The Vonnegut Family
A brief but incomplete overview of the Vonnegutfamily of Indianapolis and Lake Maxinkuckee:
The Vonnegut & Liber family has it's mark on Indiana.
Clemens Vonnegut ,
established Vonnegut Hardware Company in Indianapolis after arriving in America from Germany.
Vonnegut hardware remained a staple of downtown Indianapolis a century.
Bernard Vonnegut ,was a
renowned Indianapolis architect, designing numerous Indianapolis buildings, including the Athenaeum.
Albert Lieber, was a prominent member of the Indianapolis "aristocracy", and was owner of a brewery
whose beers won global acclaim for its secret ingredient: coffee.
Kurt Vonnegut Sr became a second
generation Indianapolis architect his acclaim were the original L.S. Ayers headquarters and the Indiana Bell
building.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is best known
for his acting, writing and artistic works. Most of the Vonnegut's and Lieber found their final resting place
at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
The Vonneguts ties into the Lieber's , Glosbrenner's,
"686-844_e_shore_vonnegut_row_schnull/schnull_family.htm" target=new> Schnaull's , Rasmussen's as follows:
1. Johann Richard Lieber & Clara Carolina Melbeck
.....2. Peter Lieber & Sophia St. André
.........3. Albert Lieber & Alice Sophia Barus
............ 4. Edith Sophia Lieber & Kurt /vonnegut Sr
.....2. Frederick Herman Lieber Marianne Metzger
.........3. Ida Lieber & Henry Kothe
............ 4. Elsa C Kothe & Harry Wishard Glossbrenner
.........3. Hermann P. Lieber & Alma Bachmann
............ 4. Kurt Erwin Lieber & Barbara Fry Williams
1. William Jacob Glossbrenner & Jane Rowan Cox
.....2. Alfred Morton Glossbrenner
& Minnie Mae Stroup
.........3. Daniel Independence Glossbrenner & Edna Josephine Schnull
............ 4. Catherine
Matilda Glossbrenner & James wood Rasmussen
.....2. Elsa C Kothe & Harry Wishard Glossbrenner
1. Heinrich "Henry" Friedrich Schnull
& Mathilda Schramm
.....2. Emma V Schnull & Clemens Vonnegut Jr.
.....2. Nannie Schnull & Bernard Vonnegut , Sr.
.....2. Gustav Adolph Schnull & Matilda Mayer
.........3. Edna Josephine Schnull & Daniel Independence Glossbrenner
1. Clemens Vonnegut, Sr. & Katharina Blank
.....2. Clemens Vonnegut, Jr. & Emma Schnull
.....2. Bernard Vonnegut, Sr. & Nannie Schnull
.........3. Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. & Edith Sophia Lieber
"I made my first mental maps of the world...on the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee. Because everything
about that lake was imprinted on my mind when it held so little and was so eager for information, it will be my lake
as long as I ive. I have no wish to visit it, for I have it right here." - Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt wrote a beautiful piece about Maxinkuckee in Chapter IV in Fates Worse Than Death (1991).
Kurt spoke of the Vonnegut family in Slapstick.
In his last interview on 28 February 2007 - Kurt said of his family :
Yeah, well, I've said in my speeches that everyone needs an extended family. The great American disease is loneliness.
We no longer have extended family. But I had one. There were lots of Vonneguts in the phone book and my mother
was a Lieber, and there were Liebers there too. And at Lake Maxinkuckee there were a row of cottages , one of which
we owned, and so I was surrounded by relatives all of the time. You know, cousins, uncles and aunts. It was heaven.
And that has since been dispersed.
The Vonnegut + Maxinkuckee Connection is found in the “Northern Indiana Lakes Magazine” May 2008 issue.
Generation One
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1 - Clemens Vonnegut, Sr.,
(1824-1906) born 20 NOV 1824 in Muenster, Westphalia, Germany, and died 13 DEC 1906 in Indianapolis,
Marion County, Indiana Burial: 29 March 1907 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana Section: 2 Lot: 52
arrived in New York City in the summer of 1851 |
At the urging of Charles Vollmer, a schoolmate, Vonnegut married on January 24, 1853 / Jan 11, 1853
Indianapolis, Marion, In. (5/509) Miss Katharina/Catherine Blank daughter of Johann George Blank and
Anna Maria Oser [Ogers] She was born Nov 1828 in Urloffen, Baden, Germany, and died 12 April 1904
in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 15 April 1904 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana Sec 2
Lot 52.
They brought children up in the tradition and culture of nineteenth-century Germany.
Their children:
+2 - Clemens, Jr. Vonnegut born November 19, 1853 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, m. Emma Schnall
+2a - Bernard Vonnegut born August 8, 1855 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, and died in August 7, 1908.
married Nannie Schnull
+3 - Franklin Vonnegut October 20, 1856 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana d. 1952) married Pauline VonHake
+4 - George Vonnegut, born October 22, 1860 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, married Lillie Goeller
Generation Two
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2 - Clemens, Jr. ,
born November 19, 1853 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, died 18 Jan. 1921 Indianapolis, Marion Burial:
Jan. 21, 1921 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana |
m. Sep. 4, 1878 Indianapolis, Marion, In. 15/346
Emma Schnull 4 SEP 1857 in
Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana d. aet 81 17 Feb 1939 Culver , Marshall, Indiana. Burial: Oct 24, 1939 Crown Hill
Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Section: 6 Lot: 4 daughter of
and Mary Mathilde Schramm.
They have three children;
+5 - ELLA NANETTE Vonnegut 16 OCT AND 16 NOV 1879 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana wife of
William Kerfoot Stewart
+6 - ANTON Scituate Vonnegut b. Dec 18, 1881 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana married Ina L. Holleweg
May 1, 1912 Marion co., In. 65/588
+7 - WALTER Vonnegut born 17 FEB 1884 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana married Margaret Potts
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2a - Bernard Vonnegut born
August 8, 1855 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana and died on August 7, 1908 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana He
died of intestinal cancer at fifty-three. Burial: Aug. 10 1908 Section: 6 Lot: 4 Crown Hill Cemetery,
Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana |
married Sep. 19, 1883 Indianapolis, Marion, In. 18/319 & 1/163
"Nannie" Nanette [HANNETTE]
Schnull born FEB 1859 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, and died 16 OCT 1929 Indianapolis, Marion,
Indian Burial: 10/19/1929 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Section: 6 Lot: 4. daughter of
and Mary Mathilde
Schramm.
The "Vonnegutclan was slightly condescending," and considered near the top of "the pecking order in
the social hierarchy of the community, and particularly in the German group
They had three children:
+8 - KURT Vonnegut b. NOV 24, 1884 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana married Edith Lieber
+9 - IRMA Vonnegut born 29 JUN 1890 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana She married "Kurt" Robert
Adolph Kurt Lindener
10 - Alexander "ALEX" Vonnegut b. 19 Jul. 1888 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana and died
28 Jul 1975 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 07/31/1975 Section: 6 Lot: 4
Harvard educated, and a broker for the Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company.
m. JUN 12, 1915 Indianapolis, Marion co., In., 81/270 Raye Dryer born 12 JUN 1889 Maine died
died 31 OCT 1983 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 11/03/1983 Section: 6 Lot: 4. Crown
Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
He had been married since 1915, but he and his wife, Raye, had no children and never would. The
reason at least the one Alex gave to close relatives was that he had contracted a venereal disease
while making the Grand Tour of Europe after college and was incapable of fathering a child. Having
missed this opportunity, he energetically acted the surrogate parent to his many nieces and nephews
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3 - Franklin "Frank" Vonnegut October
20, 1856 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana d. 17 Oct. 1952 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 10/20/1952 Crown Hill
Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Section: 2 Lot: 52 |
Franklin Vonnegut (1856-1952) was the son of Clemens Vonnegut, a German immigrant who came to Indianapolis
and founded a hardware store, which was a city institution for over a hundred years. He president of the company
from 1908 to 1940. He was involved in numerous civic institutions: a founder and later president of the Commercial
Club; a founder and longtime director of Indianapolis Area Red Cross; leader of Community Fund and supporter of
several German gymnastic organizations.
The first May Music Festival was organized in 1889 by Carl Barus, director of the Indianapolis Maennerchor, and festivals
were held each year through 1898. Prominent members of the German-American community, such as Herman Lieber
and Franklin Vonnegut, joined with other Indianapolis ...to serve as guarantors of the festival fund...
married Mar. 27, 1879 Indianapolis, Marion, In. 15/553 Pauline Olga Von Hake (van Hoke) born 23 AUG 1859 in Simcoe,
Ontario, Canada died May 6/12, 1890 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana 8 MAY 1890 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis,
Carl VanHake
children 1st marriage:
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THEODORE Franklin Vonnegut June 21, 1880 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana married Lucy Lewis
12 - FELIX Von Hake Vonnegut b. DEC 19, 1881 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana died 28 Mar. 1946 Indianapolis,
Marion, Indiana Burial: 04/01/1946 Section: 44 Lot: 311 Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
married Edna M. Goth JUN 6, 1905 Indianapolis, Marion In. 8/282 & 38/270 born 6 FEB 1886 in Minnesota
and died 10 FEB 1976 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 02/13/1976 Section: 44 Lot: 311 daughter of
Edward G. Goth and Ella M. Black
+13 - ARTHUR Vonnegut b. JUN 13,1883 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana [Bk. H-1 pg. 237] married Lillian
Fauvre
m. 2nd FEB 8, 1898 Indianapolis, Marion, In. 6/52 & 29/254 EMMA Catherine [-?-] KRAUSS born 29 Mar 1864 in
Lucas county Ohio and died ABT 26 DEC 1944 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana married 1st William Krauss Birth
in Germany Death 1892 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana son of Frederick Krauss and Catherine Schimp.
she had by 1st marriage:
Katherine Louise Krauss born 2 May 1887 Indiana married 28 Feb 1911 Marion county Indiana David W Fosler
Wilfred Karl Krauss born 30 Nov 1890 Indianapolis, Indiana died 21 Sep 1976 Palm Beach Flordia married 17
Aug 1917 Marion county Indiana Elizabeth Landon
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4 - George Vonnegut, born October
22, 1860/1 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, died 14 Jul 1952 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 07/17/1952 Crown
Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Section: 2 Lot: 52 |
married APR 15, 1885 Indianapolis, Marion, In. 19/259 Lillie Goeller was born MAR 1863 in Milwaukee,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died 12 JAN 1959 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 01/15/1959 Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion Indiana Section: 2 Lot: 52 daughter of Louis Goeller and Caroline [-?-].
Their three children are:
14 - Erwin George Vonnegut b. 2 Apr. 1890 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana and died
20 Apr 1976 Dade county, Florida Burial: 04/23/1976 Section: 2 Lot: 52 Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis,
Marion, Indiana He married 28 Jan 1925 - Marion, Grant, Indiana Cecilia Katherine Kiley born FEB 1899 in
Marion, Grant, Indiana and died 12 MAR 1967 n Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 03/15/1967 Crown Hill
Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Section: 2 Lot: 52 daughter of Frank Joseph Kiley and Henrietta Amelia
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+15 - Ralph Clemens Vonnegut born 20 DEC 1896 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana married Eleanor Goodall
+16 - Carl Richard "Vonne" Vonnegut born 31 May 1902 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana m. MARJORIE LEWIS
Generation Three
5 - ELLA NANNETTE Vonnegut born BET 16 OCT AND 16 NOV 1879 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana died 9
DEC 1968 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky Burial: 12/12/1968 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion,
Indiana Section: 6 Lot: 4
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married 15 SEP 1903 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
William Kerfoot Stewart was born 26 Jul 1875
in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana. He died 02 Mar 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky, at age 83, and his
Burial: 03/05/1959 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Section: 6 Marker: N Lot: 4 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis,
Marion, Indiana son of Charles Gray McLean Stewart & Martha Norman Mooklar. /td> |
They have one child:
+17 - Susan Kerfoot Stewart born on 4 Nov 1905 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana She married Joseph
T. Mengel .
6 - ANTON Scituate Vonnegut born 18 DEC 1881 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana died 4 MAY 1964 in Indianapolis,
Marion, Indiana Burial: 05/07/1964 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana Section: 22 Lot: 53
m. 1 MAY 1912 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Ina Louise Holleweg born 23 MAY 1886 Indiana died 4 Jul 1966 in
Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 07/07/1966 Crown Hill b Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana Section: 22 Lot: 53
daughter of Louis Hollweg and Louise Koehrmann
Their three children are:
18 - Louise Antoinette Vonnegut was born 6 Sep 1913 in Indianapolis, Marion , Indiana and died ABT 14 AUG 1943
in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, b She married Henry Jameson Peirce 10 JUN 1939 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.
He was born 19 FEB 1911, and died 30 JAN 1993 in Indianapolis, bMarion, Indiana son of James Donald Peirce &
Eunice Jameson Peirce
+19 -Richard Vonnegut, Sr Feb. 20, 1913 Indianapolis Marion County Indiana Death: Aug. 20, 2008 Indiana
20 - Antonette Vonnegut.htm b. 1916 Burial: 08/28/1919 Section: 22 Lot: 53
7 -
WALTER Vonnegut born 17 FEB 1884 in Indianapolis, Marion , Indiana died 23 Dec 1940 -
Union twp., Marshall county, Indiana Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis Marion County Indiana Plot:
section 6 lot 4 |
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married 27 Aug 1909 Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire Margaret (Marjorie) R. [Stella Marjorie]
Potts BIRTH 23 Mar 1888 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana DEATH 25 Oct 1936 Manhattan, New York,
BURIAL Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana PLOT Sec: 39, Lot: 579 daughter of
Alfred F. and May (Barnaby) Potts.
She married 2nd 2 Feb 1926 - Manhattan New York Donald Robert Perry "Don" Marquis Birth 29 July 1878 in
Walnut, Illinois Death 29 Dec 1937 in Forest Hills, Long Island New York son of Dr. James Stewart Marquis &
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children:
Elizabeth May Vonnegut BIRTH 25 DEC 1910 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, DEATH 21 SEP 1911 Indianapolis,
Marion, Indiana, Burial Sep 23, 1911 Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, stone reads
"Betty" May death certificate has "Elizabeth" written above Betty which is scratched out.
+21 - Irma Ruth Vonnegut was born 28 SEP 1912 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana married Daniel Lynn Carroll Jr.
+21a Walter Alfred Vonnegut born Dec. 5, 1922 Jefferson, Kentucky married Helen Ruth McFarland
He married 2nd Jan 8, 1928 Greenwich, Conneticut Rosalie M Mathieue Birth 26 Jan 1896 Brooklyn New,
New York
8 KURT Vonnegut b. 24 NOV 1884 in Indianapolis,
Marion, Indiana died 1 OCT 1956 in Nashville, Brown, Indiana from lung cancer without treatment Burial: 10/03/1956
Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Indiana Section: 6 Lot: 4
married NOV 22, 1913 Indianapolis, Marion, In. (73/587) Edith Sophia Lieber 26 AUG 1888 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
d. May 14, 1944 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 05/16/1944 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana Section: 6
Lot: 4 the daughter of millionaire Indianapolis brewer Albert Lieber and Alice Barus. The wedding was one of the costliest
in Indianapolis and was on the eve of Prohibition.
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Passport photograph of Kurt Sr., Bernard, Alice and Edith. |
They have three children:
+22 - Bernard Vonnegut b. August 29, 1914 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana died April 25, 1997 Albany, Albany,
New York married Lois Bowler
+23 - Alice Vonnegut b. 1917 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana married James Carmalt Adams
+24 - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. b. Nov. 11, 1922 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana m. 1 September 1945 Jane Marie Cox
1979; m 2nd Jill Krementz
9 - IRMA Vonnegut born 29 JUN
1890 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana and died 5 NOV 1984 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, burial: NOV 8,1985
Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis Marion County Indiana, Plot: Sec: 6, Lot: 4
She married bef 22 Dec 1922 - Jul 1924 - Hamburg, Germany "Kurt" Robert Adolph Kurt Lindener abt 1890 Hamburg,
Germany , a merchant & who owned plantations in Honduras and son of Arthur Lindener of Klein
Flottbeck
They had:
+24a Arthur E. Lindener born on August 11, 1923 in Hamburg, Stadt Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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11 - THEODORE Franklin Vonnegut born 21 JUN 1880 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana died BET 25 DEC 1943 AND 18
OCT 1944 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 10/21/1944 Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Section: 2
Lot: 51 |
married 11 NOV 1904 in Gibson County, Indiana Lucy Lewis born 11 NOV 1881 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana died 6 AUG
1979 in Saint Petersburg Pinellas, Florida Burial: 08/09/1979 Section: 2 Lot: 51 Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion,
Indiana
they had one child
25 - Pauline Vonnegut born 21 Mar 1912 died. Dec. 24, 2002 Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida. Burial: 09/02/2003
Section: 2 Lot: 51 Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; m. between 1940- Feb, 14, 1947 [-?-] Eck
ECK, Paulline Vonnegut, 90, of St. Petersburg, died Tuesday (Dec. 24, 2002) at Grace Healthcare of St. Petersburg.
She came here in 1952 from her native Indianapolis.
She was a 1933 graduate of Wheaton College and earned a master's degree from the University of Indiana. She retired
after 30 years as a professor of zoology and biology at St. Petersburg Junior College. She also worked for the Foreign
Service in Chile and received a Kappa Kappa Gamma foreign study fellowship at the University of Chile. She was president
of the Business and Professional Women, South Pinellas Retired Educators, the Alpha Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma,
Kappa Kappa Gamma, the Wesleyan Service Guild at Christ United Methodist Church and the National Retired Teachers
Association division of the AARP.
She was named St. Petersburg Panhellenic's Woman of the Year in 1989.
She served on the board of directors of the St. Petersburg Audubon Society for 20 years and held leadership positions
in the Floridaand National Audubon Societies. She was a member of the National Society of Magna Charta Dames, the
Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Society of Indiana Pioneers and the Indiana Academy of Science.
Survivors include four cousins, Jennifer S. Christ, St. Petersburg, RichardVonnegutand Walter Vonnegut, Indianapolis,
and Kurt Vonnegut, New York.
Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes & Cremation Tribute Center-Ninth Street Chapel, St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg
Times (FL), Date: December 31, 2002, Page: 5; 6B
13 - Arthur Vonnegut b. Jun 13, 1883 Marion county Indiana [Bk. H-1 pg. 237] died 13 JUN 1965 in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Indiana Burial: 06/16/1965 Section: 14 Lot: 10
married OCT 12, 1909 Marion co., In. 54/386 Lillian Maus Fauvre born 19 Jul 1883 in Indianapolis, Marion County,
Indiana died 11 DEC 1932 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Burial: 04/13/1933 Section: 14 Lot: 10 Crown Hill
Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana d/o
Frank Maus & Lillian (Scholl) Fauvre
they have two children:
+25a Franklin Fauvre Vonnegut born 30 Jul 1911 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana married Margaret K. [-?-]
+25b Virginia Vonnegut born 1 JUN 1913 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana married Ptolemy Durant Summey, Jr
15 - Ralph Clemens Vonnegut born 20 DEC 1896 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana died 12 NOV 1985 in Indianapolis, Marion,
Indiana Burial: 11/15/1985 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana Section: 36 Lot: 163
married 22 APR 1922 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Eleanor Josephine Goodall born 31 JAN 1899 in Indianapolis, Marion,
Indiana, USA, and died 8 APR 1979 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 04/11/1979 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis,
Indiana Section: 36 Lot: 163 daughter of
Walter Jerome Goodall and Lulu M. Osterman
Their Children:
+26 - Ralph Clemens Vonnegut, Jr. b. July 23, 1929 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana d. Oct. 22, 2000
his former wife, Natalia Beck
+27 - Walter Goodall Vonnegut Indianapolis m. PHYLLIS MAISH
16 - Carl Richard "Vonne" Vonnegut born May 3, 1902 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana and died 26 OCT 1938 in Indianapolis,
Marion, Indiana Burial: 10/29/1938 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana Section: 2 Lot: 51
m. 5 FEB 1927 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
MARJORIE N. LEWIS born FEB 1902 in Woodruff Place, Marion County, Indiana died aet 97 died 10 Jul 1999 in
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Burial: 07/13/1999 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana Section: 2 Lot: 51
d/o Frank W. Lewis and Emma May Salter.
Their children:
+28 - George Lewis Vonnegut born 30 APR 1929 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana he married Jean Ann Bates
29 - Nancy Lewis Vonnegut Birth 13 Jun 1932 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, Death Oct 19 2010 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo,
Michigan, USA m. 17 Oct 1953 Marion county Indiana John Joseph Noonan Birth Jul 22 1927 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia
Death 19 Jul 2006 in Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois son of Leo James Noonan & Elise C MaCoy. They had 2 children.
17 - Susan Kerfoot Stewart born on 4 Nov 1905 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana and died 30 OCT 2004
Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina
She married Joseph Torbitt Mengel 5 JAN 1929 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky. He was born 13 Mar 1896 Louisville,
Jefferson, Kentucky died 3 Apr 1996 - Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina son of Clarence Rudolph Mengel & Mary B
Castleman
Their children:
+29a Joseph Torbitt Mengel Jr. born 29 Jul 1931 Tennessee
29b Nanette Vonnegut Mengel Birth 8 Jul 1933 Knoxville Knox county Tennessee Death 9 Dec 1996 in Chapel Hill ,
Orange, North Carolina; never married
Generation Four
19 - Richard Clemens Vonnegut, Sr. born on February 20th 1913 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana died on 20 Aug
2008. burial Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis Marion County Indiana
Richard Clemens Vonnegut, Sr. 95, died on 20 Aug 2008.
A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, he was born on February 20th 1913 to Anton Scituate
and Ina Hollweg Vonnegut
Richard ClemensVonnegut, Sr. 95 12, died on 20 Aug 2008.
A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, he was born on February 20th 1913 to Anton Scituate and Ina Hollweg
Vonnegut
He graduated from Park School, from Cornell University, and served with the Coast Guard during WWII.
He worked through many levels of the Vonnegut Hardware Company, retiring as Secretary-Treasurer.
Further, he was a former board member of the Grinding and Polishing Machinery Corporation.
His interests included golf, genealogy, traveling, Deutche Geshichte, and local history. He was a member
of the Athenaeum Foundation, Cornell Alumni, Dramatic Club, English Speaking Union, German Heritage
Society, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis Museum of Art, National Railroad Historical Society,
Park-Tudor Alumni, the Retirees of Vonnegut Hardware, and the University Club.
He was a 47 year member of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis during which he achieved a perfect attendance
record for 30 ½ years.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by two sisters, Louise and Antonette; son, Martin
Hollweg; and daughter-in-law, Dianne From.
He is survived by Barbara, his wife of sixty years; son; Richard Jr., and daughter, Ann Louise (Chris vonFrieling).
He married circa 1948 Barbara Martin.
Their children:
i Martin Hollweg Vonnegut was born 10 MAR 1949 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA, and died 2 FEB 1981 in
Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana burial: 02/05/1981 Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Section:
22 Lot: 53
ii Richard Clemens Vonnegut Jr.
Richard Vonnegut Jr., 58, vice chairman of the Hoosier Rails to Trails Council
He married 1998 Dianne Lynn From, daughter of Wallace From and Carolyn Rawlings. She was born 24 MAR
1954 in Angola, Indiana, USA, and died 2 SEP 2005 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Burial: 09/09/2005
Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Section: 22 Lot: 53
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Dianne Lynn From Vonnegut 51, of Indianapolis, died Friday, September 2, 2005, at the Indiana
University Medical Center.
She was the beloved wife of Richard C. Vonnegut, Jr. of Indianapolis.
Mrs. Vonnegut was a 23-years employee of Methodist Hospital/Clarian Health, supervising cafeteria
operations, managing catering and having served as payroll records clerk.
She was a well-known in central Indiana for her volunteer work promoting recreational trails. Dianne
was office manager for the Hoosier Rails to Trails Council, and grant writer/bookkeeper for the
Indiana Trials Fund. Mrs. Vonnegut served as Board Secretary for the B & O Trail Association and
was registrar for the 2003 Midwest Trails Conference and other statewide recreational trails events.
At Methodist Hospital, she was an emergency room volunteer in the 1980's and was a member of
the Methodist Bowling Team. While residing in Indianapolis, she was also employed by Catherine's
Dress Shop.
Dianne was an Indianapolis resident since 1982.
In 1998, she was married to Mr. Vonnegut. Mrs Vonnegut was born in Angola, Indiana on March
24, 1954.
She was raised near Orland, Indiana, attending Brighton Elementary School and graduating from
Lakeland High School 1972.
She was a Cum Laude graduate of the respected Northwood Institute at the Historic West Baden
Springs Hotel, earning an Associate's Degree in restaurant management in 1974.
During high school and college, she worked for Host International at their Indiana Toll Road restaurant
facilities and then managed Toll Road restaurants after graduation for the Gladieux Co. from 1974-1976.
From 1976-1982, she managed restaurants in Angola, Indiana and Brazil, Indiana for
the L&K Corp.
Mrs. Vonnegutwas an active member of Fleming Garden Christian Church; a past member of the
Indianapolis Jaycees; and a life member of the Orland American Legion Auxiliary, Post 423.
She enjoyed travel, organizing professional and volunteer projects, gardening in general, and growing
of pink roses in particular, bowling, reading romance novels and playing euchre and other card games.
She was admired by her friends and associates for her vibrance, energy and commitment to the
community.
She is also survived by her parents, Wallace and Carolyn From, Orland; brothers, Rodney (Wanda) of
Orland and Duane (Louise), Bryants Store, Kentucky; and aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
Services entrusted to Flanner & Buchanan Funeral Center - Speedway.
iii Ann Louis Vonnegut married Chris vonFrieling
21 - Irma Ruth Vonnegut was born 28 SEP 1912 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana and died 6 JUN 1981 in LaJolla,
San Diego, California Burial: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego San Diego County California
She married 31 Aug 1935 - San Diego, California Daniel Lynn Carroll Jr. He was born 5 MAR 1910 in Stillwater,
Washington, Minnesota and died 26 Jul 1981 in LaJolla, San Diego, California burial 31 Jul 1981 Ft. Rosecrans
National Cemetery San Diego, California son of Daniel Lynn Carroll, Sr. and Pearl Tuttle. Capt US Navy World
War II & Korea
They had 2 children:
Daniel L. Carroll b. California
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Walter Alfred "Colonel" Vonnegut born Dec. 5, 1922 Jefferson, Kentucky died Jan. 9, 2013 Anacortes,
Washington Burial: Grand View Cemetery Anacortes Skagit County Washington |
married 14 Aug 1943 Lauderdale, Tennessee Helen Ruth McFarland born a9 Dec 1922 died 11 Mar 1994
Children:
i Kit Vonnegut born Guemes Island married Beth [-?-]
ii Ken Vonnegut m. Kari [-?-]
married 2nd 1995 Jean De Zan
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22 - Bernard Vonnegut Jr.
August 29, 1914 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana died April 25, 1997 died of cancer on April 25, 1997, at St.
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married Lois Bowler she died in 1972
Their children:
30 - Peter Vonnegut born 7 Jul 1945 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New York and died 16 DEC 2003 in East Greenbush,
Rensselaer, New York; married [-?-] Minatoya. 2 children
31 - Scott Vonnegut of South Hero, VT,
32 - Terry Vonnegut of Albany,
33 - Kurt Vonnegut of Schuylerville, NY
34 - Alex Vonnegutf Cohoes
23 - Alice André Vonnegut was born 18 Nov 1917 in Indianapolis, Marion , Indiana, and died Death: 17 Sep 1958
Long Branch, Monmouth, New Jersey She was buried 26 SEP 1958 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana Sec
66 Lot 453.
She was tall and beautiful, and had a great sense of humor. She died of cancer two days after her husband was killed
in a train wreck
She married 4 JAN 1943 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. James Carmalt Adams Birth ABT 1913 Death 15 SEP
1958 in Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey He was buried 26 SEP 1958 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Sec 66 Lot 453. son of Carmalt Willis Adams and Louise O. Ostheimer
Their children:
35 - James Adams-Vonnegut (adopted by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
36 - Steven Adams-Vonnegut (adopted by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
37 - Kurt Adams-Vonnegut (adopted by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
38 - Peter Adams-Nice as infant went Birmingham, Alabama to live with a first cousin of his father's
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24 - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
b. Nov. 11, 1922 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana d. April 11, 2007 New York City, Manhatten Island,
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m. 1 September 1945 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana Jane Marie Cox div. 1979 b. Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana
d. 1986 probably Barstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, 1979
children 1st marriage:
39 - Mark Vonnegut m. [-?-] O'Shea; 2md [-?-] Sibert; wrote a memoir (The Eden
Express) about having mental issues.
He is an American pediatrician and memoirist. He described himself in the preface to his 1975 book as
"a hippie, son of a counterculture hero, BA in religion, (with a) genetic disposition to schizophrenia."
He graduated from Swarthmore College He briefly worked at Duthie Books and was also
briefly chief of a 20-man detachment of special state police that provided the security for Boston State
Hospital. During the Vietnam War, he filed an application with the draft board to be considered a
conscientious objector, which was denied. After taking the psychological examination, he was given a
psychiatric 4F classification and avoided conscription into the U.S. military
During his undergraduate years, he set out to become a Unitarian minister. He eventually abandoned
that goal.
He is the author of The Eden Express (1975), which describes his trip to British Columbia to set up a
commune with his friends and his personal experiences with schizophrenia, which at that time he
attributed to stress, diet and in part, drug use. The book is widely cited as useful for those coping with
schizophrenia.
During this period, he lived mainly at the commune at Powell Lake, located 18 kilometers by boat from the nearest road or
electricity. On February 14, 1971, he was diagnosed with severe schizophrenia and committed to Hollywood Hospital in
Vancouver. Standard psychotherapy did not help him, and most of his doctors said his case was hopeless.
Vonnegut first attributed his recovery to orthomolecular megavitamin therapy and then wrote The Eden Express. Vonnegut
does not presently attribute his recovery to vitamins. He subsequently studied medicine at Harvard Medical School and later
came to the conclusion that he actually had bipolar disorder. He is currently a pediatrician in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Vonnegut published his second book, Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So, in 2010. Like The Eden Express,
iit is autobiographical.
40 - Edith "Edie" Vonnegut b. Schnectady, New York m. 14 December 1971 Geraldo Rivera (television personality),
divorced - 1975 he was previously married before and several times afterwards Geraldo Rivera was born in
Brooklyn, New York City, New York as Gerald Michael Riviera. He is an actor, known for Geraldo at Large (2003), The O'Reilly
Factor (1996) and Grumpier Old Men (1995). they had no children; 2nd [-?-] Squibb
Her education includes The Boston Museum School of Fine Arts , The University of Iowa; and The New York School of
Visual Arts. An American painter. Her work — most of which juxtaposes heavenly beings and mundane activities — has
been showcased at galleries across the United States, and is featured in the book Domestic Goddesses, along with her
humorous commentary.
41 - Nanette "Nanny" Vonnegut m [-?-] Prior
She has done three documentaries on her father: Kurt Vonnegut: American Made, God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut(or the
Friends of Kilgore Trout) and A Man Without a Country (Documentary)
m. 2nd 24 Nov. 1979 Jill Krementz She grew up in Morristown, New Jersey, and moved to
New York City in her late teens.
Working as a photo reporter, she built a life on it. In the 1960s she worked as a photographer for the New York
Herald-Tribune. With her color shot of the "March on the Pentagon" she made the cover photo in the The New
York Times magazine. She spent a year taking photographs in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
She later specialized in the photographing of writers. A major profile of her - written by Dorothy Gelatt - was
published in the Spring 1975 issue of 35mm Photography (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company). According to the article,
Krementz decided in 1970 to "...fill the author picture vacuum...". Working only with the aid of a secretary she
built and ran a large library of photographs of authors. Most of her photographs at that time were made in black and
white and she is described as working with a minimum of photographic equipment (two 35mm camera bodies and
three lenses) and having her prints made by Erika Leone at the Meridian photographic laboratory. At the time the
article was written, "...the Krementz stock list of authors totalled roughly 542...".
Her photographs were shown at the Nikon House gallery in New York the mid-1970s, and in 1980 her book The
Writer's Image (David R. Godine, Boston) was published. The book contained solely black-and-white photographs,
with a preface written by Kurt Vonnegut, and an introduction by Trudy Butner Krisher.
She is the widow of author Kurt Vonnegut and has one daughter, Lily. In 2004, a major exhibition of her work was
held at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. Writers Unbound featured warm, intimate
portraits of authors in their homes and at their desks.
child 2nd marriage:
42 - Lilly Vonnegut d. infant
24a Arthur E. Lindener born on August 11, 1923 in Hamburg, Stadt Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany died August 15, 2009
Indianapolis, Hamilton, Indiana.
Arthur E. Lindener, 86, Indianpolis passed away peacefully in his home with his wife, Anna, and family at his side on August
15, 2009.
He was born on August 11, 1923 in Hamburg, Germany, the only child of Kurt and Irma Vonnegut Lindener.
He married Anna Pangburn on September 29, 1983 and she survives. Other survivors include his children: Margo Lindener
(Nick) Mattison, and Peter Lindener; his step-children, Dana (Phil) Moore, Dale (Ann) Overdorf, and Debra (Tim) Moss; his
grandchildren, Laura and Daniel Mattison; his step-grandchildren, Joshua Moore and Matthew (Joni) Moore, Christina (Byan)
Fisher, Elisabeth Moore, Miranda Sydney, Alexander and Cassie Overdorf, Abigail and Andrew Moss; his
step-great-grandchildren, Ella Haisley-Moore and Kiaya Moore; and a cousin Lisa Warnecke of Sylt, Germany.
Upon graduating from Oberlin College with a Physics degree in 1951 he went to work for the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation in Montreal, designing and planning radio and television stations all across Canada.
After retiring from the CBC in 1982 he moved to Indianapolis to care for his mother.
His grandfather was the noted Indianapolis architect Bernard Vonnegut and he was also a descendant of the early Indianapolis
merchant Henry Schnull.
He will be interred at Crown Hill Cemetery. the memorial will be private.
In lieu to flowers, donations may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research (Attn: Tribute Gifts, Church
St. Station, NY, NY 10008-0780) or Seasons Hospice ( 8350 S. Emerson Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46237).
married 1st: [-?-] and they had:
Margo Lindener married Nick Mattison
Peter Lindener
married 2nd Anna Pangburn on September 29, 1983
25a Franklin Fauvre Vonnegut born 30 Jul 1911 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 12 Jun 1995 - Riverside California
burial 14 Aug 1995 National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific (Punchbowl) Honolulu County Hawaii
Col US Air Force Entered service in 10 Oct 1946 and served World War II, Korea and Vietnam
He married Margaret Stewart Kangeter 15 MAY 1944 in Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, daughter of John Henry Kangeter,
Jr. and Isabel O'Neil. She was born 27 OCT 1918 in Virginia, and died 9 OCT 1992 in San Marcos, San Diego County, California.
burial 26 Oct 1992 National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific (Punchbowl) Honolulu County Hawaii daughter of [-?-]
Kangeter and [-?-] O'Neil
Children:
i John Kangeter Vonnegut Birth 1/16/1947 Death 1/10/2013 in Glenview, Cook, Illinois burial National Memorial Cemetery
Of The Pacific (Punchbowl) Honolulu County Hawaii; Capt. U.S. Army Vietnam; married [-?-] Chambers
ii Thomas Arthur Vonnegut Birth 22 Mar 1954 Massachusetts Death 8 Jul 1982 in Corpus Christi, Kleberg, Texas; Burial
14 Jul 1982 National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific (Punchbowl) Honolulu County Hawaii married Leslie J Hill; Lt. US
Navy
iii Mary Elisabeth Vonnegut Birth: Jun. 25, 1959 Belleville St. Clair County Illinois Death: Jun. 8, 2014 Pearland Brazoria County
Texas burial National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific (Punchbowl) Honolulu County Hawaii married June 15, 1986 in
Albany, Linn Oregon Charles Hainline
she graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii and the University of Oregon in Eugene. They traveled as
Charlie's US Air Force career dictated, living in Oklahoma, South Korea, Louisiana, Florida and New Mexico.
25b Virginia Vonnegut born 1 JUN 1913 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana and died 7 MAR 1982 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas,
Florida She married aft 1932 Ptolemy Durant Summey, Jr. son of Ptolemy Durant Summey , Sr. and Addie Orrender. He was born
15 AUG 1914 in Dallas, Gaston, North Carolina and died 7 MAR 1997 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida
Durant Summey III Birth: Gaston, North Carolina
26 - Ralph C. Vonnegut Jr. b. July 23, 1929 d. Oct.
22, 2000 Burial: 12/21/2001 Section: 36 Lot: 163
He married Natalia/Tanya Beck, 77, Reverend Canon at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Tayna went on to become
reverend (Staff Priest) at Christ Church Cathedral on Monument Circle, where she rubbed elbows with the city’s elite. When
she’s not at the pulpit today, she’s consulting at Harvard Medical School’s program for spirituality and healing.
43 - Robert Vonnegut m. Beth [-?-] , Islamorada, Fla.
44 - Daniel /Vonnegut m. Heather [-?-] , Brooklyn, N.Y.
45 - Eleanor "Nonie" Vonnegut m. husband
David S. Gabovitch, Indianapolis one of the boys Eli
Ezra Vonnegut-Gabovitch
Levi Vonnegut-Gabovitch - Hasten Hebrew Academy of Indianapolis
Sarah Vonnegut-Gabovitch
Zach Vonnegut-Gabovitch
46 - Kristin Vonnegut m. Tom Huffman, Avon, Minn.
Their children:
47 - Mary Sue Vonnegut m. Glenn McDonald
48 - Elizabeth (Betsy) Vonnegut m. Bill Brubeck
49 - Virginia (Ginny) Vonnegut m. Greg Hahn
28 - George Lewis Vonnegut
born 30 APR 1929 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana and died 14 MAY 2004 in Indianapolis,
Marion County, Indiana. Burial: 05/18/2004 Section: 3 Lot: 93;
he married Jean Ann Bates Birth: Dec. 19, 1929 Indianapolis Marion County Indiana, USA Death: Jul. 21, 2009
daughter of Howard Haywood Bates and Miriam Weir Bates.
Their children:
i Catherine "Kitty" Vonnegut
ii Marjorie Vonnegut married [-?-] Bati
29a Joseph Torbitt Mengel Jr. born 29 Jul 1931 Tennessee died 23 Jul 2011
The News & Observer on July 30, 2011
Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Jr. Eden Prairie, MN Joseph Torbitt Mengel, Jr. of died of maladies common to old age on
Saturday, July...
Their Children:
Maria Mengel
Melessia Menge
married 2nd abt 1995 Minnesota Mary Elizabeth (Hutchins) Piercey born 6 Sep 1923 Died: 8 Dec 2006
Information that can't connect:
Vonneguts at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion Indiana - this I cannot fully connect to the above - some
above is a good guess and infomration that is collected thus far.
CARRIE L. Vonnegut Burial: 02/24/1895 Section: 2 Lot: 52
ALBERTA PAULINE VonnegutBurial: 06/02/1893 Section: 2 Lot: 52
INFANT Vonnegut Burial: 03/29/1887 Section: 2 Lot: 52
Mrs. Vonnegut burial 05/08/1890 Section: 2 Lot: 52
BETTY MAY Vonnegut Burial: 09/23/1911 Section: 6 Lot: 4
ELIZABETH COOPER Vonnegut Burial: 05/21/1987 Section: 29 Lot: 6
Indianapolis City Directory, 1889. Indianapolis, IN: R.L. Polk and Co., 1889 & 1890
Name: Henry /vonnegut
City: Indianapolis
State: IN
Occupation: plumber
Year: 1889
Location 2: b 268 S Penn
Name: Margaret /vonnegut (widow Henry)
City: Indianapolis
State: IN
Year: 1889
Location 2: 279 N Liberty
H. C. Chandler & Co.'s Business Directory For Indiana 1868
Merchant Tailors.
Mueller F C, 94 e Washington
Saloons.
Mueller Charles G, 25 s Delaware
Sources:
archINFORM Bernard Vonnegut
Shaping the Circle Bernard Vonnegut
Carl Runyon, Bernard Vonnegut , K’s father's father.
Carl Runyon Clemens /vonnegut Sr.
Society of Architectural Historians, AMERICAN ARCHITECTS' BIOGRAPHIES: Surnames beginning with letter V
"/vonnegut and Bohn Architectural Renderings, 1896, 1911, Collection Guide", "Biographical Sketch". Indiana Historical Society. 2007.
Saxon, Wolfgang (27 April 1997). "Bernard Vonnegut , 82, Physicist Who Coaxed Rain From the Sky". The New York Times
Professional biography - University at Albany website
Bernard Vonnegut 's obituary, The New York Times, April 27, 1997
Ancestry.com
Wikipedia
IMDb
Questionnaire for Architects’ Roster and/or Register of Architects Qualified for Federal Public Works, 13 June 1946.
Annual Report - Indiana Historical Society By Indiana Historical Society By Indiana Historical Society Published 1983 Indiana Historical Society
pg. 82 - Richard /vonnegut Collection Photographs of the Vonnegut family and their summer cottage on Lake Maxinkuckee in the 18905.
10 items.
Vonnegut Family Index