Saturday, October 11, 2014

Sibling Saturday: Carl Joseph and John William Schneider

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For a long time, I did not know that my Schneider ancestors had family in St. Louis when they arrived. My great-great-grandparents Carl Jose...
Friday, October 10, 2014

Schnitzelbank Song

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Postcard from Mader's Restaurant , Milwaukee, Wisconsin The “Schnitzelbank Song” is a German folk song with humorous rhymes which ...
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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Leif Erikson Day

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Leiv Eiriksson Discovers North America . Painting by Christian Krohg, 1893 [Public domain]. Available from Wikimedia Commons . October 9...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Great Chicago Fire

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  Chicago Tribune , 11 October 1871 At about 9:00 PM on 8 October 1871, a fire broke out in Patrick and Catherine O'Leary's b...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Travel Tuesday: Margaret (Schneider) Boe's Trip to Mexico After the Death of Her Brother, 1974

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After her brother Carl died in Ciudad Mante , Tamaulipas, Mexico in 1974, my maternal grandmother Margaret (Schneider) Boe traveled to Mexi...
Monday, October 6, 2014

German-American Day

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Flags of the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany. Photo by Tvabutzku1234 (Own work) [CC0]. Available from Wikime...
Sunday, October 5, 2014

52 Ancestors: #40 Louise Margaret Gray

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Louise Margaret Gray was born on 6 December 1906 in Nashville, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Margaret Tarkington, my great-grandmother...