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Born in Illinois, I grew up in Wilmette, a northern suburb of Chicago. I have one sibling, an older brother. I am married, for the 2nd time now, to Butch & got 4 children in the deal. They have gone on to make me grandmother 25 times over & great-grandmother to over 20!. After many years working in industry, I got my bachelors and masters degrees in speech communication, & was a professor in that field for 13 years. I retired in 2001 & returned to school & got my doctorate in folklore. Now I meld my two interests - folklore & genealogy - & add my teaching background, resulting in my current profession: speaker/author/entertainer of genealogically-related topics. I play many folk instruments, but my preference is guitar, which I have been playing since 1963. I write the "Aunty Jeff" column for the Informer, newsletter of the Jefferson County NY Gen. Soc. I work in partnership with Gena Philibert-Ortega & Sara Cochran as Genealogy Journeys® where we focus on educating folks about Social History. More about that: genaandjean.blogspot.com. More on our podcasts: genjourneys.podbean.com. More about my own projects: Circlemending.org.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday - 20 April 2010 - Knoetgen/Trapschuh

Maria Theresa Knoetgen Trapschuh, wife of Ignatz Trapschuh, b: 23 February 1816, Bohemia; d: 18 April 1899 (101 years ago this week), Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; buried 20 April 1899 (101 years ago today), Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Baron Johann Knoetgen of Teplitz, Bohemia.

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