Long have I put off beginning this weekly genealogical meme, but it's about time I started! Before I begin with the actual data, I wanted to talk a bit about the history of my surname and some DNA information.
My surname Gombash was originally Gombás, in Hungary. After coming to America, my 2nd-great-grandparents changed the spelling to aid in the pronunciation of the name. Gombás is a form of the Hungarian word "gomba", which means "fungus" or "mushroom". The term "gombás" implies the original fore-bearer of the surname was associated with mushrooms; either foraging for, growing and/or selling them.
I had my Y-DNA tested twice now; once a few years ago and a second time through a generous friend of mine. All results have come back to conclude that my direct Gombash line belongs to the haplogroup I2a2a, on the human family tree. It appears that our Gombash ancestors seems to have migrated to Hungary hundreds of years ago from the Bosnia-Croatia area.
1. John Edward Gombash, Sr.
b. 02 Oct 1935, Caretta, McDowell County, West Virginia
d. 02 Jun 2005, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
m. Mary Louise Adas; 30 Nov 1957, St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
*Children omitted for privacy.
2. Alex Gombash; born Gombás Sándor (surnames come first in Hungary)
b. 07 Nov 1896, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
d. 04 Jan 1968, Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois
m1. Emma Hido (born Hajdú Irma); 19 Aug 1916, Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
m2. Catharin Grządziel; 1920-1922, possibly Joliet, Will County, Illinois
*Children omitted for privacy.
3. Alex Gombash; born Gombás Sándor
b. 21 Feb 1872, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
d. 02 May 1931, Goff, Butler County, Pennsylvania
m. Tóth Eszter; 13 Mar 1895, Tiszadob, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
*Sándor; (above)
*Balázs (later Robert); b. 11 Mar 1898, d. Oct 1934
*József; b. 31 Oct 1900, d. unknown (adult)
*Susan; b. 19 Feb 1904, d. Nov 1967
*Gyula; b. 02 Feb 1906, d. unknown (infancy)
*Esther; b. 03 Sep 1910, d. 12 Feb 2000
*Sophie; b. 13 May 1912, d. unknown (infancy)
*Elizabeth; b. 15 May 1913, d. 12 Jan 1948
*Dallas; b. 11 May 1916, d. unknown (adult)
*Julia; b. 31 Jul 1920, d. 22 Jun 2008
4. Gombás József
b. 19 May 1845, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
d. 10 Nov 1886, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
m. Gulyás Zsuzsánna; 15 Dec 1869, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
*Sándor; (above)
*Balázs; b. 23 Aug 1877, d. 07 Mar 1878
5. Gombás Sándor
b. 27 Aug 1814, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
d. 04 Jan 1856, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
m. Sajti Erzsébet; 01 Dec 1835, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
*Miklós; b. 21 Sep 1838, d. 30 Nov 1840
*Miklós, b. 30 Jun 1842, d. unknown (adult)
*József; (above)
6. Gombás József
b. 30 Nov 1793, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
d. 12 Jan 1879, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
m. Mezei Katalin; 06 Jan 1813, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
*Sándor; (above)
*Zsuzsánna; b. 28 Sep 1816, d. unknown
*Juliánna; b. 11 Feb 1819, d. unknown
*Lidia; b. 21 Jun 1820, d. unknown
*Bálint; b. 01 Jun 1829, d. unknown
7. Gombás György
b. about 1762, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
d. 04 Mar 1832, Büdszentmihály, Szabolcs megye, Hungary
m. Sára Fodor de Hajdúnánás; 21 Jan 1789, Hajdúnánás, Hajdú megye, Hungary
*Zsuzsánna, b. 21 Feb 1791, d. 01 Mar 1795
*József, (above)
*Miklós, b. 20 Jun 1796, d. unknown
*Sándor, b. 06 Sep 1798, d. unknown
*Zsuzsánna, b. 30 Aug 1801, d. 18 Feb 1858
*Erzsébet, b. 07 Jan 1804, unknown
*Bálint, b. 17 Jul 1806, d. 06 Aug 1806
*János, b. 17 Jul 1806, d. 26 Jul 1806
*Bálint, b. 02 May 1808, d. unknown
*Juliánna, b. 20 Mar 1812, d. unknown
8. Gombás Péter
b. unknown
d. unknown
m. unknown
*György, (above)
This blog documents various aspects of my genealogy research. I'm well versed in German, Hungarian and Chicagoland research.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Surname Saturday #1: Gombash
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Tóth
Friday, April 20, 2012
The Hungarian-Jewish Family Tree of Zsa Zsa Gabor




With all the information gathered together, I have been able to research back to Zsa Zsa Gabor's maternal great-grandparents. Above, you can find a basic family tree to help explain the family relationships.
Does anyone know when Jona Hersch Tilleman died? When Vilmos Gábor, father of Zsa Zsa, was born and died.. and where? If you have any additional information, please contact me!
Monday, April 09, 2012
My Genealogical To-Do List
Earlier tonight, I saw a genealogy friend on Facebook make a post about some potential lines of research that had opened up for her recently. I haven't had too much time lately to research my own family, but it got me to thinking about what lines I still need to work on for my own family. So i'm compiling a list of my top lines I still need to research, including a little bit of information on what I already know.
1. Prechtal, Baden, Germany
My 7th-great-grandparents are Johannes Haas and Barbara Burger. I descend through their daughter, Anna Catharina Haas, who was born on 28 August 1748. Anna Catharina also had two brothers that I know of: Johannes and Simon. The father and two sons all had the occupation of 'kirchenpfleger', which was a person in charge of the church's finances and estate. All three were also farmers, and Simon was a judge as well. There must have been some kind of money within this Haas family, for them to have had such high positions in their community as these.
2. Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald, Baden, Germany
My 5th-great-grandmother is Christina Schultheiss, born 05 February 1792 to Johann Georg Schultheiss and his wife, Christina Haas. I do know that Christina Schultheiss had two siblings (possibly more?), named Brigitta and Jacob. Brigitta was married to a man named Jacob Weisser. Johann Georg Schultheiss was a schreiner by occupation, which was a joiner.. a carpenter of sorts.
3. Kirnbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
My 5th-great-grandparents are Johann Georg Sum and Katharina Reuter. Johann Georg was born on 07 January 1785, to Christian Sum and Annna Maria Lehrer. Katharina Reuter was born on 25 August 1789, Johannes Reuter and Anna Maria Sum. As you can see, there are two Sum lines of descendancy.
4. Weinolsheim, Kreis Oppenheim, Hessen-Nassau, Germany
My 4th-great-grandfather was Johann Phillipp Sprengling, born in May of 1796 to Johann Peter Sprengling and Katharina Lohr. I know that Johann Phillipp was married two times: first to Elisabetha Krause and second to Katharina Mai. Both father and son were an 'ackermann' by trade.
5. Dolgesheim, Kreis Oppenheim, Hessen-Nassau, Germany
My 4th-great-grandmother was Katharina Mai, birth date unknown, to Nikolaus Mai and Anna Barbara Stallmann. Nikolaus was a 'wagnermeister' by trade.
6. Putzig parish, West Prussia, Prussia
Two sets of 5th-great-grandparents are from this parish. The first is Anton Adass, born 15 September 1788 in Blansekow, to George Adass and Anna Hirt. His wife, Marianna Kolp, was born about 1804. The second set were Franz Meina/Meyna, born about 1789-1796 and Justina Kolp, born about 1805. Take note of the two Kolp lines of descendancy.
7. Gross Starsin parish, West Prussia, Prussia
My 3rd-great-grandmother was Marianna Rosalia Pletzke (possible Plotzke?). She was born 15 August 1848 in Reddischau, to Joseph August Pletzke and Rosalia Hinzke.
8. Brzyskorzystew parish (Znin), Bydgoszcz, Poland
My 4th-great-grandfather was Martin (Marcin) Domagala/Domagalski. He was born anytime between 1859-1865 (several conflicting birth dates on vital records and censuses), to Adalbert Domagala/Domagalski and Marianna Gadacz. Adalbert and Marianna were married on 14 May 1853 in the parish of Brzyskorzystew.
9. Kurnik parish, Poznan, Poland
My 6th-great-grandparents were Melchior Lesniewski and Marianna Kaminska. Melchior was born about 1794 to Jacob and Marianna Lesniewski. Marianna was born about 1800 to Joseph and Marianna Kaminski. Melchior and Marianna were married in 1820 in Kurnik.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Guess Your Ancestor's 1940 Census Data
1) Pick one of the persons from your ancestry who should be in the 1940 United States Census.
2) Using the column headings below (from 1940 United States Census Questions), predict what the entries will be in each column.
3) Share your predictions on your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook status or a Google Plus post.
Here's mine:
I'm picking my grandmother, Elaine (Stuempges) Rodgers. Here are my predicted column entries (in red):
* State: Wisconsin
* Populated Place: Polar
* Ward of City: ???
* County: Langlade
* Township or other division of county: Polar
* Block Nos.: ???
* Enumeration District: 34-19
1. Location - street, avenue or road: Mueller Lake Rd. -OR- Polar Rd.
2. Location - house number: ???
3. Number of household: ???
4. Home owned or rented: O [by her father, Walter]
5. Value of home (if owned) or monthly rental (if rented): ???
6. Does this household live on a farm? No
7. Name of person: Elaine F. Stuempges
8. Relationship of this person to head of household: Daughter
9. Sex: F[emale]
10. Color or Race: W[hite]
11. Age at last birthday: 13
12. Marital Status: S[ingle]
13. Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: Yes
14. Highest grade of school completed: 7th Grade
15. Place of birth: Wisconsin
16. Citizenship of foreign born: [blank]
17. Residence on 1 April, 1935 - City or town: Same place
18. Residence on 1 April, 1935 - County: Same place
19. Residence on 1 April, 1935 - State or foreign country: Same place
20. On a farm? No
21. Was this person AT WORK for pay or profit in private or nonemergency Gov't. work during week of March 24-30? (Yes or No): No
22: If not, was he at work on, or assigned to, public EMERGENCY WORK (WPA, NYA, CCC, etc.) during week of March 24-30? (Yes or No): No
23. If neither at work nor assigned to public emergency work. ("No" in Cols. 21 and 22), Was this person SEEKING WORK (Yes or No): No
24. If not seeking work, did he HAVE A JOB, business, etc.? (Yes or No): No
25. Indicate whether engaged in home house-work (H), in school (S), unable to work (U), or other (Ot): [S]
26. Number of hours worked during week of March 24-30, 1940: 0
27. If seeking work or assigned to public emergency work. ("Yes" in Col. 22 or 23); Duration of unemployment up to March 30, 1940 - in weeks: 0
28. Occupation: Trade, profession, or particular kind of work, as frame spinner, salesman, rivet heater ,music teacher: [blank]
29. Industry: Industry or business, as cotton mill, retail grocery, farm, shipyard, public school:[blank]
30. Class of worker: [blank]
31. Number of weeks worked in 1939 (Equivalent full-time weeks): 0
32. Income in 1939 (12 months ended December 31, 1939): Amount of money wages or salary received (including commissions): 0
33. Did this person receive income of $50 or more from sources other than money wages or salary (Yes or No): No
34. Number of farm schedule: [blank]
2) Using the column headings below (from 1940 United States Census Questions), predict what the entries will be in each column.
3) Share your predictions on your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook status or a Google Plus post.
Here's mine:
I'm picking my grandmother, Elaine (Stuempges) Rodgers. Here are my predicted column entries (in red):
* State: Wisconsin
* Populated Place: Polar
* Ward of City: ???
* County: Langlade
* Township or other division of county: Polar
* Block Nos.: ???
* Enumeration District: 34-19
1. Location - street, avenue or road: Mueller Lake Rd. -OR- Polar Rd.
2. Location - house number: ???
3. Number of household: ???
4. Home owned or rented: O [by her father, Walter]
5. Value of home (if owned) or monthly rental (if rented): ???
6. Does this household live on a farm? No
7. Name of person: Elaine F. Stuempges
8. Relationship of this person to head of household: Daughter
9. Sex: F[emale]
10. Color or Race: W[hite]
11. Age at last birthday: 13
12. Marital Status: S[ingle]
13. Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: Yes
14. Highest grade of school completed: 7th Grade
15. Place of birth: Wisconsin
16. Citizenship of foreign born: [blank]
17. Residence on 1 April, 1935 - City or town: Same place
18. Residence on 1 April, 1935 - County: Same place
19. Residence on 1 April, 1935 - State or foreign country: Same place
20. On a farm? No
21. Was this person AT WORK for pay or profit in private or nonemergency Gov't. work during week of March 24-30? (Yes or No): No
22: If not, was he at work on, or assigned to, public EMERGENCY WORK (WPA, NYA, CCC, etc.) during week of March 24-30? (Yes or No): No
23. If neither at work nor assigned to public emergency work. ("No" in Cols. 21 and 22), Was this person SEEKING WORK (Yes or No): No
24. If not seeking work, did he HAVE A JOB, business, etc.? (Yes or No): No
25. Indicate whether engaged in home house-work (H), in school (S), unable to work (U), or other (Ot): [S]
26. Number of hours worked during week of March 24-30, 1940: 0
27. If seeking work or assigned to public emergency work. ("Yes" in Col. 22 or 23); Duration of unemployment up to March 30, 1940 - in weeks: 0
28. Occupation: Trade, profession, or particular kind of work, as frame spinner, salesman, rivet heater ,music teacher: [blank]
29. Industry: Industry or business, as cotton mill, retail grocery, farm, shipyard, public school:[blank]
30. Class of worker: [blank]
31. Number of weeks worked in 1939 (Equivalent full-time weeks): 0
32. Income in 1939 (12 months ended December 31, 1939): Amount of money wages or salary received (including commissions): 0
33. Did this person receive income of $50 or more from sources other than money wages or salary (Yes or No): No
34. Number of farm schedule: [blank]
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Do You Know Many Twins Are In YOUR Family?
Today I was doing some quick research for a fellow geneablogger. The information I came across seems to conclude that her distant grandmother was a twin; and she mentioned she didn't know of any twins in her family. It got me thinking how many sets of twins were within my own family, and how I was related to them. So.. here's an article devoted to all the twins within my family.. immediate and distant! The order in which I'll list them are: direct ancestors, then aunts/uncles and then cousins.
5th-great-grandfather & 5th-great-aunt
Christina & Jacob Friedrich Schneider; born 07 May 1794, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
Children of Christian Schneider & Anna Mari Erhardt
6th-great-grandfather & 6th-great-aunt
Anna Maria & Jacob Schondelmaier; born 20 Aug 1751, Reichenbach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
Children of Johann Jacob Schondelmaier & Johanna Schillinger
1st-great-uncles
Frank & Stanley Bogusz; born 23 Nov 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Children of Frank Bogusz & Amelia Stec
2nd-great-uncles
Ceabron & Samuel Costilow; born 19 Nov 1871, Yazoo County, Missisippi
Children of James Andrew J. Costilow & Martha A. Miller
2nd-great-uncles
Allen Jasper & William Franklin Rodgers; born 12 Sep 1853, Carroll County, Mississippi
Children of Allen Rodgers & Judith Walker McGehee
3rd-great-aunt/uncle
Jacob & Christine Summ; born 12 May 1860, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
Children of Johann Georg Summ & Anna Maria Schondelmaier
4th-great-aunts
Cyena & Cyrena Blaylock; born 21 Apr 1820, Barnwell County, South Carolina
Children of Levi Benjamin Blaylock & Sarah Tyler
5th-great-aunts
Borbála & Zsuzsánna Marjai; born 06 July 1787, Pthrügy, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of Mihály Marjai & Erzsébet Szabó
5th-great-uncles
Anton & Stephen Grundmann; born 21 Feb 1805, Johnsdorf, Auscha Kreis, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
Children of Joseph Grundmann & Anna Dorothea Heller
6th-great-aunts
Anna & Catharina Blum; born 08 Jun 1701, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
Children of Adam Blum & Maria Moser
6th-great-aunt/uncle
Anna Dorothea & Franz Joseph Paschant; born 19 Dec 1728, Graber, Auscha Kreis, Leitmeritz, Bohemia
Children of Georg Paschant & Maria Kasper
8th-great-uncles
Adam & Roman Steiger; born 28 Apr 1672, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
Children of Hans Melchior Steiger & Anna
1st cousins, 1 time removed
Kelvin & Kenneth Gombash; dates omitted for privacy
Children of Robert Gombash & Shelby Canoy
1st cousins, 2 times removed
Julie & Susan Dudash; dates omitted for privacy
Children of Stephen Dudash & Susan Gombash
1st cousins, 3 times removed
Máté & Bálint Balogh; born 21 Sept 1891, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of Bálint Balogh & Mária Tóth.
1st cousins, 3 times removed
Walton & Walter Costilow; born 28 Aug 1917, Montgomery County, Mississippi
Children of Ceabron Costilow & Della Lott
1st cousins, 4 times removed
Ernest & Waldemar Foltz; born 10 May 1897, Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Children of Louis Foltz & Christine Blum
1st cousins, 4 times removed
Christina & Johann Summ; born 01 Jul 1880, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
Children of Christian Summ & Barbara Wöhrle
1st cousins, 5 times removed
Jozefa & Jakub Czwojdrak alias Czwojdzinski; born abt 1892, Daszewice, Poznan, Poland
Children of Wiktor Czwojdrak alias Czwojdzinski & Konstantyna Lesniewska
1st cousins, 5 times removed
Bénjámin & Sándor Tóth; born 15 Mar 1873, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of Károly Boros Tóth & Rákhel File
1st cousins, 6 times removed
János & Juliánna Péchy de Péchújfalu; born 29 Nov 1803, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of Miklós Péchy de Péchújfalu & Katalin Bódogh
1st cousins, 6 times removed
Constantia & Dorothea Quart; born 10 Jan 1824, Blansekow, Westpreußen, Preußen
Children of Jacob Quart & Catharina Adass
1st cousins, 7 times removed
György & Mária Handa; born 25 Apr 1801, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of Mihály Handa & Katalin Gajdos
1st cousins, 9 times removed
Adam & Christian Steiger; born 24 Dec 1702, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
Children of Roman Steiger & Christina Baumann
2nd cousins, 3 times removed
James & John Rodgers; born 20 Aug 1883, Dialville, Cherokee County, Texas
Children of Lewis Banks Rodgers, Sr. & Mary Jane Acker
2nd cousins, 4 times removed
András & Eszter Bodnár; born 02 Jan 1870, Taktaszada, Zemplén, Hungary
Children of András Bodnár & Zsófia Szük
2nd cousins, 4 times removed
Eszter & Mária Bódogh; born 09 Nov 1913, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of István Bódogh & Eszter Tóth
2nd cousins, 5 times removed
András & Zsófia Batta; born 08 Feb 1836, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of András Batta & Zsófia Porkoláb
2nd cousins, 5 times removed
Eszter & Juliánna Cserés; baptized 04 Nov 1851, Tiszaeszlár, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of István Cserés & Sára Bódogh
2nd cousins, 5 times removed
Charles & Mississippi Howell; born 03 Jul 1862, Fayette County, Tennessee
Children of Charles Chester Howell & Frances Elizabeth Carpenter
2nd cousins, 5 times removed
Sándor & Sára Péchy de Péchújfalu; born 13 Feb 1833, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of Sándor Péchy de Péchújfalu & Sára Porkoláb
2nd cousins, 6 times removed
János & Sándor Handa; born 21 Oct 1827, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of János Handa & Mária Nagy-Köteles
2nd cousins, 7 times removed
Katalin & Sára Oláh; born 19 May 1770, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
Children of János Oláh & Katalin Bódogh
3rd cousins, 4 times removed
Juliánna & Zsuzsánna Bódogh; born 14 Sep 1886, Tiszadob, Szabolcs, Hungary
Children of László Bódogh & Zsuzsánna Mátyus
3rd cousins, 4 times removed
Alexander William & Jones Philip Harrold; born 28 Jul 1877, Delaware County, Indiana
Children of Jonathan Harrold & Phebe Turner
3rd cousins, 5 times removed
Juliánna & Mária Kun; born 23 Sep 1846, Gelej, Borsod, Hungary
Children of József Kun & Erzsébet Bódogh
3rd cousins, 6 times removed
György & István Bódogh; born 08 Jan 1791, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
Children of Mihály Bódogh & Anna Bede
4th cousins, 2 times removed
Flora & Mattie Blaylock; born 31 Aug 1936, Grenada County, Mississippi
Children of Hardy Benson Blaylock & Myrtle Millie Brown
4th cousins, 4 times removed
Borbála & Erzsébet Deák; born 16 Mar 1871, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
Children of Pál Deák & Juliánna Belényesi
4th cousins, 4 times removed
Eleanóra & Piroska Évva; born 13 Feb 1870, Mád, Zemplén, Hungary
Children of Ferencz Évva & Erzsébet Réthy de Aszaló
5th cousins, 4 times removed
Albert & Margit Bódogh; born 08 Feb 1872, Miskolcz, Borsod, Hungary
Children of Albert Bódogh & Malvina Szepessy de Négyes
5th cousins, 4 times removed
János & Zsuzsánna Sipos; born 23 Jul 1840, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
Children of István Sipos & Mária Bódogh
5th cousins, 4 times removed
István & Zsuzsánna Sipos; born 04 Dec 1848, Tiszaszederkény, Borsod, Hungary
Children of István Sipos & Mária Bódogh
6th cousins, 4 times removed
Barbara & Christina Aberle; born 08 May 1844, Gutach, Ortenau Kreis, Baden, Germany
Children of Conrad Aberle & Maria Wälde
There are many MANY more, but this should be enough for now. I descend from two twins!! :)
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Friday, March 02, 2012
A New Generation Added To My MT-DNA Line!
A few weeks ago, I learned of the new price increase for the microfilm rentals through FamilySearch. Nudged by this recent hike in prices, I thought it'd be a good idea to order some records for my own family, which I have been neglecting for a very long time. So, I went and ordered six microfilms for myself (a total splurge.. I know.. haha) before the new prices were installed. And I'm so glad that I did. I have been putting off further research into my European family for quite a while now; the main reason being work. When I'm at my local FHC, i'm working on research for clients and not my own. My FHC is open only a limited amount of hours a week, so it doesn't leave much time for my own personal research.
I've had a week of being able to perform research on my OWN family in microfilm for the first time in a long while, since I'm waiting on a huge box-full of microfilms to arrive, for clientele research. I've found a wealth of information on parts of my German and Polish lines so far this week, including a whole new generation on my direct maternal line.. the line that contains my MT-DNA! Thanks to a good friend of mine, I was able to have my Y-DNA and MT-DNA tested recently. When the results came in for my MT-DNA, I became more and more curious about my direct maternal line ancestors; I knew there was more to find and records to go through, but I had been too busy to research into it farther. Until now!
What I knew before I started my research this week was pretty vague: My 6th-great-grandmother on my direct maternal line was Catharina Beilharz, born 16 Jan 1761 in Hohenweg, to Johann Jacob Beilharz, a day-laborer in Hohenweg, and Barbara Winkler. That's all I knew.
A little bit of information about Hohenweg before we go further. Up until 1908, Hohenweg had belonged to the Evangelical parish of Hornberg. It now belongs to Gutach, where Catharina Beilharz was married to Christian Brohammer, in 1787. And where all of their descendants were born, married and died up until the late 19th century when mass emigration was affecting the world.
Okay, back to Catharina Beilharz. From her marriage record to Christian Brohammer, I knew her date and place of birth and her parent's names. I had previously not known about Hohenweg belonging to the Hornberg parish, so I was stumped. I had noticed some Winkler's within the Gutach records, but I didn't give it much note considering I couldn't find Catharina's baptism. So I ordered the Hornberg records, since I knew that Hohenweg was near the border between the two towns, and low-and-behold.. there was Catharina's baptism record!
The second record I searched for, was the marriage record of her parents: Johann Jacob Beilharz and Barbara Winkler. They were married on 04 Sept 1759 in Hornberg. Johann Jacob was listed as a "viduus" (a widow) and Barbara, as the daughter of Conrad Winkler. No towns were mentioned, so you assume they were from the Hornberg parish.
So who was this deceased wife of Johann Jacob, and what was her name? I found her death recorded on 07 May 1758. She was listed as Lucia, the wife of Johann Jacob "Beylhartz", a day-laborer "auf der Hohenweg", aged 44 years old. I'm now able to guesstimate (I love that word!) approximate birth years for Lucia, as well as Johann Jacob (roughly). I have since found a small handful of children born to Johann Jacob and Lucia, as well as Johann Jacob and Barbara. Most of the children share the same godparents.
While searching for the death of Johann Jacob's first wife Lucia, I stumbled upon a death record on 10 Dec 1758, for a two month old child named Barbara. She was an illegitimate daughter of a Barbara "Winckler". This peaked my interest, as the child was born nine months prior to my Johann Jacob Beilharz and Barbara Winkler getting married. Illegitimate children were common prior to marriages. So off I went, looking for this child's baptism record; she was born 11 Sept 1758. Her mother is listed as Barbara "Winckler", a day-laborer's daughter from Gutach! Those Winkler's I had noticed in the Gutach records years ago, really were MY Winkler's! The godparents of this child helped verify that the mother, Barbara Winkler, was MY Barbara Winkler. Interestingly enough, the birth entry actually listed the biological father.. who must have recognized the child as his own. He was Johann Blum of Gutach. A very common surname in that town, of which I descend from FIVE times! And you thought the deep south of America was incestuous. Ha!
Now knowing that Barbara Winkler was from Gutach all along, I went out searching for her baptism record. And found it easily enough, on 20 Mar 1736. Barbara was the youngest of five children, all born in Gutach. She was the daughter of Conrad Winkler (which we knew from her marriage record) and Catharina. Catharina! The name of my 8th-great-grandmother on my direct maternal line! Yippee! Not being content knowing just her first name, I went looking for Conrad and Catharina's marriage record. They were married on 04 May 1724 in Gutach. Conrad was the son of Hans Winkler and Catharina was the daughter of Georg Aberle, both fathers being day-laborers. Catharina and her father Georg Aberle were from a town that I'm not familiar with, and honestly had a very hard time reading. Which is very uncommon with me and these Gutach records.. I mean, I've been researching in them since 2004! I know these records like the back of my hand!
I was able to find the baptism for Conrad Winkler easily enough, on 08 Mar 1704, in Gutach. He was listed as the son of Hans and Barbara Winkler, day-laborers in Sulzbach, a community within Gutach. Finding baptisms for siblings of Conrad, I noticed that Hans and Barbara Winkler moved around quite a bit within the Gutach parish, moving from community to community between the birth of every child. Work must have been hard to come by, being day-laborers at that time. What I wasn't able to find, was a baptism for Catharina Aberle, Conrad Winkler's wife. It was no-where to be found, nor any baptisms for any children of a Georg Aberle within the Gutach parish at all. But therein lies a clue with her daughter Barbara Winkler's baptism record in 1736. Her first two godparents (there were usually three; two men and one woman) were a Jacob Blum and a Conrad Aberle. Jacob Blum was a day-laborer in Offenbach, a community within Hornberg. Conrad Aberle, whom I'm assuming is a blood-connection to Barbara's mother (Catharina Aberle), was a miller "in Hornberg".
I strongly believe that I'll find Catharina Aberle's baptism within the Hornberg parish.. and the name of my 9th-great-grandmother! The Hornberg parish records begin in the 1630's, nearly 100 years prior to Catharina Aberle's marriage in Gutach, so if I'm lucky I may find two.. or even three.. more generations! Hopefully more to come on Tuesday; cross your fingers, folks!
I've had a week of being able to perform research on my OWN family in microfilm for the first time in a long while, since I'm waiting on a huge box-full of microfilms to arrive, for clientele research. I've found a wealth of information on parts of my German and Polish lines so far this week, including a whole new generation on my direct maternal line.. the line that contains my MT-DNA! Thanks to a good friend of mine, I was able to have my Y-DNA and MT-DNA tested recently. When the results came in for my MT-DNA, I became more and more curious about my direct maternal line ancestors; I knew there was more to find and records to go through, but I had been too busy to research into it farther. Until now!
What I knew before I started my research this week was pretty vague: My 6th-great-grandmother on my direct maternal line was Catharina Beilharz, born 16 Jan 1761 in Hohenweg, to Johann Jacob Beilharz, a day-laborer in Hohenweg, and Barbara Winkler. That's all I knew.
A little bit of information about Hohenweg before we go further. Up until 1908, Hohenweg had belonged to the Evangelical parish of Hornberg. It now belongs to Gutach, where Catharina Beilharz was married to Christian Brohammer, in 1787. And where all of their descendants were born, married and died up until the late 19th century when mass emigration was affecting the world.
Okay, back to Catharina Beilharz. From her marriage record to Christian Brohammer, I knew her date and place of birth and her parent's names. I had previously not known about Hohenweg belonging to the Hornberg parish, so I was stumped. I had noticed some Winkler's within the Gutach records, but I didn't give it much note considering I couldn't find Catharina's baptism. So I ordered the Hornberg records, since I knew that Hohenweg was near the border between the two towns, and low-and-behold.. there was Catharina's baptism record!
The second record I searched for, was the marriage record of her parents: Johann Jacob Beilharz and Barbara Winkler. They were married on 04 Sept 1759 in Hornberg. Johann Jacob was listed as a "viduus" (a widow) and Barbara, as the daughter of Conrad Winkler. No towns were mentioned, so you assume they were from the Hornberg parish.
So who was this deceased wife of Johann Jacob, and what was her name? I found her death recorded on 07 May 1758. She was listed as Lucia, the wife of Johann Jacob "Beylhartz", a day-laborer "auf der Hohenweg", aged 44 years old. I'm now able to guesstimate (I love that word!) approximate birth years for Lucia, as well as Johann Jacob (roughly). I have since found a small handful of children born to Johann Jacob and Lucia, as well as Johann Jacob and Barbara. Most of the children share the same godparents.
While searching for the death of Johann Jacob's first wife Lucia, I stumbled upon a death record on 10 Dec 1758, for a two month old child named Barbara. She was an illegitimate daughter of a Barbara "Winckler". This peaked my interest, as the child was born nine months prior to my Johann Jacob Beilharz and Barbara Winkler getting married. Illegitimate children were common prior to marriages. So off I went, looking for this child's baptism record; she was born 11 Sept 1758. Her mother is listed as Barbara "Winckler", a day-laborer's daughter from Gutach! Those Winkler's I had noticed in the Gutach records years ago, really were MY Winkler's! The godparents of this child helped verify that the mother, Barbara Winkler, was MY Barbara Winkler. Interestingly enough, the birth entry actually listed the biological father.. who must have recognized the child as his own. He was Johann Blum of Gutach. A very common surname in that town, of which I descend from FIVE times! And you thought the deep south of America was incestuous. Ha!
Now knowing that Barbara Winkler was from Gutach all along, I went out searching for her baptism record. And found it easily enough, on 20 Mar 1736. Barbara was the youngest of five children, all born in Gutach. She was the daughter of Conrad Winkler (which we knew from her marriage record) and Catharina. Catharina! The name of my 8th-great-grandmother on my direct maternal line! Yippee! Not being content knowing just her first name, I went looking for Conrad and Catharina's marriage record. They were married on 04 May 1724 in Gutach. Conrad was the son of Hans Winkler and Catharina was the daughter of Georg Aberle, both fathers being day-laborers. Catharina and her father Georg Aberle were from a town that I'm not familiar with, and honestly had a very hard time reading. Which is very uncommon with me and these Gutach records.. I mean, I've been researching in them since 2004! I know these records like the back of my hand!
I was able to find the baptism for Conrad Winkler easily enough, on 08 Mar 1704, in Gutach. He was listed as the son of Hans and Barbara Winkler, day-laborers in Sulzbach, a community within Gutach. Finding baptisms for siblings of Conrad, I noticed that Hans and Barbara Winkler moved around quite a bit within the Gutach parish, moving from community to community between the birth of every child. Work must have been hard to come by, being day-laborers at that time. What I wasn't able to find, was a baptism for Catharina Aberle, Conrad Winkler's wife. It was no-where to be found, nor any baptisms for any children of a Georg Aberle within the Gutach parish at all. But therein lies a clue with her daughter Barbara Winkler's baptism record in 1736. Her first two godparents (there were usually three; two men and one woman) were a Jacob Blum and a Conrad Aberle. Jacob Blum was a day-laborer in Offenbach, a community within Hornberg. Conrad Aberle, whom I'm assuming is a blood-connection to Barbara's mother (Catharina Aberle), was a miller "in Hornberg".
I strongly believe that I'll find Catharina Aberle's baptism within the Hornberg parish.. and the name of my 9th-great-grandmother! The Hornberg parish records begin in the 1630's, nearly 100 years prior to Catharina Aberle's marriage in Gutach, so if I'm lucky I may find two.. or even three.. more generations! Hopefully more to come on Tuesday; cross your fingers, folks!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Ancestral Name Roulette
It's that time again! Here are the rules via Randy Seaver's blog:
1) What year was your paternal grandfather born? Divide this number by 100 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your "roulette number."
2) Use your pedigree charts or your family tree genealogy software program to find the person with that number in your ancestral name list (some people call it an "ahnentafel"). Who is that person?
3) Tell us three facts about that person in your ancestral name list with the "roulette number."
4) Write about it in a blog post on your own blog, in a Facebook status or a Google Stream post, or as a comment on this blog post.
5) If you do not have a person's name for your "roulette number" then spin the wheel again - pick a grandmother, or yourself, a parent, a favorite aunt or cousin, or even your children!
1) My paternal grandfather, John E. Gombash, Sr., was born in 1935. Divided by 100, that makes 19.35, rounded to 19.
2) Number 19 on my ancestral name list is Amelia Stec (1887-1968), daughter of Jan Stec and Sophie Swiczek, who married Franciszek Grządziel in 1904.
3) Three facts about Amelia Stec:
* She was born in Barycz, Brzozów, Lwów, Poland and had four siblings: Katarzyna (married Franciszek Wojewoda), Mary (married George Karnas), Tekla "Tillie" (married a man surnamed Domaradzki) and Jan.
* She immigrated on 27 Nov 1908 through Ellis Island, with her daughter Katarzyna (Catherine) Grządziel. They were going to Franciszek Grządziel in Joliet, Illinois. One of my grandfather's brother told me that Franciszek actually didn't know of their oncoming arrival, and Amelia received a horrible beating for it. What a horrible man.
* Amelia left her husband Franciszek Grządziel sometime after 1919 and was married to a man named Franciszek Bogusz, in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1922. Amelia never divorced her first husband, Frank Grządziel. Frank what I've been told of this man, I don't blame her for getting away.
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