1946 Newbury High School Senior Class

James S. Casteel's (on middle left side)

Senior Class High School Photo

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Newbury Township, Geauga County, Ohio

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1944 January 4-H Wartime Program

Member:

 James Casteel, age 15, of Newbury, Ohio

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FamilySearch - A Valuable Resource that keeps on Growing.

FamilySearch.org just keeps getting better.  They are constantly adding more and more records.
My hint for today:  Bookmark the site and visit it often.
Oh - and the best part: it's free!

My find for today:  the Death Record for our 2nd G-grandfather, John J. Busch.

Database:  Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953
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Black Sheep Sunday: Busch's Sadness

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
1888-02-21

(www.genealogybank.com)

Peter Busch (b: 08 Aug 1869) was the son of our ancestors, John & Catherine Busch, and was, at age 18, still residing with his parents at the time of this article.  The citing of Peter's address in this news item confirmed we had the correct Busch.

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Tombstone Tuesday - Welcheck of Ohio

Stephen Welcheck b.14 Dec 1864 in Bohemia Austria

Son of Frank Welcheck & Katrina Plumsky

& Margaret (Busch) Welcheck b. 23 July 1867 in Ohio

Daughter of John J. Busch & Catherine Laubenthal

Married 22 Feb 1887 in Elryia, Ohio

Buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio

Vital Signs - Image Search Results

The image to the right is a copy of the death cert for one of our ancestors:

Stephen Welcheck b. 14 Sept 1865 Bohemia d. 8 Feb 1941 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio

I located this image on the FamilySearch Record Search pilot site (see link below). Included on the webpage along with an image of the original document is a full transcription. I like to read how documents are transcribed by different individuals - especially the hard to read ones.

Although I already have a copy of this particular death certificate, I was interested in this transcription because I found it very hard to read his mother's maiden name. I had interpreted it as Katrina Plumpky. Here the transcriber read it as Katrina Plumphy. Both of these versions do not google well as surnames and, staring at the cryptic handwriting, another thought lead me to thinking her name might actually be Plumsky. This googles as a viable surname so I will note it in my records and try researching along those lines.

Give the link below a try and see what family records you can uncover - Enjoy!

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

Ohio Casteel Clan - 1943

Back row: Marilyn & Larry Casteel, Dorothy Bartos Casteel, James Casteel and father Creed Casteel
Front row: Mrs. Jannsen (Marilyn's mother) with Billy Bartos (Dorothy's son), Rose Welcheck Casteel, mother & wife of Creed, Lavern Casteel and peeking in from the side is Mr. Jannsen.

The picture was taken in front of the Jannsen's home on the square in Burton, OH, 23 May 1943. Larry is in his uniform and young Billy, his nephew, dons his hat.

Tombstone Tuesday - Casteel / Welcheck

Buried in Newbury Center Cemetery in Newbury, Ohio.

Creed Clayton Casteel
b. 6 March 1893 in Hettick, Macoupin Co. Illinois; son of James P. Casteel and Arra Amanda Bacon; d.18 July 1959 in Texas

Married 04 Nov 1918

Rose Treasa Welcheck
b. 18 July 1897 in Barberton, Summit Co., Ohio; daughter of Stephen Welcheck and Margaret Busch; d. 23 Jan 1994