Robert Arthur "Bob" Varney

Other Events:

• Census: 11 Apr 1930, 1130 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1940, 1130 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Military Service: From 20 Oct 1942 to 9 Jan 1946, Pacific Theatre; Army World War II

Robert married MaryElisabeth Leslie "Beth" Gardner 15 Apr 1950, St. Johns Methodist Church, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. MaryElisabeth (daughter of Frederick Jan Gardner and Wilhelmina Margaretha "Greta" Oudsteyn) was born 29 Oct 1924, Chicago Osteopathic Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

1. Jed Scott Varney was born 8 Mar 1955, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
2. Lisa Beth Varney was born 17 Nov 1956, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
3. Jody Kim Varney was born 4 Apr 1959, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Other Events:

• Census: 5 Jun 1900, 486 South Robey Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, 2543 Lexington Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 15 Apr 1916, 4047 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 16 Jan 1920, 1129 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 25 Oct 1921; Billing Clerk
• Residence: 25 Oct 1921, 1130 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 11 Apr 1930, 1130 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 11 Apr 1930, Cook County, Illinois; Advertiser - Storm Valves
• Census: 1940, 1130 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois

Lester married Ruth Lillian Jauch 12 Jun 1917, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois. Ruth (daughter of Frederick C. Jauch and Emma Minnie Lydia Wanner) was born 19 May 1898, 1717 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died 22 May 1993, Scandia Village, Sister Bay, Door County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 2 Jun 1900, 1717 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, 681 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Hospitalization: 26 Mar 1917; Tonsils removed
• Census: 16 Jan 1920, 1129 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 25 Oct 1921, 1130 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 11 Apr 1930, 1130 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1940, 1130 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Ashes Scattered: 1994, Ellison Bay, Door County, Wisconsin

Other Events:

• Military Service: four years; according to 1910 census
• Emigration: 1879, French Canada to Chicago
• Census: 4 Jun 1880, 98 Foster Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• First Communion: 24 May 1883, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 18 Apr 1895, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Plumber
• Census: 9 Jun 1900, 781 West 12th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, 2543 Lexington Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 19 Apr 1910, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; shipping clerk for wholesale tailor
• Census: 2 Jan 1920, 4047 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 9 Apr 1930, 916 South Clinton Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Naturalization: 17 Mar 1939, 916 South Clinton Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois; Certification no. P.175374-cn.4586148
• Census: 1940, 916 South Clinton Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

First Communion name Ernest Ladouceur on 24 May 1883 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
Naturalization papers signed 17 March 1939.
5 feet 4 inches, 126 pounds
grey hair, brown eyes
Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, lot number 6'-949 pt.9 section Elm Grove.

John married Ida J. Buttlar 6 Oct 1894, 492 Hermitage Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Ida (daughter of Charles Buttlar and Lena Rost) was born 26 Jun 1875, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died 16 Jan 1947, West Suburban Hospital, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 18 Jan 1947, Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 10 Jun 1880, 295 Morgan Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 5 Jun 1900, 486 South Robey Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 19 Apr 1910, 2543 Lexington Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 2 Jan 1920, 4047 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 9 Apr 1930, 916 South Clinton Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 1940, 916 South Clinton Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

VARNEY, JOHN J BUTTLER, IDA 10/06/1894 / 223813 COOK

Other Events:

• Census: 21 Jul 1870, Odin, Marion County, Illinois
• Census: 12 Jun 1880, 283 West 13th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 12 Jun 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Sews Mittens
• Occupation: 19 May 1898; Elevator starter
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, 1717 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, 681 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 16 Jan 1920, 1129 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 10 Apr 1930, 1129 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 10 Apr 1930, Cook County, Illinois; Elevator starter - Department store
• Census: 1940, 1129 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 13 Feb 1943; Elevator operator
• Funeral: 16 Feb 1943, Willard Memorial Methodist Church, 1049 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Frederick Jauch's occupation was listed as elevator starter and living at 1717 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois on 19 May 1898. He was a retail employee of Marshall Field & Co. for 39 years retiring in 1937.

He was a Charter member of Willard Memorial Methodist Church, Euclid and Harvard in Oak Park, Illinois. This church was dissolved in 1993, but the structure still stands in 2012.

Frederick died of cancer in his home at 1129 South Euclid Avenue and was buried in Section 3 Lot N.1/2 of 103 Arlington Cemetery at 3:30 Tuesday February 1943.
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Reference:
Ruth Lillian Jauch's Birth Certificate.

Frederick married Emma Minnie Lydia Wanner 12 May 1892, German Methodist Episcopal Church, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Emma (daughter of Christian Wanner and Elizabeth Martha Ochs) was born 5 Jan 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died 12 Dec 1911, 681 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 14 Dec 1911, Forest Home Cemetery, German Waldheim section, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 18 Jul 1870, 8th Ward (1870), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 9 Jun 1880, 59 Hastings Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, 1717 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, 681 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Ruth Lillian Jauch's birth certificate lists Emma's middle name as Minnie.

Notes:

Illinois State Mariage Index lists date as 12 May 1892 license number 183176 Fred E. Jauch to Emma M. Wanner.

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Basile Varney, Baszil Ladouseur, John Varney
• Census: 1851, Deux Montagnes County, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 4 Jun 1880, 98 Foster Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 4 Jun 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Carpenter
• Census: 9 Jun 1900, 781 West 12th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Family tradition says Bauzil came from Normandy, France with mother. Father stayed in France. Met wife on boat.

Basile married Malvina Célérier, dit Roch 28 Aug 1865, Notre-Dame-de-Montréal, Montréal, Canada. Malvina (daughter of Joseph Zéphirin Célérier, dit Roch and Marie Magdeleine Favreau) was born Abt 1847, Boucherville, Chambly County, Quebec, Canada; died 20 Mar 1909, 1249 W. Congress St., Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 23 Mar 1909, Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1851, Boucherville, Chambly County, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 4 Jun 1880, 98 Foster Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 9 Jun 1900, 781 West 12th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Other Events:

• Naturalization: 1868, Omaha, Nebraska; Declared intention according to 1892 Cook County, Illinois voter registration file
• Occupation: 1875/1876, Ashland Avenue & 16th, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Tinner
• Occupation: 1880, 295 South Morgan Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Tinsmith
• Census: 10 Jun 1880, 295 Morgan Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 10 Jun 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Machinest
• Occupation: 1892, 294 South Morgan Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Tinner

Notes:

The 1892 voter registration lists our Charles Butler of 294 S. Morgan St. naturalized in Omaha 1868 and residing in Illinois 22 years earlier (1870). But an 1870 Chicago census for a Charles Butler can't be found.

However, there is an 1870 census in O'Fallons (or North Platte), Harrison Township, Lincoln County, Nebraska for a 24 year old German (Hesse-Darmstadt) Chas Butler soldier accompanying a railroad surveying crew. The commanding officer listed on the previous census page is Captain Lester Walker.

[NOTE: Buffalo Bill is listed at nearby Cottonwood Springs (Ft. McPherson) as Indian scout. His biography indicates "In 1868, Cody was again employed by the U.S. Army as a civilian scout and guide for the Fifth Cavalry. His experience and skills as a plainsman made him an invaluable tracker and fighter."]

The following written by captain Fifth U. S. Cavalry and brevet major U. S. Army Lester Walker:

"In May, 1869, the Fifth U. S. Cavalry arrived at Fort McPherson under General Carr. Eight companies were left here and four companies went to Sidney and Cheyenne. The government was surveying this county at that time and the troops were used to protect the surveyors. Large bands of Indians had left the reservation and were killing settlers and stealing horses. During the summer of 1869 the order from General Auger, commanding the department, was to clear the country of Indians between the Union Pacific and the Kansas Pacific. I was an officer of the Fifth U. S. Cavalry and was in command of the post at North Platte in 1869 and 1870, and was in all the Indian campaigns until I resigned in 1878."

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/pionrem/nepr0190.html

Also in the above web page is and entry by BY MRS. SARAH CLAPP:

"The coming of the railroad through the state, bringing thousands of settlers with household furnishings and machinery for tilling the soil, was of the greatest importance. It was concerning the guarding of that right of way that a writer for the Horse World has some interesting memories and devotes an article in a number in February, 1896, to the stories of Colonel W. F. Cody, Major Frank North, Captain Charles Morse, Captain Luther North, Captain Fred Mathews, and my father, Captain S. E. Cushing. The correspondent was under my father, in Company B, during one of the scouting expeditions, when the company was sent to guard O'Fallon's Bluffs, west of Fort McPherson on the Union Pacific. He tells much more of camp activities and of his initiation into border life than of the skirmishes or scouting trips. He was fond of horses and tells of a memorable race in which a horse of Buffalo Bill's was beaten by my father's horse 'Jack.'"

According to the following:

http://www.historicomaha.com/frtomaha.htm

"[Fort Omaha] Soldiers also participated in the protection of construction crews and mail coaches as well as assisting with road construction, telegraphic services and mapping."

Fort Omaha was built in 1868 the year before our Charles filed for his naturalization intent.

http://www.omahahistory.org/fort_omaha.htm

It is likely that Fort Omaha would be a the place for this soldier to file for citizenship. Age 24 would make him born about 1846 instead of about 1842 that the1880 census and about 1843 in the 1896 death records for our Charles indicates. This type of discrepancy is not uncommon with census records.

9 Oct 1871, Sheridan "called to this city [Chicago] companies A and K of the Ninth Infantry, from Omaha" for assistance in the Great Chicago Fire relief effort. It seems natural Sheridan would call upon troops that protected and worked with construction crews. They were relieved on 24 Oct 1871 once civil unrest did not materialize. Our Charles may have been in one of these companies, but was he infantry or cavalry?

http://greatchicagofire.org/rescue-and-relief-library/military-rule-chicago

The church where Charles and Lena (Rost) Buttlar were married 11 Feb 1872 is mentioned in the following as "apparently served as a first aid station during the Chicago Fire":

http://users.rcn.com/cowdery/gethsemene.PDF

Could this Charles Butler, serving as soldier in Nebraska during pioneer times, protecting railroad crew possibly with Buffalo Bill be our Charles Butler. These events make it a compelling story that this is our Charles Butler who met his future wife Lena after the outbreak of the Chicago Fire could be one and the same. However, such a story never was passed down through the generations. But then again, no one knew he was in Omaha either. Maybe his early death made it less likely these stories were passed down.

More data is needed, however, before we can can confirm the connection. Fort McPherson records at the National Archives would be a start:

http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/research/public/federal_finding_aids/ft_mcpherson.pdf

Charles married Lena Rost 11 Feb 1872, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Lena (daughter of Lena Krost) was born 27 May 1849, Büren, Germany; died 27 Sep 1924, 2141 South Central Park Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 30 Sep 1924, Forest Home Cemetery, German Waldheim section, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1871, US
• Census: 10 Jun 1880, 295 Morgan Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Naturalization: 1891; 29 years in country according to 1900 census
• Census: 5 Jun 1900, 486 South Robey Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 5 Jun 1900, 486 South Robey Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Washing
• Census: 20 Apr 1910, 3324 Lexington Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 2 Jan 1920, 4047 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: 1923, 916 Clinton Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois; Oak Park City Directory

Notes:

Is Lena short for Magdalena?

Notes:

http://users.rcn.com/cowdery/gethsemene.PDF

Other Events:

• Emigration: 1864, Le Havre, France
• Immigration: 5 Aug 1864, Castle Garden, New York, New York
• Census: 21 Jul 1870, Odin, Marion County, Illinois
• Occupation: 21 Jul 1870, Odin, Marion County, Illinois; Laborer
• Census: 12 Jun 1880, 283 West 13th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 12 Jun 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; In Furniture Factory
• Occupation: 12 Mar 1881, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Cabinet Maker
• Residence: 12 Mar 1881, 283 West 13th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Naturalization: 1885
• Census: 4 Jun 1900, 1247 West 15th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 4 Jun 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Day Laborer
• Census: 20 Apr 1910, 1134 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

The Friedrich Jauch listed in the 1860 Cook County, Illinois census 7w.Chicago page 947, ID# IL38128313 is Frederick Jauch's first cousin once removed grandson of Friedrich and Ursula (Neip) Jauch.

Frederick married Anna Bensing 28 May 1867, Marion County, Illinois. Anna (daughter of Johannes Benzing and Anna Schlenker) was born 13 Apr 1840, Schwenningen, Wurttemberg, Germany; died 19 Nov 1914, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 22 Nov 1914, Forest Home Cemetery, German Waldheim section, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Emigration: 1866, Hamburg, Germany
• Immigration: 21 Aug 1866, Castle Garden, New York, New York
• Census: 21 Jul 1870, Odin, Marion County, Illinois
• Census: 12 Jun 1880, 283 West 13th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 4 Jun 1900, 1247 West 15th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 4 Jun 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Artist
• Census: 20 Apr 1910, 1134 South Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Had 9 children, one died at birth

Brother Friedrich Jauch and his wife Anna both residing on Robey Street in an area in Chicago since the community was founded, celebrated on May 28, 1914, surrounded by their children and grandchildren in Oak Park, IL, a rare Golden anniversary. The festivities were a (speech, toast ?) by a leader? on/to which Brother and Sister Jauch reciprocated and at the same time issued a sincere admonition to their children and grandchildren to live a life that is blessed by God. After this followed singing and music mostly done by the great-grandchildren. At the end followed a solid meal with much food that had been prepared by the children. Brother and Sister Jauch were born in Schwennigen a. Neckar, Wurttemburg. In 1864 they travelled to Central City, IL where they were married. Since 1870 they lived in the Chicago area. Under the effectiveness of the Rev. Mulsinger they both became Christians. In the Maxwell area, Brother Jauch served for 17 years as the children's Sunday School Superintendent. He helped start the Ebenezer (now Brighton Park) and Roben Street Sunday School. The married life of the celebrating couple was blessed with nine children. Of the nine only two sons and three daughters live near the parents with their families. In the evening/twilight of their lives, they are thinking of living with their daughter and son-in-law W. Klebe. That is where they want to live out their lives. May it be said about them "They lived a full life".

Notes:

GROOM BRIDE CNTY DATE VOL/PAGE LIC
HANCK, FREDRICK BENSING, ANNE MARION 05/28/1867 D/ 45 1438
Henry Geis, JP

Marion County Courthouse
P.O. Box 637
Salem, IL 62881

Other Events:

• Occupation: 59 Hastings Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Driver
• Emigration: Mar 1851, Le Havre, France
• Immigration: 19 Apr 1851, Castle Garden, New York, New York
• Residence: From 19 Apr 1851 to 2 Oct 1858, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Residence: From 19 Apr 1851 to 2 Oct 1858, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Naturalization: 2 Oct 1858, La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana
• Census: 9 Jun 1860, La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana
• Residence: 1867, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Moved from La Porte in this year
• Census: 18 Jul 1870, 8th Ward (1870), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 18 Jul 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Expressman
• Census: 9 Jun 1880, 59 Hastings Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, 1717 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Occupation: 2 Jun 1900, 714 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Clerk at son's Wanner Machinery Company, AF Wanner Proprietor, Printing machine and equipment
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, 681 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Funeral: 7 May 1911, German Methodist Episcopal Church, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Came to America with sister Anna in 1851 thru Paris via Sailboat to New York. Trip took one month. Then on to Philadelphia & Harrisburg PA. Later he bought a farm at La Porte Indiana. Then the family moved to 1717 Wrightwood Avenue Chicago, Illinois later changed 681 Wrightwood Avenue.

There is a Christian Wanner enlisted in "A" Co. MN Hatch's Battn Cavalry Union Army on 6/28/63 as a Private and was Mustered Out on 6/5/66.

Lived in Chicago Illinois for over sixty one years.
One of Chicago's oldest settlers
Fiftieth Anniversary July 26, 1904

Wanner Machinery Company
AF Wanner Proprietor
Printing machine and equipment
716 South Dearborn Street (office)
215 West Congress Street (shop)

Christian married Elizabeth Martha Ochs 28 Jul 1854. Elizabeth (daughter of Conrad Ochs and Anna Fink) was born 16 Oct 1834, Arnsbach, Kreis, Germany; died 5 Mar 1905, 1717 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 7 Mar 1905, Forest Home Cemetery, German Waldheim section, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Emigration: Hamburg, Germany
• Census: 9 Jun 1860, La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana
• Census: 18 Jul 1870, 8th Ward (1870), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 9 Jun 1880, 59 Hastings Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Census: 2 Jun 1900, 1717 Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Notes:

Died of heart and kidney ailment