Surname Saturday

I have promised that "one day" I will perform a "Surname Saturday" for my hubby's "Henry" family line. It's a rather lengthy line, however, and since today I haven't the time for doing that one, I will choose instead to introduce you to my hubby's "Rotge" family line.

1. Johnnie Lee HENRY was born TX. He was the son of 2.Joseph Wright HENRY and 3. Betty Louise Rotge.



2. Joseph Wright HENRY was born on 20 Sep 1927 in Fulton County, KY. He died on 16 Nov 1993 in
Batesville, Panola, Mississippi. He was the son of 4. William Lee HENRY and 5. Emma Louise PETTIE. He married Betty Louise Rotge on 30 Jul 1947.

3. Betty Louise Rotge was born 30 Aug 1930 in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas. She died 05 Jul 2003 in Jourdanton, Atascosa, Texas. She was the daughter of 6. John Cornelius ROTGE and 7. Ora Lee
Sparks.

Children of Joseph Wright HENRY and Betty Louise Rotge are:

+ 1. i. Johnnie Lee HENRY
ii. Allan Ray HENRY was born 22 Sep 1950 in Bexar County, Texas, died 29 Jan 2001 in Pleasanton, TX.



6. John Cornelius ROTGE was born on 16 Jan 1910. He died on 09 Jun 1983 in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas.

He was the son of 12. Peter ROTGE and 13. Lillie Mae Surber. He married Ora Lee Sparks in 1930.

7. Ora Lee Sparks was born 26 Oct 1914 in Bandera, Edwards, Texas. She died Aug 1982 in San
Antonio, Bexar, Texas. She was the daughter of 14. William Jacob Sparks and 15. Laura May
Clements.

Child of John Cornelius ROTGE and Ora Lee Sparks is:

+ 3. i. Betty Louise Rotge was born 30 Aug 1930 in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, died 05 Jul 2003 in
Jourdanton, Atascosa, Texas, married Joseph Wright HENRY 30 Jul 1947; married Edwin
Darl CUSTER 16 Jun 1972 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TX; married Harold W. MILLARD 16 Jan 1982.



12. Peter ROTGE was born on 25 Jun 1872 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He died on 15 Jul 1956 in San

Antonio, Bexar, Texas. He was the son of 24. Jean Rotge and 25. Anna Annette Martin. He married
Lillie Mae Surber on 15 Nov 1902.

13. Lillie Mae Surber was born 29 Jan 1881 in Texas. She died 26 Sep 1932. She was the daughter of
26. John W. SURBER and 27. Visa Ann SURBER.

Children of Peter ROTGE and Lillie Mae Surber are:
i. Julius Otto ROTGE was born 19 Nov 1903 in Texas, died 12 Jul 1982, married Minnie Bowie Tupin 03 Jan 1925.

ii. Annie Mae Irena ROTGE was born 10 Feb 1906 in Texas.

+ 6. iii. John Cornelius ROTGE was born 16 Jan 1910, died 09 Jun 1983 in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas,
married Ora Lee Sparks 1930; married Eva Clara HUBBLE 15 Oct 1936.

iv. Joseph Jessie ROTGE was born 21 Sep 1912 in Texas, died 24 Dec 1987.

v. Ruby Martha Ann ROTGE was born 21 Jul 1915 in Kerr County, Texas.

vi. Stillborn ROTGE was born 21 Jul 1915 in Kerr County, Texas.

vii. Robert Roy ROTGE was born 17 Jan 1922, married Edna Lenora Hubble 16 May 1942.

viii. Stillborn ROTGE was born 17 Jan 1922.
 
 
 
 
 
24. Jean Rotge was born on 24 Dec 1829 in Paris, France. He died on 06 Jul 1887 in Goliad, Texas. He

married Anna Annette Martin.

25. Anna Annette Martin was born 15 Sep 1839 in Paris, France. She died 25 Sep 1917 in Goliad,
Texas. She was the daughter of 50. Antoine MARTIN and 51. Louise GUEDON.

Children of Jean Rotge and Anna Annette Martin are:

i. Hippolite Rotge was born 30 Oct 1856 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died 05 Dec 1933.

ii. Louise Maria Rotge was born 27 Dec 1858 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died 07 Feb 1945.

iii. Anna Rotge was born 1861 in Treas Haute, France.

iv. John Joseph Rotge was born 07 Sep 1864 in Treas Haute, France, died 06 Jan 1945 in Goliad, Texas.

v. Joseph Ernest Rotge was born 07 Nov 1868 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died 09 May 1957 in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, married Esther Emiline SURBER 29 Nov 1900.

vi. Elizabeth ROTGE was born 15 Sep 1871 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died Houston, Texas, married E.N. HARRIS 27 Oct 1900.

+ 12. vii. Peter ROTGE was born 25 Jun 1872 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died 15 Jul 1956 in San
Antonio, Bexar, Texas, married Lillie Mae Surber 15 Nov 1902.

viii. Adelaide Rotge was born 1878 in Goliad, Texas, died Houston, Texas, married William R. HOWARD 04 Oct 1889.

Treasure Chest Thursday - Oct. 15, 2009

My Gallery Wall

Do you have one of these?

When I moved into our rental home in September 2008, I was determined to have this wall once more. I had something similar in our home once before, but it had been a few years. From this hall sits my office, where I can actually sit at my desk and see many of the portraits hanging there.

These photographs range from one of my sister-in-laws family taken in December 2008, to a rare photograph of my husband's great-great-grandparents taken about 1860.

The large portrait you can see closest to the camera, is taken about 1870. It is of my grandfather and his siblings with his parents, my great-grandparents. Grandpa Bean is a very young boy in this portrait, having been born in December of 1866. It is one of only two known portraits of my great-grandparents, William and Margaret [Perkins] Bean.

There is a rare portrait of my great-grandmother Josephine Benzel Dreher 1865-1932], with her mother Wilhelmina [Lambrecht] Benzel [1835-1924], along with Josephine's daughter, Florence [1885-1946] , and her first born daughter, Mildred [b.1913]. It's a lovely old 4-generation view, taken in 1913 when Mildred was a newborn baby.

There is a wonderful portrait taken of my grandfather when he was studying to be a Lutheran minister. He is a very young man here, holding an open book on his knee. I treasure this portrait, as it it exactly as I remember my grandfather, with book always open and studying. He passed that love of studying on to me. I am never without at least one book being read or studied, and most often have two or three going at once!

Then there is the first portrait made of my parents together, one month after they were married, taken in January 1959. They are both in military uniform. Dad was in the U.S. Navy and Mom in the WACs [Women's Army Corps]. They were both stationed in San Francisco, California when they met and married.

There's a beautiful portrait of my mother-in-law, Betty [Rotge] Custer [1930-2003] taken when she was a sweet 16. She was such a beautiful girl!

There's an old wanted poster of my husband's first cousin - four times removed, John Wesley Hardin. Yep, the old west gunslinger was first cousin to my husband's great-great-grandfather, Jim Clements, who is pictured on the wall twice. Unfortunately, Jim was a bad boy just like his cousin. He met an equally sad fate.

There's a beautiful portrait of my paternal grandparents, John Monroe Bean, Sr. [1866-1954] and Mary [Faudree] Bean [1897-1975]. Unfortunately my grandfather died before I was born. He is probably the one ancestor I would have loved to had sat down with and discussed our genealogy. Fortunately for us, he passed most of what he knew on to my Dad, who was born in his old age [Grandpa was 71 when Dad was born]. So he was able to sit down and talk often of his ancestors with Dad. Even after picking Dad's brain over and over, there is much he doesn't know. So, I would have loved to have spoken with Grandpa about our family! And my beautiful Grandma is in that portrait [taken about 1945]. Quiet and reserved, I wish I had been more appreciative of her when I was a kid! She taught me more than most people ever realize. It was Grandma who first taught me to cook, [although Mom likes to pretend it was she who taught me!] I miss Grandma so!

This wall means more to me than I can ever explain. Although I'm sure many of you researchers will understand! I feel more than just kinship with these people. There is a connection that goes beyond words. A bond that ties us together beyond blood and bones. Genetics isn't even a part of the equation. Perhaps because I know the intimate details of these lives. I live them daily as I am researching!

I AM these people. They ARE me.

Isn't that what genealogy is all about? I'd like to think so, at least.