Monday, July 23, 2007

New Family Member

GOTCHA!! I bet you thought I was adding something about a grandchild, or a new pet or something like that, didn't ya?? hehehe

Well, no, fortunately, that isnt the case. My sister emailed me yesterday about a new great-aunt that she "found." She has been corresponding with a man in Germany who is related to us in some way. Seems that HE found the name of a great-aunt that we had no knowledge of, in the ship's manifest of passengers from 1907. Our grandmother's family came across from Russia by way of Germany to the North American continent on the SS Kensington. He searched the manifest and found our Great Grandparents, and all the children, PLUS Erna Schumacher, age 11 months. WHO THE HECK IS SHE????? Grandma never mentioned a sister named Erna, and she spoke of her other brothers and sisters often.

Well, back to the research...

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