Kroening Birth Records in Naugard District After years (and years, and years) of searching, I finally stumbled across the birth records for my 2nd great grandfather and his siblings in Germany before the family emigrated to the US in 1868. August Kroening and all but the youngest 2 of his siblings were born in Germany, … Continue reading Another Broken(ish) Brick Wall
William Mahoney Remains Elusive In my previous post about William Mahoney, I explain the very few pieces of evidence that have been found on the man who was the first husband of my 2nd great grandmother Catherine Newmeier. William had a short life and he seems to have left almost no written record about it. … Continue reading Mahoney Mystery Continues
The annual flood of DNA matches are in and there are some new clues on the Kroening family branch!
Johann Kroening - immigrant ancestor and brick wall.
Margaret Mahoney Aschebrock Heinrich and Margaret Mahoney Aschebrock Maggie Mahoney has become somewhat of a forgotten member of the Kroening family. Maggie was the daughter of Katherine Newmeier and William Mahoney. She was born on 13 June 1880 in Unity, Wisconsin. William died when Maggie was an infant, and Katherine married August Kroening in about … Continue reading Portraits
William Mahoney William Mahoney was the first husband of Catherine Newmeier. Catherine went on to marry my 2nd great grandfather, August Kroening, after William's death. I know very little about William and have found very few documents about his life even after many years of searching. Here's what I do know: William Mahoney and Catarina … Continue reading Mahoney Mystery
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
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
These men are from the Kroening side of my tree. They could also be Carl, Newmeier, Geiger, or Pupp. If you recognize anyone, please leave a comment, or message me!
My DNA Results Are In! I received my Ancestry DNA results a few days ago. I have been doing genealogy for many years, but the DNA thing is still new to me. I am still figuring out which matches belong on my paternal side and which are from my maternal lines. As I mentioned in … Continue reading It’s Baaaack…
WitzEnd Family History 