.
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Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Not Related to Carl Jón Denbow
Not Related to Hannah Jane Halley

Louisa Kuhn1

F, #2766

Family: Richard Edward Keffer

DaughterBertha A. Keffer (b. 1886, d. 1968)

Biography

Louisa Kuhn was also known as Sour @C387@ Kuhn. She was also known as Louisa Keffer.
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Citations

  1. [S11] Letters and emails from Mary Lou Deetz (Dover, ,Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA) to Carl Jón Denbow, From 1993; Carl J. Denbow Personal Files (17 Coventry Lane, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA, 45701-3718)..
Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Not Related to Carl Jón Denbow
Great-grandmother of Hannah Jane Halley

Caroline Leonora ("Carrie") Vorhis1,2

F, #2770, b. 2 July 1845, d. 18 June 1925

Parents

FatherCornelius Vorhis (b. 1810, d. 14 November 1854)
MotherElizabeth Large (b. 3 January 1810, d. 26 June 1864)

Family: Levi Halley (b. 2 February 1848, d. 22 June 1895)

SonWilliam Elmer Halley, Sr.+ (b. 31 January 1875, d. 18 December 1945)
SonRoll Halley (b. 14 June 1877, d. 17 July 1912)
Carrie L. Halley's Tombstone in Union Cemtery, Greenville, Ohio.

Biography

Caroline Leonora ("Carrie") Vorhis was born on 2 July 1845 in New Jersey, USA.3 She married Levi Halley, son of William Halley and Sarah Haverstick, on 30 April 1874 in Darke, Ohio, USA.4 Caroline Leonora ("Carrie") Vorhis died on 18 June 1925 in Darke, Ohio, USA, at the age of 79.
Caroline Leonora ("Carrie") Vorhis was also known as Carrie L. Halley.1 She was baptized on 1 October 1846.5 She and Levi Halley lived in 1880 in Greenville, Darke, Ohio, USA.6
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Citations

  1. [S269] Ancestry.com. Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016., ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as MC: Vohris-Halley.
  2. [S422] Cornelius & Elizabeth Vorhis, 1850 Census, New Jersey, Hunterdon, Raritan (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), Image 37 of 74; citing NARA microfilm publication M432.
  3. [S268] Levi D. Halley's Entry in Find a Grave, online https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130140338/levi-d-halley. Hereinafter cited as Levi Halley: Find a Grave.
  4. [S269] MC: Vohris-Halley: documents county and date of marriage.
  5. [S421] U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, on ancestry.com, Baptismal Record: Caroline Leonora Vorhis, Flemington, NJ, (1 Oct 1846). Hereinafter cited as BR: Caroline Leonora Vorhis.
  6. [S416] Bruce Halley's Research on the Ohio Halley Clan (Focus Levi Halley), online https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/26897938/person/1974692979/facts?_phsrc=xZu50&_phstart=successSource. Hereinafter cited as Bruce Halley's Research.
Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Partner of John William Denbow (1st cousin 3 times removed of Carl Jón Denbow)
Not Related to Hannah Jane Halley

Mary L1

F, #2771, b. 1869, d. 1902

Biography

Mary L was born in 1869.1 She married John William Denbow, son of Levi Denbow and Rachel Morris, in 1889 in Monroe, Ohio, USABGO+. Mary L died in 1902 at the age of ~33.1
Mary L was also known as Mary Denbow.
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Citations

  1. [S10] Thomas W. Thompson, The Thompson Geneology [sic], 2nd Edition (812 Boulevard, Dover, Ohio 44622: Express Press Inc., 20 Jul 1979). Hereinafter cited as Thompson Genealogy.