Schuster, John

1909 - 1983  (73 years)    Has 38 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Schuster, John
  Born	9 Sep 1909	Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA
  Gender	Male
  1910 Census	1910	Glencoe, Trego, Kansas, USA
  Fred Schuster 43 Clara Schuster 39 Frank Schuster 19 Resi Schuster 15 Barbara Schuster 14 Stefanis Schuster 11 Paul Schuster 9 Jacob Schuster 7 Clara Schuster 4 John Schuster 0
  1940 Census	1940	Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, USA
  John Schuster 30 Margaret Schuster 24 John C Schuster 11/12
  Biography	UNCLE JOHN, We never called him that. We had another Uncle John, and this man was alw ays "Big John". In our family there was Uncle John (Dad's brother), Big John (Mom's brother) Johnnie (our brother) Little Johnnie (Uncle John's first grandson), John Clare (Big John's oldest son), and of course there's "Freddie's Johnnie" (our brother Fred's oldest son). Big John had the most wives ... four. Margaret, Delores, Audry and Ann a. One son John Clare by Margaret, and three children by Delores ... Rich ard, Sonya and Sandra (twins) He stayed the least "put" of the famil y. He told me that early in the lean years of the 1930's it became appare nt that though he, Paul and Engelbert were all bachelors working on Grandma's place, money was short and one of them was going to have to seek outside employment and he went. Some of the places that he had addresses were Denver, Colo. Casper, Wyo., Billings and Great Falls, Mt. Brother Joh nnie once called him, "The best diesel mechanic in the State of Colorado ." Aunt Clara described him as a man who made something of himself in spite of only an 8th grade education. Little kids are pretty aware about things around them, and one Easter, "Everybody was there." But then a big man (to me) walked out of Paul's bedroom. Mom was the first to explain that he wasn't a stranger, the man was our Uncle, but we would call him, "Big John". His daughter Sandra once said, "As a father, he wasn't much" I asked her why, and she said she got into trouble once in her teens, and when he got back off the road (he travelers alot, and the territory he covered was Eastern Montana . ..and vast) when she should have had a good tongue lashing, at least, all he asked her when he walked out of the Police station with her was, "Did you learn anything?" She said, Mom was an "alcholie" and we kids just "grew". We saw him most often of any of the relatives, as he lived in Great Falls, and a neighbor had a Wagner tractor with a Cummins engine, and when he stopped to service that engine, he would stop in for a few minutes. During the latter part of his life and into retirement, we visited often with him and his fourth wife Anna, a native Pennsylvanian who had a whopping talent for cookery and a friendly warm heart. She worked at night supervisor of the kitchen at the Heritage Inn, one of Great Falls' convention centers. I think in a way too, Uncle John was an introvert, For he enjoyed hunting and Fishing a lot. Perhaps that was because it was a way to get back into nature, for all ourpeople seemed to be drawn to the land. He once told me that rabbit, squir rel and coonwere fairly decent eating, but I nearly urped my uppers when he said, "Por cupine ain't bad, but I'd have to be pretty hard up to want a steady di et of that." This leads me to think that he didn't kill anything just f or "kicks". He and Anna took Bob and I to bars where she enjoyed the poker machines. ( With her own money, and she had a little purse separate for just "play mon ey.") He enjoyed teasing the waitresses,and he always proudly introduced me to all his friends. . ."This is my niece." He'd get guffaws and comments like, "You're too mean to have a niece ." or "How come she's so cute and you're so ugly." His buddies were all jovial, laughing accepting people, and he had lots of friends. He must have been a peaceable husband, for Richard, his son said that he o nly heard his parents argue once. . and that was over what to get Grand ma Klara for Christmas. She wanted to get Grandma a box of chocolate cove red cherries and some peppermint that she knew Grandma liked. He opted f or a Fifth of good whiskey. (I was told that in the old country that oft en times whiskey was used to give you a good appetite and to doctor a co ld ... with toddies.) He told Aunt Delores. "With the candy, she'll ju st treat the kids and if we get a good fifth of whiskey, she'll use it for herself" Richard said that they each went shopping, and Grandma got both. When Anna called and said he'd suffered a kidney aneurysm, and that the prognosis wasn't good, I kept in touch every day. She called then and told me he was gone, and when the services were to be. We had a raging blizzard out the window that morning, but we dressed in long johns and wool pants (for that miserable time in the cemetery) and ventured forth). His services were very beautiful. He had requested cremation. There was no casket, no miserable stand in a snowy cemetery, just beautiful flowers, a spotlighted crucifix and Father Malee conducting a meaningful service.... all this on Ascension Thursday. By Mary Kaiser Conard, 1988
  Residence	1942	Saint Louis, St. Louis (City), Missouri, USA
  Name: John Schuster Race: White Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: Ellis, Kansas, USA Birth Date: 3 Sep 1909 Residence: St Louis, Missouri, USA Registration Date: 1940 Occupation: Mauring And Martin Weight: 152 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Brown Height: 5 9 Next of Kin: Paul Schuster Relationship to Draftee: Brother
  Died	9 May 1983	Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA
  Person ID	I50165	1FamilyTree | JaysRelated, JayW_Mom_I101
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	SCHUSTER, Ferdinand,   b. 1 Nov 1865, Furstenthal, Voivodeasa, , Romania ,   d. 21 Jul 1912, Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	BAUMGARTNER, Klara "Clara",   b. 3 Dec 1868, Furstenthal, Voivodeasa, , Romania ,   d. 3 Jul 1955, Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F15944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Unknown, Audry,   b. Abt 1909,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Aft 1927
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F57261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Dreiling, Margo,   b. 13 Mar 1916, Victoria, Ellis, Kansas, USA ,   d. 26 Sep 1998  (Age 82 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1934
  Children	1. Schuster, John Clare
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F57320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Farmer, Delores,   b. Abt 1909,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Bef 1944
  Children	1. Schuster, Richard   2. Schuster, Sandra   3. Schuster, Sonja
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F57319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Earnharth, Anna Catherine Eckhardt
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F57321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 9 Sep 1909 - Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA 1910 Census - 1910 - Glencoe, Trego, Kansas, USA 1940 Census - 1940 - Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, USA Residence - 1942 - Saint Louis, St. Louis (City), Missouri, USA Died - 9 May 1983 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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