Seventh Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge

Bill West has just announced the Seventh Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge!  

Recently I ran across this poem in  a 1910 promotional item that was once given away by the Jarecki Chemical Company in Sandusky. 




A transcription of the poem reads:

Let other cities boast their iron,
Their steel and earthenware,
Rubber goods, tile, pottery, shoes,
Or glass in ample share;
But famed Sandusky leads the van,
For all that man can wish,
To lumber, grain - in lime, in stone -
AND BEATS THE WORLD FOR FISH.

In the  the early twentieth century, Sandusky was a leading fish market on the Great Lakes. The Jarecki Chemical Company (no longer in business), made fertilizer from fish byproducts, from the 1880s to the 1930s. This little poem reminds me of a time when  the people who lived in my town lived a much simpler life, times my parents and grandparents spoke of often.

Sentimental Sunday: Ad from Schumacher's

When my great grandmothers were young adults, this advertisement from Sandusky's H.G. Schumacher store, which appeared in the September 24, 1912 issue of the Sandusky Register, promised to offer to the ladies of Sandusky just what they were looking for! Long coats and hats with fancy feathers were in style in the fall of 1912 in Sandusky, Ohio!

Miller Huggins in a Vintage Coca Cola Ad

This ad for Coca Cola from the Sandusky Star Journal of June 10, 1916 features baseball manager Miller Huggins, then manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. Though Miller Huggins had a law degree from the University of Cincinnati, he is best known for his career in baseball. He managed the New York Yankees from    1918 to 1929.  Miller Huggins died at the age of 50 on September 25, 1929, and he was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Click here to see the entry for Miller Huggins at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in New York.

Ettie S. Norris Buxton, Wife of J.C. Buxton

Henrietta Stevenson Norris was one of eleven children born to Nicholas B. and Elizabeth Betsy (Blanchard) Norris. She was born on June 16, 1832 in New Hampshire. Henrietta, known fondly as "Ettie" married John C. Buxton on November 16, 1853. Sadly, Ettie died on September 23, 1860 at the age of 28 years, 3 months, and 7 days. She was buried in the Norris family lot in the North Ridge section of Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio.

Lotz-Claven Monument at St. Joseph's Cemetery

In Section B of St. Joseph's Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio, is a monument which honors the memory of several members of the Lotz and Claven family. The name of Henry J. Lotz appears on the top of the side of the monument which faces east. Henry J. Lotz ran a grocery store in Sandusky, where Joe Sundae's is now in business, from the 1850s to the 1880s. Henry J. Lotz died on October 18, 1887. His wife, the former Bridget Claven, died on March 9, 1889. The names of Teresia Lotz, who died on August 27,1856, and Jane Lotz, who died on July 17, 1857, most likely daughters of Henry and Bridget (Claven) Lotz. appear underneath the names of Henry and Bridget. On the side of the monument which faces to the west, are the names of Bernard Claven, the father of Bridget Claven Lotz, who died on January 28, 1853, and the name of Catherine Lutz,who was the daughter of Henry and Bridget Claven Lotz. (Lutz is an alternative spelling of Lotz.) Catherine Lutz was age ten months, at the time of her death on July 19, 1853. 

A lovely angelic face with wings adorns the top of the monument honoring the Lotz and Claven families.

SNGF: September 19, 2015

Randy, at Genea-Musings has given us this assignment tonight:

1) What did your mother really like to do in her work or spare time?  Did she have hobbies, or a workshop, or did she like cooking, or reading, or watching TV?

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook or Google+ post.

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My mother, Joyce Parker Orshoski, like to do many things. She led a children's church choir for many years. She loved to plan family picnics and holiday gatherings. She enjoyed going to all the school and sporting events of her children and grandchildren. But the thing I recall most about Mom is that she loved to keep score at baseball games!

Usually at the ball park in Bay View, along Sandusky Bay in Erie County, Ohio,  Mom would keep score of the atom league games. Then she would tally up all the hits, runs and RBIS, and Dad would dash the article into the night drop box at the Sandusky Register. Those young ball players surely enjoyed seeing their names in the local newspaper! I miss my mom so much, but this snapshot brings back such happy memories of Mom in her favorite activity!

Upcoming Cemetery Walk to Focus on Sanduskians of German Descent

Many people who have called Sandusky home have ancestors of German descent. Click here  to read the Sandusky Register article about upcoming "Cemetery Walks" at Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery which will focus on those of German descent.