The Eller Chronicles


Vol. IV NO 3. THE ELLER FAMILY ASSOCIATION AUG 1990

 

CONTENTS

ESTES PARK Area MAP Cover
PRESIDENT'S PAGES 98-99
FROM YOUR EDITORS 99-101
WILLIAM HAMILTON ELLER: 1842-1922 (Lynn Eller) 101-108
A FAMILY'S LIFETIME RESEARCH INTO ITS ELLER AND ALLIED FAMILIES (Calvin Welker et. al) 108-112
MORE DESCENDANTS OF JACOB ELLER, SR.-the Immigrant
  • JAMES Mc. ELLER - A TEXAS PIONEER (Gayle Berlin)
113-123
  • PIONEER ELLER FAMILIES OF MISSOURI and MY ELLER FAMILY OF BUNCOMBE CO., N.C. and COOPER CO., MISSOURI with MISC. RECORDS (Edith Lyle)
124-143
THE FIRST ELLER FAMILY OF GOLF 144-149
BIBLE RECORDS (Davidson Co., NC) (Dorothy Newbold) 150
ELLER REUNION-- Purlear, Wilkes Co., N.C 151
LETTER and ANCESTRAL CHART (Marvin E. Eller) 152
A LETTER FROM AUSTRIA (Dr. Rose Eller) 153-154
ANCIENT PLACES OF ELLER FAMILIES IN GERMANY,
PART I. WONSHEIM (Klaus Napp-Zinn)
155-160
QUERIES 121 161-162
SAMPLE PAGES (J.W. Hook's 1957 book) 163-164
QUESTIONNAIRE (fill in and return to Wm. Eller) 165

 




REMINDER: Charlotte Marshall, EFA Secretary-treasurer, has recently sent out 85 past due notices to EFA members whose 1990 membership fees have not been received. We hope members will take care of this matter immediately so that the ELLER CHRONICLES will continue to reach you without interruption. Charlotte also reports that we now have 191 members. We should easily pass the 200 mark before the summer is over.

BEGIN NOW TO CONSIDER PLANS TO ATTEND THE 2nd ELLER FAMILY CONFERENCE, JULY 18-20, 1991, IN ESTES PARK, COLORADO

PLEASE DO NOT OVERLOOK THE QUESTIONNAIRE AT THE END OF THIS ISSUE. FILL IT OUT AND RETURN TO BILL ELLER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 


 

PRESIDENT'S PAGES


CONFERENCE '91- Each EFA member is asked to fill out the questionnaire (last page) and return to me by September 1, 1990.

Would you believe- it is less than a year away'? We are making detailed plans with our host, THE HOLIDAY INN, in Estes Park. We trust that you, too, are making your plans to be with us for another enjoyable and rewarding gathering of the ELLERS.

Repeating the theme from the cover, it is true- ALL ROADS DO LEAD TO ESTES PARK. May the following begin to whet your appetite for your visit to Colorado.

No matter from which direction you approach Denver and then Estes Park, you will be captured by the sight of our front range mountains. Coming from the south on I--25 you will encounter the beautiful mountains to the west where at least three 'fourteeners' (mountain peaks over 14,000 ft.) will greet you. First comes Pikes Peak at Colorado Springs, then Mt. Evens as you approach Denver and finally Longs Peak as you go north from Denver. The latter will reappear in Estes Park in breath-taking grandeur. Approaching Denver from the East, when you are 30-60 miles out, on either 1-70 or I-76, you will gradually be able to make out the front range with these fourteeners standing out in your view from the SW, sweeping to the NW. From the West and North, on I-80 and then south on I-25 you will observe only Long's Peak, before you turn West to Estes Park.

Madelyn and I drove to Estes Park on Memorial Day, the traditional day when one of the areas most popular attractions is opened for the season, this being the highest continuous highway in the country at 12,183 ft. It is closed during the winter but come Memorial Day they usually are able to snowplow it clear, through 10-12 ft. drifts in many places. We were also treated by seeing a number of deer and elk.

REPRINT UPDATE- As of this issue, we have received 125 orders for the reprint of the J.W. Hook book. We still need 125 additional orders to hold the cost to $28.00 for 250 copies. Our printer, Closson Press of Apollo, PA, is waiting patiently for the go ahead to print. A special treatment of projected volumes II and III will appear in the November Chronicles.

GENEALOGY- Continue to send genealogical and family history information to Gerald and Juanita Eller, Co-editors of the Eller Chronicles. You are reminded that queries are printed free of charge and these reach out to the full membership for possible answers. If you have submitted a query before and received no answer, consider submitting it again.

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I am always excited about locating new ELLER people. I have just recently met three new ELLERS in Colorado Springs, CO., all from different lines, one of which has recently become a member. I hope each of our members will be alert for new ELLERS and help recruit them to EFA membership. Send in their addresses to me or Charlotte Marshall if you wish us to follow up any such contacts. I am also continuing to receive many contacts of new ELLERS and spousal ELLERS through reprint orders. I have been sending information on the EFA as well as requests for genealogy for Volumes 11 and III from all of them.

Appearing on pp. 163-164 are page samples of the format from J. W. Hook's book. This is the preferred system of numbering generations for individual family lines. For example, in the sample, George Michael Eller is placed in the #1 position. and this generation number, and all the others, are carried as a superscript after the surname. More on this in the November issue.

CEMETERIES- Please send me information you have on cemeteries that contain numerous Eller and related families. When I researched and compiled my wife Madelyn's family, I found a cemetery in Iowa wherein are interred nearly all of her gr. grandfather's children. Of particular interest would be cemeteries dating back to the 1700 and 1800 period that may need the help of the EFA to save and from which valuable genealogical information may be obtained.

"ELLER FAMILY NEWS" - a Denver based publication. This relates to a postcard many of you have probably received and about which I have had a few inquiries. I've looked into this and find it legitimate. Basically, this is a business here in Denver that caters to many surnames, not just ELLER. It amounts to a bulletin board to collect information, news items, and inquiries, and printing these in a family news bulletin and then selling that bulletin to subscribers. I have sent an ad (free), advertising the ELLER reprint by displaying the Special Announcement and Order Blank published in the May issue of the Chronicles. I subscribed to the Eller Family News and will pass along any information of interest to the EFA membership. I did not bother with the Eller Family Registry, maintained by the same organization, since the EFA obtained a copy of a similar list several years ago.................. A. William Eller, President, EFA


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FROM YOUR EDITORS


Unless one has been directly involved, few can appreciate the amount of hard work it takes to plan a family conference such as Conf' 91 in Estes Park. When members are scattered around the world an EFA Conference is hardly comparable to the annual meeting of the Rotary Club. I can assure you from experience that nothing is more exasperating than working many hours on plans and then submitting a questionnaire to the membership for information necessary to the planning process and then receiving only four or five replies. SO PLEASE REMOVE THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE LAST PAGE, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND RETURN IT PROMPTLY TO BILL ELLER SO HE AND THE PLANNING COMMITTEE CAN PROCEED WITH THE HUNDREDS OF DETAILS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR CONF' 91. Even if you are unsure of your present plans, or if you know you definitely will not attend, send in the questionnaire anyway. This will not be a definite commitment or prevent you from changing your mind later. And it will be of great service to the planners.

SUGGESTED FORMAT AND GENEALOGICAL NUMBERING SYSTEM: Bill Eller suggests above that the format in the J.W. Hook 1957 book be adopted for all volumes to be published by the EFA. An aspect of this which Bill has pointed out to me concerns the assignment of the #1 position in individual family lines. Bill makes a very valid point, which I had not considered; in preparing descendant and ancestral charts etc. for various U.S. Eller lines, the first generation should begin with the immigrant ancestor when he or she is known, rather than the European ancestor (Examples: Using Casper Eller in the # 1 position for the family lines of Jacob, Melchoir, etc. as I have done on occasion) Bill's plan all members of the same generation in different lines in alignment. Placing Casper Eller at the beginning of some family lines introduces misalignment of generations when compared to lines already published as for the George Michael Eller line. I agree with Bill and will not use Casper Eller as the beginning point of lineages in the Chronicles. I recommend others do the same.

THE SQUEAKY GATE GETS THE GREASE: We fussed a bit in the May issue because of the lack of genealogical data from the members. WHAT A RESPONSE! More material was submitted for this issue than ever before and some must await the November issue. Your editors are most grateful to the many members, and in some cases non-members, who submitted such a rich and diverse body of information. Thanks again "Keep those cards and letters coming, folks."

ON KARL ELLER: Several members have sent recent newspaper stories updating the latest on entrepreneur Karl Eller, featured in the May, 1990 issue. In the last several months the large Circle K Corporation (2nd largest convenience store company in the U.S.) of which Karl Eller was chairman and chief executive officer has declared bankruptcy due to heavy indebtedness and sharp drop in sales. Karl Eller has resigned from the company. He has been the subject of numerous newspaper stories across the U.S. and even in Europe.



THE FIRST ELLER FAMILY OF GOLF: We are conferring this title on the family of HAROLD and RUTH ELLER, EFA members who display a talent which few Ellers of my acquaintance possess --athletic prowess. Perhaps we are not sufficiently well informed on this subject so we invite others to send in stories on the athletic accomplishments of Ellers and their descendants. Our congratulations to Harold and Ruth, and our thanks to their son-in-law, Gene Pearce, for the story. Harold is of the Jacob Eller line.



Part II: ELLERS OF BAVARIA (from IGI): This deferred to a later issue.
.................................... Juanita and Gerald Eller

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