We are so thankful...for our ancestors who honored God and loved their families, who worked hard and provided well for their children. We cherish all the fond memories we have as cousins who were best friends growing up and playing together at Grandma and Grandpa Touby’s house.

HONORINGCharles and Louise Touby CoanFred and Dorothy Touby Kearney

Frances ToubyArthur and Virginia Touby CoanEdver and Joan Touby Coburn

Somewhere in Time B&BJuly 27-29, 2012

Touby Reunion 2012

Touby Reunion 2012Somewhere in Time B&B, Lexington, Ohio

A Gathering of CousinsCOAN

Virginia Touby CoanJane & Bill Ellefson

Nancy & Mark Snapp

COBURNCharlotte & Terry McGowan

Marcia & Gene Pett

KEARNEYCaroline & Kent Tudor

Mark Kearney

Somewhere in Time B&BJuly 27-29, 2012

Touby Reunion 2012

Touby Reunion 2012Somewhere in Time B&B, Lexington, Ohio

On a beautiful summer weekend, July 27-29, 2012, the Touby cousins gathered in Ohio to celebrate our family heritage. We stayed at the home built in 1904 by Martin Touby, now Somewhere in Time B&B.

Seeking freedom from religious persecution, the Touby, Strater and Remy families together left Germany for America in 1844. They found their new home in Richland County, Ohio, a German settlement. John Martin Touby, his wife Anna Marie (Slout), and their nine children attended St. Peter’s Evangelical Church on German Church Road, and some are buried in the cemetery there.

John Peter and John were two of the children who made the journey to America. At age 26, John Peter traveled on to Fayette Co., IN, continued his trade of wagon making, married Jane Duncan Colville, and in 1853 they settled in Howard Co. He took up farming and soon helped build a plank road which bordered his home, the Touby Pike. John Peter’s brother, John, was grubstaked in 1849 (age 23), and set out for California during the Gold Rush. He returned after 18 months and eventually purchased land on Pleasant Valley Road near Mansfield.

John Peter and his wife Jane had a son, Albert Colin, who married Kate Willits. They built the Touby Homestead in rural Kokomo and had six children: Alice, Grace, Emmett Peter, Jennie, Mary and Bess.

John married Anna Cathrine Kochheiser and had five children: Martin, Louisa C., Catherine A., Mary Anna and Albert. Martin married Anna Maria Schindler. They built their homestead near Mansfield, OH.

The two cousins, Albert C (IN) and Martin (OH), were both successful farmers.

Touby Reunion 2012

Nancy Coan Snapp and Jane Coan Ellefson Virginia Touby Coan

Caroline Kearney Tudor and Mark Kearney Charlotte Coburn McGowan and Marcia Coburn Pett

Mark Kearney

Special thanks to Mark who chauffeured Aunt Virginia. She was dubbed Grand Dame of the Reunion!

Terry & Charlotte McGowan Gene & Marcia Pett

Bill & Jane Ellefson Mark & Nancy Snapp

Kent and Caroline Tudor

Charlottinis!

Nancy’s blackberry and Charlotte’s rhubarb, peach and pecan pies.

The Albert Touby Home, 1401 Pleasant Hill Road, Mansfield, Ohio

Nancy J. Tumeo

The Martin Touby home was built in 1904. The barn across the road still bears his name on the roof. Martin farmed 160 acres adjacent to the home and also raised cattle and race horses. During the Great Depression the home functioned as a boarding house. It is now a beautifully restored B&B, Somewhere In Time, owned by Nancy J. Tumeo.

Martin’s cousin, Albert C. Touby of Howard County, IN, built the Touby Homestead where Emmett grew up with his sisters. Emmett married Elsie Locke , continued farming the land, moved into the home, and there they raised their five daughters, Louise, Dorothy, Frances, Virginia and Joan.

The Martin Touby Home