Mayme Bell Semon

Notes:

! CENSUS 1910 Illinois, Perry County, DuQuoin Pct., SD#16, ED#72, Sheet 9 B, line 52. Listed with father and mother, Henry and Minnie Seamon, age 2 .

Doc# 484. 1910 census of Thomas Masters, possible second husband to Maym e Semon.

Listed as Mayme semon Cook in IGI, not sealed to parents

SSN#572-72-4738
Possibly baptized and confirmed on 5 feb 1915. (notes from Dina)

Mayme married Millard Bergren. [Group Sheet]

Mayme married Thomas Clifford Masters Abt 1925, Monarch, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. Thomas was born 22 Aug 1905, Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States; died 29 Mar 1960, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States; was buried 2 Apr 1960, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States. [Group Sheet]

Mayme married Thomas Fortune Ryan, II 27 Jun 1931, Hardin, Big Horn, Montana, United States. Thomas was born 6 Feb 1899, New York, United States; died 30 Apr 1954, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. [Group Sheet]

Mayme married Johnny Huri Abt 1940. [Group Sheet]

Mayme married Julius Quinton Gregory 5 Jul 1952. Julius was born 31 Jul 1916, Randolph, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; died 16 Aug 1961, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

marriage possibly in California

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 8

Notes:

! BIRTH Zweibrucken, Bavaria, Germany 4 Dec 1876 to Heinrich Simon and Ka tharina Jung.
! EMMIGRATION: "Germans to America" From Amsterdam to New York arrived 1 5 Sep 1882. Heinrich Simon, age 32, Catharine, age 33, Heinrich, age 5, A ugust, age 4, Katharine, age 2, Elisabeth, age .04.
! OBITUARY: the DuQuoin Evening Call on 1 Dec 1911. died from cancer of t he stomach, leaving his wife, August, Henry, Willis, Nicholas, and thre e daughters. Member fo the German Evangelical Church, buried at the Od d Fellows Cemetery.

Doc# 487. Letter of naturalization for Henry Semon, Perry Co., Illinois.

WWI Registration at ancestry.com

Henry married Minnie Julia Dieffenbacher 11 Apr 1900, Perry, Illinois, United States. Minnie (daughter of Austin Kirkpatrick and Julie Ann Dieffenbacher) was born 4 Mar 1885, Coulterville, Randolph, Illinois; died 28 Mar 1974, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States; was buried 2 Apr 1974, Scattered At Sea. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 9

Notes:

Family bible says year of birth as 1885, which would make more sense beca use family story says Julia died after giving birth to Minnie.
SSN #559-21-9067
Resident of Christopher, IL at time of marriage to Emerson Cook, 1913.

Notes:

Minnie lists father as Austin Kirkpatrick on marr. license

Notes:

!CENSUS: 1900 IL, Perry Co,. Vol 434, ED50, Sheet 15, Line 58. Film #1,24 0,335;Henry Semon, white male, b. 1851 age 48, married 25 yrs., B. Germay ,f. and m. b. Germany; Imm., 1882, Wife, Katie, age 51, b. Mch 1849 in Ge rmany mother of 10 children and 7 living, Children; Nicholas, so. b. 189 1 in
Missouri age 9, William, son b. 1893 in Missouri, age 7, Leena daughter b . 1888 in IL age 2.
!SOUNDEX: 1910 IL, Perry Co., DuQuoin City, 173, 73, 91. Henry Semon, Sr. , age59, Kattie, age 61, Children: August age 32 Germany, Nick age 19, Mi ssouri, Willie age 17, Missouri Film#1,370,232,
! BIRTH: Zweibrucken, Bavaria, Germany 6 Apr 1851 to Adam Simon, age 35 a nd Catharina Sutter, age 27. Witnesses were Heinrich Meyer and Philipp Ju ng.
! MARRIAGE: Zweibrucken, 30 Dec 1875 to Katharina Jung, age 26 years old . dauhter of Nikolaus Jung, age 55 residing at Cantwig and Elisabeth Woll , deceased. They have a child Heinrich who was born on 1 Apr 1873. Marri age announcements took place at Zweibrucken on 28 Nov 1875 and 5 Dec 187 5 and also at Niederauerbach on Dec 5 and 12, 1875.
! EMMIGRATION: "Germans to America" From Amsterdam to New York arrived 1 5 Sep 1882. Heinrich Simon, age 32, Catharine, age 33, Heinrich, age 5, A ugust, age 4, Katharine, age 2, Elisabeth, age .04.

Doc# 425. Address of St. John's United Church of Christ in DuQuoin, IL, w here the german church records are for the young and semon families.

Doc# 434. Death register of Perry co., IL, lists Katy A. Semon death at 1 1m 17d on 17 May 1904. Not sure who's child this is. Would have been bor n June 1903
Research: FHL#975,938 Perry Co., Illinois Naturalizations, p. 187 Henry S emon

Heinrich married Katherine (Katie) Jung 30 Dec 1875, Zweibrucken, Bayern, Germany. Katherine (daughter of Johann Nikolaus Jung and Elizabeth Woll) was born 31 Mar 1849, Oberweiler-Tiefenbach, Bayern, Germany; was christened 9 Apr 1849, Evangelisch, Einollen, Pfalz, Baveria; died 3 Dec 1915, Duquoin, Perry, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

IGI 1993 Edition Batch K982961 #193833
! EMMIGRATION: "Germans to America" From Amsterdam to New York arrived 1 5 Sep 1882. Heinrich Simon, age 32, Catharine, age 33, Heinrich, age 5, A ugust, age 4, Katharine, age 2, Elisabeth, age .04.
!CENSUS: 1900 IL, Perry Co,. Vol 434, ED50, Sheet 15, Line 58. Film #1,2 40,335;Henry Semon, white male, b. 1851 age 48, married 25 yrs., B. Germa y,f. and m. b. Germany; Imm., 1882, Wife, Katie, age 51, b. Mch 1849 in G ermany mother of 10 children and 7 living, Children; Nicholas, so. b. 189 1 in
Missouri age 9, William, son b. 1893 in Missouri, age 7, Leena daughter b . 1888 in IL age 2.

born near Wolfstein

Austin married Julie Ann Dieffenbacher NOT MARRIED. Julie (daughter of Martin Dieffenbacher and Elizabeth Polly) was born 17 Apr 1867, Illinois, United States; died 20 Mar 1885, Coulterville, Randolph, Illinois; was buried , Coulterville, Randolph, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

DuQuoin Tribune, Thursday March 26, 1885
Coulterville News: "Miss Julia Daffenberg, of this place, died on Frida y last. A sad death, and should be a warning both to mothers and young gi rls."

FamilySearch showed this additional information:
Birth - Date: 17 Apr 1867 Place: Perry, Illinois

Notes:

!DEATH: Death Certificate of Adam Simon,age 76 born in Zusel, parents un known, Residence in Zweibrucken.

!DEATH: Death Certificate of Adam Simon,age 76 born in Zusel, parents un known, Residence in Zweibrucken.
Research: FHL#193,951 Church records for Kusal, 1808-11, no Adam Simon o r any Simon's.
Films #488,659-60 I checkd on Oct 2004 at FHL, not much luck here, not s ure what I was looking at.

Johann married Catharina Sutter 7 Sep 1846, Zweibrucken, Contwig, Bayern, Germany. Catharina (daughter of Daniel Sutter and Margareta Elisabetha Phillippine Buckholz) was born Abt 17 May 1823, Neiderbach, Bayern, Germany; was christened 5 Aug 1827, Evangelisch, Einollen, Pfalz, Baveria; died 6 Feb 1899, Zweibrucken, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!DEATH: Death Certificate of Katharina Simon from Zweibrucken on 6 Feb , 1988 age 75 years, 9 months, born at Niederauerbach, daughter of Danie l Sutter and Elisabeth Buckholz who both died at Niederauerbach.

Johann married Elizabeth Woll 30 Apr 1848, Hohenollen, Pfalz, Baveria. Elizabeth (daughter of Johann Nikolaus Woll and Catherina Zimmer) was born 9 Nov 1827, Oberweille-Tiefbach, Bayern, Germany; died Bef 1875, Cantwig, Germany. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Doc# 420, marriage of daughter, Katharina Jung, lists Elisabetha Woll a s being deceased.

Notes:

!SOURCE
DEATH Illinois State Death Certificate

Doc# 192 Handwritten note about Martin Dieffenbacher family. Names and bi rthdates.
Doc# 198, 199, 200. Declaration for Pension, for Increase in Pension. Lis ts some military history and some family information.
Doc#526 Letter written to Library of Congress and their reply as to lette r written by Randolph Co., IL stating the birth date of Martin Dieffenbac her, according to family records.
Doc# 527 Randolph Co., IL, statement of birth record of Martin Dieffenbac her.

Research: 1860 and 1876 Iron Co., MIssouri, no Dieffenbacher.
977.862 V3w, Cemeteries of Crawford County, Made copy of Elizabeth Doni e and family.
Doc# 643 Illinois Civil War Muster, Martin Daffenbocker, age 29, 5'4", Da rk hair, gray eyes, Dark complexion, single, black smith, private.
Doc#772 1900 Census, IL, Fulton, Canton Twp. ,
Martin Defenbaugh, b. May 1826, age 64 , md 36 y. b. PA
, Mara ( It doesn't appear that this is martin, I think he would have bee n married to Elizabeth Polly if the marriage years are correct here)
Illinois state archives has database of soldiers home, Martin listed in P erry county, twice.

8 feb 2010 NOTE from Ancestry.com Message Boards Dieffenbacher
Hi,This may seem to be a strange note, but I happened upon a very small
leatherbound old "Testament & Psalms", red in color, which has on the bac k
page (part of it is torn off) "_________ Dieffenbacher, 28 days old, ____ ,
15, 1881. I live in Illinois and wondered if you might recognize the date ,
perhaps, or know if it could have belonged to one of your ancestry. I
thought that I would try to pass it on to someone who had a family member
who's birthdate fit the date above, which would be actually be the
15th of the Month (whatever month that might be) in 1881. The
binding is loose, but still intact.
You may reach me by email at: darnkay@email.msn.com.(This email is not i s service, but I found her and she had given the book to someone else, sh e didn't remember the name. Darnell K. stierwalt, 192 Esquire Dr., Granit e City, IL 62040)

Martin married Elizabeth Polly 25 Jun 1864, Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Woodford Polly and Lucy Brown) was born 20 Jan 1851, Daviess, Kentucky, United States; died 20 Oct 1923, Cuba, Crawford, Missouri, United States; was buried 22 Oct 1923, Cuba, Crawford, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

! CENSUS: 1850 Kentucky, Union Co., Film#442988. Listed with Lucy (wife) , Wm., Thos., Elizabeth, John. all born in Kentucky.
! DEATH: Missouri State Death Certificate, Crawford co.
! MARRIAGE: Illinois State Marriage Cert. to Martin Dieffenbacher
! MARRIAGE: Illinois State Marriage Cert. to Charles Donie (Donney)
! CENSUS: 1860 Kentucky, Webster Co., Film#803399. Listed with William, P eter, Elizabeth, John, James, Mary, Paralee and Jane Robertson, Domesti c help with her daugher, Ann.
!NOTE: Second marriage to Charles Donney

Obit says birth year is 1848.