My Paternal Grandmother, Ida Regan,(Mardy to her Grandchildren) was born in New York on May 8, 1861. When she was about 2 years old, she, her Brother, Eddie, & her Sister, Emma, arrived in New York from Ireland by ship (their Father was a Sea Captain) in about 1863. Legend has it that their mother died in childbirth during Emma's delivery at Nova Scotia on the way from Ireland. Further legend says that their name was O'Regan, but the "O" was dropped into the ocean on the way over.
Since their Father was a Sea Captain by trade, he had to carry on his work by leaving his children with their Aunt in Brooklyn & heading back out sea. His return from sea was delayed, & since their Aunt had children of her own to care for - she found it necessary to put Ida, Eddie, & Emma in a Children's Home. See "Family Lore" by Jim Schnabel for more accurate & detailed hearsay.
Following is a quote from a letter I received from the New York Children's Aid Society in 1986 in response to my inquiry: "According to our records, Eddie, Ida, & Emma Regan came into the care of the Children's Aid Society on March 6, 1868. Eddie was age 10; Ida was age 6; & Emma was age 4. Eddie's date of birth was February 2, 1858; Ida's was May 8, 1861; & Emma's was November 8, 1863. The three children came to the Children's Aid Society from the Brooklyn Home. All three were sent West to Prairie City, Illinois where Ida went to live with the family of John Evans. Later, a woman named Mrs. Pennington was very anxious to have Ida; so Ida went to live with her. Mrs. Pennington moved to Iowa apparently taking Ida with her."
Ida is reported to have been sorely mistreated along the way, but ended up with a family in California where she happily (for us) met up with Philip Frederick Schnabel II. The rest, as they say, is history. She must have kept somewhat in touch with her brother & sister because we have a picture of them taken in later years.
When Ida was 23, she married that nice young man from Newcastle, CA at Fountain House, CA on November 17,1884.
Aunt Hazel was born to them in 1889 at Mott, CA - a once booming Siskiyou County lumber and sawmill town. It can be assumed that Fred had a railroad job there. Aunt Leslie had been born at Rocklin, CA just a few miles west of Newcastle on August 11, 1887. Within a couple of years, the family moved to Tekoa, WA where Fred was a Railroad Engineer. My Father, Phil Schnabel, was born at Tekoa on July 7, 1892 & Theron at Tekoa on Dec 7 1896.
The family lived in the Tekoa area for several years, & for short times in Washtucna & Lacrosse . They moved to Spokane sometime around 1906 (related to Fred's tragic 1902 train accident) & lived in various places for the next 10 years, Spokane, Lewiston, Portland, Klamath Falls, & Sacramento. Everybody ended up back in California during the 1920's except my Dad & his Dad who stayed in Lewiston/Clarkston.
Ida used heroic efforts to raise her family after Fred's train wreck. She operated a restaurant while at Washtucna, & a hotel-restaurant while at Lacrosse - all with the help of her children.
When Jim, Fran, & I were growing up in Lewiston & Mardy was living in California, she used to come & visit us on the train (she had passes). We were really excited waiting for her to arrive & were sad when she finally had to go. I can still remember the lonesome sound of the train whistle echoing from down river when she left. When she was with us, we had to be in our good behavior, because she was a strict Seventh Day Adventist. She made us mind.
When she was in California, she lived at Aunt Leslie's home in Sacramento. We visited there in (about) 1925 & 1930. On one trip Jim, Fran, & I rode in the back of our "laundry wagon" & on the other in our old Dodge touring car. Very memorable & enjoyable trips & visits.
In her later years, Mardy came to live at Clarkston to be near Mom & Dad. She lived in a Clarkston nursing home, & died there peacefully on April 8, 1950.
Mardy was a wonderful Grandmother. She thought the world of us - & we thought the world of her. PMS, Jr, 2/9/2007
And this:
Ida Schnabel, Pioneer, Passes
From the Lewiston Tribune - Sunday April 9, 1950
Mrs. Ida Schnabel, 88, 1888 pioneer of the Tekoa area, died yesterday morning at 10:30 at the Riverview Rest Home. Mrs. Schnabel had been an invalid since suffering a stroke 20 years ago., and had been bedfast for a year.
Born Ida Ragan (Regan), March 21, 1862 in New York City (Ireland we're quite sure), she was mad an orphan in early childhood by the death of her Father, a Sea Captain. At six years of age she crossed the plains with her foster parents in an emigrant train.
Married at Sacramento.
She lived in California until after her marriage to Fred Schnabel at Sacramento in 1882. Schnabel, a Railroad Engineer pioneered at Tekoa in 1888. Later the family moved to Spokane where Mrs. Schnabel entered nurses‘ training and was graduated from a sanitarium training school there when a young woman.
Mr. & Mrs. Schnabel lived in many communities of Washington and Idaho including Lewiston, Tekoa, Walla Walla, Moscow, Lacrosse and Wastucna.
Mr. Schnabel who had been injured in a series of railroad wrecks, received medical retirement in 1917, when the family moved to Lewiston. He died in 1928.
Active in Church.
Mrs. Schnabel was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church for many years and was active in church work until ill health forced her retirement in 1931.
She moved to California after her husband's death and lived with a daughter, Leslie, Mrs. Ross Nickerson at Sacramento until six years ago when she returned to Clarkston to be near her son, Philip Schnabel, of Clarkston and Lewiston.
Survivors include two daughters and two sons: Mrs. William Powell, San Francisco; Mrs. Ross Nickerson, Sacramento; Theron Schnabel, Fresno; and Philip. Six Grandchildren and nine Great-Grandchidren also survive.
Grandchildren who attended school at Lewiston or Clarkston are Philip Schnabel, Jr., Lewiston; Capt. James Schnabel, now stationed at Tokyo, and Mrs. France Rader, New Bern, N. C..
Since their Father was a Sea Captain by trade, he had to carry on his work by leaving his children with their Aunt in Brooklyn & heading back out sea. His return from sea was delayed, & since their Aunt had children of her own to care for - she found it necessary to put Ida, Eddie, & Emma in a Children's Home. See "Family Lore" by Jim Schnabel for more accurate & detailed hearsay.
Following is a quote from a letter I received from the New York Children's Aid Society in 1986 in response to my inquiry: "According to our records, Eddie, Ida, & Emma Regan came into the care of the Children's Aid Society on March 6, 1868. Eddie was age 10; Ida was age 6; & Emma was age 4. Eddie's date of birth was February 2, 1858; Ida's was May 8, 1861; & Emma's was November 8, 1863. The three children came to the Children's Aid Society from the Brooklyn Home. All three were sent West to Prairie City, Illinois where Ida went to live with the family of John Evans. Later, a woman named Mrs. Pennington was very anxious to have Ida; so Ida went to live with her. Mrs. Pennington moved to Iowa apparently taking Ida with her."
Ida is reported to have been sorely mistreated along the way, but ended up with a family in California where she happily (for us) met up with Philip Frederick Schnabel II. The rest, as they say, is history. She must have kept somewhat in touch with her brother & sister because we have a picture of them taken in later years.
When Ida was 23, she married that nice young man from Newcastle, CA at Fountain House, CA on November 17,1884.
Aunt Hazel was born to them in 1889 at Mott, CA - a once booming Siskiyou County lumber and sawmill town. It can be assumed that Fred had a railroad job there. Aunt Leslie had been born at Rocklin, CA just a few miles west of Newcastle on August 11, 1887. Within a couple of years, the family moved to Tekoa, WA where Fred was a Railroad Engineer. My Father, Phil Schnabel, was born at Tekoa on July 7, 1892 & Theron at Tekoa on Dec 7 1896.
The family lived in the Tekoa area for several years, & for short times in Washtucna & Lacrosse . They moved to Spokane sometime around 1906 (related to Fred's tragic 1902 train accident) & lived in various places for the next 10 years, Spokane, Lewiston, Portland, Klamath Falls, & Sacramento. Everybody ended up back in California during the 1920's except my Dad & his Dad who stayed in Lewiston/Clarkston.
Ida used heroic efforts to raise her family after Fred's train wreck. She operated a restaurant while at Washtucna, & a hotel-restaurant while at Lacrosse - all with the help of her children.
When Jim, Fran, & I were growing up in Lewiston & Mardy was living in California, she used to come & visit us on the train (she had passes). We were really excited waiting for her to arrive & were sad when she finally had to go. I can still remember the lonesome sound of the train whistle echoing from down river when she left. When she was with us, we had to be in our good behavior, because she was a strict Seventh Day Adventist. She made us mind.
When she was in California, she lived at Aunt Leslie's home in Sacramento. We visited there in (about) 1925 & 1930. On one trip Jim, Fran, & I rode in the back of our "laundry wagon" & on the other in our old Dodge touring car. Very memorable & enjoyable trips & visits.
In her later years, Mardy came to live at Clarkston to be near Mom & Dad. She lived in a Clarkston nursing home, & died there peacefully on April 8, 1950.
Mardy was a wonderful Grandmother. She thought the world of us - & we thought the world of her. PMS, Jr, 2/9/2007
And this:
Ida Schnabel, Pioneer, Passes
From the Lewiston Tribune - Sunday April 9, 1950
Mrs. Ida Schnabel, 88, 1888 pioneer of the Tekoa area, died yesterday morning at 10:30 at the Riverview Rest Home. Mrs. Schnabel had been an invalid since suffering a stroke 20 years ago., and had been bedfast for a year.
Born Ida Ragan (Regan), March 21, 1862 in New York City (Ireland we're quite sure), she was mad an orphan in early childhood by the death of her Father, a Sea Captain. At six years of age she crossed the plains with her foster parents in an emigrant train.
Married at Sacramento.
She lived in California until after her marriage to Fred Schnabel at Sacramento in 1882. Schnabel, a Railroad Engineer pioneered at Tekoa in 1888. Later the family moved to Spokane where Mrs. Schnabel entered nurses‘ training and was graduated from a sanitarium training school there when a young woman.
Mr. & Mrs. Schnabel lived in many communities of Washington and Idaho including Lewiston, Tekoa, Walla Walla, Moscow, Lacrosse and Wastucna.
Mr. Schnabel who had been injured in a series of railroad wrecks, received medical retirement in 1917, when the family moved to Lewiston. He died in 1928.
Active in Church.
Mrs. Schnabel was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church for many years and was active in church work until ill health forced her retirement in 1931.
She moved to California after her husband's death and lived with a daughter, Leslie, Mrs. Ross Nickerson at Sacramento until six years ago when she returned to Clarkston to be near her son, Philip Schnabel, of Clarkston and Lewiston.
Survivors include two daughters and two sons: Mrs. William Powell, San Francisco; Mrs. Ross Nickerson, Sacramento; Theron Schnabel, Fresno; and Philip. Six Grandchildren and nine Great-Grandchidren also survive.
Grandchildren who attended school at Lewiston or Clarkston are Philip Schnabel, Jr., Lewiston; Capt. James Schnabel, now stationed at Tokyo, and Mrs. France Rader, New Bern, N. C..
My Paternal Grandmother, Ida Regan,(Mardy to her Grandchildren) was born in New York on May 8, 1861. When she was about 2 years old, she, her Brother, Eddie, & her Sister, Emma, arrived in New York from Ireland by ship (their Father was a Sea Captain) in about 1863. Legend has it that their mother died in childbirth during Emma's delivery at Nova Scotia on the way from Ireland. Further legend says that their name was O'Regan, but the "O" was dropped into the ocean on the way over.
Since their Father was a Sea Captain by trade, he had to carry on his work by leaving his children with their Aunt in Brooklyn & heading back out sea. His return from sea was delayed, & since their Aunt had children of her own to care for - she found it necessary to put Ida, Eddie, & Emma in a Children's Home. See "Family Lore" by Jim Schnabel for more accurate & detailed hearsay.
Following is a quote from a letter I received from the New York Children's Aid Society in 1986 in response to my inquiry: "According to our records, Eddie, Ida, & Emma Regan came into the care of the Children's Aid Society on March 6, 1868. Eddie was age 10; Ida was age 6; & Emma was age 4. Eddie's date of birth was February 2, 1858; Ida's was May 8, 1861; & Emma's was November 8, 1863. The three children came to the Children's Aid Society from the Brooklyn Home. All three were sent West to Prairie City, Illinois where Ida went to live with the family of John Evans. Later, a woman named Mrs. Pennington was very anxious to have Ida; so Ida went to live with her. Mrs. Pennington moved to Iowa apparently taking Ida with her."
Ida is reported to have been sorely mistreated along the way, but ended up with a family in California where she happily (for us) met up with Philip Frederick Schnabel II. The rest, as they say, is history. She must have kept somewhat in touch with her brother & sister because we have a picture of them taken in later years.
When Ida was 23, she married that nice young man from Newcastle, CA at Fountain House, CA on November 17,1884.
Aunt Hazel was born to them in 1889 at Mott, CA - a once booming Siskiyou County lumber and sawmill town. It can be assumed that Fred had a railroad job there. Aunt Leslie had been born at Rocklin, CA just a few miles west of Newcastle on August 11, 1887. Within a couple of years, the family moved to Tekoa, WA where Fred was a Railroad Engineer. My Father, Phil Schnabel, was born at Tekoa on July 7, 1892 & Theron at Tekoa on Dec 7 1896.
The family lived in the Tekoa area for several years, & for short times in Washtucna & Lacrosse . They moved to Spokane sometime around 1906 (related to Fred's tragic 1902 train accident) & lived in various places for the next 10 years, Spokane, Lewiston, Portland, Klamath Falls, & Sacramento. Everybody ended up back in California during the 1920's except my Dad & his Dad who stayed in Lewiston/Clarkston.
Ida used heroic efforts to raise her family after Fred's train wreck. She operated a restaurant while at Washtucna, & a hotel-restaurant while at Lacrosse - all with the help of her children.
When Jim, Fran, & I were growing up in Lewiston & Mardy was living in California, she used to come & visit us on the train (she had passes). We were really excited waiting for her to arrive & were sad when she finally had to go. I can still remember the lonesome sound of the train whistle echoing from down river when she left. When she was with us, we had to be in our good behavior, because she was a strict Seventh Day Adventist. She made us mind.
When she was in California, she lived at Aunt Leslie's home in Sacramento. We visited there in (about) 1925 & 1930. On one trip Jim, Fran, & I rode in the back of our "laundry wagon" & on the other in our old Dodge touring car. Very memorable & enjoyable trips & visits.
In her later years, Mardy came to live at Clarkston to be near Mom & Dad. She lived in a Clarkston nursing home, & died there peacefully on April 8, 1950.
Mardy was a wonderful Grandmother. She thought the world of us - & we thought the world of her. PMS, Jr, 2/9/2007
And this:
Ida Schnabel, Pioneer, Passes
From the Lewiston Tribune - Sunday April 9, 1950
Mrs. Ida Schnabel, 88, 1888 pioneer of the Tekoa area, died yesterday morning at 10:30 at the Riverview Rest Home. Mrs. Schnabel had been an invalid since suffering a stroke 20 years ago., and had been bedfast for a year.
Born Ida Ragan (Regan), March 21, 1862 in New York City (Ireland we're quite sure), she was mad an orphan in early childhood by the death of her Father, a Sea Captain. At six years of age she crossed the plains with her foster parents in an emigrant train.
Married at Sacramento.
She lived in California until after her marriage to Fred Schnabel at Sacramento in 1882. Schnabel, a Railroad Engineer pioneered at Tekoa in 1888. Later the family moved to Spokane where Mrs. Schnabel entered nurses‘ training and was graduated from a sanitarium training school there when a young woman.
Mr. & Mrs. Schnabel lived in many communities of Washington and Idaho including Lewiston, Tekoa, Walla Walla, Moscow, Lacrosse and Wastucna.
Mr. Schnabel who had been injured in a series of railroad wrecks, received medical retirement in 1917, when the family moved to Lewiston. He died in 1928.
Active in Church.
Mrs. Schnabel was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church for many years and was active in church work until ill health forced her retirement in 1931.
She moved to California after her husband's death and lived with a daughter, Leslie, Mrs. Ross Nickerson at Sacramento until six years ago when she returned to Clarkston to be near her son, Philip Schnabel, of Clarkston and Lewiston.
Survivors include two daughters and two sons: Mrs. William Powell, San Francisco; Mrs. Ross Nickerson, Sacramento; Theron Schnabel, Fresno; and Philip. Six Grandchildren and nine Great-Grandchidren also survive.
Grandchildren who attended school at Lewiston or Clarkston are Philip Schnabel, Jr., Lewiston; Capt. James Schnabel, now stationed at Tokyo, and Mrs. France Rader, New Bern, N. C..
Since their Father was a Sea Captain by trade, he had to carry on his work by leaving his children with their Aunt in Brooklyn & heading back out sea. His return from sea was delayed, & since their Aunt had children of her own to care for - she found it necessary to put Ida, Eddie, & Emma in a Children's Home. See "Family Lore" by Jim Schnabel for more accurate & detailed hearsay.
Following is a quote from a letter I received from the New York Children's Aid Society in 1986 in response to my inquiry: "According to our records, Eddie, Ida, & Emma Regan came into the care of the Children's Aid Society on March 6, 1868. Eddie was age 10; Ida was age 6; & Emma was age 4. Eddie's date of birth was February 2, 1858; Ida's was May 8, 1861; & Emma's was November 8, 1863. The three children came to the Children's Aid Society from the Brooklyn Home. All three were sent West to Prairie City, Illinois where Ida went to live with the family of John Evans. Later, a woman named Mrs. Pennington was very anxious to have Ida; so Ida went to live with her. Mrs. Pennington moved to Iowa apparently taking Ida with her."
Ida is reported to have been sorely mistreated along the way, but ended up with a family in California where she happily (for us) met up with Philip Frederick Schnabel II. The rest, as they say, is history. She must have kept somewhat in touch with her brother & sister because we have a picture of them taken in later years.
When Ida was 23, she married that nice young man from Newcastle, CA at Fountain House, CA on November 17,1884.
Aunt Hazel was born to them in 1889 at Mott, CA - a once booming Siskiyou County lumber and sawmill town. It can be assumed that Fred had a railroad job there. Aunt Leslie had been born at Rocklin, CA just a few miles west of Newcastle on August 11, 1887. Within a couple of years, the family moved to Tekoa, WA where Fred was a Railroad Engineer. My Father, Phil Schnabel, was born at Tekoa on July 7, 1892 & Theron at Tekoa on Dec 7 1896.
The family lived in the Tekoa area for several years, & for short times in Washtucna & Lacrosse . They moved to Spokane sometime around 1906 (related to Fred's tragic 1902 train accident) & lived in various places for the next 10 years, Spokane, Lewiston, Portland, Klamath Falls, & Sacramento. Everybody ended up back in California during the 1920's except my Dad & his Dad who stayed in Lewiston/Clarkston.
Ida used heroic efforts to raise her family after Fred's train wreck. She operated a restaurant while at Washtucna, & a hotel-restaurant while at Lacrosse - all with the help of her children.
When Jim, Fran, & I were growing up in Lewiston & Mardy was living in California, she used to come & visit us on the train (she had passes). We were really excited waiting for her to arrive & were sad when she finally had to go. I can still remember the lonesome sound of the train whistle echoing from down river when she left. When she was with us, we had to be in our good behavior, because she was a strict Seventh Day Adventist. She made us mind.
When she was in California, she lived at Aunt Leslie's home in Sacramento. We visited there in (about) 1925 & 1930. On one trip Jim, Fran, & I rode in the back of our "laundry wagon" & on the other in our old Dodge touring car. Very memorable & enjoyable trips & visits.
In her later years, Mardy came to live at Clarkston to be near Mom & Dad. She lived in a Clarkston nursing home, & died there peacefully on April 8, 1950.
Mardy was a wonderful Grandmother. She thought the world of us - & we thought the world of her. PMS, Jr, 2/9/2007
And this:
Ida Schnabel, Pioneer, Passes
From the Lewiston Tribune - Sunday April 9, 1950
Mrs. Ida Schnabel, 88, 1888 pioneer of the Tekoa area, died yesterday morning at 10:30 at the Riverview Rest Home. Mrs. Schnabel had been an invalid since suffering a stroke 20 years ago., and had been bedfast for a year.
Born Ida Ragan (Regan), March 21, 1862 in New York City (Ireland we're quite sure), she was mad an orphan in early childhood by the death of her Father, a Sea Captain. At six years of age she crossed the plains with her foster parents in an emigrant train.
Married at Sacramento.
She lived in California until after her marriage to Fred Schnabel at Sacramento in 1882. Schnabel, a Railroad Engineer pioneered at Tekoa in 1888. Later the family moved to Spokane where Mrs. Schnabel entered nurses‘ training and was graduated from a sanitarium training school there when a young woman.
Mr. & Mrs. Schnabel lived in many communities of Washington and Idaho including Lewiston, Tekoa, Walla Walla, Moscow, Lacrosse and Wastucna.
Mr. Schnabel who had been injured in a series of railroad wrecks, received medical retirement in 1917, when the family moved to Lewiston. He died in 1928.
Active in Church.
Mrs. Schnabel was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church for many years and was active in church work until ill health forced her retirement in 1931.
She moved to California after her husband's death and lived with a daughter, Leslie, Mrs. Ross Nickerson at Sacramento until six years ago when she returned to Clarkston to be near her son, Philip Schnabel, of Clarkston and Lewiston.
Survivors include two daughters and two sons: Mrs. William Powell, San Francisco; Mrs. Ross Nickerson, Sacramento; Theron Schnabel, Fresno; and Philip. Six Grandchildren and nine Great-Grandchidren also survive.
Grandchildren who attended school at Lewiston or Clarkston are Philip Schnabel, Jr., Lewiston; Capt. James Schnabel, now stationed at Tokyo, and Mrs. France Rader, New Bern, N. C..
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