When I started researching this family, nearly 30 years ago, I knew his name, the general area he was from and who he married. From there speculation from others served as clues for me. Heinrick Frederick Gode was my great-great grandfather and information about him was scarce. He was a Lutheran Minister according to family…
Today would have been my father’s 100th Birthday! One Hundred Years Old! This day will be set aside for me to remember him joyously, not to mourn, but to celebrate the life he led and how much he meant to me! He was born William Francis Sherman, Jr., on September 4, 1915 in Sibley Memorial…
I walked through this Church many years ago. I wanted to picture my great-grandparent’s wedding in 1890. I wanted to picture myself sitting through a Church service led by my great-great-grandfather, Jeremiah Mark Carvell, PhD, Pastor there from November 1885 thru November 1891. My great-grandparents met there. My great-grandfather sang there. Their cousins went there,…
Divorces are never fun. Some body has to be right ~ some body has to be wrong. After 40 years you think the couples could move on, and my ex and I almost did! Until I found my passion, Genealogy, and proved his father wrong . . . William Henry Bowman was the second son born to…
Short story: Today is Pearl Harbor Day and let us not forget the many lost in the horrific attack on Pearl Harbor that morning. However, if it weren’t for this I would not be. My parents met when my father was in the service, stationed in Hawaii. My mother’s family lived in Hilo. She was…
The mother-in-law I never knew was not always a United States Citizen. That is not to say that she was not born in Iowa, or that she renounced her citizenship, rather that she did what most other young ladies do when they are in their early 20’s ~ she got married! Jessie Kroese was born…
My Great-great Grandfather, and several of his brothers served their country in the Civil War. They served from Pennsylvania and all were in different units, Ephraim, my GGGrandfather served in the 122nd, Company E, His brother Harry (or Henry) served in the 157th, Company C, and John served in Ind Batt. I, Lt Art. I…
My Father’s hobby was photography and he was good at it. He’d set up the camera and we’d pose, leave a spot empty for him. Timer set, he’d hustle into his spot and VOILA! We’d have our Christmas Picture. So it was in 1949. This blog is about the tree as much as it is…
Everybody remembers where they were were and what they were doing on certain days. My parents remembered D-Day, some people remember the Space Shuttle exploding and my grandchildren will remember the Twin Towers. I remember Dallas, November 22, 1963 for more than one reason. This was the day! The day my first child was due.…
Family Historians, Genealogists, Name Collectors, they go by different names. Some people collect names and their databases grow, others just document THEIR particular line of the family, and brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles be damned. Everybody emphasizes something different. Me? It’s the stories! Good or Bad, they all are a part of who I am.…
From Axer to Ziegler 