I stumbled over your webpage on the webtrees forum. You have done a nice job! I also came upon your photo titled “Augustina’s bible” in the gallery (http://www.heinrich.id.au/wp/?page_id=319&g2_itemId=98). Since German is my native language I couldn’t help noticing that what you are holding on this photo is not a . . . → Read More: Not Augustina’s Bible]]> I received this information recently:

I stumbled over your webpage on the webtrees forum. You have done a nice job! I also came upon your photo titled “Augustina’s bible” in the gallery (http://www.heinrich.id.au/wp/?page_id=319&g2_itemId=98). Since German is my native language I couldn’t help noticing that what you are holding on this photo is not a bible, but a collection of songs and prayers by Martin Luther, Paul Gerhardt, et al.

A very nice heritage item indeed, but just not a bible Have a nice day!

“Are you Keith William Heinrich son of Walter William Heinrich and Freda Mary Beutel? If so, we are 2nd cousins once removed according to my genealogy programme from the Beutel side.

I am writing a book each on . . . → Read More: Contact from a distant relative]]> Out of the blue the other day I received contact from Chris Schmidt who wrote:

“Are you Keith William Heinrich son of Walter William Heinrich and Freda Mary Beutel? If so, we are 2nd cousins once removed according to my genealogy programme from the Beutel side.

I am writing a book each on each of the Kapernick brothers to come to Australia. The third one, which covers the descendants of Hermann Friedrich Kapernick and Marie Johanna Wilhelmina Augusta “Mary” Beutel you may be interested in ordering as all these descendants are related to you via the Beutel side. The greater majority still live around Gatton, and Toowoomba, although we have spread around the country and state!”

And subsequently:

“There was also an Arnie Bachmann that had a place at Blenheim. All the Bachmanns from around Ipswich through to Gatton and Laidley are descended from Wilhelm Christoph Bachmann and Wilhelmine Beutel. Wilhelmine is a sister to Keith Wallace Heinrich’s maternal grandfather. There are lots of rellies around that area- we had a Kapernick reunion in Gatton and over 200 came- a few from other branches of the Kapernicks as well but mostly the Beutels- and that is only a small drop in the bucket compared to the total number.”

I’ll check this out more in due course.

Here’s the family story that I heard about Florence (Florrie, Florie) and Ruth:

Angelina (Angele), Charles Olm’s 3rd daughter, married Walter Claassen and had 2 daughters, Florie and Ruth. When Angele died of unknown causes in 1913 her daughters were 10 and 7 respectively. Walter put the . . . → Read More: Florie and Ruth, daughters of Angelina]]> From Elodee…

Here’s the family story that I heard about Florence (Florrie, Florie) and Ruth:

Angelina (Angele), Charles Olm’s 3^rd daughter, married Walter Claassen and had 2 daughters, Florie and Ruth. When Angele died of unknown causes in 1913 her daughters were 10 and 7 respectively. Walter put the girls in a “children’s home”. My grandmother, Julie, and her sister, Phillie, couldn’t stand the idea of them being in an orphanage so Julie took Florie  (she had just had a baby, Violet) and raised her as her own. I grew up calling her Aunt Florie and adored her. Phillie took Ruth to North Dakota and we don’t think they ever saw each other again. My father remembers Walter (a “dashing” man) showing up for a few hours a couple of times a year and no one knows what became of him.

That reminds me – Charles Olm moved in with my father, Juliet, and family in his old age. I believe he was with all of them when he died.

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This confirms Richard Scanlan’s research. Click here for more info about the German Department at Rochester.

Digging further it seems Richard was born in the US, his parents immigrated from Germany before . . . → Read More: Who is Richard Gregutt?]]> Richard Gregutt was a boyhood friend of John’s and his sponsor for the naturalisation declaration. On that document he declares knowing John for 11 years, almost as long as John has been in the US at that point.

Digging further it seems Richard was born in the US, his parents immigrated from Germany before John was born and that he is close to the same age as John. It seems reasonable to assume there is no connection back to Germany although this is being checked out.

Later in life Richard was a salesman at Tiffany’s.

Research of databases and document repositories, interviews and then analysing, sorting and collating information. The pick of this then ends up in the Family History database.

There’s a lot of good stuff there so . . . → Read More: Have you ever wondered??]]> … about what goes on under the hood here? There of a lot of scanning of documents and photos.

Research of databases and document repositories, interviews and then analysing, sorting and collating information. The pick of this then ends up in the Family History database.

There’s a lot of good stuff there so check it out. It’s probably worth a visit if you haven’t been there in a while. Remember you need to be logged in to see it all so let me know if you need an account.

Family History Database