Joseph Kasimir Stehle, Sr. (1883-1962) Anna Cosey Windsor (1885-1964)
Joseph K. Stehle Sr. was the 5th of Reinhard Stehle and Teresa Weser Stehle’s eight children. Read about Joe Sr.’s ancestors in the Weser and Stehle Blog.
Anna Cosy Windsor was the 2nd of Alla Winsor and Josephine Dye Windsor’s five children. Read about Anna's ancestors below.
The Winsors/Windsors
The first Winsor immigrated to the colonies probably from Stokes Poges, Buckinghamshire, England. Joshua Winsor came to Providence in 1638 as an indentured servant to Roger Williams. Williams was his 2nd master, Joshua having lived first in Massachusetts Bay Colony near what is now Boston before going to Rhode Island. In just two years, Joshua had paid off his indenture and became a freeman and a landowner. For more information, see the web page: “Who is Joshua Winsor?”. Samuel Winsor, the only son of Joshua Winsor, was the 2nd husband of Roger William's daughter, Mercy, and his descendents are numerous.
The first of our Winsor ancestors in Ohio were Augustus Winsor who came in 1817 and one of his son’s, Henry Winsor I, in 1819. Augustus returned to Rhode Island but Henry settled in Watertown, – called Wooster at the time – got married, and died there in 1828 when he was just 35. Henry co-owned and operated a distillery with his father-in-law, John Payne (Pain). His wife was Anna Payne Winsor Woodford.
The Dyes/Deys/Dytzs/Duytzs
The Dyes also settled in the colonies quite early. Laurens Duyts left his home in Unser Nordstrand, Holstein, Denmark (now a part of Germany) following a devastating storm surge there in 1634. He settled in New Amsterdam/New York in 1636 (or 1639). His descendents moved over time and their last name morphed to the Dye spelling.
Brothers John and Samuel Dye were the first of our Dye ancestors to settle near Marietta, Ohio near the mouth of Cow Run in 1805. A few years later their father, John Dye Sr. moved to the area with the rest of their large family. Josephine Dye was born at Cow Run in 1860. Alla Windsor probably met Josephine Dye when he bought a grocery store in Heslop in Lawrence Township. Their daughter Anna was also born in Lawrence Township in 1885.
Joe Stehle Sr. made his living primarily as a salesman. He worked for various oil related businesses in his younger years and settled for a brief period in 1904-05 in the Wichita Falls area of Texas. There he worked for the Southern Car & Oil Well Supply Company. In the 1910 Census, Joe listed his occupation as a producer in the oil industry. At other times during his life, he worked for the Turner Company, out of Pittsburg; and - for many years - Kuhn Brothers, out of Dayton, Ohio.
Joe and Anna married in October of 1907 and settled down in Marietta. The April 22, 1910 U.S. Census enumerator listed Joseph and Anna Stahle [sic] living in a rented house at 714 5th Street with Ethel – who was 10 months old. They had been married for two years. Joe was 27, Anna was 25 and had born two children but had only one child living. Joe’s occupation was “Commercial Traveler” in the hardware business.
The 1920 U.S. Census enumerator listed Joseph and Anna Steahle [sic] living at Fairview Heights [no street number or address] in Marietta on January 10th. They owned their own home. Joseph was 36, Anna was 34 and they had 4 children: Daughter Joan E. was 8, daughter Dorothy S. was 6, son Joseph K. was 4 years 10 months, and son Elmer N. [sic] was 2 years 11 months. [Elmer was of course Eleanor and she was female.] Joseph was working as a “producer” in the oil industry working on his own account.
I remember my grandfather in the 1950s as a pipe-smoking, slightly portly, bald-headed man. He loved playing pinochle and did not seem to have much to say – at least to me as a grandchild. At that time he was working for Kuhn Brothers. He and Anna still had the house on Fairview Heights, now given the address of 211 or was it 112 Fairview Lane. They also maintained an apartment in Dayton.
I remember Anna - Grandmother Stehle - as a quiet, unassuming woman who couldn’t have been more kind or loving. She always kept candy and bubble gum for her grandchildren and never spoke a cross word to anyone.
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