29 July 1912 – 6 August 1947 For this #ImmortalBeloved, we’re in a bit more of a modern context as Ruth was born in the 20th century. She was the daughter of Illinois natives who were themselves the children of German immigrants. She and her only sibling, brother Harold, both completed high school as did […]
8 June 1888 – 2 March 1904 Henriette was the middle child and third daughter of German immigrants Joseph and Henriette Doehring Stolz. All the children were born in Champaign, Illinois, where their father was a farmer, but at some point after 1890 when youngest Edmond was born, they moved to Chicago. In 1900, Joseph […]
Ida Meinhoff (or Mezlof) Block 23 December 1855 – 6 June 1922 Carl Julius Block* 19 September 1850 – 29 November 1930 Ida and Julius met and married (1875) in their native Germany and had several children before immigrating to the US in 1884. Julius arrived early in 1884, on February 19th on the Helvetia, […]