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Tombstone Tuesday: William and Mary (Watercutter) Knob

2/17/2014

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William and Mary (Watercutter) Knob are buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery in McCartyville, Ohio (Shelby County).  They are two of my husband's great-great grandparents on his paternal side of the family.  

William Knob was the youngest child of German immigrants Heinrich Knob and Anna Pancier.  The gravestone is difficult to read; it states that William was born in 1867 and died in 1947.  His death certificate says he was born in 1869.  Age clues from census records are inconclusive - his birth year could be anywhere between 1867 and 1869.  I have not yet located any probate birth record or church baptism record.

Mary Watercutter was the daughter of Henry Bernard Watercutter and Caroline Lohman, who were both children of German immigrants. Based on census age clues, which are pretty consistent for her, Mary was born around 1878, which also what her death record indicates.  The gravestone almost looks as if her birth year is 1873, but I have never physically been to this grave, so it just may be weathering.   I will have to check the next time I am in the area.  Mary passed away on July 5, 1965.
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Gravestone of William and Mary Knob (Source: FindAGrave.com, photographed by Joan Shoffner)
©2014, copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
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Census Sunday: The Knob and Watercutter Families, 1880

9/14/2013

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I have been doing some additional research on the Knob family this week, so I decided to feature them in this week's Census Sunday.  William Knob and Mary Watercutter were two of my husband's great-great grandparents on his dad's side of the family.  William was the youngest child of Henry and Anna (Pancier) Knob, both German immigrants, and Mary's grandfather, Ferdinand, was also a German immigrant who came over in 1834.  (This area of western Ohio was largely settled by German Catholic farmers in the 19th century.)  Here are both families as 'next-door' neighbors in the 1880 census, about 17 years before William and Mary get married.  They are living in McLean Township in Shelby County.  There are maps below for reference.

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1880 Census: Knob and Watercutter Families
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Shelby Co, Ohio Source: Wikipedia
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Townships of Shelby Co. Source: Wikipedia.
©2013, copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
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Tombstone Tuesday: Anthony and Leona (Knob) Schroeder

6/24/2013

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Gravestone of Anthony and Leona Schroeder, Graceland Cemetery, Sidney, Ohio
This week's gravestone is that of Anthony and Leona Schroeder, who are two of my husband's paternal great-grandparents.  My husband was actually named after this great-grandfather and he also goes by 'Tony,' just as Great-Grandpa did.  Anthony was born in 1895 in Shelby County, Ohio to Joseph Schroeder and Anna Bernhold Schroeder.  He was Joseph and Anna's only son who lived past infancy.  Tony married Leona Knob on May 6, 1919.  She was the daughter of William Bernard Knob and Mary Watercutter, also residents of Shelby County, Ohio.  Anthony and Leona had five children; four girls - Norma, Dorothy, Carol, and Barbara - and one son, Walter, who is my husband's paternal grandfather.  The family lived in Sidney, Ohio, and Anthony worked as a molder for the Wagner Manufacturing Company.

Photo Source: FindaGrave.com, image owned by Matthew Patterson

©2013, text copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder
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