Fredrick Wilhelm Schiefelbine (1885-1953)

Fredrick Wilhelm “Fred” Schiefelbine was born October 10, 1885 in Kansas.   He was the son of Leo Earnest Schiefelbine and Earnestine Urban.

Fred married Alzena Belle Adams around 1907 in either Kansas or Missouri.  Alzena was born June 4, 1890 in Missouri, the daughter of George W. Adams and Sarah Ellen Halloway.  Fred and Alzena had four children:

            Belle E.                      born 1908

            Alberta Lorene          born 1911

            Leonard                     born 1915

            Fred M.                       born 1918

After their marriage, Fred and Alzena settled on a farm in Jackson, Camden County, Missouri. 

Fred registered for the draft for World War I on September 12, 1918 in Camden County, Missouri.  He was described as tall and slender with gray eyes and black hair.  He did not serve in the war.

Alzena Belle Adams Schiefelbine died on November 21, 1919 in either Camden County, Missouri or Kingman County, Kansas.  She was 29 years old at her death. 

Fred and his children were living in Canton, Kingman County, Kansas in 1920 and 1925, where Fred found work as a farm laborer. 

By 1930, Fred had married Ora Gertrude Stansbury.  This was the second marriage for both Fred and Ora.  Ora was born May 19, 1888 in Missouri, the daughter of Samuel Stansbury and Josephine Stewart Wilson.

Fred registered for the draft for the Second World War in 1942 in San Diego County, California.  He was 57 years old at that time and working in Fallbrook, San Diego County, California.

Ora Gertrude Stansberry Schiefelbine died on July 21, 1944 in San Diego County, California.  She was buried in the Upchurch Cemetery in Norwich, Kingman County, Kansas.  Ora was 56 years old at her death. 

Fred married Lucy Elinor “Fanny” Torry sometime after the death of his second wife.  Fanny was born June 1, 1901 in Grant County, Louisiana.  She was the daughter of Lycurgus Eugene Torry and Lucy Anna Williamson. She was raised in Grant County, Louisiana.  In 1920, Fanny was living in Harris County, Texas with her sister, Phalby Barton, and brother-in-law, Silas.

Fredrick Wilhelm Schiefelbine died on March 24, 1953 in Riverside County, California at the age of 67 years.

Lucy Elinor Torry Schiefelbine died on July 12, 1989 in Los Angeles County, California.  She was 88 years old at her death.

Notes for Fredrick Wilhelm Schiefelbine

Birth, Residence & Physical Description in 1918:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Parents & Residence in 1905:  Ancestry.com.. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

Marriage to Alzena:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Jackson, Camden, Missouri; Roll: T624_772; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0031; Image: 1055; FHL Number: 1374785.

Residence & Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Jackson, Camden, Missouri; Roll: T624_772; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0031; Image: 1055; FHL Number: 1374785.

Residence & Occupation in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Canton, Kingman, Kansas; Roll: T625_536; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 98; Image: 47.

Residence & Occupation in 1925:  Ancestry.com.. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

Marriage to Ora:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Bennett, Kingman, Kansas; Roll: 705; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 899.0.

Residence & Occupation in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Bennett, Kingman, Kansas; Roll: 705; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 4; Image: 899.0.

World War II Draft Registration:  FamilySearch.org, United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 for Fred William Schiefelbine

Marriage to Lucy Elinor Torry:  Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

Death:  Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

Notes for Alzena Belle Adams

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com, “Jordan's Family Tree,” accessed on 5 November 2011

Notes for Ora Gertrude Stansberry

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

Notes for Lucy Elinor Torry

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

Residence in 1920:  Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Harris, Texas; Roll: T625_1812; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 107; Image: 997.

Phalby Alice Torry (1892-1964)

Phalby Alice Torry was born May 7, 1892 in Grant County, Louisiana.  She was the daughter of Lycurgus Eugene Torry and Lucy Anna Williamson. She was raised in Grant County, Louisiana.

Phalby married Silas Edward Barton about 1919 in Grant County, Louisiana.  She was 23 years old and he was 29 years.  Silas was born March 4, 1888 in Grant County, Louisiana, the son of Thomas Washington Barton and Rebecca Ida Morris.

Silas registered for the draft for World War I on June 5, 1917 in Harris County, Texas.  At that time, he was an oil field worker for the Gulf Production Company.  He was described as of medium height and build, with blue eyes and sandy hair.  Silas was a veteran of the war.

In 1920, Silas and Phalby were renting a home on Sixth Street in Harris County, Texas.  Phalby’s sister, Fanny Torry.  By 1930, Silas and Phalby had moved to a farm in Grant County, Louisiana.  They had five children listed in the 1930 census:

           

            Herschell B.              born 1920

            Aurita                         born 1923

            Wayne                       born 1925

            Glenn                         born 1927

            Carroll                        born 1930

Phalby Alice Torry Barton died on May 3, 1964 in Dry Prong, Grant County, Louisiana.  She was 71 years old at her death.  Silas died three years after the death of his wife.

Silas Edward Barton died on June 6, 1967 in Dry Prong, Grant County, Louisiana at the age of 79 years.

Notes for Phalby Alice Torry

Birth: Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: T623_565; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 63.

Death:  Ancestry.com, “Chrietzberg Family Tree,” accessed on 5 November 2011

Notes for Silas Edward Barton

Birth, Military, Residence, Occupation & Physical Description in 1917:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Residence & Occupation in 1920: Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Harris, Texas; Roll: T625_1812; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 107; Image: 997.

Residence & Occupation in 1930: Year: 1930; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 2, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: 794; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 118.0.

Death:  Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.