Graef Historical Group

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Emma - Jacob Graef Family Picture

Albert, Alfred, Jacob

Clara, Gertrude, Emma Graef
This is an awesome picture..
That man is definitely a Graef,, the chin, eyes, ears all match the family profile
So he has to be Jacob Graef and the woman must be Emma Skrable (his first wife)
The baby is Gertrude Graef .. then the girl center back might be Clara Graef born Nov 8, 1889..
Emma and Jacob have two other daughters Margaret and Pauline and two sons.. Alfred and Albert (boy in picture)
Clara went with her father Jacob (when he separated from Emma) to Oklahoma around 1910
Clara was probably the oldest of the Graef girls and 21 when she went to Oklahoma with her father Jacob..
Clara marries Peter.. ( Jacobs brother) they have two boys Edward Graef (born 1910) and my father Fred (born 1911) were both born in Oklahoma
Jacob marries a Lillie C Burns in 1910 they have a son George Frederick born Sep 23 1911
Jacob Graef returns to Iowa with new wife Lilie and has another son Nicholas Syvester born Dec 6 1913 in Iowa City
Lillie separates from Jacob and and returns with boys (George and Nick) to Oklahoma about 1914
Jacob Graef's life story is a complicated one and the details of his later life is still a mystery.. but he might have remarried again in Polk County, Iowa to a lady named Minnie
if anyone has more information about Jacob Graef's life .. pictures or final resting place.. please send to us
Thanks to Lia Burris whose Grandmother is Gertrude Graef for this very helpful photo...
Thanks to Pat Graef and Brenda Ridgeway for information about Jacob while he was in Oklahoma

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Jacob Graef Information package sent

Bob Family <bob2family@yahoo.com> wrote:
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: ROBERT GRAEF
Subject: re: package sent
To: Michael Ridgway <grumpandyawyaw@sbcglobal.net>;
Brenda and Pat
Thanks for sending the information
I am spending Easter week with my sister Beverly in Coralville, which is near Iowa City, Iowa... and will not return to Montrose until about April 3 or 4th..
But I am sure the post office in Montrose will hold your package until I return..

I will send you an e-mail then that I have picked up the package
and
I sincerely appreciate your efforts in gathering this family history
and I want to listen to Darrell's cd's

Bob
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Hello Bob,
I was letting you know I finally got your package in the mail yesterday. I was waiting on the marriage papers from Pauls Valley. I will just sent that when I get it. Also Mom sent you a couple of Darrells music CD's he sings Southern gospel music in his spare time. Thats his hobby. We are also searching for a picure of Lillie that was married to Jacob. I'll let you know how that turns out.
I hope you had a wonderful Easter. Thank you for the e-card. Ours went well.
Let me know when you get the info I sent.

Talk to you soon,
Brenda and Pat

visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/bob2family?hl=en
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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Memory Gardens Christmas 2007

Beverly and Bob visit Memory Gardens on December 21, 2007

Saturday, March 10, 2007

John and Margaret Irons - Remembering on March 10

Dear Ancestor,

You left us 107 years ago today
We have come to visit you

John and Margaret Irons were early settlers
Keokuk County in Iowa... establishing the
town of Keswick