The name Elizabeth Heimsath appears just once in the U.S. records for William Joseph Beermann. His death certificate indicates that she was his mother and his father was Christ Beermann. This was not a surname that I had ever heard before. Further, all I knew about my 2nd great-grandfather was that he emigrated to the…
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Johann Christian Beermann – How the Word “Genannt” Shakes up Everything – 52 Ancestors #52
Entry #52 With this entry, I am successfully completing the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging challenge! Right before Christmas I received new information about my maiden name – Biermann, or Beermann as it was spelled prior to 1910. It seems a fitting way to wrap up the year with an extraordinary finding about my…