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     He was born circa 1925.²
     Elmer Frank Walter Mau died on 2 December 2003 at Airport Road, Pembroke, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.³
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Elmer Frank Walter Mau.
     Elmer Frank Walter Mau was buried on 4 December 2003 at St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pembroke, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.²
     Research notes (11 June 2015):

     She was born on 14 January 1835 at Dearborn County, Indiana, USA.^{6,23,20,10,11,12,13,15,16,25,17} Martha married Thomas Boothby White on 24 December 1853 at Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^{2,3,26,4,11,14,15,16,25}
     Martha White died on 13 July 1919 at 901 Chateau Ave, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA, at age 84.^{18,6,27,24,21,13,14}
     
     Martha White was buried on 16 July 1919 at Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, Thornbury, Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, Canada.^{27,24,29,13,14,30}
     Her name was also recorded as Martha H. White.^31,25 Only the head of the household was named in the 1840 census, with the number of household members broken out by age and gender groupings. Martha appears to have been included in this statistical breakout of the household of James Smith, within the "Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9" grouping.³² Martha Smith immigrated in 1847 USA to Canada.¹⁰
     Martha Smith appeared on the 1851 Canadian Census of Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Canada West in the household of her parents, James and Jane Smith.^33,17
     Martha appeared on the 1861 Canadian Census of Collingwood, Nottawasaga Twp., Simcoe County, Ontario, in the household of Martha White and Thomas B. White.¹⁵
     Thomas B. and Martha White appeared on the 1871 Canadian Census of Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, enumerated 2 April 1871. Thomas was described as a farmer and Church of England. Their children, Elizabeth, Susan, George P., James L., Thomas B., Martha A. J. and Edward F., were listed as living with them.¹⁶
     Thomas B. and Martha H. White appeared on the 1881 Canadian Census of Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, enumerated 4 April 1881. Thomas was described as Church of England and a Farmer. Their children, Susan, James L., Thomas B., Ann M J, Edward F., Robert H., Myrtle and Herbet H. (sic), were listed as living with them.²⁵
     


According to E. Frank White's manuscript about his family, his mother Martha and father, Thomas B White travelled by boat across the Great Lakes from Collingwood, ON to Chicago, IL. They "were away some weeks visiting a lot of Mother's relatives around Winnebago, Rockford, and Independence, Illinois. They both enjoyed the trip very much and Mother must have gathered specimens of fossils every place she went, for she brought many home with her. They were there at the time of the funeral of President James A. Garfield and attended one of the funerals, many of which were held throught the country." President Garfield died Sept 19, 1881 after being shot on July 2 of that year.³⁴


     Thomas B. and Martha White appeared on the 1891 Canadian Census of Collingwood Twp., Grey County, Ontario, enumerated 15 April 1891. Thomas was described as a farmer and Church of England. Their children, Marth A., Edward F., Robert H., Myrtle and Herbet H. (sic), were listed as living with them.¹¹
     Martha White was recorded as mother of the bride at the marriage of Clifford Sine and Annie White on 7 August 1895.³⁵
     Martha Smith White was recorded as the mother of the bridegroom at the marriage of Edward Francis White and Elizabeth Lee Burns on 1 January 1901.³⁶
     Martha White appeared on the 1901 Canadian Census of Collingwood, Nottawasaga Twp., Simcoe County, Ontario, enumerated 31 March 1901, described as a Methodist. Her children: Robert H. and Myrtle, were listed as living with her.¹⁰
     In the obituary of Frances Elizabeth White who died 21 February 1904, her mother, Mrs. T. B. White of Collingwoord (town) Ontario, was listed as a survivor.³⁷
     Martha White is referenced in my notes regarding Helen Elizabeth White
     After Frank White's wife, Elizabeth died in May 1906, Myrtle White and her mother, Martha White moved to Cincinnati to live with Frank. Myrt helped look after Helen who was about 3 1/2 years old until about 1908 when she moved to Saskatchewan where she met and later married Alfred Moffat. Frank remarried in 1909. I have a photo album from Aunt Janet with many pictures from this Cincinnati time period. Martha remained in Cincinnati until her death in 1919.³⁸
     Mrs. T. B. White received a say 1910 postcard taken:

     Martha Smith appeared on the 1910 U.S. Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, in the household of Edward F. and Jesse M. White.¹²
     The following obituary appeared in the newspaper The Cincinnati Enquirer published in Cincinnati, Ohio 14 July 1919:


     The following obituary appeared in the newspaper the Review Herald published in Thornbury, Ontario 24 July 1919:


     In the obituary of Annie Sine who died 18 March 1949, her mother, the former Martha Smith was listed as predeceased.^40,41

     He was born on 16 January 1880 at Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada^G, according to Ontario Birth Registration 902179.^{9,10,7,11,8,12,6} Alternatively, he may have been born circa 1881 at Ontario, Canada, since he was 35 in the 1916 census, and 40 in the 1921 census.^12,3 William married Bertha Bimm on 4 October 1905 at Rosenthal, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, according to Ontario Marriage Registration 017080.^13,14,10,15
     Other information from their marriage registration:
William married Marie Emil Louise Tank, Note that on Lester's birth registration, they gave 21 Apr 1907 as their date of marriage. Perhaps this was to avoid questions about Elaine's parentage, since she was born in 1908, on 21 April 1909 at Eganville, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, according to Ontario Marriage Registration 018311.^{16,17,18,11,2,19,12,3,20}
     Other information from their marriage registration:
A delayed birth registration for William Zumach was made on 21 August 1930 at Netherhill, certified by his aunt, Mary Ristau. Mary declared that she was present in the house at the time of his birth.⁹
     William Summach died on 17 December 1959 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, at age 79.^4,2,21,22
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of William Summach.
     William Summach was buried on 19 December 1959 at Avondale Woodlawn Cemetery, Avondale district, RM of Vanscoy No. 345, Saskatchewan, Canada.^23,24,25
     His name was also recorded as William Zummach other variants of his surname include Sumach, Summac and Zumach.^{26,18,27,10,11,12,6}
     He was commonly known as Willy.²⁸
     William Zummach appeared on the 1881 Canadian Census of Brudenell & Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario in the household of his parents, August and Mary Zummach.⁶²⁹
     William Sumach was a survivor of his father August who died in 1890 when he was 10 years, 6 months and 28 days old.³⁰
     William Sumach appeared on the 1891 Canadian Census of Renfrew County, Ontario in the household of his mother, Mary Sumach.⁸³¹
     William Zumach appeared on the 1901 Canadian Census of Renfrew County, Ontario in the household of his mother, Mary Zumach, listed as a Farmer's Son.⁷³² William Summach witnessed the stillbirth of (?) Zummach on 21 July 1908 at Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.³³ William Summach witnessed the stillbirth of (?) Zummach on 22 July 1908 at Raglan Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.³⁴ William Summach was a survivor of his wife Bertha who died on on 23 July 1908.^{35,36,14,3717}
     William and Mary Zummach appeared on the 1911 Canadian Census of Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey County, Ontario, enumerated 5 June 1911. William was described as an Ev(angelical) assoc(iation) and a Carpenter - H(ome) Building. Their children Elaine and Tresa were listed as living with them.¹¹
     In Lester's birth registration, filed June 1, 1912, William gave their wedding date as April 21, 1907 in Eganville. Was he backdating the marriage to accomodate the age of Elaine, or was he just a typical male who couldn't remember his wedding date?³⁸
     William and Mary Zummach appeared on the 1916 Census of Canadian Prairie Provinces, RM of Lumsden No. 189, Saskatchewan, enumerated 1 June 1916, described as a farmer and a Methodist. Their children Elaine, Lester, Harold and Cecil were listed as living with them.¹²
     In 1918, the family moved to the Avondale district south of Asquith, Saskatchewan. Their farm was just south of the Pilgrim farm. In 1920, they bought the Fry farm, south of the Avondale school.
     Aunt Laureen's family group sheets has an annotation that the family surname was changed to Summach in 1918.^39,1,40
     William and Mary Summach appeared on the 1921 Canadian Census of RM of Loganton, Saskatchewan, enumerated 1 June 1921. William was described as a farmer. Their children Elaine, Lester, Harold, Cecil and Robert were listed as living with them.³
     The following article appeared in the Renfrew, Ontario Renfrew Mercury, 13 December 1928 :

     William Summach and family attended the Rosenthal School Pals Reunion.
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     In the obituary of Lydia Potter who died 19 October 1938, her brother, William Summach of Delisle, Saskatchewan, was listed as a survivor.⁴⁵ He was listed as the father of the bride in the marriage of George Willard Campbell and Marietta Doreen Summach before 5 July 1945.⁴⁶
     In 1948 or in 1950, Wiliam and Mary retired to Saskatoon.^1,22
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Star-Phoenix published in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 18 December 1959.²
     In the obituary of Ted Summach who died 20 October 1987, his parents, William Summach and Mary Summach were listed or implied as predeceased.^47,48
     In the obituary of Lester Summach who died 27 July 1994, his parents, William Summach and Mary Summach were listed or implied as predeceased.⁴⁹
     In the obituary of Harold William Summach who died 2 March 2003, his parents, William Summach and Mary Summach were listed or implied as predeceased.⁵⁰
     In the obituary of Cecil Alexander Summach who died 13 September 2006, his parents, William Summach and Mary Summach were listed or implied as predeceased.⁵¹
     The following information is from my personal research, September 2017:

     
     In the obituary of Florence Evelyn Summach who died 15 September 2017, her father-in-law, William Summach, was listed as predeceased.⁵³

     He was born on 30 September 1888 at Ontario, Canada.⁶ He was born on 2 September 1888 at Sebastopol Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, according to a family researcher.^2,4,5 Charles married Augusta Kuehl on 4 June 1920 at Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada^G, according to Ontario Marriage Registration 022082 sworn at Eganville June 5, 1920. The ancestry.com transcription gives the 9th as the wedding date, which is a reasonable reading of the hand-written document. However, it could also be a 4, which is consistent with the date of the registration since it is an earlier date.^3,2,5
     Charles Herman Rhode died on 28 August 1976 at Victoria Hospital, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, at age 87.^5,4,7
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Charles Herman Rhode.
     Charles Herman Rhode was buried on 31 August 1976 at Sebastopol Baptist Cemetery (aka German Baptist), Sebastopol Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.^8,7
     He was commonly known as Carl.
     Charles Rohde (sic) appeared on the 1901 Canadian Census of Sebastopol Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario in the household of his parents, Edward and Louesia Rohde (sic).⁶
     In the obituary of Augusta Rhode who died 28 March 1968, his husband, Charles Rhode, was listed as a survivor.⁹
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Ottawa Citizen published in Ottawa, Ontario, 30 August 1976.⁷
     In the obituary of Marilyn Orpha Rhode who died 22 October 2015, his father, Charles Rhode, was listed as predeceased.¹⁰

     She was born on 25 September 1899 at Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada^G, according to Ontario Birth Registration 035436.^5,3,2 Augusta married Charles Herman Rhode on 4 June 1920 at Lyndoch Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada^G, according to Ontario Marriage Registration 022082 sworn at Eganville June 5, 1920. The ancestry.com transcription gives the 9th as the wedding date, which is a reasonable reading of the hand-written document. However, it could also be a 4, which is consistent with the date of the registration since it is an earlier date.^6,3,7
     Augusta Kuehl died on 28 March 1968 at Killaloe, Hagarty Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, at age 68.^2,8
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     Augusta Kuehl was buried at Sebastopol Baptist Cemetery (aka German Baptist), Sebastopol Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.²
     Her name was recorded as Augusta Küehl on her birth registration.⁴
     She was commonly known as Anna.⁴ She was the informant on the death registration of her father, Ferdenand Kuehl, who died on 24 April 1947.⁹
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Ottawa Journal published in Ottawa, Ontario, 29 March 1968.⁸
     In the obituary of Charles Herman Rhode who died 28 August 1976, his wife, the former Augusta Küehl, was listed as predeceased.¹⁰
     In the obituary of Marilyn Orpha Rhode who died 22 October 2015, her mother, Augusta Kuehl, was listed as predeceased.¹¹

     He was born on 18 July 1888 at Radcliffe & Raglan Twps., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. He was born and raised around Rockingham. His obituary says he was born in Rosenthal, which I think was a district rather than a specific location.^{12,10,13,14,11,15,16,6,7} August married MInnie Ristau on 30 January 1912 at Killaloe, Hagarty Twp., Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada, according to Ontario Marriage Registration 017599.^{12,17,18,14,16,19,6,7}
     Other information from their marriage registration:

     August Summach died on 21 November 1973 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, at age 85.²¹
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of August Summach.
     August Summach was buried on 24 November 1973 at Avondale Woodlawn Cemetery, Avondale district, RM of Vanscoy No. 345, Saskatchewan, Canada.^8,16,22,19
     His name was recorded as August Zumach on his birth registration.^10,11
     August Sumach was a survivor of his father August who died in 1890 when he was 2 years and 26 days old.²³
     August Sumach appeared on the 1891 Canadian Census of Renfrew County, Ontario in the household of his mother, Mary Sumach.⁵
     August Zumach appeared on the 1901 Canadian Census of Renfrew County, Ontario in the household of his mother, Mary Zumach.¹¹ August Summach filed on a homestead on 26 May 1906 at land location NW 36 20 26 W2, southeast of Chamberlain, Saskatchewan, Canada^G. Note that he was only 17 years, 10 months and 8 days at this time. In his 1965 article about coming west (see below) he indicates the land was too stoney and he cancelled (or possibly abandoned) the application.²⁴
     A. appeared on the 1906 Census of Canadian Prairie Provinces, RM of Lumsden No. 189, Saskatchewan, in the household of Samuel Denzin and Minnie Denzin.¹³ August Zummach of Raglan township was listed as a witness to the marriage of Cecil Seed and Mary Zummach on 10 January 1907.²⁵
     In 1908, Fred, August and their mother, Mary moved to the Asquith district from Ontario. They settled on land that had been owned by their brother-in-law, Cecil Seed.^26,16
     August appeared in the 1911 Canadian Census of Saskatchewan, in the household ofFrederick Summach, listed as a Baptist and a farmer.⁴
     August Summach was included in a photograph with Jack Berger, Ernst Webber, Fernand (sic) Junop, Justin Cumming and William Frederick Krieger(see below) of a "Threshing Crew Long Time Ago" according to Grandpa Fred's notation. Since William Krieger, Grandma Esther's brother, married in July 1917, this photo may have been taken the year before.²⁷
     August and Minnie Summack appeared on the 1916 Census of Canadian Prairie Provinces, RM of Loganton, Saskatchewan, enumerated 6 June 1916, described as described as a farmer and a Baptist. Their children Harvey, Elden and Wilfred were listed as living with them. As were his sister-in-law, Mary Henderson, and brother-in-law, William Ristau.¹⁴²⁸
     Using the land description from the 1921 census, I found that their farm was located NE of Fred's farm, one mile east of the grid road and about 2 miles north. However, this does not match up with current family memories.²⁹
     August and Minnie Summach appeared on the 1921 Canadian Census of RM of Loganton, Saskatchewan, enumerated 1 June 1921. August was described as described as a farmer. Their children Harvey, Elden, Wilfred, Jean and Marie were listed as living with them. As were his sister-in-law, Martha Ristau and two "servants (labourers) Jack Berger and James Nichol. They lived in a 5 room house. Note that his son Elden was described as a daughter.⁶³⁰ August and Wilhelmina celebrated their 15th Wedding Anniversary according to a photo of a newspaper clipping in Uncle Ken's possession. They were joined by fifty-two friends and neighbours who surprised them at their home. They were entertained by a saxophone solo on radio station CJWC, broadcasting from Wheatons Electric in Saskatoon. They played games and were entertained by E I Marriott and James Smith. Elaine Rousell and Hazel Pilgrim presented them with a cut glass bowl from their friends and neighbours. The Avondale ladies aid presented them with a cream and sugar bowl. Lunch was served at midnight and the party broke up about 2 a.m. circa 31 January 1927.^31,17,32
     The following article appeared in the Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Free Press, 14 December 1928 :

     The following article appeared in the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Star-Phoenix, 14 December 1928 :

     August and Minnie Summach appeared on the 1931 Canadian Census of RM of Loganton, Saskatchewan, land location 16 35 09 W3 , NW quarter, in the Avondale district, south of Asquith, enumerated 1 June 1931. August was described as a farmer on his own grain farm and a Baptist. Their children Harvey, Elden, Wilfred, Jean, Marian (sic), Della, Ray Gordon, Lois (sic) Wilma and Percy Alexander were listed as living with them. Their house was valued at $8,000, and had 9 rooms. They had a radio.⁷
     On Dominion Day (July 1) in 1931, August and Minnie Summach hosted a reunion of local families in which at least one of the parents had attended Rosenthal school in Renfrew County, Ontario. A photographer from Saskatoon took a panoramic photograph of about 14 families and other guests.^35,36
     August Summach was referenced in a newspaper article about the reunion of Rosenthal school pals, which was held at his farm on July 1, Dominion Day, published on 10 July 1931 at the newspaper the Star-Phoenix.³⁶
He was a pallbearer at the burial ofElizabeth Anne Rutledge, on 18 May 1932 at Avondale Woodlawn Cemetery, Avondale district, RM of Vanscoy No. 345, Saskatchewan, Canada.^37,38
     A. Summach, his son-in-law and nephew, was referenced in an article about the 74th birthday of Mrs. William "Grannie" Ristau (nee Mary Zummach) published on 26 February 1936 at the newspaper the Star-Phoenix.³⁹

     In the obituary of Lydia Potter who died 19 October 1938, her brother, August Summach of Asquith, Saskatchewan, was listed as a survivor.⁴⁰
     A. Summach was recorded as father of the bride at the marriage of William Felske and Della Laura Summach before 4 July 1944.⁴¹ A. Summach, of Asquith,was listed as a guest at the marriage of Albert Ralph Horner and Eva Joy Briscoe on 12 July 1944.⁴²
     The following article appeared in the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Star-Phoenix, 1 November 1945 :

     The following article appeared in the Winnipeg, Manitoba The Winnipeg Tribune, 15 February 1947 :

     August Summach was described as (an unknown value) in 1950 at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.^45,46 He was an honorary pallbearer at the burial of George Horace Rutledge on 21 December 1956 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.^47,48,49
     In the obituary of Minnie A. Summach who died 15 September 1959, his husband, August Summach, was listed as a survivor.⁵⁰
     In the obituary of William Summach who died 17 December 1959, his brother, August Summach, was listed as a survivor.⁵¹
     In the obituary of Wilhelmina Denzin who died 22 May 1964, her brother, August Summach, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, was listed as a survivor.⁵²
     The following biographical information was published at Saskatchewan Diamond Jubilee 1965 Edition -- Asquith History, 1965:

     In the obituary of Eddie Summach who died 10 January 1967, his grandfather, August Summach, of Saskatoon, SK, was listed as a survivor.⁵³
     In the obituary of Maureen Ristau Young who died 26 March 1971, her father, August Summach, of Saskatoon, was listed as a survivor.⁵⁴
     In the obituary of Frederick Summach who died 19 January 1972, his brother, August Summach, was listed as a survivor.⁵⁵
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Star-Phoenix published in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 22 November 1973.²¹
     In the obituary of Ray Summach who died 7 December 1992, his parents, August Summach and Minnie Summach were listed or implied as predeceased.⁵⁶
     In the obituary of Jean Mary Summach who died 26 December 2002, his father, August Summach, was listed as predeceased.⁵⁷
     In the obituary of Everett Arthur Young who died 1 March 2008, his father-in-law, August Summach, was listed as predeceased.⁵⁸
     August Summach was identified as the father of Della Laura Summach in Della's obituary after her death on 31 January 2018.⁵⁹