Here’s a rainy day project idea. Peruse the surnames of your direct line ancestors and jot down a question or two you’d like answered for each name on your list. My list is below:
Françoise ADAM (my French 6th great-grandmother):
- when/where was she born?
- when/where did she marry Jean Schmitt?
Magnus ÅMAN (my Swedish 4th great-grandfather):
- did he really die 18 Feb 1846 and if so, where?
Brita Carin ANDERSDOTTER (my Swedish 3rd great-grandmother):
- when/where did she marry Carl ERSSON?
Johanna Kristina ANDREASDOTTER (my Swedish 3rd great-grandmother):
- who did she marry 16 Oct 1864?
Anne Catherine BETTINGER:
- when/where did she marry Jean SCHMITT (my French 6th great-grandfather)?
Anton BIDENHARN:
- why did he become the EX-husband of Elizabeth SCHMITT (my French 2nd great-grandmother)?
Maria BUKMAKOWSKI (my German 2nd great-grandmother):
- when did she immigrate to the U.S.?
Johan CARLSON (my Swedish great granduncle):
- when did he (and how was he allowed to) immigrate to the U.S.?
Carl LARSSON CLARIN (my Swedish 2nd great-grandfather):
- when/where did he marry Bengta JÖNSSDOTTER?
Matthew CLARKE (my ethnicity-unknown 4th great-grandfather):
- when/where was he born?
Abigail CRAIG (my English 4th great-grandmother):
- what is her birthdate?
- when did she immigrate to the Isle of Man?
Per ENGLASSON (my Swedish 4th great-grandfather):
- when/where did he marry Boel MÅNSDOTTER?
Eric ERSSON (my Swedish 4th great-grandmother):
- when/where did he marry Stina ANDERSDOTTER?
Maria FRONTKOFSKI (my possibly-Russian 3rd great-grandmother):
- when/where did she marry Christof BUKMAKOWSKI?
Stina GABRIELSDOTTER (my Swedish 5th great-grandmother):
- when/where did she marry Isak ADOLPHSON?
Marie Anne GILLET (my French 4th great-grandmother):
- when/where did she die?
Christopher GROSSE (my French 5th great-grandfather):
- when/where was he born?
Marie Anne GURY (my French 3rd great-grandmother):
- when did she die and where is she buried?
Dorothea Friederike Christine HANSEN (my German 3rd great-grandmother):
- when/where did she die?
Mary Elizabeth HOUPERT (my French 5th great-grandmother):
- when/where did she marry Christopher GROSSE?
Sara Lisa JACOBSDOTTER (my Swedish 7th great-grandmother):
- when/where did she marry Carl Carlsson TOLF?
Ingrid JOHANNSDOTTER (my Swedish 3rd great-grandmother):
- when/where did she marry Jöns PERSSON?
Christina JOHNSDOTTER (my Swedish 4th great-grandmother):
- who did she marry?
Ingrid Stina JONASDOTTER (my Swedish 4th great-grandmother):
- when/where did she marry Andreas JONASSON?
Bengta JÖNSSDOTTER (my Swedish 2nd great-grandmother):
- does she have a headstone at Mount Olive?
Isabella JOUGHIN (my Manx 2nd great-grandmother):
- when/where did she die and where is she buried?
Elizabeth KEWLEY (my Manx 4th great-grandmother):
- when/where did she marry Patrick CHRISTIAN?
Anders LANDSTRÖM (my Swedish 4th great-grandfather):
- when/where did he marry Sophia MÖRLAND?
Johan LARSSON (my Swedish 4th great-grandfather):
- when/where did he marry Hanna PETERSDOTTER?
Anders LIDSTROM (my Swedish 5th great-grandfather):
- when/where did he marry Ingrid SVENSDOTTER?
Charles W LITTRELL (my ethnicity-unknown 3rd great-grandfather):
- when/where did he die and where is he buried?
Gustav Robert MANGELS (my great-grandfather):
- how can I confirm his military service?
Karl Johan Andersson MOLIN (husband of my Swedish 2nd great-grandmother):
- what are the circumstances of his death?
Sophia MÖRLAND (my Swedish 4th great-grandmother):
- when/where was she born?
Jacob K MUELLER (my Swiss 2nd great-grandfather):
- OMG – seriously, WHERE in Switzerland was he born?!?
Alma E MUELLER (Jacob’s daughter):
- what happened to her after her father died?
Peter THOMPSON (my Norwegian 2nd great-grandfather):
- did MY Peter THOMPSON really die at Ellis Island?
Carl TOLF (my Swedish 3rd great-grandfather):
- where is he buried?
Thomas WALTON (my English 4th great-grandfather):
- what is his birthdate?
Helena Jonasdotter WIDERBERG (my Swedish 5th great-grandmother):
- when/where was she born?
Anna WIGDER:
- is this my Swiss 3rd great-grandmother?
Wow – that’s one long to-do list. Guess I’d better get started!
Dorothea Friederike Christine HANSEN (my German 3rd great-grandmother):
Laura, this lady may be my grandmother’s sister, Ricki. The name I have for her is Christine Fredricke (I’m never sure about this spelling) Hansen, born 6 Sept 1884 in Chicago, I think. I don’t have a death date for her. Her parents were Fredrick Valentin Hansen and Anna Christine Hansen. (could be they were cousins somehow.) Married to John Bahr. I have a pic of her taken somewhere between 1945-50. If you think this might be her I’d be happy to send you the pic – of her and her sisters. Aunt Ricki had a sister whose middle name was Dorothea. Not unusual for them to use a name twice in a different position. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Janet Branson
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Janet, thank you for sharing this information and for your generous offer to share photos – my favorite thing ever! But alas, it doesn’t sound like we have a match. My Dorothea Friederike Christine Hansen was born in Germany about 1811 and died there 17 Apr 1867.
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Well, shucks, Laura. That’s too bad, maybe for both of us. Thanks for replying. Wait. Where in Germany? Mine were from Nordstrand Island off the north coast of Germany. Keep digging.
Janet
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LOL you’re right! We never know when or where those connections may happen, do we? Dorothea hailed from Schleswig-Holstein, but the two ladies could be distant cousins if we go back far enough. I’ll stay tuned!
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I believe Nordstrand was considered part of Schleswig Holstein. I don’t have any further info, back any farther. I love your ancestor’s name. Dorothea Friederika Christine. Some of those names were so beautiful. My grandfather’s mother was Anna Magdalena. They named a daughter Magdalena but called her Lena. How awful!!!! But they didn’t ask me. LOL!!
Keep digging.
Janet
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You are one amazing lady. Thank you for sharing journey with all of us.
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You are too kind sir.
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