Arthur met and married Lydia Kobi on June 5, 1901, Lydia's father was born in Meissenheim, Baden, Germany on the Rhine River. Andreas/Andrew was born Oct 3, 1834, and died Dec 26, 1895. His parents were Andreas Kobi, a Police Servant/Patrol Officer. His mother was Maria Magdalena Wickersheim. They lived in a farming and fishing village.
Lydia's mother was Anna Elizabeth Weyrauch, born at Marthasville, Missouri on March 5, 1843, and died at the birth of their ninth child, on Oct 26, 1895. Anna's parents were Peter Weyrauch, born in Bullau, Hesson, Darmstadt, Germany near the Rhine River in 1813. He married Anna Margaret Walter in 1838. She was born in Germany in 1819. They came to America in 1840, and settled at Marthasville, Missouri, after landing in New Orleans, sailing up the Mississippi River and then the Missouri to Marthasville.
Arthur and Lydia settled in Ankeny, Iowa, where he built a home, and started a family. Lauree was born Feb. 22, 1902, Eldon on Jan 9, 1905 and Kenneth arrived on Jan 16, 1907.
Arthur was a carpenter, and by 1907, he was looking for a better and more prosperous life for their growing family. He heard there was more work out West, and came to Washington, or bust! They arrived in Tacoma by train on April 7, 1907. It was raining. Arthur promised Lydia if things didn't work out, they would return to Iowa in a year. Lydia was so homesick, she couldn't see any beauty in this wonderful northwest, never unpacked her good dishes , just sat and rocked baby Kenny, and thought of home. Arthur was busy and happy, and they stayed. He built a new house for his family, and that home still stands on Thompson Avenue in south Tacoma. The family continued to grow, and on January 19, 1910, Merle J. was born, followed in two years by Myra Aileen on Feb 2, 1912.
When Eldon was nine years old, dad decided his boys should live in the country, and moved them to Weyerhouser, on the old Mountain Highway, on 80 acres on a lake. They moved into an old log house, which was replaced by a new house on the other side of the lake.
Arthur went to work in the Shipyards and was only home on weekends, leaving Lydia to cope with the five children and the farm all week. One day Merle was found floating on the lake in a wash tub after Myra went to the house for the wash boiler for her own mode of sailing.
While living there, when Myra was five, she suffered an appendicitis attack, her appendix ruptured, and although our parents were told she would not survive the night, she is still with us. She spent 57 days in Tacoma General Hospital, through Halloween and Thanksgiving, and at a family friend's home through Christmas.
When Myra was in the second grade, Dad sold the farm, and moved the family to Alder to work as a carpenter. He eventually rented a farm for $25. a month, built up a dairy herd, and sold milk to a logging camp kitchen, where the loggers lived while logging timber near Paradise Park at Mt. Tacoma. While living at Alder, (that farm is now at the bottom of Alder Lake), Lauree attended Eatonville High School for one year, then boarded with family friends in Parkland, and went to Lincoln High in Tacoma. Lauree was married to Weston Betts in 1921, and Lydia and Arthur became grandparents to baby Evelyn Carol Oct 25, 1922.
Eldon graduated from Eatonville High in June 1924, but the biggest event in more ways than one was the birth of Ernilie at 10# 2oz. on Jul 17, 1924 at Tacoma General Hospital.
Kenny and Merle both also graduated from Eatonville High in 1926 and 1928 respectively, and after Myra's freshman year, in 1928, we moved to the 5 acres on Woodland Road, near Puyallup. Dad was a carpenter again, and worked at Camp Lewis.
The five acres was part of the sale of the Weyerhouser farm. Dad also farmed the five acres, raising chickens, strawberries and eventually the Peach orchard.
Written by Ernilie (Burgess) Storrs (daughter).
Lydia's mother was Anna Elizabeth Weyrauch, born at Marthasville, Missouri on March 5, 1843, and died at the birth of their ninth child, on Oct 26, 1895. Anna's parents were Peter Weyrauch, born in Bullau, Hesson, Darmstadt, Germany near the Rhine River in 1813. He married Anna Margaret Walter in 1838. She was born in Germany in 1819. They came to America in 1840, and settled at Marthasville, Missouri, after landing in New Orleans, sailing up the Mississippi River and then the Missouri to Marthasville.
Arthur and Lydia settled in Ankeny, Iowa, where he built a home, and started a family. Lauree was born Feb. 22, 1902, Eldon on Jan 9, 1905 and Kenneth arrived on Jan 16, 1907.
Arthur was a carpenter, and by 1907, he was looking for a better and more prosperous life for their growing family. He heard there was more work out West, and came to Washington, or bust! They arrived in Tacoma by train on April 7, 1907. It was raining. Arthur promised Lydia if things didn't work out, they would return to Iowa in a year. Lydia was so homesick, she couldn't see any beauty in this wonderful northwest, never unpacked her good dishes , just sat and rocked baby Kenny, and thought of home. Arthur was busy and happy, and they stayed. He built a new house for his family, and that home still stands on Thompson Avenue in south Tacoma. The family continued to grow, and on January 19, 1910, Merle J. was born, followed in two years by Myra Aileen on Feb 2, 1912.
When Eldon was nine years old, dad decided his boys should live in the country, and moved them to Weyerhouser, on the old Mountain Highway, on 80 acres on a lake. They moved into an old log house, which was replaced by a new house on the other side of the lake.
Arthur went to work in the Shipyards and was only home on weekends, leaving Lydia to cope with the five children and the farm all week. One day Merle was found floating on the lake in a wash tub after Myra went to the house for the wash boiler for her own mode of sailing.
While living there, when Myra was five, she suffered an appendicitis attack, her appendix ruptured, and although our parents were told she would not survive the night, she is still with us. She spent 57 days in Tacoma General Hospital, through Halloween and Thanksgiving, and at a family friend's home through Christmas.
When Myra was in the second grade, Dad sold the farm, and moved the family to Alder to work as a carpenter. He eventually rented a farm for $25. a month, built up a dairy herd, and sold milk to a logging camp kitchen, where the loggers lived while logging timber near Paradise Park at Mt. Tacoma. While living at Alder, (that farm is now at the bottom of Alder Lake), Lauree attended Eatonville High School for one year, then boarded with family friends in Parkland, and went to Lincoln High in Tacoma. Lauree was married to Weston Betts in 1921, and Lydia and Arthur became grandparents to baby Evelyn Carol Oct 25, 1922.
Eldon graduated from Eatonville High in June 1924, but the biggest event in more ways than one was the birth of Ernilie at 10# 2oz. on Jul 17, 1924 at Tacoma General Hospital.
Kenny and Merle both also graduated from Eatonville High in 1926 and 1928 respectively, and after Myra's freshman year, in 1928, we moved to the 5 acres on Woodland Road, near Puyallup. Dad was a carpenter again, and worked at Camp Lewis.
The five acres was part of the sale of the Weyerhouser farm. Dad also farmed the five acres, raising chickens, strawberries and eventually the Peach orchard.
Written by Ernilie (Burgess) Storrs (daughter).
Arthur met and married Lydia Kobi on June 5, 1901, Lydia's father was born in Meissenheim, Baden, Germany on the Rhine River. Andreas/Andrew was born Oct 3, 1834, and died Dec 26, 1895. His parents were Andreas Kobi, a Police Servant/Patrol Officer. His mother was Maria Magdalena Wickersheim. They lived in a farming and fishing village.
Lydia's mother was Anna Elizabeth Weyrauch, born at Marthasville, Missouri on March 5, 1843, and died at the birth of their ninth child, on Oct 26, 1895. Anna's parents were Peter Weyrauch, born in Bullau, Hesson, Darmstadt, Germany near the Rhine River in 1813. He married Anna Margaret Walter in 1838. She was born in Germany in 1819. They came to America in 1840, and settled at Marthasville, Missouri, after landing in New Orleans, sailing up the Mississippi River and then the Missouri to Marthasville.
Arthur and Lydia settled in Ankeny, Iowa, where he built a home, and started a family. Lauree was born Feb. 22, 1902, Eldon on Jan 9, 1905 and Kenneth arrived on Jan 16, 1907.
Arthur was a carpenter, and by 1907, he was looking for a better and more prosperous life for their growing family. He heard there was more work out West, and came to Washington, or bust! They arrived in Tacoma by train on April 7, 1907. It was raining. Arthur promised Lydia if things didn't work out, they would return to Iowa in a year. Lydia was so homesick, she couldn't see any beauty in this wonderful northwest, never unpacked her good dishes , just sat and rocked baby Kenny, and thought of home. Arthur was busy and happy, and they stayed. He built a new house for his family, and that home still stands on Thompson Avenue in south Tacoma. The family continued to grow, and on January 19, 1910, Merle J. was born, followed in two years by Myra Aileen on Feb 2, 1912.
When Eldon was nine years old, dad decided his boys should live in the country, and moved them to Weyerhouser, on the old Mountain Highway, on 80 acres on a lake. They moved into an old log house, which was replaced by a new house on the other side of the lake.
Arthur went to work in the Shipyards and was only home on weekends, leaving Lydia to cope with the five children and the farm all week. One day Merle was found floating on the lake in a wash tub after Myra went to the house for the wash boiler for her own mode of sailing.
While living there, when Myra was five, she suffered an appendicitis attack, her appendix ruptured, and although our parents were told she would not survive the night, she is still with us. She spent 57 days in Tacoma General Hospital, through Halloween and Thanksgiving, and at a family friend's home through Christmas.
When Myra was in the second grade, Dad sold the farm, and moved the family to Alder to work as a carpenter. He eventually rented a farm for $25. a month, built up a dairy herd, and sold milk to a logging camp kitchen, where the loggers lived while logging timber near Paradise Park at Mt. Tacoma. While living at Alder, (that farm is now at the bottom of Alder Lake), Lauree attended Eatonville High School for one year, then boarded with family friends in Parkland, and went to Lincoln High in Tacoma. Lauree was married to Weston Betts in 1921, and Lydia and Arthur became grandparents to baby Evelyn Carol Oct 25, 1922.
Eldon graduated from Eatonville High in June 1924, but the biggest event in more ways than one was the birth of Ernilie at 10# 2oz. on Jul 17, 1924 at Tacoma General Hospital.
Kenny and Merle both also graduated from Eatonville High in 1926 and 1928 respectively, and after Myra's freshman year, in 1928, we moved to the 5 acres on Woodland Road, near Puyallup. Dad was a carpenter again, and worked at Camp Lewis.
The five acres was part of the sale of the Weyerhouser farm. Dad also farmed the five acres, raising chickens, strawberries and eventually the Peach orchard.
Written by Ernilie (Burgess) Storrs (daughter).
Lydia's mother was Anna Elizabeth Weyrauch, born at Marthasville, Missouri on March 5, 1843, and died at the birth of their ninth child, on Oct 26, 1895. Anna's parents were Peter Weyrauch, born in Bullau, Hesson, Darmstadt, Germany near the Rhine River in 1813. He married Anna Margaret Walter in 1838. She was born in Germany in 1819. They came to America in 1840, and settled at Marthasville, Missouri, after landing in New Orleans, sailing up the Mississippi River and then the Missouri to Marthasville.
Arthur and Lydia settled in Ankeny, Iowa, where he built a home, and started a family. Lauree was born Feb. 22, 1902, Eldon on Jan 9, 1905 and Kenneth arrived on Jan 16, 1907.
Arthur was a carpenter, and by 1907, he was looking for a better and more prosperous life for their growing family. He heard there was more work out West, and came to Washington, or bust! They arrived in Tacoma by train on April 7, 1907. It was raining. Arthur promised Lydia if things didn't work out, they would return to Iowa in a year. Lydia was so homesick, she couldn't see any beauty in this wonderful northwest, never unpacked her good dishes , just sat and rocked baby Kenny, and thought of home. Arthur was busy and happy, and they stayed. He built a new house for his family, and that home still stands on Thompson Avenue in south Tacoma. The family continued to grow, and on January 19, 1910, Merle J. was born, followed in two years by Myra Aileen on Feb 2, 1912.
When Eldon was nine years old, dad decided his boys should live in the country, and moved them to Weyerhouser, on the old Mountain Highway, on 80 acres on a lake. They moved into an old log house, which was replaced by a new house on the other side of the lake.
Arthur went to work in the Shipyards and was only home on weekends, leaving Lydia to cope with the five children and the farm all week. One day Merle was found floating on the lake in a wash tub after Myra went to the house for the wash boiler for her own mode of sailing.
While living there, when Myra was five, she suffered an appendicitis attack, her appendix ruptured, and although our parents were told she would not survive the night, she is still with us. She spent 57 days in Tacoma General Hospital, through Halloween and Thanksgiving, and at a family friend's home through Christmas.
When Myra was in the second grade, Dad sold the farm, and moved the family to Alder to work as a carpenter. He eventually rented a farm for $25. a month, built up a dairy herd, and sold milk to a logging camp kitchen, where the loggers lived while logging timber near Paradise Park at Mt. Tacoma. While living at Alder, (that farm is now at the bottom of Alder Lake), Lauree attended Eatonville High School for one year, then boarded with family friends in Parkland, and went to Lincoln High in Tacoma. Lauree was married to Weston Betts in 1921, and Lydia and Arthur became grandparents to baby Evelyn Carol Oct 25, 1922.
Eldon graduated from Eatonville High in June 1924, but the biggest event in more ways than one was the birth of Ernilie at 10# 2oz. on Jul 17, 1924 at Tacoma General Hospital.
Kenny and Merle both also graduated from Eatonville High in 1926 and 1928 respectively, and after Myra's freshman year, in 1928, we moved to the 5 acres on Woodland Road, near Puyallup. Dad was a carpenter again, and worked at Camp Lewis.
The five acres was part of the sale of the Weyerhouser farm. Dad also farmed the five acres, raising chickens, strawberries and eventually the Peach orchard.
Written by Ernilie (Burgess) Storrs (daughter).
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