Falkner/Jarrell Family History
Ancestors of Mary Ann Jarrell and Patrick Falkner
World War II medals of PFC Vernon Lee Jarrell, US Army (my maternal grandfather). He went missing in action in France was a prisoner of war in Germany in 1944-1945. #falknerjarrell #jarrellgenealogy #jarrell #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #ww2history #familyhistory #genealogy #familyarchives #familyarchive #army #usarmy #usarmyinfantry #pow #prisonerofwar #missinginaction #mia #grandfather #grandpa #germany #wounded #woundedinaction #purpleheart #purpleheartđź’ś
Carney/Chuliner Family, Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada (1920s). Left to right: Agnes Carney Falkner (my grandmother), Julia Grady Carney (my great-grandmother), Mary Grady Chuliner (Julia’s sister), and Thomas Chuliner (Mary’s husband). The girls in front are Thomas and Mary’s daughters, Irene Chuliner Callaghan, and Veronica (Vonnie) Chuliner Callaghan. I colorized the photo on My Heritage and... Continue Reading →
Newspaper ad for Jacob G. Schermack, who was my 3rd great uncle. He and his family migrated to Brooklyn, New York from Heimbach-Weis, Germany in 1857. Several of the Schermack brothers were tailors, including Jacob and John, my 2x great grandfather. Jacob stayed in Brooklyn, while my ancestor moved to Freeport, Illinois, USA. #falknerjarrell #schermackgenealogy... Continue Reading →
I had a nice dream about my cousin, Lois Carney (in the photo, with some of her students), and her partner, Lillian, recently. They were school teachers in LA and were together for over 40 years. I was fond of them and wish I had visited more often in the 3 years I lived in... Continue Reading →
According to family lore, some of my Irish roots lead back to Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon, Ireland. There is a connection somewhere in my Grady/Sweeney/Carney families, but I haven’t found the records yet. In the meantime, this postcard is a reminder of discoveries yet to come. #falknerjarrell #ancestors #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #ancestry #antiquephotograph #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos... Continue Reading →
My paternal grandparents, Agnes Carney Falkner and George Ernest Falkner, Jr. (at left), with a friend in Florida (1970s). #falknerjarrell #ancestors #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #vintagephoto #genealogyresearch #oldphotograph #savinghistory #findingroots #falknergenealogy #falkner #carneygenealogy #carney #father #mother #grandparents #florida #floridalife #1970s
Karl Vaupel Janssen. He was the son of my great-grandfather’s (John William Blumenstiel) first cousin, Regina Vaupel Janssen. Her father, John Vaupel, founded the Vaupel Clothiers in Freeport, Illinois, USA. #falknerjarrell #vaupelgenealogy #vaupel #johnvaupel #johnvaupelclothier #janssen #janssengenealogy #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #familyphotography #familyphoto #ancestors #ancestor #freeportillinois #illinois #oldphotos #oldphoto #antiquephoto #antiquephotograph #firstcousins #cousins #1900s #babybuggy #babyboy... Continue Reading →
Rest in Peace to my maternal aunt, Dolores Jarrell Roy, who passed away New Year’s Day, 2021. In the first photo, she is with herhusband, Thomas Alvin Roy, and daughter, Debra Roy Kingsbury. She was a lovely person and she will be missed. #falknerjarrell #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor... Continue Reading →
Rest in Peace to my maternal aunt, Dolores Jarrell Roy, who passed away New Year’s Day, 2021. In the first photo, she is in front of the family home on Winston St. In Detroit, Michigan, USA. In the second and third photos, she is joined by her younger siblings, John Jarrell and Mary Ann “Cookie”... Continue Reading →
My father’s great-uncle, Thomas Chuliner, visited Redford, Michigan, USA from Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada in the early 1960s. Left to right: Patrick Falkner (my sister, Kathleen Falkner Rujan, is on his lap), Uncle Tom, and my mother, Mary Ann Jarrell Falkner (my brother, Michael Falkner, is on her lap). I wouldn’t be born until the... Continue Reading →
Falkner/Jarrell Family History 