This information is provided by Lorraine Weis Houghton
(lahoughton@aol.com). I have
tried hard to be complete and accurate with the information. I would
like to acknowledge family members who helped collect this information.
Without their help, the Story and Schutte family history would have been
left untold. Those who helped include my mother-in-law, Marietta
Houghton, Steve Story and most of all, my husband, Rex, who always felt
it was important to learn as much as possible about our family history.
He also tolerated my many hours on the phone and computer to collect and
verify this information. Submitted March 4, 2017.
The Story Ancestry
Brown, Agnes
Brown, George
Guthrie,
Clement
Guthrie, Sarah Jane
Guthrie, William
Stevenson,
Margaret
Stewart, Jessie/Janet
CLEMENT GUTHRIE, the son of WILLIAM GUTHRIE and JESSIE/JANET STEWART was
born 23 May 1820 in Ayr, Scotland, and spent his youth and manhood in
the neighboring town of Kilmarnock, Scotland.. Clement died 08 Sep 1901
in Cumberland, Cass County, Iowa. Clement married AGNES BROWN 05 Nov
1840 in Kilmarnock, Scotland, daughter of GEORGE BROWN and MARGARET
STEVENSON. She was born 22 Dec 1822 in Lobsode, Ayreshire, Scotland, and
died 21 Dec 1891 in Hale Township, Jones County, Iowa.
Clement Guthrie, a carpet weaver, arrived in the U. S. on July 3, 1848
in the Port of New York on the ship "Augusta" from Glasgow, Scotland
with his wife, Agnes and their daughter Jessie, who was age 2. Other
Guthrie and Brown family members were also on this ship. After
immigrating, the family settled at Thompson Connecticut, where Clement
pursued his calling of carpet weaving. They are shown as living in
Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts in the 1850 census. In 1852, the
family moved to Oxford Township, and then on to Hale township both being
in Jones County, Iowa, according to the History of Jones County
Clement Guthrie was known as a man of studious habits, a great reader,
and enjoyed the possession of a fine library for a farmer. Agnes Guthrie
was a quiet, unassuming woman, but one who held the love and respect of
her neighbors, for she was faithful in times of sickness and trouble.
She was of the Scotch Presbyterian faith. Together, Clement and Agnes
had ten children. Clement and Agnes are buried in Hale Township, which
was their latest home. Clement died when visiting with his daughter at
Cumberland, Cass County, Iowa.
Guthrie, Sarah Jane
Story, Thomas
Horace
Child of CLEMENT GUTHRIE and AGNES BROWN is:
SARAH JANE GUTHRIE, b.
02 Dec 1859, Hale Township, Jones County, Iowa; d. 10 Jan 1949, Wyoming
Cemetery, Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa; m. THOMAS HORACE STORY, 29 Feb
1880, Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa; b. 11 Nov 1854, Madison Township,
Jones County, Iowa; d. 02 Nov 1922, Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa.
Sarah Guthrie Story’s obituary indicates she attended the stone school
near Hale. Sarah and Thomas Story raised a family of five on their farm
West of Wyoming, Iowa, and upon retiring from the farm purchased a home
in Wyoming, Iowa, at the southwest corner of the intersection of N.
Water (X75) and Main Street (highway # 64). She was a home loving
person, whose interests were her home, her children and her
grandchildren.
Barto, Horace
Barto,
Thomas
Evans, Benjamin
Evans, Humility
Evans, Sybil
Hager,
Mary
HORACE BARTO, the son of THOMAS BARTO and MARY HAGER, was born 1793 in
Vermont, and died 11 Dec 1877 in Madison Township, Jones County, Iowa.
He married HUMILITY EVANS in Hamilton, Madison County, NY, daughter of
BENJAMIN EVANS (who fought for American Independence in the
Revolutionary War) and SYBIL EVANS. Humility Evans was born in 1800, and
died 1882 in Madison Township, Jones County, Iowa.
The Barto (Barteau
in French) family came to the New World in the early 1700's from France
and settled in the state of New York, first on Long Island and then in
upper New York state and Vermont.
Horace Barto received a land
grant in recognition for serving as a soldier. He was a veteran of the
War of 1812. Horace Barto was a very successful farmer in the Texas
Valley, Marathon Township, area of New York in the period 1814 through
1854. Several members of the Barto family moved to Iowa in 1854. He was
prosperous enough to loan money out rather continuously in the 1830's
and 1840's.
We believe the Barto’s lived near Oxford Junction,
Iowa for some time. After the death of Horace and Humility, the family
then started moving to Cass County. The address was Cumberland and they
were close to the town of Anita. Horace and Humility Barto are buried in
the Madison Center Cemetery, north of the Storm Corner.
Barto, Hannah
Story, William
Child of HORACE BARTO and HUMILITY EVANS is:
HANNAH BARTO was born 29
Dec 1827 in Texas Valley, New York, and died 1902 in Anita, Iowa. She
married WILLIAM STORY 24 Dec 1851 in Texas Valley, NY, son of THOMAS
STORY and CATHERINE HIND. He was born 1826 in Wigton, England, and died
10 Aug 1889 in Anita, Cass County, Iowa.
Clarke, William
Davis, Ruth
RUTH DAVIS was born 1737 in England. She married WILLIAM CLARKE. He was
born 29 Oct 1736 in Standing Stone, Wigton, Cumberland, England.
Clark, Jane
Story, Thomas (1)
Child of RUTH DAVIS and WILLIAM CLARKE is:
JANE CLARK, daughter of
WILLIAM CLARKE and RUTH DAVIS, was born 16 Nov 1763 in Oulton, Wigton,
Cumberland, England. She married THOMAS STORY (1) 10 Jul 1783 in Wigton,
England. He was born 1750 in Cumberland, England, and died in England.
They had two sons, Thomas (2) and William Story.
Hind, Catherine
Story, Thomas (2)
Child of JANE CLARK and THOMAS STORY (1) is:
THOMAS Story (2) was
born 1789 in Oulton, Wigton, England. He married CATHERINE HIND 11 May
1806 in Aikton, Cumbria, England. She was born in Aikton, England. They
had three children, William, Joseph Henry, and Martha.
The
National Archives in Washington D.C. show ship passage records of Thomas
Story, 50; Mrs. Story, 48; Joseph, 18; Martha, 16; William, 12 who came
to the USA on a ship “Scotland” from Liverpool arriving in New York on
May 13, 1839.
Story, William
Barto,
Hannah
Child of THOMAS STORY (2) and CATHERINE HIND is:
WILLIAM STORY was
born December 18, 1827 in England, and died 10 Aug 1889 in Anita, Cass
County, Iowa. He married HANNAH BARTO 24 Dec 1851 in Texas Valley, NY,
daughter of HORACE BARTO and HUMILITY EVANS. She was born 29 Dec 1827 in
Texas Valley, NY, and died 1902 in Anita, Iowa.
A biography of
Joseph Story, a brother of William Story, is found in the History of
Linn County, Iowa 1887 in the Des Moines State Historical Building. This
biography verified that Thomas and Catherine Hind Story were their
parents. In the biography, it is stated that Joseph was the 7th of 10
children. Since the six older children were not on the ship with their
parents, coming to America, possibly they stayed in England, or came to
America at a different time.
From History of Jones
County, Iowa, 1879, page 619
William Story, farmer, Sec. 28;
P. O. Wyoming; born December 18, 1827, in England; in 1841, he came to
Onondaga Co., NY; in 1854, he came to Jackson Co., Iowa; in 1868, he
removed to Jones Co.; he owns 400 acres of land. Married Hanna Barto in
1851; she was born in Cortland Co., NY; have 5 children—Horace D.,
Thomas H., Rosa C., Willie and Lillie May.
From the History
of Jones County, Vol. 2, 1910 as researched Marietta Story Houghton
William Story was born in England who, as a young boy, came with his
parents to the United States. The family located in the state of New
York, where he grew to manhood and married Miss Hannah Barto, a native
of that state. In 1852, he received his naturalization papers in New
York. In 1854 he joined a courageous band of pioneers who were
emigrating to the west to get a new start in life from the rich land
which the government had just opened for those who wanted a home. After
arriving in Iowa, he assisted a brother (Joseph) in conducting a sawmill
on Buffalo creek a little above Anamosa. There, after a short time, he
found six men who would be his companions on a journey west to Wall
Lake, where they might enter land. They reached their destination and
put up their shanties, but the hostility of the Indians made them desist
from their intention and seek more civilized regions. William Story then
moved to Jackson county, Iowa where he entered 120 acres of land, on
which he resided for thirteen years. This land was situated in Richland
township in the E1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Section 12, and the NE 1/2 of the
NE 1/4 of section 13.
After living in Jackson County, William
story came to Jones county, locating in Madison township, where he had
acquired four hundred acres, located on 110th Street, south of Highway #
64, about five miles west of Wyoming, Iowa. It appears that this land
was eventually sold to his two sons, Horace Daniel and Thomas Horace
Story. Some time, in the early 1880's, he bought an extensive tract of
land in Cass county, and about 1883 and 1884, went to live upon it,
making it his home until his death. William Story was a staunch
Republican, but was never an office seeker.
Brown, Agnes
Story, Thomas Horace
Guthrie, Sarah Jane
Guthrie, Clement
Children of WILLIAM STORY and HANNAH BARTO are:
HORACE DANIEL STORY,
b. 1852; d. 1912, Olin, Jones County, Iowa. He married EMMA LUELLA
STIVERS.
Children of HORACE STORY and EMMA STIVERS are:
FRANK L.
STORY, b. 14 Jan 1881, Farm near Olin, Iowa; d. 20 Jan 1958, Olin, Iowa;
m. ALMA PEARL WELLS, 12 Nov 1902, Olin, Iowa; b. 01 Apr 1883, Farm, near
Olin, Iowa; d. 21 Feb 1968, Anamosa, Iowa.
ALMA PEARL WELLS was a
sister to Grace Wells Livingston. The Livingston home is where Elizabeth
Schutte made her home upon moving to Iowa from the east, after living
with her brother and his family for a short time. It was through Grace
and Frank that she met her husband, Ralph Story.
It appears that
Frank L Story purchased part of his father’s farm, in Madison township,
Jones county, that was to the West of the T intersection south of
highway # 64 on 110th Street, about five miles west of Wyoming, Iowa.
Their land was on the north side of that intersecting road. In 2006, Rex
and I saw both a house and farm buildings at that location. Later, Frank
Story’s son, Dillon Story raised his family on this land. We believe
this land was originally part of the 400 acres owned by the William
Story. To the northeast of that T intersection was the country school
that many of the Story family attended.
Child of FRANK STORY and
ALMA WELLS is:
DILLON WELLS STORY married CLARICE ISABELLE BIXLER 16
Oct 1929 in Central City, Jones County, Iowa. She is the daughter of
VICTOR BIXLER and EDITH LONG. She was born 14 Feb 1912 in Olin, Jones
County, Iowa, and died 31 Jul 1980.
OSCAR STORY, b. 13 Sep 1897,
Olin, Iowa; d. Jan 1965; m. BESS MERRITT, 27 Nov 1919, Olin, Iowa; d. 20
May 1992, Yucaipa, California. OSCAR STORY had three daughters, who are
living in California, in addition to son, Sidney.
GRACE STORY,
m. DENNISON.
THOMAS HORACE STORY was born 11 Nov 1854 in Madison
Township, Jones County, Iowa, and died 02 Nov 1922 in Wyoming, Jones
County, Iowa. He married SARAH JANE GUTHRIE 29 Feb 1880 in Wyoming,
Jones County, Iowa, daughter of CLEMENT GUTHRIE and AGNES BROWN. She was
born 02 Dec 1859 in Hale Township, Jones County, Iowa, and died 10 Jan
1949. She is buried in the Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming, Jones County,
Iowa.
ROSA CORRINE STORY, b. 1861; d. 1949, Anita, Cass County,
Iowa; m. FRANKLIN CRAWFORD, 1883.
WILLIAM STORY, b. 1863; d.
1949, Anita, Iowa.
LILLIE MAE STORY, b. 1865; d. Anita, Cass
County, Iowa; m. JAMES SCANLON.
From the History of Jones
County, Vol. 2, 1910 as researched Marietta Story Houghton.
Thomas Story was born in a log house in Madison township. He worked on
the construction of the Bellevue and Cascade railroad, which later was
incorporated in the Milwaukee and St. Paul system. Then in 1880, he came
back to Madison township, and purchased 80 acres from his father. In
1910, he was cultivating 300 acres of land, 220 of which Mr. Story owns
himself, and eighty acres that belongs to his wife. Besides farming, he
raises a large number of shorthorn cattle, making a specialty of dairy
and milking from 25 to 30 cows. To his farm and his livestock he gives
the best of his time and strength, in which lies the secret of the
phenomenal success that the years have brought him and in the bosom of
his family finds his keenest enjoyment when he rests from the toil of
the day. He owns an automobile and his enthusiasm for that diversion
finds large outlet in the long trips through the country.
The
original Thomas Story farm was located on 110th Street, south of highway
# 64 in Jones County, Iowa, about 5 miles west of Wyoming, Iowa. The
home on the south side of the creek and the eastern side of 110th
Street, at # 8406, was first lived in by Thomas and Sarah Guthrie Story
and their family, and later by Ralph and Elizabeth Schutte Story and
their family. This farm had 120 acres. According to an article in the
Anamosa Journal. the week of May 7th, 1903, under "Happenings of Thirty
Years Ago" which would have been 1873, it is stated that "Thomas H Story
last Monday completed the purchase of the Hannah (Barto) Story Estate
land, 120 acres of which adjoins the farm in Madison township. Purchase
price $70 per acre. He also bought twenty acres of timber land in the
same township for $40.00 per acre." His obituary titled “A Pioneer
Called” states that he was an enterprising and progressive farmer, who
owned the first clover huller and the first corn husker to be used in
this section. Directly south of this farm, at the northeast corner of
the T intersection was the township school where the Story family
received their elementary education.
Thomas and Sarah Story
retired from this farm to a home in Wyoming, Iowa at the southwest
corner of the intersection of N. Water (X75) and Main Street (highway #
64). According to the Anamosa Journal of 1/24/1918 under "Twenty Years
Ago" which would have been 1898, "Thomas H. Story has purchased the
Alberry Estate home on Main street in Wyoming for $2,100. Marietta Story
stayed with Grandma Story on schooldays, while she attended high school
in Wyoming, Iowa. At some point, Henrietta Story Eggert and her two
daughters, Nellie and Minnie, moved into this home with Sarah Story and
Henrietta lived there until her death. Thomas and Sarah maintained
ownership in these farms, until after the death of the last survivor,
who was Sarah. After the death of Sarah Jane Guthrie Story on January
10, 1949, the two farms were sold.
The Wyoming Cemetery is the
final resting place for many of the Story family members. When you first
enter, from the south entrance, turn right at the first road. Almost
immediately to your right you will see the Thomas Story and Sarah Story
stone. You will also see the Jim Story and Gladys Story stone.
If you continue traveling down that first road to the right in the
cemetery, and turn left at the first intersection road, as you round a
corner that goes back up the hill, you can see the stone of Ralph Story,
Elizabeth Story and their daughter, Norma Jean Story, on the hill. You
can also access the stone, by continuing driving around the corner, and
as you are heading south, walk down the hill about 3 rows, and you can
see the stone.
According to a Citizen Hunting License granted
Thomas H. Story of Wyoming, Iowa on December 3, 1919, at the age of 65
years, his height was 5'9" and his weight was 145 lbs. His hair was
gray, and his eye color was shown as dark.
Story, Ralph Earl
Schutte, Elizabeth
Children of THOMAS STORY and SARAH GUTHRIE are:
RALPH EARL STORY
was born 04 Mar 1885 in Madison Township, Jones County, Iowa, and died
23 Dec 1959 in Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa. He married ELIZABETH SCHUTTE
22 Dec 1915 in Center Junction, Jones County, Iowa, daughter of GEORG
SCHUTTE and WILHELMINE MEDING. She was born 12 Jan 1895 in Leinenhausen,
Hanover, Germany, and died 12 Apr 1987 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.
Children of RALPH STORY and ELIZABETH SCHUTTE are:
MARIETTA CLARA
STORY, b. 04 May 1918, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa; d. 23 Nov 1996,
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; m. EDWARD WILBUR HOUGHTON, 15 Feb 1941,
Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa; b. 19 Apr 1918, Davenport, Scott
County , Iowa; d. 18 Jan 1993, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.
NORMA JEAN STORY, b. 25 May 1933, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa; d. 12 Mar
1955, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa.
HENRIETTA STORY, b. 1890; d.
1989; m. CHARLES F. EGGERT, 04 Feb 1920, Wyoming Presbyterian Church.
Their children were Charles, Nellie, Minnie, and Ralph. One son was
stillborn.
HANNAH STORY, d. Springville, Iowa; m. FRED
HOPKINS; d. Springville, Iowa. Their children were Sheldon, Leslie, and
Milan. They made their home in Springville, Iowa.
JAMES H STORY,
b. 14 Nov 1888; d. 20 Jul 1974, Cedar Rapids, Lynn County, Iowa; m.
GLADYS BRUTSMAN, 19 Mar 1919, Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa; b. 03 Jun
1895; d. 29 Apr 1928. James and Gladys had no children.
James
Story, a brother of Ralph Story, and his wife and Gladys lived in the
house across the road from the home of Ralph and Elizabeth Story on the
south side of the creek and on the west side of 110th Street, across
from # 8406. This farmland had originally been owned by William Story
and later, his son, Thomas Story. The farm was located on 110th Street,
south of highway # 64 in Jones County, Iowa, about 5 miles west of
Wyoming, Iowa.
This part of the farm contained 160 acres. After
the death of Jim Story's wife, Gladys, Jim moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
and eventually moved to an acreage containing forty acres north of
Springville, Iowa. He was employed by Allis Chalmers Company for many
years in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. An interesting bit of information is that
originally Ralph Story had applied for this job at Allis Chalmers, and
was hired, but decided he really didn’t want the job and recommended to
his brother that he should take the job, and he was therefore hired.
Sometime later, after the death of Jim’s wife, Gladys, Gladys' sister,
Bess, whose husband had also passed on, made her home with Jim Story,
and they remained together until death. To the southwest of this
property, and situated north of the intersecting road was the property
of Dillon Story. Dillon is the grandson of Horace E. Story, a brother of
Thomas Horace Story. Dillon is the son of Frank Story.
NELLIE A
STORY, b. 18 May 1896, Farm, near Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa; d. 09 Mar
1940; m. MANUEL STRAESSLIN, 1921, Marion, Iowa; b. 10 Jun 1896,
Dennison, Iowa; d. 30 Aug 1976, Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa. Nellie
and Mannie had no children. Two of the children of Henrietta Story and
Charles Eggert , Ralph and Charles, were mostly raised by Nellie Story
and Manuel Straesslin, because of the poor health of their mother,
Henrietta Story Eggert. Two daughters of Henrietta and Charles Eggert,
Nellie and Minnie, eventually moved in with their grandmother, Sarah
Guthrie Story. Family members also commented how their aunt and uncle,
Ralph and Elizabeth Story were, in buying clothing for the girls and
helping in any way that they could with the entire family.
The Elizabeth Schutte Ancestry
Bahr, Ernest
Mundt,
Christine
Rindfleisch, Dorothee Louise
Rindfleisch, Louise
Schutte, Heinrich
Schutte, Heinrich Konrad Mundt
HEINRICH KONRAD MUNDT SCHUTTE was born 22 Aug 1835 in Bethlen/Hildesheim,
Germany, and died in Leinenhausen, Germany. His parents were HEINRICH
SCHUTTE, who was born in Hanover, Germany and CHRISTINE MUNDT, born in
Betheln, Germany. He married DOROTHEE LOUISE SOPHIA RINDFLEISCH 29 Nov
1863 in Hanover, Marktkirche (Market Church), Germany, daughter of
ERNEST BAHR and LOUISE RINDFLEISCH. She was born 25 Jan 1837 in Hanover,
Germany.
According to information Marietta received from
Landeshauptstadt Hanover, Germany, der oberstadtdirektor on July 11,
1984, the parents of George Friedrich Franz Schutte were the shoemaker,
Heinrich Konrad Mundt, called Schutte and his wife Dorothee Louise
Sophie Rindfleisch, called Bahr. They were both born in Hanover,
Germany. They were married in the Market Church in Hanover on November
29, 1863.
During a period of history, in Europe, only the oldest
son could receive the father’s land. The other sons would have to be
craftsman of some type. If a landowner had no sons, then the oldest
daughter and her husband would receive the land. Then her husband would
take her last name, so that the land would stay in the family name. This
might explain why the parents of Heinrich Mundt - called Schutte) were
Heinrich Schutte and Christine Mundt. This might also explain why
Dorothee Rindfleisch (below) was called Bahr.
Heinrich Konrad
Mundt, called Schutte, was born either in Bethlen or in Hildesheim. In
their records, both were considered the same birthplace. The mother of
Heinrich Konrad Mundt was Christine Mundt from Bethlen and the father
was the brewery servant, Heinrich Schutte of Hanover.
Dorothee
Louise Sophie Rindfleisch called Bahr was born in Hanover on Januuary
25, 1837 as the daughter of Louis Rindfleisch and the so called Ernest
Bahr.
Other children were August, Augusta, George, Ernest,
Theodore, Erma, Otto and Lisa.
Meding, Wilhelmine Henrietta
Schutte, Georg Friedrich Franz
Child of HEINRICH SCHUTTE and DOROTHEE RINDFLEISCH is:
GEORG
FRIEDRICH (FRED) FRANZ SCHUTTE was born 03 May 1871 in Hanover, Germany,
and died 15 Oct 1903 in Hanover, Germany. He married (1) WILHELMINE
HENRIETTA MEDING 15 Aug 1894 in Hildesheim, Germany. She was born 17 Jul
1868 in Gubehnen, East Prussia, and died 29 Jun 1900 in Hanover,
Germany. He married wife number (2) ANN SCHRODER.
Both Henrietta
and George Frederick (Fred) Schutte are buried in the Leinenhausen
Cemetery, Hanover, Germany. Franz Schutte was a traveling salesman by
trade.
Information that Marietta obtained from Germany shows an
old registration card which indicates that Wilhelmine Henrietta Meding
was born on July 17, 1868 in Tapiau or Wargieen, Kreis Wehlau. Both
places lie likewise in the vicinity of Gebehnen in East Prussia.
Children of GEORG SCHUTTE and WILHELMINE HENRIETTA MEDING are:
FRANZ MEDING (FRITZ) SCHUTTE, b. 12 Mar 1892, Hanover, Germany; m. GRACE
WELLER; b. 23 Oct 1892, Iowa. Fritz was born, March 12, 1982 in Hanover
and was then called Fritz Meding. After the marriage of his mother, he
then on August 8, 1895 assumed the family name Schutte. He was a
railroad laborer. His children were Lester Ludwig, Ernest Henry, Fritz,
and Floyd Ludwig
MARGARETHE SCHUTTE, b. 25 May 1893, Hanover,
Germany; d. 19 Oct 1985, Los Angeles, CA; m. (1) EMIL RESIG, 12 Jan
1918, Anamosa, Iowa; b. 23 Mar 1883, Ober Korka, Silesia, Germany; d. 10
Apr 1954, Orange, California; m. (2) MAX RESIG, 1957; d. Hawaii.
Due to the early death of the parents, the children were taken in by
Schutte relatives in Germany. Margaret was a stenographer in Germany and
came to the USA in August, 1916 by way of Denmark on a Danish ship from
Copenhagen to New York. Shortly after arrival she went on to the home of
her sister and brother-in-law Elizabeth and Ralph Story of rural
Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa. She worked in households until her marriage
in 1918 to Emil Resig.
Emil died at Orange, California on April
10, 1954. Margaret died at Los Angeles, California on October 190, 1985,
with burial in the Fairhaven Cemetery, Orange, California.
Emil
Resig was the son of Githnueb and _______Resell Resig. Emil emigrated
from Hamburg, Germany (last foreign residence was Kiel, Germany), on
April 24, 1910 and arrived in the USA at the Port of New York on May 6,
1910 on the vessel "Pennsylvania". Emil's destination in the USA was to
a brother, August Kurt Resig of Russell, Illinois. Later he moved on to
Iowa to join another brother, Max Resig, who then lived at Davenport,
Scott County, Iowa and then on to Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa. Max later
moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa and was a carpenter by trade. Emil was a
baker by trade.
The Naturalization Petition was dated January
29, 1916 at Anamosa, Iowa and was filed on September 29, 1919 on which
date Emil Resig became a citizen.
Max Resig operated a service
station in Los Angeles, CA until retirement. He died in Hawaii, in Jan.
1986. After the death of his wife, Margaret, in October of 1985, he
spent his last months with his daughter in Hawaii. Max is buried in
Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA.
Schutte, Elizabeth
Story, Ralph Earl
ELIZABETH SCHUTTE, b. 12 Jan 1895, Hanover, Germany; d. 12 Apr 1987,
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; m. RALPH EARL STORY, 22 Dec 1915, Center
Junction, Jones County, Iowa; b. 04 Mar 1885, Madison Township, Jones
County, Iowa; d. 23 Dec 1959, Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa.
According to German records received by Marietta, Elizabeth's actual
name was Klara Sofie Elise, known as Elizabeth.
Elizabeth and
her sister and brother lost their parents early and were taken to
different relatives in Germany. Elizabeth lived with her grandparents,
Heinrich and Sophia Rindfleisch Schutte in Hanover until her
grandmother’s death. Then she went to live with relatives in Frankfort
and Hamburg. The families kept in close relationship by traveling by
train for numerous visits.
Liesbeth Schutte, the name on ship
records, immigrated to the USA from the Port of Bremen, Germany on
November 10, 1912 on the vessel “Nechar” by way of South Hampton,
England arriving at the Port of Philadelphia on the 22nd of November,
1912. The next few months were spent at Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington D.C.
Elizabeth had her ship passage paid for by two
teachers from Baltimore, Maryland. in agreement that she work for them
doing household chores, such as cleaning, cooking, laundry and shopping.
From what Elizabeth told Marietta, they had a lot of white blouses to
iron!!! The teachers would speak only German and not in English to
Elizabeth, making it difficult for her to learn the language and make a
life for herself in America.
Eventually Elizabeth traveled across
the country moving to Center Junction, Iowa to the home of her brother,
Franz Schutte. After residing with his family for a brief period of
time, she made her home with John and Grace Livingston and their two
children, Lorna and Robert, in their rural Center Junction home, where
she was hired to help with household chores and was treated as a family
member.
While accompanying the Livingston’s on a visit to the
farm home of Frank and Alma Story, Elizabeth met Ralph Story, a first
cousin of Frank Story. Frank’s father was Horace Daniel Story, a brother
to Ralph’s father, Thomas Horace Story. Grace Wells Livingston and Alma
Wells Story were sisters.
Ralph Story and Elizabeth Schutte were
married on December 22, 1915 at the Livingston home, one mile north of
Center Junction. In the spring, after an extended honeymoon trip to
Chicago, Ralph and Elizabeth moved into a comfortable new home just
being completed on the Story farm, on the south side of the creek and
the east side of 110th Street, at # 8406. This farm was owned by Thomas
Story and his wife, Sarah Guthrie Story, but had originally been owned
by William Story. The farm of 120 acres was located on 110th Street,
south of highway # 64 in Jones County, Iowa, about 5 miles west of
Wyoming, Iowa.
In 1949, after the death of Sarah Guthrie Story,
Ralph and Elizabeth Story purchased a farm, about 5 miles east of the
original farm. This farm was also located south of highway # 64, on
highway # X75, which is directly south of Wyoming, Iowa. The house has
been demolished and replaced by a new house, and all of the outbuildings
are gone. That address is 8315 on X75 and was located on the west side
of the road, just south of the creek
Story, Marietta Clara
Houghton, Edward
Wilbur
Children of RALPH STORY and ELIZABETH SCHUTTE are:
MARIETTA CLARA
STORY was born 04 May 1918 in Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa, and died 23
Nov 1996 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. She married EDWARD WILBUR
HOUGHTON 15 Feb 1941 in Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa. He was the
son of ARTHUR HOUGHTON and JULIA COLLINS. He was born 19 Apr 1918 in
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, and died 18 Jan 1993 in Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Paper clipping states “It was some thirteen years
ago that the record shows a Caesarean operation, was successfully
performed at Mercy Hospital where both lives were left and as we
understand the first ever published in any medical works.” Marietta was
born by Caesarean operation at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
NORMA JEAN STORY, b. 25 May 1933, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa; d. 12 Mar
1955, Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa. Norma was employed as bookkeeper for
Robert Alden Feed and Coal Company in Wyoming, Iowa. She died of
hemophilia (bleeder's disease). Normally hemophilia is only carried by
the males in the family.
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McDaniel Hall, March 15, 2017
