The Family History Report for

Carl Ludwig and Caroline Gahlau

This is the bloodline for the Rushman family

1 Carl Ludwig Gahlau
Birth: abt 1841, Prussia
Death: MI
Occ: Stonework
- Immigrated 1874 with his wife and 4 children, Emil, Rudolph, Herman, Emelia
- 5 Jun 1880: Detroit, Wayne, MI
- 1890 MI Directory shows he is living at 848 Superior, Detroit, MI
- 6 Jun 1900: Rubicon, Huron, MI: Residence at Port Hope Village, Huron, MI
Spouse: Caroline
Birth: abt 1841, Prussia
Death: MI
Children: Emil (1866-)
Rudolph (1867-)
Herman (~1871-)
Emilie (~1873-)
William Frederick (1876-)
Johann (John) A (1879-1940)

1.1 Emil Gahlau
Birth: Feb 1866, Germany
Occ: 1890: Wireworker / 1900: Day Loaborer
- Immigrated 2 Sep 1874 with his parents
- 1890 MI Directory: Lived at 838 Superior, Detroit, MI. Was a wireworker
- 11 Jun 1900: Detroit Ward 15, Wayne, MI: Living at 1154 Bellvue.
- I don't know if he and Amelia were divorced or if he died.
Spouse: Emelia
Birth: Feb 1870, Germany
Occ: 1900: Wireworker
Marr: abt 1899, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Children: Alma (1899-)

1.1.1 Alma Gahlau
Birth: Feb 1899, MI

1.2 Rudolph Gahlau
Birth: Dec 1867, Prussia
Occ: 1890: Finisher / 1900: Wire Worker / 1910: Wire Mfg /1920: Iron Works
- 1890 MI Directory: Living with his parents
- 1 Jun 1900: Detroit Ward 13, Wayne, MI: Living at 844 Canfield
- 23 Apr 1910: Detroit Ward 15, Wayne, MI: Living at 1212 Helen St.
- 7 Jan 1920: Detroid Ward 21, Wayne, MI: Living at 397 Garland St.
Spouse: Hulda Siegler
Birth: Aug 1868, Germany
- Immigrated: 1880
- in 1900 Hulda's brother Charles was living with them
Marr: abt 1891, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Children: Hatty (Harriet?) (1892-)

1.2.1 Hatty (Harriet?) Gahlau
Birth: Jan 1892, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Spouse: Edward Roberts
Birth: abt 1893, MI
- 7 Jan 1920: Detroit Ward 21, Wayne, MI: Married to Harriet and living with her parents.
- 10 May 1930: Pleasant, Steuben, IN
Marr: abt 1917, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Children: Ruth (~1918-)
Pearl (~1923-)

1.2.1.1 Ruth Roberts
Birth: abt 1918, Detroit, Wayne, MI

1.2.1.2 Pearl Roberts
Birth: abt 1923

1.3 Herman Gahlau
Birth: abt 1871, Prussia
Occ: 1890: Brass Finisher / 1910: Metal Worker / 1920&30: Ornamental Stone Works
- 1890 MI Directory: Herman lives with his parents at 848 Superior
- 25 Apr 1910: Detroit Ward 13, Wayne, MI
- 6 Jan 1920: Los Angeles Assy District 65, Los Angeles, CA
- 10 Apr 1930: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Spouse: Marie Alvina Schave
Birth: 13 Sep 1878, Rubicon, Huron, MI
Death: 28 Aug 1955, MI
- About 1912 Marie and Herman were divorced. She remarried Paul Weilland abt 1914 and he adopted the children and changed their names.
Marr: abt 1896, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Children: Lenore Emma (~1902-)
Margaret Mabel (1904-1929)
Norman John (1909-1978)

1.3.1 Lenore Emma Gahlau
Birth: abt 1902, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Spouse: William Stopin
Birth: 28 Dec 1892, Germany
Death: 9 Apr 1979

1.3.2 Margaret Mabel Gahlau
Birth: 5 Oct 1904, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: 4 Jun 1929

1.3.3 Norman John Gahlau
Birth: 30 Aug 1909, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: 3 Sep 1978, Harbor Beach, Huron, MI
Spouse: Dorothy Kraft

1.4 Emilie Gahlau
Birth: abt 1873, Prussia

1.5 William Frederick Gahlau
Birth: 12 Apr 1876, MI
Occ: Barber / 1930: Proprietor of a Barber shop
- 1890 MI Directory: Boards at 848 Superior with his parents. He is a handlemaker.
- 2 Jun 1900: Detroit Ward 13, Wayne, MI: Living at 870 Canfield, next door to Wilhemine Gahlau (b ca 1819) wife of Carl Gahlau.
- WWI Draft #203448: Show address as 203 Pulford and his wife as Agnes Gahlau.
- 15 Jan 1920: Detroit Ward 15, Wayne, MI
- Family remembers his living with his dau Lillian Rushman and her family in 1947
Spouse: Agnes Kulow
Birth: Jun 1877, MI
Death: abt 1921, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Father: Charles (Karl) Frederick Kulow (1847-)
Mother: Augusta Wasmund / Warmuth (1851-)
Marr: 7 Jun 1897, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Children: Frederick (Freddie) William (1898-1965)
Ervin Charles (1899-1984)
Margaret (1902-)
Harold (1905-)
Lillian Ann (1906-1976)
William Frederick Jr (1910-)

1.5.1 Frederick (Freddie) William Gahlau
Birth: 16 Jun 1898, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: May 1965
- 1917 WWI Draft Card: Living at 203 Pulford, and his father is the point of contact
- 9 Apr 1930: Marquette, Marquette, MI: Upper Peninsula, Statehouse of Correction and Branch Prison. Shows he was married in 1920.

1.5.2 Ervin Charles Gahlau
Birth: 15 Dec 1899, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: 19 Nov 1984, Clinton, Macomb, Michigan
Occ: 1930: Bowling Alley Mgr
- 1917 WWI Draft Card: Shows him living at 203 Pulford with his parents
- 11 Apr 1930: Detroit, Wayne, MI: Lived with younger siblings William Jr, Harold, and Margaret. No sign of parents.

1.5.3 Margaret Gahlau
Birth: 1902, Detroit, Wayne, MI
- 11 Apr 1930: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan lived with Ervin, Harold, and William Jr. No sign of parents.

1.5.4 Harold Gahlau
Birth: 1905, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Occ: 1930: Cab Driver
- 11 Apr 1930: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan lived with Ervin, William Jr, and Margaret. No sign of parents.
Spouse: Delores
Birth: 8 Oct 1939, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: 6 Dec 1995, Sterling Heights, Macomb, Michigan

1.5.5 Lillian Ann Gahlau
Birth: 15 Apr 1906, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: 21 Dec 1976, Warren, Macomb, MI
Spouse: Clarence Paul Rushman
Birth: 29 Nov 1901, Dearborn, Wayne, MI
Death: Jan 1965, Dearborn, Wayne, MI
Father: John Joseph Rushman (1873-)
Mother: Gertrude Gerhardt (1871-)
Children: Lillian Gertrude (1925-1987)
Robert Clarence (1926-1992)
Melvin Paul (1929-)

1.5.5.1 Lillian Gertrude Rushman
Birth: 1925, Warren, MI
Death: 1987, Warren, MI

1.5.5.2a Robert Clarence Rushman*
Birth: 26 Dec 1926, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: 10 Mar 1992, Anchorville, St Clair, MI
Spouse: Living Shaw
Birth: Ithaca, Tompkins, NY
Father: Peter Joseph Shaw (1891-1934)
Mother: Zita Hildegarde Smith (1901-1968)
Marr: 9 Oct 1948, Detroit, MI
Div: 1953, Detroit, MI
Other Spouses Barbara

1.5.5.2b Robert Clarence Rushman* (See above)
Spouse: Barbara
Children: Stephanie (1954-)
Barbara Ann (1954-)
Robert Jr (1961-)
Keith Anthony (1967-)
Other Spouses Living Shaw

1.5.5.3 Melvin Paul Rushman
Birth: 3 Nov 1928, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: 26 Jun 2008, Zephyrhills, Pasco, FL
Spouse: Margaret Cornellier
Birth: 5 Mar 1932
Death: 29 Jun 2003

1.5.6 William Frederick Jr Gahlau
Birth: 1910, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Occ: 1930: Driver
- 11 Apr 1930: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan lived with Ervin, Harold, and Margaret. No sign of parents.

1.6 Johann (John) A Gahlau
Birth: 28 Apr 1879, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: 13 Sep 1940, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Occ: Iron Worker
- 2 Jun 1900: Detroit Ward 13, Wayne, MI: Living at 846 Canfield
- Apr 1910: Detroit Ward 13, Wayne, MI Living at 1060 Miller or Willis St
- 17 Apr 1930: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA: He is now divorced
Spouse: Mary Minnie Schroeder
Birth: 8 Sep 1881, MI
Death: 10 Apr 1959, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Marr: abt 1898, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Children: Eva Viola (1902-1996)
Harold Emil (1904-1959)
Maria J (1907-)
John A (1919-2001)

1.6.1 Eva Viola Gahlau
Birth: 11 Jul 1902, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: 4 Oct 1996, San Diego, San Diego, CA

1.6.2 Harold Emil Gahlau
Birth: 2 Jun 1904, Detroit, Wayne, MI
Death: 27 Dec 1959, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Spouse: Vileta Ann Hunter
Birth: 6 Jun 1902, OK
Death: 13 Nov 1987, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

1.6.3 Maria J Gahlau
Birth: 1907, Detroit, Wayne, MI

1.6.4 John A Gahlau
Birth: 7 Feb 1919, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Death: 22 Oct 2001, Hawthorne, Los Angeles, CA

Index

Barbara spouse of 1.5.5.2b
Caroline spouse of 1
Delores spouse of 1.5.4
Emelia spouse of 1.1

Cornellier
Margaret spouse of 1.5.5.3

Gahlau
Alma 1.1.1
Carl Ludwig 1
Emil 1.1
Emilie 1.4
Ervin Charles 1.5.2
Eva Viola 1.6.1
Frederick (Freddie) William 1.5.1
Harold 1.5.4
Harold Emil 1.6.2
Hatty (Harriet?) 1.2.1
Herman 1.3
Johann (John) A 1.6
John A 1.6.4
Lenore Emma 1.3.1
Lillian Ann 1.5.5
Margaret 1.5.3
Margaret Mabel 1.3.2
Maria J 1.6.3
Norman John 1.3.3
Rudolph 1.2
William Frederick 1.5
William Frederick Jr 1.5.6

Hunter
Vileta Ann spouse of 1.6.2

Kraft
Dorothy spouse of 1.3.3

Kulow
Agnes spouse of 1.5

Roberts
Edward spouse of 1.2.1
Pearl 1.2.1.2
Ruth 1.2.1.1

Rushman
Barbara Ann 1.5.5.2b.2
Clarence Paul spouse of 1.5.5
Keith Anthony 1.5.5.2b.4
Lillian Gertrude 1.5.5.1
Melvin Paul 1.5.5.3
Robert Clarence 1.5.5.2a
Robert Jr 1.5.5.2b.3
Robin Ann (Wills) 1.5.5.3.1
Scott 1.5.5.3.2
Stephanie 1.5.5.2b.1
Unknown 1.5.5.3.4
Unknown 1.5.5.3.3

Schave
Marie Alvina spouse of 1.3

Schroeder
Mary Minnie spouse of 1.6

Shaw
Living spouse of 1.5.5.2a

Siegler
Hulda spouse of 1.2

Stopin
William spouse of 1.3.1

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