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The Descendants of Annie Ellen
Landback and Charles Edward Hunsinger
Charles Edward and Annie Ellen (Landback) Hunsinger About the Time of Their
Wedding January 28, 1890
Photo contributed by Paul E. Stewart
ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK (HARVEY, JOHN) was born February 18, 1867 in Pennsylvania (probably Cherry
Township, Sullivan County), and died July 10, 1905 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. She married CHARLES EDWARD HUNSINGER
January 28, 1890 in Waverly, NY, son of CATHARINE KESTER.
Notes for ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK :
Buried in Thrasher Cemetery, Dushore, PA. Hair was dark brown. A letter addressed to Annie Hunsinger &
"Brother" was sent to her in April 1898 in Bradford County, Athens, PA, c/o A. Silverstrim. This was sent by
her sisters Linda and Amanda from Colley, PA. Linda said she was "up home" on April 24, 1898, Sunday.
Here are separate portraits.
Charles Edward and Annie Ellen (Landback) Hunsinger
Photo contributed by Paul E. Stewart
Notes for CHARLES EDWARD HUNSINGER:
Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. To reach grave, go in 2nd gate (one next to office), Block 11,
3 rows East and 100 feet north. Is buried with his two sons. Died at the home of his daughter, Caroline Hunsinger
Stewart. Some time after the death of his wife in Pennsylvania, he went to Hooker, OK with his children and finally settled
in Kansas City, Kansas. He and Annie were married in Waverly, NY because no license was required there. After
Annie's death, he moved back from Waverly to Colley where her relatives lived. Her sisters helped with kids. Charles
appears as head of a household in the 1900 U.S. Census of Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania with
his wife Anna E. and three children.
Marriage Notes for ANNIE LANDBACK and CHARLES HUNSINGER:
Were married by P.R. Ross; witnessed by Mrs. Ross and Annie Murphy.
Photo contributed by Paul E. Stewart
Children of ANNIE LANDBACK and CHARLES HUNSINGER are:
i. FISHER LEWIS HUNSINGER, b. March 8, 1894, Cherry Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania; d.
April 30, 1894.
Notes for FISHER LEWIS HUNSINGER:
Christened April 29, 1894. Buried May 3, 1894. Buried in Thrasher Cemetery, Dushore, PA.
Baptized by Rev. Wm. Reeser.
ii. WORTHA HUNSINGER, b. December 30, 1895, Dushore, Cherry Township, Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania; d. June 30, 1915.
Notes for WORTHA HUNSINGER:
Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. Lived one time at 119 Pane Street, Athens, PA. Never married. .
iii. CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, b. October 5, 1898, Cherry Township, Colley, PA; d. April 19, 1971,
Kansas City, MO.
iv. WALTER RAYMOND HUNSINGER, b. September 25, 1903; d. October 30, 1940, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.
Notes for WALTER RAYMOND HUNSINGER:
Was retarded from birth. Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. Never married.
CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER (ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born October 5, 1898 in Cherry
Township, Colley, PA, and died April 19, 1971 in Kansas City, MO. She married ANDREW RUSSELL STEWART, September
4, 1915, son of BENJAMIN STEWART and CLORA PAYNE.
Notes for CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER:
Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. Left eastern U.S. about Nov. 1, 1908. This was stated on an
affidavit for her birth certificate by Linda Winslow (her aunt). This was the date Linda last saw her.
Funeral services were held at George F. Porter & Sons Funeral Home, Kansas City, Kansas .
Notes for ANDREW RUSSELL STEWART:
Worked for Colgate Palmolive Peet from 1908 until his retirement on August 1, 1953. Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery,
Kansas City, Kansas. Lived at 7706 Indiana at the time of his mother's death in 1949. 1900 census taken on June
1st indicated he lived in Greene Township, Polk County, MO. He was enumerated in the family of his parents.
Funeral services were held at George F. Porter & Son Funeral Home .
Marriage Notes
Andrew Russell Stewart and Gladys Estelle (McMillian) Stewart were divorced on October 11, 1913 in Kansas City,
Jackson County, Missouri
Here are several pictures of Andrew and Caroline Mae.
Andrew Russell and Caroline Mae (Hunsinger) Stewart Wedding Picture September 4, 1915
Photo contributed by Paul E. Stewart
Andrew Russell and Caroline Mae (Hunsinger) Stewart Taken in the 1950s in
Pennsylvania
Photo contributed by Paul E. Stewart
Andrew Russell Stewart Taken in the 1950s in Pennsylvania
Photo contributed by Paul E. Stewart
Children of CAROLINE HUNSINGER and ANDREW STEWART are:
i. ROSE ANN STEWART, b. November 4, 1916, Kansas City, Kansas; d. December 8, 1996, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
ii. VIOLET MAE STEWART, b. Kansas City, KS.
iii. ELSIE MARIE STEWART, b. July 6, 1921, Kansas City, Kansas; d. November 27, 1997, Kansas City, Missouri.
iv. RUSSELL EUGENE STEWART, b. Kansas City, KS.
v. JOHN WILLIAM STEWART, b. March 7, 1927, Kansas City, Kansas; d. November 29, 2001.
Notes for JOHN WILLIAM STEWART:
Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas
vi.PAUL EDWARD STEWART, b. February 6, 1930, Kansas City, Kansas.
ROSE ANN STEWART (CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born November 4, 1916 in Kansas City, Kansas, and died December 8, 1996 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. She married ELMER FLOYD BRAAMS June 18, 1939 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Notes for ROSE ANN STEWART:
Retired in 1979.
Rose died at Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri on December 8, 1996 @ 11:15am from acute leukemia.
She is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas next to her husband Elmer Braams.
Notes for ELMER FLOYD BRAAMS:
Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, KS. Services at Porter & Sons on Saturday, April 7, 1990 at 10:00 A.M.
Children of ROSE STEWART and ELMER BRAAMS are:
i. RONALD EUGENE BRAAMS, b. Kansas City, Kansas.
ii. LARRY DEAN BRAAMS, b. January 28, 1945, Kansas City, Kansas; d. January 29, 1946, Kansas City, Kansas.
iii. SANDRA LEA BRAAMS, b. December 31, 1947, Kansas City, Kansas; d. April 5, 1954, Kansas City, Kansas.
Notes for SANDRA LEA BRAAMS:
Buried at Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. Funeral service held on Thursday, April 8, 1:30 PM at Central Methodist Church, Kansas City, Kansas.
VIOLET MAE STEWART (CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born
in Kansas City, Kansas. She married ROBERT CLAY ROBERTS, son of BRUCE A. ROBERTS.
Notes for ROBERT CLAY ROBERTS:
Mt. Aaron Section of Memorial Park Cemetery, to the left of Odd Fellow's monument. It is close to a row of shrubs
at edge of the cemetery. Funeral services were held at George F. Porter & Sons Funeral Home, Kansas City, KS
Child of VIOLET STEWART and ROBERT ROBERTS is:
36. i. BARBARA ANN ROBERTS, b. Kansas City, KS
ELSIE MARIE STEWART (CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born July 6, 1921 in
Kansas City, Kansas, and died November 27, 1997 in Kansas City, Missouri. She married VILJIM PETER NOVAK,
May 28, 1946 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Notes for ELSIE MARIE STEWART:
Baptized on June 12, 1927 at Central Methodist Church, Kansas City, Kansas. Passed away Thanksgiving Day,
November 27, 1997 at Trinity Lutheran Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Buried Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City,
Kansas alongside her husband Viljim Peter Novak.
Notes for VILJIM PETER NOVAK:
Respiratory failure was in part brought on by leukemia. Died at Trinity Lutheran Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.
Buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas. Funeral services were held at 10AM, Friday, January 28, 1994 at
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Kansas City, Kansas. Baptized on September 28, 1919 at St. John the
Baptist Catholic Church, Kansas City, Kansas.
Children of ELSIE MARIE STEWART and VILJIM NOVAK are:
i. CAROL ANN NOVAK, b. Kansas City, Missouri.
ii. MARY ELAINE NOVAK, b. Kansas City, Missouri.
RUSSELL EUGENE STEWART (CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born in Kansas City,
Kansas. He married DOLORES JEAN DRENNON.
Children of RUSSELL STEWART and DOLORES DRENNON are:
i. RUSSELL EUGENE STEWART, JR, b. Kansas City, Kansas.
ii. MICHAEL EUGENE STEWART, b. Kansas City, Kansas.
iii. JEFFREY EUGENE STEWART, b. Kansas City, Kansas.
iv. MARK EUGENE STEWART, b. Kansas City, Kansas.
v. RAYLENE JEAN STEWART, b. Kansas City, Kansas; m. LOREN RAYMOND GREEN, JR.
PAUL EDWARD STEWART (CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born
February 6, 1930 in Kansas City, Kansas. He married (1) SHIRLEY ANN FYOCK. He later married (2) VIRGINIA KATHRYN
SOUTHWICK.
Children of PAUL STEWART and SHIRLEY FYOCK are:
i. SUSAN RENEE STEWART, b. Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.
ii. UNNAMED STEWART, b. Kansas City, MO.
Notes for UNNAMED STEWART:
Stillborn.
iii. DUAINE EDWARD STEWART, b. Kansas City, MO
Notes for Virginia Kathryn Southwick:
Born December 29,1929 in Hershey, Nebraska. Married Paul E. Stewart on May 29, 1976 in Smithville, Missouri;
officiated by Reverend Clayton Landers. Died June 22, 2002 at North Kansas City Hospital, MO of respiratory failure.
Was cremated and ashes entombed in burial urn column in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas.
RONALD EUGENE BRAAMS (ROSE ANN STEWART, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born March
20, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas. He married (1) LINDA LEE WILSON in 1962. He married (2) MARY ELIZABETH KUHLMAN,
March 1, 1968. He married (3) ESTHER ANITA KELLY, June 16, 1986.
Children of RONALD BRAAMS and LINDA WILSON are:
i. JEFFREY BARRY BRAAMS
ii. CHRIS ANDREW BRAAMS
iii. DARREN LEE BRAAMS
Child of RONALD BRAAMS and MARY KUHLMAN is:
iv. STUART ANDREW BRAAMS
BARBARA ANN ROBERTS (VIOLET MAE STEWART, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born
in Kansas City, KS. She married PAUL E. SHILT.
Notes for BARBARA ANN ROBERTS:
Divorced from Paul E. Shilt. Had name legally changed back to Roberts.
Child of BARBARA ROBERTS and PAUL SHILT is:
i. PAUL ANDREW ROBERTS.
CAROL ANN NOVAK (ELSIE MARIE STEWART, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born
in Kansas City, Missouri. She married ROBERT ANTHONY BEVERLIN.
Child of CAROL NOVAK and ROBERT BEVERLIN is:
i. ROBERT MATTHEW BEVERLIN, b. Kansas City, MO.
MARY ELAINE NOVAK (ELSIE MARIE STEWART, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born
in Kansas City, Missouri. She married MELVIN PAUL BEVERLIN.
Children of MARY NOVAK and MELVIN BEVERLIN are:
i. JENNIFER LYNN BEVERLIN, b. Kansas City, Missouri.
ii. BRYAN PAUL BEVERLIN, b. Kansas City, MO.
RUSSELL EUGENE STEWART, JR (RUSSELL EUGENE, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born
in Kansas City, Kansas. He married ELLEN THOMPSON.
Children of RUSSELL STEWART and ELLEN THOMPSON are:
i. MICHELLE LOUISE STEWART.
ii. RUSSELL ANDREW STEWART.
MICHAEL EUGENE STEWART (RUSSELL EUGENE, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born
in Kansas City, Kansas. He married ROSEMARY RICKMAN in Kansas City, Kansas.
Child of MICHAEL STEWART and ROSEMARY RICKMAN is:
i. JUSTIN MICHAEL STEWART.
JEFFREY EUGENE STEWART (RUSSELL EUGENE, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was
born in Kansas City, Kansas. He married JANE SUSAN FARMER, in Kansas City, Kansas.
Child of JEFFREY STEWART and JANE FARMER is:
i. JENNIFER MARIE STEWART.
MARK EUGENE STEWART (RUSSELL EUGENE, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born
in Kansas City, Kansas. He married TERESA JEAN WARMAN.
Children of MARK STEWART and TERESA WARMAN are:
i. CASEY JAMES STEWART
ii. KAITLIN ROSE STEWART
SUSAN RENEE STEWART (PAUL EDWARD, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK, HARVEY, JOHN) was born
in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. She married MONTE RALPH GRIFFEY.
Children of SUSAN STEWART and MONTE GRIFFEY are:
i. JAMES AARON GRIFFEY, b. Smithville, Clay County, Mo.; d. September 26, 1973, Smithville Hospital -
Smithville, Clay County, Mo..
ii. JESSIE ANNE GRIFFEY, b. No. Kansas City, Clay County, Mo..
iii. BREHAN RENEE GRIFFEY, b. No. Kansas City, Clay County, Mo..
iv. JACOB MONTE GRIFFEY, b. No. Kansas City, Clay County, Mo..
STUART ANDREW BRAAMS (RONALD EUGENE, ROSE ANN STEWART, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK,
HARVEY, JOHN) married SUSAN NICOLE WHITED.
Children of STUART BRAAMS and SUSAN WHITED are:
i. NICOLE CHRISTINE BRAAMS.
ii. ANDREW CHRISTIAN BRAAMS.
PAUL ANDREW ROBERTS (BARBARA ANN, VIOLET MAE STEWART, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK,
HARVEY, JOHN) married DAWN RICHARDSON.
Child of PAUL ROBERTS and DAWN RICHARDSON is:
i. RACHAEL DAKOTA ROBERTS, b. Millington, TN.
JENNIFER LYNN BEVERLIN (MARY ELAINE NOVAK, ELSIE MARIE STEWART, CAROLINE MAE HUNSINGER, ANNIE ELLEN LANDBACK,
HARVEY, JOHN) was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She married DAVID MICHAEL MITCHELL.
Child of JENNIFER BEVERLIN and DAVID MITCHELL is:
i. CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM MITCHELL, b. No. Kansas City, Clay
County, Missouri.
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