Georg Jakob ("Jacob" or "Jerjab") Blehm was born in Kratzke, Russia, to parents of German descent: Johann Heinrich ("Heinrich") Blehm and Elisabeth Deines. The family arrived in New York City on Oct. 29, 1899, on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
Jacob married Amelia Butz on Feb. 19, 1913, in Billings, Montana. They were blessed with nine children:
Julia Elizabeth Blehm, 1914-1998
Harriette Marie Blehm, 1915-2004
Amelia Blehm, 1916-1996
Margaret Blehm, 1918-2006
Raymond Edward Blehm Sr., 1921-1997
Edna Mae Blehm, 1925/1926-
Irvin Eugene Blehm, 1928-1999
James Allen Blehm, 1933-
Donald Lee Blehm Sr., 1936-2007
Source: http://berschauer.com/Genealogy/Total/000.htm
From a typewritten obituary:
BLEHM, JAKOB, Billings, Montana, d. 15 March 1947
The deceased, Mr. Jakob Blehm, was born on 20 January 1889 in Kratzke, a German colony in the Volga district in Russia. His parents were Heinrich Bloehm and his wife, Elisabeth nee Deines. At the right time he was taken into the bonds of grace with God by Holy Baptism and at the appropriate age received instruction and was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran faith by his pastor in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Like many thousands of other colonists from Russia, the Bloehm family immigrated to America 48 years ago. If my remembrance of Mother Blehm’s stories don’t deceive me, in this country of changes, the name Bloehm was simplified and changed to Blehm.
His life’s path in America was as follows: In 1899 he came to Russell, Kansas, with his family. Two years later they moved to Sugar City, Colorado, where the new sugar industry granted abundant opportunity for all who wanted to work and earn money. Yet living conditions there did not agree with the Blehm family. So in 1903 they moved to Fort Collins, which remained the main family residence of the Blehms. Here there were also Lutheran congregations developing. Pastor Paul Bunge, whom they knew from Sugar City also moved here. Here Jerjab received his instruction and confirmation.
As a youth of 20 years in 1909 he traveled to Billings, Montana. He liked it and settled there. In 1913, on 19 February, he married Miss Amelia Butz. God blessed him with a family. Yet after six years, in 1919, they moved back to Colorado and there worked a farm between Windsor and Fort Collins. And there I became acquainted with his wife and children and learned to love them as members of the Blehm family circle. In 1938 Jerjab moved back to Billings with his family and lived there and near Worden, Montana.
Last Saturday, 15 March, he set out to go to his neighbor’s by foot. He had to cross the public highway to do so. In the dark and in the blinding lights of the Saturday night traffic he was hit, which killed him immediately.
Jacob Blehm brought his earthly lifespan to 58 years, 1 month, 23 days. Surviving him are his widow; four sons: Master Sergeant Raymond with the navy in China; Irvin; James . . . [A handwritten note saying “over” indicates that the obituary continues on the back, but the back does not seem to be available on the same website.]
Source of the obituary: “United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSS-81SG : accessed 7 June 2015).
Jacob Blehm was buried on March 20, 1947.
Jacob married Amelia Butz on Feb. 19, 1913, in Billings, Montana. They were blessed with nine children:
Julia Elizabeth Blehm, 1914-1998
Harriette Marie Blehm, 1915-2004
Amelia Blehm, 1916-1996
Margaret Blehm, 1918-2006
Raymond Edward Blehm Sr., 1921-1997
Edna Mae Blehm, 1925/1926-
Irvin Eugene Blehm, 1928-1999
James Allen Blehm, 1933-
Donald Lee Blehm Sr., 1936-2007
Source: http://berschauer.com/Genealogy/Total/000.htm
From a typewritten obituary:
BLEHM, JAKOB, Billings, Montana, d. 15 March 1947
The deceased, Mr. Jakob Blehm, was born on 20 January 1889 in Kratzke, a German colony in the Volga district in Russia. His parents were Heinrich Bloehm and his wife, Elisabeth nee Deines. At the right time he was taken into the bonds of grace with God by Holy Baptism and at the appropriate age received instruction and was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran faith by his pastor in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Like many thousands of other colonists from Russia, the Bloehm family immigrated to America 48 years ago. If my remembrance of Mother Blehm’s stories don’t deceive me, in this country of changes, the name Bloehm was simplified and changed to Blehm.
His life’s path in America was as follows: In 1899 he came to Russell, Kansas, with his family. Two years later they moved to Sugar City, Colorado, where the new sugar industry granted abundant opportunity for all who wanted to work and earn money. Yet living conditions there did not agree with the Blehm family. So in 1903 they moved to Fort Collins, which remained the main family residence of the Blehms. Here there were also Lutheran congregations developing. Pastor Paul Bunge, whom they knew from Sugar City also moved here. Here Jerjab received his instruction and confirmation.
As a youth of 20 years in 1909 he traveled to Billings, Montana. He liked it and settled there. In 1913, on 19 February, he married Miss Amelia Butz. God blessed him with a family. Yet after six years, in 1919, they moved back to Colorado and there worked a farm between Windsor and Fort Collins. And there I became acquainted with his wife and children and learned to love them as members of the Blehm family circle. In 1938 Jerjab moved back to Billings with his family and lived there and near Worden, Montana.
Last Saturday, 15 March, he set out to go to his neighbor’s by foot. He had to cross the public highway to do so. In the dark and in the blinding lights of the Saturday night traffic he was hit, which killed him immediately.
Jacob Blehm brought his earthly lifespan to 58 years, 1 month, 23 days. Surviving him are his widow; four sons: Master Sergeant Raymond with the navy in China; Irvin; James . . . [A handwritten note saying “over” indicates that the obituary continues on the back, but the back does not seem to be available on the same website.]
Source of the obituary: “United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSS-81SG : accessed 7 June 2015).
Jacob Blehm was buried on March 20, 1947.
Georg Jakob ("Jacob" or "Jerjab") Blehm was born in Kratzke, Russia, to parents of German descent: Johann Heinrich ("Heinrich") Blehm and Elisabeth Deines. The family arrived in New York City on Oct. 29, 1899, on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
Jacob married Amelia Butz on Feb. 19, 1913, in Billings, Montana. They were blessed with nine children:
Julia Elizabeth Blehm, 1914-1998
Harriette Marie Blehm, 1915-2004
Amelia Blehm, 1916-1996
Margaret Blehm, 1918-2006
Raymond Edward Blehm Sr., 1921-1997
Edna Mae Blehm, 1925/1926-
Irvin Eugene Blehm, 1928-1999
James Allen Blehm, 1933-
Donald Lee Blehm Sr., 1936-2007
Source: http://berschauer.com/Genealogy/Total/000.htm
From a typewritten obituary:
BLEHM, JAKOB, Billings, Montana, d. 15 March 1947
The deceased, Mr. Jakob Blehm, was born on 20 January 1889 in Kratzke, a German colony in the Volga district in Russia. His parents were Heinrich Bloehm and his wife, Elisabeth nee Deines. At the right time he was taken into the bonds of grace with God by Holy Baptism and at the appropriate age received instruction and was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran faith by his pastor in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Like many thousands of other colonists from Russia, the Bloehm family immigrated to America 48 years ago. If my remembrance of Mother Blehm’s stories don’t deceive me, in this country of changes, the name Bloehm was simplified and changed to Blehm.
His life’s path in America was as follows: In 1899 he came to Russell, Kansas, with his family. Two years later they moved to Sugar City, Colorado, where the new sugar industry granted abundant opportunity for all who wanted to work and earn money. Yet living conditions there did not agree with the Blehm family. So in 1903 they moved to Fort Collins, which remained the main family residence of the Blehms. Here there were also Lutheran congregations developing. Pastor Paul Bunge, whom they knew from Sugar City also moved here. Here Jerjab received his instruction and confirmation.
As a youth of 20 years in 1909 he traveled to Billings, Montana. He liked it and settled there. In 1913, on 19 February, he married Miss Amelia Butz. God blessed him with a family. Yet after six years, in 1919, they moved back to Colorado and there worked a farm between Windsor and Fort Collins. And there I became acquainted with his wife and children and learned to love them as members of the Blehm family circle. In 1938 Jerjab moved back to Billings with his family and lived there and near Worden, Montana.
Last Saturday, 15 March, he set out to go to his neighbor’s by foot. He had to cross the public highway to do so. In the dark and in the blinding lights of the Saturday night traffic he was hit, which killed him immediately.
Jacob Blehm brought his earthly lifespan to 58 years, 1 month, 23 days. Surviving him are his widow; four sons: Master Sergeant Raymond with the navy in China; Irvin; James . . . [A handwritten note saying “over” indicates that the obituary continues on the back, but the back does not seem to be available on the same website.]
Source of the obituary: “United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSS-81SG : accessed 7 June 2015).
Jacob Blehm was buried on March 20, 1947.
Jacob married Amelia Butz on Feb. 19, 1913, in Billings, Montana. They were blessed with nine children:
Julia Elizabeth Blehm, 1914-1998
Harriette Marie Blehm, 1915-2004
Amelia Blehm, 1916-1996
Margaret Blehm, 1918-2006
Raymond Edward Blehm Sr., 1921-1997
Edna Mae Blehm, 1925/1926-
Irvin Eugene Blehm, 1928-1999
James Allen Blehm, 1933-
Donald Lee Blehm Sr., 1936-2007
Source: http://berschauer.com/Genealogy/Total/000.htm
From a typewritten obituary:
BLEHM, JAKOB, Billings, Montana, d. 15 March 1947
The deceased, Mr. Jakob Blehm, was born on 20 January 1889 in Kratzke, a German colony in the Volga district in Russia. His parents were Heinrich Bloehm and his wife, Elisabeth nee Deines. At the right time he was taken into the bonds of grace with God by Holy Baptism and at the appropriate age received instruction and was confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran faith by his pastor in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Like many thousands of other colonists from Russia, the Bloehm family immigrated to America 48 years ago. If my remembrance of Mother Blehm’s stories don’t deceive me, in this country of changes, the name Bloehm was simplified and changed to Blehm.
His life’s path in America was as follows: In 1899 he came to Russell, Kansas, with his family. Two years later they moved to Sugar City, Colorado, where the new sugar industry granted abundant opportunity for all who wanted to work and earn money. Yet living conditions there did not agree with the Blehm family. So in 1903 they moved to Fort Collins, which remained the main family residence of the Blehms. Here there were also Lutheran congregations developing. Pastor Paul Bunge, whom they knew from Sugar City also moved here. Here Jerjab received his instruction and confirmation.
As a youth of 20 years in 1909 he traveled to Billings, Montana. He liked it and settled there. In 1913, on 19 February, he married Miss Amelia Butz. God blessed him with a family. Yet after six years, in 1919, they moved back to Colorado and there worked a farm between Windsor and Fort Collins. And there I became acquainted with his wife and children and learned to love them as members of the Blehm family circle. In 1938 Jerjab moved back to Billings with his family and lived there and near Worden, Montana.
Last Saturday, 15 March, he set out to go to his neighbor’s by foot. He had to cross the public highway to do so. In the dark and in the blinding lights of the Saturday night traffic he was hit, which killed him immediately.
Jacob Blehm brought his earthly lifespan to 58 years, 1 month, 23 days. Surviving him are his widow; four sons: Master Sergeant Raymond with the navy in China; Irvin; James . . . [A handwritten note saying “over” indicates that the obituary continues on the back, but the back does not seem to be available on the same website.]
Source of the obituary: “United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSS-81SG : accessed 7 June 2015).
Jacob Blehm was buried on March 20, 1947.
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