LANGLEY/LOHMEIER FAMILY HISTORY PAGE



Our Grandmother
Sandra Jane Langley
Born March 30, 1937 in Flint, Michigan
Married Jerome Gott on November 16, 1957
Sandy was raised in Detroit but spent much of her childhood in Essex, Missouri. She went to the University of Detroit, where she met and married Jerry during her junior year. In 1958 they moved west, first to Washington and then to California, settling in San Jose in 1962. In the early 1980s Sandy completed her degree and graduated from nursing school. Today she works as a nurse in the San Jose area.


Grandma and Chris - March 1999



Our Great-Grandmother
Berniece Catherine Lohmeier
Born February 10, 1907 in Kaskaskia, Illinois
Married Harry Langley on October 5, 1932
Berniece was born in Illinois but spent most of her life in Missouri and Michigan. She met and married Harry in Missouri, and they had one child. Later in life she moved to San Jose to be near her daughter and grandchildren, and it was there that she passed away in 1994.


Julie with her Grandma - May 1992



Our Great(2)-Grandfather
Edward Otto Lohmeier
Born September 12, 1882 in Sebula, Iowa
Married Catherine Vessell on November 7, 1904
Edward and Catherine raised eleven children and lived to see their sixty-first wedding anniversary. He died in Detroit in 1972.



Our Great(3)-Grandfather
John Bernard Lohmeier
Born about 1845 probably in Holstein, Germany
Married Theresa Krull before 1870
John and Theresa came to the United States from Holstein in about 1870. They settled in Sebula, Iowa, and had nine children, three of whom died very young during an epidemic. They eventually moved to Chester, Illinois, where John died in 1910.


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