FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
Dora Grace Egts (Grace Dora Egts)
1st of 6 children of Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Sophia Brunner
Born: Apr 15, 1879, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Died: Mar 31, 1967 (age 87), Luzern, Switzerland
Occupation: Music teacher
Buried: Bergfriedhof Heidelberg in Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Married: Apr 3, 1902, Dr. Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer, Evangelisch, Malberg, Freiburg, Baden; Germany
Three children: Max Heinrich Joseph Cathar Fischer, Edelinde Marie Elsbeth Fischer, Helma Irmgard Notburga Fischer
Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer
Son of Max Achilles Fischer & Maria Josephina “Josephine” Peckle
Born: Mar 15, 1872, Paris, France
Died: Jun 26, 1932 (age 60), Heidelberg, Germany
Buried: Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Occupation: Physician
Military: German Army
Married: Apr 3, 1902, Grace Dora Egts, Evangelisch, Malberg, Freiburg, Baden, Baden, Germany
Three children: Max Heinrich Joseph Cathar Fischer, Edelinde Marie Elsbeth Fischer, Helma Irmgard Notburga Fischer
1. Max Heinrich Joseph Cathar Fischer
Born: Mar 18, 1903, Diedenhofen, then became Germany
Died: 1997 (age 93-94)
Buried: Bergfriedhof Heidelberg Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Occupation: unkn
Married: Apr 16, 1938, Charlotte “Lotte” Steinbruck, Eisleben, Thuringen, Germany
Two children: Uta Fischer, Gernot Fischer
2. Edelinde Marie Elsbeth Fischer
Born: Jan 19, 1905, Diedenhofen, then became Germany
Died: Nov 8, 1935 (age 30), Berlin, Germany
Buried: Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Married: Dec 15, 1932, Ernst Alfred Kurt Roehder, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
One child: Edelinde Roehder
3. Helma Irmgard Notburga Fischer
Born: Sep 13, 1913, Heidelberg, Germany
Died: 1997 (age 93-94), Germany
Buried: Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Married: Nov 14, 1936, Hermann Adolf Ernst Becker, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Divorced: date unkn
Two children: Peter Becker, Sybille Becker
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Timeline and Records
Spellings and information in census and other records throughout are retained
as reflected in the original documents. Notes are added in italics.
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Six children of Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Sophia Brunner:
1. Dora Grace Egts (Grace Dora Egts)
1879–1967
2. George Arthur “Art” Egts (Arthur George Egts)
1881–1965
3. John Louis Egts
1883–1938
4. Howard Arnold Egts (Arnold Howard Egts)
1885–1967
5. infant son Egts
1888–1888
6. infant daughter Egts
1889–1889
Two known children of Max Achilles Fischer & Maria Josephina Peckle:
1. Johanna Margarita Fischer
abt 1863–
2. Wilhelm Timoleon Fischer
1872–1932
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Apr 15, 1879: Birth of Dora Grace Egts (Grace Dora Egts), 1st of 6 children of Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Sophia Brunner, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Mar 15, 1872: Birth of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer, son of Max Achilles Fischer & Maria Josephina “Josephine” Peckle and the future husband of Dora Grace Egts, in Paris, France
1878: Manheim German Family Register:
Residence Place: city, Baden (Baden-Württemberg), Deutschland (Germany)
Household Members: Name Age
Max Achilles Fischer (father of Wilhelm Timoleon Fischer)
Maria Josephina Fischer (Maria Josephina (Peckle) Fischer, mother of Wilhelm Timoleon Fischer)
Johanna Margarita Fischer: Age 15 (sister of Wilhelm Timoleon Fischer)
Wilhelm Timoleon Fischer: Age 6
Jun 14, 1880: U.S. Census, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio:
Name George Egts (grandfather of Dora Grace Egts)
Age 50
Birth Date Abt 1830
Birthplace Prussia
Home in 1880 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Street Payne Avenue
House Number 958
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Self (Head)
Marital Status Married
Spouse’s Name Margrett Egts (Gretke Maria Egts, mother of Joan Marie Egts)
Father’s Birthplace Prussia
Mother’s Birthplace Prussia
Occupation Laborer
Household Members: Name, Age, Relationship:
George Egts: age 50, Self (Head) (Gerke Siebels “George” Egts)
Margrett Egts: age 60, Wife (Gretke Maria Egts)
Lewis Egts: age 21, Son (Anton Ludwig Egts) (Anton Lewis Egts) (Anton Louis Egts)
Mary Egts: age 19, Daughter (Joan Marie Egts)
Henry Egts: age 26, Son (Thomas Henry Egts)
Augusta Egts: age 33, Daughter-in-law (wife of Thomas Henry Egts)
Grace Egts: age 1, Granddaughter (Dora Grace Egts, daughter of Henry & Augusta Egts)
Jan 16, 1894: Death of Max Achilles Fisher (age 72) father of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer, in Manheim, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Jan 16, 1894: Mannheim, Germany, Death Records:
Name Max Achilles Fischer
Birth Date abt 1822 (note: Feb 11, 1821)
Age 72
Death Date 16 Jan 1894
Death Place Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Certificate Number 90
Jan 16, 1894: Mannheim, Germany, Family Registers:
Name Max Achilles Fischer
Relation to Head Haushaltsvorstand (Head)
Birth Date 11 Feb 1821
Birth Place Cruhe
Residence Place Mannheim, Baden (Baden-Württemberg), Deutschland (Germany)
Death Date 16 Jan 1894
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Max Achilles Fischer Haushaltsvorstand (Head)
Maria Josephina Fischer Frau (Wife)
Johanna Margarita Fischer 15 Tochter ( age 15, Daughter)
Wilhelm Timoleon Fischer 6 Sohn (age 6, Son)
Jan 1894: Burial of Max Achilles Fischer in Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; mountain cemetery, grave H/NEU/001/00085-86, with his granddaughter, Edelinde Marie Elsbeth “Fischer” Roehder.
Inscription: PROF. DOC. MAX ACHILLES FISCHER
11.2.1821 — 16.1.1894
Max Achilles Fischer’s plot is at the left with his granddaughter, Edelinde Roehder (age 30) who died Nov 8, 1935, two days after childbirth. His son’s urn, Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer, is in the middle. The grave at the right is worn, but it is the possible resting place of Max’s wife, Maria Josephina (Peckle) Fischer. Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer, the wife of Max’s son, Wilhelm Timolean Fischer, and their daughter Helma are also confirmed as being buried in this plot, but not known if the worn slab names them.
circa late 1890s: Dora Grace Egts (born Apr 15, 1879), play performance:
1899: Heidelberg City Directory, Germany:
Institutes and Nursing Schools
Egt S Marie Frau, Villa Frances, Gaisberastrasse (aunt of Dora Grace Egts)
101
Note: The Villa Frances, a boarding and finishing school for girls, is run by Marie Dora Egts and a Miss Pennsbacher (or Pannaebakker, relationship unknown, but mentioned as an aunt of Dora Grace Egts in below 1902 newspaper article.
Jun 9, 1900: U.S. Census, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio:
Name T Henry Egts (Thomas Henry Egts)
Age 46
Birth Date Jul 1853
Birthplace Ohio, USA
Home in 1900 Cleveland Ward 18, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Ward of City 18
Street Lenington Avenue
House Number 1337
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Head
Marital Status Married
Spouse’s Name Augusta S Egts
Marriage Year 1878
Years Married 22
Father’s Birthplace Germany
Mother’s Birthplace Germany
Occupation Plumber
Months Not Employed 0
Can Read Y
Can Write Y
Can Speak English Y
House Owned or Rented Rent
Farm or House H
Household members, Name Age:
T Henry Egts: Head, born Jul 1853, age 46, m 22 years, born Ohio, father born German, mother born Germany, Plumber (Thomas Henry Egts)
Augusta S Egts: Wife, born Jun 1847, age 52, m 22 years, 6 children born, 4 children living, born Switzerland, father born Switzerland, mother born Germany
D Grace Egts: Daughter, born Arp 1879, age 21, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Switzerland (Dora Grace Egts)
Arthur Egts: Son, born Feb 1881, age 19, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Switzerland
Louis Egts: Son, born Apr 1883, age 17, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Switzerland
Howard Egts: Son, born Nov 1885, age 14, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Switzerland
Dec 22, 1901: The Cleveland Leader, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio (pg 20):
Jan 17, 1902: Delphos Weekly Herald, Dephos, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio:
Apr 3, 1902: Marriage of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer & Dora Grace Egts, the 1st of 6 children of Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Sophia Brunner, in Evangelisch, Malberg, Freiburg, Baden, Baden, Germany
Apr 3, 1902: Germany, Select Marriages:
Name: Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Birth Date: 15 Mär 1872 (15 Mar 1872)
Birth Place: In Paris
Marriage Date: 03 Apr 1902 (3 Apr 1902)
Marriage Place: Evangelisch, Malberg, Freiburg, Baden
Father: Max Achilles Fischer
Mother: Josefine Pekle
Spouse: Dora Grece Egts
FHL Film Number 1189882
Reference ID 2:1S554W5
Mar 18, 1903: Birth of Max Heinrich Joseph Cathar Fischer, 1st of 3 children of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer & Dora Grace Egts, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Jan 19, 1905: Birth of Edelinde Marie Elsbeth Fischer, 2nd of 3 children of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer & Dora Grace Egts, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Sep 14, 1913: Birth of Helma Irmgard Notburga Fischer, 3rd of 3 children of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer & Dora Grace Egts, Germany
circa 1918: Siblings: Max, Edelinde Marie, and Helma Fischer
Children of Dora Grace Egts & Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer
Mar 9, 1905: RHINELAND, GERMANY, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials:
Name: Marie Edelind Elsbeth Fischer
Gender: weiblich (Female)
Baptism: Age 0
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1905
Baptism Date: 09 Mär 1905 (9 Mar 1905)
Baptism Place: Diedenhofen, Elsass-Lothringen (Lorraine), Preußen
Father: Wilhelm Heinrich Timoleon Fischer
Mother: Dora Grace Fischer
Legitimacy: Ehelich
Author: Evangelische Kirche. Militärgemeinde Diedenhofen
Dec 17, 1918: Death of Augusta Sophia (Brunner) Egts (age 72), mother of Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; influenza
Jan 10, 1920: Death of Thomas Henry Egts (Henry Thomas Egts) (age 73), father of Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer, in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; diabetes
Circa 1920: Helma, Edeline Marie, and Max, with parents Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer & Wilhelm T. Fischer
Jun 21, 1928: Joan Marie Egts creates her will, leaving her estate to her niece, Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer:
Source: University of Syracuse Library file
Handwritten genealogy for Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer by Joan Marie Egts, probably for estate purposes:
Source: University of Syracuse Library file
Dora Grace Egts (Grace Dora Egts) Fischer:
1st of 6 children of Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Sophia Brunner
Born: Apr 15, 1879, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Died: Mar 31, 1967 (age 87), Luzern, Switzerland
Occupation: Music teacher
Jun 26, 1932: Death of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer (age 60), husband of Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer, in Heidelberg, Germany
1932: Burial of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer in Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; mountain cemetery, grave H/NEU/001/00085-86. His urn is situated between his father’s & daughter’s slab to the left, and what may be his wife’s slab to the right.
Dec 15, 1932: Marriage of Ernst Alfred Kurt Roehder & Edelinde Marie Elsbeth Fischer, 2nd of 3 children of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer & Grace Dora Egts, in Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
Nov 8, 1935: Death of Edelinde “Marie” Elsbeth (Fischer) Roehder (age 30), 2nd of 3 children of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer & Grace Dora Egts and wife of Ernst Alfred Kurt Roehder, in Berlin, Germany. Marie dies two days after giving birth to her only child, Edelinde Roehder.
Nov 8, 1935: BERLIN, GERMANY, DEATHS 1874-1955:
Name Marie Edelinde Elsbeth Roehder
Maiden Name: Fischer
Gender: weiblich (Female)
Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1905
Death Date: 08 Nov 1935 (8 Nov 1935)
Death Place: Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland (Germany)
Civil Registration Office: Schmargendorf
Spouse: Ernst Alfred Kurt Roehder
Certificate Number 513
Nov 1935: Burial of Edelinde “Marie” Elsbeth (Fischer) Roehder in Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, mountain cemetery, grave H/NEU/001/00085-86 with her grandfather, Max Achilles Fischer. The cemetery also confirmed in the same plot the burial of her mother, along with her sister, Helma.
Nov 14, 1936: Marriage of Hermann Adolf Ernst Becker & Helma Irmgard Notburga Fischer, 3rd of 3 children of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer & Dora Grace Egts, in Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
Divorced: 1940s
Two children: Peter Becker, Sybille Becker
Apr 16, 1938: Marriage of Charlotte “Lotte” Steinbruck & Max Heinrich Joseph Cathar Fischer, 1st of 3 children of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer & Dora Grace Egts, in Eisleben, Thuringen, Germany
Two children: Ute Fischer, Gernot Fischer
Helma (Fischer) Becker with children Sybille & Peter:
Late 1940s or early ’50s: Helma (Fischer) Becker w/children Peter & Sybille, Germany
Sybille Becker, her mother Helma (Fischer) Becker, Peter Becker, Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer, Helma’s mother
Photo of Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer & her aunt, Joan Marie Egts:
Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer (at left, Joan’s niece and the beneficiary of her estate)
1st of 6 children of Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Sophia Brunner
1879–1967
Joan Marie Egts (at right, Dora’s aunt)
5th of 5 children of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts & Gretke Marie Tammen
1860–1956
Dora Grace Fischer ultimately inherits Aunt Joan Marie Egts’ estate.
Jan 26, 1956: Death of Joan Marie Egts (age 95), 5th of 5 children of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts & Gertke Marie Tammen and the aunt of Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer, in Luzern, Switzerland; general marasmus and senile cachexy (her health declined from a broken leg from a fall, and then a fractured wrist).
Joan Marie Egts leaves her estate to her niece, Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer (dated Jun 21, 1928):
Source: University of Syracuse Library file
Handwritten genealogy for Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer by Joan Marie Egts, probably for estate purposes:
Source: University of Syracuse Library file
Feb 23, 1956: Letter from the National Bank of Cleveland regarding the estate of Joan Marie Egts:
Source: University of Syracuse Library file
Feb 23, 1956: Letter from Cleveland National Bank regarding the estate of Joan Marie Egts:
Source: University of Syracuse Library file
Apr 25, 1957: Grace Fischer Trust Document (2 pgs):
Source: University of Syracuse Library file
George Arthur “Art” Egts and his sister Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer:
Mar 31, 1967: Death of Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer, the 1st of 6 children of Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Sophia Brunner, in Luzern, Switzerland
Apr 1967: Burial of Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer, Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, in Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; mountain cemetery, grave H/NEU/001/00085-86. The cemetery confirmed her burial in the same plot. The worn slab at the right of her husband’s urn, Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer, may have contained her name.
1997: Death of Max Heinrich Joseph Cathar Fischer (age 93-94), 1st of 3 children of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer & Grace Dora Egts, in Germany
1997: Burial of Max Heinrich Joseph Cathar Fischer at Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. This is the Fischer plot, but unknown if he too is buried in this plot or elsewhere in the cemetery.
Helma (Fischer) Becker with unkn (perhaps daughter Sybille ???) and son Peter:
Jul 13, 2004: Death of Helma Irmgard Notburga (Fischer) Becker (age 90), 3rd of 3 children of Wilhelm Timoleon Heinrich Fischer & Grace Dora Egts, in Germany.
Sybille Becker, her mother Helma Irmgard Notburga (Fischer) Becker, Peter Becker, and Dora Grace (Egts) Fischer, Helma’s mother:
Jul 2004: Burial of Helma Irmgard Notburga (Fischer) Becker, at Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; mountain cemetery, grave H/NEU/001/00085-86. The cemetery confirmed her burial in the same plot as her parents and husband. She may be interred to the right of her husband’s urn, Wilhelm Timolean Heinrich Fischer, but the slab is too worn to read.
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MRIN File for Thomas Henry Egts, Augusta Sophia Brunner, and daughter Dora Grave Egts, by Donald E. Braden (3 pages):
Google: MRIN and RIN • The Marriage Identification Number or MRIN (for short) ties the family together. Each individual has their own unique record ID number (RIN), but it is the family group record number where everyone is tied together. • The H:1 means that the husband’s record identification number, or RIN, is 1. • The number next to the W is the wife’s RIN. • M stands for marriage.
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2024: Researched and compiled by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau, a distant shirt-tail relation: the father of my sons was the son of Louis Dunand Sevenau. Louis’ parents were Ernest Eugene Sevenau & Edna [Clement] Kellogg. Edna’s 2nd husband was Milo Bailey Kellogg with whom she had two children, the older being Leo Yates Kellogg. Leo was married three times and his 3rd wife was Joan Marie Egts. This is Joan’s line, which means I’m six degrees of separation.
Thank you to Elsie [Heather] (Kellogg) Reed, for her generous contribution of family photos and her maternal Egts history. Heather is the daughter of Leo Yates Kellogg & Joan Marie Egts, the granddaughter of John Louis Egts & Anna Elsie Schultz, the great-granddaughter of Thomas Henry Egts & Augusta Sophia Brunner, and the great-great-granddaughter Gerke Siebels “George” Egts & Gretke Marie Tammen.
Also a bow of gratitude to Lauren Egts, the great-great-granddaughter of Howard Alexander Egts, Sr. & Mary Virginia Alexander, who provided a vast amount of early history, documents, and newspaper clippings for this Egts line.
And thank you to Gaylen Towt for her photos and contributions, excellent editing, and for updating her Ancestry page to reflect these posts. Gaylen is the great-great-granddaughter of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts & Gretke Marie Tammen, great-granddaughter of George Wilhelm Egts & Martha Jane Cline, granddaughter of Anna Dale Egts & Carlos Goodrich, and the daughter of Russell & Lorraine Goodrich.
Donald Eugene Braden, Egts researcher:
Son of Howard Robert Braden & Myra Jeanette Egts
Grandson of George Wilhelm Egts & Martha Jane Cline
Great-grandson of Gerke Siebels “George” Egts & Gretke Marie Tammen
Born: Feb 12, 1928, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio
Died: Nov 24, 2012 (age 84), Fountain Hills, Maricopa Co., Arizona
Buried: Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; Sec 3, lot 12 1
Thank you to Bergfriedhof Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, the burial grounds for the Fischer family for their correspondence in confirming these family burials.
Note: The headstones pictures from Find A Grave are posted with permission of the photographer Frank (last name to come).