Jorns family in St. Louis
Hello - I'm searchng for any information on the below family.Family history indicates that August and Marie/Mary met in New Orleans, married there, and traveled by steamboat up the Mississippi to St. Louis, fell in love with the City and decided to stay there.However, August didn't live very long, and Marie/Mary was forced to send her children to an orphanage.However, by 1882, she remarried to Adam Wertich, and they removed the children and finished raising them.
I cannot prove any piece of this story and have been trying to do so for at least 4 years.This family does show up on the 1900 census, or at least Marie/Mary does.I do have a marriage license of one of the daughters, Agnes L., marrying to Patrick Downey, but cannot locate any more info on their family as well.
Does this look familier to anyone?
Descendants of August (Fred) Jorns
Generation No. 1
1.AUGUST (FRED)1 JORNS died Bet. 1875 - 1880 in St. Louis, Missouri.He married MARIE (MARY) WREATHE.
Notes for MARIE (MARY) WREATHE:
1900 Missouri Census
Wertick, Adam was 49 in 1900Born in Conneticut.
Lived 814 Hickory Street in St. Louis with
wife Mary, born 1850 (50 yrs old in 1900).Born in Louisiana.
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1910 Missouri Census - St. Louis City
Wertich, Mary 60 Louisiana
Schaan, Marie 14 Missouri (gcl)(grandchild)
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1920 Missouri Census - St. Louis Cityenumerated 3rd day of January, 1920
Lived at 1501 (could be 1504) N. Seventeenth Street
27th dwelling; 42nd family
Wertich, MaryheadFemale, white70 years old,widowrentsborn in Louisiana
Shaan, Marydaughterfemale, white23 years old, singleborn in Missouri, father born inGermany, mother born in Louisiana
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Obit published in the Thursday, February 18, 1932 St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
WERTICH, MARY - of 5225 Blow street, on February 17, 1932, dear mother of Catherine Schaan and our dear grandmother, great-grandmother and sister-in-law.Funeral Friday, February 19, 1:30 p.m. from John L. Ziegenheim & Sons' new funeral home, 7027 Gravois avenue to SS Peter & Paul's Cemetery.
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More About MARIE (MARY) WREATHE:
Burial: February 19, 1932, Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery; St. Louis, Missouri
Children of AUGUST JORNS and MARIE WREATHE are:
i. AGNES L.2 JORNS, b. Abt. 1870; m. PATRICK DOWNEY, May 04, 1888, St. Louis City, Missouri.
ii. MARGARET JORNS.
iii. AUGUST "GUS" W. JORNS, JR., b. June 17, 1870, St. Louis, Missouri1; d. January 06, 1929, St. Louis City, Missouri1; m. MOLLIE NATTINGLY.
Notes for AUGUST "GUS" W. JORNS, JR.:
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Published in the Tuesday, January 8, 1929 edition of the St. Louis Post Dispatch:
JORNS, AUGUST - Entered into rest on Sunday, January 6, 1929 at 6:00 p.m., beloved husband of the late Mollie Jorns, (nee Nattingly) our dear step-father, dear son of Mrs. Mary Wertich, dear brother of Mrs. Catherine Schaan and our dear brother and uncle, age 58 years.
Funeral from the Leidner chapel, 2223 St. Louis avenue Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 9:30 a.m.Internment in SS Peter & Paul's Cemetery.Deceased was a member of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' Union, No. 396.
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More About AUGUST "GUS" W. JORNS, JR.:
Burial: Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery; St. Louis, Missouri
2. iv. KATHERINE J. JORNS, b. July 01, 1875, St. Louis, Missouri; d. November 05, 1947, St. Louis, Missouri.
Generation No. 2
2.KATHERINE J.2 JORNS (AUGUST (FRED)1) was born July 01, 1875 in St. Louis, Missouri, and died November 05, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri.She married (1) JOSEPH JOHN SCHLEINKOFER December 22, 1894 in St. Louis, Missouri, son of ADAM SCHLEINKOFER.She married (2) CHARLES E. SCHAAN April 01, 1899 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Notes for KATHERINE J. JORNS:
1900 Missouri Census
Schaan, Charles b 1876 in Germany
Katie b:March, 1875 in Missouri
Maria b:January, 1896 in Missouri
Lived at 2843 Texas Avenue.
ed:#155; Vol 91; Sheet 15; line 46.
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1930 Missouri Census - City of St. Louis
24th Ward, Block No. 5338
5225 Blow Street
Schaan, Catherineheadowned the house worth $5,000.
Female, white,53 years old, and a Widow.Married at first marriage at 19 years old.Born in Missouri, parents born in Germany.
Living with:Viola, daughter19 years old, single
Charles (son)28 years old, married for first time at 21 years
Ellen (wife of Charles)26 years old, married for first time at 19 years
Charles(their son)3 year 10/12 months
Wertich, Mary(mother)82 years old, widow;married for first time at 19 years old.Born in Louisiana.
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Published in the Thursday, November 6, 1947 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
SCHAAN, CATHERINE - (Nee Jornes) - of 720 Dale Avenue, Webster Groves, formerly of 5225 Blow Street., Wednesday, November 5, 1947 8:00 p.m.Beloved wife of the late Charles Schaan, Sr., dear mother of Mrs. Marie Rabbitt, Mrs. Louis Ackerman, Mrs. Viola Oldendorph and the late Charles Schaan Jr., dear mother-in-law, grandmother and aunt.
Services Saturday, 1:30 p.m. at John L. Ziegenhein & Sons' Funeral Home, 7027 Gravois.Interment New Picker Cemetery.Mrs. Schaan was a member of Poinsettia Chapter No. 472 O. E. S.
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More About KATHERINE J. JORNS:
Burial: Picker's Cemetery, aka Gatewood Gardens on Gravois, St. Louis, Missouri
Children of KATHERINE JORNS and CHARLES SCHAAN are:
4. ii. CHARLES E.3 SCHAAN, JR., b. 1902; d. November 21, 1943, St. Louis City, Missouri.
5. iii. LOUISE MYRTLE SCHAAN, b. June 05, 1907, St. Louis, Missouri; d. June 11, 1973, St. Louis, Missouri.
6. iv. VIOLA H. SCHAAN, b. January 14, 1910, St. Louis, Missouri; d. December 17, 1996, St. Louis, Missouri.