1

Gustave C.? Prasse

b. ______________ __, _____

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

d. Possibly 1911 or 12?

Cleveland, Ohio

m. ______________ __, 1845

Saxony, Germany

Christina (AKA: Christiana and Christian)

b. January __, 1824

Strasbourg, Alsace_Lorraine, Germany

d. June 13, 1904

Cleveland, Ohio

NOTES: Gustave and his family immigrated to America in June 1855 or 56. The port of entry is yet unknown. The family residence listed in the Cleveland city directory, 1869/70 through 1901, was 214 Birch St. This street is on Cleveland's west side near West 50th St. and the Nickel Plate Railroad tracks. Gustave was naturalized on October 23, 1872. Information from the 1900 Census lists Gustave and Christina as having been married 55 years and having nine children, four still living. Christina is buried in the Monroe St. Cemetery.

2

? (son)

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

2

? (son)

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

2

? (daughter)

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Supposition but not proven fact is that the three children listed above remained in Germany when the rest of the family immigrated to America.

2

Herman Prasse

b. Possibly 1850 or 51?

Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

d. ______________ __, _____

Cleveland, Ohio

NOTES: Herman died at age 16 or 17 from diptheria.

2

Augusta Prasse

b. Possibly 1852 or 53?

Germany

d. ______________ __, _____

m. August 6, 1872

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

John Schweitzer

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

Augusta remarried.

m. October 26, 1880

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Frederick Sleuhan (also Zluhan)

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

No known children.

NOTES: Augusta was widowed by 1900.

2

Charles Prasse

b. ______________ __, _____

Germany

d. ______________ __, _____

m. ______________ __, _____

?

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Very young when the family immigrated to America. Charles helped found the Prasse Lumber Company with his brothers, Manuel and Emil. The company was founded in 1897 at the bottom of Columbus Road hill. It is still in operation today (1984) in Rocky River, Ohio.

3

Ada Prasse

b. ______________ __, _____

m. ______________ __, _____

Clarence Bittel

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

No known children.

NOTES: Current address _ 21154 Endsley Road, Rocky River, Ohio, 44116.

3

Leona Prasse

b. ______________ __, _____

Never married.

NOTES: Leona is a curator for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

__________

2

Frederick Emanual Prasse (AKA: Manuel)

b. ______________ __, _____

Cleveland, Ohio

d. ______________ __, _____

m. ______________ __, _____

Emma ?

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Manuel helped to found the Prasse Lumber Company with his brothers, Charles and Emil.

3

Stella Prasse

b. ______________ __, _____

m. ______________ __, _____

Andrew Kramer

b. ______________ __, _____

3

Hazel Prasse

b. ______________ __, _____

m. ______________ __, _____

Frank Simmelink

b. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Hazel operated the Prasse Lumber Company from around 1940 to 1950 (possibly longer).

4

Carl F. Simmelink

b. ______________ __, _____

m. ______________ __, _____

Ruth ?

b. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Current address _ 4103 Story Road, Fairview Park, Ohio, 44126.

__________

3

Alma Prasse

b. ______________ __, _____

m. ______________ __, _____

? Caldwell

b. ______________ __, _____

3

Mabel Prasse

b. ______________ __, _____

m. ______________ __, _____

? Rozer (or Rozier)

b. ______________ __, _____

3

Martha Prasse

b. ______________ __, _____

m. ______________ __, _____

?

b. ______________ __, _____

Martha remarried.

m. ______________ __, _____

?

b. ______________ __, _____

__________

2

Emil Godfrey Prasse

b. November 14, 1865

Cleveland, Ohio

d. July 20, 1911

Cleveland, Ohio

m. June 24, 1896

Cleveland, Ohio

Sarah Anne Stocker

b. October 10, 1870

Cleveland, Ohio

d. November 12, 1945

NOTES: Emil with his brothers, Charles and Manuel, founded the Prasse Lumber Company. Sarah was the third child of Bartholomew Stocker (son of Andrew Stocker and Magelina Buhre; born 1_2_1833 in Canton, Bern, Switzerland) and Mary Krummwiede (daughter of Wilhelm Krummwiede (descended from Heinrich and Dorothe (nee, Ritter)), and Sophia Scharnhorst; born 3_21_1848 in Hanover, Germany). Mary was brought to Cleveland in October 1849 and her family moved to Dover, Ohio in 1858. Bartholomew and Mary lived in Cleveland until 1870 and then moved to Rockport Hamlet which Amos Prasse remembers as Settlement Road, now 130th Street.

3

Amos Harold Prasse (AKA: Hal)

b. April 5, 1897

Cleveland, Ohio

m. October 17, 1925

Fannie Lucille Dittrick

b. March 19, 1898

Cleveland, Ohio

d. July 21, 1982

Arlington Heights, Illinois

NOTES: Currently resides _ 401 E. Central Avenue, Arlington Heights, Illinois, 60004. After serving at the end of WWI in the Cavalry, Hal received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College and an MBA from Harvard in 1921 or 22. His career work was in economic and financial areas. He was employed by White Motor Company in Cleveland and then the family moved to the Chicago area (Winnetka) in 1936. Hal was Manager of Branches for Crane Company in Chicago until his retirement in 1962. He was an active volunteer with the Boy Scouts, Onward Neighborhood House Board, and the Winnetka Congregational Church. Fannie also graduated from Oberlin in 1919. In the 1920s she was employed as a social worker in Philadelphia and Cleveland. She was active in the PTA, Girl Scouts, Onward Neighborhood House, and the Winnetka Congregational Church. Fannie's father, Alva Ross Dittrick was a Cuyahoga County Commissioner. He descended from Roscoe Dittrick whose family relocated from America to Canada during the Revolutionary War. Fannie's mother, Harriet Neville, comes from the Sackett and Dutton family groups of pre_Revolutionary War times. Her great_grandfather, John Neville, was born in 1797 in Shropshire, England.

4

Carol Anne Prasse

b. March 25, 1929

Cleveland, Ohio

m. June 14, 1952

Winnetka, Illinois

Bruce Clifford Reed

b. January 31, 1929

Cleveland, Ohio

NOTES: Current address _ 18950 Bonnie Bank Lane, Fairview Park, Ohio, 44126. Carol is employed by Durkee Famous Foods in administration of Employee Benefits and Compensation. Bruce is Director of Finance at an area shopping mall and development complex. Bruce's family through the Reed group dates back to Robert Reed, Sr., born in England in 1730 and immigrated to America about 1750; Thomas Boyd, born in England in 1740 and an ox driver for General Braddock; and Charles Gorsuch who received a land grant from Charles II of England in 1662. Charles Gorsuch's land is now the City of Baltimore, Maryland.

5

Bruce Clifford Reed, Jr.

b. May 24, 1953

Cleveland, Ohio

m. May 3, 1980

Indianapolis, Indiana

Marjorie A. Swartzbaugh

b. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Bruce is a programmer and systems analyst in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

5

William Scott Reed

b. June 12, 1956

NOTES: Currently in Tacoma, Washington.

5

James Stuart Reed

b. April 8, 1958

NOTES: James works for Uniroyal in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

__________

4

Richard R. Prasse

b. April 1, 1932

Cleveland, Ohio

m. November 25, 1961

Winnetka, Illinois

Marjorie Johnson

b. August 1, 1938

NOTES: Currently resides _ 1575 Chapel Ct., Northbrook, Illinois, 60062.

5

Richard R. Prasse, Jr.

b. September 10, 1963

5

Dale Victor Prasse

b. January 16, 1967

__________

3

Erma Prasse

b. October 3, 1901

m. ______________ __, _____

Alan M. Hart

b. ______________ __, _____

4

Peggy M. Hart

b. January __, 1923 or 24

No known marriages or children.

4

Donald D. Hart

b. March 29, 1928

m. ______________ __, _____

?

b. ______________ __, _____

5

June Hart

b. ______________ __, 1950 or 51

__________

3

Roland E. Prasse

b. July 22, 1909

Cleveland, Ohio

m. April 24, 1936

Elizabeth Reid

b. August 7, 1913

Warren, Ohio

NOTES: Currently resides _ 18940 Bonnie Bank Lane, Cleveland, Ohio, 44126.

4

Susan Lynne Prasse

b. October 20, 1946

m. August 11, 1973

Jack Struwin

b. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Current address _ 9145 E. Napier, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 49022.

5

Tosh Struwin

b. ______________ __, _____

5

Michael Struwin

b. June , 1980

__________

4

Linda Ann Prasse

b. June 18, 1953

m. September 12, 1981

Lee Goldner

b. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Current address _ Route 2, Box 218A, Covert, Michigan, 49043.