Tag Archives: Family: Rottman

Week 1 Prompt: First I’ve decided to participate in my first 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. Since this was my first-ever post for the challenge, that was going to fit the first theme. However, when I randomly picked a number from 1 to 63 […]

  Back in 2011, I wrote about a new development pertaining to the research of Philip Rottman in And all the Stars Aligned.  Basically, I discovered that there was some truth to a notation my grandmother made about Philip and a story my cousin Barbara […]

Mary BRAUN is my second great-grandmother. She was born 19 November 1855 in or near Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. I believe that she and her husband Carl STOFFEL were married in Germany and arrived in the US together in 1884. They settled in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, […]

Mary Eva REEDER (or LASSER) is my second great-grandmother. I am not certain if Reeder or Lasser is her maiden name because each of the records I currently have list one or the other. I suppose it’s possible that she was married once before and […]

Minnie HÄNFLER (with variants including Henfler, Hamfler, and Hemfler) is my second great-grandmother. She was born in Germany and married Herman LEPPIN in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. I previously discovered a possible sister, Augusta HÄNFLER, who married Philipp Zimmermann, and just days ago confirmed my suspicion […]

The earliest known Stoffel in my line is Carl STOFFEL, who was born in or near Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, on 16 September 1855. I believe that he and his wife Mary Braun, were married in Germany and arrived in the US together in 1884. They […]

My Leppin line currently ends at my second great-grandfather, Herman LEPPIN. I don’t know much about his roots other than he apparently came from Germany and settled in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

Ah, now we get to talk about my crazy ROTTMAN family.  The earliest known ancestor is Philip ROTTMAN, my second great-grandfather.  He apparently came to the US from Bavaria, Germany.  This family has been difficult to research for many reasons, but mainly because they moved […]