Mostly Angels in the Sky

Charles Wayland Savage¹

Family

TMG ID:101441, (25 Feb 1891 - 22 Dec 1953)

Vital Statistics

Born: Charles Wayland Savage was born on Wednesday, 25 Feb 1891, at McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 22 Dec 1953 at age 62 years, 9 months and 27 days.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 4 Jun 1921, Charles, age 30 years, 3 months and 10 days, and Harriet Verlena Cross, age 28 years and 5 months were married at King County, Washington^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 4 Jun 1921, Charles, age 30 years, 3 months and 10 days, and Harriet Verlena Cross, age 28 years and 5 months were married at King County, Washington^G.¹

Child of: Charles Wayland Savage and Harriet Verlena Cross

Maxine Eldreith Savage¹ B: 19 May 1922, D: 18 Feb 1994

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

L4QF-GXR

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4 Mar 2024

Maxine Eldreith Savage¹

Family

TMG ID:101442, (19 May 1922 - 18 Feb 1994)

Father*

Charles Wayland Savage¹ B: 25 Feb 1891, D: 22 Dec 1953

Mother*

Harriet Verlena Cross¹ B: Jan 1893, D: Feb 1975

Vital Statistics

Born: Maxine Eldreith Savage was born on Friday, 19 May 1922, at Seattle, King County, Washington^G.¹
Died on Friday, 18 Feb 1994 at Seattle, King County, Washington^G, at age 71 years, 8 months and 30 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Maxine Eldreith Savage was the daughter of: Charles Wayland Savage and Harriet Verlena Cross.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Tuesday, 24 Sep 1946, her married name became Mrs. Denham (née Savage).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Tuesday, 24 Sep 1946, Maxine, age 24 years, 4 months and 5 days, and Varnel Eugene Denham, age 27 years, 4 months and 7 days were married at Kitsap County, Washington^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 24 Sep 1946, Maxine, age 24 years, 4 months and 5 days, and Varnel Eugene Denham, age 27 years, 4 months and 7 days were married at Kitsap County, Washington^G.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

L5NV-FBB

Last Edited

4 Mar 2024

Varnel Eugene Denham¹

TMG ID:101443, (17 May 1919 - 25 Sep 1972)

Vital Statistics

Born: Varnel Eugene Denham was born on Saturday, 17 May 1919, at Oregon^G.¹
Died on Monday, 25 Sep 1972 at Seattle, King County, Washington^G, at age 53 years, 4 months and 8 days.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Tuesday, 24 Sep 1946, Varnel, age 27 years, 4 months and 7 days, and Maxine Eldreith Savage, age 24 years, 4 months and 5 days, daughter of: Charles Wayland Savage and Harriet Verlena Cross, were married at Kitsap County, Washington^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 24 Sep 1946, Varnel, age 27 years, 4 months and 7 days, and Maxine Eldreith Savage, age 24 years, 4 months and 5 days, daughter of: Charles Wayland Savage and Harriet Verlena Cross, were married at Kitsap County, Washington^G.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

9H6P-B1W

Last Edited

4 Mar 2024

Marion Estella Collins¹

TMG ID:101444, (14 May 1895 - 26 Nov 1955)

Vital Statistics

Born: Marion Estella Collins was born on Tuesday, 14 May 1895, at Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 26 Nov 1955 at Fort Steilacoom, Pierce County, Washington^G, at age 60 years, 6 months and 12 days.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Wednesday, 19 Oct 1921, her married name became Mrs. Ault (née Collins).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 19 Oct 1921, Marion, age 26 years, 5 months and 5 days, and Howard Cleveland Ault, age 30 years, 6 months and 16 days, son of: James Bratton Ault and Ruhana Justice Iler, were married at Pierce County, Washington^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 19 Oct 1921, Marion, age 26 years, 5 months and 5 days, and Howard Cleveland Ault, age 30 years, 6 months and 16 days, son of: James Bratton Ault and Ruhana Justice Iler, were married at Pierce County, Washington^G.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

LVSC-NKG

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4 Mar 2024

George Leslie Gray¹

Family

TMG ID:101445, (25 May 1895 - 24 Sep 1980)

Vital Statistics

Born: George Leslie Gray was born on Saturday, 25 May 1895, at Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 24 Sep 1980 at Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington^G, at age 85 years, 3 months and 30 days.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Tuesday, 23 May 1922, George, age 26 years, 11 months and 28 days, and Gladys Leonide Ault, age 28 years and 11 months, daughter of: James Bratton Ault and Ruhana Justice Iler, were married at Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Tuesday, 23 May 1922, George, age 26 years, 11 months and 28 days, and Gladys Leonide Ault, age 28 years and 11 months, daughter of: James Bratton Ault and Ruhana Justice Iler, were married at Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹

Children of: George Leslie Gray and Gladys Leonide Ault

Harold D. Grey¹ B: 1904
Ruie Lucille Gray+¹ B: 22 Mar 1924, D: 15 Feb 1994

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

LK6Y-DDK

Last Edited

4 Mar 2024

Harold D. Grey¹

Family

TMG ID:101446, (1904 - )

Relationship:

1st cousin 2 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

George Leslie Gray¹ B: 25 May 1895, D: 24 Sep 1980

Mother*

Gladys Leonide Ault¹ B: Jun 1893, D: 1 Dec 1991

Vital Statistics

Born: Harold D. Grey was born in 1904, at Oregon^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Harold D. Grey was the son of: George Leslie Gray and Gladys Leonide Ault.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

GXVT-9WD

Last Edited

4 Mar 2024

Ruie Lucille Gray¹

Family

TMG ID:101447, (22 Mar 1924 - 15 Feb 1994)

Relationship:

1st cousin 2 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

George Leslie Gray¹ B: 25 May 1895, D: 24 Sep 1980

Mother*

Gladys Leonide Ault¹ B: Jun 1893, D: 1 Dec 1991

Vital Statistics

Born: Ruie Lucille Gray was born on Saturday, 22 Mar 1924, at Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 15 Feb 1994 at age 69 years, 10 months and 24 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Ruie Lucille Gray was the daughter of: George Leslie Gray and Gladys Leonide Ault.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Friday, 8 Feb 1946, her married name became Mrs. Glaspell (née Gray).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Friday, 8 Feb 1946, Ruie, age 21 years, 10 months and 17 days, and Waldron William Glaspell, age 25 years, 3 months and 12 days were married at Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 8 Feb 1946, Ruie, age 21 years, 10 months and 17 days, and Waldron William Glaspell, age 25 years, 3 months and 12 days were married at Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹

Child of: Ruie Lucille Gray and Waldron William Glaspell

Danny M. Glaspell¹ B: 1948

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

GXVR-8NV

Last Edited

4 Mar 2024

Waldron William Glaspell¹

Family

TMG ID:101448, (27 Oct 1920 - 29 Sep 1985)

Vital Statistics

Born: Waldron William Glaspell was born on Wednesday, 27 Oct 1920, at Washington^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 29 Sep 1985 at Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington^G, at age 64 years, 11 months and 2 days.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Babe"¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Friday, 8 Feb 1946, Waldron, age 25 years, 3 months and 12 days, and Ruie Lucille Gray, age 21 years, 10 months and 17 days, daughter of: George Leslie Gray and Gladys Leonide Ault, were married at Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Friday, 8 Feb 1946, Waldron, age 25 years, 3 months and 12 days, and Ruie Lucille Gray, age 21 years, 10 months and 17 days, daughter of: George Leslie Gray and Gladys Leonide Ault, were married at Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹

Child of: Waldron William Glaspell and Ruie Lucille Gray

Danny M. Glaspell¹ B: 1948

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

GXVR-2WK

Last Edited

4 Mar 2024

Danny M. Glaspell¹

Family

TMG ID:101449, (1948 - )

Relationship:

2nd cousin 1 time removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Waldron William Glaspell¹ B: 27 Oct 1920, D: 29 Sep 1985

Mother*

Ruie Lucille Gray¹ B: 22 Mar 1924, D: 15 Feb 1994

Vital Statistics

Born: Danny M. Glaspell was born in 1948, at Washington^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Danny M. Glaspell was the son of: Waldron William Glaspell and Ruie Lucille Gray.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 10 Jan 1970, Danny, age 22 years, and Judy Ann Oliver, age 18 years, 2 months and 6 days were married at Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 10 Jan 1970, Danny, age 22 years, and Judy Ann Oliver, age 18 years, 2 months and 6 days were married at Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

LYPQ-KBD

Last Edited

4 Mar 2024

Judy Ann Oliver¹

TMG ID:101450, (4 Nov 1951 - 1 Apr 1999)

Vital Statistics

Born: Judy Ann Oliver was born on Sunday, 4 Nov 1951, at Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 1 Apr 1999 at Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington^G, at age 47 years, 4 months and 28 days.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Saturday, 10 Jan 1970, her married name became Mrs. Glaspell (née Oliver).¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Saturday, 10 Jan 1970, Judy, age 18 years, 2 months and 6 days, and Danny M. Glaspell, age 22 years, son of: Waldron William Glaspell and Ruie Lucille Gray, were married at Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Saturday, 10 Jan 1970, Judy, age 18 years, 2 months and 6 days, and Danny M. Glaspell, age 22 years, son of: Waldron William Glaspell and Ruie Lucille Gray, were married at Walla Walla County, Washington^G.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Person Page.

Reference

KW62-PP6

Last Edited

4 Mar 2024

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel¹

Family

TMG ID:101451, (12 Jul 1870 - 17 May 1933)

Relationship:

2nd great-grandfather of Descendant Wagner

Step-father*

Frederick A. Sieberg² B: Oct 1858

Mother*

Emma Klaffling² B: Aug 1843, D: 1903

Vital Statistics

Born: Gotthardt Bruno Oertel was born on Tuesday, 12 Jul 1870, at Fritfits, Germany^G.^3,1
Died on Wednesday, 17 May 1933 at Birch Bay, Whatcom County, Washington^G, at age 62 years, 10 months and 5 days. Details as recorded: 09:00 AM Cause of Death: myocarditis Contributory: deceased was found dead in bed. Had been ill a few days. No doctor. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Barbara Anna Muth.^4,5,6

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Born: Gotthardt Bruno Oertel was born on Monday, 12 Jul 1869, at Saxony, Germany^G.⁶
He was the son of: Frederick A. Sieberg and Emma Klaffling.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "G.B."⁷
Name-Variation: He was also known as Goodheart B.⁸
Name-Variation: He was also known as George B.⁹
Name-Variation: He was also known as Goodhart B.³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 1 May 1895, Gotthardt, age 24 years, 9 months and 19 days, and Barbara Anna Muth, age 24 years, 9 months and 23 days, daughter of: Lorenz Muth and (?) Becker, were married at Stark County, Ohio^G.^3,8

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 1 May 1895, Gotthardt, age 24 years, 9 months and 19 days, and Barbara Anna Muth, age 24 years, 9 months and 23 days, daughter of: Lorenz Muth and (?) Becker, were married at Stark County, Ohio^G.^3,8

Children of: Gotthardt Bruno Oertel and Barbara Anna Muth

Margaret Emma Oertel+³ B: 17 Jan 1895
Ernest Edward Oertel³ B: 26 Sep 1897
Louis Walter Oertel³ B: 16 Sep 1899
Ann Mary Oertel+³ B: 24 Oct 1901, D: 13 Feb 1974

Other Major Events

circa 1 Oct 1881, departed Hamburg, Germany^G, aboard vessel North Deuche Lloyd bound for New York, New York, United States of America.¹
Immigration: on Thursday, 20 Oct 1881, Gotthardt Bruno, at age 11, immigrated to New York City, New York^G, from from Hamburg, Germany aboard vessel: North Deuche Lloyd.¹
Immigration: in 1885, Gotthardt Bruno Oertel immigrated to United States of America^G from Germany.³
Immigration: circa 1907, Gotthardt Bruno and Barbara Anna (née Muth) Oertel immigrated to Washington, United States of America^G, from British Columbia, Canada
Others immigrating with them: Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel.⁷
Saturday, 13 Sep 1913, at United States District Court of Western District of Washington, Seattle, King County, Washington^G, Gotthardt Bruno Oertel (at age 43) became a naturalized United States citizen.¹
Saturday, 13 Sep 1913, at United States District Court of Western District of Washington, Seattle, King County, Washington^G, Gotthardt Bruno Oertel (at age 43) became a naturalized United States citizen
Witnessing the occasion was: Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	16 Apr 1910, 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel³
Census-1920	2 Jan 1920, Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel⁹
Census-1930	7 Apr 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Richard Ryan, Margaret Emma Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth and Louis Walter Oertel¹⁰

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

16 Apr 1910, 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel³

Census-1920

2 Jan 1920, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel⁹

Census-1930

7 Apr 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Richard Ryan, Margaret Emma Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth and Louis Walter Oertel¹⁰

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1910	Seattle, King County, Washington^G	stone cutter marble works³
circa Jan 1920	Seattle, King County, Washington^G	stone cutter builders⁹
circa 1921	Seattle, King County, Washington^G	salesman⁷
circa Apr 1930	Seattle, King County, Washington^G	marble cutter interior decorator¹⁰

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1910

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

stone cutter marble works³

circa Jan 1920

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

stone cutter builders⁹

circa 1921

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

salesman⁷

circa Apr 1930

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

marble cutter interior decorator¹⁰

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Immigration	Immigration: Gotthardt Bruno Oertel on Thursday, 17 Nov 1881, immigrated with Frederick A. Sieberg 23, and Emma (Klaffling) 38, Sieberg immigrated to New York City, New York^G, from aboard Steam Ship Victoria, from Hamburg, Germany via London, England Others Immigrating with them: Richard George Sieberg, Kearhold Oertel and Karl Oertel.²

Activity

Details

Immigration

Immigration: Gotthardt Bruno Oertel on Thursday, 17 Nov 1881, immigrated with Frederick A. Sieberg 23, and Emma (Klaffling) 38, Sieberg immigrated to New York City, New York^G, from aboard Steam Ship Victoria, from Hamburg, Germany via London, England
Others Immigrating with them: Richard George Sieberg, Kearhold Oertel and Karl Oertel.²

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 3 Jul 1899, Gotthardt Bruno (age 28) and Barbara Anna (née Muth) (age 28) Oertel lived at: Washington^G. Declared residency in Washington state since this date. Also living at this address: Margaret Emma Oertel and Ernest Edward Oertel.¹

Citations

[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington Naturalization Records, 1850-1994.
[S4373] Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, online <https://tinyurl.com/3f5bubv7>, SS Victoria, London, England to New York. Hereinafter cited as Immig. Ships Transcribers Guild.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1999. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington, World War I Veteran's Compensation Fund Application Records, 1921-1925.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Reference

L2N2-ZB2

Last Edited

7 Mar 2024

Barbara Anna Muth^1,2,3

Family

TMG ID:101452, (8 Jul 1870 - 23 Feb 1945)

Relationship:

2nd great-grandmother of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Lorenz Muth⁴ B: 9 Oct 1838, D: 20 Mar 1915

Mother*

(?) Becker⁴

Vital Statistics

Born: Barbara Anna Muth was born on Friday, 8 Jul 1870, at Massilon, Stark County, Ohio^G. Birth details: Death Certificate indicates birth was in Germany.^1,2
Died on Friday, 23 Feb 1945 at Jacobsen Rest Home, 1605 16^th Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G, at age 74 years, 7 months and 15 days. Details as recorded: 09:45 PM Cause of Death: uremia for 3 days Due to: chronic nephritis for 5 years Due to: arteriosclerosis and arthritis deformans for years. The informant on the Death Certificate was: Richard Ryan.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Barbara Anna Muth was the daughter of: Lorenz Muth and (?) Becker.⁴

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Wednesday, 1 May 1895, her married name became Mrs. Oertel (née Muth).^1,3

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 1 May 1895, Barbara, age 24 years, 9 months and 23 days, and Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, age 24 years, 9 months and 19 days, son of: Frederick A. Sieberg and Emma Klaffling, were married at Stark County, Ohio^G.^1,3

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 1 May 1895, Barbara, age 24 years, 9 months and 23 days, and Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, age 24 years, 9 months and 19 days, son of: Frederick A. Sieberg and Emma Klaffling, were married at Stark County, Ohio^G.^1,3

Children of: Barbara Anna Muth and Gotthardt Bruno Oertel

Margaret Emma Oertel+¹ B: 17 Jan 1895
Ernest Edward Oertel¹ B: 26 Sep 1897
Louis Walter Oertel¹ B: 16 Sep 1899
Ann Mary Oertel+¹ B: 24 Oct 1901, D: 13 Feb 1974

Other Major Events

Immigration: circa 1907, Gotthardt Bruno and Barbara Anna (née Muth) Oertel immigrated to Washington, United States of America^G, from British Columbia, Canada
Others immigrating with them: Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel.⁵

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	16 Apr 1910, 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel¹
Census-1920	2 Jan 1920, Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel⁶
Census-1930	7 Apr 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Richard Ryan, Margaret Emma Oertel, Gotthardt Bruno Oertel and Louis Walter Oertel⁷
Census-1940	10 Apr 1940, Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Richard Ryan and Margaret Emma Oertel⁸

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

16 Apr 1910, 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel¹

Census-1920

2 Jan 1920, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel⁶

Census-1930

7 Apr 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Richard Ryan, Margaret Emma Oertel, Gotthardt Bruno Oertel and Louis Walter Oertel⁷

Census-1940

10 Apr 1940, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Richard Ryan and Margaret Emma Oertel⁸

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Death	Wednesday, 17 May 1933, Barbara Anna Muth was the informant on the death certtificate for Gotthardt Bruno Oertel.^8,9,2

Activity

Details

Death

Wednesday, 17 May 1933, Barbara Anna Muth was the informant on the death certtificate for Gotthardt Bruno Oertel.^8,9,2

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 3 Jul 1899, Gotthardt Bruno (age 28) and Barbara Anna (née Muth) (age 28) Oertel lived at: Washington^G. Declared residency in Washington state since this date. Also living at this address: Margaret Emma Oertel and Ernest Edward Oertel.¹⁰

Citations

[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1999. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016.
[S4176] MyHeritage: Genealogy and Family History Website, online <https://tinyurl.com/3xx6y94j>, Wilkening Web Site: Family tree. Hereinafter cited as MyHeritage.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington, World War I Veteran's Compensation Fund Application Records, 1921-1925.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington Naturalization Records, 1850-1994.

Reference

L2N2-8MH

Last Edited

6 Mar 2024

Margaret Emma Oertel^1,2

Family

TMG ID:101453, (17 Jan 1895 - )

Relationship:

Great-grandaunt of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel¹ B: 12 Jul 1870, D: 17 May 1933

Mother*

Barbara Anna Muth¹ B: 8 Jul 1870, D: 23 Feb 1945

Vital Statistics

Born: Margaret Emma Oertel was born on Thursday, 17 Jan 1895, at Massilon, Stark County, Ohio^G.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Margaret Emma Oertel was the daughter of: Gotthardt Bruno Oertel and Barbara Anna Muth.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: circa 1928, her married name became Mrs. Ryan (née Oertel).³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1928, Margaret and Richard Ryan were married.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1928, Margaret and Richard Ryan were married.³

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	16 Apr 1910, 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel¹
Census-1920	2 Jan 1920, Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel⁴
Census-1930	7 Apr 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Richard Ryan, Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth and Louis Walter Oertel⁵
Census-1940	10 Apr 1940, Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Richard Ryan and Barbara Anna Muth³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

16 Apr 1910, 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel¹

Census-1920

2 Jan 1920, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth, Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel⁴

Census-1930

7 Apr 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Richard Ryan, Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth and Louis Walter Oertel⁵

Census-1940

10 Apr 1940, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Richard Ryan and Barbara Anna Muth³

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jan 1920	Seattle, King County, Washington^G	music teacher home⁴

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jan 1920

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

music teacher home⁴

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Immigration	Immigration: Margaret Emma Oertel circa 1907, immigrated with immigrated to Washington, United States of America^G, from British Columbia, Canada Others Immigrating with them: Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel.⁶

Activity

Details

Immigration

Immigration: Margaret Emma Oertel circa 1907, immigrated with immigrated to Washington, United States of America^G, from British Columbia, Canada
Others Immigrating with them: Ernest Edward Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel.⁶

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 3 Jul 1899, Margaret Emma Oertel was living with Gotthardt Bruno and Barbara Anna (née Muth) Oertel, at Washington^G. Declared residency in Washington state since this date Also living at this address: Ernest Edward Oertel.²

Citations

[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington Naturalization Records, 1850-1994.
[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington, World War I Veteran's Compensation Fund Application Records, 1921-1925.

Last Edited

6 Mar 2024

Ernest Edward Oertel^1,2,3

Family

TMG ID:101454, (26 Sep 1897 - )

Relationship:

Great-granduncle of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel¹ B: 12 Jul 1870, D: 17 May 1933

Mother*

Barbara Anna Muth¹ B: 8 Jul 1870, D: 23 Feb 1945

Vital Statistics

Born: Ernest Edward Oertel was born on Sunday, 26 Sep 1897, at Massilon, Stark County, Ohio^G.^1,2,3

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Ernest Edward Oertel was the son of: Gotthardt Bruno Oertel and Barbara Anna Muth.¹

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	16 Apr 1910, 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel¹
Census-1920	2 Jan 1920, Seattle, King County, Washington^G	Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

16 Apr 1910, 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel¹

Census-1920

2 Jan 1920, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel⁴

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity	Details
Immigration	Immigration: Ernest Edward Oertel circa 1907, immigrated with immigrated to Washington, United States of America^G, from British Columbia, Canada Others Immigrating with them: Margaret Emma Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel.⁵

Activity

Details

Immigration

Immigration: Ernest Edward Oertel circa 1907, immigrated with immigrated to Washington, United States of America^G, from British Columbia, Canada
Others Immigrating with them: Margaret Emma Oertel, Louis Walter Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel.⁵

Known Address(es)

Address: on Monday, 3 Jul 1899, Ernest Edward Oertel was living with Gotthardt Bruno and Barbara Anna (née Muth) Oertel, at Washington^G. Declared residency in Washington state since this date Also living at this address: Margaret Emma Oertel.³

Citations

[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington Naturalization Records, 1850-1994.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington, World War I Veteran's Compensation Fund Application Records, 1921-1925.

Last Edited

6 Mar 2024

Louis Walter Oertel^1,2,3,4

Family

TMG ID:101455, (16 Sep 1899 - )

Relationship:

Great-granduncle of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel⁵ B: 12 Jul 1870, D: 17 May 1933

Mother*

Barbara Anna Muth⁵ B: 8 Jul 1870, D: 23 Feb 1945

Vital Statistics

Born: Louis Walter Oertel was born on Saturday, 16 Sep 1899, at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada^G.^5,2,4

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Louis Walter Oertel was the son of: Gotthardt Bruno Oertel and Barbara Anna Muth.⁵

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Lewis W.⁵

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Louis and Mabel T. (?) were married.³

Other Major Events

Military: on Saturday, 2 Nov 1918, at Fort Worden, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington^G, Louis at age 19, began military service, inducted as Musician 3^rd class, 30^th Band, Coast Artillery Corps.²

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

16 Apr 1910, 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel⁵

Census-1920

2 Jan 1920, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth, Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel¹

Census-1930

7 Apr 1930, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Richard Ryan, Margaret Emma Oertel, Gotthardt Bruno Oertel and Barbara Anna Muth⁶

Census-1950

5 Apr 1950, 3416 Blakeley Ave NE, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Mabel T. (?)³

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jan 1920

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

salesman dry goods¹

circa Apr 1930

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

musician orchestral⁶

circa Apr 1950

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

plaster patternmaker naval air station³

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity

Details

Immigration

Immigration: Louis Walter Oertel circa 1907, immigrated with immigrated to Washington, United States of America^G, from British Columbia, Canada
Others Immigrating with them: Margaret Emma Oertel, Ernest Edward Oertel and Ann Mary Oertel.²

Known Address(es)

Address: circa Nov 1918, Louis Walter Oertel lived at: 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G.²

Citations

[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington, World War I Veteran's Compensation Fund Application Records, 1921-1925.
[S3506] 3 Apr 1950, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, N/A Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Washington Naturalization Records, 1850-1994.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.

Last Edited

6 Mar 2024

Richard Ryan¹

TMG ID:101456, (c 1880 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Richard Ryan was born circa 1880, at Ohio^G.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1928, Richard and Margaret Emma Oertel, daughter of: Gotthardt Bruno Oertel and Barbara Anna Muth, were married.¹

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1930

7 Apr 1930, 4532 Sunnyside Ave., Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Margaret Emma Oertel, Gotthardt Bruno Oertel, Barbara Anna Muth and Louis Walter Oertel²

Census-1940

10 Apr 1940, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Margaret Emma Oertel and Barbara Anna Muth¹

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1930

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

letter carrier U.S. Postal Service²

circa Apr 1940

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

post man government¹

Witnessed Events & Occasions

Activity

Details

Death

Friday, 23 Feb 1945, Richard Ryan was the informant on the death certtificate for Barbara Anna Muth.³

Citations

[S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S951] Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, online <http://tinyurl.com/5lj7u>, Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1999. Hereinafter cited as WA Digital Archives.

Last Edited

5 Mar 2024

Mabel T. (?)¹

TMG ID:101459, (c 1907 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Mabel T. (?) was born circa 1907, at Washington^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Oertel.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Mabel and Louis Walter Oertel, son of: Gotthardt Bruno Oertel and Barbara Anna Muth, were married.¹

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1950

5 Apr 1950, 3416 Blakeley Ave NE, Seattle, King County, Washington^G

Louis Walter Oertel¹

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1950

Seattle, King County, Washington^G

accountant accounting company¹

Citations

[S3506] 3 Apr 1950, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, N/A Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.

Last Edited

6 Mar 2024

Emma Klaffling^1,2

Family

TMG ID:101460, (Aug 1843 - 1903)

Relationship:

3rd great-grandmother of Descendant Wagner

Vital Statistics

Born: Emma Klaffling was born in Aug 1843, at Germany^G.³
Died in 1903 at age 59 years.⁴
Interred in 1903 at Grandview Cemetery, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio^G.⁴

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Born: Emma Klaffling was born circa 1851, at Germany^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Klaeffling⁵
Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Sieberg (née Klaffling).^1,2

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Emma and Frederick A. Sieberg, son of: Wilhelm Sieberg and Regina Richstein, were married at Germany^G.¹

Children of: Emma Klaffling and Frederick A. Sieberg

Kearhold Oertel¹ B: c 1868
Gotthardt Bruno Oertel+¹ B: 12 Jul 1870, D: 17 May 1933
Karl Oertel¹ B: c 1876
Richard George Sieberg¹ B: 6 Nov 1880, D: 4 Aug 1961
Regina C. Sieberg³ B: 6 Sep 1882, D: 14 Jan 1970
Rosa R. Sieberg³ B: Feb 1892

Memorable Moments & Stories

Anecdote: Emma Klaffling Emma had married a man by the surname of Oertel. She probably married in Germany by at least 1867 and had three known sons. Her husband's name and fate are unknown.

At some time between about 1876 and 1880, Emma married a much younger man, Frederick A. Sieberg. She gave birth to two more sons and a daughter. In the 1900 census she declared that she was widowed.

In the 1910 census, Fred Sieberg appears married to.

Other Major Events

Immigration: on Thursday, 17 Nov 1881, Frederick A. at age 23, and Emma (née Klaffling) at age 38 , Sieberg immigrated to New York City, New York^G, aboard Steam Ship Victoria, from Hamburg, Germany via London, England
Others immigrating with them: Richard George Sieberg, Kearhold Oertel, Gotthardt Bruno Oertel and Karl Oertel.¹

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1900

10 Jun 1900, Chester Street, Perry Twp., Stark County, Ohio^G, Emma is listed as widowed, however, Fred Sieberg shows up on the 1910 census married to Lena Sturgis for five years

Richard George Sieberg, Regina C. Sieberg and Rosa R. Sieberg³

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1900

Perry Twp., Stark County, Ohio^G

land lady³

Citations

[S4373] Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, online <https://tinyurl.com/3f5bubv7>, SS Victoria, London, England to New York. Hereinafter cited as Immig. Ships Transcribers Guild.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016.
[S117] 1 Jun 1900, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y8l8gl3a Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/ycndba9a, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007.

Last Edited

7 Mar 2024

All additions, modifications, suggestions and comments are welcome.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
— Will Rogers
A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
— Will Rogers
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
— Will Rogers
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
— Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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