Ancestors of Philipp Neff

Notes

Philip Villhard

BIRTH: Date and place of birth from marriage record.

MARRIAGE:
(1) - Emma Lang
Civil marriage record (license, return); 1807-1976; St Clair County, Belleville IL; 19 May 1899; Illinois Regional Archives Depository, Carbondale IL.
Note: Found in online marriage indexes Illinois State Archives:
Villhard, Phillip, to Lang, Emma, married 05/18/1899, # 9206, St. Clair County
(2) - Elizabeth Adams
Note: Found in online marriage indexes Illinois State Archives:
Villhard, Phillip, to Adams, Elizabeth Lee, married 08/03/1910, #00007806 [no vol. or pg.], Cass County.

MILITARY: Found at Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Philip Villhard
City: Detroit
County: Wayne
State: Michigan
Birth Date: 23 Nov 1873
Race: White
Roll: 2023959
DraftBoard: 5
Source Citation: Registration Location: Wayne County, Michigan; Roll: 2023959; Draft Board: 5.
Note: There is an image of this record available at Ancestry.com. His birthdate is given as 23 Nov 1873.

DIRECTORY: St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO, Gould's St. Louis Directory: Is this him?
1904, Villard, Philip, tester, r [resides] 2413 Biddle.
[Note not retained. Other Villhard families found in these directories, George, with sons George and Edward, a John Villhard, but only one entry for a Philip Villard for the years checked, about 1882-1905.]

LAND: Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL, Recorder of Deeds, General Index, Belleville, St. Clair Co., IL:
Grantor: 1904, March 28, Villhard, Emma M. and Phillip to Villhard, John and Marg., 322-464, Lot 2-11, block 10, Summerfield, QCD. [Notes not retained.]

DEATH:
Note: Obituary of brother, William, states "brother Philip of Detroit, Mich." Brother John's obituary states the same.

CENSUS:

Emma Magdalena Lang

BIRTH: Birth date from headstone, Summerfield Cemetery, Summerfield IL.
Birthplace from marriage record (see note).
Note: Parents given in marriage record as Heinrich Lang and Barbara Küfner.

BAPTISM:

BAPTISM: Church baptism record, St. John's United Church of Christ, Summerfield, St. Clair Co, IL; 1989; St. Clair County Genealogical Society Quarterly, St. Clair Co, IL; Vol 12, No 3, p144; Belleville Public Library, Bellevill, St. Clair Co, IL.
Note: Emma Magdalena Lang, born 15 Aug 1877, baptized 27 Oct 1878, parents Heinrich Lang and Barbara nee Kufner (church members), sponsor Magdalena Mallmann, baptism 1878, no. 37.

MARRIAGE: Civil marriage record (license, return); 1807-1976; St Clair County, Belleville IL; 19 May 1899; Illinois Regional Archives Depository, Carbondale IL.

DEATH: Death date from headstone, Summerfield Cemetery, Summerfield IL.

BURIAL: Cemetery record; 1840-1983; ST. CLAIR COUNTY CEMETERY, SUMMERFIELD [IL], St. Clair County Genealogical Society, Belleville, IL; p16 [repeated at p29]; Belleville Public Library, Belleville, IL.
Note: Interment in Summerfield Cemetery, Summerfield, St. Clair, IL.

Friederich August Sittner

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IMMIGRATION: Possible? Found at Ancestry.com, immigration records.
New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945
Name: Frdk August Sittner
Arrival Date: 27 Nov 1839
Age: 5 years 11 months
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Ship Name: Johann Georg
Port of Arrival: New Orleans, Louisiana
National Archives' Series Number: M259_19
NOTE: All those listed under the name of Sittner on the ship Johann George arriving the same date, in order listed:
John Gotthold Sittner, age 42
Hanne Rosine Sittner, his wife, age 29
Frdk August Sittner, age 5
Chs Gottlob Sittner, age 3
Chs August Sittner, age 1
Christ Theresie Sittner, age 8

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Mary Emilie (Amelia) Kester

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DEATH: Found online at the Missouri Secretary of State:

Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1956
Amelia Sittner, died February 15, 1926, Perry County, #5497
Note: An image of this death certificate is available online at the above website. It states, among other things, that she was the widow of Fritz Sittner, she was born 2 May 1838, the name of her father was Conrad Kester, the name of her mother was Elizabeth Taulstro__, the informant was Mrs. Walter Dippold of Perryville, MO, she was buried 16 Feb 1926 in the Lutheran Cemetery, Perryville, MO.

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Joseph Nessler

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Aleida Heselmann

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NOTE: Her father was perhaps Fred Heselmann, see the 1860 census living with her and her husband.

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Joseph Free

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Lavina Rodgers

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John Weinerth

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Katharine Grimm

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Heinrich Lang

BIRTH: Per census records.

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DIRECTORY: Belleville Public Library, Belleville, IL, Belleville City Directory, East St. Louis City Directory and St. Clair County Gazetteer, 1891-1892:
Summerfield, Lang, Henry, lab.
Villhardt, John, lab.
Villhardt, Peter, lab.
[Copy discarded.]

DEATH:

BURIAL: Cemetery record; 1840-1983; ST. CLAIR COUNTY CEMETERY, SUMMERFIELD [IL], St. Clair County Genealogical Society, Belleville, IL; p16; Belleville Public Library, Belleville, IL.
Note: Interment in Summerfield Cemetery, Summerfield, St. Clair, IL.

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Barbara Küfner

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George Lang

BIRTH: Per cemetery record and 1870 census.

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BURIAL: Cemetery record; 1840-1983; ST. CLAIR COUNTY CEMETERY, SUMMERFIELD [IL], St. Clair County Genealogical Society, Belleville, IL; p16; Belleville Public Library, Belleville, IL.
Note: Interment in Summerfield Cemetery, Summerfield, St. Clair, IL.

Anna Lang

BIRTH:
Note: This child is known only from the 1880 census as Anna Lang, age 10, born IL, H-CEN-0318.

MARRIAGE: Possible? Found in the online marriage indexes, Illinois State Archives:
Anthes, Phillip, to Lang, Anna K, married 6 Jul 1886, #1794, St. Clair County.
Note: If this is her, she would only be about age 16.

DEATH: Possible?
Note: Found in the online death indexes Illinois State Archives: Anna Lang, female, white, age unknown, died 1 Apr 1943, certificate #130, Summerfield, IL.

BURIAL: Possible?
Note: She may be buried in the Summerfield Cemetery, Summerfield, St. Clair, IL. Found on a personal visit to the cemetery, Anna Lang, born 13 Sep 1870, died 1 Apr 1943 (see notes H-CEM-0027).

Wilbert Edgar Crossmyer

BIRTH: Birth date and place from marriage and death records.
Note: In 1880 census with his parents; listed as age 2 and born in PA. The 1910 census gives his birthplace as Ohio.

BAPTISM:

MARRIAGE: Civil marriage record (license, return); 1807-1976; St Clair County, Belleville IL; 1 Nov 1905; Illinois Regional Archives Depository, Carbondale IL.

MILITARY: Found at Ancestry.com, WWI Draft Registration:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Wilbert Edward Crossmyer
City: Not Stated
County: Los Angeles
State: California
Birth Date: 12 Oct 1878
Race: White
Roll: 1531195
DraftBoard: 5
Source Citation: Registration Location: Los Angeles County, California; Roll: 1531195; Draft Board: 5.
Note: There is an image of this record available at Ancestry.com. Partial information is: occupation machinist, P. E. shops, mediium height, small build, gray eyes, brown hair.

DIRECTORY: Letter dated 29 Dec 1981 from Saint Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO, regarding city directories, stated they could only search 3 directories per inquiry:
1897, Crossmyer, Wilbur E., (clerk, Willimatic Linen Co.), 2800 Park Ave.
1897, Crossmyer, Andrew J. (clerk, Williamson C. & P. Co.), 2800 Park Ave.
1897, Crossmyer, William J. (electric), 2800 Park Ave.
1900, Crossmyer, Wilbert (driver), 2800 Park Ave.
1900, Crossmyer, William (electric), 2800 Park Ave.
1900, Crossmyer, Andrew J. (clerk, Consedine Mfy. Co.), 505 South Ewing Ave.
1915, [No listing for Wilbur or Wilbert or Julia, also no listing for Andrew.]
1915, Crossmeyer, Agatha, dressmaker, 4515 Gibson Ave.
1915, Crossmyer, Elmer, shoer, 1721 Ohio Ave.
1915, Crossmyer, Paul, machinist, 1513 California Ave.
1915, Crossmyer, William J., electric, 1513 California Ave.
Note: The letter also stated, all were spelled Crossmyer except for Agatha spelled Crossmeyer. Wives were not listed until 1930. A possible researcher was listed as the former genealogy librarian, Miss Lillian L. Hubbell, 29 North Court, St. Louis, MO, 63108, (314) 361-8889. [Letter not retained.]

DIRECTORY: St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO, Gould's St. Louis Directory:
1905, Crossmyer, Wilbert E., bartdr, r [resides] 2800 Park.
1905, Crossmyer, William J., electric, r [resides] 2800 Park.
[Notes not retained.]

DIRECTORY: Letter dated 20 Jan 1982 from researcher Miss Lillian Hubbell, St. Louis, MO to Norman Hellmers:
I am sending a list of further entries in St. Louis city directories. There were no Crossmyer listings in the city directories during the war years of 1917, 1918, 1919. I did not check the years 1920-1925, but there were no Crossmyers 1926, 1927, 1930, 1933.
St. Louis City Directories:
1905 - Crossmyer, Andrew J., laborer, res 3118 Caroline
1905 - Crossmyer, Wilbert E., bartender, res 2800 Park
1905 - Crossmyer, William J., electric, res 2800 Park
1906 - Crossmyer, Andrew J., clerk, res 3118 Caroline
1906 - Crossmyer, Wilbert E., hotel, 1703 Pine, res 3016 Bell
1906 - Crossmyer, William J., electric, res 2800 Park
1907 - Crossmyer, Andrew J., salesman American Tobacco Co., res 3118 Caroline
1907 - Crossmyer, Wilbert E., saloon, 4200 Easton
1907 - Crossmyer, William J., electric engr, res 2800 Park
1908-1909 - the same, but Willbert E. is missing
1911 - Paul and Elmer Crossmyer and William J. Crossmyer
1912 - Crossmyer, Andrew J., saloon, res 2800 Park
1912 - Crossmyer, Elmer R., shoer, res 2800 Park
1912 - Crossmyer, Paul, electric, res 2800 Park
1912 - Crossmyer, William J., electric, res 2800 Park
1913 - Crossmeyer, Ada, res 9515 Gibson
1913 - Crossmyer, Elmer R., shoer, res 1817 California
1913 - Crossmyer, Paul, helper, res 1817 California
1913 - Crossmyer, William J., electric, res 1800 Park
1916 - Crossmyer, Elmer R., shoer, res 1809 California
1916 - Crossmyer, William J., electric, res 1513 California
[Notes from the above letter transcribed and letter not retained.]

LETTER: Letter dated 31 Jan 1982 from Norman Hellmers to Miss Lillian Hubbell, researcher, St. Louis, MO, regarding her research there on the Crossmyer families and her assistance in learning that some of the Crossmyer families moved to Detroit, Michigan, he stated:
The Detroit connection proved to be most important. I telephoned Clara J. Crossmyer of Detroit area and obtained some more cludes. Miss Crossmyer was very cooperative. She was able to give me the following information:
Her father was Elmer R. Crossmyer. Her uncle, Wilbert, had indeed married a woman named Julia, but she did not know when or where, or what Julia's maiden name was. Apparently after 1907, Wilbert and Julia Crossmyer moved to Torrance, California. There were no children. Julia died while in California, date not known. Later Wilbert was seriously ill (gangrene, leg removed). He eventually married his nurse. Wilbert died not long after 1953. [Information from the above letter transcribed and the letter not retained.]

DEATH: Civil death record; 1952; Department of Public Health, CA; no 52-019044, 7 Feb 1952; State Registrar of Vital Statistics, Sacramento CA.
Note: This record found online at RootsWeb.com, California Death Records, 1940 thru 1997:
Crossmyer, Wilbert Edgar, born 10/12/1878, mother's maiden name Hock, father's last name Crossmyer, male, born Ohio, died Los Angeles, 02/07/1952, 73 yrs.
Note: According to information on RootsWeb.com, WorldConnect, some entries there give his mother's maiden name as Quartz.

BURIAL: Civil death record; 1952; Department of Public Health, CA; no 52-019044, 7 Feb 1952; State Registrar of Vital Statistics, Sacramento CA.
Note: Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Los Angeles County, CA.

Notes: Wilbert Crossmyer's parents were William M. J. Crossmyer and Caroline (Hack) Crossmyer. After the death of his first wife, Julia (Villhard) Crossmyer, he married his nurse, Anne (Lally) Daley.

CENSUS:

Annie Lally

BIRTH: Birth date and place from death record. Her death record gives the names of her parents as Patrick C. Lally, born Ireland and Margaret Kilkenny, born Ireland

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DEATH: Civil death record; 1962; Department of Public Health, CA;
no 62-110175, 8 Oct 1962; State Registrar of Vital Statistics, Sacramento CA.
Note: This record found online at RootsWeb.com, California Death Records, 1940 thru 1997:
Crossmyer, Annie L., born 06/29/1884, mother's maiden name Kilkenny, father's last name [not given], female, died Los Angeles, 10/08/1962, age 78 yrs. [An old note said that the California Death Index, 1940-1997, for her gave her birthplace as Kansas, but the online version checked 4/2007, does not list her birthplace.]

BURIAL: Civil death record; 1962; Department of Public Health, CA;
no 62-110175, 8 Oct 1962; State Registrar of Vital Statistics, Sacramento CA.
Note: Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Los Angeles County, CA.

CENSUS:

Johann Philipp Neff

BIRTH: Information from death record. [H-CHD-0027]

MARRIAGE: Church marriage record; 1826; Der evangelische Kirchengemeinde Brensbach u. Nieder-Kainsbach; KB 8, p 167; FHL Microfilm #1190551. [H-CHM-0050]

DEATH: Church death record; 1864; Der evangelische Kirchengemeinde Brensbach u. Nieder-Kainsbach; KB 12, p 62; FHL Microfilm #1190550. [H-CHD-0027]

BURIAL: Church death record; 1841; Der evangelische Kirchengemeinde Brensbach u. Nieder-Kainsbach; KB 12, p 62; FHL Microfilm #1190550. [H-CHD-0027]

Anna Elisabetha Vogel

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Johann Georg Reibold

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Christina Elisabetha Neff

BIRTH: From marriage and death records. [H-CHM-0051, H-CHD-0028]

MARRIAGE: Church marriage record; 1834; Der evangelische Kirchengemeinde Brensbach u. Nieder-Kainsbach; KB 8, p 249; FHL Microfilm #1190551. [H-CHM-0051]

DEATH: Church death record; 1871; Der evangelische Kirchengemeinde Brensbach u. Nieder-Kainsbach; KB 12, p 178; FHL Microfilm #1190550. [H-CHD-0028]

BURIAL: Church death record; 1871; Der evangelische Kirchengemeinde Brensbach u. Nieder-Kainsbach; KB 12, p 178; FHL Microfilm #1190550. [H-CHD-0028]

Elisabetha Christina Reibold

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Son (unnamed) Reibold

BIRTH: Approximate birth date from death record.

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MARRIAGE: Unmarried; died as an infant.

DEATH: Church death record; 1849; Der evangelische Kirchengemeinde Höchst im Odenwald, Death register; KB 11, p 13; FHL Microfilm #1190550.

BURIAL: Church death record; 1849; Der evangelische Kirchengemeinde Höchst im Odenwald, Death register; KB 11, p 13; FHL Microfilm #1190550.

Johann Peter Reibold

BIRTH: Birth date from death record.

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MARRIAGE: Unmarried; died as an infant.

DEATH: Church death record; 1850; Der evangelische Kirchengemeinde Höchst im Odenwald, Death register; KB 38, p 38; FHL Microfilm #1190550.

BURIAL: Church death record; 1850; Der evangelische Kirchengemeinde Höchst im Odenwald, Death register; KB 38, p 38; FHL Microfilm #1190550.

Adolph B Pletscher

BIRTH:
Note: He is presumed to be the Adolph Pletscher foun in the 1900 census (H-CEN-0656), Looking Glass Twp, Clinton Co, IL, born Sep 1881, 18, single, born IL, with Miles and Barbara Pletscher and siblings.
Note: He is presumed to be the Adolph B. Pletscher found in the 1910 census, Looking Glass Twp., Clinton Co, IL, age 28, born IL, with mother Barbara and siblings Rudolph E. 23, Amanda L. 21 and Della R. 17.

Information provided by Norma (Pletscher) True.

MARRIAGE:

MILITARY: Found at Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Adolph Benjamin Pletcher
City: Not Stated
County: St Clair
State: Illinois
Birth Date: 1 Sep 1881
Race: White
Roll: 1614579
DraftBoard: 1
Source Citation: Registration Location: St Clair County, Illinois; Roll: 1614579; Draft Board: 1.
Note: There is an image of this record available at Ancestry.com.

DEATH:

BURIAL: Cemetery record; 1840-1983; ST. CLAIR COUNTY CEMETERY, SUMMERFIELD [IL], St. Clair County Genealogical Society, Belleville, IL; p21; Belleville Public Library, Belleville, IL.
Note: Interment in Summerfield Cemetery, Summerfield, St. Clair, IL.

CENSUS:

Anna Hilda Villhard

BIRTH:

BAPTISM: Church baptism record, St. John's United Church of Christ, Summerfield, St. Clair Co, IL; 1989; St. Clair County Genealogical Society Quarterly, St. Clair Co, IL; Vol 12, No 3, p157; Belleville Public Library, Bellevill, St. Clair Co, IL.
Note: Anna Hilda Villhard, born 5 Feb 1892, baptized 22 May 1892, parents Joh. Villhard and Maria Lang (Summerfield), sponsor Anna Lang, baptism 1892, no. 6.

DEATH:
Obituary care index, Belleville Public Library, Belleville, St. Clair, Co, IL: Anna H. Villhard (Mrs. Pletcher), age 90, News-Democrat, 2 Nov 1982, p7-A.

BURIAL: Cemetery record; 1840-1983; ST. CLAIR COUNTY CEMETERY, SUMMERFIELD [IL], St. Clair County Genealogical Society, Belleville, IL; p21 [repeated at p29]; Belleville Public Library, Belleville, IL.
Note: Interment in Summerfield Cemetery, Summerfield, St. Clair, IL.

Wilma K. Pletscher

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Note: She is listed in her sister Norma's obituary in 1999 as: Also survived by sisters: Wilma Renfro, Verna Copeland, Edna Dawson, Alva Beckemeyer and Eva Pierce.

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Verna R. Pletscher

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Note: She is listed in her sister Norma's obituary in 1999 as: Also survived by sisters: Wilma Renfro, Verna Copeland, Edna Dawson, Alva Beckemeyer and Eva Pierce.

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Edna A. Pletscher

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Note: She is listed in her sister Norma's obituary in 1999 as: Also survived by sisters: Wilma Renfro, Verna Copeland, Edna Dawson, Alva Beckemeyer and Eva Pierce.

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Alva M. Pletscher

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Note: She is listed in her sister Norma's obituary in 1999 as: Also survived by sisters: Wilma Renfro, Verna Copeland, Edna Dawson, Alva Beckemeyer and Eva Pierce.

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Eva M. Pletscher

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Note: She is listed in her sister Norma's obituary in 1999 as: Also survived by sisters: Wilma Renfro, Verna Copeland, Edna Dawson, Alva Beckemeyer and Eva Pierce.

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