His parents are:

Frederick James HORTIN
Born - December 23 1843
Staffordshire, ENGLAND
Died - March 15 1928
Albion, Edwards, ILLINOIS

Clara Frances ROOSEVELT
Born - December 5 1850
Edwards County, ILLINOIS
Died - May 19 1947
Albion, Edwards, ILLINOIS

Frederick James HORTIN and Clara Frances ROOSEVELT
got married December 12 1867.
Edwards County, ILLINOIS
They had 0000 children together,
0000 sons and 0000 daughters.
HERMAN is their 0000 child.


His wife is Eliza Lida MICHELS
Born - May 26 1869
Albion, Edwards, ILLINOIS
Died - November 28 1945
Albion, Edwards, ILLINOIS

Her parents are:

John MICHELS
Born - May 14 1847
Albion, Edwards, ILLINOIS
Died - June 27 1899
Mount Pulaski, Logan, ILLINOIS

Martha Ellen RUDE
Born - July 25 1847
VIRGINIA
Died - November 30 1910
Albion, Edwards, ILLINOIS


Herman HORTIN and Eliza Lida MICHELS
got married September 14 1896.
Albion, Edwards, ILLINOIS
They had two children together, both sons.
Their children are:

1. John Roosevelt HORTIN
Born - About 1902
Albion, Edwards, ILLINOIS
Died - October 10 1943
Albion, Edwards, ILLINOIS
He married Isabelle BOYLES.
They had two children, both daughters.

2. Fred HORTIN
Born - June 15 1905
Albion, Edwards, ILLINOIS
Died - September 7 1964
ILLINOIS
He married Vera GILL.
They had NO children.



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NOTES:

1. Eliza Lida MICHELS went by her middle
name, LIDA.

2. Vera GILL lived from 1904 to 1943.

3. John Roosevelt HORTIN and Isabelle
BOYLES had two daughters:
Marjorie Belle and Edith Marie.
Marjorie Belle HORTIN married Joseph Guillermo OTERO.
Edith Marie HORTIN married William Lyle O'DANIEL.

4. Isabelle BOYLES father was Charles BOYLES,
who was a mayor of Albion.

5. Frederick James HORTIN and
Clara Frances ROOSEVELT
got married December 12 1867.
Edwards County, ILLINOIS

6. James Hamilton ROOSEVELT
Born - January 5 1821
New York, New York, NEW YORK
Died - February 28 1917
is the father of
Clara Frances ROOSEVELT.
Her mother is Elizabeth HASSELL.
Her parents got married July 8 1848.

7. Frederick James HORTIN is the son of
Thomas HORTIN and Mary WATERS.

8. The full name of Fred HORTIN may be
Fred Corwin HORTIN.

9. The 1880 Census for Dixon, Edwards, ILLINOIS
has results for Fredrick and Clara HORTON, and
their 7-year-old son Herman HORTON. This is almost
certainly a misspelling of HORTIN. Assuming this to
be the case, here are the results:

Fredrick HORTIN - 36
Clara HORTIN - 28
Harriet HORTIN - 10
Rutha HORTIN - 9
Herman HORTIN - 7
Frank HORTIN - 5
Bertram HORTIN - 2 months

10. John Roosevelt HORTIN was named after his
maternal grandfather John MICHELS, and got his
middle name from his mother Clara Frances ROOSEVELT.

11. Fred HORTIN was named after his paternal
grandfather Frederick James HORTIN.



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