I have uploaded another updated Gedcom (November 2022) to this site using Legacy Family Tree. The old rootspersona data is gone. My file includes direct ancestors for me and for my husband’s family, as well as all descendants that I have recorded. Please understand that my research is always a work in progress. I cannot…
Category: Biermann
Lily Biermann (Terrell) Aultman – Lost Lily
Two children, who shared my maiden name, found in the Cincinnati Children’s Home in the 1900 U.S. census. I passed them by – Lilly Bierman, age eight, and John Bierman, age two – they aren’t my family, I thought. I knew of no orphaned Biermann children in my family. I was looking for my grandfather,…
Edward Thomas Whipple – Large Family (of Girls) – 52 Ancestors 2015 #37
I am doing my posts for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2015 out of order; this one should have been done is September. I have been traveling back and forth, to and from Pennsylvania to look after elderly family and blogging has had to take a back seat to family responsibilities. One of the themes…
Hempe Maria Dierksen – Oops! How Old Was She? – 52 Ancestors 2015 # 43
Oops! Finally, a theme I can relate to, if you will pardon the pun. This week Amy Johnson Crow suggested that we write about “An ancestor who made an ‘oops,’ or one that you made while researching one of them.” Hempe Maria Dierksen (Dirksen, Dirxen) is my presumed 4th great-grandmother. She was born to Joannes…
Ormonde J. Merz and Ohio Caverns – How a Colorful Landmark Led to Bad Blood – 52 Ancestors 2015 #41
The theme suggested for week 41 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks was “Colorful.” I have already written about a number of colorful ancestors, so I needed to get even more creative than ever with the theme. I remembered a family story about Ohio Caverns in West Liberty, Ohio, and there is a fit. The…
Anna Schulte Beermann- Celebrating an October Birthday – 52 Ancestors 2015 #40
Week 40 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is broadly themed “October.” I went back through my ancestors looking for the first October date for someone I have not yet written about. Anna Schulte Beermann came up first. You would think that I would know a lot about my great-grandmother. She was born in Cincinnati,…
Thomas and Adam Whipple – Here a Cow, There a Swine: An Investigation into Non-population Schedules of the U.S. Censuses – 52 Ancestors 2015 #34
This week Nancy Johnson Crow suggested that we investigate our ancestors in the non-population schedules of the U.S. federal census as our theme for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. I have to admit that it is getting harder and harder to find ancestors who meet the theme. I have done most of my male ancestors…
Henry Schatz – Easy to Know You – 52 Ancestors 2015 #31
This week the theme for 52 Ancestors is “Easy.” Finally, here is a chance to tell a story that isn’t about the challenges of research. I picked someone that I find likeable and that is because my dad always made him seem likeable. Henry Schatz was my father’s maternal grandfather, so I already knew a…
Christopher Whipple (Wippel) – Had a Farm – 52 Ancestors 2015 #25
Christopher Wippel was my fourth great-grandfather and he was a brother of Johann Wippel, who was also my fourth great-grandfather. Yes, you have correctly deduced that my third great-grandparents, Charles (Carl) and Catharine Wippel were first cousins. Christoph Wippel was born 2 December 1802 in Bobenheim Roxheim, Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Rhineland Pfalz, Germany. His older…
Louise Miller Wessa Bell – She Married Two Military Men – 52 Ancestors 2015 #21
My great-grandaunt Louise was the youngest of the Miller children, born to Andrew Miller and Kate Wippel Miller on 7 May 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Miller family was comprised of seven sisters: Anna, Katherine, Augusta, Helen, Mary, Eva and Louise; and, one brother: Philipp. Augusta (Gustie) was my grandmother’s mother, so the rest of…