Philipp and Maria Motzko Family Recap

(note: picture is dated 1896 two children are missing - Frances and Philipp Jr. had not been born yet)

Well, I finally finished the Philipp and Maria Motzko family!  All posts are in my 2010 blogroll.  Next week I will move forward with the grandchildren of  Philipp and Maria.  Doing my postings on the Motzko family I was surprised to see there were not more grandchildren... 

  1. Catherina had one child Raymond Herman
  2. Johanna had no children
  3. Mary had two children, Margaret Troyer (Post) and Dorothy Helen Troyer (Haines)
  4. Hattie had three children John W. Gleason, Thomas J. Gleason, Mary Ellen Gleason (Normoyle)
  5. Theresa had one child Rena Marie Olsen (Coelho)
  6. Frank had one child Helen Bernice (Kaufman)
  7. Thomas no children (to my knowledge)
  8. John had no children (to my knowledge)
  9. Frances had four children: Susan (Martin Grier), Nola (George Grier), Louis, William
10. Philipp Jr had no children (to my knowledge)

I also found it interesting that each child was born almost exactly two years apart.  I cannot imagine 20 years of being pregnant and/or nursing.  On the other hand if Philipp and Maria had not spent 20 years having children there would be a lot of people not here today....including possibly myself and my children.

It's been a pleasure to research these people.  There is much information still missing although I am still researching.  Special thanks to those who helped gather this information - specifically Greg Gleason (grandson of Hattie), the amount of information he provided is worth its weight in gold.  My mother and her sister (daughters of Mary) also left me a rich inheritance of diaries and photos.  Irreplaceable information.

I truly feel blessed to be a part of the Motzko family.  

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 Mary Post Warren

Franz (Frank) James Motzko

FINALLY a boy joins the Philipp and Maria Motzko family.  Franz (aka Frank) James Motzko        (b. 10/1/1889; d.6/5/1965; buried Cloverdale Cemetery, Boise ID).

Frank married Martha Viola Volkmer  (b. 5/31/1899 Burlington Iowa; d. 5-28-1979 Boise ID; buried Cloverdale Cemetery, Boise ID) on August 15, 1919 in Boise.  They had one daughter Helen Bernice Motzko.

Frank joined the army in November 1918, at the recruiting office in Salt Lake City for service in the quartermaster corps as a baker. He was stationed at Camp Lewis Washington and Camp Kearny California (now Miramar Marine Air Station).

Frank bought an acreage in Marsing, Idaho and started a hardware store there. The store is still there, but is now Marsing True Value Hardware. This store was sold to the Herman (Frank's sister's (Catherine's) husband). There seems to be a little conflict between the descendants of  Frank and Catherine even to this day.

There is a Motzko Street in the Marsing city limits. Frank and his family still have roots in that area

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 Mary Post Warren