Ella Barbara Hoehn was born on August 8, 1899, so if she was still alive, she would have 125 candles to blow out on her birthday cake. Ella was the 4th of 9 children born to Ferdinand and Emma (Fassold) Hoehn. She was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so I am unable to display a baptism record for her. Ella was not even one year old when she is found in the 1900 census. Her father was a farmer in the Central Township.

Next, we find Ella in the 1910 census at the age of 10. There were 7 Hoehn children in this household.

Ella is found in one more census entry before getting married. The 1920 census shows her still living with her parents at the age of 20.

Now, we need to turn our attention to the man who would become Ella’s husband. His name was Oscar Fritz Konrad Lintner, who was born on July 19, 1898. Oscar was the son of John and Katherine (Stuebinger) Lintner. Like his future wife, he was also baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg. Oscar was just 1 year old when the 1900 census was taken. His father was a farmer in the Central Township.

When a later plat map was produced for Perry County in 1915, we find the Hoehn and Lintner farms in the same neighborhood around Friedenberg.

In the 1910 census, we find Oscar and his family living in the Salem Township. He was 11 years old at the time.

Oscar and Ella were in the same confirmation class at Peace, Friedenberg. They were confirmed in 1913. Oscar had his World War I draft registration completed in 1918.

When the 1920 census was taken, we find the Lintner’s back living in the Central Township. Oscar was 21 years old and farming with his father.

Oscar Lintner married Ella Hoehn on August 26, 1923. They were married at Peace, Friedenberg. I am able to display 2 civil records for this wedding. First, here is their Missouri marriage license.

We can also view this marriage certificate for this couple.

I found no evidence in the records I located that Oscar and Ella had any children. However, you are going to discover that these two seemed to never be living in a situation where it was just the two of them. In the 1930 census, we find this couple living in Perryville. Oscar was a house carpenter. Living with them was Ella’s sister, Hildegard, who was a stitcher at the shoe factory.

Next, we find the Lintner’s in the 1940 census. Oscar was still a carpenter, and Hildegard Hoehn was still living with them with the same occupation.

The last census we are able to view is the one taken in 1950. Hildegard had gotten married in 1949, so she was no longer living with them. However, we find the interesting situation where the fathers of Oscar and Ella, both elderly widowers, were living with them.

I used the Ancestry.com family tree that belongs to Dana Lintner Farrow to find most of the documents I located for this post. Dana is the current president of the Perry County Historical Society. I have always found that her tree is a very reliable one. On her tree, Dana calls the husband in this story, Big Oscar. I have every reason to believe that he had that nickname, but I do not know why.

We have a Hoehn family book in our research library. The paragraphs below that are found in that book include a few other details about Oscar and Ella.

Oscar LIntner died in 1975 at the age of 76. Ella Lintner died in 1982 at the age of 83. These two are buried together in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in Friedenberg.

Oscar and Ella were a couple that had no children, but as I have seen in some other cases like theirs, they had room in their home that they made available to other family members who needed a place to stay. As is the case in almost all cultures, family takes care of family.