Sevenau Line & Related Ancestors

The Ancestors and Descendants of

Ernest Edward Jules Sevenau & Edna Marguarite Clement/Kellogg

INCLUDING RELATED LINES
Haine, Des Granges, Yates, Dunand, Loiseau, Sevenau, Lannes,
Alfieri, Marley, Clement, Kellogg, Kirby, Egts

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THE SEVENAU LINE
Back, Sideways & Down
Threw my hat in the ring for the Sevenau tree
There were only four kids—how hard could it be?
But no one had told me that most married twice
And some of them wedded a good more than thrice.

The name made it easy—uncommon at that,
Simple to trace and track down for a chat.
But questions abounded and confusion did reign:
Three steps back I would take—then two I would gain.

Third-gen San Franciscans of that they can boast
And from the beginning the toddy they’d toast.
You’d think they were Irish the way they behaved
Their royal French blood ended up shaved.

Few could stay married and their own way they went
Even before Edmond and Alice Clement.
There were broods that were birthed with wives one thru four
A few changed their names, some took flight through rear door.

So many offspring by so many wives;
Was tough to keep track of their lineage and lives.
But what was delivered were kids by the dozens
Creating a web of most interesting cousins.

My regards to them all and trust they may see…
The grace in one’s family and love of this tree.

Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau
Keeper of the Lines, May 2009

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FAMILY LINES 

Those names bolded have individual posts.
Unbolded names and information are included in the main individual posts.

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Nicolas Haine & Marie Anne Bailey
One child:
1. Marie Rose Haine
Auguste Des Granges & Marie Rose Haine
One child: Josephine Cecille Des Granges
1. Josephine Cecille Des Granges & Martin Huffman Yates

Chapman Leavitt Yates, Sr. & Harriett Barton
Thirteen children, five known two, lived to adulthood
1. Chapman Leavitt “Brett” Yates, Jr.
2. Martin Huffman Yates & Josephine Cecille Des Granges
Three children: Alice J. Yates, Martin L.M. Yates, Jr., Josephine M. Yates
1. Alice Josephine Yates
2. Martin Loweree “Matthew/Mat” Yates, Jr.
3. Josephine Marie Yates
Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre Clement
Two children: Roy Leavitt Clement [Kellogg], Edna Marguarite Clement [Kellogg]
1. Roy Leavitt Clement [Kellogg] (see below)
2. Edna Marguarite Clement [Kellogg] (see below)
Note: Roy and Edna were given the last name of their step-father, Milo Bailey Kellogg

Maurice Antoine Dunand & Louise Heloise Lucas
Four known children: Baptiste Victor Dunand, Antoinette Joséphine Dunand, Prudence Georgette Dunand, Louis Francois Carbonnet “Frank” Dunand
Prudence Georgette Dunand     
Joseph Adolphe Loiseau & Prudence Georgette Dunand
One child: Marie A. Loiseau
1. Marie A. Loiseau & Ernest Joseph Sevenau

Ernest Joseph Sevenau & Marie A. Loiseau 
Two children: Ernest Edward Jules Sevenau, Estelle Marie Sevenau
1. Ernest Edward Jules Sevenau & Edna Marguerite Clement [Kellogg]
    Four children: Louis Sevenau, Ernest Sevenau, Jeanne Sevenau, Eugene Sevenau
    1. Louis Dunand Sevenau & Velma Henrietta Marley
    2. Ernest William Sevenau & Virginia Cook/Edith Pederson/Virginia Doran/Helen Gee
    3. Jeanne Lucille Sevenau & Irvin Young/Charles Martinez/Ronald Wiley
    4. Eugene Martin Sevenau & Dorothy Chandler/Carmella Aloi
2. Estelle Marie Sevenau & Henry George Allen/Anselm Peter Lannes
    Two children: Dorothy Pierette Lannes, Vernon Anselme Pershing Lannes 
     1. Dorothy Pierette Lannes & Garrett Hobert Price, George Clarence Leahy
     2. Vernon Anselme Pershing Lannes & Lorraine G. Bouyssou/Katherine M. Lewis

Joseph Alfred Alfieri & Adeline Beedle
Seven children: Charlotte Alfieri, Angelina Alfieri, Julia Alfieri, Lula Alfieri, Myrtle Alfieri, Louis Alfieri, Charles Alfieri
     1. Charlotte L. “Lottie” Alfieri
     2. Angelina”Lena” Alfieri
     3. Julia Sonoma Alfieri
     4. Lula Claudine “Lulu” Alfieri
     5. Myrtle Josephine Alfieri & Stephen Bernard Marley
     6. Louis Stevenson “Lou” Alfieri
     7. Charles Delwell “Charlie” Alfieri
Stephen Bernard Marley & Myrtle Josephine Alfieri
Two children: Velma Henrietta Marley, Stephen Robert Marley
     1. Velma Henrietta Marley & Louis Dunand Sevenau
     2. Robert Stephen Marley & Emma Vittorio Gaviglio

Pierre Nicolas Clement & Caroline Gabel
Two children: Edmond Pierre Clement, Lucia “Lucy” Clement
1.1 Edmond Pierre Clement & (m.1) Katherine Costello
       One child: Valentine Costello Clement
       1.1 Valentine Costello Clement & (m.1) Edith Michaela Sholund
              One child: Katherine Valentine “Kay” Clement
               1. Katherine Valentine “Kay” Clement & Frederick Clifford Mosley
       1.2 Valentine Costello Clement & (m.2) Josephine Clark
              Two children: Valentine Clark Clement, Edward Leroy “Roy” Clement
              1. Valentine Clark Clement & Mary Ruth Smith
              2. Edward Leroy “Roy” Clement & Eleanor Eileen Summers/Hildegard Mann
1.2 Edmond Pierre Clement & (m.2) Alice Josephine Yates
      Two children: Roy Leavitt Clement [Kellogg], Edna Marguerite Clement [Kellogg]
     1. Roy Leavitt Clement [Kellogg] & Hanna Halvorsen/Mildred Bryant
         Four children: Karen Kellogg, Alice Kellogg, Eldon Kellogg [Farcy], Ellen Kellogg [Farcy] 
         1. Karen Elizabeth Kellogg & Harold Milton “Bill” Foster
         2. Alice Marion Kellogg & Gammons/Everett/Colson/Wilcox/Milton/Shisler
         3. Eldon Sydney Kellogg [Farcy] & Marilyn Lucille Jenkins
         4. Ellen Juanita Kellogg [Farcy] & Albert Balster Buss
         Note: Two youngest children took the name of their step-father, Farcy
     2. Edna Marguerite Clement [Kellogg] & Sevenau/Sutcliffe/Blackman
          Four children: Louis Sevenau, Earnest Sevenau, Jeanne Sevenau, Eugene Sevenau
          1. Louis Dunand Sevenau & Velma Henrietta Marley
          2. Ernest William Sevenau & Virginia Cook/Edith Pederson/Virginia Doran/Helen Gee
          3. Jeanne Lucille Sevenau & Irvin Young/Charles Martinez/Ronald Wiley
          4. Eugene Martin Sevenau & Dorothy Chandler/Carmella Aloi
1.3 Edmond Pierre Clement & (m.3) Rose Schiller
      Five children: Edmund Clement, Lucie Clement, Dewey Clement, William Clement, Nellie Clement
      1. Edmund Peter Clement
      2. Lucie Clement
      3. Dewey P. Clement
      4. William Peter Clement & Frances unkn/Alvina Miranda
      5. Nellie Rose Clement & Leonard Erwin Thomas/Joseph Lee Thomas
2. Lucia “Lucy” Clement & Julius Sophus Bernhardt Miller
     One child: Alice Miller
     1. Alice Miller & Constantine Classinikoff

Rodney K. Kellogg & Harriet M. Bailey
Five children: Laura Kellogg, Norton Kellogg, Milo Kellogg, Lewis Kellogg, Mary Kellogg
1. Laura Ann Kellogg & John Eddy Kirby
    Two children: Milo Bailey Kirby, Harriet Mae “Hattie” Kirby
     1. Milo Bailey Kirby & Alice Gertrude Phillips
          Two children: Frank Eddy Kirby & Harriet J. Kirby
          1. Frank Eddy Kirby & Florence Mildred Clark
              Three children: Edith C. Kirby, Florence E. Kirby, Marian S. Kirby
               1. Edith Clark Kirby & Bill Williams
               2. Florence Elizabeth “Betty” Kirby & Raymond LaFrey
               3. Marian Scott Kirby & Kenneth Hermann
          2. Harriet J. Kirby & Robert John McCormick
              Three children: Alice G. McCormick, Ruth H. McCormick, Robert K. McCormick
              1. Alice Gertrude McCormick & George A. Lynch/Fred G. Keebler, Jr.
              2. Ruth Harriet McCormick & Ralph Lincoln Ruben
              3. Robert Kirby McCormick & Rosemary Louise unkn
     2. Harriet Mae “Hattie” Kirby
          No children
2. Norton Porter Kellogg & Lydia Sanders
     One child: Emerick Fay Kellogg
     1. Emerick Fay Kellogg & Ethel Chambers/Margaret Klein
3.2 Milo Bailey Kellogg & (m.2) Elvira Miranda Church
       Two children: Glenn Emsley Kellogg, Marjorie Elva Kellogg
       1. Glenn Emsley Kellogg
       2. Marjorie Elva Kellogg & Arthur Smith/Emory Hamlin/Soren Sorensen
3.3 Milo Bailey Kellogg & (m.3) Alice Josephine Yates
       Two children: Leo Yates Kellogg, Milo Martin Kellogg
       1. Leo Yates Kellogg & Ida McKay/Helen Hyatt/Joan Marie Egts (see below)
           Three children: Margaret Beatrice Kellogg, Elsie [Heather] Kellogg, Claudia Kellogg
           1. Margaret Beatrice Kellogg & Clarence Andersen
            One child: Sharon Marie Andersen
       2. Milo Martin Kellogg
4. Lewis T. Kellogg & Rosanna A. Daily
     No children
5. Mary Jane Kellogg & Marcus Brutus “Mark” Allen
     Four children: Minnie Allen, Vira Allen, Byron Allen, Elizabeth Allen
     1. Minnie Belle Allen & Frederick H. “Fred” Durfee
     2. Vira Kellogg Allen & George Stephen Reeves
     3. Byron Bailey Allen & Katherine Jemima Killam
     4. Elizabeth “Bessie” Allen & Albert Elias Merriam

Joan Marie (Egts) Kellogg line (Egts, Siebels, Fischer, Kellogg):
Garlich Egts & Gerhardina Lueken
One child: Gerke Siebels Egts
Gerke Siebels Egts & Gretke Tammen
Five children: John B. Egts, Thomas H. Egts, George W. Egts, Anton L. Egts, Marie Joan Egts
1. John Bernhard Egts & Emily Disbro
    Seven children: John A. Egts, Mabel A. Egts, Irving G. Egts, Roland Egts, Hattie A. Egts, Gypsy A. Egts, Dorthea W. Egts
2. Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Brunner
    Six children: Dora Egts, George Egts, John Egts, Howard Egts, inf son Egts, inf daughter Egts
       1. Dora Grace “Grace” Egts & Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer
            Three children: Max H.J.C.Fischer, Edelinde M.E. Fischer, Helma I.N. Fischer
             1. Max Heinrich Joseph Cathar Fischer & Charlotte Steinbruck
             2. Edelinde Marie Elsbeth Fischer & Ernest Alfred Kurt Roehder
             3. Helma Irmgard Notburga Fischer & Hermann Adolf Ernst Becker
       2. George Arthur “Art” Egts
            No children
       3. John Louis Egts & Anna Elsie Schultz
           Two children: Grace Ruth Egts, Joan Marie Egts
             1. Grace Ruth “Gracie” Egts & James Fenimore Cooper
             2. Joan Marie Egts & Leo Yates Kellogg/Theodore Schmidt
       4. Howard Arnold Egts & Georgina Harriet Smith
           Two children: Dorothy Grace Egts, Howard Henry Egts
       5. Infant son Egts
       6. Infant daughter Egts
3. George Wilhelm Egts & Martha Woodbridge/Martha Cline
     Seven children w/Martha Woodbridge: Josephine M. Egts, Helena V. Egts, Myra J. Egts, Anna D. Egts, Hugh D. Egts, Lewis H. Egts, Alice M. Egts
      Two children w/Martha Cline: George Edward Egts, William Ivester Egts
4. Anton Lewis Egts & Mary Virginia Alexander
    One child:
     1. Howard Alexander Hamilton/Egts, Sr. & Angela Elizabeth Vogel
          One child: Howard Alexander Egts, Jr.
          1. Howard Alexander Egts, Jr. & Rita Ruth Buser
5. Joan Marie Egts & Leo Yates Kellogg
    Two children: Elsie [Heather] Kellogg, Claudia Kellogg

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A Tender of Thanks
There are several cousins and fellow researchers who have generously contributed to what has become a small tome, but one we have the most to thank is Margaret Beatrice (Kellogg) Andersen (daughter of Leo Yates Kellogg & Ida May McKay). I thought I was nearly through with my research as I had reached so many dead ends—but then I found Margaret. The 67 pages grew to over a hundred with the inclusion of portions of her lifetime of work. If this were printed out, I imagine it would be a few hundred pages.

On Jun 17, 2009, I met with her at her home in Vacaville, California. She was 92, her husband Clarence, 96. We spent four hours together combing through her records and pictures. Clarence wasn’t that interested in genealogy so after an hour he took his leave to play a few rounds of pool with his buddies. I am eternally grateful to Margaret for her contribution to this family line. She sent me home with a cache of pictures and seven binders of her accumulation of family history, all meticulously organized and detailed. It allowed me to fill in an enormous amount of information, clarify scores of missing pieces, and add faces to many in the family that I may not have been able to otherwise. The Haine line and their letters are all her contributions. Blessings on her sweet head.
Catherine
PS: When we first spoke on the phone I said, “I’m amazed you two are still here!” She laughed, “So are we!”

Family research is not a singular undertaking; it takes a village to raise the dead, record their lives, gather their photos, and then put them back to rest until the next curious person comes along looking for them, wondering who they were. Thank you to all who shared this journey. It’s always a ride.

Additional kin and contributors who filled in significant amounts of information and contributed stories and photos over the 15+ years with whom I’ve worked on this project (forgive me if I’ve left anyone out):
*Raymond LeFrey, Lizzie (Hermann) Bowman, Paul Denis Clement, Patricia Barton, Jeanne Stoll, Donna Warren, Barbara Sangenito, brothers Robert and Jeff Marley, Maureen Clarke, Julie Hoseid, Laura Tust,  along with other Lannes, Farcy, Clement, Janisch relations, and Sevenau family members. I also am grateful to Lauren Egts and Gaylen Towt who fleshed out the Egts connections.
*Hanan Bowman (via the Kellogg/Kirby line) typed reams of articles for me.
*Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson (my Chatfield 8th cousin and fellow researcher) sent dozens of news clippings and foreign records.
*Werner Howald (Find A Grave researcher/contributor) helped link missing lines, confirm burial locations, and assisted with the history and long-ago demise of San Francisco’s cemeteries.
*The helpful staff at several cemeteries, including Bergfriedhof Heidelberg Cemetery in Heidelberg, Germany
*Most of the headstone photos are from Find A Grave and are the property of the photographers who took them.
*My great-niece, Sarah (Vreeman) Black, created the graphic design for the Sevenau Heritage banner.
*The Old Photo Restoration group on Facebook connected me to talented contributors who restored several damaged or faded photos to their original condition.

There are more than a few posts with missing photos. If none appear, I don’t have them. I welcome any corrections, additions, letters, newspaper articles, stories–whatever you might have–especially photos! These posts are living documents (well, as long as I’m still alive) and are easy to edit.

Respectfully, Catherine Sevenau

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A Useful Philosophy:
I don’t think of it as striving for whirled peas…
I think of it as simply trying to get along in a really big, strange family.

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My research on this line began 15 years ago. I’m not related by blood, only by grace. These lines are my sons’ and my grandchildren’s paternal side. I did it as one day they may be curious. I did it for those who cared enough to preserve what they had and were willing to share it with me. And I did it because I couldn’t bear to see these records and photos lost someday, ending up in a musty second-hand store or worse, the dustbin.

Cathy70@earthlink.net (you may get caught in my spam; not to worry, I’ll see you there)

2024. Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau