Ernest (Ernst) Gustav Gall was born on June 17, 1892 in Sebewaing, Huron County, Michigan.
He was the son of Gustav Reinhold Gall (July 9, 1862 – July 22, 1940) and Malvina Grassman Gall (August 22, 1867 – June 24, 1959).
His father Carl GUSTAV ("Gustav") Reinhold Gall was born in Silesia (Schlesien), Germany on July 9, 1862, the son of Karl Heinrich Gall (1822-1882) and Maria Rosina Kunisch Gall (1827-1869), who were married in the Evangelical Church in Kaiserswaldau on February 5, 1850. He was baptized at the Evangelical Church in Ober Hausdorf, Siliesia, Prussia on July 29, 1862.
Gustav, his three brothers, and their younger half-sister Ottilie Gall (Weirauch) emigrated from Pomerania to Michigan in the 1880s. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1902, according to the 1920 Michigan census, settled in Sebewaing in Huron County, where he met and married Malvina Marie Elisabeth Grassman (Grassmann) on February 23, 1888. Malvina was born in Niagara County, New York on August 22, 1867. She was the daughter of German immigrants from Mecklenburg, Michael Friedrich Grassmann (1857-1907) and Dorothea Sophia Christine Bolzmann Grassmann (1842-1913).
Gustav and Malvina owned a farm and had four children, Emma Bertha Maria (1888-1975), Amanda Rosina (1889-1981), Ernest Gustav (1892-1951), and Helena Libby Ernstine (1894-1986). They adopted a fifth child Ferdinand Marten (1905-1995).
Gustav died in Sebewaing on July 22, 1940. He was interred at the New Salem Cemetery in Sebewaing. Malvina died on June 23, 1959, at the age of 91. She is also buried at New Salem Cemetery, beside her husband in the Grassmann-Gall section of the cemetery.
Ernest and his wife Florence lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois in 1920. The 1920 federal census listed his occupation as a house builder and carpenter. He died on April 13, 1951 and is interred in the New Salem Cemetery.
Gall and Grassmann Families from Northern Germany: http://gallgrassmann.tribalpages.com/
Submitted by Sandra Johnson Witt, his great niece, on April 7, 2010
Ernest (Ernst) Gustav Gall was born on June 17, 1892 in Sebewaing, Huron County, Michigan.
He was the son of Gustav Reinhold Gall (July 9, 1862 – July 22, 1940) and Malvina Grassman Gall (August 22, 1867 – June 24, 1959).
His father Carl GUSTAV ("Gustav") Reinhold Gall was born in Silesia (Schlesien), Germany on July 9, 1862, the son of Karl Heinrich Gall (1822-1882) and Maria Rosina Kunisch Gall (1827-1869), who were married in the Evangelical Church in Kaiserswaldau on February 5, 1850. He was baptized at the Evangelical Church in Ober Hausdorf, Siliesia, Prussia on July 29, 1862.
Gustav, his three brothers, and their younger half-sister Ottilie Gall (Weirauch) emigrated from Pomerania to Michigan in the 1880s. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1902, according to the 1920 Michigan census, settled in Sebewaing in Huron County, where he met and married Malvina Marie Elisabeth Grassman (Grassmann) on February 23, 1888. Malvina was born in Niagara County, New York on August 22, 1867. She was the daughter of German immigrants from Mecklenburg, Michael Friedrich Grassmann (1857-1907) and Dorothea Sophia Christine Bolzmann Grassmann (1842-1913).
Gustav and Malvina owned a farm and had four children, Emma Bertha Maria (1888-1975), Amanda Rosina (1889-1981), Ernest Gustav (1892-1951), and Helena Libby Ernstine (1894-1986). They adopted a fifth child Ferdinand Marten (1905-1995).
Gustav died in Sebewaing on July 22, 1940. He was interred at the New Salem Cemetery in Sebewaing. Malvina died on June 23, 1959, at the age of 91. She is also buried at New Salem Cemetery, beside her husband in the Grassmann-Gall section of the cemetery.
Ernest and his wife Florence lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois in 1920. The 1920 federal census listed his occupation as a house builder and carpenter. He died on April 13, 1951 and is interred in the New Salem Cemetery.
Gall and Grassmann Families from Northern Germany: http://gallgrassmann.tribalpages.com/
Submitted by Sandra Johnson Witt, his great niece, on April 7, 2010
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