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Elizabet V. Noel (b. August 15, 1874, d. April 17, 1949)
Elizabet V. Noel (daughter of John Noel and Rosalia Sara Neu)2473 was born August 15, 1874 in Peru, Illinois2474, 2475, and died April 17, 19492476, 2477. She married Leopold William "Dody" Koehler on October 24, 1895 in Zion E&R Church, Peru, IL2478, 2479, son of Albright "Albrecht" Koehler and Elizabeth S. Burkart.
Notes for Elizabet V. Noel:
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May 2000
Source is primarily her daughter Edna Koehler Helm.
Birth cert. of her son George lists her name as Eliserbet (German)
Elizabeth and her family attended the Catholic church. When she was a young girl, she and her sisters attended confession one day. In those days girls weren't very sophisticated when it came to boys and sex. Apparently the priest said something to them in that vein which scared them very much and they ran all the way home. This ended the family's attendance at the Catholic church.
Lizzie was a great dancer and indeed, met her future husband Leopold, at a dance. They had 11 eleven children together, including twins. It was Edna's twin Edwin who died at about 4 months. Lizzie wrote short stories, and while I'm sure there was no shortage of material for her, how she found the time, I can't imagine. She also submitted recipies to magazines.
She made all the clothes for her children and baked 3 times a week. Great Aunt Edna tells me that the children, as they walked home from school, could smell the freshly baked bread, rolls & coffee cakes several blocks away. They couldn't wait to get home on those days. She always allowed them two pieces of something of their choice after school. She also did a lot of canning and made preserves from their large garden. She loved growing flowers in that same garden.
When my grandfather George "Jim" was born, Lizzie developed "milk leg disease" which caused open sores on her legs. She suffered from this the rest of her life, and Edna recalls years of applying hot compresses with some "dark salve" to her mother's legs to soothe her. It was during this period that Albreight hired the "maid" my father referred to, to assist her with the newborn and 2 & 4 year-olds, as the older boys were already out working.
Edna says there were no grudges between siblings allowed in this large family, and everyone had to make up before they went to bed. She says she and her sisters probably were more "devilish" than her brothers, although my grandfather George "Jim" played with the girls a lot because he had the misfortune of being born right in the middle of 6 sisters.
She tells me the girls used to stretch a plank across the pig pen, tie an ear of corn to a string and walk the plank dragging the corn through the mud to tease the pigs. Her father warned them if they fell into that pen the pigs would eat them alive! But it didn't stop them.
She recalls often hiking out to the north end of town to one of the creeks. Her mother frequently joined them, even though her legs bothered her tremendously at this point. They always had to cross several pastures, one of which sometimes contained a bull. On one occasion she and her sisters were walking through this pasture when her sisters screamed, "Edna, the bull!" Edna ran for her life, through cow pies, ripping her dress on the fence, only to find her sisters roaring with laughter at their practical joke. There was no bull. Edna was furious with them. I suspect the girls felt a little sibling rivalry, as Edna was the baby and possibly the favorite girl.
Edna finished grade school at 13 1/2 and her mother expected she would go on to high school. Edna felt she would like to become a nurse or hairdresser. Her mother was not doing well at that time, had had a heart attack, and suffered from "spells", so on the day she would start high school, Edna left home and went to town instead. She stayed the appropriate amount of time that she would be in school for the day and then came home. Her mother asked her why she didn't have any books or papers and Edna told her, "I'm not going to high school. I'm going to stay home and take care of you." She remembers her mother crying that her daughter would not be going to high school.
On the Wednesday before Lizzie's death her son Bud was worried about his mother's health and didn't want to leave her alone while he was at work. He asked Edna to bring her out to Edna's farm, about 6 miles away, which they did. She had had a heart attack the previous Saturday and Edna kept her comfortable on the studio sofa at the farm. On Sunday of that same week, the morning of her death, she remarked to Edna and Edna's sister Mabel, who had come up from Peoria, that she felt well enough that she thought she would like to get up and come to the table for breakfast. They discouraged this.
Mabel suggested Fritz & Edna take her daughter Nancy back to the train in Mendota and get out of the house a little, which they did. When they arrived home in the evening the doctor was at the house. They brought Edna in to her mother, who was lying on the sofa smiling. They hadn't told her she was dead and she was heartbroken. She has always felt very badly that she wasn't there when her mother passed away. It was Easter Sunday.
Their son Leo "Uncle Bud" never married. The little children loved "Uncle Bud" and he them. He stayed at home and took care of his mother, along with Edna, until Edna married Fritz Helm when she was 27. Neither Leopold nor Elizabeth left a will, not that there was a whole lot to divide, according to Aunt Edna, but she and one other sister felt the family home should be given to Bud because of all the care he had provided to his mother. The other children apparently didn't agree with this idea, so the house was sold.
Edna and Fritz offered Bud a home with them on the farm, but Bud didn't like the thought of traveling the six miles to work each day, so he came to live with his brother Jim, my grandfather, and Jim's wife Chris. I remember Uncle Bud being at my grandparents' home, although I remember him during his later years and I think he was ill. He always suffered from bad headaches and I learned subsequently that he had a brain tumor.
I think Elizabeth sounds like quite a woman!
Father's obit (John Noel) says she's in Jamestown, NY at time of his death; find out when & why
1900 Census in file
Grave photo in file
Marriage Cert in file
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Source is primarily her daughter Edna Koehler Helm.
Elizabeth and her family attended the Catholic church. When she was a young girl, she and her sisters attended confession one day. In those days girls weren't very sophisticated when it came to boys and sex. Apparently the priest said something to them in that vein which scared them very much and they ran all the way home. This ended the family's attendance at the Catholic church.
Lizzie was a great dancer and indeed, met her future husband Leopold, at a dance. They had 11 eleven children together, including twins. It was Edna's twin Edwin who died at about 4 months. Lizzie wrote short stories, and while I'm sure there was no shortage of material for her, how she found the time, I can't imagine. She also submitted recipies to magazines.
She made all the clothes for her children and baked 3 times a week. Great Aunt Edna tells me that the children, as they walked home from school, could smell the freshly baked bread, rolls & coffee cakes several blocks away. They couldn't wait to get home on those days. She always allowed them two pieces of something of their choice after school. She also did a lot of canning and made preserves from their large garden. She loved growing flowers in that same garden.
When my grandfather George "Jim" was born, Lizzie developed "milk leg disease" which caused open sores on her legs. She suffered from this the rest of her life, and Edna recalls years of applying hot compresses with some "dark salve" to her mother's legs to soothe her. It was during this period that Albreight hired the "maid" my father referred to, to assist her with the newborn and 2 & 4 year-olds, as the older boys were already out working.
Edna says there were no grudges between siblings allowed in this large family, and everyone had to make up before they went to bed. She says she and her sisters probably were more "devilish" than her brothers, although my grandfather George "Jim" played with the girls a lot because he had the misfortune of being born right in the middle of 6 sisters.
She tells me the girls used to stretch a plank across the pig pen, tie an ear of corn to a string and walk the plank dragging the corn through the mud to tease the pigs. Her father warned them if they fell into that pen the pigs would eat them alive! But it didn't stop them.
She recalls often hiking out to the north end of town to one of the creeks. Her mother frequently joined them, even though her legs bothered her tremendously at this point. They always had to cross several pastures, one of which sometimes contained a bull. On one occasion she and her sisters were walking throught his pasture when her sisters hollered, "Edna, the bull!" Edna ran for her life, through cow pies, ripping her dress on the fence, only to find her sisters roaring with laughter at their practical joke. There was no bull. Edna was furious with them. I suspect the girls felt a little sibling rivalry, as Edna was the baby and possibly the favorite girl.
Edna finished grade school at 13 1/2 and her mother expected she would go on to high school. Edna felt she would like to become a nurse or hairdresser. Her mother was not doing well at that time, had had a heart attack, and suffered from "spells", so on the day she would start high school, Edna left home and went to town instead. She stayed the appropriate amount of time that she would be in school for the day and then came home. Her mother asked her why she didn't have any books or papers and Edna told her, "I'm not going to high school. I'm going to stay home and take care of you." She remembers her mother crying that her daughter would not be going to high school.
On the Wednesday before Lizzie's death her son Bud was worried about his mother's health and didn't want to leave her alone while he was at work. He asked Edna to bring her out to Edna's farm, about 6 miles away, which they did. She had had a heart attack the previous Saturday and Edna kept her comfortable on the studio sofa at the farm. On Sunday of that same week, the morning of her death, she remarked to Edna and Edna's sister Mabel, who had come up from Peoria, that she felt well enough that she thought she would like to get up and come to the table for breakfast. They discouraged this.
Mabel suggested Fritz & Edna take her daughter Nancy back to the train in Mendota and get out of the house a little, which they did. When they arrived home in the evening the doctor was at the house. They brought Edna in to her mother, who was lying on the sofa smiling. They hadn't told her she was dead. She has always felt very badly that she wasn't there when her mother passed away. It was Easter Sunday.
Their son Leo "Uncle Bud" never married. The little children loved "Uncle Bud" and he them. He stayed at home and took care of his mother, along with Edna, until Edna married Fritz Helm when she was 27. Neither Leopold nor Elizabeth left a will, not that there was a whole lot to divide, according to Aunt Edna, but she and one other sister felt the family home should be given to Bud because of all the care he had provided to his mother. The other children apparently didn't agree with this idea, so the house was sold.
Edna and Fritz offered Bud a home with them on the farm, but Bud didn't like the thought of traveling the six miles to work each day, so he came to live with his brother Jim, my grandfather, and Jim's wife Chris. I remember Uncle Bud being at my grandparents' home, although I remember him during his later years and I think he was ill. He always suffered from bad headaches.
I think Elizabeth sounds like quite a woman!
1900 Census in file
Grave photo in file
Searched Ancestry & Genealogy.coms
Searched FTM Index
More About Elizabet V. Noel:
Burial: Unknown, City Cemetary, Peru, IL.2480, 2481
Occupation 1: Mother of 11; authoress.2481
Occupation 2: Mother of 11; authoress.
Religion: Zion Evangelical.2481
More About Elizabet V. Noel and Leopold William "Dody" Koehler:
Marriage 1: October 24, 1895, Zion E&R Church, Peru, IL.2482, 2483
Marriage 2: October 24, 1895
Pastor: Rev. Hoffmeister.2483
Children of Elizabet V. Noel and Leopold William "Dody" Koehler are:
- +George William Koehler, b. July 4, 1903, People's Hosp., Peru, Illinois2484, 2485, 2486, d. November 4, 1974, Peru, Illinois2486.
- +Arthur Koehler, b. March 22, 1896, Illinois2486, d. April 14, 19672486.
- +Charlotte Koehler, b. February 18, 19012486, d. February 4, 19712486.
- Edna May Koehler.
- Edwin "Lester" Koehler, b. December 15, 19112486, d. April 4, 19122486.
- +Elsie Koehler, b. February 15, 1899, Illinois2487, 2488, d. December 20, 19732488.
- +Ethel Rita Koehler, b. January 21, 1908, Peru, Illinois2488, d. May 18, 19602488.
- Infant Stillborn Koehler.
- Leopold W. "Bud" Koehler, Jr., b. June 29, 1897, Illinois2489, 2489, 2490, d. February 28, 19522491, 2492.
- +Mabel Koehler, b. February 2, 1906, Peru, Illinois2492, d. November 19, 19752492.
- +Ruth Elda Koehler, b. December 2, 1909, 916 Putman St., Peru, Ill.2492, d. February 4, 19832492.
- +George Koehler, b. July 3, 1903, Peru, Illinois2493, d. November 4, 1974, Peru, Illinois.

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