Posted by Curt Robinette
My line is Philip Adam Glab b. 28 July 1817 Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany. He married Sophia Miller b. 1819 in Germany. Children were: Felix b. Ger; rest of children all b. Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH - Josephine Sophia b. 1853; Adam Glab b. 1856; Elizabeth b. 1863; and John Adam Glab (b. 1861 d. 26 Dec 1936, buried St. Joseph Cem, Cincinnati, OH) married Elizabeth Theresa Maurer.
My grandmother was Josephine Sophia Glab above and m. Martin Steer. They had Frank, Josephine and Theresa. Frank was my father.
1900 census shows John Adam Glab, age 39, m. to Elizabeth. Children were: Emma b. 1883, Frank b. 1885 and Joseph b. 1891.
1920 census, Joseph J. Glab is age 29 and shown in Cochran, Aurora, IN. m. to Alice M. Children were: George F, age 8; John L. age 4; and Mable K. age l; all b. in OH.
Joseph L.Glab was son of John Adam Glab. John Adam my grandmother Josephine Sophia's brother.
I have two pictures of Joseph J. Glab in Aurora, IN. Both taken in 1937. One signed: Do, May, John, Jerry and Joe Glab. The other signed Do, Uncle Joe, Mickey (a dog) sitting by a car.
My grandmother, Josephine Sophia Glab had a first marriage 31 Oct 1871 to Jacob Joseph Schweigert. They had three children - Annie, Jacob and Sophia Mamie. Her Husband d. 6 Feb. 1880.
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