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United States of America / ROTHERMAL/ROTHERMEL - Whitman County, Washington ca 1904
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Looking for the birth of Emma ROTHERMAL 1904 in Colfax, Whitman County, Washington, father is Henry ROTHERMAL and mother is Katharine/Katie. Also trying to locate the death of Katharine/Katie ROTHERMAL 1904/1905 also in Whitman County.
I have searched newspapers between 1902-1910; birth and death records that I can find, mostly German Lutheran Church records - all without success. I located her confirmation record in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Endicott, Whitman, Washington in 1919, no details given as to parentage, etc. I also found Emma ROTHERMAL (transcribed as ROTHERMIN) in the 1910 census of Dusty, Whitman, Washington living with Henry and Mary SCHMUCK and noted as an adopted daughter. Mary (Marie Elisabeth) SCHMUCK nee REPP is a sister to the first husband (John REPP) of second wife of Henry ROTHERMAL.
Henry and his second wife Katharine LUFT ROTHERMAL are in the 1910 census of Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin. They were married in Oshkosh in 1906. Why father Henry left Emma behind when he and his two sons went to Wisconsin is unknown. The family eventually settled (ca 1916) in Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan and remained there. Emma married James RUTLEDGE in Canada in 1920 divorced in Michigan in 1930 and married second, Cloyd FUNK in 1931 in Wyandotte. She died in 1997 in Trenton, Wayne, Michigan. The family apparently never talked about the first wife of Henry, or at least did not give any details.
Through this maze I need to find Emma's birth record hoping it will give me her mother's maiden name (I have WEITZ/WHITE as a possibility from one of Emma's brother's death cert.), and also the death of the same.
Any help will be gratefully received!
Glenys
I have searched newspapers between 1902-1910; birth and death records that I can find, mostly German Lutheran Church records - all without success. I located her confirmation record in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Endicott, Whitman, Washington in 1919, no details given as to parentage, etc. I also found Emma ROTHERMAL (transcribed as ROTHERMIN) in the 1910 census of Dusty, Whitman, Washington living with Henry and Mary SCHMUCK and noted as an adopted daughter. Mary (Marie Elisabeth) SCHMUCK nee REPP is a sister to the first husband (John REPP) of second wife of Henry ROTHERMAL.
Henry and his second wife Katharine LUFT ROTHERMAL are in the 1910 census of Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin. They were married in Oshkosh in 1906. Why father Henry left Emma behind when he and his two sons went to Wisconsin is unknown. The family eventually settled (ca 1916) in Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan and remained there. Emma married James RUTLEDGE in Canada in 1920 divorced in Michigan in 1930 and married second, Cloyd FUNK in 1931 in Wyandotte. She died in 1997 in Trenton, Wayne, Michigan. The family apparently never talked about the first wife of Henry, or at least did not give any details.
Through this maze I need to find Emma's birth record hoping it will give me her mother's maiden name (I have WEITZ/WHITE as a possibility from one of Emma's brother's death cert.), and also the death of the same.
Any help will be gratefully received!
Glenys