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- According to Vivian Doney Reid, Caroline Frantz came to the USA whenshe was 8 years old about 1888. According to Vivian Doney Reid,Caroline lived near Stuttgart sp ?, Germany. She and her family leftLe Havre in France to come to the USA in 1888. Vivian said the familywas from the Alsace Lorraine area of France. Vivian remembered oneclue that she thought might help to pinpoint the family location inFrance-- when Uncle Jake passed by, people used to say, 'there goesJake from 'Shellbach'. I looked at a map of France and did not findthe name of a town in France similar to this name, but I did find atown named Shellsburg in in Pennsylvania. Viv says Jake was never nearShellsburg, PA. May have lived near Strasbourg or Metz sp.?Certificate of Death, File No. 70726, 1. Place of Death a. County,Indiana b. Township, Canoe 2. Usual residence of deceased a. State,Pennsylvania b. County, Indiana c. City, Rossiter 3. Full Name, a.Caroline Frantz Doney b. U.S. Veteran, blank c. Social Security No.,blank 4. Sex, female 5. Color, white 6. a. Single, widowed, married,divorced- married b. Name of husband or wife, John Calvin Doney c. Ageof husband or wife, if alive, 75 years. 7. Birth date of deceased,Oct. 2, 1879 8. Age, 68 years, 10 months, 28 days 9. Birthplace,Alsace-Lorraine 10. Usual occupation, housewife 11. Industry orbusiness, blank 12. Name of father, Henry Frantz 13. Birthplace,Alsace- Lorraine 14. Mother's maiden name, Caroline Anthony 15.Birthplace, Alsace-Lorraine 16. Informant's own signature and address,J. C. Doney, Rossiter, Pa. 17. Burial, 2 September 1948, GreenwoodCemetery, Jefferson County, Pa. 18. Signature of funeral director, ?Morrison, Punxsutawney, Pa. 19. a. Date received by local registrar, 1Sept. 1948, b. Registrar's signature, Alice B. Leopold. 20. Date ofdeath: Month- August, day- 30, year- 1948, hour 10:45 P.M. 21. Ihereby certify that I attended the deceased from Aug. 20, 1948 to Aug.30, 1948, that I last saw her alive on August 30, 1948 and that deathoccurred on the date and hour stated above. Immediate cause of death,Auricular Fibrillation, duration, 3 years due to Congestive heartfailure and Myocardidtis (years). 22. Death due to external causes-accident, suicide, homicide, blank 23. Signature, ? McCauley M.D.,Punxsutawney, Pa. signed August 30, 1948. Caroline Frantz went to aLutheran School, maybe in Anita, PA. The Lutherans knew German andcould teach the immigrant children. She told Viv that one day she sawJ.C. Doney riding a bicycle and said I'm going to set my hat for him.How they met we really don't know. They married in 1899. In 1901 J.C.and Caroline moved to Rossiter (maybe with the Frantzs). They lived ina duplex- Grandma and Grandpa Frantz on one side and Caroline and J.C. on the other. This house is still standing (1994) on Main Street inRossiter where you turn to go up to Aunt Peg's. The house had a washhouse out back where they took a bath and got dressed. Later theDoneys purchased a boarding house. Viv doesn't know when, but she iscertain she lived there when she was in the first grade and maybebefore. Caroline and J.C. made the building into a boarding house.Whenthey closed the boarding house J.C. sold all the furniture to a manwho owned a hotel. The guy took the furniture but never paid for it.When Vivian Doney Reid was 8 or 9 she and her family took a tripthrough Ohio. Grandma & Grandpa Frantz, Cal and Caroline Doney, andtheir children. They took two cars- J.C. had a baby grand Chevy andDaniel had a white racing car. They went to Liberty Center, Ohio tosee Grandpa Frantz's brother- he had fought in the Civil War- helooked exactly like Grandpa Frantz- beard and full moustache. Theyalso went to Napoleon, Ohio where they visited the son of GrandpaFrantz's brother. They also visited Catherine Dillman (her mother wassome relative of the Frantz's). She lived near Napoleon. Note: Duringa telephone conversation with Jake Frantz on 1/16/95, he said thatsome relatives of the Frantzs lived in Napoleon, Ohio and that theyhad a cantelope farm there. He said that June would have known whothey were because they always sent cards to his Dad. A newly enactedlaw in Pa. created a $50 fine for cutting down an evergreen treewithout the owner's permission. That Christmas, Caroline Doney wantedtwo little trees for her front porch. Bill and Vivian were elected togo out into the woods to cut two trees. As usual, they drove to a spotwhere the trees were plentiful and Bill got out of the car to cut thetrees down. Just as he was finishing, the farmer, gun in hand, camerunning down the lane yelling at them. Viv, who was driving startedthe car, and tried to drive away, but it was stuck in the mud. Billgot out to push the car, the farmer getting closer by the second.Finally, the wheels caught and the car moved up out of the mud, andViv drove away leaving Bill and the farmer running behind her yelling.When they got home, Caroline said to Bill, 'Did you get the trees?' Hesaid, 'Yes, $100 worth.' Caroline and J.C. Doney took Caroyl Reid tovisit Sam and Rose Hunter. The two couples liked to play cardstogether. Sometimes they would stay up until 4 o'clock in the morningplaying cards. Grandma Doney liked to play '500'. Grandma Doney was anexcellent seamstress and cook. She made lots of clothes and also mademany cloth toys. A platform rocker in the possession of Susan ReidSharp was given to Caroline and J.C. Doney as a wedding present.Susan also has a bench with metal legs ending in claw feet whichbelonged to the Doneys .
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