Malcomb John McEachran

Malcomb John McEachrans b. 18 May 1819- 1895 was born on Prince Edward Island to Dugald McEachran b. 1788 and Catherine McLeod b. 1800. It is assumed they were married in 1818. The information about this family is sketchy and what records were available indicate that they had 4 children. Malcomb John called John by his parents b. 1819. Donald b. 1820, Angus 1822 and Archibald b. 1830. After 1830 there were no further records of Dugald McEachran and Catherine is living alone in West River of Prince Edward Island. I assumed he died at sea since he worked in the shipping industry. More work has to be done in this area.

William Henry McEachran

Wm Henry McEachran lead an interesting life. He was born on May 29 1849 in Northumberland New Brunswick, Canada to Sally Jane Gillis and Malcom John McEachran. Jane and Malcom John were married in Jan 1841.

Together this couple had five children named Jonathan b 1842; Catherine b 1843; Mary b 1845; Daniel David b. 1847; and Wm Henry b. 1849. Apparently Jane died shortly after Wm Henrys birth. His father Malcomb John McEachran needed to work but he wa responsible for five young children. Wm turned his children over to his in-laws Jonathan Gilis and Mary Woods Gillis.

In 1854 Malcomb John remarried Mary Desmond and brought his children from the previous marriage into his new marriage. Malcoms John went on and had eight more children; Thomas b. 1855, John b. 1857, Edward b.1860, Charles Archibald b. 1862, Malcomb Penrose b. 1863, Anny Jane b.1867, Robert Ambrose b. 1869,and Charles Robert b. 1871.

In 1888, Malcomb and his children second family followed his son Wm Henry to Minn.

McEachran-Donalds

Hugh Patrick McEachran (1887-1918) was the son of Wm Henry McEachran (1849-1944)and Abigail Catherine Donalds (1854-1954). Wm and Abby were married on 21 May 1877 at St Michaels Catholic Church in Chatham, New Brunswick.

A cute aside is that Abby was engaged to be married to Wm Henry's cousin but he died while working on board ship in the Atlantic. Wm was there to console Abby and married her a year later. Four years after their marriage they immigrated to Stillwater, Minnesota.

They had eight children as follows. Jane Dorothy (1880-1967) who married Wm Jennings Hemsch in 1906. Angus James (1882-1918) who married Stella Grehan in Tenn.
in 1905. Ann Thersa (1884-1971) who married Conrad Graff in 1910. Hugh Patrick (1887-1918) who married Bertha Gehrmann in 1910. Mary Margaret Cecilia (1889-1969) who married Oscar Gallus in 1914. Catherine Gertrude (1892-1969) who married Peter Schweigel in 1917. Wm Bertman (1895-1964) who married Alice Clark in 1934. Agnes Serena (1898-1963) who married Raymond Little in 1918.

Irish-Scott side of the fmily

When my mom Anna Elvera McEachran pictured to the right, married my dad Carl Richard Deifel they brought together the Irish-Scot and German nationlities.
Hugh Patrick McEachran was her father. He was born (Nov 1887-Nov 1918)in Stillwater Minnesota to William Henry McEachrn (May 1849-Feb 1944) and Abigail Catherine Donalds (Dec 1854-Dec 1937). Abby and William were married in 1877 New Brunswick.
Abby was born into an Irish family while William came from a family that migrated from Scotland.

Kaiser-Rhode family

Anne M. Kaiser (Mar 1865-Jul 1939) was the daughter of Johann Jacob Fritz Kaiser ((Apr 1834 - May 1903) and Louisa Eliza Rhode ((Aug 1935-Nov 1908) Their marriage date is unknown at this time but it took place in Wittenberg, Germany.

The family came over in Aug 1885 on the ship the General Werder from Bremen to New York. They had seven children with them some of which were already adults. Their names were; Fredrick Fritz (1885-1939) who remained single.

Pauline Kaiser(1861-1945) She married Henry Heinrichs and they had three children including Louise Pauline Heinrich who married John Diedrch Ramm. Paul Peter Heinrich who married Francis Rupple. Herman Otton Heinrich who married Gertrude D Lesard.

Mary Eliza Kaiser (1869-1895) She remained single.

August Kaiser Sr. (Dec 1881-Oct 1929) who married Amelia Gregorson in St. Paul. They had three sons name (1) Leonard M Kaiser who married Dorothy L Beuch and they had a son and a daughter. (2)Eugene H Kaiser who married Marie F Schouweller and they had a son and daughter. (3)George A Kasier who married Elsie G Miller. They had two girls and a son.

Bertha Kaiser (Sep 1875-1947) married Fredrich W Riechelt in 1895. They had one daughter named Eleanor. They family moved to Califonia and set up boarding houses where they prospered until their death. Eleanor never married.

Mathilda R Kaiser (Jan 1880-Feb 1945) married Edwin A Hempel in 1898. They had no children.

Gehrmann-Fiss & family

August Gehrmanns parents were Charles, Earl Gehrmann (1827-1896)and Henerietta Fiss (1827-1900) were married about 1852 in Prussia. The came to America, via Ellis Island on May 26th 1874.

They brought seven children. Wilhelm ( 1855-1912), Herman John (1857-1934), Johanna (1888-1950), Ida (1861-?), Albert F (1863-1945), August F (1868-1913), Bertha (1971-1914). Emil Franz was born in St. Paul (1875-1950) Of these children only Ida and Albert have been hard to track. Ida may have died in childbirth because there is a grave with her name in the family plot in Elmhurst cemetery. An Albert Gehrman who may have been a nephew.

Charles Earl Gehrmann was a tailor by trade. They owned their own home of Sherburne in St. Paul. Of the children Wilhelm remained single. Herman married Henrietta Fick and they had 8 children. Johanna married August K Stuewe and they had 3 children.
August married Anna Kaiser and they had 5 children. Bertha married Albert H Schultz and they had 6 children. Emil married Ernestine Wittwer and they had 2 sons.

Gehrmann-Kaiser Union

Bertha Gehrmanns parents
were August F. Gehrmann
(1868-1913). Pictured
on the left. August
came over from Prussia
in 1875 onthe ship
Marko Polo with his
parents.

August was 7 years
old at the time and
his parents sent him
to a Lutheran school
because their religion
was very important to
them.
When he became an adult learned the trade of being a tinner,
now known as a sheetmetal worker.

Anna Kasier, pictured on the right, (1865-1924) came with her parents from Wittenberg, Germany in 1885 on the ship General Werder. Her family was Catholic's. Anna was already a young lady on her arrival on these shores. Within a short time she met August and they fell in love. There was one problem; that was their religious differences. In 1889, they decided to run away to Salk Center, Mn and get married in the Catholic Church. The result was that Augusts family disowned him and refused to acknowledge their marriage.

The couple continued to life in Salk Center for the next 5 or 6 years where they
had three children, including Paul Anton ((1890-1955), Bertha Catherine (1891-1971),
Walter John (1894-1942). Then they moved back to St. Paul to find more work. The Gehrmann side of the family did not forgive the couple and severed all ties. During the next years they had 2 more chldren. Arthur Charles (1896-1963)and Theodore Joseph (1899-1966).

August died under unusual circumstances and was found in the basement of his home.
Anna, who never learned English, and unable to support herself, became extremely depressed and died of heart failure.