Person:Madeleine Beller (1)

"Dads oldest sister [Lena] I think is this girls [Collette Mire's] great grandmother." Katie Beller Dilts, Hesston, Kansas, 20 May 1973. Letter to Roberta P. Witteman, Nampa, Idaho, page 5A. A copy of this letter was sent by Roberta P. Witteman, Nampa, Idaho, 1 August 1999, in a letter to G. David Dilts, Salt Lake City, Utah.

"And thats it but Dads sisters is what I'm mystified about. The oldest sister Lena is the great randmother of the girl that writes to Gen and one moved ot Ill & one died one died when a young girl." Katie Beller Dilts, Hesston, Kansas, 24 June 1973, Letter to Roberta P. Witteman, Nampa, Idaho. Photocopy sent by Roberta P. Witteman, Nampa, Idaho, 1 August 1999, in a letter to G. David Dilts, Salt Lake City, Utah. 8 of 11.

1. ↑ Bourg-Bruche (Bas-Rhin). Officier de l'état civil. Registres de l'état civil, 1793-1882. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmés par la Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970-1991)
   [FHL film 745905] 1843 No. 56.
2. ↑ Louisette Briant, Saint Léonard, France. 16 June 1995, Letter to Roberta P. Witteman, Nampa, Idaho
   5 of 7.
3. ↑ Louisette Briant, Saint Léonard, France. 15 December 1999, Letter to G. David Dilts, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   7.
4.   Dale B. Dilts, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 4 May 1977, Letter to G. David Dilts, Salt Lake City, Utah..

   He [Jacob Beller 1857-1940] was very angry all his life at the Germans. In the war of 1870 they drove his older sister (Lena, I believe) all over Germany as a prisoner of war. She came home after the war insane.