THE BERRY MEADOW ARCHIVE - Mountain Light School

3 According to notes by Evelyn Reich based on an interview with Mary Reich (c. 1981), George Ruhl had
five daughters of whom Marie (Mary) Elizabeth was the youngest. The eldest married a Voelker (Felker)
and had Sophie (Weitz), Katherine, and Joe Felker; the second married George Kromm of Spokane and
had six children; the third married a Scheuerman who lived in Canada and had Katherine (Bafus), and the
fourth married Baum and lived in Troy, Idaho with two sons and a daughter.
The Johann Heinrich and Anna M. (Benner) Litzenberger Family
Sources: Evelyn Reich Litzenberger Family Files, Ruth DeLuca Correspondence, I. Plehve Litzenberger
Family Lineage Chart, Sam Litzenberger Correspondence.
Johann Heinrich (son of George and Maria [Hanneman] Litzenberger 1 ), b. 1808 m. Anna
Margareta Benner, b. 1830
I. Heinrich Conrad (“Die Loma [The Lame]”), b. 1823
II. Johann Phillip (Hanphillipya), b. 1831 m. (1
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st ) Maria Catherina Kromm, b. 1834 (2 nd ) Marie
Schneidmiller
A. Johannes, b. 1855 m. Marie Elizabeth Stang
1. Phillip
2. Conrad
3. Alexander (“Schreiber”), 1889-1917 m. Marie Elizabeth (“Maudt”) Litzenberger
(daughter of John and Elizabeth [Kleweno] Litzenberger [see V.A.1. below]), 1891-1979
a. Marie Elizabeth Litzenberger, b/d. 1910
b. Jacob Litzenberger, 1911-1912 (died on ship between Russia and England)
c. Al Litzenberger, 1913-2002 m. Clara Weitz, 1921-2008
d. Harry Litzenberger, 1915-2001
4. John, 1891-1919 m. Mary Merkel, 1895-1966
a. John Litzenberger, 1912-2004 m. Pauline Keller, 1917-2001
b. Ruth, 1914-1978 m. Edward Helferstein, 1908-1980
c. Henry Litzenberger, 1916-1998
B. Marie m. Conrad Kleweno
1. Phillip, 1891-1988 m. Martha Miller, 1889-1973
a. Ernest, b. 1918 m. Verna Futter, b. 1915
b. Eleanor, b. 1920 m. Elmer Schmick, 1918-1996
c. Daniel, 1922-1999 m. (1 st ) Dorothy Chamberlain, (2 nd ) Francis Smith, (3 rd )
Louella Himbeckner
2. Katherine, 1902-1988 m. Frederick Miller, 1897-1957
a. Robert, 1927-2002 m. (1 st ) Irene Benzel, 1921-1987 (2 nd ) Rosa Inez King
b. Betty Jean, b/d. 1927
c. Dorothy, b. 1929 m. Guy E. Henderson, 1923-2002
C. Catherine (Katie), 1878-1902, Dusty, WA m. Henry Kromm, 1895-1995
1. John, 1897-1948 m. Elizabeth Dippel (daughter of John Dippel), 1899-1995
2. Henry (“Bohmaheinrich”) Kromm, 1900-1925 (lived in Dusty, WA)
D. Adam (“Boick”), 1881-1961 m. Marie Elizabeth Gorr (daughter of Johann Georg and
Catherina [Holstein] Gorr), 1885-1970, lived in Longmont, CO
1. Marie Elizabeth m. George Martin
a. Pauline m. Bernhard Dietz
daughter: Kathryn Louise (Painter)