Looking Back: Family Stories and Genealogy

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After twenty-five years of family history and genealogy research it is time to explore a new medium for sharing. If this website adventure is successful, I will be adding information on other families in the future. The family collections at the website will vary in style and content. I hope you will learn something new during your visit. If this is your first visit, please read more about this site. I would enjoy hearing your questions, comments, corrections and connections. Thank you for visiting. Pam Garrett

Our German Ancestors: Hoffman, Biesemeier, Gassman, Rosenstiel
The Rosenstiel family, along with their son-in-law Frederick Gassman, came to America from Thuringen in central Germany about 1845. Soon after, several Biesemeier brothers immigrated from the principality of Lippe in western Germany. These families eventually settled in the adjoining counties of Stephenson and Ogle in the state of Illinois. Wilhelm Biesemeier was married to Hermine Gassman in 1863. It was many years later, in 1881, when the Hoffman family immigrated to Illinois from the east German areas of Pommern and Posen. These areas are primarily in and near Poland today. Adolph Hoffman was married to Josephine Biesemeier in 1891. Our ancestral families intermarried with other German families of Stephenson and Ogle counties in Illinois, including Brockmeier, Fosha, Heinke, Kurth, Leseman, Lewke, Niemeier, Polker, Prasse, Schild, Schmidt, Staderman, Vehmeier, Winters and Zumdahl. Our branch of the Hoffman family removed to Iowa for several years before moving on to Oklahoma in 1903.

The Robberts Family
A report on the family and descendants of James Fletcher Robberts and his wife Roxanne Deming of Poweshiek county Iowa and Kingfisher county Oklahoma.
Don't miss the Journal of James Fletcher Robberts.

The Bowman Family
A report on the family and descendants of William Harpine Bowman and Emily Frances Huffman of Rockingham county Virginia.

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