Genealogy Is An Adventure

Author: Yvonne Scholz

  • Origins

    I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 ancestors in 52 weeks.

    52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Themes for 2024

    I have always had difficulties researching one of my Grandfather’s line.

    My Grandfather, Alex Schneider (1898-1990) was born in Elberfeld which

    now belongs to Wuppertal. I have his birth certificate, however I am not sure

    if ever was baptized. Alex’s Father, Ferdinand Schneider (1855-1935) was

    born in Berlin and died in Elberfeld. Ferdinand left the evangelical church at

    one point in his life. I don’t know when and why he left the church.

    Ferdinand was baptized in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophienkirche_(Berlin)

    and he got married in the evangelical church in Gadderbaum, Bielefeld in

    1883.

    Ferdinand’s Mother, Caroline Francisca Amalie Büttner (1816-), was

    married in 1841 at the https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George%E2%80%99s_Church_(Berlin)

    Her church marriage record shows her age and her Father, but not when and where she was born.

    Caroline’s Father, Franz Xavier Büttner (1790-1836) was born in Steinwitz,

    Germany, which is nowadays in  Scinawica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.

    Franz’s Father, Anton Büttner was born in Wöfelsdorf which is

    nowadays in Wilkanow, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.

    It’s nice to able to visualize on a map where one of my oldest known ancestor

    came from.

    Genealogy is not just an an adventure, but also a big puzzle. I still have to

    work on this line and sort out some of the dates.

  • Adolph Albert Scholz 1865-1939

    Adolph was my husband’s Great Grandfather. He was born 8 January 1865

    in Schönwiese, Kreis Leobschütz, Austria and died 10 April 1939 in Colfax,

    Washington.

    Adolph arrived 13 February 1884 in New York with his friend Herman

    Klinke.

    Image Provided by Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7488/images/NYM237_473-0528?pId=9886928

    Their ship, Neckar, travelled from Bremen, Germany, via Southampton, England to New York.

    https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/ImmigrantShips/Neckar.html

    Adolph settled in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, where he married my husband’s

    Great Grandmother, Rosina Muecke, 20 May 1888. Adolph and Rosina had

    10 children together. Nine of them were born in Tennessee and the last one,

    my husband’s Grandfather, was born in Washington State.

  • Franz Sevenich 1870-1950

    Franz Sevenich was my Great Grandfather. He was born January 4th, 1870

    in Brachelen and died 26 August 1950 in Düsseldorf-Heerdt, Germany.

    He married my Great Grandmother, Anna Catharina Steinhaus on June 9th,

    1893 in Heerdt.

    My aunt Liesel told me that Franz was a very proud man and that he liked to

    celebrate a lot. He even made his own wine. Birthdays weren’t celebrated,

    instead it was Saint’s Day. My Great Grandmother’s middle name was

    Katharina, so was my Oma’s (Grandmother’s), my Mother’s and even my

    middle name as well. Catharina’s Saint Day is celebrated on November 25th.

    My Grandfather as a young man.

    1918, 25th Anniversary

    1943, 50th Anniversary

    The pictures were colorized by https://www.ancestry.com

  • Family Lore

    Happy New Year! This is my very first post. So here it goes!

    I am inspired by following Amy Crow’s

    52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Themes for 2024

    One of the stories I heard from my Dad is that during WW2, my Grandparents were bombed out three times and had to find new places

    to live. They lived in Düsseldorf, Germany which was attacked

    several times between 1939 and 1945. Thankfully my Grandparents survived this horror. Two of their sons died while fighting in Russia.

    My Dad was in Russia for a very short time, but kept getting sick, so

    eventually the army send him home for good. If my Dad had died in

    the war I wouldn’t be here to tell my family’s story.

  • The Art of Connection

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  • Beyond the Obstacle

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