The SCHULER family arrived in Lockport, Illinois, about 1840 and remains there today. The I&M Canal, Illinois and Michigan Canal, plays a prominent part in their history. William John SCHULER, third generation, started walking with the mules and finished with a pilot’s license. The typical Sunday COUCH family dinner included fried chicken. How long had Will been invited to eat with the family? Elisha COUCH, Nettie’s grandfather, was a blacksmith. How many of the young lads were invited to Sunday dinner? In the early 1900s as he traveled down the canal, Will would somehow find himself in Seneca on Sunday and around meal time. The marriage of Will and Nettie took place 23 December 1908 at Seneca, LaSalle County, Illinois.
These post cards were Will’s “love Letters” to Nettie before their marriage:
Relationship to me, Selma, maternal grandparents: William John Schuler, 1871-1964, Lockport, Will County, Illinois, and Nettie Ethel Couch, 1884-1965, Seneca, LaSalle County, Illinois.
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