The results of my Y-DNA test are in and have revealed my paternal lineage back to “Adam” in Africa. I’ve been assigned to the haplogroup “I-M253”. My greatest great grandfather likely sprung from northern France according to FamilyTreeDNA.com or Denmark according to other sites. The “I” males who came up out of Africa were responsible for “repopulating Europe after the first Ice Age”. That sounds… More →
Month: October 2015
‘Ello Gov’na
This summer, notable citizens continued to fall, not spring, from the Winter branch of my family tree. Edward Henry Winter, my 2nd cousin, 3x removed, was the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. Elected in 1928 after a successful stint as Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, he would serve only one term before making a run for governor. That was not meant… More →
Branstrooped!
The name of my 4th great grandfather, Caspar Bruenstreip, was buried in the city cemetery records of Warrenton, Missouri alongside the name of his interred daughter, Mary Wessel. She died October 5, 1892 (coincidentally) and is buried next to her husband, William. Thankfully those cemetery records have now been digitized so the shovels I had taken with me to exhume information or bodies were… More →
Reunions
Today marks the 96th anniversary of my paternal grandmother’s birth. Born Mildred Clara Pauline Dusenberg to parents Henry and Minnie (Biesemeyer) Dusenberg, she was the youngest of five children. Some of my most cherished memories of my grandmother involve her family’s gatherings in New Franklin, Missouri. The Dusenberg Family Reunions, which had been held for generations, were big events. Three or four folding tables… More →