Waking the Tree

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6 ITEMS

  • 1844-1923. The Memoir of Carl August Doehring

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    1844-1923. The Memoir of Carl August Doehring

    Carl August Doehring is my husband’s great-grandfather. In 1923, he wrote a memoir documenting his life & his involvement with the early Catholic Apostolic Church, where he eventually became an Apostle. Carl’s daughter-in-law, Hedwig Maria Wagner Doehring, transcribed it in the 1980s. I found it in her files and translated it in 2010. Understanding the shifting geography, the Prussian Postal Service and the detailed vernacular of the Catholic Apostolic Church took considerable effort. I have included those extensive notes in advance of the memoir.

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  • 1800-1865. The Daybook of Carl Arnold Arns

    1800-1865. The Daybook of Carl Arnold Arns

    Carl Arnold Arns was my husband’s 3rd great-grandfather, born in Schüttendelle, Germany in 1800. He owned a factory with Gottlieb Müller, another 3rd great-grandfather. Carl left a daybook recounting his life from birth until about 4 months prior to his death and I found a typed copy of it the files of Hedwig Maria Wagner…

  • 1700. The Travel Log of Father Paul du Ru

    1700. The Travel Log of Father Paul du Ru

    This journal was written by Jesuit chaplain Paul du Ru while traveling with Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville on his second voyage to claim and settle the Gulf of Mexico (1 February–8 May 1700). He expresses some of the prejudice of a seventeenth-century Catholic missionary, but also an admiration that surprised me. Complexities aside, he…

  • 1660-1707. The Baudreaus in Montreal. Records

    1660-1707. The Baudreaus in Montreal. Records

    These are the records from Ville-Marie (Montreal) for Urbain & Mathurine Baudreau dit Graveline & their son, Jean Baptist Baudreau dit Graveline I. They are my husband’s 7th and 8th great-grandparents. I OCR’d, transcribed, translated, or summarized them, depending on the content.

  • 1844-1923. The Memoir of Carl August Doehring

    1844-1923. The Memoir of Carl August Doehring

    Carl August Doehring is my husband’s great-grandfather. In 1923, he wrote a memoir documenting his life & his involvement with the early Catholic Apostolic Church, where he eventually became an Apostle. Carl’s daughter-in-law, Hedwig Maria Wagner Doehring, transcribed it in the 1980s. I found it in her files and translated it in 2010. Understanding the…

  • 1646-1800. ‘Sersheim: Histories & Stories’

    1646-1800. ‘Sersheim: Histories & Stories’

    My ancestors emigrated to Sersheim, Germany from Switzerland after the Thirty Years War and lived there from 1677 to 1800, before emigrating to Philadelphia. “Sersheim – Geschichte und Geschichten 792 – 1992” is a book by Christina Specht, published by Aldus Publishing House, in 1992. It was out of print and undigitized when I translated…