1. | HAUSHALTER, Debold was born on 10 Nov 1816 in Niederbetschdorf Bas Rhin Alsace, France (son of HAUSSHALTER, Theobold and GREINER, Dorothe); died on 14 Jan 1886 in Roanoke Township, Illinois; was buried in (Roanoke Mennonite Cemetery). Notes:
Herald of Truth Obituaries, Mennonite paper. It was interesting to see that in 1886 they still spelled the name Haushalter. That site is http://mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/1886/feb1886.html HAUSHALTER - On the 14th of January, in Eureka, Woodford Co., Ill., Debold Haushalter, aged 69 years, 2 months and 4 days. He was the father of eight children, thirty-four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was born in Alsace, Lorraine, in 1816. On the 8th of May, 1838, he was married to Maria Zehr, with whom he lived forty-eight years to the time of his death. He enjoyed good health until the last year of his life. On the 14th of January, as he was about to rise, he fell back and died in fifteen minutes. He was highly respected. Funeral services were held by Christian Reeser, P. Zimmerman and others. ********************************************* Niederbetschdorf and Oberbetschdorf were 2 small villages that are now combined and called Betschdorf. The civil records are in Niederbetschdorf and the church records are on Oberbetschdorf.
Debold married ZEHR, Maria on 8 May 1838 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Maria (daughter of ZEHR, Joseph and VERLE, Magdalina) was born on 25 Sep 1816 in Germany; died on 28 Jun 1896 in Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois; was buried in (Roanoke Menonite Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- HOUSEHOLDER, Anna was born on 10 Apr 1844 in Woodford County, Ill; died on 30 Apr 1939 in Eureka, Woodford, Illinois; was buried on 3 May 1939 in Roanoke, Woodford, Ill.
- HOUSEHOLDER, Joseph was born on 22 Nov 1853 in Metamora, Woodford, Illinois, USA; died on 1 Apr 1938 in Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, USA.
- HOUSEHOLDER, Debolt was born on 21 Aug 1858 in Woodford, Illinois, USA; died on 30 Jan 1954 in Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, USA.
- HOUSEHOLDER, Henry was born on 20 Nov 1839 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA; died about 1902.
- HOUSEHOLDER, Lena was born on 13 Jun 1855 in Illinois, USA; died on 4 May 1933.
- HOUSEHOLDER, Frederick was born on 22 Feb 1842 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA; died on 6 Dec 1929 in Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois, USA.
- HOUSEHOLDER, Mary was born about 1846 in Illinois, USA; died on 24 May 1930 in Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois.
- HOUSEHOLDER, Dora was born about 1860.
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