The Ancestors and Descendants of
Ernest Edward Jules Sevenau & Edna Marguarite Clement/Kellogg
INCLUDING RELATED LINES
Haine, Des Granges, Yates, Clement, Kellogg (Egts), Dunand, Loiseau, Sevenau, Marley, Alfieri
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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
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Nicolas Haine & Marie Anne Bailey
1. Marie Rose Haine
Auguste Des Granges & Marie Rose Haine
1. Josephine Cecille Des Granges & Martin Huffman Yates
Chapman Leavitt Yates, Sr. & Harriett Barton
1. Chapman Leavitt “Brett” Yates, Jr.
2. Martin Huffman Yates
Martin Huffman Yates & Josephine Cecille Des Granges
1. Alice Josephine Yates
2. Martin Loweree “Matthew/Mat” Yates, Jr.
3. Josephine Marie Yates
Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre Clement
1. Roy Leavitt Clement [Kellogg]
2. Edna Marguarite Clement [Kellogg]
Note: Roy and Edna were given the last name of their step-father, Milo Bailey Kellogg
Rodney K. Kellogg & Harriet M. Bailey
Five children: Laura Ann Kellogg, Norton Porter Kellogg, Milo Bailey Kellogg, Lewis T. Kellogg, Mary Jane Kellogg
1. Laura Ann Kellogg & John Eddy Kirby
1. Milo Bailey Kirby & Alice Gertrude Phillips
1. Frank Eddy Kirby & Florence M. Clark
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
1. Alice Gertrude McCormick
2. Ruth Harriet McCormick
3. Robert Kirby McCormick
2. Norton Porter Kellogg & Lydia Sanders
1. Emerick Fay Kellogg & Ethel Chambers/Margaret Klein
3.2 Milo Bailey Kellogg & (m.2) Elvira Miranda Church
1. Glenn Emsley Kellogg
2. Marjorie Elva Kellogg & Arthur Smith/Emory Hamlin/Soren Sorensen
3.3 Milo Bailey Kellogg & (m.3) Alice Josephine Yates
1. Leo Yates Kellogg & Ida McKay/Helen Hyatt/Joan Marie Egts*
Three children: Margaret Beatrice Kellogg, Elsie [Heather] Kellogg, Claudia Kellogg
2. Milo Martin Kellogg
4. Lewis T. Kellogg & Rosanna A. Daily
5. Mary Jane Kellogg & Marcus B. Allen
1. Minnie Belle Allen & Frederick H. Durfee
2. Vira Kellogg Allen & George Stephen Reeves
3. Byron Bailey Allen & Katherine J. Killam
4. Elizabeth “Bessie” Allen & Albert E. Merriam
*Joan Marie Egts & Leo Yates Kellogg (Egts line)
Garlich Egts & Gerhardina Lueken
Gerke Siebels Egts & Gretke Tammen
Five children: John Bernhard Egts, Thomas Henry Egts, George Wilhelm Egts, Anton Ludwig “Lewis” Egts, Marie Joan Egts
1. John Bernhard Egts & Emily Disbro
2. Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Brunner
Six children: Dora Grace Egts, George Arthur Egts, John Louis Egts, Howard Arnold Egts, infant son Egts, infant daughter Egts
1. Dora Grace “Grace” Egts & Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer
1. Max Heinrich Joseph Cathar Fischer & Charlotte Steinbruck
2. Edelinde Marie Elsbeth Fischer & Ernest Alfred Kurt Roehder
3. Helma Irmgard Notburga Fischer & Hermnann Adolf Ernst Becker
2. George Arthur “Art” Egts
3. John Louis Egts & Anna Elsie Schultz
1. Grace Ruth Egts & James Fenimore Cooper
2. Joan Marie Egts & Leo Yates Kellogg/Theodore Schmidt
4. Howard Arnold Egts & Georgina Harriet Smith
5. Infant son Egts
6. Infant daughter Egts
3. George Wilhelm Egts & Martha Woodbridge/Martha Cline
4. Anton Lewis Egts & Mary Virginia Alexander
One child: Howard Alexander Hamilton (went by Egts)
5. Joan Marie Egts & Leo Yates Kellogg
Two children: Elsie [Heather] Kellogg, Claudia Kellogg
Pierre Nicolas Clement & Caroline Gabel
Two children: Edmond Pierre Clement, Lucia “Lucy” Clement
1.1 Edmond Pierre Clement & (m.1) Katherine Costello
1.1 Valentine Costello Clement & (m.1) Edith Michaela Sholund
1. Katherine Valentine Clement & Frederick Clifford Mosley
1.2 Valentine Costello Clement & (m.2) Josephine Clark
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
1. Roy Leavitt Clement [Kellogg] & Hanna Halvorsen/Mildred Bryant
1. Karen Elizabeth Kellogg
2. Alice Marion Kellogg
3. Eldon Sydney Kellogg [Farcy]
4. Ellen Juanita Kellogg [Farcy]
Note: Two youngest children took the name of their step-father, Farcy
2. Edna Marguerite Clement [Kellogg] & Ernest Sevenau/Gerald Sutcliffe/Charles Blackman
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
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
1. Alice Miller & Constantine Classinikoff
Maurice Antoine Dunand & Louise Heloise Lucas
1. Prudence Georgette Dunand & Joseph Adolphe Loiseau
Joseph Adolphe Loiseau & Prudence Georgette Dunand
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]
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
1. Dorothy Pierette Lannes & Garrett Hobert Price, George Clarence Leahy
2. Vernon Anselme Pershing Lannes & Lorraine Gladys Bouyssou/Katherine Margaret Lewis
Stephen Bernard Marley & Myrtle Josephine Alfieri
1. Velma Henrietta Marley & Louis Dunand Sevenau
2. Robert Stephen Marley & Emma Victorio Gaviglio
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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 over 500 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.
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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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Respectfully, Catherine
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
Gordon Clemens says
What a surprise to read your Sevenau story, I had no idea you were doing Sevenau genealogy. Now that you are semi-retired you will keep mentally busy and interested in fun research.
Catherine Sevenau says
Hi Gordon, I started it years ago and knew I would get it together to post here someday. The Sevenau line managed to cut in front of the Clemens, Hoys, and Harringtons. Temple, now 14, showed interest so I pivoted for her. Her text to me a few weeks ago: “Hey Oma! How’s it going? Where does the last name Sevenau come from? Is it German?” I responeded, “No, it’s French,” and then sent her what I had (which was a lot); she loved it all, especially the photos. Then she texted, “I don’t think I’ve seen any of it, and I’m a history junkie just like you!”