G-G-Grandparent

My great great grandparents’ generation. Them personally and their peers.

Ludwig Felchle (LT8S-Q15) and Elisabeth Weingärtner (9F2L-KPP)

Ludwig Felchle (LT8S-Q15) and Elisabeth Weingärtner (9F2L-KPP) FATHER Ludwig Felchle (LT8S-Q15) BIRTH 13 May 1840 Teplitsa, Artsyz’kyi, Odes’ka, Ukraine1–3 ALT. NAME 13 May 1840 Ludwig Fälchle BAPTISM 19 May 1840 Teplitsa, Artsyz’kyi, Odes’ka, Ukraine3 BAPTISM 17 Apr 1876 Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Ukraine IMMIGRATION 29 Mar 1894 S.S. Havel, New York, Richmond, New York, USA EMIGRATION […]

Frederick H. Schwanke & Wilhelminna “Minnie” Louise Albrecht

Frederick H. Schwanke (GHBV-23F) and Wilhelminna Louise Albrecht "Minnie" (LRMJ-ST8) FATHER Frederick H. Schwanke (GHBV-23F) BIRTH 1 Feb 1845 Germany BIRTH 3 Jun 1849 Germany MILITARY 12 Sep 1861 4th Regiment, US Cavalry, Company I1–2 ARRIVAL 13 Sep 1871 New York, New York, USA3 CENSUS 1 Jun 1905 Head Sparta, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA4 DEATH 22 […]

Our earliest mother in North America

All of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in your body comes from your mother, you get none from your father. You can study the genetics of mtDNA to learn how women create families that move around the world over the centuries. It is an entire field of study that I won’t discuss more in this post, […]

Ludwig Felchle & Elizabeth Weingartner Family

Notes  Felchle Surname          When my branch of the family came to the US, their name was typically written as Felchle. Older German records are written as Fälchle. There are Europeans that use Falchle when the system that they are using does not allow the ä character.          To make it more interesting, I found two families […]

Bossert sod house Mercer – McLean County

Photos of the Rudolf Bossert sod house south of Mercer in McLean County, ND. I was visiting North Dakota in the summer of 2005 and my Uncle Don took me on a road trip south of Mercer in McLean County to visit the farmsteads of his great-uncle Rudolf Bossert and his great-grandfather Andreas Bossert. In […]

Hue. L Short

Hi, a distant cousin wrote this and gave me permission to publish. OSHER WHY THE CIVIL WAR STILL MATTERS CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF MY GREAT GRANDFATHER HUE L. SHORT & MY WIFE’S GREAT GRANDFATHER WILLIAM M. GANNON Gene Yeates January 2019 INTRODUCTION I plan to spend about 15 minutes today covering the topics shown on […]

Hugh Connoran “Con” Short

1874 – 1951 “Con Short in Oklahoma” Note the two dogs! Writing on the back: Con Short in car on plateau. Writing on the front: Dad’s first car – J.I. Case.

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