Walter married Mary Frances Joachim in Jun 1939 in Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Joachim and Magdalena Schmidt) was born in 1916; died on 5 Apr 1987; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Frances Joachim

Mary Frances Joachim (1916-1987) was the last child of B.F. ?Frank? Joachim II (1908-1974) and Magdalena ?Lena? Schmidt (1882-1971). She married Walter Dermy Milner (1917-1980) of Gulfport, in early June 1939, at the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The young couple made their home in Jackson, Mississippi.(The Jackson County Times, June 10, 1939, p. 4)

The Milners had two children: Martha Milner, RSM, and Joseph Milner. Mary Frances Milner expired at Biloxi on April 5, 1987. Her remains interred in Evergreen Cemetery.(The Ocean Springs Record, April 9, 1987, p. 3)

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B.F. JOACHIM II

B.F. Joachim II (1882-1970), called Frank, was born at New Orleans, Louisiana on December 19, 1882. He married Magdalena Schmidt (1882-1971), called Lena, who was born March 10, 1882, at Ocean Springs. She was the daughter of Charles E. Schmidt (1851-1886) and Laura Coyle (1857-1931). Their children were: Mark Oscar Joachim (1904-1955), B.F. Joachim III (1908-1974), and Mary Frances Joachim Milner (1916-1987). In April 1903, a young Frank Joachim had a close call with the grim reaper at Gulfport. While attempting to board the moving Coast Train, he fell sustaining acute contusions to his face.(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, April 10, 1903, p.3)



The Riviera Livery and Transfer Company

This transportation company was owned by Frank Joachim and was organized after his partnership in Joachim & Toler had ended. Joachim & Toler were in business as early as May 1914, when they added a Ford touring car to their taxi fleet which had previously consisted of one Ford and a Studebaker.(The Ocean Springs News, May 23, 1914)

Dan C. Toler (1876-1939) had been born in Alabama of North Carolina parentage. He married Dora Ramsay (1871-1941), the daughter of Sardin G. Ramsay (1837-1920) and Lula Ramsay (1851-1886). Mr. Toler acquired the Government Street feed store and livery stable of Calvin E. Dees (1877-1954) in February 1909. In December 1910, Mr. Toler sold his business to Dr. O.L. Bailey (1870-1938) who turned it quickly to T.J. Ames (1876-1927). This transaction left Ocean Springs with only two stable owners, J.J. O?Keefe (1859-1911) and T.J. Ames, which were considered adequate for the population and commerce. By 1920, Mr. Toler and family had moved to Vancleave, Mississippi where he was a superintendent of a logging railroad.(The Ocean Springs News, February 27, 1909 and December 24, 1910)

By 1915, Frank Joachim was operating as Joachim?s Livery and Transfer Company and advertised as follows:




Joachim?s Livery and Transfer Company

B.F. Joachim, Jr. Prop.
Automobile service by the day, hour or trip
Special attention given to country trips



Telephone, 59 Ocean Springs, Miss.


(from: Ocean Springs, Mississippi-1915)



C.E. Schmidt (1904-1988), former Mayor and author of Ocean Springs French Beachhead (1972), related in 1967, that his father, Frank E. Schmidt (1877-1954), circa 1910, built a two-story building on the northwest corner of Washington and Desoto for Frank Joachim to house his livery operation. Mr. Joachim remained here as the local Ford dealer post-1920. The business here was called ?Joachim?s Livery-autos, carriages, and wagons?(The Ocean Springs News, February 16, 1967, p. 3)



Ice price war

In April 1920, Frank Joachim began vending ice on the streets of Ocean Springs. A Biloxi dealer was his supplier. The local icehouse sold ice for $1.00 per 100 pounds of ice. Joachim cut the price to $.70 per 100 pounds commencing an immediate price war with the Ocean Springs iceman. Instantly, the price of ice was dropped to $.40 per 100 pounds of ice by the local ice supplier.(The Jackson County Times, April 24, 1920, p. 5)



Ford and Fordson Dealer

In mid-1920, Frank Joachim acquired the Ford dealership at Ocean Springs. It had previously been franchised to Helveston & Bell who operated from the Horton building on Washington Avenue. Mr. Joachim planned to set up a Ford service center and sell automotive parts for Ford vehicles. (The Jackson County Times, January 12, 1918, p. 5, March 6, 1920, p. 5, and December 25, 1920, p. 3)



Notice To The Public

I have been appointed the authorized Ford dealer for this territory and can make prompt delivery. A carload due this week. Full line of Ford parts. Ford Service Station to be installed.

FRANK JOACHIM

(The Jackson County Times, December 25, 1920, p. 2)





1920 Auto facts

At this time, there were approximately 55,000 motorcars in Mississippi. Hinds County with 2008 automobiles lead the State. On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Harrison County had 1300 cars; Jackson County 700; and Hancock County only 350.(The Jackson County Times, March 6, 1920, p. 5)

On January 1, 1920, Henry Ford of Detroit issued an $8,000,000 bonus to his 80,000 automotive workers. Skilled employees who earned $10.80 per day and with five years tenure were given $270. Laborers who were at the $6.00 per day pay scale received $50. This remuneration was in addition to that earned in Mr. Ford?s profit-sharing plan.(The Jackson County Times, January 17, 1920, p. 5)



Joachim garage notes

In April 1921, Frank Joachim sold two Fordson tractors to locals in time for springs plowing. Gus Nelson and the Hamill Farm were the recipients of this fine machine, which could perform all tasks that its advertisements proclaimed.(The Jackson County Times, April 6, 1921, p. 3)

In July 1921, Frank Joachim reported that he has been unable to make Ford motorcar deliveries because the national demand for Ford automobiles had created a shortage. Mr. Joachim expected a carload of Fords within the next few days.(The Jackson County Times, July 2, 1921, p. 5)

In January 1922, Frank Joachim advertised his auto sales inventory as follows: Touring Car $348; Regular runabout $319; Regular chassis $285; Coupe $580; Sedan $645; One-ton truck $430; and the Fordson tractor $625. All prices f.o.b. Detroit.(The Jackson County Times, January 28, 1922, p. 5)

In March 1922, The Jackson County Times, reported that Frank Joachim led all Ford dealers in the district in percentage of sales in February 1922, and that it appears that he will excel his previous month record.(The Jackson County Times, March 11, 1922)

In June 1922, the Joachim Livery Stable acquired a seven passenger Buick.(The Daily Herald, June 17, 1922, p. 7)

Early December 1922 saw Frank Joachim install a modern radio set in his Washington Avenue garage. He invited everyone to visit in the evenings and listen to concerts broadcast from Forth Worth, Houston, Atlanta, and Jefferson City, Missouri.(The Daily Herald, December 6, 1922, p. 2)

In May 1923, Harry R. Lee (1903-1951) joined the sales staff of the Joachim Ford agency.(The Jackson County Times, May 12, 1923, p. 5)

In March 1924, Ford representatives rated the Joachim dealership at Ocean Springs as Class A, the highest rating possible.(The Jackson County Times, March 22, 1924, p. 5)



Joachim Building

The Joachim building was located on the northeast corner of Washington Avenue and Desoto on the west three-quarters of Lot 6-Block 24 (Culmseig Map-1854). Originally, the large home of R.A. VanCleave (1840-1908), pioneer entrepreneur at Ocean Springs and namesake of Vancleave, Mississippi, was situated here. It was erected in the winter of 1891, and burned circa 1905.(The Biloxi Herald, February 7, 1891, p. 1)

In January 1906, the VanCleave family sold their family residence property on Washington Avenue to Hannah Johnson, the spouse of William Johnson (d. 1922), an L&N conductor. In 1904, the Johnsons had built a home at present day 306 Washington Avenue, popularly known as the Holloway house.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 30, pp. 455-456)

Mrs. Johnson conveyed her Washington Avenue corner lot to B.F. Joachim II in March 1916, for $3250. Here sometimes in the early 1920s, Frank Joachim erected a large two-story masonry building to house his Ford dealership. In Late March 1931, Mr. Joachim vended his building to Frank B. Faessel (1870-1953) for $7500. It appears that the Joachim Ford agency failed during the early years of the Depression. The depressed economic situation during this era was reflected in July 1936, when Mr. Faessel sold the Joachim building to The United Poultry Producers, a co-op of poultry and eggs producers, he took a large capital loss as the selling price was only $3250.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 58, p. 440, Bk. 64, pp. 229-230, and Bk. 69, p. 151)

It is believed that Frank Joachim relocated to New Orleans for many years, before returning to Ocean Springs after WWII.(Mark G. Joachim, January 6, 2004)



Texaco dealer

Frank Joachim took over management of the local Texaco dealership in early July 1947. This station was situated on the old J.P. VanCleave property on the SE/C of Washington and Porter. Texaco acquired this parcel from W.S. VanCleave in June 1930.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 63, p. 479)

Mr. Joachim advertised his new venture in the local journal as follows:


TEXACO SERVICE STATION

Having taken over the management of the local Texaco Service Station as of July 1st, I shall appreciate your patronage.
FRANK JOACHIM

?Will You Please Give Me A Trial? I Will Try To Please You?



(The Jackson County Times, July 6, 1947, p. 8)





In November 1948, Frank Joachim remodeled his Texaco service station. Two new subterranean storage tanks with a 10,000-gallon storage capacity were installed. Gasoline distribution to patrons was supplied by two new pumps, which were approached on a newly resurfaced driveway. In addition, Mr. Joachim had two sanitary restrooms for the convenience of his customers.(The Jackson County Times, November 24, 1948, p. 1)

Texaco sold this station to Clovis H. Barnett in March 1977. Howard R. Barnett acquired it in November 1983 and vended it to Mohler Tidy car in December 1986. The Robert Mohler family still manage and operate the station and will soon open a deli-diner, to compliment their mini-mart.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 586 , p. 342, Bk. 777, p. 192, and Bk. 877, p. 100)



Youkey-Joachim house

The Frank Joachim home is extant at present day 1208 Porter Avenue. It is situated on Lot 8 and a part of Lot 7 in Block 2 of the H.F. Russell Subdivision. John K. Youkey (1848-1922), the builder, and family came to Ocean Springs from Cottage Hill, Florida in October 1911. Initially they rented the Meyers? cottage on Church Street. The Meyer?s cottage, now owned by Laura Ederer Bolton, is more familiarly known to today?s older generation as the Scharr house.(The Ocean Springs News, October 7, 1911, p. 5)

In late December 1911, Mr. J.K. Youkey acquired several lots in Block 2 of the Russell Subdivision fronting on Porter Avenue from H.F. Russell. Consideration for the parcels was $350. It is assumed the Youkey?s erected their home here in 1912.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 37, p. 525)

Mr. Youkey was a native of Ohio. He married Helen M. Douglass (1856-1928), an Indiana lassie, and the daughter of Jackson Douglas and Mary Lee. Youkey was a War of the Rebellion veteran having served with Co. H of the 135th Indiana Infantry.(Bradford O?Keefe Burial Bk. 17, p. 39)

Frank Joachim acquired the Youkey house from Walter G. Armstrong (1878-1945) in May 1944. It is believed that Mr. Joachim had been in New Orleans since the collapse of his automobile business at Ocean Springs, during the Depression.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 85, pp. 378-379)

The Heirs of B.F. Joachim Jr. conveyed their parents? home to Neil H. Ballard (1920-1984) in July 1971.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 410, p. 528 and JXCO, Ms. Chancery Court Cause No. 17286)

Benjamin married Magdalena Schmidt. Magdalena was born on 10 Mar 1882 in Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA; died on 18 Feb 1971; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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oachim Family



Benjamin Franklin ?Ben? Joachim (1847-1925), a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Rosa Madeline Bokenfohr (1861-1934), also a native of the Crescent City, were the progenitors of the Joachim families of Ocean Springs and Biloxi. Ben?s parents, Peter Joachim (b. 1819) and Barbara Dauenhauer (b. 1822), were natives of Bavaria, Germany. Rosa?s parents were William Frederick Bokenfohr (1823-1886), a German immigrant, and Madalena Garantz Markel (1823-1886+), a native of Gegenwort, Alsace, Germany. B.F. Joachim and Rosa M. Bokenfohr married at New Orleans on February 24, 1881. From this union five children were born: B.F. ?Frank? Joachim II (1882-1970), Josephine E. Joachim Lee (1884-1927), Frederick W. Bokenfohr Joachim (1886-1887), Uriah S. ?Jack? Joachim (1888-1970), and Elizabeth B. ?Queenie? Joachim Potin (1891-pre-1934).(Ellison, 1991, pp. 71-73 and Laura Joachim via Ancestry.com)


New Orleans

Ben Joachim began working at the age of nine as a messenger boy for the Quartermaster?s Corps at the Government barracks in New Orleans. When the Civil War ended, he and his brother established the Joachim Brothers, an organization that oversaw the distribution of all daily-published newspapers in the Crescent City. By the late 1880s, B.F. Joachim had been financial successful but his health was in shambles from years of toil and stress. Like many others, he sought the salubrious environment of Ocean Springs to recuperate and restore his ailing physical and mental maladies.(The Jackson County Times, January 24, 1925, p. 1)


Ocean Springs-The Joachim Cottage

In January 1887 and June 1887, Ben Joachim began acquiring land from John M. Hollingsworth (1814-1891) and Dr. Milton Clay Vaughan (1832-1903) along LaFontaine Avenue west of the present day Ocean Springs Harbor. Here he built a tourist home called the Joachim Cottage.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 8 , pp. 723-724 and Bk. 11, p. 88)

Mr. Joachim advertised his enterprise in The Pascagoula Democrat-Star on August 10, 1894 as:





JOACHIM COTTAGE

B.F. Joachim, Proprietor

Board by the Day, Week, or Month





In 1898, in addition to being the proprietor of a resort property, B.F. Joachim was employed by his brother-in-law, Jac Bokenfohr, as his Mississippi Gulf Coast sales representative. Mr. Bokenfohr was a produce merchant based in New Orleans. Ben Joachim worked seven years for the Bokenfohr firm before retiring.(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, July 8, 1898, p. 3 and The Jackson County Times, January 24, 1925, p. 1)

In June 1902, Ben Joachim vended the Joachim Cottage property on LaFontaine to Dr. O.L. Bailey (1870-1938).(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 24, pp. 633-634)



B.F. Joachim House [in background]

Originally, No. 13 Bowen, on the northwest corner of Bowen Avenue and Kotzum, the Joachim house was demolished in the late 1940s. The young man in the fore ground is Earl Brumfield.



1902 B.F. Joachim house

It appears that after selling the Joachim Cottage, Ben Joachim erected on the northwest corner of Bowen and Kotzum what was described as, ?one of the most attractive homes at Ocean Springs?. The Joachim home at 13 Bowen Avenue was a large, two-story, frame dwelling with a cross-gabled roof, which featured imbricated shingles in the gables. It had large wrap around, ballustraded galleries, which were supported by turned posts. The B.F. Joachim lots, Lot 4 and Lot 6 of Block 1 in the Kotzum Addition, were acquired from Dr. O.L. Bailey, in June 1902.(Ocean Springs, Ms.-1915, JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk.25, pp. 17-18)

The Joachim house was acquired by William P. Spiers (1898-1960), a native of Carriere, Mississippi, and Mary Tyress Spiers (1900-1976), his spouse, in December 1941, from the Ocean Springs State Bank. The Spiers conveyed it to Noel C. Wells in January 1949.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 72, pp. 35-36; Bk. 104, pp. 310-311)

Noel C. Wells (1907-1987) came to Biloxi from Harahan, Louisiana and operated the Biloxi Sewing Machine Shop at 434 Reynoir Street. He had the old B.F. Joachim home demolished and contracted with Clarence E. Galle (1912-1986) to build a four unit apartment building.(The Gulf Coast Times, January 21, 1949, p. 5)

Dr. Richard T. Furr, the current owner of this property, bought it from the Wells family in March 1983. The Furr family owns a two-story, tenement house here today at Bowen Avenue.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 758, p. 263)



The Builder?s Supply Company

The Builder?s Supply Company was incorporated in the State of Mississippi in 1905, by George W. Davis (1842-1914), E.S. Davis (1859-1925), Dr. Jasper J. Bland (1850-1932), J.L. Clark (1850-1914), Peter Geiger (1858-1923), W.H. Bell, Frank Marquez (1840-1914), George E. Arndt (1857-1945), Joseph A. Wieder (1877-1960), John Burr (1875-1916), B.F. Joachim (1847-1925), Narcisse Seymour (1849-1931) and H.C. Seymour (1876-1913). B.F. Joachim was the manager of this local enterprise, which was situated on Old Fort Bayou, just north of Dr. Powell?s Bayou Inn, now Ronnie Hamilton?s Aunt Jenny?s Catfish Restaurant. Here Ben Joachim sold lumber, shingles, molding, brick, and associated building products. Two local lumber mills supplied the wood products for Mr. Joachim?s bayou lumberyard. Some of the local extant buildings at Ocean Springs that utilized the Builder?s Supply Company materials for their construction were: The 1912 Albert C. Gottsche grocery store, now the Blossman Gas Building at 809 Washington Avenue; the 1913 Farmers and Merchants Bank Building at 929 Washington Avenue; and the 1913 Joseph E. Catchot-Sam Guagliardo residence formerly at 1109 Ames Avenue, which was demolished by Maria Mavar in 1990.(Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 1915, p. 37)

The land in Section 19, T7S-R8W, where the Builder?s Supply Company was located Old Fort Bayou was acquired in June and July 1905, by George W. Davis and E.S. Davis. They bought approximately .65 acres from William Eugene Shaw and Sarah S. Shaw of Winneshiek County, Iowa. The parcel had a frontage on Old Fort Bayou of one hundred forty-two feet and the sale included the warehouse and wharf on the Shaw tract. This plot was once owned by Antonio Franco (1834-1891) and his spouse, Jane Rodriquez Franco (1844-1915), who conveyed it to Jesse B. Shaw in May 1890. The Widow Franco sold Messrs. Davis a narrow tract, fifty feet by one hundred sixty-eight feet in July 1905. (JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 33, p. 4; Bk. 11, pp. 149-150; Bk. 33, p. 5; and Bk. 33, p. 6)

In October 1907, the Davis Brothers conveyed these lands to the Builder?s Supply Company for $630. In general terms, the Davis lands conveyed were described as: bounded on the north by Old Fort Bayou; east by Jane Franco and E.M. Westbrook; south by Iberville Avenue; and west by Dr. O.L. Bailey.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 33, pp. 6-7)

In September 1915, Mrs. Emma A. Powell sold Builder?s Supply a small strip of land on their eastern boundary with her. It measured twenty feet by sixty-six feet.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 57, pp. 568-569)



Sale

Before his demise in January 1925, B.F. Joachim had acquired all the stock of the Builder?s Supply Company. In June 1925, his legatees conveyed the Builder?s Supply Company to Captain Ellis Handy (1891-1963) for $5500. The sale included: sheds, machinery, and improvements.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 55, pp. 629-630)

In late May 1925, Captain Handy announced his purchase of the business and planned to take over the daily operations on June 15th. He planned to enlarge the business and trade in multiple types of building materials.(The Jackson County Times, May 30, 1925, p. 3)

Benjamin married Rosa Madeline Bokenfohr on 24 Feb 1881 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. Rosa (daughter of Wilhelm Friedrich Bokenfohr and Magdalena Garantz Markel) was born on 4 Sep 1861 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; died on 19 Jan 1934 in Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA; was buried in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]