William Hahs 1830-???
This would be the Pennsylvania Dutch portion of my family tree. Don't know to much. His wife was Sarah. They had 6 children that I know of. They were Orlando (1850-??), Amelia (1852-??), James (1855-1885), Susan (1856-??), Rachel (1857-??) & William (1859-??). They lived in the Reading, PA area.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Karl A. Langlotz 1834-1915
Karl, my GGGrandfather, is one of my most frustrating searches. Lets start with what I know. Karl was born on 20 June 1834 in Saxe-Meininger, Germany. He immigrated from Hamburg because he couldn't get a visa in his home town. He arrived at Castle Garden on 12 Sept. 1853 on the Deutschland. His first marriage was to Emma Rae. Together they had 4 children; Karl A., Clifton Adelbert, Rae & Emma. His wife Emma died about 1868 leaving his with the 4 small children. He then married Virginia Dunn in 1872. They had one child, Virginia Irwin in 1875. Karl was a teacher at Princeton University in New Jersey. He taught music and German. He then went on to write the music for "Old Nassau". For those non-Princeton fans, that is the alma mater song. I know from his autobiography that Karl's father was a musician in Court of Saxe-Meiningen and teacher of the piano to the Duke, who was then Crown Prince. I also know that he had 4 older sisters. The frustrating part is that it mentions his father, but not his NAME. It mentions his sisters, but not their NAMES. My big problem is that when ever I find someplace that might have the records I need, they are all in German. How can I know so much and yet still know so little to find the name of his parents. The stone below is from the Princeton Cemetery where Karl, his wife and some of his children are buried. His death record from Trenton, NJ does not list his parents names. Neither does the one marriage certificate. I am still working on finding the marriage records for the first marriage in Philadelphia, but it's not likely to give me what I want. PA records for that time period suck. If anyone knows where the first son Karl Jr. went to, please let me know. I know in 1880 he was a Lawyer still living with his father. Karl's obituary from 1915 mentions that on two daughters survived him, Emma and Virginia.
Titus & Blackwell in New Jersey
Last summer I took the long trip to the Pennington Pres. Church Cemetery in Hopewell, New Jersey. My Dad and I were hoping to find about 4 related graves. I ended up taking about 150 photos and identifying 35 related people. It was really great. Last Friday I was sitting at work with little to do and thought I would revisit some of the graves. I ended up pulling up the FindAGrave.com website along with my tree database and the Familysearch.org website and cross referenced the graves that I had not entered. I ended up find a whole other group of people that I didn't have in my tree. I guess I will be going back this summer. Hopefully the church will let me go through some of it's old records to verify what I found. I did see that one of them was in the Revolution. The grave has an extra marker. If anyone else is researching the Titus/Blackwell family in the Hopewell, NJ area, please let me know.
Last summer I took the long trip to the Pennington Pres. Church Cemetery in Hopewell, New Jersey. My Dad and I were hoping to find about 4 related graves. I ended up taking about 150 photos and identifying 35 related people. It was really great. Last Friday I was sitting at work with little to do and thought I would revisit some of the graves. I ended up pulling up the FindAGrave.com website along with my tree database and the Familysearch.org website and cross referenced the graves that I had not entered. I ended up find a whole other group of people that I didn't have in my tree. I guess I will be going back this summer. Hopefully the church will let me go through some of it's old records to verify what I found. I did see that one of them was in the Revolution. The grave has an extra marker. If anyone else is researching the Titus/Blackwell family in the Hopewell, NJ area, please let me know.
Monday, January 19, 2009
William Kirk 1831-1902
William is my GGGrandfather. I lost him at Castle Garden. For those that don't know, Castle Garden was used before Ellis Island. He was born in England and married Mary Toulding. Together they had 10 children. William, Mary and some of the kids are buried at Riverview Cemetery in New Jersey. You can view the graves on the FindAGrave.com web site. The children were William, George, Elizabeth, Harry (Henry), Thomas, Minnie, Alma (born Elmer), Emma, Mary and Arthur.
William is my GGGrandfather. I lost him at Castle Garden. For those that don't know, Castle Garden was used before Ellis Island. He was born in England and married Mary Toulding. Together they had 10 children. William, Mary and some of the kids are buried at Riverview Cemetery in New Jersey. You can view the graves on the FindAGrave.com web site. The children were William, George, Elizabeth, Harry (Henry), Thomas, Minnie, Alma (born Elmer), Emma, Mary and Arthur.
New Blog
Hello everyone. I have set up this blog to help find the one's that got away. I have been working on my family tree for 9 years. My database has over 2500 people in it. I spend much of my time searching the Internet and walking around graveyards. My hope is that this blog will help find some of the people I am looking for and maybe help some that are search for the same people. Anyone is welcome to comment. By working together, we can find them all.
Hello everyone. I have set up this blog to help find the one's that got away. I have been working on my family tree for 9 years. My database has over 2500 people in it. I spend much of my time searching the Internet and walking around graveyards. My hope is that this blog will help find some of the people I am looking for and maybe help some that are search for the same people. Anyone is welcome to comment. By working together, we can find them all.
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