Since he was in the Civil war, that will give you the date they were married, and all Children that where born to him, ther is a man that can get them for a lot less than getting them from the Gov, if you want the e-mail address let me know and I'll send it to you. here is the death certificate if you don't have it for him, there are alot of us who can get the record for you, just check out the KyGenWeb vitals Did you find a death certificate between 1911-1952 you would like a copy of? Order from Jessie Hagan or Chester Ward or Teddy DeFord charge $1 plus SASE. Cheri Baumberger charges $1.50 [1911-1953] Mary Bishop, charges $2.00 and a SASE [1911-1952] Amanda Brown Website, $3.00 pre-paid. Lynn Beck Website. STAAB JOHN G 069 JEFFERSON 08-25-1913 045 22026 1913 -- Teddy List Mom for the Grayson Co Ky List, Brady, Vertrees, Ford, Fulkerson,and Commonwealth http://www.kygenweb.net/pd-res/deford.html -------------- Original message -------------- > Obit. Courier Journal August 26, 1913 pg 2 col 5 > CAPT. JOHN STAIB DIES (My note: John spells his name Staab on all of his other > records. I have checked his War record and it is Stab) > Civil War Veteran and Former Fireman Passes Away. > Capt. John G. Staib, 70 years old. Union veteran of the Civil War and retired > fireman, died at his home at 320 East Broadway early yesterday morning of > nephritis. He had been in declining health since St. Patrick's day, but was > able to be up Sunday afternoon. Capt. Staib was a native of Louisville. At an > early age he joined the volunteer fire department and served as a fireman until > the outbreak of the war. At the close of the war Capt. Staib again identified > himself with the firefighters of Louisville and was captain of several companies > at different times. He was driver of No. 15 reel at the time of his retirement > in 1910. He was a member of the Catholic Knights of America. > Besides his wife, who was Miss Catherine Reid, Capt. Staib is survived by two > sons. John Staib, of Louisville, and Frank Staib of Indianapolis and two > daughters, Mrs. William Shiphorst of Cleveland and Miss Elizabeth Staib of this > city. > Funeral services will be held at the residence at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morning > and at St. John's church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be at St. Louis cemetery. > Notation: St. Louis cemetery records for this family spell his name as Staab. > He , His wife Kate and child Elizabeth are all buried there. > > I wonder does the old fire departments have any pictures or records? His father > was Johann (John) Staab born. abt 1802 died 1877 and his brother was Peter > Staab. I am not sure that JohnG. and Peter had the same mother. Johann Staab > the father of John G. and Peter had at least 12 children. > > > ==== KYJEFFER Mailing List ==== > The Jefferson County, Kentucky History and Genealogy page is proud to be a part > of the KyGenWeb and the USGenWeb Projects, both of which are not-for-profit > endeavors. Visit us at http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjeffer/ . > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >