Since I have fallen behind on my blog entries for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, I am giving myself permission to address the optional themes in the order that suits my research. I have half-evolved essays for the other themes that I haven’t completed. Sometimes the research just doesn’t cooperate. The theme for week 38…
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Richard Max Otto Lindner – Always Joking – 52 Ancestors #16
Entry #16 Richard Max Otto Lindner was born 27 April 1890 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, the middle son of Emil Max Heinrich Lindner and Anna Marie Kessler. He had two brothers, Max, who was older by two years, and Kurt, who was younger by three. This was my Grandpa Lindner and he was known to…
Martin Luther – Yes, THAT Martin Luther – 52 Ancestors #13
Entry #13 This is where the genealogy bug originated for me. No, I am not saying that Martin Luther, the Reformer, was a great family historian. I am sure that he was far too consumed with thinking about the Church and God, and igniting the Protestant Reformation in Germany, to be a genealogist. What I…
Marie Kessler Lindner – A Terrible Way to Die – 52 Ancestors #3
February 10, 2014 Entry #3 There was no question in my mind who I should select as my subject ancestor for the second week of February. Anna Marie Kessler Lindner was my great grandmother and she died in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, on February 13, 1945 – 69 years ago on Thursday. If that date rings…