You'll find pages 1, 2 and 3 in the archives at the right. Some of the photographs shown below were in Ottillie "Tillie" Leeson's estate, and others were copied from collections shared by her siblings and nieces and nephews who lived in Canada.
Of the nine children born to Rosalie and Emil Muench, Martha was the eldest. She emmigrated with her mother who came to Canada to rejoin her husband, Emil when it was safe for him to send for them.
Of the nine children born to Rosalie and Emil Muench, Martha was the eldest. She emmigrated with her mother who came to Canada to rejoin her husband, Emil when it was safe for him to send for them.
- MARTHA, born October 10,1903 in Zdunskawolla, Russia-Poland (Martha died August 31, 1956 of cancer, in Canada.)
- OTTILIE MUENCH was born May 24, 1906 (died October 15, 1987 in Spokane, Washington). Cremation by Hazen & Jaeger. Interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Spokane, WA. (block Hope)
- RICHARD 'DICK', born April 18, 1908, married Marion 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. Marion died of a heart attack 1966. Both are interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Spokane, Washington (block 110)
- 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 1984 of heart failure.
- ROBERT, born 1911. Married Leola Coltis, and had Lorelie 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 in Spokane, Washington of injuries suffered in a motorcycle wreck, May, 1933. 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. Married Bernice had Garth and Caroline.
- OLGA LYDIA, born June 27, 1920. Married Max Reichel, had Gail, Maxine, Byron, Shelby and Angela. Died and is buried in Trochu, Canada.
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Martha and
her mother, Rosalie, 1934 |
MARTHA married Charlie Divall, March 22, 1924. After he 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. She had nine children:
- GRACE MARIE, born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, March 7, 1925
- 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.
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Olga, on the left with her
sister, Martha on the right of her son John, with five of
his eight sisters. 1946
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Martha and
Olga with their dad, Emil Muench and four of his granchildren. 1955
When Arthur Frank Vanek and Mona Inez Leeson wed on August 31, 1949 they linked the following family trees, [Maternal ~ Muench and Leeson] [Paternal ~ Vanek and Gremaux].
Martha Duvall's childen
Martha and her children
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