Stonebraker, Charles Grier

Birth Name Stonebraker, Charles Grier
Gramps ID I0350
Gender male
Age at Death 78 years, 7 months, 30 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1873-08-22 Kingscreek, Champaign Cty, Ohio, USA  
1a 2a
Census 1880 Salem Twp, Champaign Cty, Ohio, USA  
3a
Census 1900 Riley, McHenry Cty, Illinois, USA  
4a
Census 1910 Iowa Twp, Cedar Cty, Iowa, USA  
5a
Census 1930 Washington Twp, Buchanan Cty, Iowa, USA  
6a
Census 1940 Independence, Buchanan Cty, Iowa, USA  
7a
Death 1952-04-21 Independence, Buchanan Cty, Iowa, USA  
 
Burial   Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Buchanan Cty, Iowa, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Stonebraker, Charles Robison [I0050]1836-11-141928-02-14
Mother Coleman, Anna C. [I0051]1834-01-281909-01-22
    Brother     Stonebraker, George Wilbur [I0348] 1859-09-19 1931-12-14
    Sister     Stonebraker, Frances Minerva [I0349] 1862-04-24 1940-04-22
    Brother     Stonebraker, Clarence Elmer [I0048] 1865-02-03 1923-06-03
         Stonebraker, Charles Grier [I0350] 1873-08-22 1952-04-21

Families

    Family of Stonebraker, Charles Grier and Pangle, Emma C. [F0983]
Married Wife Pangle, Emma C. [I3172] ( * 1875-01-12 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1894-01-31 Salem Twp, Champaign Cty, Ohio, USA  
8a 9a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Stonebraker, Hazel Frances [I3398]1894-07-041932-06-22
    Family of Stonebraker, Charles Grier and Allen, Hettie [F0196]
Married Wife Allen, Hettie [I0513] ( * 1874-03-10 + 1901-05-18 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1897-12-23 Monterey, Pulaski Cty, Indiana, USA  
10a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Stonebraker, Gaynor Allen [I0514]1899-06-201979-01-11
Stonebraker, Harry Elred Sr. [I0515]1901-04-201971
    Family of Stonebraker, Charles Grier and Merkle, Calla M. [F0984]
Married Wife Merkle, Calla M. [I3173] ( * 1866-10-24 + 1957-04-01 )

Narrative

Note: The marriages of Charles Grier Stonebraker

The information I have on most of the Stonebraker lineages had initially come from what I dubbed the Stonebraker Genealogy Booklet, a document that was generated by an older version of Family Tree Maker software and published by Bob and Dean Stonebraker, first cousins of my grandmother, Kathryn Claire (Stonebraker) Thomas. They had focussed primarily on their direct lineage, and hadn't uncovered as much information on the side branches of the descendancy of John Stonebraker and Mary Kellenberger.

In their work, they'd listed three wives for Charles Grier Stonebraker - and had them listed in order as Calla M. (York) Merkle, Emma C. Pangle (occasionally transcribed as "Paugle"), and Hettie Allen. Their publication doesn't list sources, so I haven't yet verified, but they had published wedding dates for two of these three marriages. Additionally, they included an obituary for Calla, in which she's noted as the widow of Charles Grier Stonebraker and step-mother to his two sons. While I don't yet have a marriage date for Charles and Calla, this would strongly indicate to me that Calla was his third wife.

As for the remaining two, the marriage dates alone would indicate the order in which they occurred, along with the order of westward progression - he married Emma in 1894 in Ohio, and married Hettie in 1897 in Indiana. Hettie bore him two sons (Gaynor Allen in 1899, Harry Elred in 1901), and died in Illinois in 1901.

My assumption at this point is that his first wife, Emma, died prior to 1897, shortly after they were married. I do not have information on her date of death or location of her burial, and I have no information on whether or not she had any children at this point. (It is possible that Charles and Emma divorced, but I find that particularly unlikely in that region and time period.) Charles then moved west, into Indiana, and met and married Hettie in 1897. The family continued to move west, with their first son born in Illinois in 1899. Hettie died in 1901, less than a month after the birth of their second son, suggesting that complications from childbirth were likely contributors to her death. Charles then continued to move west, into Iowa, and settled in Buchanan Cty sometime around 1905 (according to his obituary). At some point he married the widowed mother of one Calla (Merkle) York, and the family lived in Buchanan Cty, Iowa until the death of Charles in 1952 and Calla in 1957.

ADDENDUM: I have to correct my assumption about the end of Charles' and Emma's marriage - they had a daughter, Hazel Frances (Stonebraker) Griffith, whose death record named them as her parents. Further research indicated that she was born July of 1894, barely six months after her parents married, and her mother (as Emma C. Stonebraker) married the much-older William Leonard in December 1898. Hazel is found with her mother in Leonard's household in the 1900 US Census, and by 1912 she'd married (to Edward B. Griffith) and had her first and only child (daughter Vivian Miriam Griffith) in late 1919. I don't know the ultimate fate of Emma Pangle, nor do I have burial locations for either Emma or her second husband William. Hazel's death record in 1932 (preceding her father's death by twenty years) indicates she was buried in Marysville Cemetery in Union Cty, Ohio, though this cemetery was relocated to Oakdale Cemetery in Marysville at some point in the late 19th or early 20th century, and I've found no listing for her on FindaGrave.com either. Vivian died in Detroit, Wayne Cty, Michigan in 1944, unmarried and without children.

I do not know the details of what may have ended Charles' and Emma's marriage, but it seems quite possible that he may well have abandoned and divorced her, as he was the one to move out-of-state.

His obituary states he was survived by six grandchildren; all of these must be children of his son Harry Elred Stonebraker, as son Gaynor had no children of his own and even were his daughter's family considered in the obituary (and there is no mention of Hazel or Vivian), both his daughter and her daughter had preceded him in death, so Vivian wouldn't have been counted amongst the six.

Narrative

[Obituary for Charles Grier Stonebraker, from the Independence Bulletin Journal (Iowa), 25 Apr 1952.]

Funeral services for Charles Grier Stonebraker, 78, were held Thursday afternoon at the Swan Funeral Home. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Iowa. Mr. Stonebraker died Monday, April 21, at the People's Hospital after a short illness. He had fallen Saturday on the steps at the local post office after he presumably suffered a heart attack. He was born August 22, 1873, in King's Creek, Ohio. He came to Buchanan Cty in 1905. He was engaged in farming, retiring 10 years ago. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Stonebraker is survived by his wife, Mrs. Calla M. Stonebraker, two sons, H.E. of Columbus, Ohio, and Gaynor of Marion, six grandchildren, and one step-son, Ed York of Independence. The Rev. William R. Noland officiated at the funeral. Pallbearers were Egbert Cole, Irvin Weber, Charles Touhey, Don Boyack, George Johnson and Frank Speers.

Pedigree

  1. Stonebraker, Charles Robison [I0050]
    1. Coleman, Anna C. [I0051]
      1. Stonebraker, George Wilbur [I0348]
      2. Stonebraker, Frances Minerva [I0349]
      3. Stonebraker, Clarence Elmer [I0048]
      4. Stonebraker, Charles Grier
        1. Pangle, Emma C. [I3172]
          1. Stonebraker, Hazel Frances [I3398]
        2. Allen, Hettie [I0513]
          1. Stonebraker, Gaynor Allen [I0514]
          2. Stonebraker, Harry Elred Sr. [I0515]
        3. Merkle, Calla M. [I3173]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 [S0121]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6LR-4X1 : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Charles G Stonebraker, 22 Aug 1873; citing Birth, , Champaign, Ohio, reference 118-119, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 295232.

  2. Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-1962 [S0223]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, Births and Christenings, 1821-1962," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XX4W-Q9B : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Charles G. Stonebraker, 22 Aug 1873; citing CHAMPAIGN,OHIO, reference ; FHL microfilm 295232.

  3. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Date: 1880-06-10
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ1N-KN6 : accessed 01 Nov 2014), George W Stonebraker in household of Charles Stonebraker, Salem, Champaign, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 355D, NARA microfilm publication T9.

        Event Year: 1880
        Event Place: Salem, Champaign, Ohio, United States
        Charles Stonebraker Self M 43 Virginia, United States
        Ann Stonebraker Wife F 44 Ohio, United States
        George W Stonebraker Son M 20 Ohio, United States
        Minerva Stonebraker Daughter F 14 Ohio, United States
        Clarence E Stonebraker Son M 13 Ohio, United States
        Charles G Stonebraker Son M 6 Ohio, United States

  4. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS4H-7XD : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Charles Stonebreaker, Riley Township, McHenry, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1240321.

        Event Year: 1900
        Event Place: Riley Township, McHenry, Illinois, United States
        Charles Stonebreaker Head M 27 Ohio
        Hattie Stonebreaker Wife F 26 Indiana
        Gaynor Stonebreaker Son M 1 Illinois
        William Haller Boarder M 40 Ohio

  5. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ML18-6KG : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Charles G Stonebraker, Iowa, Cedar, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 4B, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1374408.

        Event Year: 1910
        Event Place: Iowa, Cedar, Iowa, United States
        Charles G Stonebraker Head M 36 Ohio
        Calla S Stonebraker Wife F 42 Iowa
        Gaynor A Stonebraker Son M 10 Illinois
        Harry E Stonebraker Son M 8 Illinois
        Ethbert A York Stepson M 18 Canada English

  6. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMNX-G5H : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Charles Stonebraker, Washington, Buchanan, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0031, sheet 6A, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T626, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2340379.

        Event Year: 1930
        Event Place: Washington, Buchanan, Iowa, United States
        Charles Stonebraker Head M 56 Ohio
        Calla Stonebraker Wife F 63 Iowa

  7. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Date: 1940
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMTW-WVT : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Chas G Stonebraker, Ward 5, Independence City, Washington Township, Buchanan, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-30, sheet 3B, family 64, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 1142, NARA digital publication of T627, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

        Event Date: 1940
        Event Place: Ward 5, Independence City, Washington Township, Buchanan, Iowa, United States
        Chas G Stonebraker Head M 66 Ohio
        Calla Stonebraker Wife F 73 Iowa

  8. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997 [S0117]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDLL-MM2 : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Charles G. Stonebraker and Emma C. Paugle, 31 Jan 1894; citing Champaign, Ohio, United States, reference CN 4202; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 530189.

  9. Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958 [S0095]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDC4-CJW : accessed 08 Nov 2014), Charles G. Stonebraker and Emma C. Paugle, 31 Jan 1894; citing Champaign Co., Ohio, reference 2:3LJFJ0J; FHL microfilm 0530189.

  10. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 [S0069]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K62Z-M6P : accessed 13 Nov 2014), C G Stonebraker and Hettie Allen, 23 Dec 1897; citing , Pulaski, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 001711317.