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Maxine Schwellinger Jones
August 9, 1938 - July 14, 2012
Published at
DVHH.org 21 Jul 2012 by Jody McKim Pharr
Maxine's Family Surnames:
Filtz, Me'sza'ros, Kist, Maurer, Seip,
Schirm, Torer, Strobl, Stopper, Fa'th, Stumpf, Kesztinger,
Schluntzky, Mutter in Bukin, Batschka; Schwellinger, Beierle,
Kraemer, Hahn in Temerin/Veprovacz, Batschka
Maxine and Bob Jones,
Bukiner Treffen, 2006
Maxine and Jackie Weber, Bukiner Treffen, 2006
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Tribute to a Dedicated DVHH Volunteer
Farewell to Maxine
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With deep
sadness we received the news that Maxine Jones of Friday Harbor,
Washington passed away on July 14th, after losing her
battle against devastating cancer. Maxine K. Schwellinger was born
in Youngstown, Ohio on August 9, 1938. A son, Kevin Lee,
predeceased her on February 17, 1981. Maxine married Bob Jones in
Compton, California in 1958 and they moved to Friday Harbor, San
Juan Island, in their retirement years. She will be sadly missed by
husband Robert (Bob) and children Keith Robert and Karen Lynn.
Maxine
was a passionate researcher of her ancestry and one of the first
DVHH Volunteer Lookup Guides. Anyone who asked her to look up
information in her Batschka family books, will agree that she shared
that information eagerly and generously. When I started my ancestry
research in 2005, Maxine provided me with pages and pages of scans
from several Batschka OSB’s, leading me to discoveries about my
ancestors I never thought possible. We were both thrilled when we
found out that we had distant connections in several villages,
creating an instant bond between us. Maxine told me that she and
Bob attended biannual Las Vegas reunions of Bukin cousins, who had
found each other through the Internet. One of these cousins, Jackie
Weber, was kind to send us pictures of those happy gatherings and
some information about Maxine.
Two years
ago, my husband and I attended the Mount Angel Conference, where we
met Maxine and Bob in person – I will never forget that warm smile
of hers! When we parted with warm hugs, we looked forward to
meeting them again and had no idea that it was the last time we
would see Maxine.
Going
through some of her old e-mails, I found out that Maxine’s mother
was born in Bukin and came to the United States when she was 6 years
old. Her father (Schwellinger) was born in Vibank, Saskatchewan,
with ancestral roots in Temerin and Weprowatz. Eventually his
family moved to the US, where Maxine was born in Youngstown, Ohio.
Our
hearts and prayers go out to Bob and his family in this time of
sorrow.
Rest in
peace, dear friend!
Rose Vetter, 20 Jul 2012
More:
Looking Back on Maxine's Mail List Highlights |
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Looking Back on Maxine's Mail List Highlights
Maxine was
one of our first volunteers to be a DVHH Lookup Guide. She was
so excited to give back, as others had helped her. Because of
her giving spirit others were able to extend their family trees and
break through brick walls. Here at the DVHH - we'll miss her little
"helping hands." -Jody McKim Pharr, DVHH Founder
Below are a few highlights that will
bring back memories, listed chronologically. If you have a
special memory of Maxine or would like to express a few words of
gratitude for her helping you in your research, please email
your comments to dvhh.community@comcast.net, in the subject line
put Maxine Jones.
As early as year 1999, when at that
time the Banat-L was the only Donauschwaben mail list available,
Maxine was busy ordering family books. Here is a snippet of her
excitement receiving one:
"Last Thursday the 2
volumes of Familienbuch Weprowatz/Batschka that I had ordered
arrived and I have been poring over them ever since. It's
exciting to see your family name in print but even more exciting
to cross over the barriers of the LDS film."
Source: From: Maxine Jones <
bobmax@rockisland.com> Subject: [BANAT-L] Familienbuch Weprowatz/Batschka
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999
Maxine shares her own discoveries . .
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I have corresponded with
Paul Scherer, author of the "Familian Weprowatz', and he
recently sent me the 2 pages from the Temerin book where the
Schwellinger name appears. My grandfather and his siblings are
listed as being born there but no additional information. This
is the information I have on them:
Josef SCHWELINGER b. 13 Nov 1876 Temerin, married 1900 Unknown
Gertrude Beierle b. about 1878 Unknown
Children:
Mary (Maria) b. 14 Aug 1901 Belgrad
Josef b. 04 Aug 1803 Indjija, Szerem
Martin b. 19 Dec 1905 Georghausen, Torontal
I have the ship manifest for Gertrude and the children. They
sailed from Fiume on the 9th (or 4th) of August on the S.S.
Pannonia and arrived in NY on Aug 29 as non-immigrant aliens.
Their last residence was Gyorgyhaza (Georgshausen). They were
going to join my grandfather in Indian Head, Saskatchewan. I do
not know when he arrived in NY as the index card that I think
could be his has missing information. The index card is a
preprinted card with just his name (Joszef Schwellinger), age
(28), Citizen of (Hungary), Group No. (48) and List No. (1).
There is nothing typed in where the name of the Steamer should
be and the Date of arrival in NY.
Source:
From: Maxine Jones <
bobmax@rockisland.com> Subject: [BANAT-L] Village Name Date:
Fri, 05 Mar 1999
Over time Maxine accumulated a
collection of family books for her own research and helped others.
Still ordering in 2008 . . .
"I recently ordered the
Boroc-Obrovac-Oberndorf CD from Wilhelm Busch"
Source: From: "Maxine Jones" <
bobmax@rockisland.com> Subject: Re: [BANAT-L]
Boroc-Obrovac-Oberndorf CD Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008
When she could not assist, she
directed them to others who could help . . .
I've received these 2
messages from Mrs. Battin. I am unable to help her as I do not
have any resources for these villages/towns. I suggested that
she go to the DVHH Batschka lookups site and I gave her the
website so she could contact someone that has a Palanka
resource. Can someone help her?
Source: From: "Maxine
Jones" <
bobmax@rockisland.com> Subject: [DVHH-Villages-L] Query
Assistance Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004
Maxine shares about her family . . .
I would like to add my little family story
to this discussion. My grandfather was born in Bukin, Batschka
in 1887 and his brother was born in 1889, both illegitimate
births. Their parents were married in 1891 and had several other
children. Both my grandfather and his brother went by their
mother's maiden name all their lives because their father didn't
adopt them after the marriage. The story is that my gr
grandfather couldn't afford the adoption.
Source: From: "Maxine Jones" <
bobmax@rockisland.com> Subject: Re: [DVHH-Villages-L] Re:
Illegitimacy Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004
Yes, my gr grandfather was the biological
father. In fact, I have my grandfather's Social Security
Application and both his parent's names are on it. Beside his
mother's name is the word 'correct' in parenthesis since
grandpa's last name was the same as hers and not his father's.
After I sent my first note I started chuckling because I started
thinking about the story my mother told about her and my Dad.
They fell in love and wanted to marry (in Ohio) and one of my
sets of grandparents was against it so Mom & Dad got 'pregnant'
(with my older sister) on purpose and went to Milwaukee where a
couple of my Dad's brothers lived and got married there. My
sister was born there and they eventually went back to Ohio and
life went on because I remember going to both grandparent's
houses as a child. Life and families are very interesting,
aren't they?
Source: From: "Maxine Jones" <
bobmax@rockisland.com> Subject: Re: [DVHH-Villages-L] Re:
Illegitimacy Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004
Responding to DVHH Feedback mail . . .
"I think I found the
entry you are referring to and yes, it's possible you could be
connected to that line. However, it says that Jean Georges died
in the Banat and your Johann Georg died in the Batschka. I don't
know what 'Tisserand' is/means that is right under Died - Banat.
Have you tried contacting the person who put this info in
geneanet? He might be able to tell you where he got the info
from which would be helpful.
If anyone else has info about this family I'm sure Jim would
appreciate hearing from you."
Source: From: "Maxine
Jones" <
mk.schwell@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [DVHH] Bukin-GREISSHABER
family Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008
Words of praise from others . . .
I wish to thank our
wonderful list members, namely Nancy, Paul, Maxine & Gabiela for
all their time in contributing to my brick wall. I believe
my next step will be to seek out the civil registrar of Lovas,
to find a marriage for either of Anna Baron and/or Maria Anna (knebl)
Hehn to Christian Stutz.
Thank you again.
Katharine, from sunny (still raining) Delta
Source: From: "Katharine
Samuelson" <
samuelson@telus.net> Subject: Re: [DVHH] Lookup - Hodschag -
Stutz/Hehn
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