Salina (Shultz) Sotow (1855 - 1942)

Born 2 Jun 1855 in Knox County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Sotow Jr. — married 2 Jun 1873 in Lyon County, Kansas

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1942 at age 87 in Kansas, United States

Biography

Lina was home through the 1870 census.

1873 Marriage

Shultz, Lina - Sotow, Henry, 1873 Jun 02, Book C, Page 014^[1]

1875 Census

See photo. Lina & Henry are in his parents home. Lina's parents are enumerated on the previous page. (See photo linked to her parents and note the Grimsley family there.) Lina & Henry's first born child is in the home. We know that the Frost and Shultz families came to Kansas from Ohio through Illinois. The Sotow family also came to Kansas through Illinois.

Name Henry Sotow

Titles and Terms Jr

Event Place Lyon, Kansas, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Henry Sotow M 29 Germany

Lina Sotow F 20 Illinois

John H Sotow M 1 Kansas^[2]

1880 Census

See photo. Lina & Henry are next door to his parents.

Name Lina Soton

Event Place Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Henry Soton Self M 34 Germany

Lina Soton Wife F 25 Ohio, United States

John H Soton Son M 6 Kansas, United States

T W Gibson Other M 18 Indiana, United States^[3]

1900 Census

See photo. John is on his own. The 3 younger children are in the home. Henry & Lina list 27 years of marriage and Lina lists 4 children with all surviving. Also living with Lina & Henry are his widowed mother and her younger brother. Henry, his Mother & Uncle all list 1858 as the year of immigration.

The future husband (Fay Virgil Reiff-375) of Lina's niece Lillie Salina Jaquith-112 is with his family on this page.

Name Lina Sotow

Event Place Americus Township (part), Lyon, Kansas, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Henry Sotow Head M 54 Germany

Lina Sotow Wife F 46 Ohio

Mary Sotow Daughter F 18 Kansas

Nettie Sotow Daughter F 17 Kansas

Carrie Sotow Daughter F 15 Kansas

Catherine Sotow Mother F 85 Germany

Christopher Roseau Uncle M 82 Germany^[4]

1910 Census

See photo. John and his wife Effie are next door. Henry & Lina list 37 years of marriage and Lina lists 4 children with all surviving. Their 3 daughters are all married and on their own. Henry lists 1857 as the year of immigration.

Also on the page is Charlie Jaquith-103, Lina's nephew and his family.

Name Lina Sotow

Event Place Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Henery Sotow Head M 64 Germany

Lina Sotow Wife F 54 Ohio^[5]

1920 Census

See photo. Henry lists Hanover, Germany as POB. He lists his father's as Mecklenburg and his mother's as Hanover. He also lists 1856 as the year of immigration. 1865 is the year given for naturalization.

Lina's niece Lillie Salina Jaquith-112 and her husband Fay Virgil Reiff-375 and their family are on this page.

Name Lina Soton

Event Place Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Henry Soton Head M 73 Hanover Germany

Lina Soton Wife F 64 Ohio^[6]

1920-1942

Henry died in 1928. I have not located Lina on the 1930 or 1940. She does not appear with the families of any of her children.

I have tidbits that appear to show that Lina stayed in Lyon County beyond the 1920 census, such as:

Luther Frost visited Sunday and Monday with his aunt, Mrs. Frank Jaquith, and his uncle, Sir. T. B. Frost. Clarence Scranton, of Independence, visited with Mrs. Scranton's parents, Mr .and Mrs. Henry Sotow, last week. June 4, 1927, The Emporia Gazette from Emporia, Kansas · Page 11^[7]

Miss Helen Frost spent the Fourth with Miss Ryman, who lives In Lawrence. Mrs. John Sotow, of El Monte Calif., is visiting Mrs. Lina Sotow. Mr. and Mrs. Prod Saffer, of district 117, and Mr. and Mrs Wayne Saffer, of Emporia, visited the Earl Stonebraker and Mattie Jaquith homes Sunday. July 9, 1936, The Emporia Gazette from Emporia, Kansas · Page 11^[8]

Some on-line references give her death in Independence, Montgomery, Kansas -which would put her in the home of her daughter Mary and her husband Clarence Scranton. I have not found an absolute reference and have left it simply as 'Kansas' until more accurate information is found.

1942 Death

Burial: Americus Cemetery

Americus, Lyon, Kansas

Find A Grave Memorial# 82605432

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksfhgslc/LyonCoKSMarriageIndex01.pdf
2. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1875", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6X-SRV9 : 15 August 2017), Henry Sotow, 1875.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF54-3TK : 29 August 2017), Henry Soton, Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 107, sheet 255D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0387; FHL microfilm 1,254,387.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYM-L69 : accessed 5 November 2017), Henry Sotow, Americus Township (part), Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 2B, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,487.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2C2-34K : accessed 5 November 2017), Henery Sotow, Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 40, sheet 9B, family 198, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 445; FHL microfilm 1,374,458.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6P-71M : accessed 5 November 2017), Lina Soton in household of Henry Soton, Americus, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing ED 43, sheet 9B, line 90, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 538; FHL microfilm 1,820,538.
7. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10244513/
8. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10249518/