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Matrilineal Monday: Louisa Kahlig Braun

1/25/2015

Yesterday, I posted the obituary and death certificate of Louisa Kahlig Braun, one of my husband's great-great-grandmothers through his maternal line. Today I thought I would share a record I recently found through FamilySearch.org: Louisa's baptism record. (Click for larger view.)

Baptism Record of Aloisia Kahlig

The Catholic church book record states that 'Aloisia' was born 25 Feb 1870 to Franz Kahlig and Judith Beier. The record is written in German and the Kahlig family members were native German speakers. They lived in the Moravian-Silesian Region of what is now the Czech Republic. When they immigrated to America in 1871, they listed their country of origin as Austria, because their homeland was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. When she was born, Louisa had two older siblings - a brother Josef, born in 1865, and a sister Ludmilla ('Amelia' in the U.S.), born in 1862. A younger sister, Caroline, was born in the U.S. in 1873. Here is her parents' marriage record from 1861. In this record, her mother, Judith's surname is spelled Beyer. (Click for larger image.)

Marriage Record of Franz Kahlig and Judith Beyer.

The Kahlig family settled in rural Mercer County, Ohio and ran a farm. Around 1890, Louisa married John M. Braun, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Uhleman) Braun. Between 1892 and 1912, they had ten children. John passed away in 1936 and Louisa in 1948. You can view information regarding their children on my Braun Family page at this link.

More documents and information about the Kahlig Family can be found at this link.

©2015 copyright Emily Kowalski Schroeder

Baptism Record Source: FamilySearch.org, Czech Republic Church Books, 1552-1963, Catholic, Novy Jicin, Jesenik nad Odrou, Baptisms 1858-1896 (vol 2049), Image 84/274.

Marriage Record Source: FamilySearch.org, Czech Republic Church Books, 1552-1963, Catholic, Novy Jicin, Jesenik nad Odrou, Marriages 1836-1871 (vol 2038), Image 61/93.

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Sunday's Obituary: Louisa Kahlig Braun

1/24/2015

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Louisa Kahlig Braun was one of my husband's great-great-grandmothers on his mom's side of the family. Here is her obituary from The Lima News dated 29 Apr 1948:

The copy is a little difficult to read, but it says that she passed away in her home in St. Peter (Mercer County), Ohio. She was 78 years old and was the widow of John M. Braun. The obituary lists six surviving daughters: Mrs. Frank Hamlin of Eugene, Oregon, Mrs. Lawrence Brunswick and Mrs. Urban Abels of Sharpsburg, Ohio, Mrs. Theodore Homan of Philothea, Ohio, Sister M. Levine of St. Joseph's Orphanage in Cincinnati, and Miss Ida Braun, with whom she lived. Her surviving sons were Theodore of Sharpsburg, and Peter and Raymond, with both of whom she lived. (One daughter not mentioned here, Olivia Braun Evers, passed away in 1944.)

Louisa's death certificate (below) states that the cause of death was coronary occlusion and that she suffered from high blood pressure and general hardening of the arteries.

Louisa Kahlig Braun Death Certificate

Tomorrow, I will post some more information about Louisa's and her family's background, including her baptism record, which I recently discovered.

Death Certificate Source: FamilySearch.org, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, 1948, 25101-28300, Image 743/3555

©2015 Emily Kowalski Schroeder

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Travel Tuesday: Mexico City to San Antonio, 1955

1/12/2015

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A couple of weeks ago, I was going through my many (mostly unhelpful) shaky leaf hints on Ancestry.com, and I came across a couple new ones related to my great-grandparents, Adele and Luigi (Louis) Licciardi. It was an American Airlines passenger list showing arrival in San Antonio, TX from Mexico City in 1955. On the left is the first page with information about the plane and crew, and on the right you will see Adele and Luigi listed. (Click for larger view.)

Now, I try to keep up-to-date with the list of new databases that Ancestry.com is always adding. I'm sure that I saw the addition of this database, but, being that I have zero relations who lived in Texas, I did not think much of it. I'm glad Ancestry flagged this one for me, because I'm sure I wouldn't have found it otherwise.

I had known that my great-grandparents enjoyed traveling abroad in their early retirement years. They went (back) to Europe at least a couple of times and I have seen a photo of them in Mexico. Next time I am back at my parents' house, I will have to look through old photos again and see if any of them are dated January 1955.

©2015, Emily Kowalski Schroeder

Source: Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving at San Antonio, Texas 1955-1957. NARA Microform publication A3974. 9 rolls. NAI: 2922359. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004, Record Group 85, The National Archives at Washington, DC

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2014: Genealogy Year in Review

1/12/2015

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Me getting ready to bobsled!

It's almost two weeks into the new year and I haven't posted an assessment of my genealogy accomplishments / failings in 2014. I looked back at this post from last January, in which I propose five main goals for the year. Unfortunately, I only accomplished two of those goals: I scanned more family photos from my parents' house and I took a trip to the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

In all honesty, the photo scanning happened towards the end of the year, AFTER an entire section of my parents' home flooded due to a broken pipe. The room where the photos were kept WAS affected, but by a miracle they were unharmed. That event motivated me to do it, though.

I took a two-day trip to Ft. Wayne, during which time I was able to collect some good information about my husband's side of the family. However, the library did not have any new information related to my family. In January of last year, I couldn't have imagined that I was going to visit the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. However, since my husband took a business trip out there in May, I tagged along and spend about 2.5 days doing some great microfilm research on both my and my husband's ancestors. (Oh, and we also went to Olympic Park and went bobsledding!)

I attended four seminars / conferences in 2014. In March, I attended full-day seminars with Thomas W. Jones and Cyndi Ingle, the former at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland and the latter at the Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis. In June, I attended an Italian Genealogy seminar sponsored by the Cleveland Italian Ancestry Organization (CIAO) and the Western Reserve Historical Society. And then in August, I attended the Midwestern Roots Conference in Indianapolis.

In terms of blogging, I published 74 posts on The Spiraling Chains, which was down from 2013 when I published 93 posts. However, I attribute that decrease to the extra time I spent building my new blog, Growing Little Leaves. Last January, I had no idea or intention of creating a blog about helping children learn family history. But when I get an idea in my head, I move fast, and the blog was up and running by mid-February. Overall, I've been happy with the positive feedback I've received regarding Growing Little Leaves, and I'm grateful that the Indiana Historical Society has given me a chance to share my ideas with others through programs and presentations. One of my major goals for this year is to continue to come up with fun, new, hands-on family history activities and worksheets for young children and to share them via my blog and new website, GrowingLittleLeaves.com.

©2015 Emily Kowalski Schroeder

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Great-Grandma's 120th Birthday

1/6/2015

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A Young Adele Parazzini Licciardi

On this date in 1895, my great-grandmother, Adele Parazzini Licciardi, was born in Milano, Lombardia, Italy. A couple of years ago, I wrote this post about what I remember about her. Today, I thought I would share her Petition for Naturalization from 1945. (Click for larger image.)

On this form, as well as on her ship manifest from 1921, her surname is listed as 'Parrazzini,' but her birth surname may actually be spelled 'Parazzini, as the former does not seem to be at all that common in Italy. Adele came to America in 1921 and passed away in 1990 at the age of 95.

Petition for Naturalization for Adele Parazzini Licciardi

Adele married Luigi Licciardi in 1913 at the age of 18. (The petition lists her marriage date as 1919, which is incorrect.) Luigi was a Sicilian, and they met in the north when Luigi was on military duty with the Italian Army. So, my grandmother and her sister had the unusual combination of a northern AND southern Italian parent.

I do not (yet) know the names of Adele's parents. They did not come to America and probably lived out their lives in Milano or in a nearby area.

More about the Adele and her descendants can be found here:
Licciardi Family Documents

©2015, Emily Kowalski Schroeder

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Matrilineal Monday: Louisa Kahlig Braun

Sunday's Obituary: Louisa Kahlig Braun

Travel Tuesday: Mexico City to San Antonio, 1955

2014: Genealogy Year in Review

Great-Grandma's 120th Birthday

Emily Kowalski Schroeder

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