MFH: 23 November

Today is the 160th anniversary of the birth of my great-great-grandfather, Frederick August "Fred" Schoen. Today is also the 132nd anniversary of his wedding to Margaret Anna "Marianne" Kress. Fred was born 23 November 1848 in Altenkirchen, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Fred and Marianne were married on 23 November 1876 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Hohman, Ludlow Township, Washington County, Ohio, USA.

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On 26 July 1856, Fred arrived in New York with his parents, Johannes and Margaretha (Bender) Schoen, and his younger brother, Karl. By 1860, the family was living in the second ward of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio.

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By the time of his marriage in 1876, the Schoen's had moved to a 150 acre farm at Hohman, Ludlow Township, Washington County, Ohio. Marianne Kress was born 15 March 1853 at Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, the youngest daughter (of five) and sixth child (of seven) of Anton and Eva (Wehner) Kress. After their marriage Fred and Marianne lived at the Schoen farm with Fred's parents. Fred and Marianne had three children, two daughters (Katherine and Matilda) and one son (John Charles). Fred died on 12 May 1932 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, and Marianne died at the Schoen farm at Hohman on 24 May 1935. Both are buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Ludlow Township, Washington County, Ohio.






Frederick August Schoen (1848-1932), taken in the late 1860s or early 1870s.



















Frederick August Schoen (1848-1932). I think this is about 10 years after the picture above.


















Margaret Anna "Marianne" (Kress) Schoen (1853-1935), circa 1900.











The Schoen Farm at Hohman, Ludlow Township, Washington County, Ohio, taken about 1904. Pictured left to right: Frederick August "Fred" Schoen (1848-1932), Margaret Anna "Marianne" (Kress) Schoen (1853-1935), John Charles Schoen (1878-1969), Katherine (Schoen) Burkhart (1877-1975), Charles Perry Sine (1873-1957), Ada Marie (Sine) Morris (1903-1989), Matilda Regine (Schoen) Sine (1880-1967), Dorothea (Beagle) Sine (1836-1921).






Detail of photo above.








Fred and Marianne Schoen at the Schoen farm, circa 1930.











My descent from Fred and Marianne is:
Frederick August Schoen + Margaret Anna Kress
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John Charles Schoen + Helena Loretta Ruppel
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Harry Frederick Schoen + Freda Irene Needs
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My Father + My Mother
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Me