Julia SCHAUF was born in Buffalo, New York on March 23, 1859, two years before the United States Civil War.
She was six years old when President Lincoln was shot.
Julia's parents were Phillip SCHAUF
and Phillipina BETZ SCHAEFER-REITZ-SCHAUF. Her mother Phillipina BETZ had come to America in about 1837
with some of her family. The rest of the BETZ family came in 1845. Julia was the youngest child of her mother's
third marriage, and she had step siblings from her mother's second marriage.
Julia's grandfather Johann Heinrich BETZ and some of his sons owned a family run pottery/earthenware shop at 824 Genesee St. This family business was walking distance
from Julia's childhood home at 73 Brown Street, and her home after marriage at 426 Monroe Street.
Julia had half siblings from her mother's second marriage:
- Peter REITZ, oldest son of George Adam REITZ was born on 25 MAR 1848 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA. Peter was eleven years older than Julia. In 1870, the family lived in the 6th Ward of Buffalo. Peter married Caroline B. WALE from Willoughby Township, Ontario, Canada, on 21 September 1892. Caroline was born 6 May 1869, and was 10 years younger than Julia. Caroline was 23 years old when she married Peter, and Peter was 44 years old. We do not know of any previous marriages for Peter.
Peter and Caroline REITZ and lived at 73 Brown St.
with his mother and his family, as noted in the 1890 Buffalo City Directory and 1900 U.S. Census.
Peter REITZ died 14 June 1906 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA, and was buried 17 June 1906 in Ridge Lawn cemetery. Peter lived for 58 years, 2 months, 19 days.
Peter and Caroline were married 14 years and had one child, a daugther named Caroline Margaret REITZ, born 13 December 1893. Julia was already married by the time her niece, Caroline Margaret REITZ was born. Caroline REITZ was only 13 years old when her father died, and was 9 when her grandmother Philippina died. By the time Julia died in 1912, Caroline was 15 years old. Caroline Margaret REITZ married John A. LANG in about 1915, during World War I.
- Adam Henry REITZ, son of George Adam REITZ, born 22 JUL 1849 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA and baptised 15 AUG 1849 St. Peters Evangelical Church, Buffalo, NY. He was ten years older than Julia. Adam married Elizabeth SCHROEDER and lived at 56 Brown St. Adam died 26 February 1899 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA, at the age of 49, and was buried 1 March 1899 Cheektowaga, Erie, New York, USA, three weeks before Julia's last child Carl was born, and two years before the death of his mother Philippina.
Julia also had two half brothers from her father's first marriage,
- SCHAUF
- SCHAUF
Julia's parents Philipp SCHAUF and Phillipina BETZ, had four SCHAUF children of their own:
- Charles SCHAUF. son of Philipp Leonard SCHAUF. Charles married Wilhelmina "Minnie" BARTEL and lived at 396 Monroe Street. Charles and Minnie had many SCHAUF children. Charles was born in 1859 and was one year older than Julia.
- Sister SCHAUF
- Philipp Adam SCHAUF, who died as a baby.
Julia Maria SCHAUF, born 23 March 1859, was the youngest child of Philippina BETZ SCHAUF and Philipp Leonard SCHAUF.
Julia grew up at 73 Brown Street and moved to 426 Monroe Street after marrying
John Phillip GANTZER in 1879.
Julia's husband John GANTZER had grown up at 22 Monroe Street in Buffalo, New York. John GANTZER was the son of a machinist named Xavier GANTZER and his wife was Barbara KIBLER GANTZER who lived at 22 Monroe Street.
NOTE: More information about Brown St. and Monroe St. are on the
Old East Side of Buffalo, New York.
Julia SCHAUF GANTZER and John GANTZER had four children:
- Julia became a mother for the first time to a little girl named Elizabeth Julie GANTZER, born October 12, 1880, and who died young in May 1887.
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- Julia had her second daughter at age 23 with the birth Mary Rose "Mamie" GANTZER on August 26, 1882.
Mary Rose married John B. WILLIAMS and had several WILLIAMS children. The Williams family lived on the 300 block of Cambridge Avenue for a while in the 1930s.
- Julia became a mother again at age 25 on January 22, 1884 with the birth of her oldest son
John Adam GANTZER
. John married Elia C. WAGNER and had two GANTZER children,
John and Alice GANTZER. Sometimes John used the name "John Kellerman" after his mother remarried.
He is listed that way on his mother's death certificate.
- Julia's oldest daughter Elizabeth Julie GANTZER, died May 1887 when Julia was 28.
- Julia became a mother a fourth time at age 29 with the birth of Lucille Elisabeth "Lucy" GANTZER on February 22, 1888. Lucy married Charles Theobald STEIGER, born about 1888, on 4 June 1919,
and had three STEIGER sons. The boys also were also grandsons of Julia SCHAUF GANTZER KELLERMAN, whom she never met:
- Robert STEIGER, born 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County New York.
- Norman STEIGER, born 1923 in Buffalo, Erie County New York.
- Charles STEIGER, Jr., born 1926 in Buffalo, Erie County New York.
The STEIGER family lived walking distance from Cambridge Avenue in the 1930s.
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Julia was 34 years old when she was widowed by the death of John Phillip GANTZER, who was also
34.
Julia remarried August Wilhelm Erhart KELLERMANN, her neighbor, in July 1894.
August was the son of KELLERMANN of Coburg, Germany. After immigrating to America about 1893, August KELLERMANN resided at 432 Monroe with the KLEE family, next door to Julia's home at 426 Monroe, and across the street from the Westminister Settlement House which was
located at 421 Monroe. August eventually worked at the lumberyard with Mr. KLEE, but was still a butcher at the time of his marriage to Julia. He may have had a job at the meat packing plant
at Monroe and Beckinridge, a couple blocks from his home on Monroe St. He was working at Westminister House as a janitor at the time of his death at age 46 in 1912 from typhoid fever.
Julia and August had three KELLERMANN children:
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Julia and August's children:
Edward KELLERMAN, age 4,
Jule KELLERMAN, age 7,
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- After remarryng, Julia gave birth again at age 35 to a daughter Julie Maria "Jule" KELLERMANN in 1895. Jule married O. Arthur TOALE and moved to Cambridge Ave.
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Jule Toale retired to Deerfield Beach on the east coast of Florida where she died in the 1980s.
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- Julia gave birth at age 38 to son Edward Joseph KELLERMAN on September 16, 1897. He was only 15 years old in 1912, the year both of his parents died.
Edward married Florence Clair GREER
on October 15, 1921 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. He was 24 years old.
Florence was born in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania on December 8, 1899. She was almost 22 years old when they married.
Edward and Florence had two KELLERMAN children, Richard and Joyce. Florence died June 2, 1954 in Buffalo at the age of 54, leaving Edward a widower at age 57. Edward and Florence were married for 32 years. Edward KELLERMANN died twelve years later on November 27, 1966 at age 69.
- Julia gave birth at age 40 to her youngest son, my grandfather, Carl Wilhelm August KELLERMANN on March 19, 1899.
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Julia Schauf Gantzer KELLERMANN'S youngest GANTZER daughter Lucy, almost 12, with three Kellermann children: Jule age 4, Edward age 2, and baby Carl or "Charles" (sometimes known as Sonny) about nine months old. The picture seems to date
from around Christmas of 1899 and could be baby Carl's christening photo.
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Carl married Bernardine VERSCH whom he met at her
father's candy store and post office. Carl and Bernadine had three KELLERMANN daughters,
Mildred "Millie", Lillian "Sis", and Alice KELLERMANN.
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Carl KELLERMANN with Lillian (Sis), Alice, and Mildred (Millie) in about 1935.
These granddaughters of Julia Schauf seem to be showing off new dresses while visiting their Aunt Bertha HERMMANN in Conneaught, Ohio. Julia did not live long enough to meet her grandchildren.
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Julia owned a business at 1423 Genessee St. that she sold in 1911. The business was the site of saloon and feed store in 1890 when operated by a previous owner, so it is possible Julia owned a similar business at that site. Julia would have been age 52 when she sold the business.
Julia SCHAUF GANTZER KELLERMAN died of a stroke on May 19, 1912 when her youngest son was only 13 years old. August followed her in death only four months later on September 29, 1912 when he caught typhoid fever. August died at Deaconess Hospital. Their six children were the following ages in 1912: Mary Rose, age 30, John, age 28, Lucy, 24, Jule, age 17, Edward age 15, and Carl age 13. Julia and her husbands did not live to see any of their children married. The older children were left to take care of the younger children.
