William Bastin and Mary Oakey Campbell
They had 8 children:
Jakob Schlarp and Katherine Herter
He, b. 8-15-1880-in Sampor, Austria and d. 10-1944. She, b. 1888. They married 1902.
They had 13 children:
Ira and Helen Perry
They had 5 children:
Fred Bastin and Elizabeth Schlarp
They had 2 children:
Fred(Jake)Bastin,Jr. and Bonnie Cornell
They had 3 children:
Lucille(Boots)Bastin and Thomas Howard Dill,Sr.
They had 2 children:
Roxanne Bastin and Richard Kekabah
They had 2 children:
Connie Bastin and Brett Meyers
They had 2 children:
Lisa Bastin and John Razinko
They had 2 children:
Thomas Dill,Jr. and Dawn Moore
She had 1 child,previously.
They had 1 child:
Thomas Dill,Jr. and Patricia Kirkland
They had 2 children:
Kenneth Dill and Erlinda Arradondo
They had 1 child:
Katherine Herter's father was a blacksmith in Austria. He would take the ore from the mines in the mountains(Carpathian) and melt it and make it into wheels, etc. They made carriages, wagons, and wheels for the artillary. Katherine had 6 brothers and she was the youngest. Her mother died when she was very young. They lived in a small village and had 5-10 acres of land outside the village. This was at the base of the Carpathian mountains. Most people in the village lived the same way. They grew vegetables, wheat. They also had a few chickens, pigs, and a couple of cows. The government let the people have the grass from the mountains to cut for hay for thier animals and also the trees for cutting, for thier wood. This was all free. When Katherine's family went to another town to visit, they would put hay in thier wagon and sit on that during thier trip. If they stayed overnight because it was too far to make it in one day, they would sleep on the hay in the wagon. Katherine never went to school because in Austria, at that time, girls only learned to cook, sew and take care of the house. That was womens only occupation. She never learned to read or write in her lifetime. She went to thier church to learn catechism and memorized all the prayers. They were Lutheran.
Jakob Schlarp lived in the same village as Katherine Herter. He worked for Katherines' father to learn the trade of a blacksmith. In those days, you worked for the blacksmith for free in order to learn the trade. Jakob's father also owned land outside the village. Jakob entered the Austrian Cavalry for a couple of years. He had no brothers and no sisters. Jakob married the blacksmith's daughter, Katherine, who was about 15 years old. He had read in the newspapers that America was a place of great wealth. So, he decided to go there. By this time, he and his wife had 1 child, who died at age 1, and another baby, Katie. He came to New York on 8-15-1904. He heard there was work in the coal mines in Monogah, West Virginia. After he worked there for a while, his wife and child came over. That was 5-1907. They rented an extra house (owned by the mining co.), so they could take in borders. She cooked and washed for the borders to make extra money. Then on 12-6-1907, Jakob didn't go to work. He then found out that the coal mine caved in that day and 310 miners were killed. After that they decided to go to Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, for a dollar an acre, they could buy land to clear. They were on thier way by train when they had to stop in Indiana Harbor, because Katherine was expecting and went into labor. After Christ was born they stayed there and Jakob worked as a laborer in the building of the steel mill. He worked for 11 cents an hour and worked a 10 hour day, every day. He walked to and from work, which was 7 miles. There were no roads then, only paths. After working in the mills for a while, he quit and bought a horse and wagon and did hauling. He would haul old railroad ties, coal, etc. Railroad ties sold for 10 cents each. They were used for firewood. Later he opened a store on Deal Street, selling mostly groceries. Katherine also went out and worked for people, doing housework. After liquor was legalized he bought a license and sold beer in the store also. He leased the store and bought a 40 acre farm in New Troy, Michigan and moved there. He raised rye, corn, pickles and also 200 chickens and some pigs. He sold eggs in town. The kids had to walk to school, 4 miles each day. He lived in Michigan 2 years and moved back to Indiana Harbor. He did this, because the renter of the store left and someone had stolen the furnaces from the store. After 8 years, in 1936, he traded the store for a 60 acre farm in DeMotte, In. with Case DeKock. The trade was worth about $6,000.00. He lived in DeMotte until his death in 10-1944, at the age of 64.
