Oliver O. BLOSE & Emma STRAUB & Louisa Sara STENNER & Louisa Catharine SMITH & Martha WEISS

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Oliver O. BLOSE, Jr.
Emma STRAUB
Louisa Sara STENNER
Louisa Catharine SMITH
Martha WEISS

Husband: Oliver O. BLOSS / BLOSE
Birth: 18 May 1847, Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA
Death: 12 Mar 1933, at home in Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA
Disposition: buried St. John's Church Cemetery, Palmerton, Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA
Occupation: school teacher, merchant
Father: Jacob BLOSS / BLOSE (1820-1896)
Mother: Salinda PETER / PETERS (1828-1909)

Marriage-1: 24 Jan 1869, Carbon Co., PA

Wife-1: Emma STRAUB / STROUP — said to be Emma Rebecca STRAUB / STROUP
Birth: 1850/1, Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA
Living: 26 Apr 1873
Death: by 1880
Disposition: buried St. John's Church Cemetery, Palmerton, Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Daniel STRAUB
Mother: Ellen __?__

Marriage-2: 25 Jan 1879

Wife-2: Louisa Sara STENNER
Birth: 26 Jun 1850, Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA
Death: 3 Nov 1894, at home in Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA
Disposition: buried St. John's Church Cemetery, Palmerton, Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m1. ca. 1869, William KAUFFMAN (1851-1870)
Father: Heinrich Joseph STENNER (1818-1876)
Mother: Maria Anna HAHN (1827-1900)

Marriage-3: 20 Apr 1895

Wife-3: Louisa Catharine SCHMIDT / SMITH
Birth: 10 May 1854, Germany
Death: 1 Sep 1900
Disposition: buried St. John's Church Cemetery, Palmerton, Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m1. 8 Nov 1874, Amos BEER
Father: Henry J. SCHMIDT
Mother: Catharine __?__

Marriage-4: 30 Mar 1902

Wife-4: Martha WEISS
Birth: Jan 1862, Washington Twp., Lehigh Co., PA
Death: 1940
Disposition: buried (next to first husband) Fairview Cemetery, Slatington, Lehigh Co., PA
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m1. 1878, Lewis YEAHL / YALE, b. 1859/60, PA
Other children: William A. YALE, b. 1892/3, PA; Emma R. YALE, b. 1894/5, PA
Father: William WEISS (1817-1900)
Mother: Salome SCHLEICHER (1818-1883)

Some secondary sources have Martha married to a Morris DAVIS. If so, he would presumably be her third husband.

Children with Emma STRAUB:

Children with Louisa Sara STENNER — born in Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA:

1. Edwin Jacob BLOSE, b. 16 Nov 1881; d. 6 May 1955
2. Mary Ellen BLOSE, b. 26 Oct 1883; d. 4 Apr 1941
3. Stanley R. BLOSE, b. 17 Apr 1887; d. 6 Dec 1887
4. Bertha Louise BLOSE, b. 30 Jun 1891; d. 22 Sep 1965

Child with Louisa Catharine SMITH — born in Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA:

5. Frank Byron / Bynon BLOSE, b. 6 Nov 1896; 24 Aug 1934

Children with Martha WEISS:

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Oliver BLOSE (æ 3, b. PA) is living in Lower Towamensing [Twp.], Carbon Co., PA (p. 292B), with his parents, Jacob BLOSE (æ 30, b. PA) & Salinda (æ 23, b. PA), and younger sister. They are listed five households from Oliver's future in-laws, Daniel & Ellen STROUP.

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Oliver BLOSS (æ 13, b. PA) is living in Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA (p. 58), with his parents, Jacob BLOSS (æ 39, b. PA) & Selinda (æ 32, b. PA), plus siblings. Listed eight households from Oliver's future wife, Emma STRAUB (æ 9, b. PA), and in-laws, Daniel & Ellen STROUP.

4. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 39): Parryville P.O., Lower Towamensing [Twp.], Carbon Co., PA, Roll M593_1320, p. 145B, PN 2, 9/9, enumerated 23 July 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1870: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 19

9 9 Bloss Oliver 22 M W School Teacher 1000 200 Penna Jan /

_____ Emma 19 F W Keeping House " Jan

_____ Elizabeth 69 F W "

_____ Daniel 40 M W Boatman "

_____ Henry 37 M W Works in Furnace "

Simpson Ellen 7 F W "

Streaber John 60 M W Labourer Prussia / / /

5a. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 37): Lower Towamensing [Twp.], Carbon Co., PA, Roll 1108, p. 466A, PN 1, SD 4, ED 121, enumerated 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 13 24 25 26

1 1 Blose Jr Oliver W M 33 / Teacher Pa Pa Pa

Blose Louisa S W F 30 Wife / Keeping House Pa Pa

Listed nine households from Daniel & Ellen STROUP.

5a. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Martha YEAHL (æ 18, b. PA) is living in Slatedale, Lehigh Co., PA (p. 654D), with her husband, Lewis YEAHL (æ 20, b. PA), and a daughter (æ 9m); they are listed next to Martha's presumed parents, William WEISS (æ 64, b. PA) & Salome (æ 63, b. PA).

6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #23 of 32): Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA, Roll T623_1390, p. 245A, SN 12, SD 3, ED 11, enumerated 21 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1900: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

222 241 Blose Oliver O Head W M May 1847 53 M 5 PA PA PA Merchant (Gen store) 0 Y Y Y O F F 10

_____ Louisa C Wife W F May 1854 46 M 5 4 3 Ger Ger Ger 1856 44 Y Y Y

_____ Edwin J Son W M Nov 1881 18 S PA PA PA Laborer (Contractor) 0 Y Y Y

_____ Bertha L Dau W F Jun 1891 8 S PA PA PA At school 6½ Y Y Y

_____ Frank B Son W M Nov 1896 3 S PA PA Ger

8. 1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 39): Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA, Roll T624_1326, p. 276B, SN 10B, SD 7, ED 18, enumerated 27 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1910: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

144 177 Blose Oliver O Head M W 63 M4 8 Pa Pa Pa Eng Merchant General Store OA Y Y O F H

_____ Martha Wife F W 44 M2 8 7 6 Pa Pa Pa Eng None Y Y

Yale William A Son M W 17 S Pa Pa Pa Eng Steam Fitter Boiler House W N 0 Y Y N

____ Emma R Dau F W 15 S Pa Pa Pa Eng None Y Y N

Blose Frank B Son M W 13 S Pa Pa Pa Eng None Y Y Y

William and Emma YALE are Oliver's stepchildren, not his children (i.e., they're children of Martha and her first husband, Lewis YEAHL).

9. 1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 7): Bowmanstown-Stemlersville Road, Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA, Roll T625_1534, p. 207B, SN 3B, SD 7, ED 24, enumerated 27/28/29 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1920: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17 18 19 21 23 25 26 27 28 29

* Fm 45 47 Blose Oliver O Head O F M W 72 M Y Y PA PA PA Y Retail Merchant Retail General Store OA 20

_____ Martha Wife F W 57 M N N PA PA PA Y None

_____ Frank B Son M W 23 S Y Y PA PA PA Y Brakeman Zinc Works Railroad W

*Bowmanstown Stemlersville Road

10. 1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 33): Lower Towamensing Twp., Carbon Co., PA, Roll 2014, p. 268A, SN 11A, Ed 13-23, SD 11, enumerated 23/24 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1930: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 28

222 222 Blose Oliver O Head O 4000 Y M W 82 M 21 N Y PA PA PA Y Disabled O

_____ Martha Wife F W 68 M 16 N PA PA PA Y None

11. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

12. WorldConnect / WorldTree (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

13. Tony Bennyhoff. [no title, but a page about Oliver O. BLOSE and his relatives] (online at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com)

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