Today is our nation’s birthday. The Fourth of July. Independence Day. The day we commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and celebrate America’s independence from Great Britain. Today is a good time to honor the ancestors from our family who fought for American independence over 235 years ago. Joe and I both have …
Daily Archive: July 4, 2014
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Karen’s Chatt’s Latest Posts
- Spitler Grocery Huckster Truck, Willshire, Ohio
- Tombstone Tuesday–Mark Steven Warner
- The Old Willshire Hotel
- Tombstone Tuesday–J Adam & Minnie C (Koch) Fisher
- A 1935 Schumm Postmark
- Tombstone Tuesday–Milbert & Koneta (Fisher) Stroh
- Some Photos of Past Zion Chatt Members
- Tombstone Tuesday–Mary LaRue Stroh
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 20)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Blaine O, Opal M (Bollenbacher), & Billy D Laffin
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 19)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Clarence R. Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 18)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Fred J. & Anna (Huffman) Bollenbacher
- 1908 German Lutheran Mission Feast, Schumm, Ohio
- Tombstone Tuesday–Luther C. Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 17)
- Tombstone Tuesday–John Martin and Emma (Bollenbacher) Bollenbacher
- A Wounded Soldier and the 23rd Psalm
- Tombstone Tuesday–Victor F. & I. Chloe (Douglas) Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 16)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Roger Wayne Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 15)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Col. Robert E. Kimmel, Sr.
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 14)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Minnie C. Schaadt
- Charles “CJ” Schumm Family, 1914
- Tombstone Tuesday–Richard Carl Andrews
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 13)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Caroll Hoehamer
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 12)
- Happy New Year!
- A Schumm Christmas Surprise
- Merry Christmas!
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 11)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Frank E. Swander
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 10)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Laura B. (Schott) Swander
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 9)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Otto A. & Eva R. (Wise) Brandt
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 8)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Wilbur Clarence Brandt
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 7)
- Tombstone Tuesday–George Pfeifer
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 6)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Barbara (Kuehm) Pfeifer
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 5)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Larry Lee Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 4)
- Happy Halloween!
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 3)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Ferdinand & Barbara (Schott) Huffman
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 2)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Infant Sons of J & M Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb
- Tombstone Tuesday–Mildred B. Bollenbacher
- Schumm Elevator Burned, 1972
- Tombstone Tuesday–Abraham & Amanda M. (Brush) Bollenbacher
- Nuts to Hickory Nuts
- Tombstone Tuesday–Dora C. (Bollenbacher) Anspaugh
- Old Advertising Items from Willshire Grain & Supply
- Tombstone Tuesday–Jacob & Margaret (Huffman) Bollenbacher
- Willshire Grain & Supply
- Tombstone Tuesday–Samuel A. Bollenbacher
- Wendel Motor Sales, Chattanooga, Ohio
- Tombstone Tuesday–Bertha (Huffman) Bollenbacher
- The Battle of the Bulge Association
- Tombstone Tuesday–Jacob & Mary (Kessler) Huffman
- 1909 Postcard to Gerty Brewster from Mrs. Wyman
- Tombstone Tuesday–William George Bollenbacher
- Mount Carmel EUB Sunday School Class of 1914
- Tombstone Tuesday–Mary Olga (Huffman) Bollenbacher
- From an Old Negative to a Digital Photo
- Tombstone Tuesday–Clarence Huffman
- Summer Reading
- Tombstone Tuesday–Emma V. Huffman
- Sarah (Breuninger) Schumm’s German-American Cookbook, 1892
- Tombstone Tuesday–Sarah R. (Dodge) Huffman
- Farmers Mutual Aid Association of Van Wert County, part 2
- Tombstone Tuesday–George F. Huffman
- Farmers Mutual Aid Association of Van Wert County
- Tombstone Tuesday–Philip & Etta (Leistner) Huffman
- The Breuninger Boots
- Happy Fourth of July!
- Chatt-Valley Vacation Bible School 2017, Chatt Methodist Church
- Tombstone Tuesday–Elizabeth Huffman
- Found Shoes, aka Concealed Shoes
- Tombstone Tuesday–Ferdinand & Elizabeth (Herzog) Huffmann
- A New Leaf On Our Family Tree
- Tombstone Tuesday–Heinrich Hoffmann
- Two Ancestral Homes in the Old Country
- Tombstone Tuesday–Infant Daughter of Charles E. & Mary P. (Andrews) Pickering
- Who Was Ida Brewster?
- Tombstone Tuesday–Memorial Day 2017
- Memorial Day Musings 2017
- Tombstone Tuesday–Andrew & Barbara (Eichler) Eichler
- Two Christina Miller Family Photos, c1920 & c1933
- Tombstone Tuesday–Peter Eichler
- Mothers in My Family Through the Years
- Tombstone Tuesday–Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. E.J. Schwarck
- Charles Phillip White (1924-2017)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Louis Edwin Schwarck
- Schlemmer School–Public School District 7, Monroe Twp, Allen Co, Indiana
- Tombstone Tuesday–Infant Son of Wm. & M.E. Hoehamer
- Born in the 1800s
- Tombstone Tuesday–Arley S. Byer
- A New Chapter
- Tombstone Tuesday–Rolland Miller
- Some Local Indiana Obituaries, 1834-1850
- Tombstone Tuesday–Clark Henry & Raymond Floyd McGough
- House Demolished Near River Henry Residence
- Tombstone Tuesday–M. Zeilinger
- More Local Obituary Abstracts, 1834-1850
- Tombstone Tuesday–Anna M. Wick
- Some Local Obituary Abstracts, 1834-1850
- Tombstone Tuesday–Johann Brinkmann
- Springtime–Flowers and Memories
- Tombstone Tuesday–Jacob & Gertrude (Miller) Deitsch
- Dr. G.R. Hagerman, Physician and Surgeon in Chattanooga, Ohio
- Tombstone Tuesday–Katharina Elisabeth Byer
- Another Postcard from Chattanooga, Ohio
- Tombstone Tuesday–Caroline (Hoffmann) Hoffmann
- A Chattanooga, Ohio, Postcard from Charles Egger
- Tombstone Tuesday–Maria (Betzel) Herzog
- Be My Valentine
- Tombstone Tuesday–Georg Friedrich Herzog
- The Buchanans of Willshire
- Tombstone Tuesday–Catharine (Kuhn) Herzog
- S. Lotter’s Meat Market, Willshire, Ohio
- Tombstone Tuesday–Margaret Callens
- Photos from the “Germann Collection”
- Tombstone Tuesday–Mary E. Lotter
- Offering Envelopes, Old and New
- Tombstone Tuesday–Johann Christopher Michael Lotter
- Driving Grandma
- Tombstone Tuesday–John Peter Lotter
- Happy New Year! But Who Is Sylvester?
- Tombstone Tuesday–Anna Lotter
- Merry Christmas from Karen’s Chatt!
- Tombstone Tuesday–Frederick & M. Louisa (Bollenbacher) Berron
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- The Aluminum Christmas Tree
- Tombstone Tuesday–Johann & Barbara (Wiedmann) Becker
- Duckcreek School Burns, 2005
- Tombstone Tuesday–Catharina Schaeffer
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Tombstone Tuesday–Fred W. & Maria W. (Springer) Becher
- Advertising Chattanooga Businesses
- Tombstone Tuesday–Darleene Becher
- Remembering Our Veterans on Veterans Day
- Tombstone Tuesday–Luther K. Becher
- Madonna of the Trail
- Tombstone Tuesday–George W. & Mary L. (Schlenker) Becher
- Halloween Memories
- Tombstone Tuesday–Halloween Edition
- Photos of Maria (Pflueger) Schumm
- Tombstone Tuesday–Harold E. & Berneice F. (Becher) Stetler
- East Bethel Church
- Tombstone Tuesday–Buress B. & Leona L. (Becher) McBride
- Help Please! What are These?
- Tombstone Tuesday–Joy I. Eley
- More Photos with George M. Schumm
- Tombstone Tuesday–Alger M & Matilda (Becher) Eley
- George M. & Barbara (Schinnerer) Schumm Photos
- Tombstone Tuesday–Leslie G. Becher
- Schumm-Schinnerer California Wedding, 1901
- Tombstone Tuesday–Infant Daughter of William & Katie (Schaadt) Becher
- The Page Pipe Organ at Zion Chatt
- Tombstone Tuesday–Pauline Becher
- Zion Lutheran Church Building in Chatt a Century Old
- Tombstone Tuesday–William P. & Katie (Schaadt) Becher
- Wildcat School No. 9, Mercer County, Ohio
- Tombstone Tuesday–Jacob B. Germann
- Christian Whiteman’s Articles of Agreement
- Tombstone Tuesday–Sophia (Becher) Germann
- 2016 Schumm Reunion
- Tombstone Tuesday–Bettie E. Becher
- Mr. & Mrs. Herman Schumm
- Tombstone Tuesday–Harley J. & Ella (Becher) Reef
- The Milligan Painting
- Tombstone Tuesday–La Von Becher
- The Pickle Jar
- Tombstone Tuesday–John H. & Rosa C. (Bollenbacher) Becher
- Max W. Friddle/Friedell Revisited
- Tombstone Tuesday–Jacob & Mary (Kettering) Becher
- Carrie Wren Friedell Revisited
- Tombstone Tuesday–Henry R. & Mary A. (Menche) Baker
- Independence Day 2016
- Tombstone Tuesday–Joseph & Lucinda (Kantner) Merkle
- Willshire Days Parade
- Tombstone Tuesday–Edna E. (Grauberger) Clase
- Painting
- Tombstone Tuesday–M. Henry & Emma (Baker) Grauberger
- Attica–The TV Movie
- Tombstone Tuesday–George Grauberger
- Old Photos of Sisters Hilda & Edna Scaer
- Tombstone Tuesday–John A. Grauberger
- Memorial Day 2016
- Tombstone Tuesday–George A. & Anna M. (Schaefer) Grauberger
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