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Presented by Deborah Shelton Wood in honor of the Behr family.
Dr Arno Behr of Polompen, East Prussia, Germany, was a chemist of notable talent. Some of his discoveries
and patents have helped shape our world of today. He came to America when he was about 40 years of age where he married the
lovely Eva Moring.
Among his many honors and awards, in 1909, Dr. Behr received the prestigious "Perkins Award" from
the Society of the Chemical Industry, in recognition of his lifelong achievements.
| Prussian Behr Family Original Crest |
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1. Arno BEHR was born Aug 1846 in Prussia, GER. He married Eva MORING, daughter of Augustine MORING and Mary Jane BRAYNARD.
She was born Nov 1862 in NY.
Children of Arno BEHR and Eva MORING are:
2 i. Martha BEHR was born 1881 in NJ.
+ 3 ii. Ernst BEHR was born 19 Jan 1887 in Illinois, and died 29 Jan 1976 in Yuba City, Sutter, CA.
+ 4 iii. Elsa BEHR was born ABT 1888 in Illinois.
+ 5 iv. Otho Moring BEHR was born 17 Feb 1894 in IOWA, and died 18 Jul 1962 in Los Angeles Co, CA.
Descendant Register, Generation No. 2
3. Ernst BEHR (Arno BEHR1) was born 19 Jan 1887 in Illinois, and died 29 Jan 1976 in Yuba City, Sutter, CA. He married
Aloise GEBHARDT, daughter of Charles Gebhardt and Dorothea A INGHAM. She was born 8 Apr 1889 in CA, and died 21 Jul 1969 in
Los Angeles Co, CA.
Child of Ernst BEHR and Aloise GEBHARDT is:
6 i. Arno BEHR was born ABT 1923.
4. Elsa BEHR (Arno BEHR1) was born ABT 1888 in Illinois, and died in 1980 in France. She married Rufus Paine SPALDING,
son of Zephaniah Swift SPALDING and Wilhemina Harris MAKEE. He was born 13 Nov 1875 in Hawaii, and died 30 Oct 1946 in Los
Angeles Co CA.
Child of Elsa BEHR and Rufus Paine SPALDING is:
7 i. Rufus P SPALDING was born 2 Jan 1910 in HI, and died 31 Oct 1991 in Kailua Kona, HI.
5. Otho Moring BEHR (Arno BEHR1) was born 17 Feb 1894 in IOWA, and died 18 Jul 1962 in Los Angeles Co, CA. He married
Marguerite BAXTER 1910, daughter of John BAXTER and Emma J PARKE. She was born 16 Oct 1893 in PA, and died 30 Jul 1982 in
Laguna Niguel, Orange Co, CA.
Children of Otho Moring BEHR and Marguerite BAXTER are:
8 i. Otho Moring BEHR II was born 26 Oct 1914 in Los Angeles Co, CA. He married three times. His second wife was
Arleen Rose COSTELLO, daughter of Thomas W COSTELLO and Louella WELCH OR ALLEN. She was born 11 May 1919 in WA, and died 12
Jul 1990 in Orange Co CA.
9 ii. Martha BEHR was born 12 Dec 1922 in Los Angeles Co, CA.
10 iii. Elsa BEHR was born 15 Jul 1928 in Los Angeles Co, CA.
+ 11 iv. Janet BEHR was born 11 Dec 1929 in Los Angeles Co, CA, and died 8 Oct 1993 in Orange Co CA.
Descendant Register, Generation No. 3
11. Janet BEHR (Otho Moring BEHR2, Arno BEHR1) was born 11 Dec 1929 in Los Angeles Co, CA, and died 8 Oct 1993 in Orange
Co CA. She married John V CROUL, son of Charles R CROUL and Gertrude A GRIMSHAW. He was born 8 Jun 1924.
Click to view the BEHR FAMILY TREE
Regarding the state or Kingdom of Prussia; The king of Prussia invited German settlers from all over Germany. He decided
to grant tax advantages and subsidies to encourage growth in Prussia.
Prussia attained its greatest importance in the 18th and 19th centuries. By the 18th century, Prussia ascended to the
position of third European great power under the reign of Frederick II of Prussia (1740-1786).
The Kingdom of Prussia dominated northern Germany politically, economically, and in terms of population, and was the core
of the unified North German Confederation formed in 1867, which became the German Empire or Deutsches Reich in 1871.
With the end of the Hohenzollern Monarchy in Germany following World War I, Prussia became part of the Weimar Republic
in 1919. Prussia as a state was abolished de facto by the Nazis in 1934 and de jure by the Allied Powers in 1945.
The village of Polompen lies in the district of Tilsit in Eastern Prussia. Polompen is very near the larger town of Willkischken.
This area is what I would call a peninsula of sorts located between the Baltic Sea and Black Sea.
We know that Arno's greatgrandfather lived in Tilsit, East Prussia, GER, which was renamed after WWII when it was transferred
to the Soviet Union and renamed Sovetsk.
According to "Die Borfahren" issue of "Die Pommerschen Leute" Quarterly, Ernst Behr's father was David
Behr b 1740 d 1803 and his grandfather was David Behr b 1709 of Koenigsberg OPR d 1771; Siblings to Ernst are Ludwig Behr
and Betty Behr Maul.
| Tilsit, East Prussia |
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| From an old Postcard |
| Present day Tilsit, now named Sovetsk |
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| The Queen Louise Bridge |
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