Frederick Stohler Stevens

Frederick Stohler was the oldest child born to Frederick and Marie Stohler in St. Louis,

Missouri about 1891.

In later years after moving to California, Fred married Salinas (no other data known) and they had one child.  Mildred was born in Southern California about 1914 or 1915.  Fred and Salina were divorced in the 1930's.  Fred had two jobs that I know of.  In the early 20’s he delivered ice to put in the iceboxes in homes.  Leo, the youngest boy worked with Fred.  Also, Fred had a ceramic tile business and installed tile in homes and businesses.

Fred changed his last name to Stevens sometime in the late 1930's or early 1940's due to not wanting to be associated with his two younger brothers, Leo being an alcoholic and Emil being a gambler.  Fred met and married a lady named Ruth who had a daughter named Nadine.  They had a large and very beautiful home in Huntington Park in Southern California.  I remember going to visit them in 1946 to introduce them to my future husband Frank Seaman.  It was like a family reunion, all the Stohler children were present along with Grandma Marie Stohler.  Fred and Ruth's home was beautiful.  The bathrooms and kitchen had tile and the yard was beautifully landscaped.  Ruth loved her flowers and raised chrysanthemums that were 7 and 8 inches in diameter.  I do not know what happened to this beautiful home but on one of my trips cross county in the 60's the children and I dropped in to see them.  At this time they were living in a one-bedroom cottage in what is called a court in Southern California.

Fred died in the late 1960's and Ruth worked in a hospital with her daughter Nadine, who had a degree in something related to a hospital library to do research.

Mildred, Fred's daughter, was married and had two boys, who both became dentists.  Names and other data unknown except they lived in Southern California.