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2nd child, 1st daughter

An Engle Moller arrived in New Orleans 6 Nov 1857 aboard the ship "Industrie". Her brother C.F. Moeller was on the same ship. This person's age fits, however she was married in Indianapolis on 8 May 1856.

(Research):Sponser: Christine Sophie Aldag #7 in Meinsen

Confirmed: 1847 in Meinsen.

1880 Census: 139 East Merrill Street, Indianapolis, IN
Rafert, Engel, age 46 in Bueckeburg, Germany
Rafert, Phillipina, age 23 in IN, Dress Maker
Rafert, Carl, age 21 in IN, Stuhl Maker
Rafert, Wilhelm, age 18 in IN, works in Bank
Rafert, Emma, age 15 in IN, Dress Maker
Rafert, Eddie, age 11 in IN
Rafert, Albert, age 6 in IN

Engel married Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Röver 8 May 1856, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. Carl (son of Carl Fried. «u»Wilhelm«-u» Röver and Caroline Eleanore Hof) was born 7 Dec 1828, Meinsen, Schaumburg-Lippe; was christened 14 Dec 1828, Evangelical Church, Meinsen, Shaumburg-Lippe; died 12 Feb 1875, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN; was buried 15 Feb 1875, Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. [Group Sheet]

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(Research):1900 Census: 609 Minnesota, Indianapolis, IN
Quack, Christ., born Dec 1855 in Germany, married 18yrs, immigrated 1866, naturalized. Locomotive Engineer.
Quack, Bena, born Nov 1856 in IN, married 18yrs, 1 child, 1 living
Quack, Clara, born Aug 1882 in IN, single

1910 Census: Not Found

1920 Census: 619 E. Minnesota, Indianapolis, IN
Quack, Christian, age 64 in Mecklenburg, Germany, immigrated 1865 - pa,
Quack, Phillipena, age 63 in IN

Philipina married Christian L. Quack 10 Nov 1880, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. Christian was born Dec 1855, Mecklenburg, Germany; died 1923, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(Research):1880 CIty Directory shows Charles W. Rafert, residence 139 Merrill as a Chairmaker.

Notes:

Phillipine American War/Chinese Relief Expedition

(Research): "At times Uncle Billy Rafert came home to visit a few days from San Diego. He had an injury, from war, in his leg and needed a cane. He was so handsome. He would take Edna and me to show downtown and treated us like queens. Such a gentleman! He is buried in San Diego military cemetery. I wrote to him and the landlady who owned the house where he stayed wrote me....he was so very fine and had lived there many years in retirement. He left some money to my aunt Em and a bit to Mom. But he always sent a check for $100 to her and she'd pay Uncle Charlie for coal, Charlie was Mom's brother." [Jottings by Alma Rafert Welp - 1995]

1880 Indianapolis City Directory shows Wm. E. Rafert, residence 139 E. Merrill, as a messenger for the First National Bank.

23 Nov 1902
William H. Rafert Petition the Probate Commissioner.
William H. Rafert was declared to be officially alive by Probate Commissioner Walker yesterday on his own application. His application to the probate office was Intended to legalize his claim on the estate of a relative who died recently. Of this estate Edward H. Rafert, a brother of the claimant, was appointed the administrator and he learning of his brother's intention to come home, apportioned part of the estate to him. Rafert has been awav from Indianapolis since 1881 and had not been heard from during his absence. Under an Indiana statute a man who disappears from his home and is absent seven years Is legally dead and his estate is divided among his heirs.

Per Death Certificate: Wm. Rafert was a 1st Sergeant in the US Army. He was in from 1883 to 1913. He came to CA (the last time) about 1904 and moved to San Diego in 1914. It also states that his body was cremated (Bonham Brother's Cematorium) on May 20, 1939. According to Doris H. Welp Russell his ashes were spread over the ocean.

He Retired as a 1st Sgt. (115th Company). In 1911 he held the rank of 1st Class Gunner. During the period 1898 to 1900 he is listed as a Sgt.



It was appropriate that Battery D, 3rd Artillery, was the first to occupy the new fort, for Battery D had been the last military unit to occupy the San Diego Mission, then a military post. That was back in 1858, when the battery was ordered into Washington Territory to fight Indians. Now, forty years later, a detachment of twenty soldiers from the same old battery arrived from San Diego Barracks, under 2nd Lt. George T. Patterson. That was on Feb. 2, 1898; on Feb. 15 Capt. Charles Humphreys and the rest of the battery arrived. In July 1900 the battery was ordered to China and saw action in the Boxer Uprising. SOURCE: http://www.militarymuseum.org/FtRosecrans.html

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(Research):1920 City Directory - Dept Manager, Sterling Laundry Co, home 241 Merrill St., Indianapolis

http://historicindianapolis.com/indianapolis-then-and-now-union-laundry-company-union-laundry-lofts-735-lexington-avenue/


1930 Census: 619 Minnesota, Indianapolis, IN
Honeck, Clara, age 47 in IN, Widow
Rafert, Emma, age 65 in IN, Single, Collar Machine in Laundry

Notes:

(Research):1889 City Directory: 139 E. Merrill St., machinist
1890 City Directory, 139 E. Merrill St., machinist

Worked at Diamond Chain Works. Diamond chain was used in the original Wright Flyer, the first flying machine.

1900 Census: 231 E. Merrill St., Indianapolis, IN
Rafert, Edward, born Dec 1868 in IN, married 6yrs, Machinist
Rafert, Lizzie, born Aug 1872 in IN, married 6yrs, 2 children, 2 living
Rafert, Edna, born Oct 1895 in IN, single
Rafert, Walter, born Sep 1897 in IN, single
Rafert, Emma (sister), born Oct 1864 in IN, single, Laundress
Rafert, Albert (brother), born Dec 1873 in IN, single, Dry Goods Clerk

1 Apr 1902
Christian Quack, administrator, yesterday deeded to Edward H. Rafert a property on Merrill street, near Alabama, for $2,500. (The Indianapolis journal, Volume 52, Number 91, 1 April 1902)

Edward married Elizabeth "Liz" Christina Marie Otto 7 Feb 1894, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. Elizabeth (daughter of Karl Friedrich Otto and Lizetta Menke) was born 23 Aug 1871, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN; died 20 Nov 1945, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN; was buried Nov 1945, Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. [Group Sheet]

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(Research):1920 Census: 2432 Illinois St., Indianapolis, IN
Rafert, Albert C., age 46 in IN, married, Salesman Drapery Co.
Rafert, Annie M., age 42 in IN, married
Rafert, Thomas, age 17 in IN, single, Salesman Milliner

1930 Census: 2324 N. Pennsylvania, Indianapolis, IN
Rafert, Albert C., age 56 in IN, married at age 28, Salesman General Electric
Rafert, Anna M., age 50 in IN, married at age 22
Rafert, Thomas M., age 26 in IN, single, Co?? traveler, Millinery Co.
Tighe, Mary F. (sister in law), age 56 in IN, widow

Albert C. Rafert was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery on 20 Jun 1950, is this the same person??

Albert married Anna Margaret Tenny 10 Apr 1901, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. Anna was born 20 Jan 1876, IN; died 17 May 1936, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN; was buried 19 May 1936, Holy Cross Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(Research):1920 City Directory - Stenographer at Crowder-Cooper Shoe Co., home 241 E. Merrill St. Indianpolis.

Edna married Gustav Westerhoff Nov 1949, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. [Group Sheet]

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(Research):Walt and a friend joined the Marines in World War I. He was gone to N.C. many months and then was aboard ship to go across when the war ended. The first time it was announced about the war ending was the middle of the night and whistles began blowing. Mom came upstairs to our beds and said 'War must be over'. The the next day it was announced 'not so'. But a week later the was ended. Then I worked at Indiana Dry Goods. We all left our desks and ran to the streets. No street cars could go for the crowd. Such cheering! Quite a few months passed before Walt came home. Then he was discharged with a lot of heart problems. He always worked at Sentinal Printing Co., but died in 1927 when Jean was 3 months old. Later Louis Schmidt married his wife Edna and the two children had a good father. I'll never forget my mother.... her crying in the cemetery at this burial." Alma Welp in Jottings.

1920 City Directory - Bookbinder, home 231 Merrill St., Indianapolis

Walter married Edna Johanna Bleck 16 Jun 1921, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. Edna was born 7 Oct 1900, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN; died 16 Sep 1974, Seattle, WA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(Research):The Indianapolis journal, Volume 50, Number 250, 7 September 1900
VITAL STATISTICS SEPT. 6.
Births.
Edward H. and Lizzie Rafert, 231 East Merrill street, girl.

"I also remember the Lusitania sinking in May 1916. I read it to Mom in the newspaper after school as she peeled potatos for supper. Then we knew the war seemed to be coming. It was a terrible tragedy, some 1600 persons killed. Later Walt and a friend left for the Marines." from Jottings by Alma Rafert Welp.

Memories of Quilts and Quilting by Doris Welp Russell
My mother as a young woman married and moved with her husband to a small, small town in Southern Illinois. She had lived in a large city all her life. Her father had died when she was seven so at sixteen she needed to go to work and help contribute to the needs of her family.
She had two brothers and a sister older and twin brothers younger.
In this small southern Illinois town the ladies of the church gathered to quilt on Thursday afternoon. Usually quilts were pinned into a wooden frames. The cost of the quilting was figured by the amount of thread used. (Used spools were put in a container to be counted when the quilt was finished) Frames were pieces of wood with an edge of cloth tacked on. Onto this cloth the quilt was pinned. Lining, cotton, then the quilt. As the quilters would quilt and could no longer reach to stitch, the clamp that held the wooden ends together were removed and the quilt would be rolled and reclamped. This was done from both sides of the quilt. At that time "30's-40's" most quilt's were double bed size. Occasionally they would have all day quilting and the ladies would bring their lunch with them also younger children. The children would play in the school basement and slide on the wooden floor under the quilts. Many received a splinter from the wooden floor.
Mother was not a quilter when she arrived and told of being criticized about the size of her stitches. If too large she would be required to remove them. Needless to say her stitches after a while were perfect and even. She pieced many quilts from fabric left over from sewing her daughters (four) wardrobes. We would look at the nine patch quilt or any pattern quilt and remember whose dress that was and what style or whether it had been a favorite. Most of the quilts she pieced after they retired. Dad would cut the pattern out of cardboard and he also helped cut the fabric. When finished she would quilt them in a small round frame which she held in her lap or sometimes she placed it on a stand. Mother pieced quilts and quilted until the evening before she left us. I visited her one July evening and when I was leaving she asked if I would take the quilt she was working on and check to see if she had missed any areas and then bind the quilt. Another finished quilt----the next morning getting ready for breakfast she was called to rest.
(Marking of quilt----patterns were made of cardboard and some were quite elaborate. Straight lines were made by using the yardstick. I still have a few of her patterns for marking.)

Alma married Rev. Harry Carl Welp 12 Oct 1921, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN. Harry (son of Heinrich Johann Welp and Regina Catherine Marie Twenhafel) was born 12 Aug 1897, Frohna, Perry County, MO; was christened 22 Aug 1897, Frohna, Perry County, MO; died 20 Feb 1992, Altamont, Effingham County, IL; was buried 24 Feb 1992, Altamont, Effingham County, IL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

mechanic in the Navy Yard in Seattle.

Carl married Dorothy Marie Bruhns 25 Aug 1933, Seattle, WA. Dorothy was born 26 Sep 1907, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN; died 10 Feb 1998, Seattle, King County, WA. [Group Sheet]

Wilfred married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(Research):Traveled to Europe around 1931. Arrived in Boston on the ship Scythia on 30 Aug 1931 which departed from Liverpool, England on 22 Aug 1931.

"I don't know much, unfortunately. You'd think he would have talked about it a great deal, but I don' recall much. I know he saved his money and went alone. As you can see, it was during the depression, so I would assume it was a pretty rare thing for someone in his situation. I do recall talk of the Louvre, and seeing the Mona Lisa, but it is so long ago that I don'' remember much besides that." Written by Alfred's son John Rafert in Dec 2005

Alfred married Irma Lennon 30 Aug 1940. Irma was born 5 Jun 1903, Winchester, IN; died 19 Dec 1995, Merritt Island, Brevard County, FL. [Group Sheet]

Phyllis married John Aaron Renwick Russell 29 Apr 1950, Campbell Hill, Jackson, Illinois, United States. John (son of John Edward Russell and Agnes D. Arndt) was born 8 Oct 1919, Willisville, Perry County, IL; was christened 1919, St. Peter's Lutheran, Campbell Hill, Jackson County, IL; died 13 Jan 2011, St. Louis, Missouri; was buried 17 Jan 2011, Lake Charles Park Cemetery, Bel Noir, St. Louis County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Living married B.L. Russell (son of John Edward Russell and Agnes D. Arndt) [Group Sheet]

Living married R.".A. Huey, Sr. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living [Group Sheet]

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U.S. Navy

(Research):Served as a machinist in the engine room on the submarine Baya from 1955 to 1958.

Stillwater NewsPress (30 May 2009)
Tom and Barbara Welp
Tom and Barbara Welp will celebrate their 50th anniversary on Saturday.
They were married Saturday, June 6, 1959, in St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Campbell Hill, Ill., before the groom's father, the late Rev. H.C. Welp.
They have three children, Jodi and Bob Bosler, Stillwater; Tricia and Mike Pettiford, Garland, Texas; and Todd Welp, Clinton. They have five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Welp served in the U.S. Navy on the submarine U.S.S. Baya from 1955 to 1958. He worked in the printing industry for 39 years in Sparta and Effingham, Ill.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Stillwater. He retired in 1999.
Mrs. Welp worked for Spartan Printing in Sparta, Ill., and is a homemaker.
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Thomas married Barbara Sternberg 6 Jun 1959, Campbell Hill, Jackson, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet]