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John Christopher Ehlers

Personal Data:

Item	Date	Place/Description
Birth	7 Apr 1889	Clearbrook, Wa.

Parents:

Parent	Name
Father	Henry Christopher Eberhard Ehlers
Mother	Nancy Arminda Dobbs

Personal Note(s):

Note Number	Note Text
1	[Ehlers Family History.FBK.FBK.FBK.FBK.FTW] This was written by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated. " This story is about a little boy. He was not long on this earth but he made a deep and lasting impression for generations to come." "John Christopher Ehlers was born on June 1, 1889 (ed. note---actually probably on April 7) and died June 2, 1899 at Clearbrook, Washington. He died of rheumatic fever at one o'clock in the morning. Many trips were made to and from Sumas to get medicine and get Dr. Port to come, all on foot by trails through the great stands of timber of that day. The family lived in the house on Pangborn Road at the time." " In the very early morning of June 2, 1899 two little brothers, Freddie & Jimmie, were sent on foot to break the news to the only relative near. They were the Jacobs. Everyone had been expecting the sad news as they knew his chances of pulling through were slim. The Jacobs went to Grandad and Grandma's and then took Laura back home with them." "June 3, 1899 was a pleasant day so seats were set out in the front yard just to the right of the house---in that area we remember between the well and the house. It was a sad but lovely serviced conducted by Harry Hinton. Two of the songs were, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and "Nearer My God to Thee." "Grandad and Grandma set aside a piece of their land on their west for a cemetery which is called the Lakeside Cemetery to be used by all the people of the community. Johnie was the first person placed in the cemetery. A white picket fence was built around the plot." "In September of 1899 the Jacobs girls operated a dormitory for the Normal at Whatcom. They had many trials and tribulations as this was the very beginning for the school. The house they had was two doors from Ella Higginson, the poet. September 18, 1899---Fred Jacobs and Ed Hagen brought the girls some chickens from the Jacobs farm, also a cow. Now, Elsie was something special because she was Johnie's pet. Grandma would not sell the cow but she loaned them Elsie. The boys walked her all the way from the farm on Pangborn Road to Whatcom. The girls rented a small barn that was back of the house for fifty cents a week." "There is a rose, 'York and Lancaster' that is called, 'Johnie's Rose' by the family. It grows as a small bush and it is white variegated with red. There is another rose I have always associated with Johnie. It's a taller growing bush with many thorns, small green leaves and very small white roses." "I remember when Grandad lived in the log cabin he gave me a start of the white rose and I planted it at the right hand entrance of our place where it is today. The little flower of Bethlehem was in bloom in the flower beds at the time of the funeral and is a pleasant reminder of our Johnie also." FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JOHNIE AND RELATED INCIDENTS, PLEASE NOTE THE INFORMATION IN THE DIARIES OF ANNA "ANNIE" JACOBS WRITTEN ON THE CAMPUS OF WHAT IS NOW WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, 1898-99. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LAKESIDE CEMETERY, PLEASE READ THE NOTES AND DOCUMENTS INCLUDED UNDER EFFIE EHLERS ( FOWLER).

Note Number

Note Text

[Ehlers Family History.FBK.FBK.FBK.FBK.FTW]

This was written by Effie Ehlers Fowler, undated.

" This story is about a little boy. He was not long on this earth but he made a deep and lasting impression for generations to come."

"John Christopher Ehlers was born on June 1, 1889 (ed. note---actually probably on April 7) and died June 2, 1899 at Clearbrook, Washington. He died of rheumatic fever at one o'clock in the morning. Many trips were made to and from Sumas to get medicine and get Dr. Port to come, all on foot by trails through the great stands of timber of that day. The family lived in the house on Pangborn Road at the time."

" In the very early morning of June 2, 1899 two little brothers, Freddie & Jimmie, were sent on foot to break the news to the only relative near. They were the Jacobs. Everyone had been expecting the sad news as they knew his chances of pulling through were slim. The Jacobs went to Grandad and Grandma's and then took Laura back home with them."

"June 3, 1899 was a pleasant day so seats were set out in the front yard just to the right of the house---in that area we remember between the well and the house. It was a sad but lovely serviced conducted by Harry Hinton. Two of the songs were, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" and "Nearer My God to Thee."

"Grandad and Grandma set aside a piece of their land on their west for a cemetery which is called the Lakeside Cemetery to be used by all the people of the community. Johnie was the first person placed in the cemetery. A white picket fence was built around the plot."

"In September of 1899 the Jacobs girls operated a dormitory for the Normal at Whatcom. They had many trials and tribulations as this was the very beginning for the school. The house they had was two doors from Ella Higginson, the poet. September 18, 1899---Fred Jacobs and Ed Hagen brought the girls some chickens from the Jacobs farm, also a cow. Now, Elsie was something special because she was Johnie's pet. Grandma would not sell the cow but she loaned them Elsie. The boys walked her all the way from the farm on Pangborn Road to Whatcom. The girls rented a small barn that was back of the house for fifty cents a week."

"There is a rose, 'York and Lancaster' that is called, 'Johnie's Rose' by the family. It grows as a small bush and it is white variegated with red. There is another rose I have always associated with Johnie. It's a taller growing bush with many thorns, small green leaves and very small white roses."

"I remember when Grandad lived in the log cabin he gave me a start of the white rose and I planted it at the right hand entrance of our place where it is today. The little flower of Bethlehem was in bloom in the flower beds at the time of the funeral and is a pleasant reminder of our Johnie also."

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JOHNIE AND RELATED INCIDENTS, PLEASE NOTE THE INFORMATION IN THE DIARIES OF ANNA "ANNIE" JACOBS WRITTEN ON THE CAMPUS OF WHAT IS NOW WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, 1898-99.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LAKESIDE CEMETERY, PLEASE READ THE NOTES AND DOCUMENTS INCLUDED UNDER EFFIE EHLERS ( FOWLER).