Theresa Gill was born February 29, 1904 (leap year).  She was baptized on March 6th, 1904 and had as sponsors Thomas McIntyre and Anna Stanton.  The priest presiding was Fr. J. Kelly.

Theresa and Joe were married on November 10, 1925 and the witnesses were Bernard McMahon and Margaret McIntyre.  Fr. George Burke performed the ceremony.  Joe was a machinist, a time study engineer and also worked for Bendix and Westinghouse.  They lived in Cleveland for awhile and then moved to a small farm alongside the Black River; Uncle Joe farmed when he came home from work.                Periodically, the McCaffertys would visit the farm where they would sometimes pick strawberries.  The younger Haffners remember the "creepy crawlers" hanging in the basement and Uncle Joe shooting BB guns out the kitchen window.  They also remember the cards and snake-in-a-can on the lower shelf so the kids could play with them and always being served ginger ale.  The Knittels  had a German shepherd dog.  The best kind of candy was black jellybeans (Aunt Tess).

Theresa Gill (daughter of John and Bridget Gill) married Joseph Knittel.  The Knittel's were cousins of the McCaffertys.  Joe Knittel's parents were Joseph M. Knittel and Emma Wirtz.  Joe's siblings were Beatrice (1904) Bittel, Wilbert (1903), Rose Winters, Catherine Dembowski, Dorothy Chrostowske, and Barbara Weekley.

Joseph and Theresa (Gill) Knittel had a 15 acre farm along the Black River in Carlisle Township, Elyria, Ohio.  They liverd there from 1945 to about 1965.  They raised fruit and vegetables and sold them at a stand in front of their home.  They also raised chickens and had two beef cattle each year for their own meat and eggs.  They had an orchard with a variety of fruit trees.

Theresa canned and froze fruit and vegetables for the family to use in the winter.  She also enjoyed crocheting items for the family.  Joseph raised Beagle dogs for hunting and also to sell.  He was a Time Study Engineer at Bendix Westinghouse in Elyria.