Week 45 of 52 Ancestors had no theme. We were free to write on any topic. It’s the perfect time for this as I made a huge discovery. I think it was right in front of my nose all along. This has been a great year for researching my Lindner family. The addition of the…
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Gustav Richard Max Lindner – “Gefallen” – 52 Ancestors 2015 #44
This past weekend was Halloween and the theme for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks was “Frightening.” Unfortunately, no tales of the supernatural come to mind, so I will take a different route. I am probably more frightened of war than of ghosts, witches, zombies and vampires. War is about the most horrible thing I can…
Clara Pauline Minna Lindner Hache – She Lived in Two Dresdens – 52 Ancestors 2015 #38
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…
Franz (François) de la Marche – The Dance Master – 52 Ancestors 2015 #29 (Updated)
In 2015 I wrote about my search for Augusta Gustave Catharina de la Marche, my 7th great-grandmother. She was born is Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, on 26 April 1658. When I finally located the original baptism record through the online holdings of Les Archives Départementales du Bas-Rhin, it named her father as Franz de la Marche, dance…
Emil Heinrich Max Lindner (the elder) – The Stamp Collection – 52 Ancestors 2015 #24
I don’t really know how the postage stamps of my 2 times great-grandfather, Emil Heinrich Max Lindner, came into my possession as a child. I think they were just around, and I swept them into my stamp collection, because, after all, they were stamps and I was a stamp collector. I don’t remember anyone ever…
Oskar Paul Kessler – This Is Why I Blog – 52 Ancestors 2015 #16
Our theme this week is “Live Long.” Trying the obvious approach, I combed through my family tree and did not find any centenarians in my direct line. When I investigated a few that were related by marriage, I was unsure whether the dates of death were accurate. One fellow supposedly lived to be 118. I…
Remembering Marie Lindner – Victim of the Allied Attack on Dresden
Seventy years ago tonight, Anna Marie Kessler Lindner, my great-grandmother, died when the Allied forces firebombed Dresden. The destruction was beyond comprehension. I wrote about her in my blog this time last year. Ruhe sanft, Marie. Read more here: http://wp.me/p4ioO6-x
Friederike Emilie Haehnert – A Secret Kept for 156 Years – 52 Ancestors #46
Entry #46 In entry #45, I alluded to a bombshell discovered within the marriage certificate of my great grandfather, Emil Heirich Max Lindner. I was expecting to see Christiane Charlotte Püschel listed as my great grandfather’s mother; but, she was not. Here is the top half of the marriage record with the translation below: The…
Unknown Kessler 2x Great-Grandfather – Name Found! – 52 Ancestors #45
Entry #45 I was so surprised to learn that Ancestry.com had made available a collection of birth and marriage records from Saxony, Germany. I was under the impression that most records in Dresden were destroyed. My great-grandmother, Anna Maria Kessler Linder, was killed during the fire-bombing of Dresden and I blogged about her in week…
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…