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Pieces to the Schröder Puzzle

Posted on by under 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge, Birth, Documents, Family History, Genealogy, Schröder Family, Schroeder Family

A few months ago, I wrote about some confusion with dates regarding Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm Schröder.  Since then, I have been collecting records on all of his siblings to see how Frederick Ludwig Schroeder (my great great grandfather) could be related.

From German baptism records, I’ve learned that Heinrich’s parents, Friedrich Wilhelm Schröder and Auguste Wilhelmine Besser were the parents of eight children.

I’m thinking my Frederick must be a cousin to Heinrich, if he’s related at all.  I suppose it’s possible that he and Heinrich are the same person and Heinrich changed his name at some point, but that seems unlikely unless his name was changed around the time of the birth of Heinrich Wilhelm Rudolph.

Supposedly, my Frederick was born on December 12, 1850 in Germany (or Prussia).   So far, all I know for sure about Frederick is that he married Louise Reisenberg on May 8, 1882 in Lucas County, Ohio.9

Sources

  1. “Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898,” , FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N691-F7P : accessed 12 August 2015), Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeder in entry for Dorothee Helene Schroeder, 07 May 1838; citing ; FHL microfilm 582,899.
  2. “Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898,” , FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFN5-K82 : accessed 12 August 2015), Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeder in entry for Franz Wilhelm Schroeder, 17 Jan 1841; citing ; FHL microfilm 582,900.
  3. “Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898,” , FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NTV2-8K9 : accessed 12 August 2015), Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeder in entry for Hermine Dorothee Schroeder, 29 Oct 1843; citing ; FHL microfilm 582,900.
  4. “Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898,” , FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5Q1-YLX : accessed 12 August 2015), Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeder in entry for Auguste Charlotte Schroeder, 25 Jan 1846; citing ; FHL microfilm 582,900.
  5. “Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898,” , FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZ5S-DB9 : accessed 12 August 2015), Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeder in entry for Anne Wilhelmine Schroeder, 30 Apr 1848; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,050,751.
  6. “Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898,” , FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZ5S-8XJ : accessed 12 August 2015), Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeder in entry for Heinrich Ludwig Schroeder, 05 Jan 1851; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,050,751.
  7. “Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898,” , FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZ5S-7JR : accessed 12 August 2015), Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeder in entry for Carl Friedrich Schroeder, 14 Aug 1853; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,050,751.
  8. “Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898,” , FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFN5-PXM : accessed 12 August 2015), Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeder in entry for Heinrich Wilhelm Schroeder, 28 Mar 1858; citing ; FHL microfilm 582,900.
  9. Lucas County, Ohio Marriages 1920, Vol. 39, p.483, FamilySearch.org.

 

Birth Records & Adoption

Posted on by under Adoption, Birth, Documents, Family History, Genealogy

I arrived at work half an hour early, so I decided to use that time to look for my great aunt’s birth record.  Last week, a co-worker and I discovered that while we have birth record indexes up to 1920, our birth records on microfilm actually go up to 1930.  The microfilm does have a handwritten index, which is often times difficult to read.  My great aunt was listed as being on page 17 in book CH-14.  Directly under her name was a line that had been whited out and marked “Cause #17578 Circuit Court Clerk Floyd Co. Indiana 4/14/34.”  This was new to me.  I asked my co-worker about it and she said it looked like an adoption.  Based on where the line was, I knew this record was between pages 17 and 20, so I looked for it.  I found this…

Garland Morris Wallace Dietzman Birth Record

Garland Morris Wallace Dietzman Birth Record

I could tell from the image that the father’s name had been whited out and written over and I knew that Garland Morris Dietzman’s last name had originally started with a W because it was in the W section of the index.  His mother’s maiden name is Wallace.  So, I did a little digging.

I checked the city directory for 1921 (the year Garland was born) and found that W. A. Wallace was living at 2505 Charlestown Rd. (the address given for Garland’s residence at birth).  I then checked Ancestry.com for the 1920 and 1930 census records with a W. A. Wallace and Mary Etta Wallace.  I found that in 1920, Mary E. Wallace (age 16) was living with her father, William A. Wallace, on Charlestown Rd.  In 1930, the same two people were living with a Garland M. Wallace (age 8).

My next step was to look for a marriage between Mary Wallace and Malcolm George Dietzman.  I found that the two were married in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana in 1930.  April 14, 1934 is the date that Malcolm adopted Garland.  Mary, Malcolm and Garland Dietzman all appear in the same household on the 1940 census in Louisville, Kentucky.

I’m sharing this because, though the research was easy for me after having stumbled upon the birth record, trying to locate the birth record with pieces of information would be much more difficult.  I’m hoping that this helps someone who is looking for information on the Wallace/Dietzman family.  Unfortunately, I was unable to find the name of Garland’s biological father.