KROTH GENEALOGY UPDATE


Ref Vol#2


  1. William Kroth
    1. Henry Kroth, Born June 16, 1880 in Arkansas, died August 11, 1947.
      (Mae Lew MeLemurry, November 20, 1881--July 11, 1950)
      Married September 9, 1904
      1. * Luther Bell Kroth, September 27, 1900
        (Lena Simpson, November 28,
        Married May 24, 1924
        1. Ramona Kroth, now Bowman
      2. * Claude Mearl Kroth, February 4, 1902
        (Married Vera May McKay)
        1. Geneva May Kroth, August 11, 1925
          (Married Claudy Charles Cargo. deceased)
            Charled Ervin Cargo, October 17, 1945
            (Married Linda Moon, January 16, 1965)
          1. Wanda Jane Cargo, October 3, 1948
            (Married Bobby Ray James, October 4, 1966
            x. Timothy Ray James, August 5. 1967
            (Married Larry D. McQueen July 3, 1971
            y. Larry Charles McQueen, June 1, 1972
          2. Beverly June Cargo, December 17, 1950
            (Married Wayne Covey, March 5, 1969
            x. Earl Wayne Covey, October 6, 1970
            (Geneva remarried to Fred Carpenter, one child)
          3. Jeanne Carpenter, February 10, 1961
          *Luther Bell Kroth and Claude Mearl Kroth were Henry's sons by a first marriage. His wife's maiden name was Glass, first name unknown. See attached story.
        2. Billie Clifford, Kroth, January 25, 1927-deceased
          (Married Cynthia Ineta Parish)
          1. Arleta Charleen Kroth, December 14, 1946
            (Married and has 3 boys, 1 girl, names and ages unknown.
          2. Iris Rae Kroth, July 13, 1948
            (Married Tommy HLanchly, November 19, 1966
            x. one child
          3. Ineta Gail Kroth, May 8, 1950
            (Married, has 1 son, 1 daughter, names and ages unknown.
        3. Henry Allen Kroth, January 4, 1929
          (Married Ottie Jorene Roberts)
          1. Sandra Jo Kroth, March 29, 1948
            (Married Carl Milton Guthrie, May 1965
            x. Deana Jo Guthrie, July 23, 1967
            y. Carl Allen Guthrie, January 15, 1969
          2. James Allen Kroth, November,26, 1961
        4. Lester Mearl Kroth, April 20, 1930
          Married Jewel Carpenter
        5. Kenneth Ray Kroth, January 9, 1933
          (Married Janice LaNell Fout
          1. Roger Dale Kroth, July 29, 1954
          2. Janice LaNell Kroth, October 13, 1956
          3. Phillis Rae Kroth, June 25, 1958
          4. Sheryl Diane Kroth, October 30, 1959
        6. Wayne Everett Kroth, May 11, 1935
          (Married Wrenetta Lovel)
          1. Glenda Charlene Kroth, October 30, 1952
            (Married Chick Tackett)
          2. Pamela Jean Kroth, June 27, 1954
            (married Ranger Wilson
          3. Donna Earlene Kroth, April 2, 1956
          4. Timothy Wayne Kroth, November 9, 1958
        7. Dixie Kathleen Kroth, April 22, 1938
          (Married Paul Brown)
          1. Anna Belle Brown, April 25, 1958
            (Claude Later Married Opal Atkins)
        8. Derral Dean Kroth, January 10, 1947
          (Married Aneta Bass)
          1. Holly Deann Kroth, June 29, 1967
        Ref Vol#2

      3. Henry Lewis Kroth, August 10, 1905
        (Married Kathleen Pike, December 6, 1924
        1. Dorothy Charlene Kroth, September 10, 1928
          (Married Claud Dean Corvin, August 30, 1947
          x. Janice Corvin
          y. Laura Corvin
        2. Doris June Kroth, June 5, 1930
          (Married Winford Laughlin, July 3, 1948
          x. Michael Laughlin
          y. Mary Laughlin
          z. Cynthia Laughlin
        3. Robert Lewis Kroth, January 13, 1934
          x. Jackie Lynn Kroth
          y. David Kroth
          z. Darrel Kroth
        4. Anita Louise, now Lalli, November 11, 1945
          (three children, names and ages unknown)
      4. Harley Vernon Kroth, February 7. 1908-September 19, 1943.
      5. Lorena Audry Kroth, August 7, 1910-June 11, 1972
        (Married Luther Faust)
        1. Lawanda Jean Faust, January 3, 1931
          (Mansford E. Drummond, December 19, 1930
          Married June 8, 1949
          x. Lawrence Michael Drummond, Oct. 17, 1950
          (Becky Eastman, February 19, 1952
          Married Aug. 21, 1971, reside in Saratoga Calif.
          y. Pamela Jean Drummond, May 24, 1952
          (David W. Benzing, February 11, 1953
          Married Dec. 28. 1972 reside in Oakland, California.
        2. Ronald Luther Faust, July 22, 1939
          (Glenna Walker, July 1. 1942 Live in Oklahoma City
          x. Janet Lynn Faust, February 1, 1964
          y. Amanda Jean Faust, September 30, 1966
          z. Bradley Martin Faust, October 10, 1969
      6. Lucille Marie Kroth, October 6, 1913
        (Married Ray Turner)
        (Later married Keith Ogden, January 23, 1908)
        Married January 11, 1947 Live in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
        1. Sharon Cecile Turner, July 9. 1939
          (Married Dwight Clark Edison, Live in Choctaw, Oklahoma.
          x. David Clark Edison, November 19, 1955
          y. Jenice Marie Edison, November 2, 1957
          z. Michael Eugene Edison, December 19, 1961
        Ref Vol#2
        7. Leota Opal Kroth April 9, 1916-April 5. 1966
        (George Roger Mason, January 7, 1909-Aug. 16, 1969.
        Married December 10, 1935
        1. Paddy Meryl Mason, November 5, 1936
          (Bill E. Walden, April 14, 1937)
          Married July 16, 1961
          x. Erin Kate Walden, May 30, 1962
          y. Glen Edwin Walden, January 13, 1965
          z. Randal Mason Walden, November 20, 1970
        2. Don Roger Mason, December 1, 1938
          (Sandra Minick, September 11, 1943
          Married January 25, 1964 Live in Ada, Okla.
          x. Larry Mason, June 12, 1958 (adopted son)
          y. Donna Jean Mason, August 12, 1965


Church in the Vale Item -- December 11, 1930
    "What makes a man a good cricketer? Practice. What makes a man a good linguist or a good stenographer? Practice. What makes a man a good man? Practice. Nothing else, and if a man does not exercise his soul no strength of character, no vigor of moral fiber, no beauty of spiritual growth, for love is not a thing of enthusiastic emotion."
                          Drummond




JUST COME TO LIGHT

Mrs. Geneva Krooth Carpenter granddaughter of Henry Kroth II, wrote telling of her brother Henry's wife. Jorene Kroth went to the Internal Revenue Service to get help on their Income Tax report. A woman from West Germany helped her. At seeing the name Kroth she told Jorene of a community of Kroth families in Pslaumhaim, West Germany. Joseph was the forebear of the clan, and the German government had given him a large estate after World War II, as he was a successful farmer. The priest in Pslaumheim gets a yearly record of family history of every school child in the system from the school principal. All the Kroth families are of the Catholic faith. The present record is in German, but there are possibilities that a copy of the family record. from Joseph Kroth Sr. through Joseph Kroth Jr. and the 15 families there might be obtained in English by writing the Mayor of Pslaumheim. This much record is known: Joseph Kroth Sr. came from Erlenbach on the Rhine to #98 Pslaunheim, West Germany in 1956, and died in 1934. One son Jacob Kroth was born in 1898. He had three sons and one daughter; Joseph born in 1928, and also Bruno, Reinhold, and Margaret. Joseph is a large farmer near Pslaumheim in the northern tip of Bavaria. All the families are farmers and vineyard owners.
       Contributed by Captain Bill Walden
       Whiteman Air Force Base

An Upright Citizen Kidnaps His Own Son"

       Luther Bell and Claude Mearl Kroth are the sons of Henry Kroth by a former marriage. After Henry married Mae Lew McLeMurry, he tried earnestly to arrange to have his sons by his first wife returned to him. Their mother refused to give up the boys and Henry kidnapped Luther Bell in 1903.
       This story is related for the purposes of the Kroth Memoirs by Paddy Walden (Leota Kroth) as told to her in the summer of 1972 by Claude Mearle Kroth. For many years, the family had no contact with Claude but in the recent past Paddy and CLaude had a chance to visit. Claude now lives in Choctaw, Oklahoma.
       The story goes that some years ago when Claude was a grown young man he was working in a bvoom corn factory in Oklahome and an old gentleman working in the same factory introduced himself and told Claude that for many years he had wanted to get something off his chest, but he couldn't tell anyone, but now that he had met Claude and established that he was Henry Kroth's son, he wanted to share his secret with him. The old gent told of an outing where Luther and Claude were along with their mother. Henry kidnapped Luther and would liqve taken Claude, but he was quite young and in a carriage with someone watching him. The old gent told Claude that he had hidden Henry and Luther in his barn for three days. The old gent even joined the posse to chase the "kidnapper". Everytime the posse started toward his house, the old man diverted them. After supplying Henry and Luther with food and shelter for three days, the old man gave them a mule and sent them on their way.
       The fact that Luther was in fact kidnapped by his own father has been known and told and retold in the fa&ily for many years, but this little sidelight just became known in the summer of 1972.


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