Third Generation
4. Christian SCHILLER. Son of Friedrich William SCHILLER
& Louise PAPKA. Born Sep 11, 1860 in West Prussia,
Germany. Died Aug 4, 1931 in Levering, Michigan.
Occupation Farmer.
On marriage paper at Trinity Lutheran Church, Christian
Schiller and Mathilde Jane Srigley were married with
William Srigley and Laura Srigley as witnesses.
He married Matilda Jane SRIGLEY, daughter of Roland
Joseph SRIGLEY & Elizabeth BADGERO, Sep 11, 1883 in
Forrestville, Evergreen Township, Michigan. Born Dec 23,
1865 in Ontario, Canada. Died Jun 4, 1941 in Levering,
Michigan.
Matilda came to the US at age 13 in 1878.
She was a small lady and made most of her own clothes.
She used to get angry because she could not find a hat
that would fit her head it was so small, so she wore
her hair in Braids and a Bun on top of her head.
They had the following children:
15 Arthur Roland SCHILLER
16 William Frederick SCHILLER
17 Henry Wesley SCHILLER
18 Louise E. SCHILLER
19 Charles Howard SCHILLER
20 Leroy Robert SCHILLER
21 Idella May SCHILLER
22 Alvin Daniel SCHILLER
5. Friedrich William SCHILLER Jr. Son of Friedrich
William SCHILLER & Louise PAPKA. Born Oct 21, 1872
in Germany. Died May 9, 1927 in Forrestville, Michigan.
Occupation Farm Laborer.
He married Mertilia HARRINGTON, daughter of Carl
HARRINGTON & Wealthy VAN BURGER. Born Sep 7, 1872.
Died Sep 22, 1953.
They had the following children:
23 Anna Mabel SCHILLER
24 Martha Emmeline SCHILLER
25 Albert Carl SCHILLER
26 Franz (Frank) Harold SCHILLER
27 Edwin Friedrich SCHILLER
6. Augusta (Gustia) SCHILLER. Daughter of Friedrich
William SCHILLER & Louise PAPKA. Born Aug 30, 1865
in Germany. Died Mar 19, 1931 in Sanilac County,
Michigan. Buried in East Delaware Township Cemetery.
She first married Robert CRAIB. Born Dec 23, 1852.
Died Jun 24, 1925. Buried in East Delaware Township
Cemetery.
Robert and Augusta had no children but Robert had a
Son James, from a previous marriage.
She second married Thomas (James) GALBRAITH. Born
Jun 22, 1850. Died Jan 18, 1899. Buried in East
Delaware Township Cemetery.
They had the following children:
28 Emma GALBRAITH
7. Amelia SCHILLER. Daughter of Friedrich William
SCHILLER & Louise PAPKA. Born Aug 3, 1869 in Germany.
Died 1934.
Henry and Amelia lived in Minden City Michigan in 1905.
She married Henry KRATZ, son of Henry KRATZ & Cartanie
ALENSON. Born in Canada. Occupation Blacksmith.
They had the following children:
29 Iva KRATZ
30 Emma KRATZ
31 Pearl KRATZ
32 Earl KRATZ
33 Charles KRATZ
34 Harold KRATZ
35 Harley KRATZ
36 Oran KRATZ
37 Fern L. KRATZ (Twin)
38 Tina L. KRATZ (Twin)
8. Jenny SCHILLER. Daughter of Friedrich William SCHILLER
& Louise PAPKA. Born Mar 5, 1876 in New York.
Died Mar 15, 1896 in Sanilac County, Michigan.
Jenny, being the first of Freidrich's children born
in America was most likely named after "The Jenny",
the ship that brought them to America in 1873.
Death Cause: Died in Childbirth
She married F. Bernhardt (Barney) GRAICHEN, son of
William GRAICHEN, Nov 3, 1893 in Sanilac County,
Michigan. Born Jun 7, 1864 in Saxony, Germany.
Died Apr 16, 1945. Occupation Farmer, Delaware Township,
Michigan.
Barney came to America in 1878.
He is burried next to Anna Graichen.
9. Mary SCHILLER. Daughter of Friedrich William SCHILLER
& Louise PAPKA. Born May 28, 1879 in Sanilac County,
Michigan. Died Aug 19, 1883. Buried in Trinity Lutheran
Church Cemetery, Sanilac County.
10. Alice SCHILLER. Daughter of Friedrich William SCHILLER
& Louise PAPKA. Born Feb 14, 1881 in Forrestville,
Michigan. Buried in Detroit Area, Michigan.
She first married Edward PUHALL.
She second married Joseph MILLER.
11. Charles J. WENDT. Son of Ernst WENDT & Caroline
SCHILLER. Born Jun 1869 in Germany. Occupation
Photographer.
C.J. Went had photography galleries in Forrestville
and Minden, Michigan from around 1893.
Children:
39 Arthur WENDT
12. John WENDT. Son of Ernst WENDT & Caroline SCHILLER.
Born Jun 1872 in New York.
13. Caroline WENDT. Daughter of Ernst WENDT & Caroline
SCHILLER.
14. Ernest E. WENDT. Son of Ernst WENDT & Caroline
SCHILLER. Born 1865 in Germany. Occupation Farmer.
He married Laura S. SRIGLEY, daughter of Roland
Joseph SRIGLEY & Elizabeth BADGERO, Dec 21, 1887 in
Delaware Township, Sanilac County, Michigan. Born
Jul 31, 1864 in Canada. Died Sep 17, 1927.
They had the following children:
40 Olive J. WENDT
Fourth Generation
15. Arthur Roland SCHILLER. Son of Christian
SCHILLER & Matilda Jane SRIGLEY. Born Mar 25, 1885
in Sanilac County, Michigan. Died Aug 17, 1964 in
Levering, Emmett County, Michigan. Buried Aug 20,
1964 in Carp Lake Cemetery, Michigan. Occupation
Lodge Caretaker.
Death Cause: Died from Perforated Peptic Ulcer
He first married Lottie WOOD, Mar 22, 1907.
He second married Esther SWARTHOUT, Dec 10, 1916.
Died 1932.
They had the following children:
41 Alfred L. SCHILLER (Adopted)
16. William Frederick SCHILLER. Son of Christian SCHILLER
Matilda Jane SRIGLEY. Born Feb 12, 1887 in Forestville,
Sanilac County, Michigan. Died Jan 26, 1965 in Community
Memorial Hospital, Cheboygan, Mi. Buried Jan 28, 1965
in Carp Lake Township Cemetery. Occupation Auto Worker
Buick, Lumberman, Mechanic.
He married Minnie Elizabeth ROLOFF, daughter of John
Albert ROLOFF Sr. & Anna C. BRUENNEMANN, Dec 23, 1911
in Flint, Michigan. Born Jun 29, 1893 in Lapeer,
St. Clair, Michigan. Died Mar 7, 1978 in Alpena
General Hospital, Alpena, Michigan. Buried in
Carp Lake Township Cemetery, Michigan.
They had the following children:
42 Earle M. SCHILLER
17. Henry Wesley SCHILLER. Son of Christian SCHILLER
Matilda Jane SRIGLEY. Born Dec 14, 1889. Died Oct 6,
1940.
He married Mary PICKELL, Mar 28, 1919.
18. Louise E. SCHILLER. Daughter of Christian SCHILLER
Matilda Jane SRIGLEY. Born Apr 8, 1891. Died
Aug 14, 1895.
19. Charles Howard SCHILLER. Son of Christian SCHILLER
& Matilda Jane SRIGLEY. Born Aug 12, 1893 in Evergreen
Township, Sanilac County, Michigan. Died Jul 23, 1975
in Saginaw VA Hospital, Saginaw Michigan. Buried
Jul 26, 1975 in Carp Lake Township Cemetery, Michigan.
Occupation Owned And Operated A Saw Mill In Levering, MI.
Military US Army, WWI, Private.
Howard used to play the violin and used to play for
square dances.
Charles Howard Schiller was Inducted into the Army
on September 5th, 1918 in Bad Axe Michigan. And was
Discharged by reason of "Circular #106 W.D. December
5th at Camp Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan ." on
March 25th 1919.
Death Cause: Died of Bronchopneumonia
He married Mary Ida CRANDALL, daughter of Milton Abraham
CRANDALL & Mary Antoinette (Nettie) FRISBEE, Jun 1, 1919
in Flint, Michigan. Born Nov 5, 1902 in Caro, Michigan.
Died Feb 21, 1992 at Tender Care Nursing Home, Gaylord,
Michigan. Buried Feb 24, 1992 in Carp Lake
Township Cemetery, Michigan. Occupation Cook,
Mackinaw City Greyhound Bus Terminal.
Death Cause: Died from Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
20. Leroy Robert SCHILLER. Son of Christian SCHILLER &
Matilda Jane SRIGLEY. Born May 10, 1899 in Isabella
Township, Huron County, Michigan. Died Jan 20, 1950 in
Community Memorial Hospital, Cheboygan, Mi. Buried in
Carp Lake Township Cemetery, Michigan. Occupation
Carpenter.
Death Cause: Died of Cancer
He married Lillian MCCUMBY, Jun 5, 1924 in Hunts Spur,
U.P., Michigan. Born Apr 11, 1905 in Bliss, Michigan.
Died Sep 17, 1975 in Little Traverse Hospital. Buried
Sep 20, 1975 in Carp Lake Township Cemetery, Michigan.
They had the following children:
43 Helen Marie SCHILLER
44 Shirley Inez SCHILLER
45 Phyllis Jean SCHILLER
46 Robert LeRoy SCHILLER
21. Idella May SCHILLER. Daughter of Christian SCHILLER
Matilda Jane SRIGLEY. Born Aug 18, 1901 in Levering,
Michigan. Died Aug 11, 1968 in West Branch Memorial
Hospital, West Branch Michiga. Buried Oct 14, 1968 in
Four Towns Cemetery, Pontiac Michigan. Occupation
Homemaker.
Idella used to knit mittens for school in exchange for
yarn to make mittens for her own children.
The first West Family reunion was held on August 18, 1962,
Idella May's birthday. There has been a West Family
reunion every year since, on the 2nd Sunday in August,
in Mio, Michigan.
She died on the day of the 7th family reunion.
"Our hearts were saddened on this day
today our Mom passed away.
So many many things run through my mind but
I don't know what to say.
Except that we loved her dearly and her
passing has made us cry.
But there's one thing we know for certain,
our love for her will never die."
By Alvin West
Death Cause: Died from a Blood clot, while in the Hospital
for skin graft surgery.
She married John Charles (Jack) WEST Sr., son of
Edgar WEST & Elizabeth (Lizzie) DAVIES, Feb 24, 1920
in Levering, Michigan. Born Nov 10, 1891 in Irwin,
Pennsylvania. Died Aug 16, 1968 in Saginaw VA Hospital,
Saginaw, Michigan. Buried Aug 19, 1968 in Four Towns
Cemetery, Pontiac Michigan. Occupation Telephone Co.,
GM Truck & Coach. Military Served In The Army In WWI.
In 1927, they lived in a house in Keego Harbor Michigan,
it was a large house and had a porch half way around it.
In 1948 they lived at 2080 Williams Lake Road, Pontiac
Michigan
1950 - 1952 they lived at 1438 Hospital Road in Pontiac
Michigan
In December of 1954 John and Idella purchased Cherry Creek
Cabins in Mio Michigan.
During the depression, John was laid off and they were
on welfare. The kids used to carry apple butter sandwiches
or sometimes mustard sandwiches to school. They used to
get white oleo with a colored capsule to color it with,
but sometimes they just ate it white. When there was no
oleo they would put salt into lard and eat that on their
bread. They ate macaroni until it "was coming out of
their ears". Sometimes they would buy day old bread or
fish from a man who came around selling these things.
They called him "the fish man".
When they lived on Williams Lake Road, at first they
did not have a car. John used to ride a bike to Pontiac
to and from work. One day he "froze his ears".
Rememberances of M.M. Hollister: "Aunt Ethel used to
tell me, Dad used to be very fussy about his clothes
as a young man, didn't want any wrinkles in his shirts.
He wore silk shirts sometimes. He met my mother at a
candy shop in Pontiac where she dipped chocolates when
he worked for the Telephone Company. Dad couldn't go
any further with the Telephone Company because he
couldn't do algebra."
J. C. West won the prize for having the largest family
at the GM Truck and Coach Company picnic in (at least)
1937, 1939 and 1946.
The following poem, written by Alvin West is being
included in this history, as I believe that his poetry
sums up what each of us feels in some way, when love
one's unexpectedly pass away:
"How many tears can one person shed? How much pain can
one family bear?
We laid Mom to rest in the cemetary, and just a few days
later Dad was there.
No one can tell us the reason, though we've had many of
our friends try.
The more we try to figure it out, the more it makes us
want to cry.
And even if we did find the reason, it wouldn't help
much to ease the pain.
Cause they're both up in heaven, and we can't bring
them back again.
Maybe we should feel happy, to know they are together
up there
For when they were alive and healthy, they went together
everywhere.
And now they are together again, and they will always
have each other
And we will always have pride in being able to say,
they were my father and mother."
Alvin West
Death Cause: Died of Emphysema
They had the following children:
47 Matilda May WEST
48 Elizabeth WEST
49 Alice Marie WEST
50 Edgar Christian WEST
51 John Charles WEST Jr.
52 Alvin WEST
53 Arthur Clyde WEST
54 William Harry WEST
55 Robert WEST
56 Edna Lucille WEST (Twin)
57 Ethel Louise WEST (Twin)
58 Frederick WEST
59 Della WEST
60 Dora Isabel WEST
22. Alvin Daniel SCHILLER. Son of Christian SCHILLER &
Matilda Jane SRIGLEY. Born Oct 15, 1903 in Levering,
Emmett County, Michigan. Died Jan 8, 1965 in Levering,
Michigan. Occupation Farmer.
Alvin used to play the violin
He married Gladys Martha WASHBURN, Jul 30, 1934 in
Cheboygan, Michigan. Born Mar 13, 1914 in Ravenna,
Michigan. Died Apr 22, 1991 in Petoskey, Michigan.
Buried Apr 25, 1991 in Carp Lake Township Cemetery,
Michigan.
They had the following children:
61 Marilyn Yvonne SCHILLER
62 Daniel Emmerson SCHILLER
63 Richard Earl SCHILLER
64 Judy Mae SCHILLER
65 Larry Dean SCHILLER
66 Gordon Lee SCHILLER
67 Arthur Dale SCHILLER
68 Deanna Lynn SCHILLER
69 Alvin Darryl SCHILLER
70 Steven Ross SCHILLER
23. Anna Mabel SCHILLER. Daughter of Friedrich William
SCHILLER Jr. & Mertilia HARRINGTON. Born Aug 7, 1894.
Died Jan 11, 1978. Buried in Gethsemane Cemetery,
Detroit, Michigan.
She first married Stanley DREWYORE. Born Jun 25, 1894.
Died Mar 7, 1963.
They had the following children:
71 DREWYORE (Twin)
72 DREWYORE (Twin)
73 Frederick John DREWYORE
She second married William BRAUN. Born Apr 4, 1890 in
Detroit, Michigan. Died Apr 30, 1956.
They had the following children:
74 Clarence Arnold BRAUN
75 Eugene Ralph BRAUN
24. Martha Emmeline SCHILLER. Daughter of Friedrich
William SCHILLER Jr. & Mertilia HARRINGTON. Born Apr 19,
1898 in Michigan. Died Apr 6, 1972 in Mt Clemens,
Michigan. Buried Apr 10, 1972 in Clinton Grove Cemetery,
Mt Clemens, Mi.
She married James Grant CUMERALTO. Born Jan 3, 1905 in
Deckerville, Michigan. Died Jun 15, 1975 in Mills,
Michigan.
They had the following children:
76 Doris Marie CUMERALTO
77 Quentin CUMERALTO
25. Albert Carl SCHILLER. Son of Friedrich William
SCHILLER Jr. & Mertilia HARRINGTON. Born Sep 16, 1901
in Forestville, Michigan. Died Sep 3, 1954 in St. Clair,
Michigan.
Mayme was his Mothers Sister Julia, and Joseph Shaver's
Daughter, (she was his first cousin) they had no children
but she had 5 by her previous marriage to ROOF.
Possibly he was judged mentally ill and the marriage was
annulled.
He married Mayme Roof STOTTS. They were annulled.
26. Franz (Frank) Harold SCHILLER. Son of Friedrich
William SCHILLER Jr. & Mertilia HARRINGTON. Born
Nov 15, 1908 in Forrestville, Michigan. Died May 1, 1972
in St. Clair, Michigan. Buried in Rosehill Cemetery.
He first married Bessie Hinden ESTES.
He second married Elizabeth YEAKEY.
He third married Elsie SCHROEDER. They were divorced.
They had the following children:
78 SCHILLER (Twin)
79 SCHILLER (Twin)
He fourth married Louella SCRIBNER. Died Oct 15, 1951
in Tennessee.
He fifth married Mayme Roof STOTTS.
27. Edwin Friedrich SCHILLER. Son of Friedrich William
SCHILLER Jr. & Mertilia HARRINGTON. Born May 17, 1911 in
Forrestville, Michigan. Died Nov 17, 1984 in Rochester
Hills, Michigan.
He married Margaret REMSING, Jul 28, 1934. Born Dec 10,
1914 in Lebneant, Pennsylvania. Died Jun 7, 1986 in
Rochester Hills, Michigan.
They had the following children:
80 Karen SCHILLER
81 Edwin Friedrich SCHILLER Jr.
82 William SCHILLER
28. Emma GALBRAITH. Daughter of Thomas (James)
GALBRAITH & Augusta (Gustia) SCHILLER. Born Oct 11, 1880.
Died Jun 5, 1896. Buried in East Delaware Township
Cemetery.
29. Iva KRATZ. Daughter of Henry KRATZ & Amelia SCHILLER.
She married James CRAIB.
They had the following children:
83 Elmer CRAIB
30. Emma KRATZ. Daughter of Henry KRATZ & Amelia SCHILLER.
Born 1906. Died 1970.
She married Elvin BASSO. Born 1904. Died 1971.
They had the following children:
84 Dennis BASSO
85 Debbie BASSO
31. Pearl KRATZ. Daughter of Henry KRATZ & Amelia SCHILLER.
She married Edward BRADKE.
They had the following children:
86 Ruth BRADKE
87 Raymond BRADKE
88 Russell BRADKE
32. Earl KRATZ. Son of Henry KRATZ & Amelia SCHILLER.
Died Apr 17, 1941. Occupation Operated A Gas Station
In Forrestville. Military WWI Corporal, 125th Infantry,
52nd Division.
33. Charles KRATZ. Son of Henry KRATZ & Amelia SCHILLER.
He married Blanche.
They had the following children:
89 Evelyn KRATZ
90 Catherine KRATZ
91 Melvin KRATZ
34. Harold KRATZ. Son of Henry KRATZ & Amelia SCHILLER.
He married Ella.
They had the following children:
92 Jean KRATZ
93 Richard KRATZ
35. Harley KRATZ. Son of Henry KRATZ & Amelia SCHILLER.
Born Jun 4, 1889. Died Sep 4, 1937. Military WWI Private
In US Army.
He married Heather.
They had the following children:
94 Irene KRATZ
36. Oran KRATZ. Son of Henry KRATZ & Amelia SCHILLER.
He married Adelaine.
They had the following children:
95 Kenneth KRATZ
37. Fern L. KRATZ. Daughter of Henry KRATZ & Amelia SCHILLER.
Born Mar 15, 1903. Died Oct 22, 1905. Military Some kind of
infection.
38. Tina L. KRATZ. Daughter of Henry KRATZ & Amelia SCHILLER.
Born Mar 15, 1903. Died Oct 22, 1905.
39. Arthur WENDT. Son of Charles J. WENDT.
40. Olive J. WENDT. Daughter of Ernest E. WENDT & Laura S.
SRIGLEY.
She married FERN.
They had the following children:
96 Inez FERN
97 Billie FERN
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