Robert Lawrence Reimal of Kansas
Hi all,
I am searching for any information someone may have regarding my 2nd great-grandfather, Robert Lawrence Reimal (1872-1924), born in Peru, Huron County, OH, and who later moved to and died in Paola, Miami County, KS, USA. In this generation, the family name's spelling changed to Reimal.
Robert appears to have been the only child from his father, Jacob Henry Reimel's, first marriage to a lady named Viola (maiden name unknown, b. abt 1858 in Illinois).I am not sure if Viola died or they divorced, but then his father married again to a Maggie Casida Poteet and had at least four more children, 2 girls and 2 boys that I found.
Robert Lawrence in turn married my great-grandmother's mother, Nettie Mae Jennings, and had their only daughter, my great-grandmother, Esther Irene Reimal (1896-1986).Robert married again to Ada Rae Miller, and Nettie Mae also remarried to a Jesse Kay.
Esther married my great-grandfather, Grover Seldon DeWeese, in Miami County, KS, had 2 girls, and ran a dairy farm for many years.My grandmother, Velma Irene (1917-2001), was their elder daughter, and mother to my father, Timothy Ballard (1948-2009), all of western Kansas and the Kansas City, MO metro area.
As my great-grandmother was the only child of an only child, it has been difficult to find information about her parents and grandparents.Please write to me if you should have any additional information; I too am always willing to share what little I know.
Yours,
Kathryn Ballard Shut /shoot/
Great-granddaughter of Esther Irene Reimal of Paola, KS, USA
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