Tag Archives: great grandfather
Multiple Marriages
Finding marriage records when your ancestor has been married multiple times can be a difficult task, specifically on the bride’s side. A woman who is married many times may very well go by many different last names over her lifespan. Every time she gets remarried, she is then married under her previous marriage’s last name. This can make it seem impossible to trace your ancestor back to find her maiden name! Here are a few hints to help you to [...]
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Kautz Family Tree – Part III – John Jacob Kautz
As I mentioned in my article, A Wealth of Knowledge and Information, today I am focusing on my Kautz side of the family tree. John Jacob Kautz is my great-great-grandfather and the last generation I have a photograph of in the Kautz side of my family tree. He was born in July of 1828 in Baden-Baden, Germany to parents, Christian Kautz and Anna Marie Pfeiffer. Share and Enjoy Facebook Twitter Delicious Digg Google Buzz StumbleUpon Add to favorites Email RSS
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Kautz Family Tree – Part II – Christian L. Kautz
As I mentioned in my article, A Wealth of Knowledge and Information, today I am focusing on my Kautz side of the family tree. Christian L. Kautz is my great-great grandfather. He was born in November of 1855 on the Kautz Family Farm in Dupage County to parents, John Jacob Kautz and Saloma Hansel. Share and Enjoy Facebook Twitter Delicious Digg Google Buzz StumbleUpon Add to favorites Email RSS
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Kautz Family Tree – Part I -Charles Joseph Kautz
As I mentioned in my article, A Wealth of Knowledge and Information, today I am focusing on my Kautz side of the family tree. Charles Joseph Kautz, my great-grandfather, was born on October 7, 1892 in Dupage County, Illinois. He was the son of Christian L. Kautz and Anna Barbara Teiml Kautz. Charles was born on the Kautz Family Farm which was right on the Dupage and Kane county lines in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. In the photographs below, Charles is [...]
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Black Sheep Sunday – Michael J Walsh
Doing family tree research can be such a rewarding experience. Many debate even starting their researching their family trees however because they are afraid of what they will find. We may not like to admit it but we all have ancestors in our family tree that are considered the “black sheep” of the tree. Today, the black sheep of my family tree is my great-grandfather, Michael J. Walsh. Michael J Walsh – (1881-1934) Share and Enjoy Facebook Twitter Delicious [...]
