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Arline Mehner
Pop-up Pedigree Note*: Arline attended Washington State University and was a member of Phi KappaPhi and Omicron Nin Honoraries and Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Because of her families interest in Ice Are Arenas, it was logical thatArline would become an Olympic class ice skater! She owned 'Total Image'(a make-up and fashion consulting business) in Atlanta, GA. and Phoenix,AZ. She had bipolar disease and died as a result of suicide in about 1998. Parents:
Carl Heinrich Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: 10 April 1780, Grossolbersdorf, Chemnitz, Saxonyt, Germany Parents:
Carol Lucille Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: She was a student at the University of Washington in 1940. She was 20years old when her father died; her siblings lost track of her for a time. Parents:
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Charlotte Isabell Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: 1913, Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, U.S.A. Parents:
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Christian Gottlieb Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: According to a letter to John and Nancy Ruhlman of Mount Vernon, WA,dated Dec. 22, 1998 from Martin Schreiter, the son of the Burgermeisterof Burkhardstdorf: 'Christian Gottleib Mehner was born Jan 20, 1817 at 10:00 in theevening. He was the 7th child of Karl Gottleib Mehner and ChristaneKaroline Mehner, her birth name was Hahnel (Haehnel). in Burkhardtsdorf.' (Haehnel is a large and well-documented family in the Erzgebirge--JJR) 'Christian Gottleib Mehner got married to Kristiane Whilhelmine Arnoldon July 8, 1838 in 'The Church' (St. Michael's Evangelical Church-(Lutheran) Burkhardtsdorf, Saxony, Germany.' 'He died Dec. 8, 1876, at 2:30 in the morning and his funeral was Dec.ll, 1876 in Burkhardtsdorf.'--Martin Schreiter Interestingly, his son, Karl Ernst Mehner, left for America four yearslater in 1880 with his family at age 35; perhaps he had waited until hisfather died to make the move; perhaps the long Franco-Prussian wars madethem want to leave. We should comment here, that according to Robert David Mehner, (NancyMehner Ruhlman's father), the parents of Christian Gottlieb Mehner were'Ehregott and Johanna Mehner', but Martin Schreiter's letter documentsthat they were 'Karl and Christane'. (Because of the documentation, wethink Martin Schreiter is right--JJR) Parents:
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Chruistine Friederike Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: According to Michael Stubbe's letter of June 7, 1999, ChristineFriederike Mehner was born in Burkhardtsdorf, Jan 19, 1815. She wasbaptized in the Evangelical (Lutheran) church in Burkhardtsdorf on Jan21, 1815. She married Carl Friedrich Nebel in Burkhardtsdorf, Jan 24,1841 and died Aug 18, 1856 in Gornsdorf (her husband's home town). Christine was the daughter of Karl Gottlieb Mehner and ChristianeCaroline Hanel. According to Stubbe, Carl Gottlieb Mehner was a'Auszugshauslers und Maurers' translated 'to move out of houses and abricklayer'. At least one of their sons was Carl Louis Nebel who was born in GornsdorfJune 26, 1841. He was baptized in the Evangelical Church (Lutheran) atGornsdorf on June 29, 1841. He married Johanna Wilhelmine HenrietteLepping on Nov 26, 1871 in the Catholic Church at Dortmund. --data from a letterfrom Michael Stubbe, June 7, 1999 Parents:
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Gertrude Eva Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: Gertrude Eva Mehner is in the 1923 yearbook for Union (Bremerton) HighSchool. She was a Registered Nurse with a degree from the University ofWashington. She practiced nursing in NY State. She was living inConnecticut when her father Paul Ernest Mehner died in 1940. She nevermarried, and died in Seattle in 1960. Parents:
Herman J. Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: We first knew about Herman J. Mehner because Paul Ernest Mehner (b 1910,d. 1983) sent us a family tree that lists Herman in 1973 We later learned a clue from what his brother Paul E. Mehner said in a1935 Application For Presidential Postmaster that 'from 1891 to 1901because of his father's health (Paul) bought a small farm in Tracyton(near Bremerton, WA) and worked this with his brothers' (notice theplural brothers--that must have included Albert and Herman) We notice that he is Not included in the will written by his parents KarlErnst Mehner and Therisa Otto just before they left for their trip toGermany in 1910. We know that Herman was alive in 1910 in (about age 35?) when his motherand father took a trip to Saxony, Germany (his mother passed away at age61, June 14, 1910 in Riesa, Saxony, Germany while visiting her brother,there) and Herman J. is mentioned as one of the three surviving sons inher newspaper obituary (Bremerton Sun?). His other brothers were CarlErnest Mehner and Albert Hugo Mehner. The big breakthrough came when Paul Dewar of Bremerton told us in Oct.,2000 that he found Herman listed in the Death Records for WashingtonState: 'died at age 73 in Pierce Co., WA on Sept 16, 1945.' When we received his death certificate from the State Department ofHealth, everything fit together!: Herman spent his last 40 years in thesate mental hospital (Western State Hospital, Steilacoom, WA). He diedSeptember 16, 1945 at the hospital He is listed as: Male, White, Single,age 73. (this would make his date of birth in 1873.) His birthplace islisted as Germany (Burkhardsdorf, Saxony, we would assume where hisbrother Karl Ernst was born.) His occupation, like his brother was'tailoring'. His city of residence was Bremerton. His medical record is fascinating: 'immediate cause of death, cerebral hemorrhage- - one month due to Paralysis Angitans -- ten years due to Dementia Praecox -- 40 years' So, it appears that he suffered severe mental illness as early as 1906. It appears that there was a mistake in the listing of his father, 'PaulMehner' is listed, but Paul would have been his brother! His realfather's birth name was Karl Ernst Mehner seemed to give his name inseveral different ways! -- (see 'More' notes about Karl Ernst Mehner) --the funeral home at the time of his death listed him as 'Ernest PaulMehner!' It is sad that in the 20th century mental illness was such a socialstigma. At our Mehner family reunion in Aug. 2000 no one had ever heardof Herman, the brother of 'The Professor' (Albert Hugo and 'The Mayor'(Paul Ernest). With the help of several in our family, we have traceddown the story of Herman Mehner who was largely alone in the WesternState Hospital in Steilacoom for 40 years! Welcome to our family tree,Herman! -- John and Nancy (Mehner) Ruhlman, November 2000 Parents:
Johann Gottieb Mehner Note*: We understand (still to be researched) that 'Mehner' in German means'tailor' Johann Gottlieb Mehner was 'a farmer in another village' (other thanBurkhardtsdorf, Saxony, Germany.) His son Karl Gottlieb Mehner came toBurkhardtsdorf and married Christiane Karoline Haenel Nov 11, 1804 inBurkhardtsdorf. -- From the church records (AtBurkhardtsdorf?), translated by Martin Schreiter, son of theBurgermeister of Burkhardtsdorf, Feb 27, 1999 We love what Dr. Ingo Mehner of Ennepetal-Milspe wrote us January 13,1999: 'All the Mehners were very busy in making descendants, especially informer times!' Family:
John 'Jack' Warren Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: Jack was an early investor in the stock market. He was vert well to do.He never married and lived with one of his siblings. He suffered from paranoia and alcoholism. \ He committed suicide in Alaska while living with Denny Mehner. Parents:
Karl Ernst Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Burial*: Seattle, King County, Washington, U.S.A. Parents:
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Karl Gottlieb Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: We understand from another Mehner family study that the earlier spellingof the name was Mehnert. From John and Nancy (Mehner) Ruhlman's trip to Saxony in 1998, we learnedthat most of the modern German Mehners trace their ancestry to the silverminers of the Erz mountains (Erzgebirge) of Saxony. In 1168 there was a great silver discovery in Freiberg. The news drewpeople from Zwickau (50 miles to the southwest) and other distantmargrave lands. The Berggeschrei or 'call of the mountains' was followedby many families from Franconia (250 miles to the west in the Rhine rivervalley). By 1470 there was a larger silver deposit discovered in Schneeberg. By1500 there were about 8,000 people living in Schneeberg. The new churchdedicated to the mining patron, St. Wolfgang was completed in 1540. In1478 there were 167 silver quarries being worked around the city! The Wettin lands of the dynasties of Albrecht and Ernst were consideredthe wealthiest in the empire around 1500. In Annaberg, the greatAnnenkirche was built in 1499 and dedicated to the veneration of St.Anna, the patron saint of mining. Dr. Ingo Mehner said that the famous statue of the silver miner inBrand-Erbisdorf was that of Karl Heinrich Mehner (1885-1933) the last andbeloved silver miner there. He also said that the statue looks amazinglylike the photo of our Albert Hugo Mehner that we mailed him! ---from aletter dated Jan 13, 1999. By the close of the 16th Century, the silver ran out and the area began along, slow decline! Between the 17th and 19th centuries, the land wasnot suitable for farming and there was little income for the largepopulation of the Erzgebirge. One trade that led to prosperity was theproduction of wood products and toys in Olbernhau and Seiffen, wherethere is the well known toy museum exhibiting all manner of nutcrackers.Another means of earning a living was the production of stockings as isseen in the 'Strumpfdorfern' or 'stocking -producing' villages aroundThalheim... .--Saxony and It's History by Klaus Kratzsch,Leipzig, 1990 (Interestingly enough, the main industry in Burkhardsdorf was stockingproducing! Michael Stubbe (a Nebel family historian) told us in a letterof July 6, 1999 that Carl Gottlieb Mehner's daugher's husband,(CarlFriedrich Nebel) was a 'strumphfwirkermeister' translated literally'master stockingmaker'! The famous quality collector toy makers of Erzgebirge 'Steinbach' and'Albrecht' currently make toys in this area. Martin Schreiter, the son of the Burgermeister of Burkhardsdorf wrote usFeb 27, 1999 with a translation from the local church records: 'KarlGottlieb Mehner was born in another village. He came to Burkhardtsdorfand married Christiane Karoline Haenel Nov 11, 1804 in Burkhardtsdorf.' Michael Stubbe (above) also tells us that Carl Gottlieb Mehner'soccupations were 'Auszugshaulsers und Maurers' translated 'To move out ofhouses and Bricklayer'. We don't yet know where or when Karl Gottlieb Mehner died. Parents:
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Karl Trevor Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: Karl and Pauline lived in Bremerton at 270 5th St. in about 1939 when hisbrother Bob lived in their basement. Later, he operated an Ice Arena atthe head of the bay (Sinclair Inlet) at Gorst which he and his brotherBob built. They had 2 children, Orman Vaughn, born 1927 in Bremerton and Arline,born 1935 in Bremerton. He and Pauline were divorced in about 1945. He married Dorothy Home Quinn soon afterward. He was working in refrigeration and air conditioning. He was a pioneer in putting thermal heat in houses; he built a house inSteilacoom, Pierce County, on American Lake- piped water from the lake tothe Heat Pump to heat or cool the house! He and his wife Dorthy lived near his mother Eva Mae Damon Mehner Barnettfor a few months in Florida in about 1949 (See notes on Eva Mae Damon) He died in Tacoma of a heart attack. The statement below was taken from type written a copy of a letter andsigned by Karl Trevor Mehner February 1969, he died 07 April, 1969. 'I am Karl Trevor Mehner, born 09 July, 1905, in Juneau, Alaska. I thinkmy parents were married in Tacoma, Washington in 1904. They honeymoonedin Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington. 'My father came to the United States of America in 1880 from Saxony,Germany, when he was five years old. He lived with his parents andbrothers in Ohio for a short time before coming to the Puget Soundcountry. They farmed awhile at Fairview near Tracyton, across the Narrowsfrom Bremerton. My paternal grandfather was a tailor in the old country(Germany) and established 'Mehner and Son Naval Tailors and Outfitters'in Bremerton about 1900. The Son was my father's brother Paul. 'Due to farm work, my father was late going to High School, buteventually graduated from the University of Washington and then tookgraduate work. He taught science in Juneau, Alaska at the Juneau Highschool, and went on an expedition for the New York Museum of NaturalHistory in the wilds of Alaska. 'He later taught Science at the Ellensburg (Washington) High School andthen headed up the entire Science Department at the Central WashingtonTeacher's College until 1916, when he developed yellow jaundice and thedoctors insisted that he give up teaching, and take up outdooractivities. So in 1916 we moved to Grants Pass, Oregon for a year, andthen to Bremerton where brother Robert was born. 'Grandfather, Karl Ernst, was a Baptist, and as you no doubt know, ourfamily was Presbyterian. 'There is a stained glass window in the Bremerton Baptist Church whichwas built in 1912 (about 5th and Warren Streets) with the Mehner name onit.' The above was taken from type written a copy of a letter and signed byKarl Trevor Mehner February 1969, he died 07 April, 1969. As of September 24, 1997, the church is now owned by The NeighborhoodChristian Center, 1003 5th. Street, mailing address - P. O. Box 427,Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, 98337-1432 1-360-377-7292. Karl Trevor Mehner was cremated, Brookside Mortuary, Tacoma, PierceCounty, Washington, U.S.A. Parents:
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Margaret Theresa Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: 10 November 1902, Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, U.S.A. Parents:
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Paul Ernest Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: Paul E. Mehner was the Mayor of Bremerton, Washington (January 3, 1912 toJanuary 6, 1914). We have a photoprovided by his son Paul Ernst Mehner, of the Mayor laying brick for thefirst paved street in Bremerton. (World War I began in 1914). The photois in the Mayor's scrapbook. Paul was born June 22, 1872 in Saxony (probably Burkhardtsdorf, justsouth of Chemnitz), Germany. He came with his parents and his twobrothers (Albert and Herman) to Mount Vernon, Ohio. He attended high school from 1883-1887 at the Mount Vernon, Knox Co.,Ohio High School. He graduated in June, 1887. He worked in Mount Vernon, OH from 1887-1889 'I worked for my Fatherlearning the tailoring trade'--from his November, 1935 Application forPresidential Postmaster, Bremerton, WA. In 1890 and 1891, he worked at the Puget Sound Dye Works in Seattle'pressing and tailoring work one and two supervised. $60.00 per monthboard and room'--(1935 Application above) From 1891 to 1901 he moved to Tracyton, WA (near Bremerton) 'on accountof father's health bought small farm and worked this with brothers' (opcit). This is fascinating to us because it implies that not only hisbrother Albert, but also his 'long lost' brother Herman was working withhim in Tracyton sometime during this time. We still wonder what happenedto his brother Herman Mehner! From 1901 until at least 1935, he 'started my present business ofMerchant Tailoring Have employed as many as ten people. At the presentthree and four working in the shop depending on amount of work. In 1934net from business: $2259.90, Rentals gross: $4486.60' (op cit) He became the Bremerton City Clerk from incorporation 1n 1900 to1910--salary nothing to $20.00 per month. Paul Ernst Mehner was the Mayor of Bremerton, WA (Jan 3, 1912-Jan 6,1914--no salary). We have a photo provided by his son Paul Ernst Mehnerof the Mayor laying the brick for the first paved street in Bremerton.(World War I began in 1914) (That photo is in his scrapbook) He was appointed Postmaster of Bremerton March 2, 1915 by PresidentWilson 'there were about eight employees at that time. Salary was inthe neighborhood of $300 per month' (op cit). Sometime between 1915 and1918, he was dropped from that position because as stated in his 1935Application (op cit): 'Navy Department thought it best not to have aGerman born in office'. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the First Federal Savingsand Loan Association; he was elected Washington State Senator in1932.--from a Register Report by Warren Dewar, July 18, 2000 His obituary adds that he was a Bremerton Port Commissioner and a formerDirector of the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce. In the 1920-21 Bremerton City Directory, Paul and Isabell Mehner is a'tailor at 409 Washington Ave. His home was at 1224 Highland Ave.' We know that he lived in a 'French Country Farm Home on Highland Ave.' There is the Mehner Building (as of March, 1999) at 253 and 257 4thStreet, Bremerton. (Currently, 257 is the B.A. Gelschmann Co. Insurancesince 1930. The Kitsap County Public Credit Union is in 253.) On page 105 Paul is mentioned in the Kitsap County History of 1977.There, it lists the following lodges where he was a member: RebeccaLodge, Grand Army of the Republic and the Woodcraft Lodge. (appropriateresearch will give more details of his family and life!--JJR) He was married to Isabelle Agusta Stevenson Hicks and they had fivechildren. He died in Bremerton, WA, 1940 Parents:
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Paul Ernest Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: Paul Ernest Mehner was born February 5, 1910 in Bremerton, Kitsap County,Washington. He met his wife in High School in Bremerton; He worked for the HighwayDepartment when he was first married. Then he worked for Colby Crane inSeattle as an engineer designing cranes. He earned a B.M.E from the University of Washington. He was a MechanicalEngineer. He must have been living near Morton, Lewis County, Washington in 1913when his son Paul Owen Mehner was born. Parents:
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Pauline Esther Mehner Pop-up Pedigree Note*: Pauline 'Esther' Mehner is in the 1923 Union (Bremerton) High SchoolAnnual. Later, Pauline earned her High School Education Life Diploma fromthe University of Washington in 1927. She was a High School Teacherteaching Commercial Subjects. Her religion was Congregational. She was a member of the Fauntleroy Community Church; Zeta Tau AlphaSorority; Maude Sawyer Arboretum Unit (Past President) Parents:
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Robert David Mehner Jr. Pop-up Pedigree Note*: No family, Bud is 2nd born to Bob and Ruth (Coy) Mehner. Bod has been married four times. 'I thank God that He brought me home safe from Vietnam !!' Robert David Mehner Jr. writes: (see his father's details about Bob and Nancy's younger years) 'In the summer of 1945 when I was 3 years old, I was staying with my Grandma (Hazel Coy) who lived across the street from the Queen City Yacht Club in Seattle--Grandpa was the Commodore of the yacht club. From my grandparent's house we could watch the Mountlake Bridge on the Ship Canal open and close. One day, my Aunt Grace walked my sister Nancy and I to the Mountlake playground. From there we could see the University (of Washington) Bridge open and close. I reasoned in my 3-year old mind that I could walk completely around Portage Bay! The next morning I set out with my little red wagon and did just that...past the playground, over Mountlake Bridge, past the U of W and over the University Bridge and back to the house. I wondered what the police were doing at grandma's place (I didn't know they were looking for me! Bob Jr. trusted Christ as his Savior at Camp Gilead near Carnation, WA when he was 9 years old. The Pastor of the old Tabernacle Baptist Church of Seattle, Forrest Johnson led me to the Lord. Childhood friends were the following neighbor kids when we lived at 6912 South 115th, Seattle: Donald Parks, Terry Kennedy, Mickey Musgrove, Carl Hugo and Henry Ellingsen. I attended the Emerson Elementary, Sharples Jr. High and Franklin High School. My high school friend was Fred Singleton--the two of us were always in trouble! I graduated in 1961. I made appointments and gave free samples for a Fuller Brush salesman while in High School. Another sales job was demonstrating fire extinguishers door to door. Can you imagine a teenager carrying a can of kerosene, matches and a cake pan up to someone's porch, making sure the person is home, setting fire to the kerosene in the cake pan and knocking on the door? I sold nearly every resident. After high school I attended Edison Technical school (the old Broadway HS, Seattle) where I took sheet metal layout and fabrication. After getting my certification, I went to work at Renton Boeing on Marginal Way. In April 1964 I enlisted in the US Army-served 6 years in USA, Germany and Vietnam. In 1966 while stationed in Germany I sent a one-way plane ticket to my HS sweetheart to come and marry me. I married Linda Wise on Jan 16, 1967 in Niederwerrn, a small town in Northern Bavaria. We honeymooned in Paris. Linda was in Germany 2 months before we married and I had set up an apartment for her in the town near our base. The landlady was explaining how to light the water heater for the heiss vasser (hot water)--but it sounded like Hice or Ice water...I thought the German ways were not going to be my ways. I drove 60 ton tanks and 155mm self propelled howitzers in Germany. Home on furlough, we set up housekeeping in Alexandria, VA across the Potomac from Washington DC. I was stationed at Ft. Belvoir where I attended US Army's school of engineering for drafting. From there, we moved from Virginia to California in our '63 Chevy II station wagon that we had bought in Washington DC. I was stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco at the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge. We took an apartment about 1/2 block from 'Hippie Central'--the corner of Haight and Ashbury in 1968. Later that year we had a duplex next door to the SF Zoo rent free (government owned) that overlooked the ocean. I was sent to Vietnam in 1969. I enjoyed a week of R and R with my wife in Hawaii in the fall of '69. After the service, we settled in Corona CA where I worked at the Alcoa Aluminum casing plant for 7 years. I took business courses at Riverside City College and also studied Police Science.' More notes below about Bud's later life. 'God is not only listening, but He wants to grant the desires of your heart. For some time now, I had been praying for a riding partner; a female who likes motorcycling and loves God. Wow! What a combination THAT would be!! Other interests of mine include model trains and railroading in general, along with relics of the past, and exploring ghost towns. Well, folks, God answers prayer when we least expect it, and in ways I don't understand. After the March 20th (1999) C.M.A (Christian Motorcyclists Association) breakfast, an attractive woman approached me about riding 2nd seat on my Goldwing. Minimum riding gear required a helmet that she did not have. The ride was starting, so I said 'Maybe next time' and left. A month later, at the April 17th (1999) CMA breakfast, the same woman was there with complete riding gear and was ready to ride. She asked if she could ride with me, so I said 'sure.' The ride was north on Chuckanut Drive and stayed along the water all the way to Blaine. We stopped in Bellingham, and again at the Lummi Texaco. We had talked about a lot of things on the way, and found that we shared many interests. In some ways, my bike is like an altar, as I frequently talk with the Lord and sing praises to Him while riding. Not many miles into the ride, my soul began to sing....the weather was great, the ride even better, plus I had a pretty woman with me. In my joy, I began to sing 'Then sings my soul,,,', and I looked in the mirror, only to find her watching me' OOPS! I quickly apologized for bursting into song but she said she liked it vert much, and to do it often. The destination was Blaine for lunch at Contos. We still had four and a half hours before she had to be back, so I asked her if she wanted to go to Silver Lake. She said she was just here for the ride, and I was doing the driving. We rode the twisties of South Pas and on to Silver Lake. We spent some time at the lake just talking and I couldn't believe how much we had in common. We continued the ride into Maple Falls and south on Mosquito Lake road into Acme, then south on Hwy 9 into Sedro Woolley, and finally back to her truck. We talked for another half hour. She told me she also had been praying to meet a Christian man who loved serving the Lord, singing hymns, and motorcycle riding. But then she said she was NOT looking for romance at this time--just a Christian man to ride motorcycles with until she could get her own bike. However, God had other plans for both of us!! On Tuesday, April 20, (1999) MSR (Morning Star Riders) rider nights began. Cary saw her truck at the Alger Texaco when he came for the ride. Cary's immediate reaction was 'BOB'S COMING!!' How did you know that, Cary? He had put one and one together and came up with two, and I had not even figured it out yet. The last thing on my mind was a relationship, yet I felt I was falling in love with her. The time we had spent talking on the weekend (yes, I saw her on Sunday too) had led me to believe that she is the complete answer to ALL my prayers, and more! In addition to that, the lady had a very long list of requirements for a future mate. She was certain no man could meet all of them, so she was not really looking! That hit 18 out of 21!!!?' .... Robert David Mehner, Jr. May 15, 1999 Parents:
Robert David Mehner Sr. Pop-up Pedigree Baptism: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard, Seattle, Washington Parents:
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Warren Paul 'Dimps' Mehner , Sr. Pop-up Pedigree Note*: Warren Paul 'Dimps' Mehner, Sr. was born in Ellensburg, Washington, July23, 1906 while his father taught at Ellensburg High School. He graduated from Bremerton-Charleston Union High School June 1924. Hisphoto in his scrapbook is from his 1923 Annual. His eldest daughterSharon said that he was called 'Dimps' as a nick-name because he haddimples. He married Mildred Fern Jennings on August 27, 1933 at the PlymouthCongregational Church, Colfax, Whitman County, Washington. He was a jack of all trades, even logged and mined coal in Mount Vernon,WA (Lake Sixteen) for a very short time. (The family rented a cabin onthe lake!). In his fathers obituary, (Bremerton Sun, April 4, 1939) hewas residing in Mount Vernon. During the depression, he lived on Capital Hill, Seattle, then theMadrona area in Seattle. He did wallpapering, painting and remodeling. During WWII he moved to Empire Way and Willow St. (Umino Greenhouses)-Japanese people who lived there were put in a Concentration Camp! Thestory is told of a trap door that led to radio equipment concealedunderground! (probably gossip! -- NDR) The family also remembered bigwooden barrels of fish in the cellar! After the war, they moved to Kent, Washington where he had 40 acres onthe east side of the Green River and raised gladiola and dahlia bulbs,plus tuberous begonias. About 1947 they moved back to a house in Seattle on Garden and Othellonear (Rainier Avenue) where they worked with perennials (Umino'sGreenhouses) and even were required by the government to raise tomatoesand peppers; had contract with Ernst Hardware and Garden Supply forwholesale perennials. Sold the house in Seattle and bought a place inSumner, Washington about 1951. Eight acres of perennials and a one acregreenhouse. (Sumner Perennial Garden). He bought another large greenhouse in northeast Sumner (Sumner Floral). He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Sumner, Washington. He died February 13, 1966 of Acute Coronary Occlusion. Dr. Robert T.McFarlane, the former pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church (HarvardAvenue and Howell Streets in Seattle) officiated at Dimp's funeral. (Dr.Robert T. McFarlane also officiated at Eva Mae Damon's funeral). A copy of Warren's obituary is in his scrapbook and the following is fromit: Warren Mehner, 59, of 1902 Elm St., Sumner, died Sunday. He was born inEllensburg, lived in Seattle from 1927-51, when he moved to Sumner. Heowned a perennial nursery. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Sumner, and WashingtonState Nurseryman's Association. His wife Mildred, survives. Serviceswill be at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sumner-Voiles Chapel, 15124 Main StreetE.,Sumner, WA 98390-2636. Warren is buried at Sumner Cemetery, Valley and 23rd North East Street,Sumner, Pierce County, Washington. Parents:
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Elizabeth Meill Marriage*: 24 May 1816, Eggbuckland, Devon, England, Principal=William Underhay Family:
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Antonina Melia Birth*: Sicily Family:
Abraham Melick Death*: Deceased Clarence Elof Melin Pop-up Pedigree Burial*: Lot 63, Hulett, Crook County, Wyoming, U.S.A. Parents:
Emma Melin Note*: Emma Melin who was cooking at the Pearson sawmill at Eothen. She hadcome to Lead, South Dakota, with her husband earlier from Sweden. Whileworking at the mine in Lead, Mr. Merlin became ill and passed away frompneumonia. Troed and Emma were married at Eothen by Justice of the Peace,John Pearson, on 21 March 1906. In 1907 Emma and Troed bought the general store in Hulett from Storm andYoungman, also a new home, both built by 'Cap' Storms. They sold halfinterest in the store to Roy Bush and change the name to 'Bush andPearson Store'. In 1908 Sam Sherman had arrived in the Alva area from Langdon, Missouri.On a Sunday shortly after his arrival, in company with another young man,he rode horseback to Hulett. Wishing to treat his friend Sam bought anickels worth of peanuts at the Pearson store. In Missouri peanuts wereten cents a pound here they were twenty cents. Sam looked at the nickelsack of peanuts and then at Troed and said, 'If I can’t eat all of thesewill you take part of them back?' In 1917 the store was sold to the Rochdale Company, a cooperative.Pearsons moved to a ranch in the area. Later they returned to Hulett whenTroed and Roy again became owners of the Bush and Pearson Store. Pearsonscontinued the business until Troed passed away on 13 September 1953. His wife and daughter continued the business until Emma passed away on 04August 1956. Troed had been a member of the Masonic Order since 1916 and at one timewas a member of the Odd Fellow Lodge. Masonic services were held at hisfuneral at the Hulett Cemetery. Troed and Emma’s children were; Clarence Elof (Emma’s son by her first marriage) born 2 August 1904:Mildred Olivia, born 15 January 1907; Troed Ivar, born 23 March 1908,Oscar Frederick, born 11 September 1909. Oscar never married and passedaway 24 October 1958. Mildred married Arthur Greyville Morgan on 27 September 1948 at Gillette.He was born 12 April 1881 and passed away 10 October 1965 in Sheridan,Wyoming. Mildred continues to live in Sheridan (1981). Ivar married Jessie Mae Oudin on 22 April 1935. They live on the Pearsonranch north of Hullet. They have one daughter, Sharon, born 20 September1936. She is married to Arthur Burdick of Newcastle. They live in Kenai,Alaska, with their two sons Randy, born 14 June 1957 and Ronald ‘Ronnie’,born 7 September 1958. Clarence was Crook County treasurer for two terms, worked for an oilcompany in Rapid City, South Dakota, for a while then went into businessin Hulett, Wyoming. He ran the business until his health failed and hemoved to the Long Term Health Care Center in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. This account is listed in the book on page 394 -- Pioneers Of CrookCounty 1876-1920, by the Crook County Historical Society, Crook County,Wyoming, published by State Publishing Company, 303 East Sioux, Pierre,South Dakota, Copyright 1981. Family:
Jean Esther Melitzer Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: 24 August 1928 Parents:
Nelson James Melitzer Birth*: 24 November 1887 Family:
Catherine Mellish Death*: Deceased Family:
Henry Mellon Death*: UNKNOWN Elizabeth Alice Mells Birth*: 1885 Family:
Abigail S. Meloon Pop-up Pedigree Death*: Deceased Parents:
Alfred M. Meloon Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: 9 September 1904, New Castle, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Parents:
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Alice Ernest Meloon Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: 11 May 1906, New Castle, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Parents:
Andrew Jackson Meloon Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: circa 1843, Cutler, ME, U.S.A. Parents:
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Arthur Edwin Meloon Pop-up Pedigree Death*: Deceased Parents:
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Daniel Meloon Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: February 1861, Cutler, M.E., U.S.A. Parents:
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George Bartlett Meloon Birth*: 20 March 1880, New Castle, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Family:
George Everett Meloon Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: 18 August 1910, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Parents:
George Washington Meloon Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: 25 September 1843, Cutler, M.E., U.S.A. Parents:
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Hattie Idella Meloon Pop-up Pedigree Birth*: November 1876, Cutler, Maine, U.S.A. Parents:
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Samuel Meloon Death*: Deceased Family:
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