Bohlen, Donald Charles

Donald married Parker, Patricia Ann [Group Sheet]

1. Bohlen, Joshua Parker
2. Bohlen, Johathan Edward

Edward married Weary, Mary Margaret. Mary (daughter of Weary, Edwin Everette and Steinmetz, Adelia Lasette) was born 15 Jun 1920, Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA; died 26 Mar 2003, Centennial, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Details of the marriage are not known at this time.

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Buried:
Edwin Everette Weary was buried in Hill Memorial Gardens.

Edwin married Steinmetz, Adelia Lasette 14 Mar 1907, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA. Adelia (daughter of Steinmetz, Johann Carl Conrad and Fiegenbaum, Caroline Katherine) was born 21 Sep 1886, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA; died 7 Oct 1977, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA; was buried 10 Oct 1977, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Adelia was buried in Hill Memorial Gardens.

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1896, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA; bookkeeper

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Birth:
Johann Carl Conrad was the son of Benjamin Steinmetz. His mother's name is not known at this time.

Occupation:
According to obituaries in 1896 for his brother-in-law, Dr. George Adolph Fiegenbaum, J. C. Steinmetz was a bookkeeper. His employer was either the Turner-Frazer Mercantile Company or the Nave and McCord Mercantile Company, both of St. Joseph, Missouri.

Buried:
According to an obituary and his death certificate, John was to be buried in Ashland Cemetery.

Died:
The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for John C. Steinmetz which she reported had appeared on 29 November 1912 in the St. Joseph Gazette, of St. Joseph, Missouri.

John C. Steinmetz, 70 years old, died at his home 7121 North Fifth Street, yesterday afternoon after an illness of several months from a complication of diseases resulting from rheumatism. He was a native of Germany, having been born in Gravenstain, Hessen Cassel, 16 May 1842 and came to this country in 1863, settling in the east. Steinmetz came to St. Joseph in 1868 and with the exception of two years spent in Denver, has continually resided here. He was a bookkeeper for the past twenty-eight years for the Nave-McCord Mercantile Company. His wife, who was the daughter of the late Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum, with six children, survive. Adolph H. Steinmetz, local superintendent for Bradstreet Commercial Agency, is a son, the other children are George of St. Joseph, four daughters Mrs. T. E. Arnhold, Mrs. O. H. Mills and Mrs. E. E. Weary all of St. Joseph and Mrs. Earl Parsells of Louisville, Kentucky. Funeral arrangements have not been definitely settled, but will probably be held Saturday afternoon from the home and St. Paul's M. E. Church. Burial will be in Ashland Cemetery.

According to the death certificate, John died at about 3:55 p.m. at 1121 North 5th Street from "ulceration of the duodenum."

Johann married Fiegenbaum, Caroline Katherine 30 Oct 1873, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA. Caroline (daughter of Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Hermann and Kastenbudt, Clara Catherine) was born 31 Oct 1852, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA; died 11 Sep 1932, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA; was buried 13 Sep 1932, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: May 1870, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Jul 1870, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA

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Census:
According to the 1870 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry, age 50, a minister; Clara, age 47, at home; Mary, age 19, at home; Carri, age 17, at home; George, age 16, a clerk; Anna, age 13, at home; Minnie, age 11, at home; Legette, age 9, at home; Louis Deitch, age 26, a dry goods merchant; and Mike Connelly, age 22, a clerk.

Census:
According to the 1870 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry, age 50, clergyman of the Methodist church, and a citizen of the USA; Clara, age 46, keeping house; Mary, age 20, blind; Carrie, age 17; George, age 15, in school; Anna, age 13, in school; Minnie, age 11, in school; and Lizzetta, age 8, in school.

Buried:
Caroline was buried in Ashland Cemetery.

Died:
Caroline died at 2703 Renick Street about 5:20 p.m. from acute nephritis. According to the information recorded on her death certificate, she had been a resident of St. Joseph for 56 years.

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Married:
The marriage may have taken place in Holt County, Missouri. Further research on this matter is required.

Residence (family):
In the Social Register of Saint Joseph, Missouri, published in 1903, "Mr. and Mrs. John C. Steinmetz" resided at 1121 N. Fifth. "Rev. Henry Fiegebaum", Mrs. Steinmetz's father, lived nearby at 1123 N. Fifth.