Tag Archives: Family: Rottman

Week 46 Prompt: Poor Man This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is ”Poor Man.” I decided not to go the monetary route. Instead, I’m going the emotional route; a sad story about my second great-grandfather—poor Philip. As I’ve stated in this blog before, Philip Rottman is […]

Week 34 Prompt: Tragedy This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Tragedy.” I wrote about this briefly ten years ago. Before writing this post, I set out to correlate all the information I had regarding the death of my great-grandfather George Rottman. Here’s what I’ve been able […]

Week 33 Prompt: Comedy This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Comedy.” I really couldn’t think of anything, so I enlisted the help of my mom. Here’s a cute little story about my maternal grandparents, as told by my mom. “Soooo, once upon a time my mom […]

Week 29 Prompt: Challenging This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Challenging.” First thought—brick walls! Ten years ago (almost to the date!), I wrote about all of my German brick walls at that time. They were all tied to an immigrant ancestor, and were mainly self-imposed due […]

Week 24 Prompt: Dear Diary This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is”Dear Diary.” I actually do have a “diary” that belonged to my maternal grandmother. It’s really a travel log, where she recorded where she went, what she did, and expenses.   I posted about it […]

Week 20 Prompt: Nature This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is “Nature.” Boy, this month’s themes are certainly lending themselves to photos, so why stop now. Here’s another favorite of my maternal grandmother. This was taken in the mid- to late 1980s in front of her […]

Week 18 Prompt: Road Trip This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is Road Trip.” After wrestling with ideas for this theme, I decided to focus on my maternal grandmother. My nana loved to take road trips. Her and papa would go all sorts of places. Even […]

Week 16 Prompt: Out of Place This week’s 52 Ancestors theme is “Out of Place.” The one family that comes to mind is my Rottman clan, that seemed to roam the country starting in 1870. Philip Rottman and Mary Eva Reeder (or Lasser) are second […]