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Gertrude Caroline Catob Howse Carmer
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| Born: | 9 May 1916 Harbor Springs, Michigan |
| Died: | 27 Mar 1999 Harbor Springs, Michigan |
| Father: | Johann Adolph Chudobba |
| Mother: | Caroline Luise Christiane Schwerdtfeger |
| Siblings | Karl August Johann Catob
Frieda Marie Catob
Gertrude Caroline Catob
Helene Isobel Catob |
| Married: | 21 Dec 1935 Harbor Springs, Michigan |
| Spouse: | Clifford LeRoy Howse |
| Children: | Gertrude Joanne Howse
Karlene Joyce Howse
Arnold Leroy Howse |
Letter to a Granddaughter
July 1992
Dear Annette,
I'm sorry I didn't respond to your questionaire you sent me quite some time ago. I just ran onto it while looking through some papers. I will list things as you have.
One time Aunt Helene took both her and mine dolls that our father brought us from Germany in 1923. The buggy tipped over and of course both were smashed all to pieces. They were Dresden dolls.
Another time when I was around seven or eight and I took a pretty green velvet purse that my girl friend received for her birthday. The girls father asked our teacher to watch for it. The teacher came to our house or to my Aunt Frieda's who helped take care of us after our mother died and I think she told my father and I got a whipping with my father's razor strap.
I never dated with anyone but
Grandpa Howse. He always came down to the Court House yard to play with eight or ten other kids. Then we started meeting at the library. We decided to go to the Prom up at the high school, so I had to teach him how to dance. We practiced up at his house with the record, "It's Three O'Clock in the Morning."
I went with Grandpa all through High School. Grandpa of course had to quit school in the 11th grade as they couldn't afford to buy his clothes and books. I graduated in June and we were married the following December twenty-first.
