Heinrich Carl Elling and wife, Ida Huner

  
Grandfather Albert Elling's younger brother , Heinrich Carl, was born on December 23, 1893. 
 Henry, as he was known, married Ida Huner in February 1920, when he was 27 and she was 20.
  
In his WW I Draft Registration in 1917-18, Henry was single and helping George Rohrs as a farmhand. On the registration, taken on June 5, 1917, in Henry County, Henry described himself as of medium height and stout build, with brown eyes and dark brown hair.  He claimed exemption from the draft because of lung trouble and bad hearing.  No evidence could be found that he served in the military.

In the 1930 Census, Henry lived with Ida and their four children in York Township, Fulton County, Ohio.  Henry was 36 and Ida M., 29, and with them were children Pauline, Laura, Martha, and Henry Jr.. The family rented a house, had no radio, and Henry worked as a farm laborer. 

Henry and Ida left the farm in 1935 and moved to Hamler on Marion Street where they rented a house. He reported to the census enumerator in 1940, that he  was the proprietor of a restaurant, working 52 weeks a year, 72 hours a week.  At 46, he still had three children at home - Henry Jr., 12; Donald, 6; Luther, 1. With them lived his mother, Marie (Rohrs) Elling, 77, a widow born in Germany.  The family had also taken in a lodger, Charles Bergstedt, 48, divorced who was seeking work.

A big gap in time existed between 1940 and the next information found on Henry and Ida in 1970.  The article below would fill in a few gaps.
The Delphos Daily Journal ran a report of Henry and Ida's 50th wedding anniversary part on February 14, 1970.

Ida Huner Elling, born April 14, 1901, passed away on November 25, 1976, in Lima.

Henry died on June 4, 1980, at the age of 86.

Walnut Grove Cemetery, Delphos, Ohio

One of the great things about family research is that you meet so many nice people. One of Dad's cousins, whom I met only one time, gave me the originals of the photos above and a few others. I'm thankful for this blog so they can be shared.