I'm through with the descendants of Anna Margaret Wehner and George Osmond Richards. Next is the family of Mary Theresa Wehner and William W. Wetteroff.

Finished the section on Anna Margaret Wehner's second child, Arthur Julius Richards, who married Ruth Juanita Evans, daughter of Frank Orville Evans and Jane A. Wardlow of Daviess County, Indiana. Arthur Julius and Ruth lived most of their married lives in East St. Louis, where Arthur was a baker, though they did live for a while in Collinsville. They had one son, Paul V. Now on to Arthur's siblings.

I am working on Anna Margaret Wehner, who married George Osmond Richards, and her descendants. Anna was the daughter of John George Wehner and granddaughter of Nicholas Wehner. I have pretty much completed the sections on Anna and her daughter Helen Richards, who married Raymond F. McCoy. Now its on to Anna's other children. I have had no contacts from any members of the Richards family, descendants of Anna Margaret and I am hoping to hear from them. Any Richards's out there?

I've gone about as far as I can with the descendants of Edward Anthony Siebert and Amanda R. Scherer. I have sent draft pages off to children of George W. Siebert, Edward Elmer Siebert, Raymond Siebert, and Joseph Paul Siebert for corrections, comments, additions, etc. This section has some great photos thanks to Joan Cozi.

Haven't forgot the Wehners, but have been tied up on my family (the Tapscotts) for several weeks. I will return.

My cup runneth over. I am now working with both Joan (Siebert) Cozis (“Joanie”) and Judith M. (Siebert) Coyman (“Judy”), great granddaughters of Anna (Wehner) Siebert, who are extraordianrily generous with family information and photos, and, equally important to an author, are taking great interest in this book. (Which, unfortunately, gets longer and longer.)

I have begun working (actually, reworking) the descendants of Clara Wehner and Charles Darwin Blaine. A great breakthrough came with the unraveling of the life of Katherine Kolkmeyer, second wife of James George Blaine, only child of Clara and Charles. Katherine's story is a rags to riches story. She started life with her father being committed to a mental institution and ended up running Continental Van Lines! It's an interesting saga.  And today I was contacted by Joan (Siebert) Cozis, granddaughter of Edward A. Siebert, one of Anna Wehner's numerous offspring. She and I (and her mother) will be exchanging information to finish up the story of Edward A. Siebert's line. I sure want to finish up this Wehner tome soon.