I am posting a bit late this week. I have done pretty well so far this year. I think this is the first post that I’ve fallen behind on. It seems the most difficult stories to write are the ones for which there is either not enough information, or too much information. In this case…
Tag: Maier
The Vonder Halbens – Education Was the Family Business – 52 Ancestors 2015 #22
When my great-grandfather Gottlob Maier immigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1881, he already had family there. Three uncles, Johann Friedrich (Frederick), Christian and Karl Wilhelm (Charles) Maier, previously had made the move from Plieningen near Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg. This week for the theme of “Commencement” I will focus on the grandchildren of Christian Maier and…
Alma Maier Lindner – The Grandmother I Never Knew – 52 Ancestors #49
Entry #49 I am winding down the year now with my blog posts for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blog challenge. I cannot finish the year without talking about my grandmother, Alma Maier Lindner. Alma Maier was the grandmother that I never knew – my mother’s mother. My mother barely knew her either, since…
Charles Solger – Did He Leave One Family to Start Another? – 52 Ancestors #19
Entry #19 I am a week behind with my post. I have just returned from vacation in Costa Rica. Pura vida! My great-grandmother, Julia Magdalena Stephan, was married before she wed my great-grandfather, Gottlob Maier. It is her first husband, Charles P. Solger, who is the subject of my week 19 post. Julia (sometimes Lena…
Claire Lindner Biermann – My Mom and My Ancestors’ Pets – 52 Ancestors #11
Entry #11 I had planned to write about my mother, Claire Lindner Biermann, later this year, perhaps on the four-year anniversary of her death in July. There are so many things that I want to say about her to express my love and gratitude; but, a new theme came up suddenly last night and it…
William Anthony Maier – Why is My Uncle Wearing a Dress? 52 Ancestors #5
Entry #5 This is my fifth post for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. I hope it will be a catch-up post. So, here is an interesting picture of “Uncle Will,” my grandmother’s youngest brother (my grand-uncle). So, why is uncle Will wearing a dress, and a wig and makeup? The short answer is that I…