Descendants of Joseph Christof Odenwald


Generation No. 1

1. JOSEPH CHRISTOF6 ODENWALD (JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born May 17, 1851 in Phillipsburg, Bruschal, Baden, Germany, and died March 24, 1940 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma. He married KATHARINE BUHLER April 27, 1876 in Bretten, Germany, daughter of ENGLEHART BUHLER and MARAGRETHE ZENGERIE. She was born August 06, 1848 in Phillipsburg, Germany, and died March 30, 1933 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Notes for JOSEPH CHRISTOF ODENWALD:
Joseph was my great grandfather. He and his wife and son Christian immigrated from Germany in late 1878 & early 1879. Oscar his oldest son came over later, with his mothers sister, Miss Buhler, (Barbara?) as they could not get seating on the same ship. Joeseph (my grandfather) was born soon after they arrived. They lived at Newton, Portland, then Wellington, Kansas for a while, and he made the land run Sept. 16, 1893 from Hunnewell Kansas, staked a claim on the NE 1/4 Sec. 11- 24N.- 2w.Im, 5 East & 3 North of Billings Ok. He was somewhat of a slave driver to his children and they were all hard workers, except Oscar who did not get along with his father at all, probably some hard feelings about being left behind in Germany. Oscar would run away from home to get away from his father and one time they kept him chained to the porch for a while. When he got loose that time, the story (from a neighbor Glen Combrink) is that he took off running with his dad shooting at him, and never came home again. Oscar did come visit with my dad, Ralph, one time when I was about 6 years old, about 1943. He had been traveling all over the U. S. and had bought a 40 acre tract about 8 miles south of Ashdown Arkansas. I remember him telling about the Grand Canyon and other places he had visited. He could travel anywhere he wanted, hopping boxcars, and had made friends with several railroad workers. When he died he left the 40 acres to Joe, my grandfather, dad ( Ralph), grandpa and I went to Arkansas to check the property, there was a lot of timber on the 40 and grandpa Joe had offers from a neighbor that had been running sheep on it and from a lumber company in DeQueen or Ashdown. Grandpa "jewed them up" on the price until he got more than prime farmland was selling for in this area. Great grandfather was pretty sharp and set his kids up where he wanted them. Mary married a Davis (son of the founder of Davis OK.) and they farmed near Davis Okla., in the southern part of the state. Charley, Grandpa and Chris farmed in this area ( Billings), and Hattie and her Husband farmed for a while at Newton Kansas. They would all start the wheat harvest at Davis, on family land, then here at Billings, and later at Newton Kansas, much like custom harvesters do now, except it was all family land.
Great grandmother Katharine never was happy in the new country, she had been satisfied with life in Germany, and never got over her fear of Indians,(from Mrs Mike Roach an older neighbor) and hated the fact that Joseph had run off her oldest son, Oscar.
Joseph was one of the first grain dealers in the Billings, Tonkawa area. He would buy grain from other farmers, including the Roach family, in the area at harvest time and he and sons would haul it to rail lines with teams and wagons during the winter, and haul lumber or coal back. They hauled to Wichita, then Wharton (Perry) and other places until the rail line come to this area and the town of Billings was formed in November 1999. At one time he had several grainerys where they could load or unload several wagons at a time. Charlie got his leg caught under a disk when a team ran away with him and he had it amputated some time about 1925, Katherine died in 1933, and the rest of the boys had their own problems with the depression starting, and the old man had a rupture and couldn't work so the family operation ceased at that time. Joseph was quite wealthy and had considerable cash stored away at the beginning of the depression. Hattie's husband was working for Boeing in Wichita, and she had time to visit Joseph, as did Charley because of his disability, therefore the old man turned his money over to them, and they bought land at depressed prices, and both became quite wealthy. When Joseph died in 1940 he left his entire estate to Charley and Hattie and they did quite well with it. In all fairness to Joseph, I don't believe he used his children to better himself as much as to help give each of them a good start on their own, and to teach them to work together. He made sure they each owned land when they were married. Joseph did not believe in banks and kept his money in a locked cellar, behind a particular rock near the top front of the cellar according to family members, possibly on steps on the way down. Several months after his death Joe and Ralph broke off the lock, searched the cellar but couldn't find anything. My grandfather Joe claimed there should have been several thousand dollars there because he saw the old man take the money from the sale of his cattle herd down there, also the income from the sale of thousands of bushels of grain should have been there. Hattie would have been the one with the key but claimed she didn't know about the money, or Charlie may have ended up with it because he bought quite a bit of land soon after Joseph's death. Another possibility is that it was hidden well enough that no one found it, possibly in concrete. Dad (Ralph) was farming the place when the land where the buildings were was cleared and the cellar was dozed up and spread out but we found nothing. This was about 1948 or 1949. Hattie had inherited the farm and had the homestead cleared to make more farmland. She and her daughter Dorothy had come down from Wichita to supervise and they helped search also, but I don't think anyone thought about breaking up the concrete. One of Hattie's grandsons (Jeffrey Jeter) now owns the farm, and John Barnhart now farms the land. (Written by Lester Odenwald in 1999)
Listed on the 1880 Wellington, Sumner, Kansas Census as Chris Adenwold, 30 working on the Railroad.

More About JOSEPH CHRISTOF ODENWALD:
Burial: Catholic Cemetery, Billings, OK

Notes for KATHARINE BUHLER:
Birth certificate in family tree from Lelia Odenwald trip to Germany in 1961.
Listed as Catharine Adenwold on the 1880 Wellington, Sumner, Kansas census as age 31, with son Joseph Christoph listed as Chris Adenwold 6months born in Kansas. Lodenwald@aol.com
Also on the 1880 census they had a Simon Peter age 16, R. R. worker born in Baden, Germany living with them.

More About KATHARINE BUHLER:
Burial: Catholic Cemetery, Billings, OK

Children of JOSEPH ODENWALD and KATHARINE BUHLER are:
i. FRED OSCAR7 ODENWALD, b. March 01, 1877, Phillipsburg Germany.

Notes for FRED OSCAR ODENWALD:
Listed in the 1880 Newton, Harvey, Kansas census as Oscar Otenwald as living with his aunt. Her name was also misspelled, she was listed as B. Birhler, all show births as Baden Germany. Lodenwald@aol.com

2. ii. CHRISTIAN ODENWALD, b. May 13, 1878, Phillipsburg, Baden, Germany; d. June 06, 1924, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.
3. iii. JOSEPH CHRISTOPH ODENWALD, b. September 09, 1879, Newton, Kansas; d. January 09, 1977, Perry, Oklahoma.
iv. MARY ODENWALD, b. July 15, 1882, Newton Kansas; d. May 1972, Davis Oklahoma; m. GEORGE DAVIS; b. Abt. 1880; d. Abt. 1960, Davis Oklahoma.

Notes for MARY ODENWALD:
Mary married George Davis and lived at Davis Okla. most of her life. They adopted a girl named Lena that married a McARTHUR. (Lester 1999)

Notes for GEORGE DAVIS:
George Was a son of a Davis that owned a feed store at a small town in southern Oklahoma. When the railroad came through that town it was named for them.

v. CARL CHARLIE ODENWALD, b. November 12, 1883, Portland, Kansas; d. 1963, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Notes for CARL CHARLIE ODENWALD:
Charlie never married, lost a leg in a farming accident as a young man. He was very conservative, didn't have a telephone or electricity until he moved in with his brother Joe in about 1960. He owned about 13 quarter sections of land in Noble & Kay counties in Oklahoma. He left $10,000 to the Catholic church in Billings Okla. when he died. He is buried at the Catholic cemetery at the NE corner of Billings, Oklahoma on highway #15.

More About CARL CHARLIE ODENWALD:
Burial: Catholic Cemetery, Billings, OK

vi. ARTHUR ODENWALD, b. January 29, 1886, Portland Kansas; d. August 14, 1886, Portland Kansas.
4. vii. EMMA HATWIG (HATTIE) ODENWALD, b. March 02, 1889, Portland. Kansas; d. October 1982, Florida.


Generation No. 2

2. CHRISTIAN7 ODENWALD (JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born May 13, 1878 in Phillipsburg, Baden, Germany, and died June 06, 1924 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma. He married NELLIE HORTENSE QUERRY March 08, 1902 in Portland, Kansas, daughter of NATHANIEL QUERRY and ROSEANNA SECRIST. She was born May 17, 1875 in Weldon, Illinois, and died September 01, 1937 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.

Notes for CHRISTIAN ODENWALD:
Listed in the 1880 Newton, Harvey, Kansas as C. Otenwald living with his aunt and brother Oscar. Her name was also misspelled, she was listed as B. Birhler, all shows birth as Baden. Lodenwald@aol.com
Listed on 1900 Sumner Co., census with brother Joseph living with him, father and all other living children were in Bunch Creek, Noble Co., Oklahoma on the 1900 census. Lodenwald@aol.com

More About CHRISTIAN ODENWALD:
Burial: Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble, Oklahoma

Notes for NELLIE HORTENSE QUERRY:
Nellie and Christian were some of the best liked and most respected children of the homesteaders of the land run in Oklahoma in 1893. There home was 5 miles east and 1 mi North of Billings, Oklahoma, and the old house still stands. (2001) Their 160 acres is still owned by their only grandchild that now lives in Florida. Nellie & Chris are buried in the Union Cemetery SE of Billings in Noble County, Oklahoma.

More About NELLIE HORTENSE QUERRY:
Burial: Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble, Oklahoma

Child of CHRISTIAN ODENWALD and NELLIE QUERRY is:
5. i. LEILA LORRAINE8 ODENWALD, b. August 03, 1904, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma; d. April 1987, Deltona, Volusia, Flordia.


3. JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7 ODENWALD (JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born September 09, 1879 in Newton, Kansas, and died January 09, 1977 in Perry, Oklahoma. He married JESSIE ELLEN GREEN March 10, 1910, daughter of ALMA GREEN and SUSAN HOWARD. She was born February 07, 1888 in Taylor County Iowa, and died March 19, 1953 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma.

Notes for JOSEPH CHRISTOPH ODENWALD:
Joe was the 3rd son of Joseph Christof & Katherine Odenwald, the first of our family to be born in the U.S. He was a very hard worker like most of the Odenwalds. Joe was a good grandfather, good to all us children, and kind, would give the shirt off his back to anyone in need. Everyone that knew him liked him and respected him for his hard work. I belive that he needed the guidance of his father and later his son Ralph in his business dealings. I think he realized this and when he saw his brother "Oscar" disowned by his family from lack of loyalty it made him more loyal to his father. Joe worked on the railroads for a while and helped build the first railroad bridge across the Arkansas river at Great Bend Kansas, for 50 cents per hour but they fed him and he shared a tent with other workers. I don't know what years that was, but it would have been when not needed by his father in the family business. lodenwald@aol.com

More About JOSEPH CHRISTOPH ODENWALD:
Burial: Sec H-1-C, Grace Hill, Perry, OK.

More About JESSIE ELLEN GREEN:
Burial: Sec H-1-C, Grace Hill, Perry, OK.

Child of JOSEPH ODENWALD and JESSIE GREEN is:
6. i. RALPH GEORGE8 ODENWALD, b. January 08, 1912, Noble County, Oklahoma; d. June 25, 1972, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma.


4. EMMA HATWIG (HATTIE)7 ODENWALD (JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born March 02, 1889 in Portland. Kansas, and died October 1982 in Florida. She married JOHN ANDREW KINSELLA. He was born 1878 in Wyoming.

Notes for EMMA HATWIG (HATTIE) ODENWALD:
Hattie married John Kinsella at Wichita Kansas. They had one daughter, Dorothy that married a Jeter had 3 sons & 1 daughter. Lester Palmer Jeter married Francis Linde. They may still live in Wichita. Jeffery Lee Jeter married Dianne Bergkamp, Christopher Allen Jeter was the other son. Karen Ann is the daughter, I don't know much about them, but they inherited the Odenwald land, some near Eddie Okla., and the 1/2 sec. John Barnhart farms (N. 1/2/sec11-24N.,2W. in Noble county, also the 80 acres South of Chris Odenwald, and some that Glen Combrink farms. (Lester Odenwald 1999).

Child of EMMA ODENWALD and JOHN KINSELLA is:
7. i. DOROTHY KATHERINE8 KINSELLA, b. March 21, 1913; d. January 28, 1996, Miami, Dade, Florida.


Generation No. 3

5. LEILA LORRAINE8 ODENWALD (CHRISTIAN7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born August 03, 1904 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma, and died April 1987 in Deltona, Volusia, Flordia. She married OTIS G. SLEDGE.

Notes for LEILA LORRAINE ODENWALD:
Leila taught school in Tonkawa Oklahoma, married Otis Sledge, had one daughter, Marcele who Married Jim Thompson in Florida, no children, owns SW 1/4, sec 18-24N-1W, Noble county, and land near Eddie Okla.(Lester 1999). Laterr married Rickie Springer.

Child of LEILA ODENWALD and OTIS SLEDGE is:
i. MARCILE9 SLEDGE, m. (1) JIM THOMPSON; m. (2) RICKY SPRINGER.


6. RALPH GEORGE8 ODENWALD (JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born January 08, 1912 in Noble County, Oklahoma, and died June 25, 1972 in Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma. He married MARJORIE LOIS BAILEY1 August 08, 1930 in Winfield Kansas, daughter of JAMES BAILEY and IVA ELKINS. She was born January 24, 1913 in Stroud, Lincoln, Oklahoma, and died September 22, 1999 in Perry, Oklahoma.

Notes for RALPH GEORGE ODENWALD:
Ralph Odenwald was the only son born to the 7 children of the Joseph Christof Odenwald family that came to the U.S. from Germany. He was born and raised in a 2 story house where the Eddie Manley home is now, on the N.W.1/4 of sec.18-24-N.-1Wim. His mother Jessie wanted a girl and dressed him in girls clothes until he started school. He got new boys overalls for school, " demanded them". I think he attended the Fairview grade school on the NE corner of the Odenwald homestead, across the corner from where the old Freedom Church still stands (2004). He attended Billings High school and was very active in the 4H. Club. He won a trip to Kansas City and Chicago when he was in high school, visited large feedlots, packing plants, and diaries on the trip and gave an impressive report to the other 4H members and newspapers when he returned. He was one of few high school students to have his own car, and was very popular in school. He met Marjorie Bailey that lived 1 mile north and 1/4 west of his home, where his son Ralph 11 (Butch) now lives. (2004) They married in 1930. He learned hard work and honesty from his father and grandfather, but unlike them never forced his own children to his own ways. He was a strong believer and member of the Freedom Baptist church. He never pressed his religion on anyone and never attended church a lot in his later years but he did read the bible a lot and could quote more scriptures than anyone else I have ever known. (Lester) When Marjorie and he got married they first lived in a shack across the road South and about 100 yds. East of where Chris & Jane Odenwald's home is now. (2004) They had a tough time at first because of the depression, milked cows and raised chickens. Food was so short at times that they had to decide whether to kill the chickens for food or keep them for eggs. They told stories about patching holes in the floor and walls with cardboard to keep out the cold in winter. Dad hunted a lot and they ate a lot of rabbit through the depression and Mom fished a lot in the warmer months and raised gardens. Mr. Lowe that owned the 1/4 section where Chris & Jane's house is now couldn't make payments on it and Travelers insurance company let dad and grandpa Joe take over payments on it. It was the first land dad owned and it was really hard to make the payments but somehow they did. Mom and Dad moved to an oil field shack on the Lusk farm NW1/4-sec32-24N-1w, 6 miles east And 1 South of Billings in the late 1930s. Grandmother Jessie's step father was a Lusk and she had inherited a 1/5 interest in that farm. We lived there until about 1946 and I think I was born there.(Lester) I know Max was. I remember staying with the Homer Main family a couple of nights when he was born. In about 1946 dad bought the Wallace Carifell farm- the SW1/4 Sec.-32-24N-1W and we moved into an old house there and started building a new house. We were living in the new house when Butch was born in Feb. 1948. In 1950 Dad started having medical problems and was never really well after that. He had a stomach ulcer perforate and nearly died from that and later developed heart problems. We had a good wheat crop in 1948 and the price went to $3.00. We bought a new Chevrolet car, a new 2ton chev truck (one of the first in the area with a hoist), the Lusk farm, and a new D John Deere tractor that year.
Ralph died of lung cancer and is buried in the Billings Oklahoma Union Cemetery

More About RALPH GEORGE ODENWALD:
Burial: Union Cem., Billings Ok.
Cause of Death: Lung cancer

Notes for MARJORIE LOIS BAILEY:
Born Stroud Okla., buried Union Cemetery, Billings, Okla. A wonderful mother and left each of her 4 children a choice 160 acre farm at her death. Lodenwald@aol.com

More About MARJORIE LOIS BAILEY:
Burial: Union Cem, Billings, Noble, Oklahoma

Children of RALPH ODENWALD and MARJORIE BAILEY are:
8. i. WANDA LORRENE9 ODENWALD, b. October 13, 1933, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.
9. ii. LESTER RAY ODENWALD, b. February 19, 1937, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.
10. iii. MAXIE DELBERT ODENWALD, b. October 13, 1943, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.
11. iv. RALPH GEORGE JR. ODENWALD, b. February 11, 1948, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.


7. DOROTHY KATHERINE8 KINSELLA (EMMA HATWIG (HATTIE)7 ODENWALD, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born March 21, 1913, and died January 28, 1996 in Miami, Dade, Florida. She married BURKS JETER. He was born September 16, 1918, and died November 24, 1999 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas.

Children of DOROTHY KINSELLA and BURKS JETER are:
i. LESTER PALMER9 JETER, m. FRANCIS LINDE.
12. ii. JEFFREY LEE JETER.
iii. CHRISTOPHER ALLEN JETER.
iv. KAREN ANN JETER.


Generation No. 4

8. WANDA LORRENE9 ODENWALD (RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born October 13, 1933 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma. She married LONNIE BRUCE TOOMAN September 17, 1953 in Perry, Noble County Okla., son of JERROLD TOOMAN and FAY ZINK. He was born April 02, 1935, and died May 14, 1979 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma.

Notes for WANDA LORRENE ODENWALD:
Wanda drove tractors and worked on the family farm at a young age, went to school At Banner and Glenrose country schools east of Billings, high school at Perry and Billings. She owned an 18 wheeler truck and drove it a few years on nation wide hauls after Lonnie died. She was a straight A student in school, lived in Cushing, Enid, and Perry Oklahoma. She took care of her mother the last year and one half of her life. 2002 Lodenwald@aol.com

Notes for LONNIE BRUCE TOOMAN:
Lonnie worked in the oil fields in Oklahoma most of his life, was field superintendent for Massey Moore oil company, and owned oil wells and a pipeline when he died of cancer in 1979. He attended school at Billings Okla. and lived in Enid when he died.

Children of WANDA ODENWALD and LONNIE TOOMAN are:
i. GARY LEE10 TOOMAN, b. March 14, 1954, Perry Oklahoma; m. (1) THERESA DETHLOFF; m. (2) DOROTHY BOLEY; m. (3) JOYCE RECORD.
13. ii. RICKY ALLEN TOOMAN, b. November 10, 1955, Perry, Oklahoma.
14. iii. TERRY LYNN TOOMAN, b. April 07, 1958, Billings, Ok.; d. January 28, 1981, Garfield Co., Okla..
15. iv. RANDY GENE TOOMAN, b. November 16, 1959, Pawhuska, Okla..


9. LESTER RAY9 ODENWALD (RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1)2,3 was born February 19, 1937 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma4. He married KAREN YVONNE POWELL5 August 18, 1954 in Perry, Noble County, Okla., daughter of CLAYTON POWELL and DOROTHY GLASER. She was born June 05, 1939 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma6.

Notes for LESTER RAY ODENWALD:
4 H Club & FFA President, FFA National Junior Master Farmer, Boys State delegate, Football captain, Board of Oklahoma Salers cattle Assn., graduate of OSU Flying school, Oklahoma Wagon Master for A.A.M. tractorcades, Agriculture lobbiest In Washington D. C. 3 winters.
Lester and Karen ran a grade A dairy for a few years after they married, lost their home to a fire and their wheat crop hailed out in 1960. They started a custom harvest operation that year, ( Texas to Canada) and ran it for 32 years, also farmed in the Billings area, still do (2004). They ran a service station and had an Allis Chalmers farm equipment business in Billings for a while also. They were strong supporters of the American Agriculture Movement and made the tractorcades to Washington D. C. in the late 1970s. They worked hard and played hard, owned a new Cessna Skyhawk airplane in 1964, traveled a lot, make 2 or 3 trips a year to Las Vegas and other places. Loves family history and genealogy.

Children of LESTER ODENWALD and KAREN POWELL are:
16. i. TERESA RAE10 ODENWALD, b. April 14, 1955, Perry Oklahoma.
17. ii. CHRIS ALLEN ODENWALD, b. January 29, 1958, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.


10. MAXIE DELBERT9 ODENWALD (RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born October 13, 1943 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma. He married JOYCE MERLENE LIVINGSTON May 10, 1964 in Billings, Oklahoma, daughter of LESLIE LIVINGSTON and EVELYN WRIGHT. She was born July 03, 1946 in Enid Oklahoma.

Notes for MAXIE DELBERT ODENWALD:
Max worked at and managed grocery stores most of his life, in Kansas City, Perry Ok., and Enid Ok., also ran a service station in Billings for a while. He had a kidney removed (cancer) and lost most of his sight at about age 50. Also faithful Baptist & best brother and father anyone could hope for.(Lester)

Notes for JOYCE MERLENE LIVINGSTON:
Very pretty, quick witted, and my favorite person to pick on (Lester)See Odenwald Family picture page.

Children of MAXIE ODENWALD and JOYCE LIVINGSTON are:
18. i. LESLIE SCOTT10 ODENWALD, b. November 08, 1965, Perry Oklahoma.
ii. KEVIN LEE ODENWALD, b. August 26, 1968, Kansas City Mo.; m. WENDY DIANNE BREED; b. February 14, 1966.
19. iii. ANGELA DAWN ODENWALD, b. July 21, 1971, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma.


11. RALPH GEORGE JR.9 ODENWALD (RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born February 11, 1948 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma. He married (1) SHERRY LYNN NELSON May 24, 1968. She was born October 15, 1950 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma. He married (2) GAYLA WILLIAMS November 08, 1976, daughter of CARL WILLIAMS and NADINE WILLIAMS. She was born December 05, 1954.

Notes for RALPH GEORGE JR. ODENWALD:
Ralph George 11 Married Sherry Lynn Nelson born (10/15/1950), 5/24/1968. They divorced 9/20/1974., they had 2 sons, Ralph 111 born 10/18/1968 died 2/24/1986. Terry Ray Odenwald born 10/17/1969.
Ralph 11 married Gayla Williams in about 1980 and they have a daughter, Kristy born 2/?/1981. He farmed for a while, was a truck driver, served in Vietnam.

Notes for SHERRY LYNN NELSON:
Sherry re marred after divorce and has a son from that marriage, lives in Enid Ok.

Children of RALPH ODENWALD and SHERRY NELSON are:
i. RALPH G. 11110 ODENWALD, b. October 18, 1968; d. February 24, 1986.

Notes for RALPH G. 111 ODENWALD:
Died of self inflicted gunshot.

ii. TERRY RAY ODENWALD, b. October 17, 1969, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma; m. MARIAN.


Child of RALPH ODENWALD and GAYLA WILLIAMS is:
20. iii. KRISTY10 ODENWALD, b. February 25, 1981, Noble Co., Ok..


12. JEFFREY LEE9 JETER (DOROTHY KATHERINE8 KINSELLA, EMMA HATWIG (HATTIE)7 ODENWALD, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) He married DIANNE BERGKAMP December 19, 1969 in Conway Springs, Kansas.

Children of JEFFREY JETER and DIANNE BERGKAMP are:
21. i. LEAH ANNE10 JETER, b. March 07, 1974, Independence, Missouri.
ii. ANNE MARIE JETER, b. June 23, 1976, Independence, Missouri.


Generation No. 5

13. RICKY ALLEN10 TOOMAN (WANDA LORRENE9 ODENWALD, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born November 10, 1955 in Perry, Oklahoma. He married ANNETTE M. DIVER, daughter of JOAN ASBRIDGE. She was born May 24, 1960.

Notes for RICKY ALLEN TOOMAN:
Ricky owns a supply store in Enid Oklahoma,(oil field and industrial) lives in Covington Oklahoma. (1999)

Child of RICKY TOOMAN and ANNETTE DIVER is:
22. i. JEREMY S.11 TOOMAN, b. July 10, 1978, Oklahoma City, Okla..


14. TERRY LYNN10 TOOMAN (WANDA LORRENE9 ODENWALD, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born April 07, 1958 in Billings, Ok., and died January 28, 1981 in Garfield Co., Okla.. He married JENNIFER J. HENDERSON. She was born February 19, 1959.

Notes for TERRY LYNN TOOMAN:
Terry was an oil field pumper and was killed in an explosion.

Child of TERRY TOOMAN and JENNIFER HENDERSON is:
23. i. BRADLEY NEAL11 TOOMAN, b. June 25, 1979.


15. RANDY GENE10 TOOMAN (WANDA LORRENE9 ODENWALD, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born November 16, 1959 in Pawhuska, Okla.. He married SHERRI A. SYLER August 12, 1980 in Payne County, Oklahoma. She was born December 10.

Children of RANDY TOOMAN and SHERRI SYLER are:
i. ASHLEY ANN11 TOOMAN, b. July 03, 1981.
ii. MATTHEW KYLE TOOMAN, b. February 15, 1985.
iii. JACOB HUNTER TOOMAN, b. September 05, 1990.


16. TERESA RAE10 ODENWALD (LESTER RAY9, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1)7 was born April 14, 1955 in Perry Oklahoma. She married RUDY W. SIMIC7 January 17, 1975 in Billings, Oklahoma, son of MILENKO SIMIC and SABINA RHIEM. He was born April 26, 1954 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma8.

Notes for TERESA RAE ODENWALD:
Teresa attended school at Billings, was a good student there, and played basketball. She was an active member of the Billings Baptist church, and now the Antelope Valley church south of Billings. She drove trucks for her father on the farm and on the custom combining run. She also worked at the Holliday Inn Motel in Enid for a while. She went a beauty school in Enid and worked as a beauty consultant for a while. She worked at odd jobs when in school and paid her own way, bought her own class ring, yearbook, and letter jacket and other things from money she earned herself. She also worked in the post office in Garber for several years, and ran a rural route for a while. She is into quilting and arts and crafts now and lives 3 Mi. N. and 1/2 M. E. of Garber. (Lester 2004)

Notes for RUDY W. SIMIC:
Rudy attended Garber high school and was active in sports. He is an active member of the Antelope Valley Church south of Billings Ok., He is a farmer and rancher in the Garber Oklahoma area,

Children of TERESA ODENWALD and RUDY SIMIC are:
24. i. PRESTON RAY11 SIMIC, b. August 23, 1977.
ii. CHRISTOPHER BRIAN SIMIC9, b. August 27, 197910.

Notes for CHRISTOPHER BRIAN SIMIC:
Brian was a straight A student in grade and high schools, and valedictorian of his graduating Class. He was a star athlete in baseball and football in high school And was on the Garber high school academic team, and is an active church member at the Antelope Valley Church south of Billings. He attended Oklahoma State university at Stillwater as a medical student. In 2004 is Interning in a hospital in Kansas City.


17. CHRIS ALLEN10 ODENWALD (LESTER RAY9, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1)11 was born January 29, 1958 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma12. He married SARAH "JANE" MANER13 December 19, 1976 in Billings, Oklahoma, daughter of CLAUDIE MANER and VERA DOUGLAS. She was born July 08, 195814.

Notes for CHRIS ALLEN ODENWALD:
Chris is a farmer and mechanic, custom combined from Texas to Canada for a while, worked at a Ford garage for a while, breeds registered Salers cattle and is on the board of the Okla. Salers assn.,now farms and custom bales hay in the Billings area. (2004)

Child of CHRIS ODENWALD and SARAH MANER is:
i. JEREMY ALLEN11 ODENWALD15, b. June 04, 198016.

Notes for JEREMY ALLEN ODENWALD:
Jeremy is a student at Oklahoma State university (2004) ,was salutatorian of his graduating class at Billings High school, has small farming and ranching operation, showed Salers cattle, had state champion heifer one year and several reserve champions and 1st place heifers in local, state and national shows.


18. LESLIE SCOTT10 ODENWALD (MAXIE DELBERT9, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born November 08, 1965 in Perry Oklahoma. He married DOROTHY MARIE ROBINSON. She was born May 28, 1966 in Enid Oklahoma.

Children of LESLIE ODENWALD and DOROTHY ROBINSON are:
i. THOMAS SCOTT11 ODENWALD, b. December 04, 1992.
ii. JOSEPH JAMES ODENWALD, b. December 04, 1992.
iii. KATHERINE MARIE ODENWALD, b. December 04, 1992; d. December 04, 1992.


19. ANGELA DAWN10 ODENWALD (MAXIE DELBERT9, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born July 21, 1971 in Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma. She married PAUL NATHAN STONE. He was born March 01, 1968.

Child of ANGELA ODENWALD and PAUL STONE is:
i. AMANDA LYN11 STONE, b. October 04, 2000, Enid, Garfield Co., Ok..

Notes for AMANDA LYN STONE:
Born 10/4/2000 7 pounds, 19 1/2 in long dark hair, blue eyes.


20. KRISTY10 ODENWALD (RALPH GEORGE JR.9, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born February 25, 1981 in Noble Co., Ok.. She met JUSTIN MAYDEN.

Child of KRISTY ODENWALD and JUSTIN MAYDEN is:
i. KATRINA ANN11 ODENWALD, b. August 18, 2000, Kay Co., Okla..


21. LEAH ANNE10 JETER (JEFFREY LEE9, DOROTHY KATHERINE8 KINSELLA, EMMA HATWIG (HATTIE)7 ODENWALD, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born March 07, 1974 in Independence, Missouri. She married ROGER RENE IVEY October 12, 1996 in Kansas City, MO..

Child of LEAH JETER and ROGER IVEY is:
i. KENDALL ELIZABETH11 IVEY, b. May 22, 2000, Omaha, NE..


Generation No. 6

22. JEREMY S.11 TOOMAN (RICKY ALLEN10, WANDA LORRENE9 ODENWALD, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born July 10, 1978 in Oklahoma City, Okla.. He married TARA ALLISON MILLER May 22, 1999 in Covington, Oklahoma, daughter of KATHLEEN LOUISE MILLER.

Children of JEREMY TOOMAN and TARA MILLER are:
i. ETHAN ALLEN12 TOOMAN, b. 2000.
ii. ZACHARY NATHANIEL TOOMAN, b. October 16, 2003, Garfield Co., Oklahoma.


23. BRADLEY NEAL11 TOOMAN (TERRY LYNN10, WANDA LORRENE9 ODENWALD, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1) was born June 25, 1979. He married WENDY WRIGHT December 02, 1999 in Garfield County, Oklahoma, daughter of BRUCE WRIGHT and DENISE WRIGHT.

Children of BRADLEY TOOMAN and WENDY WRIGHT are:
i. MAREK12 TOOMAN, b. January 15, 2002.
ii. PHOEBE DARLENE TOOMAN, b. September 21, 2005.


24. PRESTON RAY11 SIMIC (TERESA RAE10 ODENWALD, LESTER RAY9, RALPH GEORGE8, JOSEPH CHRISTOPH7, JOSEPH CHRISTOF6, JOSEF DAVID5, FRANZ ANTON4, LORENZ3, JOHANN PHILIP2, JOHANN GEORG1)17 was born August 23, 197718. He married TRUBY ANN SPROULL May 26, 2001 in Lamont, Grant Co., Oklahoma, daughter of MARK SPROULL and CHARLA TRUHLAR. She was born April 11.

Notes for PRESTON RAY SIMIC:
Preston attended Oklahoma State University, was a star football player and at track while attending Garber high school. He is also an active member of the Antelope Church south of Billings. (2004)
Worked for the Williams Companies in Tulsa, OK 2002, Lived at Jenks, Okla. In 2004 is farming near Garber, Oklahoma

Child of PRESTON SIMIC and TRUBY SPROULL is:
i. PEYTON RAY12 SIMIC, b. February 15, 2006.