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The Rev. Filben Daughters and Sons

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One of the occupational hazards and doing family ancestry is the constant question of just how far back do you want to go in searching family? As of now, I have two trees set up, one for the Holmes Cook family of 300+ members and one for the Bruemmer family of 400 + members.

There are of course husbands and wives to put in along with their parents and their parents and their parents -parents -sons -daughters their spouses their children etc.


For the Reverend Filben family I kept it just to the daughters and sons with their spouses and children as some of the information I found on each of them was really quite interesting

Depending on where Rev. Filben was needed the most, the family always moved with him. For a time, they lived in Mendocino County, then Pacific Grove, Santa Cruz, Sacramento as well as in San Francisco. Most census takers took down the date of birth for his children and under the heading BORN IN simply put  down California.

Bertha Josphine Filben- Saunders

BERTHA JOSEPHINE FILBEN

On November 16 1898, Florence gave birth to a baby girl whom they named Madeline.

A second daughter Anita was born on Oct 1 in 1900.

The marriage to Florence may have been a happy one in the begining. But she soon showed her true colors, becoming  a very difficult and challenging woman to live with.

Florence began to misappropriate the household funds, using the money given to her for other purposes all the while attacking Frederick with abusive words and cruelty. She described all policemen as bums as you will see in the news article below.

After 12 years of a loveless marriage, Frederick had had enough.  With more than ample evidence, Frederick was granted a divorce in December of 1908. Florence was granted custody of their two daughters.

Florence passed away the following year 

on September 16.

These two historic photos of Frederick come from the collection of my distant cousin Sandra of Texas. This was her grandfather who was the older brother of our Great/Grandpa Charles Cook!​

Sitting proudly upon his horse, Frederick's work as policeman began in 1907 and it would not be long before he would be promoted to Corporal.

Many articles in the San Francisco newspapers would describe his wonderful dedication to both his job and the public!

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