Fletcher Erwin Saucerman

John and Ada’s second son was born in Clay Centre, Clay County, Nebraska on 6 May 1886.  I have updated the John Calvin map to include a marker for Clay Centre which is just a few miles from Hastings.  In the documents that I have found him in, his name varies.  In a Bible record he is listed as Fletcher E., in census records with his parents he is listed as both Fletcher E. and Fletcher I.  The most interesting census entry is in January 1920 where Fletcher is listed as living with his parent his name being Irvin Fletcher and in the 1930 census he is Erwin F.  I suspect that his name is Fletcher Erwin but that as an adult he chooses to go by Erwin instead of Fletcher.

The 1920 census gives us several other clues into Erwin’s life.  In addition to the fact that he is going by a different variation of his name, he is also the only child still living with his parents (at the ripe age of 32). The family has moved from Hastings, Nebraska to Sutherlin, Douglas, Oregon.  It is likely that economic reasons encouraged the family to move west.  By this point all of the family members have done likewise.  The most interesting piece of information given in the 1920 census however, is that Erwin is listed as being widowed. 

It is not known who Erwin’s first wife was, what she died from, or where between Hastings and Sutherlin they were married.  No children seem to have survived until 1920.  By 1930, Erwin is remarried to Irma Louise Vance.  They are living in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon and have a one year old daughter named Janet.  Erwin stays in Portland until his death in September of 1976.

Roy Gilbert Saucerman

Roy Gilbert Saucerman is the first of seven boys born to John and Ada.  Roy was born in Peoria, Illinois on July 3, 1883.  In his WWI draft card, Roy is described as tall with a medium build.  He had gray eyes and dark brown hair.  He worked for the railroad in San Bernardino, California, for many years.  He met and married his wife during his early years with the railroad in Bakersfield.  He married Cena M. Jensen in Feb of 1912 and they had a son named Gordon B. in 1919.  Roy died on the Oct 3, 1977 in Contra Costa, California.

Time-Line for John Calvin

One of the most useful research tools is to have a time-line of the life events for an ancestor.  It makes it so that the time and place of different events are clear, which makes finding information much easier.  Here is a time-line for John.

Event	Date	Place
Born	9 Sept 1854	Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
1860 Census	11 Jul 1860	Barree, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
1870 Census	8 Jul 1870	Jackson, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Marriage to Ada Stone	3 Jul 1883	Toulon, Stark, Illinois
Birth of son Roy	4 Oct 1884	Peoria, Illinois
Birth of son Erwin	6 May 1886	Clay City, Nebraska
Birth of son Lois	27 Nov 1887	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
Birth of son John	11 Nov 1889	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
Birth of son Otto	23 Jul 1893	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
Birth of son Clyde	22 Oct 1895	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
Birth of son Irva	11 Nov 1898	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
1900 Census	9 Jun 1900	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
1910 Census	19 Apr 1910	Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
Death of son Otto	15 Apr 1919	France
1920 Census	16 Jan 1920	Sutherlin, Douglas, Oregon
1930 Census with Sarepeta	1930	Sutherlin, Douglas, Oregon
Death	23 Jan 1944	Sutherlin, Douglas, Oregon

 For a visual view of John's life see this map showing his birth, marriage, Hastings, and death.

See John's Map

John C. Saucerman of Perry, Pennsylvania

    I was under the impression that Saucerman was not all that common of a name and that duplicate people wouldn't be a problem. For the most part, this is true. John C. Saucerman of Perry is an exception. John of Perry was born in the year 1853 while John Calvin is born in 1854. John of Perry was married to Ida while John Calvin is married to Ada. Both men are born in Pennsylvania. Fortunately, John Calvin is from Adams County, Pennsylvania and migrates west throughout his life. The other John is from Perry County, Pennsylvania and stays there most of his life. Another distinction is that John Calvin has a number of children while it appears that John of Perry has none at all.


If you are interested in the John of Perry, the following two web sites might be of interest to you.

Robin Blunt which states that John's father is Jacob and his mother is Eleanor Kough.

Bosserman Family This site not only has Jacob and Eleanor as John's parents, but also lists several siblings.

Ada Maria Stone

    John Calvin's wife is Ada Stone. Ada was born to Henry Sparhawk Stone and Martha Lois Stacy in Osceola, Stark, Illinois. She is the second daughter of 10 children. I have done little research on her and her family as there is an extensive book about the Stone line. It is Gregory Stone Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Dea. Gregory Stone of Cambridge, Mass. 1320-1917 by J. Gardner Bartlett. She and John were married in Toulon, Stark, Illinois. The couple can be found with their children in the Gregory Stone book on page 706. Her parents and siblings are listed and discussed on pages 705-707.

    One of the problems that I have had in my research is locating Ada in the 1880 census prior to her marriage. I have found her parents in Union, Republic, Kansas with her siblings Guy, Julia, Glenn, and Effie. I have also found her oldest sister Flora living with her grandparents Liberty and Thankful Stone in Buda, Bureau, Illinois. Her younger sister Bell is found living with her Aunt and Uncle Louisa and William Jackson in Elmira, Stark, Illinois. Her younger brother Gilbert has already passed away, leaving her sister Henrietta unaccounted for. Henrietta is married to a George Cinnamon the same year in Elmira, Stark, Illinois. I have found George with his family in Elmira and suspect that Henrietta is not far away. I have also found an Ada in Osceola, Stark Illinois that is 19 (a year or two off) and a servant for the Winslow family. It states that her father is from Massachusetts and her mother from Ohio. Both the Gregory Stone book as well as the two censuses that I have state that Martha is from Illinois. I hope that when Henrietta is located, that Ada will also surface.

For those of you that are interested, I do have copies of Ada with her family in the 1860 and 1870 census.

 

John Calvin Saucerman

Here are the basics about John.

John Calvin Saucerman

John was born to William Asbury Sassaman and Lucy A. Keller on the 9th of September 1854 in Huntingdon, Adams, Pennsylvania.  John married Ada Maria Stone on the 3rd of July 1883 in Stark county, Illinois.  They had seven boys together and lived the majority of their lives in Hastings, Adams, Nebraska.  After Ada died in 1899, he remarried a women named Sarepeta.  John died in Sutherlin, Douglas, Oregon on the 23rd of January 1944.

Introduction

This blog is about the research that I have completed on the John Calvin Saucerman Family.  Each post will have information and sources about one or more members of this family.  For the purpose of this blog I will only be examining John, his wife, children, parents, and siblings.  A pedigree and many of the sources have been posted to a family tree called Saucerman Pitts on Ancestry.com.  The submitter was Andi1771. This blog will be useful for those interested in the family because I have gather a little more information about the family and not everyone has access to Ancestry. 

Enjoy!