Falkner/Jarrell Family History
Ancestors of Mary Ann Jarrell and Patrick Falkner
Memorial card for my great-great aunt, Anna Schermack. She was born in Freeport, Illinois, USA and migrated to Detroit, Michigan, USA, where she worked at the Schermack Company, for her inventor brother, Joseph J. Schermack, Jr.. She never married and maintained a residence in Detroit with her sisters, Emma Schermack and Alma Schermack Feneley. #falknerjarrell... Continue Reading →
Vernon Lee Jarrell, World War II draft registration. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944-45 and was inducted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA. He was wounded and captured in France in 1944 and was a prisoner of war in Germany. #falknerjarrell #wwii #wwiihistory #fortsheridan #illinois #jarrellgenealogy #jarrell #familyhistory #genealogy #familyarchives #familyarchive #usarmy #usarmyinfantry #militarymen... Continue Reading →
John William Blumenstiel (1970), my great-grandfather. The photo was taken at John’s 87th birthday party at his home on Grandview St. in Detroit, Michigan, USA. #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #falknerjarrell #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #history #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #genealogyresearch #familytree #familyhistorian #genealogia #detroit #michigan #greatgrandfather #greatgrandparents #1970 #birthday
My paternal grandmother, Agnes Carney Falkner (back row, marked with “x”) in the late 1920s/early 1930s. She worked at the Michigan Bell Company as a telephone operator, and I believe this is a photo with her telephone operator colleagues. #falknerjarrell #ancestors #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #ancestry #history #antiquephotograph #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #antiquephoto #genealogyresearch #oldphotograph... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Wedding invitation of my great aunt and uncle, Margaret Helen Blumenstiel and Walter John Holmes (1932). #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #oldphotos #oldphoto #detroit #detroithistory #michigan #michiganhistory #familyhistory #familyhistorian #ancestors #ancestor #ancestry #familyphoto #1930s #weddinginvitation #weddingannouncement #wedding #nuptials #greataunt #greatuncle
Schermack-Blumenstiel Family, 1940s. Back row, left to right: Anna K. Schermack, Margaret Blumenstiel Holmes, Alma Schermack Feneley, Emma P. Schermack, Laura Schermack Blumenstiel (my great grandmother). Front row, left to right: John “Jack” Holmes, Ronald Holmes, and John William Blumenstiel (my great grandfather). #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #oldphotos #oldphoto #detroit #detroithistory #michigan #michiganhistory... Continue Reading →
Falkner/Jarrell Family History 