Blumenstiel Family, probably taken at their cottage on Cranberry Lake, Commerce Township, Michigan, USA. Left to right: Dorothy Blumenstiel Jarrell (my grandmother), Laura Schermack Blumenstiel, Margaret Blumenstiel Holmes, John William Blumenstiel. Taken in the late 1910s. #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #jarrellgenealogy #jarrell #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #antiquephotograph #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #antiquephoto #genealogyresearch... Continue Reading →
John William Blumenstiel
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
Schermack-Blumenstiel Family
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 →
Blumenstiel Family at Cranberry Lake
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 →
Blumenstiel Family
Left to right: my maternal grandmother, Dorothy Blumenstiel Jarrell, with parents, Laura Schermack Blumenstiel (1886-1958) and John William Blumenstiel (1883-1976). The photo was taken in the late 1950s at my grandmother’s house at 18458 Lennane, Redford, Michigan, USA. #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #antiquephotograph #family #vintagephotography #oldphoto #ancestor #antiquephoto #genealogyresearch #familytree... Continue Reading →
Blumenstiel Cottage
Blumenstiel cottage on Cranberry Lake in Commerce Township, Michigan, USA. It was owned by my great-grandparents, John William Blumenstiel and Laura Schermack Blumenstiel. #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #knowyouroots #antiquephotograph #family #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #antiquephoto #genealogyresearch #familytree #familyhistorian #findyourroots #traceyourroots #familyarchives #commercetownship #commercetownshipmi #michigan #blumenstiel #greatgrandfather #reichensachsen #hessen #freeportil #immigrant #cottage #lakecottage
John William Blumenstiel and Vernon Lee Jarrell
My maternal great-grandfather, John William Blumenstiel (left), and grandfather, Vernon Lee Jarrell, Christmas, 1971. Taken at Redford, Michigan, USA. #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #jarrellgenealogy #jarrell #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #antiquephotograph #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #vintagephoto #genealogyresearch #familytree #familyhistorian #findyourroots #christmas #fatherinlaw #soninlaw #greatgrandfather #grandfather #redfordmi
Laura Schermack Blumenstiel Postcard
1909 Postcard from my great-grandmother, Laura Schermack Blumenstiel in Freeport, Illinois, USA to my great-grandfather, John William Blumenstiel, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He moved to Detroit to seek his fortune, along with Laura’s brother, inventor Joseph J. Schermack, Jr.. Apparently, Laura wanted to move back to their hometown of Freeport and she tells him he... Continue Reading →
John William Blumenstiel and Children
John William Blumenstiel, 89th birthday. This is a newspaper clipping from my great- grandfather’s 89th birthday. Standing behind him are his children (left to right): Dorothy Blumenstiel Jarrell (my grandmother), Margaret Blumenstiel Holmes, and Donald William Blumenstiel. #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #antiquephotograph #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #antiquephoto #genealogyresearch #familytree #familyhistorian... Continue Reading →
Adolph Wilhelm Blumenstiel and Children
Adolph Wilhelm Blumenstiel (left), my great-great grandfather, with two of his children, William George Blumenstiel, and Clara Blumenstiel Campbell in Freeport, Illinois, USA (early 20th Century). #falknerjarrell #blumenstielgenealogy #blumenstiel #freeportillinois #illinois #illinoishistory #familyhistory #genealogy #familyphotos #ancestry #history #knowyouroots #antiquephotograph #family #vintagephotography #oldphotos #oldphoto #ancestor #antiquephoto #genealogyresearch #familytree #familyhistorian #findyourroots #traceyourroots #genealogia #familyarchives #greatgreatgrandfather #1900s #fatherandchildren