Falkner/Jarrell Family History
Ancestors of Mary Ann Jarrell and Patrick Falkner
Memorial card for Amelia Schauer Schermack, my great-great grandmother. Amelia was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA in 1853. Her family migrated west to Freeport, Illinois, USA, where she married Joseph J. Schermack, Sr. in 1875. Following the death of her husband in 1915, she moved to Detroit, Michigan, USA, to be near her children. #falknerjarrell... Continue Reading →
Funeral card for my maternal great-grandfather, John McCreary “Mack” Jarrell. He was born in Missouri and was a miner at the Federal Lead Mine in Flat River, Missouri for many years. The family relocated to Detroit, Michigan, USA by 1920, to work in the auto factories. “John Mack” was the father of my grandfather, Vernon... Continue Reading →
The mystery of my great-aunt, Emma May Falkner (1909-1934), Part II. In our last feature, Aunt May married Jesse Alfaro in Detroit under the assumed name of Aurora Menendez, when she was 16 years of age. She was out of touch with her family and I don’t think they knew her husband or her assumed... Continue Reading →
Schermack/Blumenstiel Family (circa 1915). The girl in front (wearing straw hat) is my maternal grandmother, Dorothy Blumenstiel Jarrell. Her maternal aunts, Emma Schermack (front) and Alma Schermack Feneley, are to the right. #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #oldphotos #oldphoto #detroit #detroithistory #michigan #familyhistory #familyhistorian #sisters #sister #ancestors #ancestor #ancestry #familyphoto #cousins #schermackgenealogy #schermack #1910s... Continue Reading →
Children and families of Martha Vaupel Mayer of Freeport, Illinois, USA. This was compiled by my great-grandfather, John William Blumenstiel, and listed his maternal aunt’s family members. Martha was the sister of my 2x great-grandmother, Christina Vaupel Blumenstiel. She died in 1961, at the age of 103, which was uncommon for the time. The Blumenstiel/Vaupel... Continue Reading →
Julia Grady Carney (my great-grandmother) and children, about 1915. Left to right: Norah Mary Carney, Agnes Carney Falkner (my grandmother), Julia Grady Carney, Terence Patrick Carney, and John Francis “Frank” Carney. The family lived in Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada around this time. #falknerjarrell #falknergenealogy #falkner #carneygenealogy #carney #ancestors #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #ancestry... Continue Reading →
Patrick Ernest Falkner (my father) with his third grade school class, Our Lady of Sorrows (1940s). He is in the back row, third from the left. #falknerjarrell #ancestors #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #antiquephotograph #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #antiquephoto #genealogyresearch #oldphotograph #savinghistory #findingroots #falknergenealogy #falkner #boy #redfordmi #1940s #schoolphoto #classphoto #catholicschool #ourladyofsorrows
Callaghan/Chuliner Gravestones (Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada). Mary Grady Chuliner was the sister of my great-grandmother, Julia Grady Carney. Veronica Callaghan was her daughter. #falknerjarrell #gradygenealogy #grady #chulinergenealogy #chuliner #callaghangenealogy #callaghan #canada #nbcanada #newbrunswick #newbrunswickcanada #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #history #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #genealogyresearch #familytree #familyhistorian #genealogia #genealogie #fatheranddaughter #cousins #cemetery #gravestone
Marriage license of my great-great uncle and aunt, Joseph J. Schermack, Jr. and Stella Saxe (1905). He was an inventor of mailing machines, vending machines and other devices. According to a Scientific American article in 1929, “he has done more to make automatic vending a commercial success than any man in this country”. He is... Continue Reading →
Falkner and Callaghan Cousins in Michigan (about 1967). Left to right: Mary Ann Jarrell Falkner, Kathleen Falkner Rujan, Anne Haley-Callaghan, Craig Falkner (me), and Michael Falkner [note his cool yellow sunglasses]. The Callaghan family, based in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada, descended from Mary Grady Chuliner, sister of my great- grandmother, Julia Grady Carney. Photo courtesy... Continue Reading →
Falkner/Jarrell Family History 