Surname Saturday #26: Blum

The Blum family is probably one of my most researched and most known about lines in my ancestry. I've loved researching this line. Being the total genealogy addict that I am, I have actually researched this line twice. I love this family, this parish and the general area. I can't wait to visit there one day!


1. Maria Blum (top-left in the picture with her brother-in-law, Conrad Summ's family)
b. 06 Oct 1860, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
d. 14 Oct 1951, Norwood, Langlade County, Wisconsin
m. Johann Georg Summ; 26 Oct 1882, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
*Maria Summ, b. 23 Jul 1883, Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Carl J. Summ, b. 22 Mar 1888, Norwood, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Herman Georg Albert Summ, b. 19 May 1894, Norwood, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Marcus Carl Julius Summ, b. 12 Mar 1903, Norwood, Langlade County, Wisconsin

2. Georg Blum, steinguthänder auf der Insel
b. 21 Apr 1822, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
d. 05 Apr 1885, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
m1. Anna Maria Spathelf; 06 Jun 1849, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
m2. Barbara Schneider; 17 Apr 1851, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
m3. Katharina Schneider; 31 Jul 1864, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Anna Maria Blum, b. 29 Dec 1846, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Christian Blum, b. 22 Jan 1848, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Christine Blum, b. 14 Sep 1857, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Maria Blum, (above)
*Jacob Blum, b. 27 Apr 1868, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Barbara Blum, 10 Oct 1869, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany

3. Georg Blum, schneider auf der Insel
b. 28 Apr 1783, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
d. 26 Feb 1870, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
m. Maria Lehmann; 16 Apr 1809, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Georg Blum, (above) (ONLY CHILD)

4. Christian Blum, bauer Ob der Kirche
b. 24 Oct 1704, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
d. unknown
m1. Lucia Aberle; 20 Jun 1741, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
m2. Anna Maria Spathelf; 20 Jun 1769, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Conrad Blum, b. 09 Feb 1772, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Maria Blum, b. 05 May 1774, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Christina Blum, b. 17 Aug 1779, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Georg Blum, (above)

5. Adam Blum, bauer Ob der Kirche
b. abt 1657, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
d. 13 Jun 1705, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
m1. Susanna Steiger; 02 Feb 1697, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
m2. Maria Moser; 26 Apr 1701, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Barbara Blum, b. 31 Aug 1698, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Maria Blum, b. 17 Dec 1699, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Anna Blum, b. 08 Jun 1701, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Catharina Blum, b. 08 Jun 1701, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Anna Blum, b. 27 Apr 1702, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Barbara Blum, b. 04 Jun 1703, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Christian Blum, (above)

6. Conrad Blum, bauer Ob der Kirche
b. abt 1625, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
d. 30 Nov 1687, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
m. Maria
*Adam, (above)
*Christian Blum, b. 07 Nov 1662, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Anna Maria Blum, b. 03 Feb 1664, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Lucia Blum, b. 02 May 1665, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Catharina Blum, b. 06 Dec 1668, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Anna Blum, b. 14 Mar 1673, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany

Conrad Blum (#6) also had a brother:
Christian Blum, bauer Ob der Kirche
b. abt 1638, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
d. 19 Feb 1675, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
m. Elisabetha
*Johannes Blum, b. 27 Aug 1662, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Adam Blum, b. 05 Nov 1663, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Lucia Blum, b. 14 Nov 1667, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Roman Blum, b. 06 Aug 1670, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany
*Barbara Blum, b. 23 Feb 1673, Gutach, Amt Wolfach, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany

Mr. and Mrs. Gust Martin Celebrate 50th Anniversary

Antigo Daily Journal
Thursday, August 1, 1957; page 5

Mr. and Mrs. Gust Martin Celebrate 50th Anniversary

   Mr. and Mrs. Gust Martin of Polar, who were married fifty years July 23 were guests at a surprise dance given for them July 27 at the Polar country club. Music was furnished by the Phil Fleischmann orchestra and lunch was served.
   Mr. and Mrs. Martin were married July 23, 1907 by the Rev. Griese at  St. Peter's Lutheran church at Polar. Mrs. Hattie Shank and Carl Summ of route 2, members of the original wedding party, were present for the dance.
   Mrs. Martin, the former Marie Summ, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Summ of Antigo, was born July 23, 1873 (Incorrect! 1883), in Antigo. Gust Martin, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Martin, was born in Germany June 21, 1872 (Incorrect! 1882), and came to Polar with his parents as a child. Since their marriage, the Gust Martins have lived on a farm in Polar.
   The couple had six children, of which a son Harold is deceased. They are: Mrs. Ewald Flemming of Bryant; Mrs. James McMorrow of Honolulu, Hawaii; Leonard Martin of Cudahy; Marlow Martin of Waukesha; and Oscar Martin of Antigo; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
   Among the gifts they received were two bouquets of orchids from their daughter in Hawaii.
   The 250 guests attended from Pearson, Bryant, Antigo, White Lake, Polar, Cudahy, Waukesha and Chicago, Ill.

Surname Saturday #16: Summ

The Summ family has been one of my most treasured branches of my family. I know so much about this immediate side of the family and am blessed to have been handed down a wealth of information and pictures. I am eternally grateful for my grandmother and her ancestors for all of this! This is the information I know on my Summ family:

1. Maria Summ
b. 23 Jul 1883, Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
d. 06 Apr 1972, Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
m. Herman Wilhelm Gustav "Gust" Martin; 23 Jul 1907, St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Harold Johann Gustav Martin, b. 18 Apr 1908, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Sylvia Maria Bertha Hedwig Martin, b. 28 May 1909, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Leonard Herman Martin, b. 28 Oct 1911, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Marlow Charles Martin, b. 09 Jul 1914, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Oscar Carl Herman Martin, b. 18 Feb 1916, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Anita Maria Florella Martin, b. 23 Nov 1917, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin

2. Johann Georg Summ
b. 24 Jan 1853, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
d. 13 Mar 1923, Norwood, Langlade County, Wisconsin
m. Maria Blum; 26 Oct 1882, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
*Maria Summ, (above)
*Carl J. Summ, b. 22 mar 1888, Norwood, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Herman Georg Albert Summ, b. 19 May 1894, Norwood, Langlade County, Wisconsin
*Marcus Carl Julius Summ, b. 12 Mar 1903, Norwood, Langlade County, Wisconsin

3. Johann Georg Summ (changed from Sum to the current Summ)
b. 18 Jan 1816, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
d. 16 May 1906, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
m. Anna Maria Schondelmaier; 16 Jul 1843; Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Christian Summ, b. & d. 1841, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Christian Summ, b. 09 Jun 1843, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Johann Summ, b. 27 Feb 1846, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Anna Maria Summ, b. 15 Aug 1848, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Conrad Summ, b. 30 May 1850, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Johann Georg Summ, (above)
*Jacob Summ, b. 16 Feb 1855, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Stillborn (twin), b. & d. 17 May 1857, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Stillborn (twin), b. & d. 17 May 1857, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Jacob Summ (twin), b. 12 May 1860, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Christine Summ (twin), b. 12 May 1860, Vogtsbauernhof, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany

3. Johann Georg Sum
b. 07 Jan 1785, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
d. 20 mar 1849, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
m1. Katharina Reuter; 10 Mar 1811, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
m2. Anna Maria Wolber; 18 Jan 1824, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Christian Sum, b. 26 Sep 1812, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Johann Georg Sum/Summ, (above)
*Johannes Sum, b. 25 Mar 1819, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Conrad Sum, b. 13 Sep 1825, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Stillborn Sum, b. & d. 19 Dec 1829, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Georg Sum, b. 02 Nov 1834, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany

4. Christian Sum
b. 13 Oct 1759, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
d. 17 May 1853, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
m. Anna Maria Lehrer
*Christina Sum, b. date unknown
*Johann Georg Sum, (above)
*Christian Sum, b. 06 Jan 1791, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Barbara Sum, b. 28 Aug 1793, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Maria Sum, b. 29 Aug 1796, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
*Georg Sum, b. 20 Sep 1799, Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany

I have a lot more research to perform on this line of the family, but that's time permitting and when I actually order the Kirnbach Evangelical microfilmed records via the LDS. Any relatives care to help contribute to these costs? I could go back probably another 100 years or so. :)

My Maternal Lineage

I'm a day behind with mother's day and the trend with posting our maternal lineage, so I figured I'd better hurry up and do mine! Here we go:

1) Nick M. Gombash

2) René Rodgers

3) Elaine Florella Stuempges
Born 31 Dec 1926, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Died 19 Jun 1987, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Married 1st: James William Felton, 14 Jun 1948, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Married 2nd: Thomas Thurman Rodgers, 1 Dec 1961, Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana

4) Sylvia Maria Bertha Hedwig Martin
Born 28 May 1909, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Died 12 Jan 2008, Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Married 1st: Walter John Stuempges, 21 Sep 1927, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota
Married 2nd: Ewald Ferdinand Flemming, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin

5) Maria Summ
Born 23 Jul 1883, Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Died 06 Apr 1972, Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Married Herman Wilhelm Gustav "Gust" Martin, 23 Jul 1907, Polar, Langlade County, Wisconsin

6) Maria Blum
Born 06 Oct 1860, Gutach, Ortenau, Baden, Germany
Died 14 Oct 1951, Norwood, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Married Johann Georg Summ, 16 Oct 1882, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

7) Barbara Schneider
Born 06 Sep 1824, Knappenacker, Gutach, Ortenau, Baden, Germany
Died 04 Mar 1864, Gutach, Ortenau, Baden, Germany
Married Georg Blum, 17 Apr 1851, Gutach, Ortenau, Baden, Germany

8) Barbara Brohammer
Born 24 Sep 1788, Gutach, Ortenau, Baden, Germany
Died 13 Aug 1856, Knappenacker, Gutach, Ortenau, Baden, Germany
Married Jacob Friedrich Schneider, 24 Sep 1820, Gutach, Ortenau, Baden, Germany

9) Catharina Beilharz
Born 16 Jan 1761, Hohenweg, Hornberg, Ortenau, Baden, Germany
Died unknown
Married Christian Brohammer, 26 Sep 1787, Gutach, Ortenau, Baden, Germany