Clara was the mother of my paternal grandmother: Bernice Vivian Elva (Boelter) Cannon. I made this memorial to hook my grandmother up with her parents.
I do not know much about Clara. Grandma said that their home in Berkeley had a century tree.
Clara's husband, John Julius Boelter, died in Berkeley 20 years earlier (1938). Her 15 year old teenaged daughter, Elvira Carolina Justina Boelter, also died in Berkeley back in 1915.
Here is some census info about her and her family:
Here they are in the various census records:
John and Clara had five children:
1) Llewellyn Michael Kraus Boelter
b. 07-Aug-1898 in
Winona, Winona, Minn, USA
d. 27-July-1966 in
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Llewellyn was a genius who is listed in Who's Who for his part in the mechanical engineering design portion of the Manhattan project. He was also a very distinguished Dean of the school of Engineering at UCLA. UCLA has an engineering building named after him.
2) Elvira Carolina Justina Boelter
b. 20-May-1900 in
Preston, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA
d. 14-Mar-1915 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
Elvira was grandma's sister who died when she was just a teenager. Grandma always claimed that Elvira had prayed for her when she very was sick and asked to take her place. Elvira ended up dying. Grandma always felt that Elvira had taken her place. Grandma claimed that the spirit of Elvira was with her at various times throughout her life.
3) Evelyn Eona Violette (Boelter) Watson
b. 06-January-1906 in
Minnesota, USA
d. 20-October-2000 in
Marin County, California, USA
She was a very savvy investor especially in real estate.
4) Bernice Vivian Elva (Boelter) Cannon
(She is my grandmother.)
5) >Muriel Daphne Diana (Boelter) Klima
b. 06-Feb-1915 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
d. 18-Aug-1975 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
She died August 15, 1975 in Oakland of cerebrovascular accident, aged 60. Graduate of the University of California Medical School, Berkeley-San Francisco, 1945. Licensed in
California in 1945. Dr. Boelter was a member of the Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association.
Note: I found a Mormon record on Murial:
Clara's parents:
Heinrich Gottlob Kraus
b. 19-May-1839 in
Nürtingen, Esslingen,
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
d. 23-Feb-1927 in
Delano, Wright, Minnesota, USA
Carolina Johanna (Golisch) Kraus
b. 06-Oct-1839 in
Plago, Prussia (Germany)
d. 02-Sep-1911 in
Hutchinson, McLeod, Minnesota, USA
NOTE: I wanted to add that I have a xerox copy of a photo of Friedrich Golisoh as well as his boat ticket from Hamburg, Germany to America. Friedrich came to America late in life to join his children. His wife (their mother) had already died around 1870.
Note, Friedrich was the son of Johann Evangel Von Halicz and a woman with the surname Sann. Note that "Halicz" is the Slavic name for the area known as Galicia. Galicia was a principality in eastern Europe. (Most of it is now part of western Ukraine. (Do not confuse Galicia with an area by the same name in Spain.) Thus "Von Halicz" literally translates "from Galicia".
The story that grandma always told me (I cannot verify it.) was that Johann Evangel was something like a prince living in Galicia near the Dniester River. Catherine the Great supposedly took over the area, and his family was killed. He managed to escape on his horse along with just his blacksmith. He ended up settling in Plago, Prussia (Germany). I believe this area is now part of modern day Poland. Since his son (Friedrich) was born in 1802, I'm guessing that Johann Evangel was most likely born before 1780. Again, I have not been able to verify these details. Poland (which included Galicia) weakened during the 18th century, so the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire did take land away from Poland. From what I read, however, Galicia went to the Austro-Hungarian Empire -- not Russia. So while I want to share this story. I want to emphasize that I do not have the information to call all what I wrote the absolute facts.)
I do not know much about Clara. Grandma said that their home in Berkeley had a century tree.
Clara's husband, John Julius Boelter, died in Berkeley 20 years earlier (1938). Her 15 year old teenaged daughter, Elvira Carolina Justina Boelter, also died in Berkeley back in 1915.
Here is some census info about her and her family:
Here they are in the various census records:
John and Clara had five children:
1) Llewellyn Michael Kraus Boelter
b. 07-Aug-1898 in
Winona, Winona, Minn, USA
d. 27-July-1966 in
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Llewellyn was a genius who is listed in Who's Who for his part in the mechanical engineering design portion of the Manhattan project. He was also a very distinguished Dean of the school of Engineering at UCLA. UCLA has an engineering building named after him.
2) Elvira Carolina Justina Boelter
b. 20-May-1900 in
Preston, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA
d. 14-Mar-1915 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
Elvira was grandma's sister who died when she was just a teenager. Grandma always claimed that Elvira had prayed for her when she very was sick and asked to take her place. Elvira ended up dying. Grandma always felt that Elvira had taken her place. Grandma claimed that the spirit of Elvira was with her at various times throughout her life.
3) Evelyn Eona Violette (Boelter) Watson
b. 06-January-1906 in
Minnesota, USA
d. 20-October-2000 in
Marin County, California, USA
She was a very savvy investor especially in real estate.
4) Bernice Vivian Elva (Boelter) Cannon
(She is my grandmother.)
5) >Muriel Daphne Diana (Boelter) Klima
b. 06-Feb-1915 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
d. 18-Aug-1975 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
She died August 15, 1975 in Oakland of cerebrovascular accident, aged 60. Graduate of the University of California Medical School, Berkeley-San Francisco, 1945. Licensed in
California in 1945. Dr. Boelter was a member of the Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association.
Note: I found a Mormon record on Murial:
Clara's parents:
Heinrich Gottlob Kraus
b. 19-May-1839 in
Nürtingen, Esslingen,
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
d. 23-Feb-1927 in
Delano, Wright, Minnesota, USA
Carolina Johanna (Golisch) Kraus
b. 06-Oct-1839 in
Plago, Prussia (Germany)
d. 02-Sep-1911 in
Hutchinson, McLeod, Minnesota, USA
NOTE: I wanted to add that I have a xerox copy of a photo of Friedrich Golisoh as well as his boat ticket from Hamburg, Germany to America. Friedrich came to America late in life to join his children. His wife (their mother) had already died around 1870.
Note, Friedrich was the son of Johann Evangel Von Halicz and a woman with the surname Sann. Note that "Halicz" is the Slavic name for the area known as Galicia. Galicia was a principality in eastern Europe. (Most of it is now part of western Ukraine. (Do not confuse Galicia with an area by the same name in Spain.) Thus "Von Halicz" literally translates "from Galicia".
The story that grandma always told me (I cannot verify it.) was that Johann Evangel was something like a prince living in Galicia near the Dniester River. Catherine the Great supposedly took over the area, and his family was killed. He managed to escape on his horse along with just his blacksmith. He ended up settling in Plago, Prussia (Germany). I believe this area is now part of modern day Poland. Since his son (Friedrich) was born in 1802, I'm guessing that Johann Evangel was most likely born before 1780. Again, I have not been able to verify these details. Poland (which included Galicia) weakened during the 18th century, so the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire did take land away from Poland. From what I read, however, Galicia went to the Austro-Hungarian Empire -- not Russia. So while I want to share this story. I want to emphasize that I do not have the information to call all what I wrote the absolute facts.)
Clara was the mother of my paternal grandmother: Bernice Vivian Elva (Boelter) Cannon. I made this memorial to hook my grandmother up with her parents.
I do not know much about Clara. Grandma said that their home in Berkeley had a century tree.
Clara's husband, John Julius Boelter, died in Berkeley 20 years earlier (1938). Her 15 year old teenaged daughter, Elvira Carolina Justina Boelter, also died in Berkeley back in 1915.
Here is some census info about her and her family:
Here they are in the various census records:
John and Clara had five children:
1) Llewellyn Michael Kraus Boelter
b. 07-Aug-1898 in
Winona, Winona, Minn, USA
d. 27-July-1966 in
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Llewellyn was a genius who is listed in Who's Who for his part in the mechanical engineering design portion of the Manhattan project. He was also a very distinguished Dean of the school of Engineering at UCLA. UCLA has an engineering building named after him.
2) Elvira Carolina Justina Boelter
b. 20-May-1900 in
Preston, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA
d. 14-Mar-1915 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
Elvira was grandma's sister who died when she was just a teenager. Grandma always claimed that Elvira had prayed for her when she very was sick and asked to take her place. Elvira ended up dying. Grandma always felt that Elvira had taken her place. Grandma claimed that the spirit of Elvira was with her at various times throughout her life.
3) Evelyn Eona Violette (Boelter) Watson
b. 06-January-1906 in
Minnesota, USA
d. 20-October-2000 in
Marin County, California, USA
She was a very savvy investor especially in real estate.
4) Bernice Vivian Elva (Boelter) Cannon
(She is my grandmother.)
5) >Muriel Daphne Diana (Boelter) Klima
b. 06-Feb-1915 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
d. 18-Aug-1975 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
She died August 15, 1975 in Oakland of cerebrovascular accident, aged 60. Graduate of the University of California Medical School, Berkeley-San Francisco, 1945. Licensed in
California in 1945. Dr. Boelter was a member of the Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association.
Note: I found a Mormon record on Murial:
Clara's parents:
Heinrich Gottlob Kraus
b. 19-May-1839 in
Nürtingen, Esslingen,
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
d. 23-Feb-1927 in
Delano, Wright, Minnesota, USA
Carolina Johanna (Golisch) Kraus
b. 06-Oct-1839 in
Plago, Prussia (Germany)
d. 02-Sep-1911 in
Hutchinson, McLeod, Minnesota, USA
NOTE: I wanted to add that I have a xerox copy of a photo of Friedrich Golisoh as well as his boat ticket from Hamburg, Germany to America. Friedrich came to America late in life to join his children. His wife (their mother) had already died around 1870.
Note, Friedrich was the son of Johann Evangel Von Halicz and a woman with the surname Sann. Note that "Halicz" is the Slavic name for the area known as Galicia. Galicia was a principality in eastern Europe. (Most of it is now part of western Ukraine. (Do not confuse Galicia with an area by the same name in Spain.) Thus "Von Halicz" literally translates "from Galicia".
The story that grandma always told me (I cannot verify it.) was that Johann Evangel was something like a prince living in Galicia near the Dniester River. Catherine the Great supposedly took over the area, and his family was killed. He managed to escape on his horse along with just his blacksmith. He ended up settling in Plago, Prussia (Germany). I believe this area is now part of modern day Poland. Since his son (Friedrich) was born in 1802, I'm guessing that Johann Evangel was most likely born before 1780. Again, I have not been able to verify these details. Poland (which included Galicia) weakened during the 18th century, so the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire did take land away from Poland. From what I read, however, Galicia went to the Austro-Hungarian Empire -- not Russia. So while I want to share this story. I want to emphasize that I do not have the information to call all what I wrote the absolute facts.)
I do not know much about Clara. Grandma said that their home in Berkeley had a century tree.
Clara's husband, John Julius Boelter, died in Berkeley 20 years earlier (1938). Her 15 year old teenaged daughter, Elvira Carolina Justina Boelter, also died in Berkeley back in 1915.
Here is some census info about her and her family:
Here they are in the various census records:
John and Clara had five children:
1) Llewellyn Michael Kraus Boelter
b. 07-Aug-1898 in
Winona, Winona, Minn, USA
d. 27-July-1966 in
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Llewellyn was a genius who is listed in Who's Who for his part in the mechanical engineering design portion of the Manhattan project. He was also a very distinguished Dean of the school of Engineering at UCLA. UCLA has an engineering building named after him.
2) Elvira Carolina Justina Boelter
b. 20-May-1900 in
Preston, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA
d. 14-Mar-1915 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
Elvira was grandma's sister who died when she was just a teenager. Grandma always claimed that Elvira had prayed for her when she very was sick and asked to take her place. Elvira ended up dying. Grandma always felt that Elvira had taken her place. Grandma claimed that the spirit of Elvira was with her at various times throughout her life.
3) Evelyn Eona Violette (Boelter) Watson
b. 06-January-1906 in
Minnesota, USA
d. 20-October-2000 in
Marin County, California, USA
She was a very savvy investor especially in real estate.
4) Bernice Vivian Elva (Boelter) Cannon
(She is my grandmother.)
5) >Muriel Daphne Diana (Boelter) Klima
b. 06-Feb-1915 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
d. 18-Aug-1975 in
Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
She died August 15, 1975 in Oakland of cerebrovascular accident, aged 60. Graduate of the University of California Medical School, Berkeley-San Francisco, 1945. Licensed in
California in 1945. Dr. Boelter was a member of the Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association.
Note: I found a Mormon record on Murial:
Clara's parents:
Heinrich Gottlob Kraus
b. 19-May-1839 in
Nürtingen, Esslingen,
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
d. 23-Feb-1927 in
Delano, Wright, Minnesota, USA
Carolina Johanna (Golisch) Kraus
b. 06-Oct-1839 in
Plago, Prussia (Germany)
d. 02-Sep-1911 in
Hutchinson, McLeod, Minnesota, USA
NOTE: I wanted to add that I have a xerox copy of a photo of Friedrich Golisoh as well as his boat ticket from Hamburg, Germany to America. Friedrich came to America late in life to join his children. His wife (their mother) had already died around 1870.
Note, Friedrich was the son of Johann Evangel Von Halicz and a woman with the surname Sann. Note that "Halicz" is the Slavic name for the area known as Galicia. Galicia was a principality in eastern Europe. (Most of it is now part of western Ukraine. (Do not confuse Galicia with an area by the same name in Spain.) Thus "Von Halicz" literally translates "from Galicia".
The story that grandma always told me (I cannot verify it.) was that Johann Evangel was something like a prince living in Galicia near the Dniester River. Catherine the Great supposedly took over the area, and his family was killed. He managed to escape on his horse along with just his blacksmith. He ended up settling in Plago, Prussia (Germany). I believe this area is now part of modern day Poland. Since his son (Friedrich) was born in 1802, I'm guessing that Johann Evangel was most likely born before 1780. Again, I have not been able to verify these details. Poland (which included Galicia) weakened during the 18th century, so the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire did take land away from Poland. From what I read, however, Galicia went to the Austro-Hungarian Empire -- not Russia. So while I want to share this story. I want to emphasize that I do not have the information to call all what I wrote the absolute facts.)
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