The contents of this page includes the histories of the Hudson and the Otto families, collections of old photographs, and historical anecdotes relating to technology invention and innovation.. An example of the first is the history of my grandfather Mathias Bohr. An example of the second is the collection of hyperlinks on history of technical innovation and the people that created them.
Hudson
Hudson Family History Feb. 16, 1997
George Harrison Hudson #1 b. March 6, 1850 in Vermont d. June 17, 1908 in Jackson Co., IN.
George had his name recorded as Geo. H. Hudson. He was ill for 2 days with Cholera before he died. He was 58 years, 3 months, 11 days
George had two wives. Emma Hasfurder was the mother of Harry Hudson and George “Dick” Hudson. There are no records of Emma either being born or dying in Jackson Co. Rachial M. Wigington was George’s second wife. They were married in 1886 on Sept. 30.
George “Dick” Hudson was born Mar 23, 1883 in Seymour, Jackson Co, IN. Dick died Nov. 26, 1938 in Jeffersonville, Clark Co., IN. Dick was married to Agnes Harrell. They had two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Nelson and Mrs. Thelma Garvey and at the time of his death he had two grandchildren. Both daughters lived in Jeffersonville in 1938 when Dick died. George “Dick” died at age 55 in Jeffersonville. Dick was a telegraph operator from the age of 16. He was six months before his death. At the time of death Dick had
Harry Hudson was born in 1880 in Madison, Jefferson Co., IN. Harry and Edith were married in the First Baptist Church of Seymour. Minister was W.C. Martin. On the marriage certificate (1902) Harry gave his age as 24 and Edith gave her age as 22. Neither of these works with their given birth dates of 1880 and 1888. If the birth dates are correct then Harry was 22 and Edith was 14. Harry and Edith tried having children for 10 years before they finally had Harold in 1912. They had four prior pregnancies which ended in early child deaths.
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Daniel Sage died November 1890 in Seymour
Jackson Co. His cause of death was Tubercular Menegitis. Wife was Julia
Alice Taulman. They were married on Nov. 19, 1868. Julia was born June
17, 1851 in Jackson Co. She died June 12 1937 which make her 86. Daniel
and Julia had four children -- Fred born in 1870, Armilda born in 1877,
Susan born on Aug. 1, 1884, and Edith B. Sage in 1888. Fred had four children
Robert, Ester, Rolin, and Edward. Susan Sage married Carl Scott on Oct.
4, 1937. This was Carl’s third wife the first two died.
John B. Taulman born in 1821 in Ohio. His occupation is listed as Engineer. At death he had $700 worth of Real Estate Property and $500 worth of personal property. He died of heart disease complicated by an acute attack of typhoid. For 15 years he was a foreman for Gibson and McDonald. Susan L. Lett died from tuberculosis. They had five children Julia was the third.
Information based on research by Wendy Schryer of Freetown, In.
Bohr
The A Man from Banat
is the history of my grandfather Mathias Bohr an immigrant from Banat.
Images of the Bohr Family Historic
Home Cities of Ulm and Banat.
Susan Clarkson has written an excellent overview of the history
of Banat.
A web site with the History
of the Austria Hungary.
An interesting part of the history of Hatzfeld was the original name
selected before the settlement was built was "Landestreu." The
first
priest, Sebastian Blenker erred in calling the town "Landstreicher"
instead
of Landestreu. At any rate, those who read the previous message
on the word
Praedien know that a manager hired to direct the work of building the
houses
was named "Zsombol." The Hungarian name for Hatzfeld was "Zsombolya."
Finally, many of the original settlers traveled to Vienna in a large
group,
together with the priest Sebastian Blenker. It took three days
to get the
party registered in Vienna, where the Hofskammerpresident Earl Karl
Friedrich Anton von Hatzfeld requested that the settlement be given
his
name. Thus, the German name Hatzfeld. Hatzfeld was lovingly
referred to as
"the Pearl of the Banat."
Sue Clarkson
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Coming Soon --> A daughter's insights into her mother, from the typewriter of Eleanor Hudson just a few weeks before she died.
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Below is a citation for a collection of records that Mathias Bohr gave to the University of History Immigration History Research Center, 826 Berry St., Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Records 20 through 20 of 56 returned.
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035 $a(MnU)mssGEN
040 $aMnU-IA$cMnU-IA$eappm$dCStRLIN
041 $agereng
110 2 $aBanater Benefit Society (Cleveland, Ohio).
245 00$kRecords,$f1911-1959.
300 $a2.5$flinear ft.
351 $aOrganized in five categories. I. Protokoll
(minutes, 1911-1960). II.
Financial records and account books (1911-1945). III.
Minutes of the Banater
Athletic Club (1922-1930). IV. Membership lists
of the Banater (Athletic?)
club (1940s). V. Miscellany pertaining to the organization
and to other
German-American organizations in Ohio and Pennsylvania
(1950-1964).
545 $aThe Banater Benefit Society (originally the Erster
Deutsch-Ungarischer
Unterstutzungs Verein (EDUUV), a mutual aid society, was
established in
Cleveland, Ohio in 1911. Membership consisted primarily
of Roman Catholic
German Americans from Banat, in what is now Yugoslavia
and Romania. They
were descendants of Swabians who had settled in the Banat
in the 16th and
17th centuries, and began coming to the United States
in the late 1800s.
Originally limited to male membership, the Society began
admitting women in
1912. Other German-speaking immigrants who settled
in the Cleveland area
belonged mostly to the Greater Beneficial Union, but most
Banaters remained
in the EDUUV. Between 1911-mid-1920s, a number of
administratively separate
organizations were formed which went under the Banater
name. One such was
the Banater Athletic Club, formed in 1921. Others
included choirs, youth
groups, and women's societies. The Cleveland organization
was the official
home of the Erster Deutsch-Ungarischer Unterstutzungs
Verein, the Banater
Damen-Chor, the Banater Mèanner-Chor, the Banater
Civic League, the Banater
Frauen Club, the Banater Sewing Circle, and the Greater
Beneficial Union,
Districts 258 and 70.
520 $aRecords (1911-1964) of the Banater Benefit Society,
Cleveland, Ohio,
include minutes, membership and financial records of the
Society and related
groups, minutes and membership lists of the Banater
Athletic Club
(1922-1930), the Banater Civic League, the Banater Damen
Chor, the Banater
Mèanner chor, the Banater Frauen Verein, the Banater
Hall Gesellschaft, and
the Banater Sewing Circle. Also included are records
of the Central Ohio
Sèanger Verein, the Cleveland Soccer League, the
Deutsch-Canadian Verband
(German-Canadian Home Society), Regina, Saskatchewan,
Deutscher Stadtverband
(German-American Civic League), Greater (or German) Beneficial
Union,
Districts 70 and 258, and papers of Mathias Bohr.
Materials pertaining to
Ohio State Senate Bill 389(1955), the IRS, and German
American groups are
also in the collection.
546 $aIn German (old and Roman script), and English.
555 8 $aInventory available:$cfolder level control.
600 10$aBohr, Matthias.
610 20$aBanater Benefit Society (Cleveland, Ohio).
610 20$aBanater Athletic Club (Cleveland, Ohio).
610 20$aBanater Civic League (Cleveland, Ohio).
610 20$aBanater Damen Chor (Cleveland, Ohio).
610 20$aBanater Mèanner Chor (Cleveland, Ohio).
610 20$aBanater Frauen Verein (Cleveland, Ohio).
610 20$aBanater Hall Gesellschaft (Cleveland, Ohio).
610 20$aBanater Sewing Circle (Cleveland, Ohio).
610 20$aCentral Ohio Sèanger Verein.
610 20$aCleveland Soccer League (Ohio).
610 20$aDeutsch-Canadian Verband (Regina, Saskatchewan).
610 20$aDeutscher Stadtverband.
610 20$aGreater Beneficial Union.$bDistrict 70.
610 20$aGreater Beneficial Union.$bDistrict 258.
650 0$aGerman Americans$zOhio$zCleveland$xSocieties, etc.
650 0$aGermans$zSaskatchewan$zRegina$xSocieties, etc.
650 0$aChoral societies$zOhio$zCleveland.
650 0$aAthletic clubs.
650 0$aFriendly societies$zOhio$zCleveland.
651 0$aBanat$xEmigration and immigration.
852 $aUniversity of Minnesota,$bImmigration History Research
Center,$e826
Berry St., Saint Paul, Minnesota.
952 $aMNUGIHRC404A$bUniversity of Minnesota Libraries
Albania & ex-Yugoslavia
History of Turmoil
Dateline: 05/24/99
Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia and
Serbia are in turmoil and the tourist
should stay away until peace returns.
However, the families of those who are
there now would like to know more
about the region. The complex history
of the region is covered in detail in
some of the links provided. Here is just
a thumbnail sketch which tries to explain the roots of the
present conflicts.
At least 3,000 years ago the area was inhabited by the
Illyrians, the ancestors of modern day Albanians. About 200
B.C. the area was conquered by the Romans and remained
under their rule for next six centuries. Then the Roman empire
split into western, centered on Rome, and eastern ruled from
Byzantium (later renamed Constantinople). Byzantium still
maintained nominal control of the Balkan region for several
more centuries. The Christian church also split - the Eastern
Orthodox Church no longer recognizing the supremacy of the
Pope in Rome.
About 500 A.D. groups of Slavic peoples moved in from the
north and settled throughout the region, pushing the Illyrians
back into the mountains around modern day Albania. Like the
Illyrians, the Slavs had a tribal organization with frequent
discord among them, Stronger chieftains were able to unite
groups and create states, many short lived. Around 1,000
A.D. Duklja was established as the predecessor of
Montenegro, which survived as an independent state, except
for short periods, until 1918. A Croatian state was established
in the 10th. century, but after 100 years it was taken over by
Hungary. Tsar Simeon challenged Byzantium and in the 9th
Cent. extended Bulgaria to include Macedonia, southern
Serbia and part of Albania. After his death Byzantium
regained power, but Bulgaria remained an important state for
another 300 years, until conguered by the Turks. Raska, a
Serbian state was created in the 9th Century in the area now
called Kosovo. In the 12th Century, under Tsar Stephen
Dusan, it was expanded to include all of present Macedonia,
Zeta (Montenegro) and most of northern Greece, then
collapsed back to its original size.
Religion is a major source of national
conflicts in the Balkans. The split in the
Christian Church has had a profound
influence on the subsequent
development of history. The
Slovenians, Croatians, Hungarians and
Albanians were brought into the Roman
church in the 8th through 10th.
centuries, and (except the Albanians) have remained Roman
Catholic ever since. The remaining Balkan peoples were
brought into the Eastern Orthodox Church. Cyril and
Methodius , Greek missionaries developed the Cyrillic script
and translated the bible into slavonic languages (also used by
the Russian and Ukrainian peoples). Both in Serbia and
Bulgaria, national Orthodox churches were established. In the
case of Serbia the state and the church became fused into a
single entity, thus future struggles of the Serbs against their
neighbors and enemies became religious crusades as well.
The Islamic Turkish armies invaded southeastern Europe in
1354. The defeat of the assembled Serbian and allied armies
at Kosovo Pole in 1389 was a traumatic event. The clergy
lead their people northward and resettled in the plains of the
Sava and Danube rivers. Albanians came down from the
mountains and took over the deserted villages. The Turks
consolidated their gains and within 100 years had taken over
the entire Balkan peninsula, except Montenegro and most of
the Adriatic coast, and advanced to the gates of Vienna, see
map 1. The Ottoman Empire prospered for over 200 years, as
long as it was expanding through additional conquests.
Although the Ottoman Empire was tolerant of other religions,
non-Moslems paid much higher taxes and were prohibited
from owning land. In Albania and Bosnia most of the
chieftains, and their people, converted to Islam for practical
reasons. Now there were three religious groups in the region
which complicated the recovery of freedom by the various
peoples.
In the 17th Century the decline of
Ottoman power started. The last major
offensive against Vienna in 1683 was
defeated by the hussars of Polish King
Sobieski. This started a major retreat of
the Ottoman armies. The Treaty of
Karlowitz (1699) returned all the
Hungarian lands to the Austrians - see
Map 2. As the hold of the Sultan in Constantinople over the
outlying provinces weakened, national groups gained
concessions. Serbia achieved local government in 1804.
Russia concluded a series of successful wars with Turkey with
the Treaty of San Stefano in 1878. This treaty, subsequently
modified by the Congress of Berlin, granted independence to
Serbia and Romania and substantial autonomy to Bulgaria.
Bosnia became a province of Austria, see Map 3. The Berlin
Treaty failed to address the territorial aspirations of the Balkan
nations and the question of Macedonia. Consequently, in 1912
a series of Balkan Wars broke out. As a result Turkey lost
what remained of the Ottoman Empire except for a small
portion near Istanbul. Macedonia, whose people speak a
language similar to Bulgarian, was split between Serbia and
Greece. Bulgaria gained more territory and Albania became an
independent nation for the first time in history.
Relationships between the great powers of the day had
become very strained, and the assassination in 1914 of the
Austrian Crown Prince at Sarajevo, served as the pretext for
World War I.
As a result of this terrible world wide
war, Romania gained Transylvania
from Hungary. Bosnia, Croatia and
Slovenia were freed from Austria.
They and Montenegro agreed to join
with Serbia to form the Kingdom of
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes - later
renamed Yugoslavia. Unfortunately,
Serbian nationalistic aspirations destroyed the hopes for a
harmonious federal state. In frustration, many saw the
outlawed Communist Party as a means of achieving their
aims. All hopes for a peaceful solution were destroyed by the
onset of World War II. While Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria
tried to maintain an uneasy neutrality, the remaining Balkan
countries were invaded and carved up between Germany and
Italy. The various anti-Nazi resistance groups in the mountains
of Montenegro and Bosnia spent almost as much time fighting
each other as they did battling the occupiers. The partisans
under the leadership of the Croat Communist Tito finally
gained the upper hand.
After World War 2, with the exception of Greece, the Balkans
became part of the Soviet sphere, as agreed upon at Yalta.
The regimes of Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania followed the
worst examples of Soviet paranoia and corrupt dictatorship.
These countries were already the poorest in Europe before the
war. Cut off from contacts with the west, economically they
fell even further behind, Albania worst of all. After the
collapse of Communism in 1990 they all imploded and are
now painfully trying to pull themselves out of the depths of
despair.
Yugoslavia was reconstituted as a Communist federation of
five autonomous republics, and two semi-autonomous
provinces - Kosovo and Vojvodina, see Map 4. As long as
Tito lived the federation held together. After several years
of
following the Soviet path, Tito realized its futility and partially
opened Yugoslavia to the west, thus living standards improved
somewhat. However, in the national police and army most
important positions were held by Serbs. Croatia and Slovenia
produced three-quarters of the national product but a major
part of the revenues were taken by the central government in
Belgrade. The resentment of the non-Serbs increased, so that
when the opportunity arose in 1990, all the constituent
republics (except Montenegro) hastened to sever their ties.
However, in Belgrade, Milosevic, who had taken Tito's
mantel, was a tyrant with a dream of a Great Serbia. The well
trained and equipped army was used to carry out a campaign
of terror and genocide to further that dream with the
consequences familiar to all of us.
The Bosnians and Croats are close kin to the Serbs, speaking
the same language. Their crime is that they profess different
religions. The terrors unleashed in Croatia and Bosnia were
not due to racial but to religious differences. Sadly, none of
the parties are totally innocent in this respect.
Having backed down to UN and American belated
intervention in Bosnia, Milosevic and his supporters dug in
their heels in Kosovo. The situation here is different. The
Albanian population of the province is not only Moslem but
also non-Slav. However, TV pictures of blond haired, blue
eyed women and children among the refugees, indicate that
many of the "Albanians" are in fact Slavs of the Moslem faith.
Even political opponents of Milosevic feel an intense
attachment to the land where the Serb state was born 1,000
years ago. A good solution to the problem is not easy to find.
Also one must be careful not to start an Albanian movement
to create a Greater Albania and spread revolution to other
countries with Albanian minorities. The mistake of the
Congress of Berlin, 120 years ago, should not be repeated. If
hundreds of years as mortal enemies did not prevent France
and Germany from creating a United Europe, is it not possible
to create the conditions under which the Balkan nations can
learn to live in peace with each other?
This is a collection of stories that I enjoy creating. Discover the heroes of American Technology! You know the story of the Wright Brothers! You probably also know who Robert Goddard was! BUT can you answer these questions? Who is Philo Farnsworth? What did Charles Hall do? What did Eli Whitney do that was more important than the cotton gin? If you know of similar stories please send me an e-mail? Please include the hyperlinks.
Initiated the Hudson Project to discover the origins and the history of the Hudson and the Sage families.
Episodes Short Accounts of Family Activities.
Copyright © 1996 Wayne R. Hudson
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