Interview with Roy Wilhelm, December 24, 1992
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'''John''': But what about the two sisters, [[Lydia Isora Wilhelm|Zora]] and [[Fanny Marilla Wilhelm|Fan]], what do you know about their . . . ? | '''John''': But what about the two sisters, [[Lydia Isora Wilhelm|Zora]] and [[Fanny Marilla Wilhelm|Fan]], what do you know about their . . . ? | ||
| - | '''Roy''': Zora went down to, now wait, there was a girl that married a Rogers fellow and he went up with this homestead drive and he homesteaded "John Dutch's" place, John Rothlisberger's place and then he moved off and turned his equity over to John and John homesteaded. It happened all the time. You'd buy a homesteader out; buy his squattin' rights, get him out and you'd file on it, see. Now what was her name, oh that's Zora. | + | '''Roy''': [[Lydia Isora Wilhelm|Zora]] went down to, now wait, there was a girl that married a Rogers fellow and he went up with this homestead drive and he homesteaded "John Dutch's" place, John Rothlisberger's place and then he moved off and turned his equity over to John and John homesteaded. It happened all the time. You'd buy a homesteader out; buy his squattin' rights, get him out and you'd file on it, see. Now what was her name, oh that's [[Lydia Isora Wilhelm|Zora]]. |
| - | '''John''': Zora was the one that married the Rogers? | + | '''John''': [[Lydia Isora Wilhelm|Zora]] was the one that married the Rogers? |
'''Roy''': Yeah and he went down to over the mountains. | '''Roy''': Yeah and he went down to over the mountains. | ||
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'''John''': Down to Mexico? | '''John''': Down to Mexico? | ||
| - | '''Roy''': Yeah, I guess through, see they were one family and he was corresponding with this other family, Marion's family, down there, that was the attraction. Went down there to work in the mines or something, he went down there and that's why we've got that Rogers bunch down there now. We have relatives down there, the Rogers. However, can't think of his name, the main one of them, he died and he had kids. | + | '''Roy''': Yeah, I guess through, see they were one family and he was corresponding with this other family, [[Marion Lee Williams|Marion's]] family, down there, that was the attraction. Went down there to work in the mines or something, he went down there and that's why we've got that Rogers bunch down there now. We have relatives down there, the Rogers. However, can't think of his name, the main one of them, he died and he had kids. |
| - | '''John''': By the main one you're not talking about the one that married your Aunt Zora? You're talking about somebody later than him? | + | '''John''': By the main one you're not talking about the one that married your [[Lydia Isora Wilhelm|Aunt Zora]]? You're talking about somebody later than him? |
'''Roy''': Yeah, his posterity. And then another girl went down, I can't think of her name, she was the baby of the bunch, to live with them. | '''Roy''': Yeah, his posterity. And then another girl went down, I can't think of her name, she was the baby of the bunch, to live with them. | ||
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'''Roy''': Yeah. | '''Roy''': Yeah. | ||
| - | '''John''': When B.H. headed out. | + | '''John''': When [[Bateman Haight Wilhelm|B.H.]] headed out. |
'''Roy''': Yeah, and she married a guy named Gibbs, a policeman down there. I remember when the Gibbs family come up here a visitin' us and we played with, there was Bert Gibbs, a little guy and can't think of the girls' names, two of them. | '''Roy''': Yeah, and she married a guy named Gibbs, a policeman down there. I remember when the Gibbs family come up here a visitin' us and we played with, there was Bert Gibbs, a little guy and can't think of the girls' names, two of them. | ||
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'''John''': Yeah, that's why I wanted to get some of these names, you're the only one that remembers this stuff. | '''John''': Yeah, that's why I wanted to get some of these names, you're the only one that remembers this stuff. | ||
| - | '''Roy''': Now you take Ben F. Williams. He was the mayor, his dad was before him. And he was the mayor of Douglas and I corresponded with him, I made him a present of the History and he, what was I going to tell you about him, anyway he's a nice guy. Oh, he's in, oh what I was going to tell you about him, he's in genealogy, he's not a religious guy but he's got this thing about genealogy and he sent me a whole bundle, we'll get it and dig into it . . . | + | '''Roy''': Now you take [[Benjamin Franklin Williams, Jr.|Ben F. Williams]]. He was the mayor, [[Benjamin Franklin Williams|his dad]] was before him. And he was the mayor of Douglas and I corresponded with him, I made him a present of the History and he, what was I going to tell you about him, anyway he's a nice guy. Oh, he's in, oh what I was going to tell you about him, he's in genealogy, he's not a religious guy but he's got this thing about genealogy and he sent me a whole bundle, we'll get it and dig into it . . . |
==Johannes Katronnes Wilhelm== | ==Johannes Katronnes Wilhelm== | ||
