Ida Clara Otto

Ida Clara Otto

• Father: John Martin Otto b. 10 January 1840, d. 8 February 1923
• Mother: Catharine Huss b. 3 July 1845, d. 5 November 1929

• Ida Clara Otto was born on 8 January 1867 in Carrollton, Saginaw County, Michigan.
• John Martin Otto and Catharine Huss appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Carrollton, Saginaw County, Michigan. Other members of the household included Ida Clara Otto. Also in the household was daughter Anna (age 1.)
• John Martin Otto and Catharine Huss appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Kochville, Saginaw County, Michigan. Other members of the household included Ida Clara Otto. Also in the household were daughters Anna (11), Jennie (7), Nellie (4) and Arnie (3.)
• She married John E. Davis, son of Jeremiah Davis and Bridget Kissane, in 1884.
• John E. Davis and Ida Clara Otto appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Kochville Township, Saginaw County, Michigan. Other members of the household included Lorena Mae Davis. Also in the household were children Mark T. (age 18), Earl J. (14), Roy J. (8), Weldon J. (3) and Arthur V. (8 months), and one female domestic servant.
• John E. Davis and Ida Clara Otto appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Kochville Township, Saginaw County, Michigan. Other members of the household included Lorena Mae Davis. also in the household were children Mark (age 22), Roy (18), Weldon (13), Arthur (11), Harold (8) and Hazel (6.)
• Ida Clara Otto became a widow at the 7 February 1917 death of her husband John E. Davis.
• The following appeared on 8 February 1917 in The Saginaw Daily News: John E. Davis, for many years a prominent farmer of Kochville, died at his home Wednesday night at 9 o'clock from heart trouble and pneumonia. Mr. Davis was one of the best known farmers in Saginaw county. He made a specialty of the growing of fruits, particularly strawberries. [:CR;]      He was born in Saginaw, September 13, 1851, and when four years of age went with his parents to Kochville where he has made his home ever since. He was married in 1884 to Ida Otto of Kochville. He was a member of St. John the Baptist parish in Carrollton and was also a member of Strawberry Arbor of Kochville, Ancient Order of Gleaners, having had the honro of nameing the arbor. [:CR;]      He is survived by his wife and eight children, Earl J. Davis, of the firm of Otto and Davis, Saginaw; Mark T. Davis, Saginaw; Roy Davis, Bay City; Lorena Davis, Caro; Weldon, Arthur, Harold and Hazel Davis at home. He is alsos survived by four brothers, Richard, Jeremiah, Thomas and Fred Davis, and a half brother, Charles Davis, all of Kochville.
• Ida Clara Otto appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Kochville Township, Saginaw County, Michigan, enumerated next to her parents. Also in the household were children Weldon J. (age 23), Arthur (21), Harold W. (17) and Hazel (15.)
• Ida Clara Otto died on 13 April 1950 at age 83 in Kochville, Saginaw County, Michigan.

• Last Edited: 27 May 2015