Margaret Mary Carty, Native of Ireland

Margaret Mary Carty was born in Ireland, about 1842. In the 1880 U.S. Census, Margaret was working as a servant in the household of  Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Stevenson, at 921 Washington Street (now 603 West Washington Street.) Mr. Stevenson was listed as a produce dealer. He was a brother in law to well known Sandusky photographer W.A. Bishop. 

Miss Carty died in January of 1888. A lovely monument honoring her memory is found in Section D at St. Joseph's Cemetery. According to church records, Rev. R.A. Sidley officiated at Margaret's funeral. 

The surname Carty is found on a stone near the tombstone of Margaret Mary Carty, though to date, no other close relatives were buried near her final resting place.

Rest in peace, Miss Margaret Mary Carty.

 

When Tom Helped Grandma Julia with Her Grocery List

My great grandparents, Joseph and Julia (Szomolya) Orshoski celebrated 50 years of marriage in 1971. Technically, Julia was my step great grandmother, as Grandpa Joe's first wife named Julia died in 1919, but the second Julia is the only Orshoski great grandma that I ever knew! Grandpa Joe and both his first and second wives were all born in Hungary.

One time Grandma Julia needed to go to the grocery store to get groceries. She often shopped at Marks Pick-n-Pay on Perkins Avenue in Sandusky, Ohio.

Grandma would go down her list, and purchase everthing in the order it was written on the list. My then husband Tom said to her, " Grandma, that takes too long, let me help you." As he took the list from Grandma Julia he saw words he did not understand, with lots of accent marks. He handed it back to her, and said he was sorry he just did not know what the words meant! Eventually she got her shopping done, and we took her back home to Bay Bridge where she would soon be cooking dinner!

While this is not the exact list, it looked something like this:

English translation is:

eggs

bread

chicken

salt

milk

butter

chicken soup

She gave us a very fond memory to recall so many years later!

 

Two August Koegles in Sandusky, Ohio

 Recently I encountered a tombstone for Mr. and Mrs. August M. Koegle at Sandusky’s Oakland Cemetery.

When I was researching the Koegle family, I learned that there were two men named August Koegle, both born about 1850 in Germany, and both buried at Oakland Cemetery! One Mr. August Koegle has a tombstone, and the other has no stone marking his grave site.

In the 1880 United States Census, August M. Koegle was listed as “Gus.” He and his wife Louisa and several children resided on Jackson Street. The other August Koegle  lived on Camp Street in the 1880 Census, with his wife and three children.

Obituaries for each of these individuals helped to learn more about them. August M. Koegle, who was connected with a dry goods business for many years, died in 1909. His obituary appeared in the Sandusky Register on December 10, 1909.

The other August Koegle died in a hospital in Toledo, Ohio in 1926. His obituary was in the Sandusky Register of October 20, 1926.

While there is no tombstone for the August Koegle who passed away in 1926, there is a tombstone in the North Ridge section of Oakland Cemetery for his young daughter who died in 1899.

Records in FamilySearch indicate that the two August Koegles are mostly likely first cousins.