Cherry Chocolate Cake This recipe is from the collection of my great grandmother, Viola Widmann Weigel. Cherry Chocolate Cake 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup Crisco 1 egg 1 square melted chocolate 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup sour milk 1 bottle cherries juice and nuts Bake 375 degrees
Gramma Holmes This is a puzzling picture from the Ehle side of the tree. My husband's grandmother labeled this picture as "Gramma Holmes, the mother of Jane Holmes Smith." Gramma said she was called "Smith Holmes Smith" - as in she was married twice. The problem is that Jane Holmes Smith isn't Jane HOLMES Smith, … Continue reading Mystery Monday
Page 5 These pictures are from my grandmother Lagada Dirk Weigel's senior year in high school. The people in the photos are most likely students that attended Columbus Catholic High School in Marshfield, Wisconsin or St. Mary's Catholic School in Bismarck, North Dakota. The majority of people would likely be from the graduating class of … Continue reading Gramma’s High School Scrapbook
Dill Pickles This recipe is from the collection of my great grandmother, Viola Widmann Weigel. Dill Pickles (Mrs Panter) Wash and pack pickles in jar. Put together: 1C. salt 3 C. cider vinegar 9 C. water and bring to a boil. Put in dill and a pinch of powdered alum the size of a pea.
Smith Family in Milwaukee's Garden Cemetery Forest Home Cemetery map and guidebook Genealogy is an interesting journey. I think some of the most interesting parts of my journey have been when trying to pick up where previous generations have left off. In this case, I was picking up the trail left by my husband's grandmother, … Continue reading Forest Home Cemetery
Pages 3 and 4 These are from my grandmother Lagada Dirk Weigel's collection of photos from her senior year of high school. These students would be from Columbus Catholic High School in Marshfield, Wisconsin, or St. Mary's Catholic School in Bismarck, North Dakota most likely from the class of 1952. Page 3 Page 3 only … Continue reading Gramma’s High School Scrapbook
DNA Update John Ponczoch My Ancestry DNA gave me some new insight into my Ponczoch family. This family has been hard to research due to the often creative spelling of the surname in various documents. I outlined the information I had on this branch in this post. Since that post, I have found a few … Continue reading Ponczoch
Popcorn Balls This recipe was in the collection of my great grandmother, Viola Widmann Weigel. Popcorn Balls Boil together 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup water 1 teaspoon vinegar When boiled awhile add 2 tablespoons syrup, butter the size of a walnut, 4 teaspoons salt Boil until a few drops in cold water become hard … Continue reading Gramma’s Cookbook
Otto Gust's Parents This week I'm sharing another picture where I know the names of the people in the photo, but not how they are related to me. August Gust and Augusta Teschner This photo was in the collection of my great aunt Margaret Kroening. The photo is labeled "Otto Gust's Parents". The couple in … Continue reading Mystery Monday
Doily Collection This collection was made primarily by my husband's grandmother Gertrude Evelyn Ehle Witzel and her mother Gertrude Ethelyn Smith Ehle from the early 1900s to about the 1950s. A few were from my great grandmother Viola Pauline Widmann Weigel in the years after her marriage in 1933. We wanted to find a way … Continue reading Thursday Treasures
