Individual Notes

Note for: Elwin E. Damkohler, 18 MAY 1878 - MAR 1969 Index

Event:   Clay Township, Shelby, Missouri
     Type:   Census/1880
     Date:   21 JUN 1880

Individual Note:
     THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Elwin E. Damkohler; Son of Gustave Damkohler; Born ca. 1877 in Missouri.

Author of "Memoirs of the First Settler" by Capt. E. E. Damkohler, Estero, Florida 1882---copyright 1967 by Elwin E. Damkohler; Library of Congress Catalog Number 67-19575--Fort Myers: Island Press.

U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS/CLAY TOWNSHIP/SHELBY COUNTY/MISSOURI/1880; Film Roll No.: 737; Page: 24; SD: 5; ED: 67; Enumeration date: 21, 23, & 28 June 1880; Enumerator: C. S. Brown; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Elvin Damkohler; Color: white; Sex: male; Age prior to June 1st: 2: Relationship to head of house: Son; Single; Place of birth: Missouri; Place of birth of mother and father: Germany.

FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events by D. J. Richards, November 1926: "One of the most appreciative visitors we have ever met in Estero was Mr. H. R. Cropp, from Mississippi. Mr. Cropp was a stepson of Mr. Damkohler, who first settled in Estero and who was instrumental in inducing the Master to locate here and move his colony from Chicago. It has been close to forty years since Mr. Cropp left Estero. He and his half brother, ELWIN E. DAMKOHLER, took great pleasure in reciting their early experiences about the place. Estero having undergone such a transformation was a revelation to Mr. Cropp. "To think," he said, "that deer and turkeys practically came up to our back door, besides other wild life; and plenty of alligators lined the river banks." A most sacred spot to both of them was the spot where their mother, a brother and two sisters were buried. Upon leaving, Mr. Cropp said: "I can't begin to tell you what this visit has meant to me."

FAMILY TREE MAKER SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; VOLUME 1, A-L: Elwin Damkohler; Born: 18 May 1878; Social Security Number issued in Florida; Died: March 1969 in Ft. Myers, Florida, Social Security Number: 266-18-0089.

Individual Notes

Note for: Alma Damkohler, ABT 1853 - 22 FEB 1884 Index

Event:   Clay Township, Shelby, Missouri
     Type:   Census/1880
     Date:   21 JUN 1880

Burial:
     Date:   FEB 1884
     Place:   Estero, Lee, Florida

Individual Note:
     Damkohler, Elwin E.; Estero, Florida 1882: MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST SETTLER; Fort Myers: Island Press; KSHS--BK 099. ("February 16, 1884, about four a.m., mother died. Father had come home late that evening to find her sick. All night he tried to relieve her pain but he knew it was useless. He awakened us children to kiss her goodby. Our two-week old baby had been in mother's arms all the while she was sick."--Page 18

U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS/CLAY TOWNSHIP/SHELBY COUNTY/MISSOURI/1880; Film Roll No.: 737; Page: 24; SD: 5; ED: 67; Enumeration date: 21, 23, & 28 June 1880;; Enumerator: C. S. Brown; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Alma Damkohler; Color: white; Sex: female; Sex: female; Age prior to June 1st: 27; Relationship to head of house: Wife; Married: Occupation: Keeping House; Place of birth: Germany; Place of birth of mother and father: Germany.

Maiden name of Alma Damkohler is unknown. Her marriage to Gustave Damkohler may have been her second marriage because Rudolph Crop is listed as a 6-year-old stepson of Gustave Damkohler in the 1880 Census.

Individual Notes

Note for: Estero Ostego Damkohler, FEB 1884 - ABT 1884 Index

Individual Note:
MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST SETTLER, Estero, Fla 1882 by Capt. E. E. Damkohler, Estero, copyright 1967 by Elwin E. Damkohler; Library of Congress Catalog Number 67-19575--Fort Myers: Island Press--KSHS--BK 099. ("My brother was the first child born at Estero. Father named him Estero Ostego Damkohler, for that is the name of the creek and bay into which the creek flows."--Page 4) ("Our two-weeks old baby had been in mother's arms all the while she was sick."--Page 18) (("Two months later our baby brother died.*"--Page 20) *After reading Elwin Damkohler's "Memoirs of the First Settler" and researching the 1880 Census, I believe Estero Ostego Damkohler is the two-week old baby Elwin mentions.--Joyce Nelle Ratliff, Jan 1999.)

Individual Notes

Note for: Mary Mayton, - Index

Individual Note:
Damkohler, Elwin E.; Estero, Florida 1882; MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST SETTLER; Fort Myers: Island Press; KSHS--BK 099. ("Elwin E. Damkohler met his wife, Mary Mayton, while working in Quincy, Florida. Later they moved to Fort Myers.")