Thomas Gilmore Carney (right) and friend. Great Lakes Seamen (Circa 1920). Thomas was brother to my paternal grandmother, Agnes Carney Falkner and my great-uncle. Based on family photographs, he was on the crew of a Great Lakes ship, S.S. W.H. McGean. The photo was likely taken in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada where the family immigrated... Continue Reading →
Thomas Carney, Bankruptcy Hearing
Bankruptcy Court hearing of Thomas Carney, my paternal great-grandfather. He was a grocer in Widnes, Lancashire, England. While he may not have been a good business man, I can only think well of him for taking pity on families in need. #falknerjarrell #ancestors #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #ancestor #genealogyresearch #geneabloggers #familytree #familyhistorian #findyourroots... Continue Reading →
Dorothy Blumenstiel Jarrell (1920s)
Dorothy Blumenstiel Jarrell, my maternal grandmother (1920s). She was the daughter of John William and Laura Schermack Blumenstiel. The family lived in Detroit, Michigan, USA. #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #oldphotos #oldphoto #detroit #detroithistory ##michigan #michiganhistory #familyhistory #familyhistorian #jarrell #jarrellgenealogy #flapperstyle #flappers #flapper #roaring20s #1920s #1920sfashion #fashion #womensapparel
John William and Emma Falkner Family, 1870s
John William and Emma Falkner Family, 1870s. They were my great-great grandparents and my great-grandfather, George Ernest Falkner, is the baby at far right. Southwark, London, UK. John William Falkner founded a London building company, J.W. Falkner and Sons, in the 19th Century. #falknerjarrell #jwfalknerandsons #london #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #falknergenealogy #englishhistory #cityoflondon #familyphoto #london🇬🇧 #londoncityworld... Continue Reading →
Alfred S. and Florence Schermack
Alfred S. and Florence Schermack. They were the children of Alfred and Grace Richards Schermack and first cousins to my maternal grandmother, Dorothy Blumenstiel Jarrell. #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #oldphotos #oldphoto #detroit #detroithistory #michigan #michiganhistory #familyhistory #familyhistorian #ancestors #ancestor #ancestry #familyphoto #1900s #cousins #schermackgenealogy #schermack #siblings #genealogie #genealogia #genealogist #oldfamilyphotos #popeye #childrenphoto #baby
Gottlieb and Philippine Schauer Family
Gottlieb and Philippine Schauer Family, near Freeport, Illinois, USA. The Schauers were my maternal 3x great-grandparents. Gottlieb is seated at far right and Philippine at center. The woman in back row, second from right is Amelia Schauer Schermack, my great-great-grandmother, surrounded by her siblings. #falknerjarrell #schermackgenealogy #schermack #freeportillinois #illinois #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #oldphoto #oldphotos #illinoishistory... Continue Reading →
Blumenstiel Sisters (1920s)
Blumenstiel Sisters, late 1920s. Dorothy Blumenstiel Jarrell (left) and Margaret Blumenstiel Holmes were the daughters of John William and Laura Schermack Blumenstiel. The family lived in Detroit, Michigan, USA. #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #oldphotos #oldphoto #detroit #detroithistory ##michigan #michiganhistory #sisters #sistersðŸ‘#familyhistory #familyhistorian #jarrell #jarrellgenealogy #flapperstyle #flappers #flapper #roaring20s #1920s #1920sfashion
Sam and Martha Vaupel Mayer
Martha Vaupel Mayer (1857-1961) and husband, Samuel Mayer (1858-1942). She was the daughter of Christian Vaupel and Anna Elisabetha Neuman and sister of my great-great grandmother, Christina Vaupel Blumenstiel. Martha Vaupel migrated to Freeport, Illinois, USA from Reichensachsen, Hessen with her brother, John Vaupel, in 1880. Martha died in 1961, at the age of 103... Continue Reading →
Agnes and Patrick Ernest Falkner
Patrick Ernest Falkner, with his mother (early 1940s). Redford, Michigan, USA. #falknerjarrell #ancestors #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #antiquephoto #genealogyresearch #geneabloggers #oldphotograph #savinghistory #findingroots #falknergenealogy #falkner #father #kodachrome #motherandsons #child #redfordmi #1940s #fathersday #happyfathersday #father
Patrick Ernest Falkner and George Ernest Falkner, Jr.
Patrick Ernest Falkner and George Ernest Falkner, Jr. (my father and grandfather) with our family dog, Sheek, in the 1970s. Redford, Michigan, USA. #falknerjarrell #ancestors #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #antiquephoto #genealogyresearch #geneabloggers #oldphotograph #savinghistory #findingroots #falknergenealogy #falkner #father #fathersday #happyfathersday #dog #doggo #fatherandson #redfordmi #twogenerations #grandfather