Notes:
Data source is Jane Medefesser, E-mail jane@medefesser.com
Data source is Christie Schoch Grosson. E-mail cgrosson@brynmawr.edu
Grandmother Moomau's great-grandfather was the 7th of nine sons of the Earl of Leavitt. He settled in New Hampshire in the 1640's with the last name of Leavitt.
Okay, it would have to Grandmother Moomau's mother Abbie Leavitt's paternal grandfather was the 7th son.
Daddy thinks Grandmother Moomau was in Chicago during WWII.
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Sarah Vivian Schoch [I don't know where this came from - Must be an obituary from the 1950's]
Born January 24, 1881, near Hamond Illinois. Eldest daughter in family of eleven children of Walter Scott and Abbie (Leavitt) Moomau. Moved to Medicine Lodge, Kanas, in Jan 1985 onto government land, which was open for settlement. Educated in the rural schools of Barber County and taught four successive terms there. Returning to Illinois in 1904. Was united in marriage to Simon Theodore Schoch April 19 1905. To this union was born six children, two of whom preceded her in death, Ralph in 1924, and Inez in 1926. Mr. Schoch was removed by death in October 1932.
In 1941, family was broken, Mrs. Schoch going to Evanston where she graduated from a practical nurses training school. She nursed many homes in this vicinity, going to Milwaukee in late 1944 where she has since resided. Was converted at an early age, uniting with Methodist Church at Medicine Lodge. After her marriage she transferred by letter to the Congregational Church of Urbana, of which she is still a member. She was a member of Rebekkah Lodge in Urbana, V. F. W. Auxiliary in West Bend, and Golden Age Club of Milwaukee. As a young woman she was intreested in church, school, and civic activities. She leaves three sons -- Walter of Chicago; Keith of Seoul, Korea; Elizabeth Hirth of Tenafly, NJ; Harry of West Bend, Wisconsin; ten grandchildren, also five brothers -- Charles and Cleve, Medicine Lodge, Kansas; Harry and Claude of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Clif of Stirling, Il; and a sister Mrs. Inez Hooker of Prosser, Washington. Numerous neices and nephews and friends. 53 Psalm -- "She hath done what she could", "Beautiful Isles of Somwhere", 'Whispering Hope", & "Safe in the Arms of Jesus".