Ira Ringering
also written Ira in the book
Biography
Military service also recorded as “Served in the army in World War I; returned before marrying Bessie in 1919.” (History of the Guild Family). Quarantined on the farm in 1917 and cared for Bessie night and day during her diphtheria.
Timeline
1917
Bessie's diphtheria quarantine
The sheriff quarantined Ira, Olive, and Dan at the farm when Bessie contracted diphtheria. Ira nursed her; Floyd and Clarence ran away to avoid quarantine.
History of the Guild Family1919
Bessie marries Ira
Bessie left home to marry Ira upon his return from army service.
History of the Guild FamilyBefore the inheritance, perhaps about 1918
Bessie leaves home to marry Ira Ringering
Ira had just returned from World War I.
History of the Guild FamilyJust before Bessie left home to marry him
Ira Ringering returns from World War I
History of the Guild FamilyWorld War I; returned before his 1919 marriage
Ira's World War I army service
Ira served in the army during World War I.
History of the Guild FamilyAfter Dan lost the property
Clarence joins Bessie's household
Clarence traveled to live with his sister and her husband.
History of the Guild Family
Stories mentioning Ira
- An Unexpected Inheritance and a Granary HomeAn elderly bachelor left his wooded 160-acre property and operating sawmill to the poorest family in St. Mathias Township. The township elders chose the Dan Guild family. Floyd and Clarence saw a hopeful future, while Olive feared Dan would ruin their good fortune. Dan, Olive, Floyd, and Clarence made the windowless granary livable by sealing its open slat-work. Bessie had already left home to marry Ira Ringering, recently returned from World War I, and Pearl had died of diphtheria at 16 a year earlier.
- From the Old Farm to a New Start in MolineFamily memories follow Dan and Olive on the Falk property, the mysterious driveway inscription, Myrtle's minnow sales, and Bessie's diphtheria quarantine and marriage. After Dan lost the property, Clarence moved to Bessie's home and Floyd stayed with Uncle Bernie, learning horse care and practical jokes. Gus Falk helped Floyd move to Moline and find work in 1921. Relatives admired his success, and visits and reunions continued through his parents' later years. The passage preserves contradictory dates in Olive's calendar account and the boys' refusal to admit writing the inscription.
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