Knob - The Spiraling Chains: Schroeder

The Knob Family

*Heinrich (Henry) Knob*    b. 14 Mar 1815/16 Germany    d. 4 Dec 1910 Shelby Co, Ohio
        Wife: *Anna Pancier*    b. abt 1820 Oldenburg, Germany    d. Dec 1888 McCartyville, Ohio
1860 U.S. Census ('Knope')
1870 U.S Census (Henry's birthplace listed as Oldenburg)
1870 U.S. Agriculture Census Page1 Page2
        1880 U.S. Census (Henry's birthplace listed as Hessen)
Death Record (Anna) Source
        1900 U.S. Census Page1 Page2 (Henry living w/ son Bernard)
        1910 U.S. Census Page1 Page2 (Henry living w/ son Bernard)
        Death Certificate (Henry) Source
        Ohio Death Index (Henry)
        Ohio Obituary Index (Henry)
Obituary (The Minster Post - Henry) Funeral Card
Gravestone (Henry - Sacred Heart Cemetery, McCartyville, OH; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by Joan Shoffner)

            Children of Henry and Anna Knob:
                    Henry Knob    b. abt 1852 Ohio

Franz 'Francis' Knob b. abt 1855

                    Elizabeth Knob Pielage    b. 12 Sep 1858 Minster, Ohio    m. 1880     d. 6 Apr 1944 Piqua, Ohio
Birth Record of daughter, Mary Pielage (1881) Source
  Birth Record of son, Christian John Pielage (1889) Source
  Birth Record of daughter, Anna Pielage (1892) Source
Birth Record of daughter, Luella Irene Pielage (1894) Source
                            1900 U.S. Census
                            1910 U.S. Census
Marriage Record of daughter, Josephine Pielage (1919) Source
                            1920 U.S. Census (Eliz. and daughters) 1920 U.S. Census (husband, Henry Pielage and son, Christian)
Death Certificate of daughter, Mary Pielage (1922) Source
Death Certificate of husband, Henry Pielage (1925) Source (note: Marital status of 'widower' incorrect)
Obituary of husband, Henry Pielage (The Minster Post)
Piqua, Ohio City Directory 1923   1926
Death Certificate of son, Christian Pielage (1926) Source Obituary (The Minster Post)
Haines City, Florida Directory 1928
                            1930 U.S. Census (living w/ daughter, Luella in Florida)
Piqua, Ohio City Directory 1934 1936 1938
1940 U.S. Census
                            Death Certificate Source
                            Obituary (The Lima News)
Obituary (The Minster Post)

Ludwig Knob b. 1859

  Anna Knob Wilker    b. 30 Jul 1862 Ft. Loramie, Ohio m. abt 1880 d. 11 Sep 1950 Minster, Ohio
Birth Record of daughter, Anna E. Wilker (1881) Source
Birth Record of daughter, A.K.T. Wilker (1883) Source (transcription incorrectly labels child as 'male')
Birth Record of daughter, Mary (1892) Source
                            1910 U.S. Census
                            1920 U.S. Census
Gravestone of husband, Henry Wilker (St. John Cemetery, Maria Stein, OH; Photo by Joanne (Bruns) Sherwood)
                            1930 U.S. Census
1940 U.S. Census
                            Ohio Obituary Index
Obituary (The Minster Post) Funeral Card
                            Death Certificate Source

                    Bernard 'Barney' Knob    b. 28 Aug 1866  Shelby Co, OH m. Jun 1889 Shelby Co, OH d. 5 Apr 1943 Shelby Co, OH
Marriage Record Source
Birth Record of son, Charles Knob (1893) Source
Birth Record of son, Joseph Knob (1895) Source
Birth Record of son, Bernard Knob (1899) Source
1900 U.S. Census Page1 Page2
1910 U.S. Census Page1 Page2
Shelby County Farmer's Directory 1916
                            1920 U.S. Census
Death Certificate of spouse, Elizabeth Schaaf (1923) Source (first name of husband incorrectly listed as 'John')
                            1930 U.S. Census (living w/ son Charles)
1940 U.S. Census (living w/ daughter Dorothy)
                            Death Certificate Source
                            Ohio Death Index
Death Notice (The Lima News)
Obituary (The Minster Post)
Sale of 80 acres of McLean Twp land from Bernard F. Knob Jr. to Prenger (1944 - The Minster Post)

                    *William Bernard Knob*    b. 6 Jun 1869 Auglaize Co, Ohio    m. 1897 d. 23 Jan 1947 Sidney, Ohio
                            Wife: *Mary L WATERCUTTER*    b. Aug 1878? McCartyville, Ohio    d. 5 Jul 1965 Miami Co, Ohio
                            William and Mary Photo
                            1900 U.S. Census (William's year of birth listed as 1868; year of marriage listed as around 1897)
1902 Shelby County, Ohio Directory
                            1910 U.S. Census (year of marriage listed as around 1897)
                            Shelby County Farmer's Directory    1916
                            1920 U.S. Census
                            1930 U.S. Census
1940 U.S. Census
  Death Certificate (William) Source
Obituary (William - The Minster Post) (Marriage date listed as 4 May 1894?)
Funeral Card
Gravestone (Sacred Heart Cemetery, McCartyville, OH; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by Joan Shoffner)

                                Children of William and Mary Knob:
                                        Rosa Knob Berning    b. 25 Jun 1898 Turtle Creek Twp, Ohio m. 1 Jun 1921 d. 1 Mar 1964 Port Jefferson, Ohio
                                                Auglaize County Birth Record Source
                                                1930 U.S. Census
1940 U.S. Census Page1 Page2
Obituary of husband, Joseph Berning (The Minster Post; 1962)
                                                Ohio Deaths
                                                Ohio Obituary Index
Obituary (The Lima News)
Obituary (The Minster Post)
Funeral Card
Gravestone (St. John Catholic Cemetery, Maria Stein, OH: Source: FindAGrave, photo by Joanne Sherwood)

                                        *Leona Elizabeth Knob SCHROEDER*   b. 28 Feb 1901 McCartyville, OH m. 6 May 1919 d. 13 Feb 1986 Sidney, OH
                                                Shelby County Birth Record Source
                                                Photo (young girl)
First Communion and Confirmation Certificate (1911, 1913)
                                                Photo (young woman)
1920 U.S. Census
Sidney, Ohio Directory 1929 1931
1930 U.S. Census
1940 U.S. Census
                                                Ohio Deaths Obituary (Sidney Daily News) Funeral Card
                                                Social Security Death Index
Gravestone (Graceland Cemetery, Sidney, OH; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by Matthew Patterson)

                                        Matilda Knob    b. 11 Feb 1903  Shelby Co, Ohio    d. 15 Jan 1973 Sidney, Ohio
                                                Shelby County Birth Record Source (DOB listed as 11 Feb)
                                                Ohio Deaths
                                                Social Security Death Index (DOB listed as 11 Feb)
Gravestone (Sacred Heart Cemetery, McCartyville, OH; DOB listed as 16 Jan, photographed by Joan Shoffner)

                                        Lietta A. Knob Rolfes    b. 6 Mar 1905 Ohio    d. 31 May 1980 Dayton, Ohio
                                                Dayton, Ohio City Directory   1926    1929    1930 1931 1932 1933   1934 1936   1937   1939 1946 1955
                                                1930 U.S. Census
1940 U.S. Census
                                                Ohio Deaths
                                                Social Security Death Index

                                        Linus B. Knob    b. 9 Nov 1911 Shelby Co, OH m1. 27 Apr 1935 m2. 8 Jun 1974 d. 19 Nov 1991 Dayton, OH
1940 U.S. Census
                                                Dayton, Ohio City Directory    1936    1937    1939    1944    1946    1950    1953    1959
                                                Ohio Marriage Index (second marriage)
                                                Ohio Deaths
                                                Ohio Obituary Index
                                                Social Security Death Index
Funeral Card
Gravestone (Calvary Cemetery, Kettering, OH; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by Dave)

                                        Herbert B. Knob    b. 11 Jan 1915 McCartyville, Ohio    m. 17 Jun 1939    d. 8 May 2006 Minster, Ohio
                                                Piqua, Ohio City Directory    1946    1948    1950    1953    1957    1960
                                                Obituary (Celina Daily Standard)
                                                Ohio Deaths
                                                Ohio Obituary Index
                                                Social Security Death Index
Gravestone (Sacred Heart Cemetery, McCartyville, OH; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by Joan Shoffner)

                                        Alice Mary Elizabeth Knob    b. 7 May 1918 Ohio    d. 9 Apr 1919 Anna, Ohio
                                                Death Certificate Source
                                                Ohio Death Index
Obituary (The Minster Post)
Gravestone (Sacred Heart Cemetery, McCartyville, OH; Source: FinaAGrave, photographed by Joan Shoffner)

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