EMIL MUENCH ANCESTRY
At an unknown
date or place, Emil's family name, MINSCH, was changed to MUENCH
JULIUS MINSCH married
???. Their children (order of birth not known)
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| WILLIAM MUENCH |
EMIL, born September 10, 1877 in Schedlezer Gubernie
Kolnie Konstantinooka, Schedezer, Russisch, Poland,. (Russian controlled until
World War I). Married ROSALIA MARION HERR on May 19, 1902 in Kolonie
Parembe in a Baptist church in Zdunskawolla, Poland. (Emil died in Kelowna,
British Columbia, Canada, July 11,1962)
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| AUGUST MUENCH |
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ROSALIA MARION HERR
ANCESTRY
AUGUST
HERR, married KAROLINE.
Children born to this marriage:
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ANDREAS (or ANDREW), born June 19, 1881, died February 25,
1961
- ADOLPH, (lived at Bottrop in Westfalen Wetheim St 130,
British Zone, Germany), married LYDIA PELTZ
- FREDERICK, died before World War I
- EMELIE
- ROSALIA
MARION, born June 19, 1879 at
Polen, Geburnie Kalish Kolonie, Russisch, Poland.(died in Canada1948).
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| ROSALIE HERR |
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EMMA, married PELTZ
- AMALIA
- BERTHOLD,
(lived at Bottrop Flatte St 8, 211a in Westfalen, British Zone, Germany,)
married KLINGER
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| BERTHOLD HERR & FAMILY |
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ROBERT, (lived
at Bottrop in Westfalen Streuwiese St 18, British Zone Germany), married OTTILIE PELTZ
Julius Minsch [Muench]' three
sons, August, Emil and William, and one daughter, Juliana, lived with an aunt
after their mother died when Emil was about five years old. In this photograph
the aunt may be the woman on the right. It may be a picture of Emil and
Rosalia's wedding party, May 19, 1902 when they wed in Kolonie Parembe in a
Baptist church in Zdunskawolla, Poland. Juliana 'Julia' emigrated to Winnepeg,
Manitoba, Canada. War between Russia and Germany seemed imminent, and 25
year-old Emil did not want to be pressed into the army, so he smuggled out of
the country and went to Canada in 1902 to start a new life. Willia's children,
Rudolph, Tina and Rita may also be in this photo. August has two daughters,
Agnes and Elsie. Emil was born September 10, 1877 in Schedlezer Buernie Kolnie
Konstantinooka, Schedzer, Russish, Poland. (Russian controlled until
WW1.)
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EMIL and ROSALIA (nee HERR) MUENCH
ROSALIA HERR, Married: EMIL MUENCH May 19, 1902 in Kolonie
Parembe in a Baptist church in Zdunskawolla. in Poland.
(L-R - men) Emil, August & William Muench
(L-R - women) Unknown, Rosalie (nee Herr) Muench, Juliana (nee Muench) Kuhn, unknown
Rosalie died in 1948 following an accident while she was helping Emil build them a new home in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.
Children:
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MARTHA, born
October 10, 1903 in Zdunskawolla, Russia-Poland.
- OTTILIE,
born May 24, 1906 in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- RICHARD 'DICK',
born April 18, 1908, married MARIAN HEATH (born in 1916), and had three sons,
Larry, Alan and Kenneth. Dick died of a heart attack after shoveling snow on
January 16, 1954. Marian died of a heart attack 1966. Both are interred in
Greenwood Cemetery, Spokane, Washington (block 110) Larry had one son before he died in a motorcycle accident near Seattle, WA.
- WANDA 'VANDA'
born October 11, 1909. Married SLAGLE, had one son, Jim, then divorced.
Married JOE FOX, and had Walter,
George and Paul. Wanda died of heart failure in 1984 in Tonasket, WA.
ROBERT CHARLES 'BOB', born 1911. Married LEOLA COLTIS,
and had Lauralie and Stephen. Charles Robert Muench died of Parkinson Disease
in 1995.(?) He is interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Spokane, Washington.
EDWARD FREDERICK, born February 24, 1913, died May, 1933 in Spokane, WA of injuries suffered in a
motorcycle wreck. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Spokane, Washington.
EMMA, born
March 19, 1915. Married PAUL STERLING,
had daughter, Terrill and son, Carl. Emma died of cancer in 1986?
REINHOLD AUGUST,
born August 5, 1917 on homestead near Bigford, Alberta, Canada. Died in Osooyous, British Columbian, Canada.
OLGA LYDIA,
born June 27, 1920 on homestead near Bigford, Alberta, Canada. Married MAX REICHEL, had Gail, Maxine, Byron, Shelby and
Angela.
Emil Muench, a weaver by
trade in Poland, emigrated to Canada in 1902, arriving in Winnepeg, Manitoba,
where Emil's sister, Juliana 'Julia' Muench Kuhn lived. Emil's wife Rosalie, was also a
weaver by trade in Poland. She, with their year-old daughter, Martha, arrived
in Winnepeg in 1904. Emil worked first in a slaughterhouse and then in a pickle
factory in Winnepeg. Ottillie, Richard, Wanda and Robert were born before the
family left Winnepeg in 1911 to homesteaded near Bigford District, 28 miles
southeast of the nearest town, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada on SE
34-13-11 on very stony land with poor soil.
Some of the rocks were room-size. He built a stone fence four feet high and 80
rods long with rocks from 60 acres of his land, in addition to using rock for
building his 36 feet by 50 foot barn. Emil made the lower part of
ten-inch-thick walls, eight feet high, making them by mixing the cement and
gravel with a shovel on a wooden platform. Emil owned two oxen then.
The Muench family (except for
Martha who was married) moved to Spokane in March 1928. In March 1931,
Emil, Rosalia and their three youngest children, Emma, Reinhold and Olga,
returned to Canada, moving to Trochu, Alberta.
MARTHA
married CHARLIE DIVALL, March 22,
1924. After Charlie died , she joined Jim Van Ohne in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Jim was
born June 6, 1884 in Knoxville, Iowa. Martha moved from Swift Current to
northeastern Saskatchewan, then to Coronation, Alberta, and last to Chilliwack,
BC, where she died August 31, 1956 of cancer. Martha's children:
GRACE MARIE, born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, March 7, 1925
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AMY IVADELL,
born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, July 23, 1926
- JOHN GORDON,
born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, October 21, 1927
- BELLA EILEEN,
born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, March 17, 1929
- MARY KATHLEEN,
born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 30, 1930
- DOROTHY THEODORA, born in Nipiwan, Saskatchewan, Canada, December 31, 1921
- (EMMA) RUTH LOUISE, born in Nipiwan, Saskatchewan, Canada, March 19, 1933. Always called
RUTH.
- MONA LOREEN ELLEN, born in Nipiwan, Saskatchewan, Canada, October 17, 1934
- LORETTA,
born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, January 2, 1938
- BETTY, born
in Barriere Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada, March 3, 1940.
OTTILIE 'TILLIE' married ALBERT EDWARD LEESON
on November 23, 1929 at her parent's home in Chester, WA. Albert had a son, FRANK. Tillie and Albert had three
children:
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CHESTER FLOYD,
born in Spokane, Washington, October 19, 1931
- MONA INEZ,
born in Spokane, Washington, November 26, 1932
- CAROL ELIZABETH,
born in Spokane, Washington, February 11, 1936
WANDA 'VANDA'
married SLAGLE, They had a son
JAMES ALLEN SLAGLE, born in Spokane, Washington, April 26, 1931
Vanda divorced SLAGLE and married JOE LESTER FOX. He had his
two sons, BOB (born July 24, 1927)
and CHARLES HENRY (born June 12,
1925.
VANDA and JOE had three sons:
WALTER JOSEPH,
born July 31, 1934
GEORGE ARTHUR,
born June 13, 1936
PAUL ERWIN, born
May 8, 1938
RICHARD 'DICK'
married MARIAN HEATH.
Their three
sons:
ROBERT CHARLES 'BOB' married LEOLA
'LEE' COLTIS. Their children:
EMMA married
PAUL STERLING, had daughter and son
REINHOLD AUGUST
married BERNICE EVELYN SCHINKEL February 17, 1949
Their children:
OLGA LYDIA
married MAX REICHEL.
Their children:
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GAIL
- MAXINE
- BYRON
- SHELBY
- ANGELA
