Category: Mueller
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Three Generation Wedding Day
My paternal grandparents Harold Clarke Mueller and Frances Lois Mangels were married in Chicago Illinois 94 years ago today ~ August 24th, 1930. Harold’s parents, my paternal great-grandparents Alfred Jacob Mueller and Ellen Gertrude Clarke were also married in Chicago, also on August 24th. Their wedding took place in 1907.…
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Is DNA the Way to Jacob?
I recently attended an interesting webinar about doing DNA research. The presenter proposed that one step toward identifying cousins who might lead back to our MRCA (Most Recent Common Ancestor) was by finding our grandparents’ siblings, their children and grandchildren, and then finding our great-grandparents’ siblings, children and grandchildren. Despite…
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Infamous Neighbors
How do people in a neighborhood react when they learn an alleged serial killer had been living among them? Herman Webster Mudgett (1861 – 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes, was an American con artist and alleged serial killer who lived at South Wallace…
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National Bike to Work Day
The League of American Bicyclists was originally founded as the League of American Wheelmen in 1880. Bicyclists, known then as “wheelmen,” were challenged by rutted roads of gravel and dirt and faced antagonism from horsemen, wagon drivers, and pedestrians. From the past to the present, bike riders have been a part of my family…
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Alfred Was Born Wasn’t He?
For my last Timeline Tuesday post, I was able to document the source of my 2nd great-grandparents’ marriage in November of 1874. Early in my research of this branch of my family tree, I surmised that Elizabeth SCHMITT had been married before she married Jacob MUELLER. My supposition was based…
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Documenting a Source that Isn’t
Last week I mentioned a sourcing “opportunity” I had. It could complicate citing the marriage of my great-grandfather Alfred Jacob Mueller’s parents on the timeline I am preparing about his life. While drafting this post and attempting to document the aforementioned marriage, I relived the steps I took long ago…
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Just down the Street
Literally. According to Google Maps, it was a three-minute walk from 655 W 61st Street to 538 W 61st Street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. The other day I wondered about the possibility of my 2nd great-grandmother Elise Mueller and her brother John N. Schmitt attending the same church. I knew they…
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Sawyer Biscuit Company
In honor of Biscuit Day, I thought I’d share a tidbit about my great-grandfather Alfred Jacob Mueller who worked for a biscuit company. Ebay is a great source for many things genealogical. That’s where I found this item from the Sawyer Biscuit Company. Happy Biscuit Day!
