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We
are researching several sides of our families.
Bev is concentrating on the Franke/Gansmann (her father's father's)
side. The Franke side started in Langendorf, Neisse, Silesia, and moved to
the USA, in 1881. Sometime before 1884, they moved
to Illinois, first to Belleville and then to Tamms, in the south. In 1906,
the family moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, to homestead at the St. Joseph's
colony.
The Gansmanns came from Biblis, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in the
mid-1800s and settled in the St. Louis, MO, and Belleville, IL, areas.
Larry Wernle and Leroy Kercher have been extremely helpful with these
researches. Leroy maintains a Biblis web site at http://www.geocities.com/lfkerch02/
Also, limited information about the Curries/Kings/Robertsons from Prince
Edward Island (Bev's father's mother's side) is included.
Bev's mother is researching the Valery and Hornung sides (her father and
mother). Both families immigrated from the Banat area to Saskatchewan,
Canada, in the early 1900's to homestead. We know a lot about their lives
from that date but not a lot prior to their move to Canada.
We are also doing research on Lee's families -- his father's side (Kaslander/Wagenaar &
Nyenhuis/Padding) and his mother's (Converse/King & Turrill/Turrell/Terrill/Huff, Hutchison/Backhouse,
Anderson/Merritt). Henk & Aaffien Kaslander in the Netherlands and the
Herrick Library in Holland, MI, has been very helpful about the Kaslanders.
A huge amount of information about the Turrill family was shared by
Francelia Johnson and William Terrill.
The Loyalist side of these families has come to light with a lot of help
from the Elgin, Kent and Norfolk County records and newly discovered
relatives (and fellow searchers) there.
I am happy to share what I have learned and hope to share what others have
learned as well. Thanks to everyone who has been so generous to-date! The
circle has a way of expanding!
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