Who are these people and why are they on my blog? I thought I would switch gears a bit and
discuss some of my German ancestors.
This photo was passed down to me from my Grandma Theresa. On the back, it is written “Aunt Mary, Dad
and Uncle Emil”. Dad refers to her
father Peter Joseph Nebgen, who was born in Dernbach, Germany in 1869. Sitting in front of him are two of his
siblings – Mary (or Maria) and Emil.
My great
grandfather Peter Nebgen served as a midshipman and arrived in the US in either
1887 or 1888 at the age of 18 or 19 years old.
I will discuss him in more detail in a future post. Since both Mary and Emil did not immigrate
to the US but rather stayed in Germany, it is harder to find information on
them. I did find some information that
Maria Rosina Nebgen was born in 1880. She
married Anton Peter Haus on 10 Oct 1904 in Duisburg, Germany. They had 3 children – Anna, Willy and?
Of course, even
though I have several photos of “Uncle Emil”, I cannot find any information on
him – no birth date, death date or anything in between. I think he lived his entire life in Germany
but I can’t say for sure. I do know that
Peter Nebgen named his only son after his brother Emil.
There are also
two more siblings – Nicholas Nebgen and Clemenz Nebgen. Again I have some photos of Clemenz but no
information. I have fared much better
with Nicholas Nebgen since Nicholas was the oldest brother and immigrated to
the US first. He also married the sister
of Peter Nebgen wife. Actually I think
it was the reverse, in that Nicholas married Helen Homrich in 1888 – 3 years
before Peter married Theresa.
Well, I guess I
need to do some research on how to research German records and then I can find
out more of the story!
