Third Generation
aaa. Caroline (Line) Magdalene Dorothee Gauss, b. at Brunswick Feb. 5, 1809, d. there March 29, 1870, m. at Brunswick May 20, 1832, Eduard Wilhelm Bauermeister, master nailsmith. (There were seven children of this marriage, and descendants are living today. It is not traced further here.)
aab. Georg Gebhard Albert Gauss, master plumber in Brunswick, b. May 20, 1811, and d. Aug. 24, 1879, m. at Brunswick Sept. 4, 1842, Johanne Dorothee Friederike Schäffer of Brunswick.
aba. (Carl) Joseph Gauss, Hanoverian artillery officer and later director of Hanoverian railroads, b. at Brunswick Aug. 21, 1806, and d. at Hanover July 4, 1873, m. at Stade March 18, 1840, Sophie Friederike Erythropel, dau. of August Christian Erythropel and Amalie Dorothea Johannes; the bride was b. Jan. 20, 1818, at Stade and d. April 6, 1883, at Hanover.
abb. Wilhelmine (Minna) Gauss, b. Feb. 29, 1808, at Göttingen and d. Aug. 12, 1840, at Tübingen, m. at Grone Sept. 15, 1830, Georg Heinrich August Ewald, theologian and professor of Oriental languages at Göttingen and later at Tübingen, son of Heinrich Andreas Ewald, master linen weaver in Göttingen, and his wife, Catharina Maria Use; Ewald was b. Nov. 16, 1803, at Göttingen and died there May 4, 1875. On Dec. 27, 1845, at Darmstadt he married (2) Auguste Friederike Wilhelmine Schleiermacher, dau. of Andreas August Ernst Schleiermacher, Oberfinanzrat and librarian in Darmstadt, and his wife Caroline Luise Maurer; Ewald’s second wife was b. March 23, 1822, at Darmstadt and d. Dec. 19, 1897, at Göttingen. They had one daughter, Caroline Therese Wilhelmine Ewald, who was b. May 9, 1850, at Göttingen and d. there May 7, 1917; she never married.
abc. Louis Gauss, b. Sept. 10, 1809, at Göttingen and d. there March 1, 1810.
abd. Peter Samuel Marius Eugenius (Eugene) Gauss, flour miller, lumber dealer, and bank president at St. Charles, Mo. He was b. July 29, 1811, at Göttingen and d. on his farm in Boone County, Mo, July 4, 1896, Came to U.S.A. in 1830 after studying law at the University of Göttingen. m. Feb. 14, 1844, at St. Charles, Mo, Henrietta Fawcett, dau. of Joseph Fawcett and Lucretia Keyes; Henrietta was b. Feb. 3, 1817, in Harrisonburg, Va, and d. Nov. 24, 1909, on the Gauss farm in Boone County, near Columbia, Mo.
abe. Wilhelm August Carl Matthias Gauss, farmer in Germany, and near St. Charles, Mo, merchant in Glasgow, Mo, farmer in Chariton Co, Mo, and finally wholesale shoe dealer in St. Louis, Mo, b. Oct. 23, 1813, at Göttingen and d. Aug. 23, 1879, at St. Louis. Came to U.S.A. in 1837, m. at Levern, Prussia, Aug. 21, 1837, Aletta Christiane Luise Fallenstein, dau. of Rev. Heinrich Fallenstein and his wife, Charlotte Friederike Bessel, a niece of the astronomer Bessel; the bride was b. at Levern Apr. 20, 1813, and d. at St. Louis, Mo, Sept. 15, 1883,
abf. Henriette Wilhelmine Caroline Therese Gauss, b. at Göttingen June 9, 1816, and d. at Dresden Feb. 11, 1864, m. at Elsterwerda Sept. 23, 1856, Constantin Wilhelm Staufenau, actor and stage director in many localities, then retired in Zörbig and later Dresden, son of Carl Philipp Staufenau, teacher in Weissenfels, and his wife, Johanna Dorothee Künzel; he was b. Feb. 17, 1809, at Weissenfels and d. Nov. 14, 1886, at Dresden. On July 15, 1865, at Kotzschenbroda C. W. Staufenau m. Johanna Carolina Maria Horack, dau. of Johann Carl Horack, physician in Dresden, and Marie Caroline Rumpelt; she was b. Aug. 16, 1832, at Dresden and d. there July 17, 1891, Both marriages of Staufenau were childless.
Fourth Generation
aaba. Georg Christian Albert Gauss, master plumber, b. in Brunswick June 1, 1843, and d. there Jan. 27, 1907, m. at Brunswick July 3, 1870, Caroline Wilhelmine (Minna) Riechelmann of Gross Schwülper.
abaa. Carl August Adolph Gauss, owner of landed estate in Lohne near Gross’ Burgwedel, later retired in Hamlin, b. Apr. 10, 1849, in Hanover, d. Jan. 22, 1927, in Hamlin, m. at Stolzenau Sept. 4, 1874, Anna Sophie Johanne Ebmeier, dau. of Diedrich Ebmeier, farmer in Stolzenau, and his wife, Henriette Delius; the bride was b. at Stolzenau Feb. 8, 1850, and d. at Hamlin July 27, 1900.
abab. Unnamed dau. of Joseph Gauss, stillborn Jan. 24, 1853.
abac. Unnamed dau. of Joseph Gauss, stillborn Nov. 17, 1854.
abda. Charles Henry Gauss, b. Aug. 14, 1845, at St. Charles, Mo, and d. there Jan. 18, 1913, m. Charlotte Elizabeth Johns (1850–1938) of St. Charles.
abdb. Theresa Gauss, b. at St. Charles, Mo, May 21, 1847, d. in infancy.
abdc. Theodore Gauss, b. at St. Charles, Mo, Dec. 14, 1849, d. 1895, unmarried.
abbd. Robert Gauss, b. at St. Charles, Mo, Sept. 1, 1851, Editor of the Denver Republican, d. at Denver, Colo, Jan. 19, 1913, Unmarried.
abde. Virginia Gauss, b. Sept. 18, 1853, at St. Charles, Mo. d. Feb. 1930 at Columbia, Mo. Lived in Columbia, Mo.; unmarried.
abdf. Eugene Gauss, Jr, b. at St. Charles, Mo. Oct. 10, 1856, d. Dec. 10, 1951, at La Crescenta, Calif. Lived in Columbia, Mo.; unmarried.
abdg. Albert F. Gauss, b. Dec. 2, 1862, at St. Charles, Mo. m. Josephine Morison (of Scotch descent) on June 20, 1897, at Austin, Texas. They moved to Calif, in 1904, and Albert d. Oct. 30, 1953, at Alhambra, Calif. There were no children.
abea. Charles Frederick Gauss, b. at St. Charles, Mo, May 30, 1838, and d. Dec. 2, 1913, at St. Louis, Mo. m. (1) on Dec. 5, 1861, at St. Louis, Mo, Mary Josephine Lamereaux (1842–1875), dau. of Moses and Adele Guion Lamereaux. m. (2) at St. Louis on May 14, 1879, Ida Helene Smith (d. Feb. 24, 1932), dau. of Charles H. and Catherine B. Smith of Bourbon County, Ky.
abeb. Maria Sophia Theresa Gauss, b. Aug. 18, 1840, at Glasgow, Mo, and d. there Sept. 7, 1841.
abec. Oscar William Gauss, b. March 20, 1842, at Glasgow, Mo. and d. 1918 at Boonville, Mo. Was a Presbyterian clergyman, m. Aug. 5, 1869, at St. Louis, Mo, Esther Gill (b. May 10, 1841).
abed. Mary Louise Gauss, b. Nov. 30, 1844, on a farm in Chariton County, near Brunswick, Mo, d. at St. Louis, Mo, in 1925, Unmarried.
abee. John Bernard Gauss, b. Sept. 30, 1847, on a farm in Chariton County, near Brunswick, Mo, d. Oct. 5, 1886, at St. Louis, Mo. m. Nov. 10, 1875, at St. Louis, Mo, Anna Heermans of that city.
abef. William Theodore Gauss, b. July 1, 1851, on a farm in Chariton County, near Brunswick, Mo. Lived in Colorado Springs and d. there Nov. 14, 1928, m. at Pittsfield, III, on June 24, 1876, Helen Worthington, b. Jan. 29, 1855, at Pittsfield and d. at Colorado Springs in 1933.
abeg. Louis Frederick Gauss (twin), b. Aug. 30, 1855, on a farm in Chariton County, near Brunswick, Mo. d. June 17, 1908, at St. Louis, Mo.
abeh. Joseph Henry Gauss (twin), b. Aug. 30, 1855, on a farm in Chariton County, near Brunswick, Mo. Retired Presbyterian clergyman, lives at Newburgh, Ind. m. (1) at St. Louis, Mo, on Oct. 23, 1882, Annie Gill, b. Feb. 15, 1850, at Mexico, Mo. and d. Aug. 5, 1908, at St. Louis, Mo. m. (2) a widow, Mrs. Frederick Townsley, née Olive Montgomery, on Aug. 30, 1910, at St. Louis, Mo.
Fifth Generation
aaba a. Theodor Robert Gebhard Gauss, b. March 28, 1871, at Brunswick and d. there Aug. 15, 1871,
aaba b. Theodor Robert Gebhard Gauss, b. June 22, 1872, and d. there Apr. 17, 1873, (Named for deceased brother.)
aaba c. Minette Georgine Albertine Gauss, b. at Brunswick Aug. 4, 1875, and lives there as a widow, m. on Apr. 24, 1898, Wilhelm Georg August Böttger (1870–1917), a hardware merchant in Brunswick.
abaa a. Carl Joseph Gauss, b. Oct. 29, 1875, at Lohne, near Gross Burgwedel. m. Feb. 6, 1919, at Düsseldorf Emilie Augusta Magdalene Bingel, b. Jan. 24, 1886, at Raurel near Kastrop, dau. of Rudolf Bingel and Mathilde Höhendahl, and widow of Arthur Lindenberg (1873–1918). Dr. C. J. Gauss was professor of gynecology and director of the Women’s Clinic at the University of Wurzburg. Retired and lives now in Bad Kissingen.
abaa b. Sophie Friederike Elisabeth Gauss, b. at Lohne Oct. 30, 1876, and d. there Feb. 8, 1878,
abaa c. Helene Charlotte Sophie Alfriede Gauss, b. Dec. 15, 1878, at Lohne. m. at Hamlin Apr. 5, 1907, Johann (Hans) Otto Kuno Nöller, b. Jan. 11, 1873, at Ronnenberg, near Hanover, son of Georg Nöller and Wilhelmine Hartleben. He was district judge, later notary, in Gummersbach, then in Bonn,
where they now live.
abaa d. Carl Louis Harry Gauss, b. at Lohne Dec. 16, 1880, d. Oct. 27, 1913, as captain of artillery at Wurzen in Saxony. m. at Wurzen Sept. 30, 1905, Elisabeth Marie Baessler, b. at Wurzen Dec. 19, 1882, dau. of Carl Baessler, factory owner in Wurzen, and Johanna Schroeder.
abaa e. William August Gauss, b. May 20, 1885, at Hamlin, committed suicide March 13, 1939, while lieutenant colonel and district commander at Hamlin, m. June 28, 1913, Clara Marianne Durbig, b. Nov. 13, 1892, at Plaussig, near Leipzig, dau. of Theodor Dürbig, landed-estate owner in Plaussig, and Charlotte Kabitzsch.
abda a. Blanche Lindsay Gauss, b. Oct. 18, 1870, at St. Charles, Mo, and d. Feb. 26, 1950, at Miami, Fla. Unmarried.
abda b. Henrietta Gauss, b. Apr. 4, 1872, at St. Charles, Mo, and d. Sept. 12, 1872, at Sedalia, Mo.
abda c. Eugene Gauss III, b. Nov. 12, 1873, at St. Charles, Mo, and d. Dec. 11, 1891, at San Antonio, Tex. Unmarried.
abda d. Anne Durfee Gauss, b. June 27, 1876, at Sedalia, Mo, and d. Apr. 25, 1932, at St. Charles, Mo. Unmarried.
abda e. Charles Frederick Gauss, b. Apr. 9, 1878, at Sedalia, Mo, and d. there June 27, 1879.
abda f. Martha Gauss, b. Sept. 24, 1879, at Sedalia, Mo, and d. there Dec. 17, 1882,
abda g. Henry Gauss, b. June 18, 1881, at Sedalia, Mo, and d. there June 19, 1881,
abda h. John Montgomery Gauss, b. Nov. 29, 1882, at Sedalia, Mo, and d. May 12, 1932, at St. Charles, Mo. Unmarried.
abda i. Virginia Fawcett Gauss, b. Nov. 28, 1883, at St. Charles, Mo, d. there 1955, Unmarried.
abda j. Matthew Johns Gauss, b. Apr. 11, 1887, at San Antonio, Tex, and lived at St. Charles, Mo. m. Oct. 30, 1923, Mary Gladden Grant of Fulton, Mo. d. Sept. 18, 1954.
abda k. Lois E. Gauss, b. Oct. 3, 1888, at San Antonio, Tex, and lives in Miami, Fla. m. March 4, 1918, at St. Charles, Mo, Arnold Simmons, son of Josiah Phelps Simmons and his wife Elizabeth of Richmond, Ky.
abda l. Minna Waldeck Gauss, b. July 2, 1892, at San Antonio, Tex, and lives in New Orleans, La. She was a schoolteacher before her marriage on Oct. 15, 1930, at St. Charles, Mo, to Rev. Fred L. Reeves, a Presbyterian minister.
abea a. Adele Louisa Gauss, b. Sept, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo, and d. there Feb. 15, 1948, m. at St. Louis in 1885 Charles W. Bullen, b. Feb. 7, 1854, at Louisville, Ky, and d. at St. Louis Apr. 2, 1897.
abea b. Emma Josephine Gauss, b. Nov. 1864 at St. Louis, Mo, and d. there Aug. 24, 1953, m. May 12, 1887, Samuel Hart Young, b. Apr. 12, 1851, at St. Louis.
abea c. Louise Aletta Gauss, b. Feb, 1867, at St. Louis, Mo, and d. there Feb. 21, 1953, m. at St. Louis Dec, 1889, Louis G. Kies of Cleveland, Ohio. He d. in 1897 or 1898.
abea d. Mary (Mamie) Guion Gauss, b. at St. Louis, Mo, in Nov, 1869, and lives in Shreveport, La. m. in March, 1893, J. Paul Annan.
abea e. Sarah (Sadie) Lamereaux Gauss, b. at St. Louis, Mo, Sept, 1873, d. Nov. 16, 1954, m. (1) at St. Louis in 1896 George S. Tenney of New York, who d. in 1910, m. (2) Apr. 17, 1914, Frank Schiffmacher.
abec a. Aimee Esther Gauss, b. May 5, 1871, at St. Louis, Mo, and d. in 1908 at Greeley, Colo. Unmarried.
abec b. Marianne Gauss, b. Nov. 5, 1873, at Boonville Mo. Lives in Greeley, Colo. Unmarried.
abec c. Frances Louise Gauss, b. Oct. 19, 1875, at Cape Girardeau, Mo, and d. Oct. 15, 1887, at Jefferson City, Mo.
abec d. Theresa Gauss, b. Sept. 30, 1877, at Boonville, Mo. m. in 1907 George D. Robinson of Lamar, Colo.
abec e. Charlotte Gauss, b. Aug. 23, 1879, at Boonville, Mo. Lives in Greeley, Colo. Unmarried.
abec f. Louise Gauss, b. July 1, 1881, Lives in Greeley, Colo. Unmarried.
abec g. Oscar Gauss, b. Apr. 15, 1884, at Boonville, Mo. Lives in Greeley, Colo. Unmarried.
abee a. Philip William Gauss, b. Oct. 10, 1876, at St. Louis, Mo. m. Dec. 14, 1916, Ethel White. Lived in Port Arthur, Tex. and d. there Dec. 13, 1954,
abee b. Charles William Gauss, b. at St. Louis, Mo. in Jan, 1879, Unmarried.
abee c. Ralph Bernard Gauss, b. Jan, 1881, at St. Louis, Mo, and d. there Dec. 2, 1909, Unmarried.
abee d. Mabel Aletta Gauss (1883–1890), St. Louis, Mo.
abee e. John Bernard Gauss, Jr, b. 1885 at St. Louis, Mo. Lived in Tex.; d. 1914.
abej a. Carl Friedrich Gauss, b. Oct. 19, 1878, at St. Louis, Mo, and d. June 4, 1929, at Littleton, Colo. m. Dec. 12, 1914, Anne Palmer Griffith.
abef b. (Minna) Helen Worthington Gauss, b. Apr. 9, 1881, at St. Louis, Mo. Lives in Colorado Springs, Colo. Unmarried. The name Minna was dropped and Helen Worthington assumed at the death of abefd.
abef c. (William) Theodore Worthington Gauss, b. Sept. 4, 1884, at St. Louis, Mo. Lives in San Diego, Calif, m. Sept. 20, 1913, Gladys Olivia Robinson.
abef d. Helen Worthington Gauss, b. July 7, 1887, at St. Louis, Mo, and d. there Feb. 8, 1889.
abeh a. Esther Mary Gauss, b. Oct. 20, 1883, at St. Louis, Mo, and lives in Duarte, Calif.
abeh b. Henry Fallenstein Gauss, b. Apr. 21, 1885, at Pernambuco, Brazil, m. June 8, 1912, Myrtle Elizabeth Leisk, b. Oct. 29, 1891, at Milwaukee. Is research professor and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Idaho.
abeh c. Frank Evans Gauss, b. Oct. 25, 1887, at St. Louis, Mo, m. Apr. 5, 1924, Martha Dorothy Meyer.
abeh d. Paul William Gauss, b. July 6, 1889, at St. Louis, Mo. m. May 27, 1913, Ruby Fay Tomlinson. Presbyterian clergyman in Youngstown, Ohio.
abeh e. Annie Gauss, b. Jan. 20, 1891, at St. Louis, Mo. m. at St. Louis Apr. 4, 1921, Andrew Hays Kean, b. May 19, 1887, at St. Louis and d. Nov. 16, 1953.
abeh f. Janet Lee Gauss, b. July 18, 1912, at St. Louis, Mo, m. at University City, Mo, June 14, 1941, Milton Schrader, b. June 27, 1912, at St. Louis, son of Albert Ferdinand Schrader and his wife Estella Walker.
abeh g. Josephine Henrietta Gauss, b. July 10, 1918, at St. Louis, Mo. m. at St. Louis, Nov. 27, 1941, George Garven, b. July 2, 1916, at St. Louis, son of George E. and Mae M. Garven.
Sixth Generation
aaba aa. Albert Böttger, b. 1899 in Brunswick, Germany. Had a hardware store in Leipzig. Kidnapped by the Russians in 1945 and fate unknown after that date.
aaba ah. Wilhelm Böttger, b. 1901 in Brunswick, d. 1946 of tuberculosis. Had a country store in Lengede. m. and had one daughter.
abaa ca. Klaus Wilhelm Nöller, b. at Gummersbach, Germany, May 20, 1908, and d. there Aug. 8, 1908.
abaa cb. Hans Heinrich Nöller, b. at Gummersbach, Germany, July 15, 1909, Was prisoner of war (World War II) in Canada and lost sight of one eye.
abaa cc. Klaus Kuno Nöller, b. Sept. 30, 1910, at Gummersbach, Germany. Missing as prisoner of war in Rumania since 1945.
abaa cd. Eberhard Georg Nöller, b. at Gummersbach, Germany, Nov. 25, 1911. Returned to Bonn after being prisoner of war in World War II.
abaa da. Carl Harry Gauss, b. July 20, 1906, at Wurzen, Germany. d. Feb. 17, 1932, as a result of being accidentally shot while serving as an artillery officer in Halberstadt.
abaa db. Unnamed son, stillborn, at Hanover, June 23, 1908.
abaa dc. Hanspeter Carl Joseph Gauss, always known as Peter, b. June 7, 1909, at Hanover. He married and had three children. Was a veterinary in Wendelheim (Kreis Alzey, Rheinhessen). Since 1945 missing in action in Romania.
abaa dd. Johanne Christa Gauss, b. at Wurzen March 30, 1912, The only German descendant of Gauss mathematically gifted. m. mining engineer Köhler and lives in Peine, Hanover.
abaa ea. Harry Joseph Gauss, b. at Leipzig, Germany, Sept. 5, 1918, d. in Lapland (Fischer Islands) in 1940 as lieutenant of infantry.
abaa eb. Stillborn son, Hamlin, Dec. 24, 1924.
abaa ec. Senta, b. Sept. 13, 1925, Lives with her mother in Hamlin.
abda ja, Mary Elizabeth (Bettie) Gauss, b. Aug. 26, 1924, at St. Charles, Mo. m. June 28, 1948, Harold W. Wilson, Jr, a banker. Lives in Horton, Kan.
abda jb. Matthew Johns (Jack) Gauss, Jr, b. Feb. 21, 1927, at St, Charles, Mo. Unma
rried. Lieutenant (jg), U.S.N, in charge of PCE 902, ship training naval reservists operating out of Milwaukee, Wis.
abda jc. David Warren Gauss, b. Sept. 3, 1936, at St. Charles. Student at Westminster College, Fulton, Mo.
abda ka. Elizabeth Johns Simmons, b. May 18, 1922, in Miami, Fla. m. Oct. 2, 1944, Clifford Arnold Burchsted, son of Charles F. and Emma Burchsted of Quincy, Mass.
abda kb. Lois Winston Simmons, b, Sept. 25, 1924, in Miami, Fla. m. Apr. 16, 1949, Robert Devore Chambless, son of Guy and Betty Chambless of Miami, Fla.
abea aa. Adele Gauss Bullen, b. July 23, 1886, at St. Louis Mo. m. Apr. 12, 1910, Clifford R. Croninger of St. Louis.
abea ab. Charles Gauss Bullen, 1888–1893, St. Louis.
abea ac. Mary Helene Bullen, b. 1895 and d. 1935, m. Clifford Raymond Garrison.
abea ba. Marie Hart Young, b. Feb, 1888 at St Louis, m. Nov. 12, 1916, Robert J. Gartside.
abea bb. Ida Helene Young, b. Nov, 1889, m. (1) on Oct. 25, 1913, William Jefferson Hill who d. Aug. 25, 1914, m. (2) Apr. 18, 1925, Clifford C. Jones.
abea ca. Gertrude Louise Kies, b. May 7, 1895, m. Oct. 21, 1914, George p. Whitelaw II, who was b. March 7, 1890, She d. 19??.
abea da. Ruth Annan, b. 1895, m. 1921, Randolph Mayer, b. 1891, Lives in Shreveport, La.
abea db. Margaret Annan, b. 1895, m. 1921, Jessie C. Layfield, b. 1890, Lives in Shreveport, La.
abea dc. Paul Gauss Qack) Annan, b. 1911, m. 1935, Virginia Knighton, b. 1909, Lives in Shreveport, La.
abea ea. Janet Tenney, b. 1897 at St. Louis, m. 1921, Clarence E. Smith, b. 1893.
abea eh. George Gauss Tenney, b. 1900 at St. Louis, m. 1925, Maude Crowley.
abec da. Aimee Esther Robinson, b. Oct. 7, 1908, at Lamar, Colo. m. March, 1927, Oran Palmer.
abee aa. Philip William Gauss, Jr, b. July 13, 1918, m. at Port Arthur, Texas, Dec. 21, 1946, Frances Lillian Barlow, b. Dec. 17, 1923, dau. of Elton Merritt and Eunice (Stewart) Barlow. Lives in Austin, Texas.
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