This has happened to me before. I start looking at the story of a man who was a lifelong single. I gather all kinds of documents in order to write the story. And then I discover that I need to tell the story of two men who were each lifelong singles. They were brothers who … More Fred and Gustav – Pair of Puntmann Bachelors
I have written tons of posts about people named Vogel. You will read another one today, but it will document the story of a Vogel that has no connections to the other Vogel’s that have appeared on this blog. We only have today’s Vogel’s in our German Family Tree because we now have the Trinity, … More Louis and Dorothy – Biehle Vogel’s
One of the dilemmas I faced today was how to spell the main character’s surname. I found at least 3 different spellings…Gierenger, Gerringer, and Geringer. In a Gierenger family book that we have in our research library, it says that the change from Gierenger to Geringer took place in about 1935. Today’s character apparently used … More Ferd and Julia – The Geringer’s
In a recent post, Single Schroeder Siblings, it was pointed out that a Schroeder couple was made up of a German Lutheran husband and a French Catholic wife. Each of them retained their religious denomination until their death and were buried in different cemeteries, one a Lutheran cemetery and one a Catholic cemetery. I will … More Another Protestant-Catholic Pair
I am writing a different type of story today. Usually I make an attempt to give you a person’s life history from cradle to grave. I cannot do that today. I cannot even come close. The main character in today’s story was in the United States for only two years, after which he and his … More Mourning Marbach Matron
I discovered in our German Family Tree a person with a birthday today who had the surname Unterreiner. I must admit that the first thing that came to my mind was that this surname was a “Catholic name”. The cemetery for our nearest Catholic church, St. Joseph Cemetery, has 44 entries on Findagrave.com that include … More Lutherans and Catholics
Johanne Fredericke Biehle was born on this day in Germany in 1802. She and her husband, Friedrich came with the Gesellschaft aboard the Republik in 1839 along with six children. Then the Biehle family experienced plenty of tragedy. Johanne was pregnant when she boarded the ship in Bremehaven. She attempted to give birth on March … More Really Woeful Biehles
