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 2 Born: 20 Aug 1893, Filer City, Manistee, Michigan, USA 3 2 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 2 Buried: Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, USA 2   Noted events in her life were: • Census: 1900 US Census, 21 Jun 1900, Filer, Manistee, Michigan, USA. 5 6 • Graduation: Graduate of the University of Michigan, 1916, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA. 7 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: 1920 US Census, 15 Jan 1920, Manistee, Manistee, Michigan, USA. 8 • Census: 128 S. Long Common, 18 Apr 1930, Riverside, Cook, Illinois, USA. 9 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,2 10 11 died on 13 Sep 1977 in Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, USA 2 and was buried on 15 Sep 1977 in Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, USA 2.)

1 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.

2 Paul O. Germann (; Waynesville, North Carolina) to Bill Balsam, letter, 11 Apr 2001; privately held by Balsam.

3 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 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 Michigan, Manistee County, 1900 U.S. Census, population schedule (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 19--?), Frederick W Balsam household; city of Filer; enumeration district: 30; sheet: 9; FHL roll: T623_727.

6 Michigan, Manistee County, 1870 U.S. Census, population schedule (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 19--?), Year: 1870; Census Place: Filer City, Manistee, Michigan; Roll: M593_689; Page 186; Image :39; page 5.

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

8 Michigan, Manistee County, 1920 U.S. Census, population schedule (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 19--?), Fred W Balsam household; city of Manistee; eunumeration district: 68; sheet: 15A; dwelling: 342; house: 390; family: 362; FHL Roll: T625_783; image: 871.

9 1930 U.S. census, Cook, Illinois population schedule, Riverside Township, enumeration district (ED) 16-2176, sheet 25A, dwelling 46, family 46, Germann, Paul O; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 502.

10 1900 U.S. census, Van Wert, Ohio population schedule, Van Wert, enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 2A, dwelling 27; digital images, Ancestry.com (http:/www.ancestry.com/); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623_1329.

11 1900 U.S. census, Van Wert, Ohio population schedule, Pleasant Township, enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 2A, p. 2A, dwelling 27, family 27, George Germann; digital images, Ancestry.com (http:/www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 2 Dec 2008); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623_1329.