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Husband: Frederick SENN (1)
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         AKA: Frederick SANN
   Birthdate: 7 Feb 1839 - , , , Prussia (2,3)
  Death date: 3 Nov 1926 - Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (4,5,6)
     Address: Providence Sanitorium, McLennan County, Waco, Texas
      Buried: 7 Nov 1926 - Robinson, McLennan, Texas, USA (7)
     Address: Robinson Cemetery, McLennan County, Texas
      Father: Henry SENN (Abt 1809-    ) (8)
      Mother:
    Marriage: Abt 1874                       Place:
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Other Spouse: Clara L LITT (1840-1873) (9)   Date: Abt 1861 - , , New York, USA
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   Wife: Barbara ??? (10)
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         AKA: Barbary
   Birthdate: 1840 - Baden, , , Prussia (11)
  Death date: Bef 1890 - , , , USA
      Buried:
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Children
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1  F  Ann Elizabeth SENN (12,13)
   Birthdate: 14 Sep 1874 - Pembroke, Genesee, New York, USA (14,15,16)
  Death date: 4 Mar 1960 - Bellmead, McLennan, Texas, USA (13)
      Buried: 7 Mar 1960 - Robinson, McLennan, Texas, USA (13)
     Address: Robinson Cemetery, McLennan County, Texas
      Spouse: Evald GUMMELT (1880-1961) (13,17)
  Marr. Date: Abt 1928 (13)
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2  M  Frederick Doyle SENN (18,19,20)
   Birthdate: 22 Oct 1875 - Pembroke, Genesee, New York, USA (19,21,22,23)
  Death date: 16 Aug 1930 - Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (19,24)
     Address: Austin State Hospital, Travis County, Texas
      Buried: 18 Aug 1930 - Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (19)
     Address: State Hospital Cemetery, Travis County, Texas
      Spouse: Emma Beatrice WILLS (1878-1937) (25,26,27,28)
  Marr. Date: 12 Jul 1899 - , Bell, Texas, USA (29)
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General Notes: Husband - Frederick SENN
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     I can't find any proof that his first name was William.
     A family legend that is unravelling:
Came from Germany with family. Had been wealthy until the Kaiser destroyed everything. Had three
sisters.  Was married and had three children. Wife died during Civil War.  Fought in Civil War
for the North. Was in a military prison. His sister raised his children. While in prison, he met
a Confederate POW named Wills. When they were released, he decided to go with his friend back to
Texas.
Had a farm near Waco in Robinson.
     Another family legend:
Built a church and set aside a portion of the property as a school, churchyard and cemetery. He,
Annie, Naomi, and Henry are buried there. Robinson Cemetery.
     One more family legend:
Frederick's brother was a doctor at the "Mayo Clinic". Could this be Nicholas?
SENN, Dr. Nicholas, at Chicago, June 2, 1908 (death)

     Gina-  The information I have is that the SENN or Senner name means, a shepherd or cowherd
in Switzerland. In the spring all the cattle in the small towns are gotten together and the
herders drive them up into the mountains to greener pastures. They are milked and cheese is made
right there in the mountains and every week the cheese is hauled down to the village and sold.
In the fall the cattle are brought back to the village to a big field and the owners have to
pick out their cow or cows and take them back to their homes and pick up their money for the
cheese that had been sold.  When we were in Buchs, St Gallen in Sept of 1998 we were able to see
the return of the cattle from the mountains. The best milk producers were all decorated with
flowers and branches on their heads and each wore a big (12 inches wide and 18 inches long) bell
that clanged with each step the cow took. There must have been approx 150 milk cows and a bunch
of yearling calves that bought up the rear of the procession. I did make lots of videotapes of
our trip. Was able to visit the church my ancestors went to in Buchs and also look at and hold
in my hands and photograph old church records back to the 1600's!!!! It was quite a feeling to
see my GGGGGrandfather/mother's birth, confirmation, marriage and death records.  Our SENN
family came from the little town of Altendorf, St Gallen which is now a part of the city of
Buchs.  Take care Bill and Gale Senn bsenn@cfu.net
     I checked in the Oxford English Dictionary and the name "senn" is German, rarely used since
the early 19th century, but the definition of a "senn" is a herdsman in the Alps. Also Comb.
senn-cabin, sennhutt, repr. G. sennhütte, a herdsman's chalet. c1822 MRS. HEMANS League of Alps
1: 'Twas night upon the Alps. The Senn's wild horn,..had pour'd its last long tone. c1822
Alp-Horn Song 16: The low sen-cabins and pastures free. 1868 KINGSLEY Hermits 131: During that
short period of the year when the maidens in the sennhutt watch the cattle upon the upland
pastures.

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Death Notes: Wife - Barbara ???
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I believe Barbara died in New York State.

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General Notes: Wife - Barbara ???
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The only information I have on Barbara is from the 1875 State Census and the 1880 Federal
Census.

Barbara almost certainly had Huntington's Disease and passed it to son, Fred. Fred passed it to
his sons Cecil and James and daughter Naomi. Those people passed it to their children and the
list goes on.

I went to Batavia yesterday, in search of some Records for Frederick and Barbara Senn. I went to
four separate buildings and hit on two documents for them. One was the "Record of Aliens and
Naturalization of Aliens - Vol. 1 Thru Vol.6" listing Sann, Frederick RA 1865 Prussia - V3, Pg.
622. This document is dated 26 Oct. 1865, at the Genesee County Court of Sessions, City of
Batavia, State of New York, and it has Frederick's broken signature written as Frederick Sann.
It states that [he] "has resided in the United States for more than five years last past, and
that for at least three years before he arrived at the age of twenty-one years, he had so
resided within the United States." ... Sworn oaths were taken, by Godfrey Lake and Gideon
Hawkins, testifying as to his upstanding character. It is interesting to note, that the Litt
sisters were housekeepers for Godfrey Lake, and that Frederick was married to Clara Litt in
1861. Frederick had also owned the adjoining property next to the John Litt family on Lake Road,
until he'd later bought the larger nearby farm acreage on Cohocton Road in the Town of Pembroke.
I also found the Land Record of when he sold that farm property, which was signed by Frederick
Senn and "Barbary" Senn, his wife. It seems that she made her Mark (X) and they had filled in
her written name as both Barbery (above) & Barbary (signed). ... It was recorded on the 5th day
of December, 1885. It was sold to Henry P. Porter, the former owner of a general store in Corfu.

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Death Notes: Child - Frederick Doyle SENN
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The Parkinson's disease listed in his death certificate was actually Huntington's disease. He
lived at the state hospital for about 15 years.


Last Modified: 27 Jan 2016

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Sources
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    1. Senn, Ima Holder, William Frederick Senn. I had several telephone interviews with Ima
         from 2000-2002. We discussed her family and Wiley's family. She had an incredible
         memory and she had "notes" about things she was afraid she would forget. I don't know
         what happened to her notes and I wish I had recorded our conversations. She is my
         grandmother.
    2. Death Certificate, Senn, Frederick #39273.  7 Feb 1839, Prussia.
    3. Obituary, Frederick Senn.  "Frederick Senn, 87, ... Mr. Senn was born in Germany, and
         came to U.S. at 7 years of age."
    4. Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch.org), Senn, Frederick.
    5. Death Certificate, Senn, Frederick #39273.
    6. Obituary, Frederick Senn.  "... died Wednesday morning in local sanitarium ..."
    7. Obituary, Frederick Senn.  "... and interred in the Robinson Cemtery ..."
    8. Death Certificate, Senn, Frederick #39273.  Henry Senn.
    9. 1860 Federal Census, New York, Genesee, pg 43.  Clara Litt.
    10. 1880 Federal Census, New York, Genesee, ED 16, pg 11-12 (661C-D).  Barbara Sinn.
    11. 1880 Federal Census, New York, Genesee, ED 16, pg 11-12 (661C-D).  age 40, Baden.
    12. 1880 Federal Census, New York, Genesee, ED 16, pg 11-12 (661C-D).  Elizabeth Sinn.
    13. Death Certificate, Gummelt, Annie #18896.
    14. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, Pct. 5, Vol. 6, ED 29, Sheet 4.
    15. Death Certificate, Gummelt, Annie #18896.  June 14, 1875.  She is listed on the NY State
         Census in Jun 1875, 9 months of age.
    16. 1880 Federal Census, New York, Genesee, ED 16, pg 11-12 (661C-D).  age 5, New York.
    17. Death Certificate, Gummelt, Evald #04424.
    18. Senn, Ima Holder, Frederick Doyle Senn.
    19. Death Certificate, Senn, Fred #41888.
    20. 1880 Federal Census, New York, Genesee, ED 16, pg 11-12 (661C-D).  Frederic Sinn.
    21. Senn, Ima Holder, Frederick Doyle Senn.  22 Oct 1875.
    22. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 15A.  age 24, Feb 1876, New York.
    23. 1880 Federal Census, New York, Genesee, ED 16, pg 11-12 (661C-D).  age 4, New York.
    24. Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch.org), Senn, Fred.
    25. Senn, Ima Holder, Emma Beatrice Wills.
    26. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, McCullough, ED 108, pg 14 (522B).  E B Wills.
    27. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, ED 20, pg 15A.  Beatrice Senn.
    28. Death Certificate, Senn, James J #36052.  Emma B Wills.
    29. Bell Co, Texas Marriage Book, bk M pg 493.  by John T Nicholson, MG.

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My Notes
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If there is no SOURCE, I have no PROOF! If the source is a PERSON, the information is HEARSAY!