Michael Balsam (-)

Johann Karl Ludwig Moldt (Abt 1825-1866)

Marie Karoline Johanne Freiberg (Abt 1831-1896)

Frederick Wilhelm Balsam (1858-1943)

Annie Amelia Moldt (1861-1942)

Ruth Gladys Balsam (1893-1978)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Paul O. Germann Living Living Ruth Gladys Balsam 1 Born: 20 Aug 1893, Filer City, Manistee, Michigan, USA 3 4 Marriage: Paul O. Germann on 5 Dec 1926 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA 1 2 Died: 4 Sep 1978, Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, USA at age 85 Buried: Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, USA   Noted events in her life were: • Graduation: Graduate of the University of Michigan, 1916, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA. 5 1916 graduate of the University of Michigan and member of the first group to live at Martha Cook Dormitory. Diaries, 1912-1978 (with gap, 1928-1931), contain comments about student activities and life-long interests and observations. • Census: 390 Second Street, 15 Jan 1920, Manistee, Manistee, Michigan, USA. 6 High School teacher Ruth married Paul O. Germann, son of George Phillip Germann and Anna Margaret Deitsch, on 5 Dec 1926 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.1 2 (Paul O. Germann was born on 11 Oct 1896 in Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, USA, died on 13 Sep 1977 in Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, USA and was buried on 15 Sep 1977 in Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, USA.)

1 Germann, Paul O Jr, Letter to Balsam, EG Bill (Letter dated 11 Apr 2001), Page 2.

2 Balsam, Annie A, Family data, Annie Balsam Family Bible, publisher unknown, owned in 1883 by Annie Balsam. (Originally owned in 1883 by Annie Balsam. The Annie Balsam Family Bible passed to Robert C. Balsam and was in his posssession at the time of his death, 2002. Current where-abouts unkown.), Page 3 of 4.

3 Ibid, Page 2 of 4.

4 State of Michigan, Manistee County, County Clerk and the Circuit Court, Certified copy of birth, record no. 575, liber 3, page 316, date June 1, 1894. (1893, Michigan, Manistee, County Clerk and the Circuit Court).

5 University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library, Michigan Historical Collections, Women's Diaries (Online: http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/mhchome/women/diaryg.htm).

6 Michigan, Manistee County, 1920 U.S. Census, population schedule (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 19--?), Fred W Balsam household, city of Manistee, supervisor's district 9, enumeration district 68, Sheet 15a.