1. The Problem With Pauline
Pauline SHEERN aka Pauline Sanford aka Helen Hunt
1895 to 1917 = Boise, Ada County, Idaho
1875 to 1895 = Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Pauline's Family
George B. Sanford - husband of Pauline
John Philip SHEERN - father
Mary Brice Sheern - mother
Thomas Eugene SHEERN - older brother
John J. Sheern - younger brother
Joseph Francis Sheern - younger brother
Ada Kathryn Sheern Markgraf Davis - younger sister
Winnifred Sheern Hughes Vestal Herhold - younger sister
Freida Katherine Markgraf Prouty - niece (daughter of Ada)
Marie Elizabeth Markgraf Rainey - niece (daughter of Ada)
Helen Markgraf Wolf - niece (daughter of Ada)
Kathryn Markgraf - niece (daughter of Ada)
Rudolph Markgraf - brother-in-law (husband of Ada)
Lyman C. Hughes - brother-in-law (1st husband of Winnifred)
Frank Vestal - brother-in-law (2nd husband of Winnifred)
Werner Herhold - brother-in-law (3rd husband of Winnifred)
Lewis A. Davis - brother-in-law (2nd husband of Ada)
Cyril Adair Prouty - newphew-in-law (husband of Frieda)
Eugene Thomas Rainey - nephew-in-law (husband of Marie)
Gustav Wolf - nephew-in-law (husband of Helen)
2. The Pioneer Jews of San Francisco
Martin Heller - born in Pretzfeld, Bavaria 1821 and died 22 Sep 1894 in San Francisco. Arrived San Francisco 1855. Wife is Babette Kupper (1832-1889) . Children :
1. Caroline Heller (1856-1934) married Juda Newman
2. Sarah Heller (1854-1932) married Leopold J. Bachman
3. Emanuel L. Heller (1857-1899) married Bella Sachs
4. Moses Heller (1859-1931) married Adele Walter
5. Clara Heller (1863-1955) married Joseph Ehrman
6. Sigmund Martin Heller (1866-1923) - Never married
Moses Heller - born in Pretzfeld, Bavaria October 1816 and died 13 Oct 1885 in San Francisco. Arrived San Francisco 1850. Wife is Amelia Nickelsburg. Children :
1. Emanuel Sigfried Heller (1865-1926) married Clara Hellman
2. Eva Heller (1866-1940) married George A. Khan
3. Caroline G. Heller (1877-1941) married Isidor Fleishman
4. Samuel A. Heller (1870-)
5. Clarence L. Heller (1871-)
William Heller - born 1814 in Pretzfeld, Bavaria 11 Dec 1836. Children :
1. Emanuel Louis Heller (1846-1926) married Rose Lippman
2. Samuel W. Heller (1852-1921) married Hattie Stern
3. Clara Heller married Martin Sachs
Jonas Heller - born 1819 in Pretzfeld, Bavaria and died 4 July 1887 in New York City. Married Yetta (1826-1902)
David Nathan Walter - born 24 Aug 1837 in Reckendorf, Bavaria and died 3 Mar 1900 in San Francisco. Married Hannah Smith (1843-1928) Children:
1. Jacob Smith Walter (1863-1865)
2. Adele Walter (1867-1936) married Moses Heller
3. Clarence Ross Walter (1871-1940) married Rosalie Neustadter
4. Herbert David Walter (1878-1956) married Ethel Gans
5. Rosie Walter (1873-1924) married Abe Meertief
6. Edgar Walter (1865-1875)
Isaac Nathan Walter - born 19 May 1843 in Reckendorf, Bavaria. Married Caroline Greenbaum (1858-1938) Children:
1. John Isidor Walter (1879-1930) married Florence Schwartz
2. Marian Walter (1894-1980) married Edgar Sinton
3. Edgar Walter (1877-1938) married Betty Devereuax
Moritz Walter - born 12 Oct 1842 in Reckendorf, Bavaria and died 26 Apr 1924 in San Francisco. Married Sophie Seligman - daughter of Joseph Seligman - Children :
1. Edwin Joseph Walter (1879-)
2. Henry Walter (1880-)
3. Rose J. Walter (1882-)
3. The Unlikely Pardon of James Jefferson Douglass or The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon
4. The Catholic Community of St. Mary of the Woods Village and the Sisters of Providence in Vigo County, Indiana
Surnames of the Catholic families in the parish of St. Mary of the Woods Village that I am researching:
SHEERN
LESEURE
GUTHNECK
ALVEY
DOYLE
CURLEY
BROWN
THRALLS
MATTINGLY
MASTERSON
DELAHAYE
DERMODY
HOLLAND
REGAN
REED
RICE
JARBOE
SHEA
TEVLIN
MICHAEL
WARD
