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1803955 THE PETER AND ANNA MOHR FAMILY

This outline of the Mohr Family Tree has been compiled and edited by a committee com¬ posed of Mrs. Martha Mishler, the Misses Laura and May Mohr, and Miss Fern Mohr, and was published at the Annual Reunion, July 4, 1958, at Normal, Illinois, for the purpose of preserving the historical facts of the family from its beginning in 1865 to the present. The blank pages opposite each family unit are for entering the facts of future members of the family, or for memories that cannot be otherwise chronicled here.

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PETER AND ANNA MOHR Peter Mohr was born December 25, 1843 in Germany. He came to America in 1857, married Anna Stalter

about 1865. Grandpa Mohr passed away May 30, 1892. Anna Stalter was born at Tzwibrucken, Bavaria, Germany, April 5, 1842. Her father was Joseph Stalter,

a farmer, and a minister in one of the Mennonite Churches of that time. Her mother was Katherine Rediger, also a native of Bavaria. They came to America in 1851, lived two years in Brooklyn, N. Y., and came to McLean County a year before we had a railroad.

Anna was one of a family of 11 children. Two sisters died soon after marriage; Joseph and Magdalena Lehman settled near Flanagan, Ill.; three sisters, Susan Troyer, Kate Werner, and Barbara Leiser near Saybrook, Elizabeth Springer near Arrowsmith, and the two brothers, Jacob and Nicholas in Bloomington. Their 30 children spoke of Grandma as “Aunt Ann.”

She worked out as hired girl for a number of years, part of the time for a neighbor, Mrs. Bohrer, who lived on the Cordes farm before and during the days of the Civil War. On Thursday, February 23, 1865 she became the wife of Peter Mohr who then lived with his widowed mother on the farm where Lawrence Mohr now lives, and then they farmed for four years on a farm near home, on section eight, when they bought the home place where Elmer now lives. Here Grandpa Mohr died in May 1892. Grandma continued farming.. In fact, if you had been well acquainted with her then, you would have expected her to. It was her nature to be intensely practical, to look at things just the way they are.

She had learned to work and farm by doing, so she wasn’t afraid to go ahead, kept on farming, bought more land and paid for it. In 1908 she moved to Normal.

She was born endowed with remarkable health and vigor of body, so going to town couldn’t be retirement. Instead she filled her house with girls from the University and more than provided for herself until she was 85. She was one of the last survivors of the men and women who grew up before machines and education overtook us, who had to learn to do things by experience and thus could take care of themselves and be useful wherever they were. . .

She was a Mennonite by birth, environment, and culture; and united with the old Rock Creek Mennonite Church as the nearest place of worship where Jonathan Yoder was the Bishop. When this growing congregation built at North Danvers under the leadership of Father Stuckey, she was interested, and helped. She was still more interested when time brought The East White Oak Mennonite Church within two miles of her home. She was one of the charter members of that Church.

Three children died in infancy. —Written by W. A. Ropp, 1934.

THE MOHR PICNIC

The Fourth of July always came along: with a bang in ^ shiny^black carciage! Everybody got all dressed until the picnic basket was packed, Bob Deck hltc e up freezer and a few packages of harmless up, and at last the carriage loaded with the picnic lce at our destination everyone

fireworks and all the family. We were off to the5J^n b was attacked by a rowdy bunch of kids for his annual exchanged greetings. Before the day was over, Unc ,, but i am' afraid as we grew older we were able

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» -»«j-ru teacher had given us. I wish I could remember, but sure y gwagn,t bad enough, then we had to sing with Ruth, Alma, the Twins and myself put on our musicale. As ^ recitations At last four o’clock rolled around. Roy, Johnny, and Floyd’s help and some of the others helped Then ^ the really big event

The dads and big brothers hitched up the late models a neighborhood, and the neighbors were

I still enjoy the Fourth, but I have very happy childhood memones-ones I hope I forge

Mohr Family Fourth of July!

1. JACOB MOHB Born April 11, 1868 Died September 19, 1949 Married March 4, 1892 J To Elizabeth Basting

Bom September 19, 1868 Died January 2, 1934

T. LAURA MOHR Bom September 3, 1896

2. LAWRENCE MOHR Bom October 1, 1898 Married September 8, 1932 To Alyce Gregory

Born August 24, 1911

3. EARL MOHR Bom May 12, 1900 Married to Dollie Meredith (They had one son)

Married July 30, 1948 To Minnie Zimmers

Bom December 25, 1898

4. HAROLD MOHB Bom November 17, 1902 Married January 15, 1949 To Ruby Cox

Bora August 23,

5. MABEL L. MOHR Bom September 6, 1906 Married October 12, 1929 To Clarence Ropp

Bom October 1, 1907

6. MAY E. MOHB Bom September 5, 1906 .

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r THOMAS GREGORY MOHB Bom February 13, 1936 Married October 28, 1956 To Nadine Rexroat

Bora September 26, 1938

JIMMY MOHB Bom July 18, 1940

JEAN MOHB Bom June 13, 1948

ROBERT MOHR Bom June 3, 1946

NORMA JEAN MOHR

Bom March 30, 1947^

1. DIANA LEE

Bom February 18, 1958

‘ JOANNE ELIZABETH BOPP Bom May 16, J.988 Died July 18, 1939

RAY EUGENE ROPP Bom April 16, 1942

GORDON LEE ROPP Bom April 5, 1933 Married June 19, 1955 To Roberta Lee Cutter

Born August 14, 1936

r ORVILLE MOHR Bom July 11, 1923

■I Married December 10, 1943 To Jerry Edmonds

Born December 19, 1924

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anna mohb

Bora December 3, 1869

Died, 1937

Married February 8, 1894

To Emanuel King

Born June 4, 1870

Died February 12, 1898

ALBERT RALPH KING Bora September 14, 1895 Married November 30, 1916

To Edith Sigler Bom May 19, 1897

Married December 80, 1902

To John Meyer

Bora July 27, 1870

Died October 2, 1952

ARTHUR MEYER Bora July 25, 1897

Died March 28, 1948 Married January 24, 1921

To May Reeves Born January 29, 1902

1. DONALD EMANUEL

Bom July 2, 1918 Married November 3, 1939

To Virginia Beck Bora August 3, 1919

(TARRY LEE Born March 26, 1940

RALPH EMANUEL Bora May 23, 1950

DEWEY GENNE

2. DOROTHY MARIE Bora December 8, 1920 Married August 16, 1938

To Warren Reynolds Born May 23, 1917 Died November 24, 1955

DAVID KING Bom January 14, 1942

DANIEL GUY ■

Bora October 31, 1946

3. WILLIAM LEE Bora December 3, 1924

Married September 21, 1946

To Vera Johnson Bora May 26, 1924

RICHARD LEE a Born September 8, 1947

LINDA ELIZABETH Born August 28, 1951

4. RUTH ALBERTA Born February 17, 1928 Married September 27, 1946

To Melvin Alwes Bora April 11, 1920

MICHAEL WILLIAM Bora May 14, 1947

KATHLEEN ANN Bora June 8, 1955

rl. WARREN Bora November 1, 1923

Married, 1944 To Joan Marie Koflca

Bora January 6, 1928

* At Brisbane, Australia

2. JAMES Born June 1, 1935

Married July 28, 1956

To Barbara Morrison

JOHN RICHARD MEYER


KIMBERLY SUE Born September 12,1956

JEFFREY ARTHUR

Born 1958

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1. EMANUEL PETER MOHR

Bom April 12, 1878 in Normal Township


To Tran qua Lena Bricker


in Normal Township

Died March 9, 1927

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To Mrs. Elia Stuckey Edwards

Bom October 1, 1874

Died February 6, 1950

E. P. Mohr Died

September 25, 1946

LYLE BRICKER MOHR

Bom January 30, 1898

in Normal Township

Married May 22, 1923

To

Margaret Annette Armstrong

Bom September 9, 1900

in Bloomington Township

JAMES LYLE MOHR

Bom January 13, 1926

in Normal, DL

Died April 28, 1926

DONALD EUGENE MOHR


in Normal, HL

Married August 26, 1950

To Joyce Eylene Mann


DAVID ALLEN MOHR

Bom July 19, 1933

- in Normal, DL

MICHAEL LEE

Bom August 21, 1951 In Bloomington, ILL

DANIEL ALAN


in Kankakee, HL

CAROL ELLEN

Bom July 4, 1956

in Harvey, HL

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MAGGIE ELLEN MOHR

Born November 14, 1875


To Aaren E. King Born February 28, 1874

Died February, 1899

Married January 7, 1908

To Walter A- Ropp Born August 12, 1872

LEONARD ELMER KING

Bom August 18, 1898


To Cesta Worley Bora December 27, 1897

MARTHA ELLEN ROPP


Married May 2, 1928

To Charles Lawrence Mishler

Bora May 18, 1906

ESTHER AMELIA ROPP


Married August 16, 1937 •

To Lester William Earles

Bora January SO, 1912

f MARY ELLEN Bora November 6, 1924

Married October 2, 1944

To Warren Miller Bora August 26, 1926

PRESTON WORLEY

Bora August 6, 1980

JOHN WENDEL Bora August 31, 1982 Married February 7, 1954

To Phyllis Johnson Bora-;-

ROBERT WILLIAM

Bora October 1,1938

DAVID ROPP Bora September 14,1941

JAMES ALLEN Born July 26, 1946

RICHARD LEE Bora May 6, 1947

LARRY WALTER Born November 28, 1949

MICHAEL JOE Bora June 17, 1948

SALLY COLEENE Bora May 18, 1949

DANIEL WARREN Bora December 18, 1962

CONSTANCE SEE Bora March 6, 1968

WILLIAM GEORGE MOHR

Born July 4, 1879

Died December 15, 1955


To Mary Leah Ramseyer

Born November 3, 1879

1. RUTH MOHR

Born December 6, 1903

Married July 1, 1939

To Samuel Sommer Bom December 12, 1895

Died July 15, 1953 at Pratt, Kansas

2. ROY WILLIAM MOHR

Bom August 8, 1908

Married April 6, 1935

To Gladys Hawkins

Bom March 22, 1902

3. ALVIN RALPH MOHR

Bom November 27, 1913

Married October 2, 1940 To Irene Milam Mears

Bom April 8, 1910

4. PAUL FREDRICK MOHR Bora November 24, 1919

5. BERNICE ANNETTE MOHR

Bora October 22, 1923 Married May 11, 1946 To Paul Joseph Heiser

April 2, 1923

' RICHARD LYNN

Bom May 22, 1941

BARBARA ANNE

. Bom October 23, 1946

RONALD WILLIAM

Bom September 13, 1938

WANDA LEE MOHR

Bom March 21, 1^39

Married August 7, 1956

To Ronald Powell Bora August 26, 1938

JOHN ALVIN Bom January 4, 1944

JAMES CHARLES Bom November 25, 1946

PATRICIA JEAN


* CONNIE RAE Bora September 1, 1952

RICKI PAUL Bom January 1, 1956

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IVA IDA MOHR

Born March 3, 1882

Died August 4, 1956

Married November 23, 1904

To Louis Ramseyer

Born March 6, 1879


1. ALMA LUCILLE RAMSEYER Born March 17, 1906 Married June 25, 1939 To Gerald Benson Galloway

Born June 26, 1906

2. JOHN ALVIN RAMSEYER Bora April 13, 1908 Married August 24, 1931 To Zoa A. Manges

Born February 4, 1907

3. DOROTHY ANNETTE RAMSEYER

Bom February 11, 1910 Married February 1, 1930 To Harold Wayne Sylvester

Bom October 1, 1911

4. LOUIS MERLE RAMSEYER Bora May 1, 1914 Married August 15, 1940 To Marjorie Bloomquist

Bora April 8, 1919

LUCIA ANNE Bora May 4, 1940

BARBARA LUCILLE Bora May 31, 1942

f ELINOR JEANNE Bora April 27, 1935

JOHN ALVIN Bora June 25, 1937

/ LARRY K. SYLVESTER l Bora January 20, 1940

LINDA DORN Bora March 11, 1942

JANE ANNE Bora February 6, 1946

THOMAS MERLE Bom February 23, 1948

ANNE ELIZABETH Bom May 29, 1956

5. WILLIAM JENNINGS RAMSEYER

Bora January 16, 1916 Married June 22, 1941 To Helene StonehOl

Bora December 11, J918

6. RAYMOND RALPH RAMSEYER

Bora August 26, 1919 Married August 23, 1952 To Betty Miller

Bora January 31, 1924

WILLIAM MICHAEL Bora June 8, 1945

• JUDITH HELENE Bom August 26, 1949

ROBERT MARK Bora March 28, 1957

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NANCY LYNN J Bora October 5, 1958

CRAIG ALAN Bora August 6, 1956

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ELMER MOHR




To Bstella Engle

Bom May 23, 1886

1. FLOYD MOHR Bom July 6, 1909 Married August 15, 1930 To Mildred Robinson

Bom February 21, 1909 Died March 26, 1940

Married March 26, 1942 To Edna Bigger


2. VIOLA PEARL Bom August 2, 1913 Died May 14, 1914

3. FERN MOHR Bom May 30, 1916

4. LUCILE MOHR Bom July 22, 1916 Married October 20, 1940 To Loren Rolofson

Bom January 2, 1918

6. GLEN MOHR Bom April 8, 1918 Married May 27, 1939 To Vera Dobbins

Born December 5,

6. CLAUDE MOHR Bom July 27, 1926 Married February 10, 1947 To Judy Foskule (divorced)

Married September 2, 1950 To Joan Bramble


WA^ May 15, 183S [kANDY WAYNE Married March 17, 1956 j Boro April 10, 1957 To Bonnie Hoxsey '■

Bom October 10, 1936

NANCY „ • Bom September 9, 1936 f t\ a tf>F Married December 14, 1956 I DAN To Don Messamore | Bom March 8, 1958

Bom June 26, 1933 t

LARRY Bom June 8, 1944

SAUNDRA Bom May 18, 1941

JANET Bom October 14, 1947

GARY , Bom March 8, 1940

RICHARD Bom February 15, 1948

KENNETH _ Bom July 19, 1947

SENBom° Oct. 8, 1948 (Adopted)

MERLE LYNN Bom February 9, 1958

RHONDA LEE Bom December 10, 1956 1930

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