From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jul 22 08:29:06 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6MET6jb010632; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:29:06 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6MET3Kd028660 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 08:29:03 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6MBooFI023095 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:50:50 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6MBooAU023094 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:50:50 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k6M9HXFI022709 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:17:33 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6MBtabj023646 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:55:36 -0600 X-Envelope-From: juanita2@cox.net Sat Jul 22 05:55:35 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6MBtZjb023637 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:55:35 -0600 Received: from centrmmtao03.cox.net (centrmmtao03.cox.net [70.168.83.81]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6MBtW9I027832 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:55:33 -0600 Received: from DH433L51 ([24.255.150.191]) by centrmmtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060722115528.QEEF27431.centrmmtao03.cox.net@DH433L51> for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:55:28 -0400 From: "juanita" To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:55:30 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Schiller of Sandusky, OH Message-ID: <44C1CBE2.12664.2B59521@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: References: <200607220400.k6M40KcQ026105@lists5.rootsweb.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Couldn't the question about whether or not a person had children or family such as siblings, be answered by checking for a probate of his estate? The deceased probably owned something - a home, land, business, etc. that had to be disposed of after his death - whether by the person's family members or the State. juanita > I have done a bit of digging and researching in the net and available > records on this family. It was fairly easy to find that this family > has apparently died off completely. Leo George Schiller is the son of > John H. Schiller, a realtor in Sandusky and Akron, OH. John H. and > wife Elizabeth appears to have parented three sons, Leo G., Lawton G., > and Otis. Leo married Ruth Madison in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on 13 > Nov 1914. This couple was still living in OH on the 1930 census with > no children. This actual marriage certificate is on Ancestry and it > gives a vast amount of information about Leo and his bride. Lawton and > his wife Hazel appears to have parented one child named John Schiller, > born about 1919. This John Schiller died in 12 May 1980 in Summit, > OH. I am unable to get his obituary to see if he had children. Hazel > Schiller, wife of Lawton, died in Marion, OH on 25 Sep 1970. If John > Schiller, nephew of Leo George Schiller, had children, I feel sure > they would love to have this family item but otherwise I would contact > the public library in Akron, OH to see if there is a local history > repository which would receive this document. Someone who lives in the > vicinity of Summit, OH might look up the obituary of John Schiller who > died 12 May 1980. It is truly sad that a family fails as far as > descendents and has no one to leave their life's treasurers to. > > Alvie L. Davidson