My family Genealogy

Aaron Click

Samuel and Julia’s third child, Aaron Click, was born February 12, 1842 and baptized on March 26, 1842 at St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church. (1)  He was married to Catherine Workinger on August 25, 1867 by P. W. Hahn of the Evangelical Association of North America. (2)   Catherine was born in October 1846 in Ohio. (3)  On the 1870 Federal Census they reported they owned real estate worth  $3,000 and personal property worth $1,500.   In the 1880 and 1900 Federal Census reports, he and Catherine lived in Elkhart County, Indiana.  According to census records, Aaron and Catherine had six children: Stanza, Maurice/Morris, Martha, Julian Celestia, Manias Ransom and Emma. (4, 5)  Catherine died in 1915 (6) and Aaron died Aug. 20, 1924. (7)

  1. Norman, Lydia.  According to Mrs. Norman, many of the church records are in German and were translated from German to English in the 1930s by  WPA project members.  The information was transcribed from baptism records onto index cards which she handcopied for us.
  2. Early Marriages of Stark County, Ohio, Vol. III, 1856-1870, Alliance Genealogical Society, Alliance, Ohio, Closson Press, Apollo, PA, 1995.  Marriage listed in Marriage Book 6-40
  3. 1900 United States Census, Cleveland, Elkhart County, Indiana, digitized image, ancestry.com.
  4. 1870 United States Census, Green Township, Summit County, Ohio digitized image, ancestry.com.
  5. 1880 United States Census, Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, digitized image, ancestry.com.
  6. Click, Aaron; obituary August 24, 1924, Elkhart Truth.
  7. Indiana Deaths 1882-1920, ancestry.com.