Ancestors of Mary Ann Jarrell and Patrick Falkner
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 →
The mystery of Emma May Falkner (1909-1934). Great Aunt May was born in Toronto, to English parents, and moved to Detroit, sometime after her mother’s death in the 1918 influenza epidemic. Her story took a startling turn in 1926 (age 16), when she married 25 year old Jesse Alfaro, under the name “Aurora Menendez”. Except... Continue Reading →
Blumenstiel Family (circa 1912). Left to right: Laura Schermack Blumenstiel (my great-grandmother) with children: Dorothy Blumenstiel Jarrell (my grandmother), Margaret Blumenstiel Holmes, and Donald William Blumenstiel seated on a swing in Detroit, Michigan, USA. #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #oldphotos #oldphoto #detroit #detroithistory #michigan #michiganhistory #familyhistory #familyhistorian #ancestors #ancestor #ancestry #familyphoto #schermackgenealogy #schermack #1900s... Continue Reading →
Joseph J. Schermack, Jr. (1876-1950), my great-great uncle. Inventor of mailing machines, vending machines and other devices. He is most associated with postage stamp vending machines and private stamp perforations made for use in his devices. He was born in Freeport, Illinois, USA and moved to Detroit in 1906 to found the Schermack Mailing Machine... Continue Reading →
Patrick Ernest Falkner (my father) with his elementary school class, 1940s. He is 4th row from the left and 4th seat from the back. #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
Mabel Forshee Jarrell (1882-1966 ). She was my maternal great-grandmother. She was an excellent cook and was known for her chicken & dumplings and 7 layer lemon cake. Redford, Michigan, USA. #falknerjarrell #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #genealogyresearch #familytree #familyhistorian #findyourroots #traceyourroots #genealogia #familyarchives #jarrellgenealogy #jarrell #ancestors #lovefamilyhistory #detroit... Continue Reading →
Carol Roy Waltz (left) and Debbie Roy Kingsbury, my first cousins (late 1950s). Their parents are my maternal aunt and uncle, Dolores Jarrell and Thomas Roy. #falknerjarrell #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #family #vintagephotography #oldphoto #genealogyresearch #familytree #familyhistorian #findyourroots #traceyourroots #genealogia #familyarchives #jarrellgenealogy #jarrell #ancestors #lovefamilyhistory #detroit #michigan #roy #roygenealogy #cousins #cousins💕 #sisters👭 #sisters
George Ernest Falkner, Jr. in the 1930s. He was my paternal grandfather. #falknerjarrell #ancestors #familyhistory #genealogy #genealogyphoto #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #ancestor #genealogyresearch #geneabloggers #familytree #familyhistorian #findyourroots #traceyourroots #genealogia #familyarchives #oldphotograph #savinghistory #findingroots #falkner #falknergenealogy #detroit #detroithistory #oldcar #1930s #1930sstyle
Blumenstiel Family rowing at Cranberry Lake. My great-grandfather, John William Blumenstiel (left), with my great-aunt, Margaret Blumenstiel Holmes (rowing), my grandmother, Dorothy Blumenstiel Jarrell, and her mother, Laura Schermack Blumenstiel. Note the family dog at the far left. Taken in the late 1910s. . #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #schermackgenealogy #schermack #jarrellgenealogy #jarrell #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry... Continue Reading →
Falkner/Jarrell Family History 