Roll Call
Susan
This group has been very inactive. Sorry about that. I thought we
might have a roll call to introduce ourselves and what our interest in
Carl Fredrich Gauss is.
For myself, I am a great great great granddaughter of Gauss. My great
great grandfather was Eugene Gauss who came to St. Charles, Missouri in
the 1830's. He came under a sort of dark cloud, after an argument with
his father, and was thought to be a bit of a rake and untrustworthy by
his father and those in Germany for many years, even after he became a
very upright citizen and business owner in St. Charles.
Gauss resources:
I have a couple of websites,
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~schmblss
http://www.gausschildren.org
I have been going through some "changes" lately and have sort of
neglected these projects, but hope to get back to them soon.
Also, the Wikipedia has a nice, comprehensive article on Gauss. If you
haven't seen it yet, it is well worthwhile.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
Take care,
Susan
rsc
I am Susan's brother, Bobby. I had better keep it short.
I like working to sell Web space. I'll do web
design a bit too, if it will help sell the space. I am
also getting a teaching certificate from SIUC soon. (siu.edu)
Thanks Susan for starting a group like this.
Susan has always been the best one in the family to organize
stuff, even if the rest of us, I mean her immediate family, are
a discouraging lot.
Sus, how many people are reading this group, anyway?
RSC
Susan Chambless
the list, maybe 20 if we count the ones who were invited but have not
joined. I am not sure whether or not they are receiving the posts.
Susan
Carolyn Hunter
Thank you for your persistence in keeping this
group together. I am the great granddaughter of Mary
Guion Gauss Annan. Her father is Charles Fredrick
Gauss, the son of Carl Friederick Gauss and his second
wife, Friederica "Minna" Waldeck and one of his
brothers is Eugene Gauss. My great grandmother is
burried with her husband and children in Forest Park
Cemetery in Shreveport, LA. The location is Section
B, Lot 161.
I have the honor of continuing the task started by
my mother, Tommye Watson Mayer (1927-2005), about 10
years ago. The data left in my possession is full of
stories and copies of documents for both sides of my
family. I continue to pursue additional data to flesh
out her manuscirpt. Yes, she dreamed of publishing a
book about our family geneology, filled with stories
from word of mouth and written down by our relatives.
My son, Jeffrey, strives to make a working manuscript
for future publication. He does research and keeps me
up to date. Through my research efforts we are able
to bounce ideas off each other and are developing a
format for future publication. His day job is that of
editor for a firm that publishes law books in Texas.
My second son, Scott, is a marketing consultant for
Disney Studio in Burbank, CA.
I am a retired speech pathologist, living in my
childhood home with my husband. I enjoy quilting,
polymer clay artwork and gardening. My latest
addition to my yard is a small rose garden, it lends
itself to meditation and reflection. It is dedicated
to the memory of my mother, Tommye Watson Mayer. She
loved roses and collected plates from the American
Rose Society.
Susan, Keep this group going, I appreciate all you
have done and continue to do to keep this information
in the public eye.
Sincerley, Carolyn Hunter
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Susan Chambless
It is really good to hear from you. Perhaps we can share some of the family stories on this list. Please invite your sons to join the list if you think they might be interested.
Take care,
Susan
SPT...@midsouth.rr.com
Thanks for your effort. I am not sure what kind, or how much
information you want. For starters, perhaps you might be interested
in the geographic as well as the numeric spread of the Gauss
descendents I claim. I am Sally Palmer Thomason married to John,
living in Memphis, TN. We have a son in New Mexico and two daughters
and four grandchildren living in Memphis.
My Gauss roots can be traced back through my mother Amy Esther
Robinson, an only child, who was married to Oran Palmer. Mother who
at 98 is living in Bakersfield, California where I grew up, was born
in Lamar, Colorado and spent her childhood in Deming, New Mexico. Her
mother was Theresa Gauss. Theresa was married to George Robinson.
Theresa, one of seven children, was the only one to marry. Her father
was Oscar Gauss,son of Wilhelm August Carl Matthias Gauss, who was the
son of Carl Freidrich and Minna Waldeck.
W.A.C.M.(I don't know the name he went by)came to Missouri as a young
man in 1837, first to St. Charles and then St. Louis.
It would be fun to see the web of connections that spread across the
U.S. and Europe. Years ago in the 1960's my husband and I visited
Gottingen and were royally received by a young mathematics professor
who was spell bound that I was a direct descendant of the Great
Gauss. We also visited Marlene Gauss, widow of Carl Joeph, in Bad
Kissingen. She was a lovely very elegant lady. She gave me a picture
of her taken in 1936 as "the most beautifl lady in the most beautiful
car in Wurzburg." Delightful memories.
All the best,
Sally
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Susan Chambless
I would love to get all the descendants together. I would much like to
trace what has happened to all of them. I know very little of the ones
in Germany, but there is a whole group there.
I have alway heard W.A.C.M. called William.
Does everyone have Carl Friedrich Gauss: Titan of Science by G. Waldo
Dunnington? It has been re-issued. It is rather expensive, but a great
treasure. In the fifties, Dunnington contacted all the Gauss relatives
he could find and asked where they were, and about current descendants.
All of that is listed in a Gauss genealogy in the back of the book. It
is available at Amazon.com.
Susan
Carolyn Hunter
The last entries have some errors:
They are not corrected in the new edition, so here are
the corrections
William Gauss Mayer, Sr. b. 09/23/1921
additional infor d. 11/29/1998
his wife: Tommye Watson Mayer b. 12/10/1927
additional info: d. 2/25/2005
they married 11/2/1946
My brother William Gauss Mayer, Jr. ( known to the
family as "Tim". is not included but should have been
on the geneology list: b. 10/15/1951, still living
My sister Jeanne and younger brother Carl are on the
list and are still living.
Even though Mr. Dunnington contacted my great
grandmother, Mary Guion Gauss Annan, there seems to be
inaccurate infor made available for publication. My
grandmother, Ruth A. Mayer contacted Mr. Dunnington
and gave him corrected information following the
publication of the book. I believe the book provided
to my grandmother is still in the possession of an
uncle,one of her five sons, and may well be handed
down to his children.
I purchased my copy from a rare book store in
SHreveport, LA ( the previous owner did not put their
name in the book) but it was like a miracle that I
looked up the book on Amazon .com the day after the
store placed in on their list. They sold it to me the
next day. I live across the Red River in Bossier City,
LA in my childhood home. THree of Ruth and Randolph
Mayer's sons have passed on. My father, William Gauss
Mayer, Sr. as stated above. Robert Lewis Mayer from
Scottsdale, AZ in the same year and my uncle Randolph
Annan Mayer, Sr in 1965. All five sons have
descendants and their spouses are living at this time.
I will give this infor to my older son, Jeff, maybe
you will hear from him and he will join the group.
As always, thank you for your endeavor in
the name of Gauss. Carolyn Hunter
SPT...@midsouth.rr.com
all the ground work on the geneology is done for us.
Sally
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Date: Saturday, May 27, 2006 7:12 pm
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Susan Chambless
Susan