Elsie Marie Lorenzen

1889 - 1919  (29 years)

• Name	Elsie Marie Lorenzen
  Birth	4 Oct 1889
  Christening	1 Dec 1889	Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Female
  Note	According to the recollections of Kathryn Tadsen Sharp, Aunt Elsiewas very bright and a very stylish person, always dressed in thelatest fashions. Family history indicates that she had purchased a newEaster suit. Even though the weather on Easter was quite cold, shewore the new suit to church and did not wear a coat. She caughtpneumonia and died. Her funeral visitation was held in the parlor ofKathryn Tadsen's home at 317 Jackson Street, Port Clinton, Ohio.Relatives 'sat up all night' with the body while it was in the home.In accordance with the local custom a black wreath was placed on thefront door to indicate a house in mourning. Kathryn Tadsen Sharp saysthe memory of Aunt Elsie's body being in her home gave her a lifelongdislike for funerals. After Aunt Elsie's death, her husband, JeromeBall, remarried and lived in Toledo. Adelaide, Elsie and Jerome'sonly child, and Kathryn Tadsen Sharp were only one year apart in ageand were quite close. Her stepmother sent Adelaide to Port Clinton fora visit and she stayed with the Tadsens. Her stepmother sent a lot offancy clothes for Adelaide to wear during the visit. Dora Tadsen,thinking they were 'too good' to play in, gave her some of Tad'splayclothes. When the stepmother came to pick Adelaide up at theconclusion of the visit, she was horrified to learn that Adelaide hadnot worn her 'good clothes'. 'What would the people of Port Clintonthink?' Adelaide was never allowed to visit again. Notes of GretchenRader Valentine dated 3/14/95 state Elsie Marie Ball died April 24,1919 age 30 years. Record from St. John's Lutheran Church, PortClinton, Ohio. Received 7 April 1995. Baptism: 1889 1 December;Parents, Lorens Lorensen & Kath. geb Kruse; Birthdate, 4 October 1889;Child, Elsa Marie; Sponsors, Theresa Nissen, Marie Detjen, BenedixPetersen. Record from St. John's Lutheran Church, Port Clinton, Ohio.Received 7 April 1995. Confirmation Class, 27 March 1904, Elsie MarieLorenzen, Birthdate, 4 October 1889; Parents, Lorenz & Katherine(Kruse) Lorenzen.
  Name	Elsie Marie Ball
  Death	24 Apr 1919
  Burial	Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I2889	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	5 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Lorenz J. Lorenzen,   b. 1854   d. 3 Sep 1905 (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Catherine Kruse,   b. 30 Aug 1855, Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany d. 22 Dec 1947, Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	17 Feb 1881	Ottawa, Ohio, USA
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I2764] Catherine KRUSE Witness Role: Groom: [I2895] Lorenz J. LORENZEN
  Family ID	F138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jerome J. Ball
  Children	1. Adelaide Ball
  Family ID	F1514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2025

  
  

• Reference

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