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9 November 2006

Fifth Annual Grinter Reunion (1934)

      6 October 1934, Muncie, Wyandotte County, Kansas

The caption reads: 5th annual reunion at the residence of H. C. Kirby (former home of Moses Grinter) at Muncie, Kansas Oct. 6, 1934.

 Numbering by Martin Weeks.

3.  Barbara Ann Hahn*, daughter of  Edward "Ed" Oscar Hahn* and Marie Jenkins
5.  Dorothy Nadine McCollister, adopted daughter of Myrtle Hahn*  and Gerald "Mac" McAllister
6.  Martha Mae Beckman*, daughter of Louise Hahn* and Leslie "Les" Beckman
7.  Thomas F. "Tommy" Hahn*, son of Walter "Walt" Frederick  Hahn* and Florence Torgeson
25. Irma McCollister, adopted daughter of Myrtle Hahn* and Gerald "Mac" McCollister
26. Genevieve "Jean" Marie Hahn*, daughter of Edward "Ed" Hahn* and Marie Jenkins
27. Eunice Marcelle "Becky" Beckman*, daughter of Louise "Lou" Hahn* and Leslie "Les" Beckman
42. (Possibly) Mattie Jewell Kirby*
43. (Possibly) Henry Clay Kirby
46. Annie Kirby*
55. (Possibly) August "Gus" Christophorous Hahn, son of John George Hahn and Mary Ann Ellenberger, and brother of Christian "Chris" Hahn and Paul Nicholas Hahn
71. Martha "Mattie" (Defries) Hahn*, daughter of Mary Jane Grinter* and Audley Paul Defries, wife of Christian "Chris" Frederick Hahn; he died on 3 July 1934)
97. Myrtle Mae (Hahn) McAllister, daughter of Mattie Defries* and Christian "Chris" Frederick Hahn
107. (Possibly) Paul Nicholas Hahn, son of John George Ellenberger and Mary Ann Ellenberger, brother of Christian "Chris" Frederick Hahn and Augustus "Gus" Christophorous Hahn
108. Leslie "Les" Beckman, husband of Martha Louise "Lou" Hahn*
109. Mary Louise "Lou" (Hahn) Beckman*, daughter of Mattie Frances Defries and Christian "Chris" Frederick Hahn, wife of Leslie "Les" Beckman [probable]
112. Gerald "Mac" McAllister, husband of Myrtle Mae Hahn* and holding possibly (next person)
112A. Donna Jean Walter*, daughter of Margaret Frances Hahn* and Donald "Don" Lee Walter
114. (Possibly) Ida Marie (Jenkins) Hahn, wife of Edward "Ed" Oscar Hahn*
124. Walter "Walt" Frederick Hahn*, son of Martha "Mattie" Defries* and Christian "Chris" Frederick Hahn, husband of Florence Vivian Torgeson
* Indicates Kansas Delaware Indians
Others who are known to have been there but who cannot be identified:
Florence (Torgeson) Hahn, spouse of Walt Hahn*

The middle group of Hahn cousin from Topeka -- grandchildren of Mattie (Defries) Hahn and Chris Hahn -- Tommy Hahn, Marty Beckman, Barbara Hahn, and Dorothy McCollister, after the noon meal usually, walked the two miles to their Great Uncle Paul Hahn's Farm, with its wonderful orchard, hay stacks, and barn, and fields in which to play. Later in the afternoon, the rest of the Topeka Family met there for supper prior to returning home.

Times New Roman 12 point. Copy 21 December 2004. TH