Regina Hall and William Hall

Regina Constance SMITH was the daughter of Uriah SMITH and his wife Mary O'MALLEY. Regina was born 26 March 1887 in Barton, Allegany Co., Maryland. She married William F. HALL 27 December 1919 in Morgantown, West Virginia, and died 23 July 1964 in Gary, Lake Co., Indiana.

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William F. HALL (1887-1931).

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Alfred Wallace and Thomas N. Wallace

Alfred WALLACE (possibly WALLIS originally) was born 10 May 1840 in St. Just, Cornwall, England. He married Margaret MORGAN (1840-1891), daughter of Lewis MORGAN and Jane PRICE, in 1865 in Wales. They came to America with their daughter Mary before 1868. Alfred died 27 February 1906 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Thomas N. WALLACE was the second child and eldest son of Alfred WALLACE and Mary MORGAN. He was born 1 April 1868 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania; his twin William did not survive. Thomas married Emma Hester HOUCK (1868-1923) on 18 April 1889 in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. He died 26 July 1940 in Shamokin.

Both of these images courtesy the "Williams-Lee" tree posted by williamstd at Ancestry.com.

Stöde church

The church in Stöde, Västernorrland, Sweden. The FROBERG family lived in Stöde; Conrad was born here in 1880. (Photo via GoogleMaps.)

Some provinces of Sweden

Charlie FROBERG's obituary says that he was born in Gävle, Gävleborgs län.


Anna Evelina LARSON (possibly GARNSTROM or QUARNSTROM) is said to have come from Kopparbergs län [province] (now called Dalarna). Her daughter Hilma LARSON GUSTAFSON LARSON's obituary says that she was born in "Malun, Dalarna".


Conrad FROBERG's birth record is from Stöde, Västernorrlands län.

These maps are all from Map of Sweden, and are copyright EOATLAS.com ® 2004 © Graphi-Ogre.

Conrad Froberg birth record

"Source Citation: Västernorrland; Stöde; Volume :702; Födde (Births); 1880 - 1880. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1880-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Swedish Church Records Archive. Johanneshov, Sweden: Genline AB."

Rev. G.S. Ohslund

"GIDEON SHEM OHSLUND,

pastor of the Bethlehem Swedish Lutheran Church in Chicago, was born in Rockford, Ill., November 15, 1872, where his father, Nils Ohslund, was acting pastor. His mother was Rebecka Ohslund, nee Bengtson. After graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., he served two years as principal of public schools in the State and passed his examination before the State Board, receiving a life certificate as teacher in the State of Minnesota.

"He felt, however, a strong desire to follow in the steps of his father, and after completing the prescribed course of study in the English Theological Seminary at Chicago and at Augustana Theological Seminary, Rock Island, where he received the degree B. D., he was ordained minister in the Augustana Synod in June, 1902. His first charge was at Akron, Ohio, where in five years he procured for his congregation a beautiful new church and parsonage, valued at $27,000. Owing to the urgent call of the Mission Board of the New York Conference, he accepted the mission field in Bronx, New York City, where he organized a Swedish Lutheran church with more than two hundred members after six months of hard work.

"On account of sickness in the family he was compelled to return to the West two years later, accepting the call to the Bethlehem Church. Chicago, in 1908. Here a beautiful church has been erected, as the fruit of his energetic efforts, at a cost exceeding $50,000, on which now rests only a small indebtedness. This is the only pure Romanesque architectured church, in the Augustana Synod. The Bethlehem congregation is the oldest in Englewood and the fourth in order among the Swedish Lutheran churches in the city.

"Rev. Ohslund is a director in the Swedish Historical Society of America, and a member of the Executive Board and secretary of the Chicago Lutheran Inner Mission Society. He is a Republican in politics and member of the Hamilton Club.

"On June 24, 1902, he was united in marriage to Miss Evelina Victoria Eckland, of Carlton, Minn. They have two sons and reside at 5755 Fifth avenue."

Ernst Wilhelm Olson's The Swedish element in Illinois: survey of the past seven decades, with life sketches of men of today (Swedish-American Biographical Association, 1917), available at GoogleBooks.

G.S. OHSLUND (1873-1949) was married to Evelina ECKLAND, daughter of A.D. ECKLAND and Hilma LARSON. Hilma was the sister of Anna Evelina LARSON (1854-1921).

Henry L. Langerhans

"H. L. Langerhans, alderman, was elected last year and he is proving the right man in the right place. He took hold of the work with a will and attends to his duties conscientiously. He is head miller for the Barry Milling Co. Mr. Langerhans is from Jefferson City, Mo., where he was born in 1866. He came to Barry in ’88. In 1894 he was married to Mattie Lane. They have an elegant home which Mr. Langerhans built in 1894."

From a transcription of the Barry Adage, Vol.XX5 Number 25, "Special Edition Illustrated", 2 April, 1896, located at Genealogy Trails.

Henry L. LANGERHANS (1866-1930) married Mattie LANE, daughter of Michael LANE and Emily Elizabeth BERNARD, who was a daughter of William Smith BERNARD and sister to Sarah BERNARD, wife of Alexander Bell BURKE.

Michael "Mike" Lane

"There is probably no name more familiar to our readers than that of Mike Lane. He has been for years prominent in Barry affairs. He is one of those public spirited and enthusiastic citizens who give live [sic] to any movement they take hold of. Mr. Lane is a son of old Ireland and was born in Dublin in 1837. In 1859 he was married to Emily E. Barnard, and to them six children were born. Mr. Lane has resided in several different places since he first came here and at one time removed to Oregon. Up to a few years ago he was in the harness business, but now he is engaged in the undertaking business for which he is well adapted."

From a transcription of the Barry Adage, Vol.XX5 Number 25, "Special Edition Illustrated", 2 April, 1896, located at Genealogy Trails.

Michael "Mike" LANE (1837- ) married Emily Elizabeth BERNARD (1838- ), a daughter of William Smith BERNARD and sister of Sarah BERNARD, wife of Alexander Bell BURKE.

"Corner of Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne, showing St. Paul's Cathedral"

This is the first of a number of panoramic images of Victoria, Australia, from a book in my collection. The cover says only Beautiful Victoria; apparently the title page is missing from this copy (as well as some of the plates). The book is probably Souvenir of Victoria, the garden state of Australia : 42 splendid views of city and country by Osboldstone Publishing, in the 1910s. It measures slightly under 19 x 44 cm.


"Corner of Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne, showing St. Paul's Cathedral." St. Paul's was consecrated on 22 January 1891, but apparently the building of the spires did not begin until 1926.

Here is a view from 2009 (Wikimedia Commons), also from Flinders Street Station:

Denver panorama, 1898

Panorama photo of Denver. Photochrom print by the Detroit Photographic Co., copyrighted 1898. From the Photochrom Prints Collection at the Library of Congress. Source: Wikipedia.

Marie Sedlmayr

Marie SCHUMANN or SCHUMAN was born 24 March 1849, in Bavaria, possibly in Dresden, and married Michael SEDLMAYR around 1866. They came to America in 1881 and settled in Denver, Colorado, where Marie died 14 July 1921.

This scan is from a photocopy of the original photograph, which was included in the anonymous biography of Marie supplied by Fred Kentz and/or Dorothy (Sedlmayr) Ohlhaver. The whereabouts of the original photograph are unknown.

Marie Sedlmayr and her daughters

Marie SEDLMAYR and her (surviving) daughters, probably taken in the 1900s. Seated at the front, Marie and Elsie. In the back, from left, Emma, Mary, Sophie, and Ann.

Marie SCHUMANN or SCHUMAN was born 24 March 1849, in Bavaria, possibly in Dresden, and married Michael SEDLMAYR around 1866. They came to America in 1881 and settled in Denver, Colorado, where Marie died 14 July 1921.

Mary Amelia SEDLMAYR was born 23 August 1866 in Bavaria, and married Herman WEFING in 1888, probably in Denver. She died in Denver 1 February 1962.

Sophie SEDLMAYR was born 20 May 1876 in Bavaria, and married William F. SCHMIDT in Denver on 14 June 1893, and second Arthur WALKER in Boulder on 22 January 1913. She died 1 September 1960 in Denver.

Emma SEDLMAYR was born around 1880[?] in Germany, and married John GARRETT in Denver on 6 November 1890, and second Frank J. McGILL in Boulder on 8 December 1908. She died in Denver on 5 December 1951.

Ann SEDLMAYR was born July 1881 in Bavaria. She married first Charles (Karl) GRETZINGER 4 November 1899 in Denver, and second Fred KENTZ in Denver in 1908. She died some time after 1930.

Elsie SEDLMAYR was born 20 November 1889 in Chicago, Illinois. She married first Samuel C. ROSLYN around 1906, and after divorcing him married Chris (Clarence Christian) KENTZ 8 August 1920 in Denver. Elsie died 10 October 1974 in Denver.

This scan is from a photocopy of the original photograph, which was included in the anonymous biography of Marie supplied by Fred Kentz and/or Dorothy (Sedlmayr) Ohlhaver. The whereabouts of the original photograph are unknown.

Marie Schumann

Marie Schumann as a young woman, in a photograph possibly taken in Dresden.

Marie SCHUMANN or SCHUMAN was born 24 March 1849, in Bavaria, possibly in Dresden, and married Michael SEDLMAYR around 1866. They came to America in 1881 and settled in Denver, Colorado, where Marie died 14 July 1921.

This scan is from a photocopy of the original photograph, which was included in the anonymous biography of Marie supplied by Fred Kentz and/or Dorothy (Sedlmayr) Ohlhaver. The whereabouts of the original photograph are unknown.