...Theodore Henry COLLING,
1. Theodore Henry COLLING,1, 2, 3 son of Heinrich "Henry" K/COLLING and Katherine BECKER, was born 27 Jul 1866 in Elburn, Kane, Illinois, USA,3 died 19 Dec 1948 in McCook, Red Willow, Nebraska, USA 3, 4 at age 82, and was buried in Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska, USA. 5, 6
• He has conflicting birth information of 28 Jul 1867 and Elburn, Kane, Illinois, USA. 8, 9
• He has conflicting death information of 1948 and Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska 43
• He appeared on the census 1 Jul 1870 in Virgil Township, Kane, Illinois, USA. 101870 Census: Page: 15, State: Illinois, County: Kane, City: Virgil, Post Office: Lodi, Stamped 491, Enumeration Date: 1 July 1870, 1. Dwelling: 128, 2. Family: 124, 3. Name: Colling, Theodore, Description: 4. Age: 3, 5. Sex--M, 6. Color--W, 7. Profession: At Home, 10. Place of Birth: Illinois, 11. Father of Foreign born: checked, 12. Mother of Foreign born: checked
1880 Census: State: Illinois, County: Kane, City: Virgil, Page: 11, E.D.: 95, Enumeration Date: 10 Jun 1880, Stamped: 486, (7-296), Name of Street: none, 1. Dwelling 93, 2. Family: 93, 3. Colling, Theodore, Personal Description: 4. W, 5. Sex--M, 6. Age: 13, Civil Condition: 9. S, 13. Occupation: At Home, 21. checked, 24. Place of Birth: Illinois, 25. Father's Place of Birth, Prussia, 26. Mother's Place of Birth: Prussia
1899 Mary Uerling married Joseph Florian Junker Jr., Witnesses were T H Colling &
Maude McMillen 1, 7
Theodore married Mary Rose JUNKER J526 7, 12, 13, daughter of Joseph JUNKER J526 (1846-) and Marie Anna SUCHANKA S252 (1845-), 23 Nov 1892 in Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska, USA. 11 Mary was born 6 Mar 1872 in , , , Germany,7, 14 died 16 Aug 1946 in Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska, USA 7 at age 74, and was buried in Indianola, Red Willow, Nebraska, USA. 7, 13, 15
• Another name for Mary was Mary Rosalia JUNKER. 9
• She has conflicting birth information of 5 Feb 1872 and Butchitch, , , Germany.
• She has conflicting birth information of 6 Mar 1872 and Puschwitz, Podersam,
.....Bohemia. 9
• She emigrated about May 1882 from , , , Germany. 14 to Red Willow Co., Nebraska.
Marriage Notes: Marriage Records of family taken from the records of Red Willow County from 1872 to 1972:
Colling, Theodore H. to Mary R. Junker; Date: 23 Nov 1892, Book #: 2, Page #: 598http://www.rootsweb.com/~neswngs/redwillowmarriages/marriagevol2.htm
RED WILLOW COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MARRIAGE RECORDS' VOLUME II PG # - 598 MARRIAGE DATE - 23 Nov 1892
GROOM - Colling, Theodore H. BRIDE - Junker, Mary Groom Age - 26 Bride Age - 20
Cedar Grove& St. Catherine's Cemeteries Record, Red Willow County, NE,
Cemeteries Canvassed & Recorded by Helen Mc New & Phyllis Stinnette 1994 has:
Colling, Theodore H. b. 1866, d. 1948
.............Mary Rose.. b. 1872, d. 1946
Children from this marriage were:
1.1 M i. COLLING was born in 1893 and died on an unknown date. 9
1.2 F ii. Ferne COLLING 16 was born about 1895 17 and died in 1990 about age 95.
1984 Jerry Colling visited her in Omaha. She said that Henry's parents Theodor and Elisabeth spent their last days at Henry's farm near Elburn. She gave him a picture of the house pg. 5
May 1985 Ferne Colling Withheld signed the register for the Colling Family Reunion on Sunday May 26 at Indianola, Nebraska, from Omaha, Nebraska. Oldest Colling at 1985 reunion in Indianola at 92, though she didn't speak up when the eldest was called for. 17, 18
Ferne married Withheld.
The child from this marriage was:
1.2.1 M i. Bruce Withheld was born about 1911.
1974 hand written note: Son - Bruce Withheld, (63) widower 1974, lives with mother, works for MUD. 17, 21
May 1985 He signed the register for the Colling Family Reunion on Sunday May 26 at Indianola, Nebraska, from Omaha, Nebraska.
1990 He called from Omaha last year to inform Jerry Colling that his mother, Fern, had died.
1.3 M iii. Carl Joseph COLLING 1, 22 was born 6 Dec 1908 in McCook, Red Willow, Nebraska, USA. 19
Carl married Gladys HALE 1, 22, daughter of Ernest Frederick HALE and Mary Ann PETERSON, on 16 Nov 1931 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA.
Gladys was born 26 Mar 1910 in Blackfoot, , Idaho, USA 22 and died 27 Feb 1990. 23
1942 McCook Daily Gazette Story URL: http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1047212.html
A new first for McCook ... female gasoline pump attendants. Al F. Schnoor, local Firestone manager, said that his company had employed women service station attendants at Omaha, Grand Island, Council Bluffs and Sioux City and it had worked out quite well. Here in McCook the "pioneers in the new field" were Mrs. Bernice Dike and Mrs. Gladys Colling. The Sept. 1, 1942, Gazette article said that it was the first time in McCook that women had been employed as full-time regular workers to service cars at any of the larger service stations.
The child from this marriage is:
1.3.1 M i. Jaye Carl COLLING 21, 20, 21
Jaye married Onda Perkins Withheld 21, daughter of Arnold Bradshaw Withheld and Verda Minnerly Withheld, on 2 Dec 1957. 21 Onda was born 5 Sep 1938 in Wallsville, , Utah, USA. 21
• Another name for Onda is Donda Perkins Withheld. 9
The child from this marriage was:
1.3.1.1 M i. Michael Jaye COLLING 9
Source Citations
1. Evelyn's Collection, Compiler: Evelyn
2. 130 Years of Collings in America: 1855-1985, Compiler: Jerry D. Colling.
3. The Colling Family in America, Jerry D. Colling, M.D. (Obtained from Evelyn), Volume
.....2, pg. 13.
4. 130 Years of Collings in America: 1855-1985, Compiler: Jerry D. Colling, Indianola,
.....Red Willow, Nebraska.
5. Evelyn's Collection, Compiler: Evelyn, Cemetery Records ---- Red Willow County.
6. The Colling Family in America, Jerry D. Colling, M.D. (Obtained from Evelyn), Volume
.....1, pg. 23; Volume 2, pg. 13.
7. Web Site - Karp Source.
8. The Colling Family in America, Jerry D. Colling, M.D. (Obtained from Evelyn), year
.....only, Volume 2, pg. 17.
9. E-mail Message, Richard D. McClung Jr.
10. 1870 United States Federal Census .
11. Evelyn's Collection, Compiler: Evelyn, November 07, 1892 on GedCom.
12. 130 Years of Collings in America: 1855-1985, Compiler: Jerry D. Colling, pg. 7.
13. The Colling Family in America, Jerry D. Colling, M.D., Volume 1, pg. 23.
14. Message Board - Junker, James Almquist, Colling, Junker, Kessler, Suchanka, .....Uerling, Urling.
15. Evelyn's Collection, Compiler: Evelyn, Cemetery Records ---- Red Willow County
.....1866 - 1946.
16. Ibid, 1985 Reunion Registration.
17. Letter - Dec 1990 Christmas, Jerry Dee Colling.
18. 130 Years of Collings in America: 1855-1985, Compiler: Jerry D. Colling, pg. 7.
19. The Colling Family in America, Jerry D. Colling, M.D., Volume 2, pg. 18.
20. GEDCOM - McClung Colling Family Tree, Richard McClung, Colling Family Tree
.....Entries: 670 Updated: Tue Jul 1 15:27:00 2003
.... Contact: Richard McClung rdmcclung@yahoo.com).
21. The Colling Family in America, Jerry D. Colling, M.D., Volume 2, pg. 18.
22. 130 Years of Collings in America: 1855-1985, Compiler: Jerry D. Colling, pg. 7.
23. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
