{"id":508,"date":"2012-03-20T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/fearless-females-brick-walls\/"},"modified":"2013-07-05T12:05:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T17:05:46","slug":"fearless-females-brick-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/fearless-females-brick-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Fearless Females \u2013 Brick Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 2010, in honor of Women\u2019s History Month, Lisa Alzo created a list of writing prompts for each day during the month of March.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t participate in 2010, so I\u2019m going to take the opportunity to participate this year, since Lisa was kind enough to resurrect her prompts for 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Is there a female ancestor who is your brick wall? Why? List possible sources for finding more information.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nThree of the four second great-grandmothers on my mom\u2019s side are \u201cbrick walls\u201d simply because in order to determine their parents and siblings, requires studying others of the same surname in Chicago and\/or \u201ccrossing the pond\u201d to Germany.\u00a0 Here are some basic details on each of them:<\/p>\n

Minnie (Hemfler) Leppin<\/strong> \u2013 According to her death certificate, Minnie Hemfler was born on 9 April 1871 in Germany.\u00a0 Minnie married Herman Leppin on 26 March 1894 in Chicago.\u00a0 Minnie died on 17 Mary 1945 in Chicago.\u00a0 Her death certificate does not name her parents.\u00a0 However, based on the correlation of a few sources, I\u2019m fairly positive that she had a sister named Augusta, who married a Philip Zimmermann (you can read more about this in my post I Think She\u2019s Related<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Mary Eva (Reeder) Rottman<\/strong> \u2013 This one is definitely a thorn in my side (I\u2019m sure my cousin Barbara would agree!).\u00a0 I don\u2019t really know that much about Eva, other than she was probably born about 18 March 1849 in France, married Philip Rottman likely before 1870, and died on 26 October 1899 in Iowa.\u00a0 The interesting twist is that of their six children\u2019s records, sometimes her maiden name was listed as Reeder, while other times is was listed as Lasser.\u00a0 Is it possible that she was married briefly before she married Philip?<\/p>\n

Mary (Braun) Stoffel<\/strong> \u2013 According to her death certificate, Mary was born on 19 November 1855 in Frankfurt, Germany.\u00a0 She married Carl \u201cCharles\u201d Stoffel about 1884.\u00a0 On 9 August 1936, Mary died in Chicago.\u00a0 As I was reviewing a wedding booklet for Mary\u2019s daughter, Anna, I was able to identify all of the names, except two.\u00a0 After researching those two names, I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that Mary had a sister (could also be a cousin, but there\u2019s definitely a relationship), Anna, who married an Otto Beckard in Chicago in 1871.<\/p>\n

Hopefully as my research on these ladies continues, I will be able to figure out who their parents and sibling were and where they came from, other than \u201cGermany.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Read all of my Fearless Females posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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