Married Date? Where?
Lousia Engler - Ernster, Pettinger
Settled at Dyersville, Iowa and Stuart, Nebr.
Information from Anne Fuerst amlumry@yahoo.com
Lousia Engler - Ernster
Lousia (b. 1852) married George Ernster. They lived in Dyersville. George died young. The boys, Nick and Andy, were raised by John Louis and Matilda.They had two sons:
Nick married Mary (last name unknown) Nick was a house painter. Five children:
1. Jerome married Helen (last name unknown). Five children:
Mary Balsama, JoAnne Lehmann, Marjorie, Judith Gemples in
MN, & Jerome in WA.
Marge married an Oberlander, lives in Dyersville, IA
2. Charlotte
Nancy Zillig, Patricia in NM, & Bruce Virginia
3. Virginia Kean
Nick Kean, Jane Theodore, Carol
4. Dorothy Hunt
David Hunt & Barbara Remy
5. Mona Elliott
Mike Elliott, Patty O'Meara & Mary Beth
Andy
Lousia Engler - J. P. Pettinger
Lousia later married J.P. Pettinger who previously owned the farm across the road from Lousia's father, Andrew. JP sold the farm to Frank Engler, Louisa's brother, and then moved to Stuart, Nebr. Childrens names:
Emma, Lesta [Scholastica?], Frank and Ray
Sharon Pettinger Leach
Saturday, 12/27/08, 9:22 PM
Re: Marie and Jean Pierre Pettinger. Jean Pierre or John Peter as he was also called in this country, is the brother of my great grandfather, Prosper Pettinger [Engler]. I have a photo of Marie [Louisa?], J.P. their children, which includes Marie's by her first husband, George Ernster. It is a copy of a bad copy but still precious. Sharon Leach
From: Portland, Oregon
Email: sharleah@msn.com
Am attaching the photo of Jean Pierre and Louisa family. There is one child I am unable to account for in the photo. Reading left to right, back row: Frank, age 12; Nicholas, age 18; Andrew, age 20; boy with hat, unknown [Ray?]; Front row, left to right [right to left?]: Scholastica, age 9; Jean Pierre, age 56; Louisa, age 42; Raymond on Louisa's lap, age 3; Emma, age 15.
