Andrew GOBEL Jr. [Parents] was born on 30 Jan 1819 in Bavaria, Germany. He died on 31 Jan 1891 in Morgan Co, OH. He was buried in Zanesville, OH / Woodlawn Cemetery. He married Catherine KLEIN on 18 Dec 1842 in Morgan Co, OH.
Catherine KLEIN [Parents] was born on 24 Jun 1826 in Bavaria, Germany. She died in 1910. She was buried in Zanesville, OH / Woodlawn Cemetery. She married Andrew GOBEL Jr. on 18 Dec 1842 in Morgan Co, OH.
According to the Ohio 1900 Federal Census, Catherine [KLEIN] GOBEL was the mother of 11 children of whom 5 were living in the year 1900. The family Bible records only ten (10) births.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth GOBEL was born on 21 Feb 1845. She died on 11 Feb 1892. F ii Caroline GOBEL was born on 2 Sep 1847. She died on 6 Dec 1891. M iii David GOBEL was born on 31 Dec 1849. He died on 17 Mar 1929. M iv John GOBEL was born on 31 Mar 1852. He died on 13 Jun 1937. F v Catherine GOBEL was born on 1 Dec 1856 in Morgan Co, OH. She died on 6 Nov 1858. F vi Mary A. GOBEL was born on 27 Jul 1859. She died on 5 Oct 1919. M vii William GOBEL was born on 28 Dec 1861. He died on 18 Sep 1935. M viii Lewis Heinrich GOBEL was born on 2 Jun 1864. He died on 19 Aug 1897. F ix Phoebe GOBEL was born on 21 Dec 1866. She died on 29 Mar 1899. M x Andrew GOBEL III was born on 24 Nov 1869. He died on 30 Sep 1937.
John GOBEL [Parents] was born on 31 Mar 1852 in Morgan Co, OH. He died on 13 Jun 1937 in Wood Co, OH. He was buried in Wood Co, OH / Weaver Cemetery North Sec 3. He married Catherine GRAVELIUS on 8 Dec 1875 in Zanesville, OH.
John GOBEL was a director of the Marvel, OH (predecessor of Bloom Center, OH) school district in 1903. Pupils at the school included: Hallie GOBEL, Clara GOBEL, Ansel DENNIS, and David GOBEL.
Article from the Bowling Green Sentinel of 30 Mar 1937: John Gobel who has been in Findlay Hospital for amputation of both limbs is now here with his daughter, Lizzie Bobb, in the country. He is getting along OK.
Obituary from the Bowling Green Sentinel: LONG ILLNESS ENDS FOR JOHN GOBEL, 85 - Jerry City, June 17. John Gobel, 85, died Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Bobb near North Baltimore, following a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday 2:30 P.M. at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, North Baltimore, and burial at Weaver Cemetery. John Gobel was born March 31, 1852 in Morgan County, Ohio, and was united in marriage to Catherine Krofalus, who preceded him in death twenty years ago. To this union were born eight children: Ella Hampshire of Jerry City; Elizabeth Bobb of North Baltimore; Charles Gobel of Bloom Center; George Gobel of Toledo; David Gobel of Orlando, Florida; Clara Dennis of Fostoria, who preceded him in death three years ago; Bertha Warner of Murphy, Oregon and Hallie Frankenfield of Brunswick, Maryland. There are nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Fourty-four years ago he came to Wood County and for several years resided near Jerry City, then moved on a farm near Bloom Center where most of his latter years have been spent. He was a successful and hardworking farmer. In his last years of suffering his Bible was his constant help and comfort. He maintained a cheerful and optimistic spirit to the last and bore a living tetimony to all who knew him of great patience through his years of illness.
Catherine GRAVELIUS [Parents] was born on 24 Jan 1855 in Muskingum Co, OH. She died on 16 Jul 1917 in Wood Co, OH. She was buried in Wood Co, OH / Weaver Cemetery North Sec 3. She married John GOBEL on 8 Dec 1875 in Zanesville, OH.
Obituary from the Bowling Green Sentinel newpaper:
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. J. GOBEL - Bloom Center Woman Passed Away After Year's Illness With a Complication of Diseases - Interment Weaver Cemetery. Jerry City, July 18. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran Church at North Baltimore this morning for Mrs. John Gobel, who passed away Monday morning at her home at Bloom Center after a year's illness with a complication of diseases. Interment was made at Weaver Cemetery, North Baltimore. Miss Catherine Drasielus was born near Zanesville, Ohio, and was sixty-two years old at the time of her death. She spent her early life near her birthplace and then moved to Durant, Ohio, coming to Wood County twenty years ago. She was united in marriage to John Gobel and eight children were born as a result of this union. Surviving are the husband and the following children: Mrs. Ella Hampshire, of Jerry City; Mrs. Lizzie Bobb, of North Baltimore; Charles Gobel , of Bloom Center; Mrs. Bertha Warner and Mrs. Clara Dennis of Fostoria; Mrs. Hallie Frankenfield of Bloomville; James and George Gobel at home. Five grandchildren also survive.
Note: In Catherine's obituary, the surname "DRASIELUS" is an error on part of the informant. Morgan County, OH birth records for her children as well as her death certificate indicate her maiden name as "KROFALIOUS"; however, her personal Bible and a Methodist Episcopal Church "Quarterly Attendance Ticket" (both in the posession of the compiler of this genealogy) are inscribed (assumed to be her own handwriting) with the name Catherine GROFFALIOUS.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Ellen GOBEL was born on 17 Feb 1877. She died on 7 Dec 1950. F ii Elizabeth Caroline GOBEL was born on 18 Aug 1878. She died on 24 Jun 1956. M iii Charles Andrew GOBEL was born on 9 Apr 1880. He died on 21 Jan 1959. M iv George Jacob GOBEL was born on 9 Nov 1881 in Morgan Co, OH. He died on 7 Mar 1944 in Wood Co, OH. He was buried in Wood Co, OH / Weaver Cemetery North Sec 3.
According to the Gobel Family Bible, Jacob and Debe Wirth are the god-parents of George Jacob Gobel.he did not marry and in 1930 he was a resident at the Toledo State Hospital.F v Bertha Ann GOBEL was born on 22 Feb 1884. She died on 24 Oct 1940. M vi David Clarence GOBEL was born on 14 Jul 1886. He died on 17 Jan 1940. F vii Clara May GOBEL was born on 9 Apr 1889. She died on 22 Oct 1934. F viii Hallie Alice GOBEL was born on 9 Aug 1895. She died on 28 Aug 1982.
Charles W. HAMPSHIRE [Parents] was born on 9 Oct 1871 in Jerry City, OH. He died on 13 Feb 1963 in Bowling Green, OH. He was buried in Jerry City, OH / Jerry City Cemetery Old Middle Sec. He married Mary Ellen GOBEL on 1 Dec 1895 in Wood Co, OH.
Obituary from Bowling Green Sentinel newspaper: Charles W. Hampshire / Jerry City - Charles W. Hampshire, 91, Jerry City farmer, died today in Wood County Hospital. The son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hampshire, he lived throughout his life on the farm where he was born. He was a member of the Jerry City United Breteren Church. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Viola Hampshire, at home; a son, Clarence, Springfield; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His wife, the former Mary Helen Goble, died in 1952. The funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Jerry City U.B. Church. The body will lie in state in the church Friday from 11 a.m. until the hour of the funeral. Rev. Paul Conrad, assisted by Rev. A. S. Bierly, will officiate. Burial will be in the Jerry City Cemetery. Friends may call at the Deck Funeral Home, Bowling Green, Thursday evening and Friday afternoon and evening.
Mary Ellen GOBEL [Parents] "Ella" was born on 17 Feb 1877 in Morgan Co, OH. She died on 7 Dec 1950 in Findlay, OH. She was buried in Jerry City, OH / Jerry City Cemetery Old Middle Sec. She married Charles W. HAMPSHIRE on 1 Dec 1895 in Wood Co, OH.
According to the Gobel Family Bible, Daniel Snyder and Mary A. [Gobel] Snyder are the god-parents of Mary Ellen Gobel.
Obituary from Bowling Green Sentinel newspaper: Rites Sunday For Mrs. Hampshire - Funeral services for Mrs. Charles (Mary Ellen) Hampshire will be held at the United Bretheren Church of Jerry City Sunday at 1:30 P.M. with Rev. Viola Mills officiating. Burial will be at the Jerry City Cemetery. Friends may call at Mrs. Hampshire's home in Jerry City this afternoon and evening. Mrs. Hampshire passed away at Findlay Hospital at 12:25 on Thursday afternoon after suffering a stroke at 7:30 Wednesday evening. Born on February 17, 1877, Mrs. Hampshire was 73 years, 9 months and 19 days old at the time of her death. She moved to Jerry City from her home in the southern part of the state in 1893 and lived there after her marriage to Charles Hampshire in 1895. Mrs. Hampshire was a faithful attendant of the United Bretheren Church of Jerry City. She was a devoted person to her family and made many friends with her gentle manner. Surviving are: her husband; a daughter, Viola Hampshire of Jerry City; a son, Clarence of S. Charleston; a brother, Charles of Bloomdale; sisters, Mrs. John Bobb of N. Baltimore, and Mrs. Carl (Hallie) Frankenfield, Rockville, Maryland and two grandchildren.
They had the following children:
F i Viola M. HAMPSHIRE was born on 25 Apr 1897 in Wood Co, OH. She died on 1 Nov 1982 in Wood Co, OH. She was buried in Jerry City, OH / Jerry City Cemetery Old Middle Sec.
Viola M. HAMPSHIRE did not marry. Obituary from a local area newspaper: Funeral services for Viola M. Hampshire, 85, Jerry City, will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at Jerry City United Bretheren Church, the Revs. Moses Vegh and Elwin Gee officiating. Burial will be in the Jerry City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-4 and 7-9 pm today at Paden Funeral Home, North Baltimore, and after 12:30 pm Tuesday at the church. She died at 3 pm Saturday at her home. She was born April 25, 1897 in Wood County to Charles and Ella (Gobel) Hampshire. Miss Hampshire taught at schools in the Toledo and Akron areas before retiring in 1967. Memorials may be made to the church.M ii Clarence A. HAMPSHIRE was born on 18 Jul 1898. He died in Jan 1975.
John Herbert BOBB was born on 22 Dec 1884 in Cridersville, OH. He died on 31 May 1966 in Perrysburg, OH. He was buried in North Baltimore, OH / Maplewood Cemetery. He married Elizabeth Caroline GOBEL on 12 Oct 1916 in Wood Co, OH.
Elizabeth Caroline GOBEL [Parents] "Lizzie" was born on 18 Aug 1878 in Morgan Co, OH. She died on 24 Jun 1956 in Wood Co, OH. She was buried in North Baltimore, OH / Maplewood Cemetery. She married John Herbert BOBB on 12 Oct 1916 in Wood Co, OH.
Other marriages:TWYMAN, Ezra C.
According to the Gobel Family Bible, Phillip Morningstar and Lizzie Snyder are the god-parents of Elizabeth Caroline Gobel.
Obituary from the Bowling Green Sentinel newspaper: Mrs. Elizabeth Caroline Bobb, 78, a North Baltimore resident for half a century, died at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in Wood County Hospital. She had been ill for six weeks. Mrs. Bobb was born in Morgan County on Aug. 18, 1877. She married John Bobb, who survives in North Baltimore. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church. Also surviving are three stepchildren, Mrs. Ray Shilling, James Bobb and Herbert Bobb, all of North Baltimore; one brother, Charles Gobel, of Bloomdale; and one sister, Mrs. Hallie Frankenfield, of Rockville, Md. Three brothers and two sisters are deceased. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Rippeth Funeral Home. The Rev. David Whitmer will conduct the services. Burial will be at Maplewood Cemetery. Friends may call after Tuesday noon at the funeral home.
Charles Andrew GOBEL [Parents] was born on 9 Apr 1880 in Morgan Co, OH. He died on 21 Jan 1959 in Wood Co, OH. He was buried in Wood Co, OH / Weaver Cemetery South Sec 2. He married Hazel May CLEMENS on 4 Dec 1906 in Wood Co, OH.
Obituary from a local area newspaper (age per birth certificate is 78 y, 9 m, 12 d):
Charles Andrew Gobel died Wednesday, January 21, 1959 at 2:30 pm in his home in Bloom Township on the Oil Center Road east of Bloom Center after a two week illness following a stroke. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gobel. He was born in Morgan County April 9, 1881 and was aged 77 years, 9 months and 12 days. He moved to Wood County with his parents in 1894. In 1906 he married Hazel Clemens. Surviving are his wife; a son, Carl Gobel of Bloom Center; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Bishop of Bloom Center; five grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Halley Frankenfield of Rockville, Md. The funeral was held Saturday, January 24 at 2 p.m. in St. Luke's Lutheran Church at North Baltimore of which he was a member, with Rev. Carl C. Weaver officiating. Burial was made in the Weaver Cemetery.
Hazel May CLEMENS [Parents] was born on 27 Jan 1890 in Six Points, OH. She died on 9 Sep 1972 in Wood Co, OH. She was buried in Wood Co, OH / Weaver Cemetery South Sec 2. She married Charles Andrew GOBEL on 4 Dec 1906 in Wood Co, OH.
Obituary from the Bowling Green Sentinel newspaper:
Mrs. Hazel M. Gobel, 82, of Route 1, Bloomdale, died Saturday in Community Nursing Home, Bowling Green. She was born Jan. 27, 1890 in Six Points, O., to Alonzo and Annie (Easterley) Clemens. She married Charles Gobel in Wood County Dec. 4, 1906, and he died in 1959. She was a member of St. Lutheran Church in North Baltimore. Surviving are son, Carl of Bloomdale; daughter, Mrs. Claron (Elizabeth) Bishop of North Baltimore; brothers, John of Charlotte, Mich.; and Omer of Lapeer, Mich.; sister Mrs. Roy (Iva) Zingery, of Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Rippeth Funeral Home, North Baltimore, Dr. Herbert Veler officiating. Burial will be in Weaver Cemetery. Visitation is after 2 p.m. today.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth Mae GOBEL was born on 10 Dec 1907. She died on 3 Mar 2002. M ii Carl Edward GOBEL was born on 6 Jun 1914. He died on 13 Sep 2000.
Claron Ovide BISHOP [Parents] was born on 9 Aug 1903 in Wood Co, OH. He died on 3 Dec 1958 in Toledo, OH. He was buried in Wood Co, OH / Weaver Cemetery South Sec 2. He married Elizabeth Mae GOBEL on 21 Jan 1933 in Wood Co, OH.
Obituary from Bowling Green Sentinel newspaper:
Claron O. Bishop, 55, Bloom Township farmer, died Wednesday at 1 p.m. in St. Vincent's Hospital, Toledo, during a heart operation. He had been ill three weeks. Mr. Bishop was born Aug. 9, 1903, on the farm where he had lived throughout his life. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bishop (Nettie Miller). His mother survives with his wife, the former Elizabeth Goebel, whom he married 25 years ago; two sons, Louis, of Findlay, and Larry at home; and a daughter, Ruth Ann, also at home; two brothers, William, of Athens, and Woodrow, of North Baltimore; and a sister, Mrs. Merle Hemminger, of Portage. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. in St. Luke's Lutheran Church. The Rev. Carl C. Weaver will officiate. Burial will be in the Weaver Cemetery. Friends may call at the Rippeth Funeral Home , North Baltimore, until noon Friday, when the body will be taken to the church.
Elizabeth Mae GOBEL [Parents] was born on 10 Dec 1907 in Bloom Center, OH. She died on 3 Mar 2002 in North Baltimore, OH. She was buried in Wood Co, OH / Weaver Cemetery. She married Claron Ovide BISHOP on 21 Jan 1933 in Wood Co, OH.
Obituary from the Findlay Courier newspaper: Elizabeth Mae Bishop, 94, of 3106 Bairdstown Road, North Baltimore, died at 12:27 p.m. Sunday, March 3, 2002, at Blakely Care Center, North Baltimore. She was born Dec. 10, 1907, in Jerry City to Charles and Hazel (Clemens) Gobel. She married Claron Ovide Bishop on Jan. 21, 1933, and he died Dec. 4, 1958. Surviving are two sons, Lewis R. of Cygnet; Larry L. of North Baltimore; a daughter, Ruth Ann Kiser, Risingsun; seven grandchildren; a step-grandchild; nine great-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, Carl Gobel. Mrs. Bishop was a homemaker. She also had worked at the former Quaker Maid Ketchup Plant, Bloomdale. She was a member of the former Bloom Center Church of God and its WCSC, and Mount Perry Homemakers Club. She was a former 4-H leader. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Kirkpatrick-Behnke Funeral Home, the Rev. Paul Gnagy officiating. Burial will be in Weaver Cemetery, Bloom Township, Wood County. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Blakely Care Center Activity Fund, 600 Sterling Drive, North Baltimore, 45872.
They had the following children:
M i Lewis Ray BISHOP was born on 2 Sep 1935. M ii Lawrence BISHOP was born on 19 May 1942. F iii Ruth Ann BISHOP was born on 23 Feb 1945.
Lewis Ray BISHOP [Parents] was born on 2 Sep 1935 in Wood Co, OH. He married Sharon MCCRACKEN on 2 Jun 1957 in North Baltimore, OH.
Sharon MCCRACKEN was born on 27 May 1937 in Hancock Co, OH. She married Lewis Ray BISHOP on 2 Jun 1957 in North Baltimore, OH.
They had the following children:
M i Lynn BISHOP.
Gary Gene GOBEL [Parents] was born on 21 Nov 1942 in Findlay, OH. He married Susan Ann BECK in Jun 1967 in Oxford, OH. The marriage ended in divorce.
Other marriages:SWANNER, Shirley Faye
Susan Ann BECK was born on 11 May 1946 in Chicago, IL. She died on 28 Nov 2004 in Virginia Beach, VA. She married Gary Gene GOBEL in Jun 1967 in Oxford, OH. The marriage ended in divorce.
They had the following children:
M i Mark Gene GOBEL was born on 18 May 1971. M ii Brian Charles GOBEL was born on 24 Nov 1974.
Gary Lewis FRANKS [Parents] was born on 3 Mar 1944 in Toledo, OH. He was christened in Park Congregational Church / Toledo, OH. He married Loretta Ann GOBEL on 9 Sep 1967 in Toledo, OH. Gary graduated from Libbey High School in Jun 1962 in Toledo, OH. He was employed as as a lab technician and combustion control system design engineer Jun 1964 - Mar 1972 in Surface Combustion Corporation / Toledo, OH. He graduated from Toledo University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in Jun 1968 in Toledo, OH. He was employed as as Manufacturing Process Division Manager, Corporate Director - Computer Systems Technology, a company owner, and registered professional engineer in 14 states, Mar 1972 - Jul 1999 in SSOE, Inc. Engineers-Architects / Toledo, OH.
Loretta Ann GOBEL [Parents] "Lori" was born on 13 Jun 1945 in Findlay, OH. She married Gary Lewis FRANKS on 9 Sep 1967 in Toledo, OH. Loretta graduated from Elmwood High School in Jun 1963 in Bloomdale, OH. She was employed as as Head Nurse / Psychiatry Jun 1966 - Jun 1973 in Toledo Hospital / Toledo, OH. She graduated as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Jun 1966 in Toledo Hospital School of Nursing.
From the Toledo Blade newspaper 10-Sep-1967: Loretta Ann Gobel, Matson Street, became the bride of Gary L. Franks in a ceremony Saturday in Monroe Street Methodist Church. Mrs. Franks is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gobel, Bloomdale, O., and Mr. Franks is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Franks, Yosemite Drive. Following a reception in Reeder Hall of the church, Mr. and Mrs. Franks left on a trip to the Pocono Mountains. They will live at 3140 Matson St.
They had the following children:
M i Gary Lee FRANKS was born on 14 May 1970. F ii Kristin Lynn FRANKS was born on 4 Jun 1973.
John N. SMITH.John married Cecelia AUNGST on 10 Dec 1883 in Seneca Co, OH.
Cecelia AUNGST [Parents] was born on 8 Jul 1865 in Ohio. She died on 24 Jul 1909 in Seneca Co, OH. She was buried in Fostoria, OH / Fountain Cemetery. She married John N. SMITH on 10 Dec 1883 in Seneca Co, OH.