Sibling Saturday- Elizabeth & Clara Jeckering

Elizabeth Mary & Clara M. Jeckering

- my 3rd Great-Aunts

When researching my family tree, I realized these two sisters were very similar. They were born 2 years and 4 days apart (almost share a birthday), both married in their early twenties, both had their first child in 1886, both had children into their 40s, both had large families and both died in 1957 (2 months apart).

Elizabeth and Clara were born to Gerhard Jeckering (1829-1898) and Maria Elisabeth Kluneman (1830-1912). They were two of several other children for the Jeckering Family.

Elizabeth Mary Jeckering 

b. 26 Sep 1861 in Dayton, Ohio

d. 03 Mar 1957 in Dayon, Ohio, age 95

m. 29 Apr 1885 (age 23) in Dayton, Ohio 

Louis Henrich Brinkman

b. 13 Oct 1886 in Dayton, Ohio 

d. 02 Apr 1922 in Dayton, Ohio 

Son of Joseph H. Brinkman (1826-1885) &

Elizabeth Knage (1828-1883)

Elizabeth and Louis had 11 children-

1. Louis Gerhard (1886-1980)

2. Marie Margaret (1887-1936)

3. Harry John (1890-1970)

4. Lawrence John (1890-1970)

5. Anna Elizabeth (1892-1936)

6. Helen Rose (1893-1967)

7. Joseph Henry (1895-1990)

8. Clara (1897-1897)

9. Gerhard (1898-1898)

10. Urban Lawrence (1900-1982)

11. Cecilia Christine (1902-1990)

Elizabeth was 40 when she had her last child. 

Clara M. Jeckering

b. 22 Sep 1863 in Dayton, Ohio 

d. 30 Jan 1957 in Dayton, Ohio, age 93

m. Sometime before 1887 (at age 21)

Francis Xavier "Frank" Heider

b. 1860

d. 1951

Son of Adam Heider (1824-1911) & 

Mary Wingerter (b.1838)

Clara and Frank had 10 children-

1. Mary Wilhelmina "Minnie" (1886-1973)

2. Anna Josephine (1888-1981)

3. Beatrice Catherine (1892-1985)

4. Carl Herman (1894-1980)

5. Marie Claire (1896-1991)

6. Frank J. (1897-1971)

7. Louis Gerhart (1899-1978)

8. Charles Adam "Adam" (1902-1996)

9. Ellen E. (1906-1999)

10. Gertrude C. (b. 1908)

Clara was 44 when she had her last child.