I subscribe to a blog post called Genea-musings and every Saturday night he posts a challenge. One of the challenges this month I decided to accept. " Which of your ancestors have celebrated a Golden Wedding Anniversary - 50 years of marital bliss?" Since I knew my parents, Bill and Helen Condit, were married more than 50 years, made me wonder if any other relatives of mine had also. This is what I found.
Samuel Condit (1696-1777) and Mary Dobbs (1698-1755) - married in 1722 = 33 years
Jonathan Condit (1736-1823) and Jemima Condit (1736-1812) married in 1758 = 54 years
Isaac Condit (1759-1829) and Phebe Baldwin (1976-1835) married in 1781 = 48 years
Ezra Fairchild Condit (1814-1885) and Phebe Cobb (1814-1867) married in 1884 = 33 years
Aza F. Condit (1835-1883) and Susan Keefer (1840-1887) married in 1834 = 33 years
Ezra Adolphus Condit (1863-1948) and Ernestina Oertel (1866-1905) married in 1892 = 13 years
Herbert H G Condit (1894-1982) and Elsie M Maile (1897-1972) married in 1916 = 56 years
Wilbur H Condit (1919-2011) and Helen M Motyka (1924-2004) married in 1948 = 56 years
a few other relatives, other than Condit's and their married years...
George Oertel (1827-1910) and Louisa Baeyer (1838-1900) married in 1857 = 43 years
Walenty Motyka (18921967) and Mary Leszczak (1891-1978) married in 1916 = 51 years
What I learned in this challenge was I had a few missing birth/marriage/death dates which I filled in. Plus how hard would it have been in the mid 1700s to early 1800's to have been married for 54 years. Amazing. And then I found out that my paternal grandparents, Herbert and Elsie Condit were married the same year as my maternal grandparents, Walenty and Mary Motyka, 1916. Both sets of grandparents got to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary along with my parents.
FINDING EMILY KLAUSS CLOLERY (daughter to Ann Leszczak Klaus)
Seaside Heights 1940 - Emily Klauss, Ann Leszczak Klauss, Mary Motyka, John J. Klauss and Jeanne Klauss (photo by Helen Motyka), New Jersey
I haven't had much success in finding records about Ann Leszczak Klauss. What I know is Ann Leszczak, sister to Mary Leszczak Motyka, was born in Poland (1930 Census states she immigrated in 1921 at the age of 17, but I have been unable to locate any records). Ann married John J. Klauss in 1926. They had three children. Emily born 1927, New Jersey, Jeanne born 1932, New Jersey and John J. born 1936 New Jersey. 1930 Census has them all living in Newark, NJ and the 1940 Census in Irvington, NJ. I do not have a death date for either Ann or John. More research to do.
I moved on to Emily Klauss., 1st daughter. Thinking that maybe she might still be alive and I could contact her for more information about her mother. This is the information I found.
Emily Klauss born 1927, NJ lived in Newark at the age of 3 and Irvington, NJ at the age of 13. She married at 26 to Kenneth E Clolery in 1953 (marriage info came from divorce record) . Had at least one child , Pamela Ann Clolery, in 1953, Hennepin, Minnesota (Minnesota Birth Index). Next I find them on a City Directory living in Arcadia, CA. And divorcing in Los Angeles in 1971. The last record I have is a Family Search Public Record Index stating that Amelia A Klaus was living in Maple Shade, NJ in 1993-2009 (she would be about 66 - 82). Still I don't have a death date if in fact she is deceased. There is an address in Maple Shade, NJ, I might just write a short letter and see if it comes back.
Her husband, Kenneth, remarried to a Emilie Freda Flintrap Pusch in 1996 . He lived and died (2002) in North Palm Beach, FL. Also this is where their daughter Pamela Ann Clolery Zoeliner was also living, Florida (1992-1996 US Public Records Index). Pamela might be a good contact , if I can find a more recent address than 1996.
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Crystal Condit Gomley
