I like to watch the TV show Who Do You Think You Are? One of the advertisers for the show is Ancestry.com. In the commercial, they say click on the “leaf for hints”. I was skeptical, what are the odds that I would actually connect with someone and we would swap information. I signed up …
My 3rd great-grandmother * Born in Machendorf, Boehem on 15 October 1813 * Died 4 August 1889 at 75 years of age * Married to Joseph Bergmann who died in 1882 I am guessing this picture was taken between 1882 and 1889. I wonder if she made delicious pastries… Bergmann, Theresia Ohnesorge. Photograph of the original held by …
I don’t know very much about my 3rd great-grandparents, Joseph and Theresia Ohnesorge Bergmann. They arrived in Galveston on the ship Texas on 12 June 1853. Their destination was Bexar County. In New Homes in a New Land, Joseph Bergmann from Reichenberg, Bohemia arrived with 11 persons in his group. I have 7 accounted for …
Adalbertha Bergmann and her family came from Boehem. Boehem is German for Bohemia which was located in central Europe and is now in the Czech Republic. Boehem was part of the Holy Roman Empire and by 1526 became part of the Habsburg’s Austrian Empire. That is why the Bergmann family, sometimes, is listed as coming …
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