A cascade of tumbling bricks (from the brick wall)
Augusta Therese Eck was the first wife of my wife’s paternal grandfather, Fred Loose. The names of her parents were first found on the record of Augusta’s marriage to Fred… Read more »
Author Archives: George Porterfield
Finding my Bull(ish) ancestors
Until recently there have been two mysteries concerning my great grandfather (my mother’s maternal grandfather). The first mystery concerned the exact birth place of “Fred” Bull. I knew he was… Read more »
Baptismal Font at church in Hennstedt, Schleswig-Holstein
This is the baptismal font at St. Secundus Kirche, Hennstedt, Norderdithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. This baptismal font supposedly dates back to the 1600s. It is likely the baptismal font used to… Read more »
Wolfgram and Knop family residence impacted by the Great Chicago Fire
According to an 1871 City Directory for Chicago, William Wolfgram and his family lived at 199 W. Taylor, in Chicago’s 9th Ward. Besides William and his wife Albertina Knop, this… Read more »
Birth Record for Hanna Charlotte Redschlag Found!
For many years, maybe decades, my great-great grandmother Hanna Charlotte Redschlag was one of my major brick walls. Research was difficult due to various spellings of her maiden name and… Read more »