Death of Harriet Stetson
Interred at Hillcrest Cemetery, Deer Lodge, Montana
Birth of Herbert E. Stetson
The fifth child of Deacon Josiah Tilson Stetson and Cynthia A. Cobb, in Sumner, Maine
When it comes to the Stetson brand, think shoes, not hats
Since we are digging deeper into the Stetson story, this is a good time to address the ten-gallon hat in the room.
Everyone's first association with the Stetson name is with the John B. Stetson hat brand, that icon of the American West and American popular culture.
John Batterson Stetson opened his hat factory in Philadelphia in 1865. He was an eighth-generation Stetson family member descended from Cornet Robert Stetson through his son Robert Stetson Jr., a younger brother of the Joseph Stetson that originated our Stetson line.
Birth of Harriet Eliza Smith
The fifth child of Josiah T. Smith and Martha Haskell, in Mina (Chautauqua County), New York
Stetson residence in Deer Lodge, Montana
The Stetson family settled in the western mining town of Deer Lodge, where Herbert prospered as a grocery manager at Bonner's Mercantile. They resided at 210 Fourth Street in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.
Death of Herbert E. Stetson
Herbert died while traveling with his wife and daughter at the home of his brother Ezra in South Weymouth, Mass., en route to a planned homecoming in Sumner, Maine.
Herman's partner absconds with the money
Elly discovers that Erich Wasserreich has stolen the funds Hermann had hidden away to finance the Ringel family's escape from Germany
Nighttime border crossing near Montschau
A dirt road at night in the remote Eifel highlands. They are told to cross a wide ditch and keep running until they see the Belgian “passeurs”
Asylum in Nice
The Ringels and Peisers arrive in Nice, France, where they will reside for the next 18 months. They establish some sense of normalcy while seeking a way out to America or Palestine. Additional funds reach them via smugglers from Elly’s mother in Berlin.