Company A
Private
Ernst F. Blase was born in Germany in 1841 and emigrated to the United States about 1853. He fought in the Indian uprising battle of Birch Coulie in southwestern Minnesota in September of 1862. The soldiers in his unit suffered the most casualties of all the Indian war battles.
Ernst lived in Minnesota six years before the Civil War, working on the Blase family farm in Dakota County attending school as frequently as possible. In 1860, the young hazel-eyed, five-foot seven inch young man lived in St. Paul with the Alfred Davidson family. He was employed there as a carpenter’s apprentice.
With the contentious 1850s slavery debate before the Civil war and the fall of Fort Sumter, Ernst soon felt compelled to serve in the Civil War and enlisted on August 9th, 1862. He was assigned to Company A of the Sixth Minnesota Infantry Volunteers. The unit was promised that they would be “moved to the seat of war” in the East as soon as the regiment was full.
However, on August 19th, while Ernst was serving guard post duty at Ft. Snelling, Governor Ramsey was alerted about the Sioux Indian uprisings in south western Minnesota; immediately he went to Ft. Snelling to activate and dispatch military units to the area. Soldiers of this regiment soon learned that their hopes of moving East to see finally “the elephant” was not going to happen any time soon.
Enroute to the embattled area, twenty-one year old Private Ernst F. Blase found himself with a Springfield rifle in hand and in the company of Regimental Commander William R. Crooks, several regimental companies of men, and Colonel Henry H. Sibley, of Mendota. Their mission was to bury the victims of the Indian uprising near New Ulm, Minnesota but soon they found themselves in the middle of the ensuing Indian uprising.
The day after they arrived, Indians surrounded the camp during the night and they attacked early in the morning. During the battle, Ernst felt a huge blow to his head but thought someone nearby had struck him with the butt of his rifle. He continued fighting with a severe headache. Later, while talking to a buddy, he tipped up his hat. His alarmed buddy screamed, “Blase, you’re wounded!” A “22 caliber rifle ball had struck him in the right forehead, just above the visor of his soldier’s cap” and blood streamed down his face.
Ernst’s wound was severe. A spent bullet was the culprit but it had not penetrated his skull. Luckily, it had lodged into the boney part of his forehead inside the outer skull. Soon relief soldiers rescued the debilitated soldiers and tended to the sick.
Ernst and ordered
The Indian battles continued for weeks in southwestern Minnesota, but for Ernst it was over. He now faced a personal medical battle. Ernst’s doctor ordered him sent back to Ft. Snelling, Minnesota and was ordered to ride in the spring cushioned sick wagon. At Ft. Snelling, without the help of anesthetic, the doctor trephined his wound. With the help of several men to hold Ernst still, the surgeon removed the bullet by taking a surgical core from his skull.
Ernst spent the next couple of months recovering and but his medical evaluation report cited that he was only at one-fourth of his soldiering functionality. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army on December 9, 1862.
Wounded and as incapacitated as he was, Ernst re-enlisted in the U.S.Army two years later on 14 July 1864. He was assigned to Troop I of the 5th United States Cavalry Unit under the command of General Sheridan, enlisting under the assumed name of Frederick C. Davis because he thought that if the authorities new of his previous wound, he would not be able to serve.
During this portion of his Army service, he participated in Sherman’s March to the Sea, and was present at the signing of the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
After the war, Ernst participated in the Grand Review parade in Washington, DC, visited family in St. Louis, then returned home to Minnesota where he again took up the carpentry trade with his brother Gerhardt Blase and be near his other broth John H. Blase.
Ernst F. Blase died March 17, 1922 in North St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. He had been married twice, first to Sophia Neipolt and had sons Wesley C. and John Frederick Blase. His second marriage was to Margaret C. Bach. That marriage produced Isabelle, Amelia M., Annetta L., Arthur A. and Roland R. Blase.
Sources:
U.S. Government, Military Records - Pension File of Ernst F. Blasé from the National Archives, Washington, DC ; Pension # 7046 / XC 2706 436
Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York, 1912)
''Obituary: Blase, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922),'' St. Paul Dispatch Newspaper, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.
Photos of Ernst F. Blase in possession of Jean Weddle.
Descendants of Ernst Fredrick Blase
Generation No. 1
1. Ernst Fredrick5 Blase (Gerhard Wilhelm Friedrich4, Johan Friedrich3, Johan Gerhard2 Blasen, Johan Heinrich1)1,2 was born 09 Jul 1841 in Hanover, Wimmer, Germany (Prussia)3,4, and died 17 Mar 1922 in St. Paul Dispatch, Died of Nephritis, died: North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN5. He married (1) Sophia Neipolt6 01 Jul 1868 in Woodbury, Washington Co., MN. She was born Abt. 1851 in Illinois7, and died 15 Apr 1871 in 12 MAY 1871?. He married (2) Margaret C. Bach 19 Jun 1872 in Woodbury, Washington Co., MN, daughter of Martin Bach and Margaret Hening. She was born 30 Jan 1852 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO8, and died Dec 1941 in North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN8.
Notes for Ernst Fredrick Blase:
Grandson Kenneth Edgar Beebe (son of Isabelle Blase Beebe) said his grandfather was a ''quiet man yet he was the one who ruled the roost.'' Ken Beebe also said that Ernst also bought 180 acres of land at Silver Lake in North St. Paul. He was very good friends with Henry A. Castle, an old Civil War Commander.
Born: Wimmer, Hanover, Germany [Heimer Mosk[?], Hanover, Germany]?
OCCUPATIONAL INFO:
- Spent one year after arrival in St. Louis, with brother (which one?).
- Attended school parttime in St. Louis
- After moving to Dakota Co., he apprenticed/journeyman as a carpenter.
- In Salem (Dakota Co.) attended school as often as he could.
- Worked on Brother''s farm at Salem ''for a few years''.
- Worked 1 Season for John P. Owens on a farm at North Branch, MN.
- Carpenter- Listed in 1869-70 St. Paul City Directory, nearest to Ernst F. living on Pine: William Farrell, 66 Pine. Did Ernst & Brother Gerhardt work with this man then? Were they in business by themselves?
- Ernst & Brother went to build train stations for a railroad in Iowa circa late 1860s. Railroads listed in the 1869-70 Rice & Bell''s City Directory: St. Paul & Chicago Railroad, Offices 160 Third.
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, Offices 82 Lower Levee.
St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad Co., Office 134 Third.
Illinois Central, Office 71 Lower Levee
Lake Superior & Missippi, Offices 78 Jackson
Milwaukee & St. Paul, Office 87 Third, Prince''s Block
Pennsylvania Central, 53 W. Fourth
Looked in the 1869-70 & 1871 Business Section of the St. Paul City Directories for Ernst. He definately was a contractor carpenter because he is NOT listed as a business in the directory.
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History of St. Paul & Vicinity, Henry A. Castles, 1912, page 1135: ''worked as an apprentice, and afterward worked as a journeyman.'' (carpentry).
MILITARY INFORMATION:
- Civil War Veteran: Re-enlisted Aug.1863 (5th U.S. Cavalry, Co. I). He was present at the surrender of General Lee. Participated in the Grand Review in Wash. DC. Family said he re-enlisted under the name DAVIS.
Battle of Birch Coolie: Served as the relief expedition (6th MN Infantry Vol.), as a Private) under Capt. Grant. Wounded in this relief battle effort. Discharged Dec. 1862.
1862: Serving at a guardpost at Ft. Snelling, Gov. Ramsey came to Fort to order the Regiment to Birch Coulie.
Reenlisted August 1863 under pseudynm ''DAVIS''. Assigned to Co. I, 5th US Cavalry.
Present at surrender of Civil War, Appomattox (5th U.S. Cavalry). Participated in the Grand Review Parade, Washington, DC. He visited St. Louis after the war (probably to see family) then went back to St. Paul. (Roland R. Blase letters support this too.)
Visited family in St. Louis, MO after the War, then returned to Minnesota.
EMIGRATION:
- Mother and brother ''Fred'' died enroute to USA. Buried at sea at Port of Embarkation.
- Landed in New Orleans, February 1853, straight to St. Louis (Stayed on boat til it reached New Orleans , Roland R. Blase)
- Arrived in St. Paul, 1854
''Early Days of North St. Paul'' (Ramsey County, MN): He came finished the trip to U.S. with friends who had tow brothers & a sister in the U.S. He traveled with them to St. Louis.
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Family Legend:
She emmigrated 6 mos. after the death of her husband''s death with two of her sons Frederick and Ernst. They were going to meet up with her older children John Henry, Gerhardt Heinrich, and Dau. Clara in or around St. Louis. She took her two youngest sons to the Port of Bremerhaven. She and son Fred contacted Cholera and died at the port and were buried at sea.
One family legend account says that she and Fred died before leaving the harbor. Another says that she died while aboard the vessel. If they were indeed buried at sea, they may have contacted the disease at Port but probably died at sea. Perhaps Ernst continued alone on the journey because she died at sea else it is possible to consider that he might have stayed in Germany and lived with allied family members. Nevertheless, Ernst completed the journey by himself and entered the United States alone.
Ernst''s family belongings and the money he now carried after his mother''s demise were all he had. While enroute to the United States on a 15 week journey, a man who Ernst entrusted with his personal belongings, gambled and squandered it away. The man claimed to be a friend of the family. Alone and now destitute, Ernst landed at the Port of New Orleans abt. February 1853 (51?) and finally made his way up the Mississippi on a Steamboat to meet with his older brothers and sister in St. Louis, Missouri.
Ernst''s son Roland Blase (''Jumbo'') said that Ernst lived with his brother John Henry Blase and his new wife. (This would be after May 1853 if true)
ORGANIZATIONS he belonged to:
Member of Acker Post of the G.A.R. of St. Paul. (Grand Army of the Republic)
member of the A.O.U.W.
Member of Methodist Episcopal Church (Obituary)
HISTORY OF ST. PAUL & VICINITY, Henry A. Castle, 1912, Vol III, Citations:
- Age 12 when father died.
- Mother and brother ''Fred'' died 6 mos. after Father, waiting in port for embarkation to USA (Cholera). - Ernst continued his journey on to USA by himself. 15 weeks (abt 4 months) enroute to St. Louis.
- 2 brothers, 1 sister preceded Ernst to USA. Sister''s residence- Belleville, Illinois. Two Brothers were in ''St. Paul'' (?)
- He sustained financial loss & personal belongings when his money was entrusted to a ''scoundrel'' , claiming to be his friend, squandered his money by gambling while in transit to US. Supposed to have landed in Port of New Orleans. He then worked his way up river to meet with other siblings in St. Louis.
- Spent one year after arrival in St. Louis, with brother.
- Arrived in St. Paul 1854. Worked on Brother''s farm at Salem ''for a few years'' and attended school as often as he could.
- 1862: Serving at a guardpost at Ft. Snelling, Gov. Ramsey came to Fort Snelling to order the Regiment to Birch Coulie.
- Present at surrender of Civil War, Appomattox (5th U.S. Cavalry). Participated in the Grand Review Parade, Washington, DC. He visited St. Louis after the war (probably to see family) then went back to St. Paul.
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LAND PURCHASE:
1874- purchased 160 acres land ($10 acres) in North St. Paul. Later he bought 80 acres more. He sold 50 acres in 1887, during boom, to a land Company. Moved to North St. Paul in 1876. Roland Blase''s family history mentions something about Ernst being unhealthy.
- Moved to North St. Paul in 1876. Pat Rangitsch said the house was near Hwy. 36 & Hwy 120.
- 1887- sold 50 acres during boom, to a Land Company.
Minnesota History Quarterly Vol 16, No. 3,page 364, Sept. 1935: Magazine says: ''Henry Castles''s house was built on Silver Lake, North St. Paul in 1880s (Ernst lived on Silver Lake). Castle built the house on a farm when North St. Paul was developed as a boom town. Article in St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 12, 1935.'' [Ernst was a good friend of Henry Castle.]
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OBITUARY Information:
His home was on Division Street NE, North St. Paul, MN
At time of death: 7 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren; Riverview cemetery, North St. Paul, MN. Rev. F.D. McRae of North Presbyterian church conducted the services. Pall Bearers at his funeral: J.W. Herrick, C.B. Boody, F.W. Gall, R.A. Vosburgh, Martin Conlin and Wm. Ott.
It states that he was in the 6th Minn. Infantry & the 5th U.S. Cavalry in the Civil War. He emigrated in 1853, landing in New Orleans Feb. 1853. From there he immediately went to St. Louis. He arrived in St. Paul in 1854. Purchased farm ''near North St. Paul'' in 1874 & moved the family there in 1876. He was a member of the Acker Post of the G.A.R.; member of the A.O.U.W.; member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He was survived by his wife: Margaret C. Blase & 6 children. Wesley C. Blase, MPLS; Mrs. E.A.Beebe, St. Paul; Miss Amelia Blase & Roland R. Blase both of North St. Paul. Mrs. C.H. Kessler, Oak Park, Illinois; Arthur Blase, Redstone, Montana.
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MISC:
Lester C. BLASE found in Minnesota Hist. Soc. Manuscripts:
He worked for Great Northern Company''s Personnel Department.
Index to Personnel files. Microfilm roll #1, A-C., #405595, Occupation: Boiler Maker, Dale Street Shops. (Could this be Wesley C. Blase -his son- of MPLS?)
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Notes taken from his son Roland ''Jumbo'' Blase family notes
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Ernst born in Heimer Mosque, Hanover, Germany on 9 July 1841. He came(left for?) to America November 1852 all alone- Father, Mother and Fred having died before leaving Germany. Landed at New Orleans in February 1853 but he remained on the boat until it reached St. Louis, Missouri.
He moved to Minnesota in 1854. During the US Civil War he served as a Private in Company A, 6th Minnesota Volunteers under Captain Grant, August 6, 1862. Ernst fought in the Indian Uprisings of Minnesota in the Battle of Birch Coulie, where he was seriously wounded. He received an honorable discharge from service December 9, 1862.
In August 1863 he reenlisted and was assigned to Co. I, 5th U.S. Cavalry under the name of ''Frederick C. Davis''. He was present at the surrender of General Lee and participated in the Grand Review at Washington, DC.
He visited St. Louis after the war and then came back to St. Paul.
In 1874 purchased 160 acres of land in North St. Paul ($10 per acre) and later bought 80 more. Sold 50 acres in 1887 during the economic boom to a Land Company. Moved to North St. Paul in 1876. Was twice married - first wife was Sophia Niepolt, married 1 July 1868 in Woodbury, Washington Co., Minnesota. Two Children were born to this marriage. His second marriage was to Margaret C. Bach (Henning) June 19, 1872 at Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota.
Children of first marriage: Wesley b. 25 May 1869;
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Newspaper article dated December 25, 1919 [15?], from papers of Roland Blase:
''This Christmas day will certainly be a merry one at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Blase, Division and 13th Avenue [today it may be 7th Ave.] for they are holding a family reunion, with the following children present: W.C. Blase, Minneapolis; Mrs. E. A. Beebe of Hamline; Amelia Blase of Redstone, Montana; Miss Annetta Blase, San Francisco, Cal.; Arthur Blase, Red Stone, Mont.; Rolland Blase of [G?]onca City, Okalhoma.
The grandchildren who are in attendance are: Mr. and Mrs. Ray Boufant [sp?], St. Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Beebe of St. Louis, MO; Keneth, Marvin and Wyn Beebe, Hamline; Burton Blase, Minneapolis and a nephew, Fred Blase and wife of West St. Paul. Grandpa and Grandma Blase are to be congratulated upon their good fortune of having such an enjoyable affair take place and no doubt will long be remembered by those in attendance. The happy old couple can also boast of a number of great grandchildren.
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Newspaper article dated 30 Mar. 1963, ''Family Grows Old Gracefully'':
...Ernst Blase, the father, is a story by himself - a Civil War soldier who enlisted under an assumed name and witnessed Lee''s surrender at Appomattox; a veteran of the Sioux uprising who on his forehead carried with pride the bullet hole left from his wound at Birch Coulee; a successful farmer-contractor who could look back with satisfaction on what he did with his life after coming to America from Germany as a boy of 12, orphaned when both his parents died on the boat crossing the Atlantic.''
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Cousin John said that Ernst built Water tanks for the steam railroad. Then he built these on up the Rail line through the Dakotas, and Montana etc.
Questions to answer:
1885 MN State census lists Ernst in Ward #5, census pg 7. Was this North St. Paul at that time?
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Minnesota History and Biography, 1915, by Henry A. Castle.
Town of North St. Paul summary pgs. 719-720, Volume 1;
There was a railroad that went through North St. Paul in the Chicago Division of the ''Soo'' Railway. (p.719); There was an electric rail line that started in St. Paul and went for 8 miles to North St. Paul. It was run by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company (p.719); North St. Paul had 6 churches, many fraternal societies in 1915 (p. 719); There was one weekly newspaper (no name listed) (p. 719).
More About Ernst Fredrick Blase:
Died 2: 15 Apr 1871, Sophia- 1st wife dies.9
Burial: Mar 1922, Lakeview cemetery, North St. Paul, MN10
Cause of Death: nephritis
Cemetary: Lakeview, St. Paul11
Census 1: 28 May 1885, MN, Ramsey Co., St. Paul; Ward #5 (Is this Fred Blase of Dakota co?)12
Census 2: 11 Aug 1870, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Ward 5, Cen. pg. 18, Image #913
Church 1: 1922, North Presbyterian, at time of death; obituary14
Church 2: 1922, Methodist Episcopal Church; Roland Blase History14
Emigration 1: Bet. Nov 1852 - Feb 1853, Left at Port of Hamburg or Bremerhaven, Germany Nov. 1852/arr. New Orleans 185315,16,17
Emigration 2: Bet. 1853 - 1854, To St. Paul: History of St. Paul & Vicinity (Castle) suggests this date18
Emigration 3: 1854, Arrived St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN19
History: 1887, North St. Paul was founded in 1887 as a residential and Manufacturing suburb, Mostly furniture & wood working lines;
Medical Information: dark complexion; hazel eyes, black hair.
Military service 1: 09 Aug 1862, Enlisted 6th MN Inf. Regiment, Co. A, under Cpt. Grant (min of 3 yrs service)20,21
Military service 2: 06 Aug 1862, Enrolled for military duty. (company muster roll)22
Military service 3: 01 Sep 1862, Troop movement by boat from Ft. Snelling to Carver, MN Indian Uprising; troop movement ordered by Gov. Ramsey.23
Military service 4: 02 Sep 1862, Shot in head with spent bullets; Battle of Birch Coulie Indian Uprising Battle, SW Minnesota24,25,26
Military service 5: 31 Dec 1862, Discharged from Army (rank of Private)- medical, from Ft. Snelling, MN27
Military service 6: Aug 1863, Re-enlisted in Army under Alias name- Company I, 5th U.S. Cavalry, Co. I- Alias name: ''Frederick C. Davis''28
Military service 7: Bef. Aug 1865, Marched in GRAND REVIEW parade in Wash. DC; Present at Surrender: Appomattox28
Military service 8: 19 Aug 1865, Mustered out of Army @ Ft. Snelling (CW Pension recs)29
Military service 9: Jan 1883, Listed on Pensioners Roll, Cause: Wound of head30
Occupation 1: Bet. 1854 - 1871, Carpenter31,32,33,34
Occupation 2: Bet. 1856 - 1862, Worked at farming & went to school as work allowed-date approx.35
Occupation 3: Bet. 1857 - 1869, Worked one season in this time frame for John P. Ownes on farm in North Branch.35
Occupation 4: Aft. Dec 1862, Worked at Carpentry trade as a contractor.
Occupation 5: Bet. 1865 - 1874, Contracted w/Brother building train stations in Iowa.
Occupation 6: Bet. 1865 - 1874, Minneapolis- built first turntable & first freighthouse
Politics 1: 1912, Republican Party36
Politics 2: 1912, Held: Office of Clerk of District No. 6237
Religion: 1912, Methodist Episcopal Church38
Residence 1: 1922, Division Street, North St. Paul39
Residence 2: Bef. 1854, Prussia before emigration in 1852-440
Residence 3: 1854, Moved to St. Paul from St. Louis41
Residence 4: 02 Jun 1860, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN, 1s Ward42
Residence 5: 09 Dec 1862, CW Pension Recs: Discharge papers lists Ernst''s forwarding address in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN43
Residence 6: Bet. 1869 - 1870, 110 Pine St., St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN44
Residence 7: 1871, 110 Pine St., St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN45
Residence 8: Bet. 1872 - 1873, On Farm near Four Lakes for 1 year.46
Residence 9: 1874, Purchased Farm ''Near'' North St. Paul, moving from St. Paul, 160 acres.47,48
Residence 10: 1876, Moved to North St. Paul, MN49
Residence 11: 1885, MN, Ramsey Co., St. Paul; Ward #5; Enumeration Date: 28 May 1885; Census Page 7.50
Residence 12: 1887, Sold 50 acres land, North St. Paul during economic boom. sold to a land company. (or railroad?)51,52
Residence 13: 12 Jun 1900, Oakdale, Washington Co., MN (Silver lake was in Oakdale Twp. in 1900)53
Residence 14: Dec 1919, 7th Ave. & Division, North St. Paul, MN
Residence 15: 12 Nov 1964, Posthumously- 2747 DeMontreville Road, North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN (Children still lived in the house)
Undertaker: 1922, Joseph Miller, North St. Paul54
Veteran Organization 1: 1912, Member of G.A.R., Acker Post, St. Paul55
Veteran Organization 2: 1912, Member A.O.U.W., St. Paul, MN55
Notes for Sophia Neipolt:
Her maiden name may be spelled: Niepolt or Nieppolt
More About Ernst Blase and Sophia Neipolt:
Marriage 1: 01 Jul 1868, Woodbury, Washington Co., MN
Marriage 2: 01 Jan 1868, Woodbury, Washington Co., MN
Notes for Margaret C. Bach:
Raised by her Aunt Anna. Her father married Anna after her real Mother died.
Her half brothers & Sisters by her father''s marriage to Anna: Philapena, Lizzie, Mathilda, Annie, John M. Clara, Albert, Adaline, Lilly, Edgar 7 Ella. All born in Woodbury Twp., Washington Co, MN
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Her obituary says she was a member of the Methodist Church and North St. Paul chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
The Stahlman mortuary did the arrangements. (The St. Paul Dispatch, Dec. 24, 1941 cites that she attended the Methodist Church in No. St. Paul until it disbanded - not date given)
Survived by: Wesley Blase, Arthur Blase, Roland Blase, Annetta Kessler, Belle Beebe, Amelia Blase, Albert Bach, John Bach, Anna Bach (sis), Ella Bach (sis), Tina (Bach) Kochendorfer).
Burial Lakeview cemetery, North St. Paul.
Articles from Roland Blase: A newspaper article written about 1938 (no date or newspaper title attached) states:
She was born in St. Louis, MO.
Her Mother died when she was 11 days old.
Her Father and Step-Mother brought her to Minnesota on a steamboat when she was about age 5.(1857).
They settled in Woodbury Twp. right away.
Attended school in the church parsonage.
An Uncle and her grandparents came up to be with them (from Missouri) before the railroads were in the area. They travelled by 6-8 covered wagons. They were ''Impatient to move to Henderson''.
More About Margaret C. Bach:
Burial: Dec 1941, Lakeview Cemetery, North St. Paul56
Migration: 1857, Woodbury Twp., Washington Co., MN from St. Louis, MO56
More About Ernst Blase and Margaret Bach:
Marriage: 19 Jun 1872, Woodbury, Washington Co., MN
Children of Ernst Blase and Sophia Neipolt are:
2 i. Wesley Charles6 Blase, born 25 May 186957; died 26 Feb 1952 in 82 years old. MPLS58. He married Blanche L. Willey 07 Jun 1893; born 05 Feb 1874; died Feb 1946.
Notes for Wesley Charles Blase:
Lived in MPLS 1912. Had wife (unk), two sons, two dau.
He became a widower.
Engineer for the Milwaukee Railroad. He was once a Supervisor in this company. Retired from this company.
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Roland ''Jumbo'' Blase notes:
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Address: 979 14th Avenue S.E., Minneapolis, Minn. at death. He was age 82. Died 26 February 1952. Services at Lakewood Chapel.
He was a travelling Engineer for Milwaukee Road Railroad for 45 years.
More About Wesley Charles Blase:
Church: 1952, Lakewood Chapel58
Occupation: 1912, Engineer, Milwaukee Rd. R.R., in MPLS Worked 45 yrs for R.R. (retired from there)59
Residence 1: 1922, 979 14th Ave. S.E., MPLS- at time of father''s death60
Residence 2: 1885, Ward #5, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN, living with Niepolt family61
Residence 3: Bet. 1938 - 1942, Minneapolis62
More About Wesley Blase and Blanche Willey:
Marriage: 07 Jun 1893
3 ii. John Frederick Blase, born Abt. 08 Apr 1871; died Abt. 15 Apr 1871 in Baby died in infancy.
Children of Ernst Blase and Margaret Bach are:
4 i. Isabelle6 Blase, born 31 Mar 1873 in MN; died Abt. Dec 1968. She married Ernest A. Beebe 10 May 1893 in North St. Paul, Washington Co., MN63; born Abt. 1871 in Ceylon, Wisconsin64; died 02 Dec 1940 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN64.
Notes for Isabelle Blase:
Her marriage ceremony occurred at the home of her parents. They had a ''large circle of friends'' at the ceremony. She is described as the oldest daughter of ''Col. Ernst F. Blase'' and admired by all for her many womanly graces and lovable characteristics.
Isabelle Lived in St. Paul at time of Father''s death
Had four sons- at time of 1912, Henry Castle St. Paul History.
She was found dead in bed. Had trouble with blood clots.
Lived in North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN
More About Isabelle Blase:
Cause of Death: Blood clot problem.
Residence: 1922, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN
Notes for Ernest A. Beebe:
Employed at time of marriage with Wisconsin Central Railroad.
More About Ernest Beebe and Isabelle Blase:
Marriage: 10 May 1893, North St. Paul, Washington Co., MN65
5 ii. Amelia Marie Blase, born 12 Nov 1874 in MN; died 24 Feb 1965. She married Charles Henry Temme.
Notes for Amelia Marie Blase:
Single at time of Father''s death
Professional nurse at time of 1912, Henry Castle, St. Paul History
Her middle initial may be ''E.'' according to Roland ''Jumbo'' Blase.
She lived with her brother and two sisters in November 1964, age 90. A newspaper article of her 90th birthday was printed November 12, 1964. She is not referred to as Mrs. Temme but Amelia Blase. Why? The article says that they lived in one of three houses that was built on the Blase land since 1874.
''Family Grows Old Gracefully'':
She was a nurse. She is referred to as a ''retired nurse'' in the article ''Family Grows Old Gracefully'', 30 Mar. 1963. She homesteaded in Montana, nursed people through the World War I flu epidemic, drove a buggy as North St. Paul''s first rural mail carrier.
More About Amelia Marie Blase:
Residence 1: 1922, North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN
Residence 2: 1922, North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN
Residence 3: 12 Nov 1964, 2747 DeMontreville Road, North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN
6 iii. Annetta L. Blase, born Jan 1877 in MN; died Bef. 1968 in Oak Park, Illinois. She married Claud H. Kessler.
Notes for Annetta L. Blase:
Designer, living in San Francisco, CA at time of 1912, Henry Castle History of St. Paul
Lived in Oak Park, Illinois in 1922.
Article named: Family Grows Old Gracefully, 30 Mar. 1963 [St. Paul Dispatch ?]:
She was an interior deorating advertiser for a large San Francisco store.
More About Annetta L. Blase:
Residence: 1922, Oak Park, Illinois
7 iv. Arthur A. Blase, born 27 Jul 1885 in Oakdale, Washington Co., MN (later North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN)66,67; died 02 Jan 1962 in Plentywood or Garfield, Garfield Country, Montana68,69. He married Elizabeth Hoefner 15 Dec 1914 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.
Notes for Arthur A. Blase:
attended agricultural school as of 1912, Henry Castle, History of St. Paul
Lived on a ranch in Plentywood, Montana
Moved in Springtime of 1915 to Redstone, Montana. He filed a government claim (for land?) He owned and operated a 3400 cattle ranch.
More About Arthur A. Blase:
Burial: Cremated and remains went to Great Falls.70
Occupation: 1912, In charge of father''s farm
Residence 1: 1915, South of Redstone, Sheridan Co., Montana70
Residence 2: 1922, Redstone, Montana at time of father''s death71
Residence 3: 1949, Moved to Plentywood, Montana - they retired this year.72
More About Arthur Blase and Elizabeth Hoefner:
Marriage: 15 Dec 1914, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN
8 v. Roland Roy Blase, born 03 May 1887 in Oakdale Twp., Washington Co., MN (later it was in Ramsey Co.)73; died Bef. Mar 1979 in Died bet. Jan - March 1979.
Notes for Roland Roy Blase:
Lived in North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN most of his life.
Roland never married.
Article in newspaper when he was born:
''... handsome home of ''E.T. Blase'' was a scene of merrymaking last Thursday afternoon, it being the christening of their son, Roland. The following were among the many present: Andrew and Wesley Nippolt, Chris. Iltner, Charles Temme, N. Bach, accompanied by their wives, all of St. Paul; Theodore and George Blase, of St. Paul; John Kochendoffer and wife, South Park; M. Bach and family, and Gus. Wolterstarffand wife, of Woodbury; Mr. Gall and wife, of White Bear; Mrs. Conlin, and M.O. Dickey and wife of North St. Paul.
When the announcement is made that the Blase home is to be opened for friends it means a crowded house always, for everybody knows what successful entertainers Mr. Blase and his wife invariably prove.''
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Article: ''Family Grows Old Gracefully'', dated 30 Nov. 1963:
Roland owned a cabin on the Indian Reservation near Grand Portage. Had a fishing cottage on Star Lake, west of Perham; winter home in St. Petersburg, Florida.
In article Roland said he worked hard ''ever since his father opened our 12-room home to railroad workers who had no place to stay while the railroad was being put through town. We had a maid, but she couldn''t handle it all, and I was put to work helping wait on the tables.''
Roland ''played football on 2 Stanford University championship teams, was on Stanford Crew, worked in Oklahoma oil fields and wound up his engineering career with state and federal agencies.''
More About Roland Roy Blase:
Baptism: 1887, North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN
Education: 1912, Attending: Leland Stanford University, Civil Engineering student
Occupation: Sep 1939, Civil Engineer, PWA (Public Works Admin.?) - Contract engineer? His company name: Tole(Tolf) King & Day; 1509 Pioneer Bldg., St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN73
Residence 1: 1922, North St. Paul, MN at time of Father''s death74
Residence 2: Sep 1939, North St. Paul, MN75
Residence 3: 1946, Built home on E. Seventeenth Ave. and Hwy. 100, North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN (aka: DeMontreville Rd. & Century Ave.)
Residence 4: 30 Nov 1963, E. Seventeenth Ave. and Hwy. 100, North St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN (aka: DeMontreville Rd. & Century Ave.)
Endnotes
1. ''Military Records - GAR Correspondence, Minnesota Historical Society,'' Catalog No. BH5.G751 GAR, Acker Post 21 Records. Box #27, Correspondence 1866-1918, Looked for Ernst in first file of this box. Letters were general inquiries by men in State asking for authority to organize GAR posts in their communities. Contains GAR constitution. There are 7 files in this box. years ranging: 1866-1918. Correspondence, proceedings, accounts & Scrapbooks of the board of mgrs & committees of the 13th National encampment held in St. Paul in 1896.Listed this search as a POSITIVE one for Ernst F. Blase. GAR, AckerPost was in this box.
2. Blase, Roland Roy (1887-1979), ''History of the Blase Family,'' North St. Paul, Minnesota 1964.
3. U.S. Government, Military Records - BLASE, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922), Company Descriptive Book.
4. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), 1135-36.
5. ''Obituary: Blase, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922),'' St. Paul Dispatch Newspaper, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.
6. National Archives Records Administration, Census - Ninth of Minnesota, 1870. T132. 13 rolls, Roll 10, Census page 18, Ancestry.com Image #9. Sophie listed with Ernst on the Census. She was age 19.
7. National Archives Records Administration, Census - Ninth of Minnesota, 1870. T132. 13 rolls, Roll 10, Census pg. 18, Ancestry.com Image #9. Lists her age as 19. This supports birth year of abt. 1851.
8. Correspondence, BLASE, Roland Roy (1887 - 1979) ''Jumbo'', (1960s & 1970s).
9. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), page 1136.
10. Correspondence, BLASE, Roland Roy (1887 - 1979) ''Jumbo'', (1960s & 1970s).
11. ''Obituary: Blase, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922),'' St. Paul Dispatch Newspaper, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.
12. Census, Minnesota State 1885.
13. National Archives Records Administration, Census - Ninth of Minnesota, 1870. T132. 13 rolls, Roll 10, Census page 18, Ancestry.com Image #9. Ernst listed with his first wife and child Wesley.
14. ''Obituary: Blase, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922),'' St. Paul Dispatch Newspaper, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.
15. Correspondence, BLASE, Roland Roy (1887 - 1979) ''Jumbo'', (1960s & 1970s).
16. ''Obituary: Blase, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922),'' St. Paul Dispatch Newspaper, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.
17. Blase, Miss Ameila, Reiff, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest R., ''Early Days of North Saint Paul,'' A Study made for The Ramsey County Historical Society (1959), Amelia BLASE, Page 1 of recording transciption..
18. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912).
19. Correspondence, BLASE, Roland Roy (1887 - 1979) ''Jumbo'', (1960s & 1970s).
20. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), page 1135.
21. U.S. Government, Military Records - BLASE, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922), Certificate of Disability for Discharge.
22. U.S. Government, Military Records - BLASE, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922), company muster-in roll dated October 1, 1862..
23. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), page 1135.
24. Blase, Miss Ameila, Reiff, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest R., ''Early Days of North Saint Paul,'' A Study made for The Ramsey County Historical Society (1959).
25. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), page 1135.
26. U.S. Government, Military Records - BLASE, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922), Catalog No. XC2, 706, 436.
27. U.S. Government, Military Records - BLASE, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922), Certificate of Disability for Discharge.
28. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), page 1136.
29. U.S. Government, Military Records - BLASE, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922), Co. Muster-out Roll; Aug. 19, 1865.
30. United States, Pension Bureau, List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883, (Washington: G.P.O., 1883), page 3 of 5 as listed on rootsweb.com transcription of this source.
31. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), page 1135.
32. U.S. Government, Military Records - BLASE, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922).
33. DIRECTORY: MN, St. Paul City Directory 1869-1870, (Rice & Bell Publishers, St. Paul), page 68.
34. DIRECTORY: MN, St. Paul City Directory 1871, page 67.
35. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), page 1135.
36. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912).
37. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), Page 1135.
38. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912).
39. ''Obituary: Blase, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922),'' St. Paul Dispatch Newspaper, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.
40. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), page 1135.
41. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912).
42. U.S. Government, Census, Federal 1860, Minnesota, Ramsey, St. Paul, Census page 74, 1st Ward of St. Paul.
43. U.S. Government, Military Records - BLASE, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922).
44. DIRECTORY: MN, St. Paul City Directory 1869-1870, (Rice & Bell Publishers, St. Paul), Page 68..
45. DIRECTORY: MN, St. Paul City Directory 1871, page 67.
46. ''Obituary: Blase, (Bach), Margaret C. (1852 - 1942),'' St. Paul Pioneer Press or a North St. Paul Newspaper., citation not known..
47. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), page 1136.
48. ''Newspaper, BLASE, Amelia (1874 - ),'' St. Paul Pioneer Press, unknown.
49. Correspondence, BLASE, Roland Roy (1887 - 1979) ''Jumbo'', (1960s & 1970s).
50. Census, Minnesota State 1885, census page 7, Ward #5.
51. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912), page 1136.
52. Correspondence, BLASE, Roland Roy (1887 - 1979) ''Jumbo'', (1960s & 1970s).
53. Census, Federal 1900, Minnesota, Washington Co., Oakdale Twp., SD: 4; ED: 38; Census Sheet: 6A; Dwelling: 90; Family: 90; Image #11.
54. ''Obituary: Blase, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922),'' St. Paul Dispatch Newspaper, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.
55. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912).
56. Correspondence, BLASE, Roland Roy (1887 - 1979) ''Jumbo'', (1960s & 1970s).
57. National Archives Records Administration, Census - Ninth of Minnesota, 1870. T132. 13 rolls, Roll 10, Census pg. 18, Ancestry.com image #9. Wesley is age 1 on this census.
58. Correspondence, BLASE, Roland Roy (1887 - 1979) ''Jumbo'', (1960s & 1970s).
59. Castle, Henry A., History of St. Paul & Vicinity, (Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago & New York,1912).
60. Correspondence, BLASE, Roland Roy (1887 - 1979) ''Jumbo'', (1960s & 1970s).
61. Census, Minnesota State, 1885 Minnesota State Census; St. Paul, Ramsey Co.,Ward 5; Enumeration Date, 28 May 1885; Page 6; ''J.W. Nippolt'' head of house..
62. ''Obituary: Blase, (Bach), Margaret C. (1852 - 1942),'' St. Paul Pioneer Press or a North St. Paul Newspaper..
63. ''Newspaper, The Sentinel.''
64. ''Obituary: Beebe, Ernst A.- (1871 - 1940),'' St. Paul Pioneer Press.
65. ''Newspaper, The Sentinel.''
66. ''Obituary: Blase, Arthur (1885-1962),'' 4 January 1962, Plentywood, Montana Newspaper.
67. ''Newspaper, Ramsey County Review,'' Jan 17, 1962.
68. ''Obituary: Blase, Arthur (1885-1962).''
69. ''Newspaper, Ramsey County Review,'' Jan 17, 1962.
70. ''Obituary: Blase, Arthur (1885-1962).''
71. ''Obituary: Blase, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922),'' St. Paul Dispatch Newspaper, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.
72. ''Obituary: Blase, Arthur (1885-1962).''
73. Social Security Application, SSN: 477-14-0553.
74. ''Obituary: Blase, Ernst F. (1841 - 1922),'' St. Paul Dispatch Newspaper, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.
75. Social Security Application, SSN: 477-14-0553.