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Olive Viola Yeisley

F, #4677, b. 1912

Family: Ralph M. Sherer (b. 12 May 1908)

DaughterJoan Louise Sherer (b. 1932, d. 1935)
DaughterAnna May Sherer (b. 1937, d. 1949)

Biography

Olive Viola Yeisley was born in 1912.
Olive Viola Yeisley was also known as Olive Viola Sherer.
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Relationship to owner of this site and his wife:Partner of Mary E. Rose (great-grandaunt of Carl Jón Denbow)
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Yoho

M, #4678

Biography

Yoho married Mary E. Rose, daughter of Simon Adam Rose and Sarah E. Smith, in 1882.
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Catherine Yost

F, #4681, b. 1801, d. 17 January 1882

Family: Niclaus Buelmann

SonJohn Graham Billman
SonJohann Friedrich Buelmann (b. 9 November 1827)
SonCharles Frederick Billmann+ (b. 25 January 1829, d. 25 December 1883)

Biography

Catherine Yost was born in 1801. She married Niclaus Buelmann on 11 May 1827 in Worb Dorf, Republic of Bern. She died on 17 January 1882 at the age of ~81.
Catherine Yost was also known as Catherine Buelmann. In birth record of Johann Friedrich, Catherina's surname is spelledJOST and Niclaus's name is spelled Niklaus BUHLMANN. According to Mary_________ Katherine Yost (Catharina Joss/Jost) b. 1801, SZ, diedbefore 17 Jan 1882 Katherine brothers lived in WV in the 1860's.Common spelling of surname in Southeastern Ohio and WV is Yost.
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Boyd Zeis

M, #4691, b. 1909, d. 1932

Parents

FatherFrederick G. Zeis (b. 1883, d. 1943)
MotherDora E. Tadsen (b. 28 April 1880, d. 1962)

Biography

Boyd Zeis was born in 1909. He died in 1932 at the age of ~23. He was buried in Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA.
According to the recollection of Kathryn Tadsen Sharp, Boyd attended Ohio University. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He was a very talented artist. During the summer he had a job decorating windows for a store in Port Clinton. He and a friend, Art Miller, who attended Miami University, were going to Toledo to get art supplies for the window decor when they lost control of the car and were both killed. Kathryn has a picture of a 'Flapper' painted by Boyd and Aunt Dorrey had many of his paintings in her home. Robert Tadsen Sharp who visited her house as a child, remembered that he particularly liked a painting of a yacht that Boyd had done. He was also supposed to have painted a portrait of one of the Beta founders which hung in the Beta house at Ohio University.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".
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Frederick G. Zeis

M, #4692, b. 1883, d. 1943

Family: Dora E. Tadsen (b. 28 April 1880, d. 1962)

SonFrederick M. Zeis+ (d. May 1960)
DaughterGertrude E. Zeis+ (b. 1903, d. 1937)
SonBoyd Zeis (b. 1909, d. 1932)

Biography

Frederick G. Zeis was born in 1883. He died in 1943 at the age of ~60. He was buried in Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA.
According to the recollection of Kathryn Tadsen Sharp, Uncle Fred wasinvolved in many business enterprises in Port Clinton. He owned amusic store, an Ice Cream Parlor where they also made homemade candy,a French Bakery, and a Cigar Factory, to name a few. Uncle Fred itseemed liked to be the supervisor while others did the work. He cameto Port Clinton while playing in an orchestra, met Dorey Tadsen,married her (Aunt June told her they 'had to'), and never left. Heoften hired family members to work in his enterprises. Tad worked fora while in the Ice Cream Parlor. There was a piano there and the kidscould come in and dance. Her mother, Dora Tadsen, hand dippedchocolates for Uncle Fred for a while and also helped with the cigarmaking. She would soak the tobacco leaves in a big tub of water in herkitchen and shape them over a form. Later they were hand rolled intocigars. The 'factory ' was a small building between Nick Tadsen'shouse and the Zeis house.
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Frederick M. Zeis

M, #4693, d. May 1960

Parents

FatherFrederick G. Zeis (b. 1883, d. 1943)
MotherDora E. Tadsen (b. 28 April 1880, d. 1962)

Family: Imogen Lockwood (b. 13 October 1903, d. 7 October 1958)

DaughterSarah Jane 'Sally' Zeis (b. 1929, d. 1940)

Biography

Frederick M. Zeis died in May 1960. He was buried in Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA.
Frederick M. Zeis was christened in 1901.
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Gertrude E. Zeis

F, #4694, b. 1903, d. 1937

Parents

FatherFrederick G. Zeis (b. 1883, d. 1943)
MotherDora E. Tadsen (b. 28 April 1880, d. 1962)

Family:

DaughterPauline Knudsen (b. 1848, d. 1934)

Biography

Gertrude E. Zeis was born in 1903. She died in 1937 at the age of ~34. She was buried in Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA.
According to the recollection of Kathryn Tadsen Sharp, Gertrude Zeiswas a music teacher. She was involved in some kind of an automobileaccident where battery acid spilled on her leg burning her severely.It is unclear just what happened, but 'Gert' never recovered from thisaccident and later was said to have died as a result of it. She wasalso said to have heart problems.
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Sarah Jane 'Sally' Zeis

F, #4696, b. 1929, d. 1940

Parents

FatherFrederick M. Zeis (d. May 1960)
MotherImogen Lockwood (b. 13 October 1903, d. 7 October 1958)

Biography

Sarah Jane 'Sally' Zeis was born in 1929. She died in 1940 at the age of ~11. She was buried in Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA.
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Mary Zela

F, #4698

Family: W. M. Mulhollen

DaughterCora Mulhollen+ (b. 6 September 1883, d. 12 January 1973)

Biography

Mary Zela was also known as Mary Mulhollen.
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Albert C. Zempke

M, #4700, b. 1867, d. 1943

Family: Minnie Tornow (b. 1869, d. 1947)

SonEdward C. Zempke+ (b. 1889, d. 1965)
DaughterMyrtle Zempke (b. 1893, d. 1940)
SonWalter Zempke (b. 1897, d. 1960)
SonAlbert W. Zempke (b. 1902, d. 1960)

Biography

Albert C. Zempke was born in 1867. He died in 1943 at the age of ~76.
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