Thursday, October 25, 2012

Picture in a Picture

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A few weeks ago my father, Robert Vogel, received some pictures from my second cousin, Bonnie Thomas in Arizona. Bonnie was cleaning out...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Cousin Betty Cuper

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This week I talked on the phone to Betty Cuper, the daughter of Eva Emond Tremblay. She is Mom's first cousin, and recently sent her a ...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Goulash

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Hungarian Goulash My sister, Laura, and I were texting the other day about our Grandma Vogel and her cooking. Grandma was a German, born in...
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Sunday, March 08, 2009

Chicken Paprikas

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Ingredients: 2 tablespoons Olive Oil 2 medium Onions, sliced julienne 1 clove Garlic, minced 1 tablespoon paprika ½ teaspoon cumin 1 small f...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Nicolas Pilote - Militiaman

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Records do not indicate any military service on the part of members of my French Quebec ancestors, with the exception of my great- great-gre...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Philippe Emond's Story

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The perils of work in the Lowell Massachusetts mills are made vividly clear by the life of my Grandma Pilot’s older brother, Philippe Emond,...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Death at Feast

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From the Lowell Sun, 30 June 1903, P 7: "Mother Dies at Her Daughter’s Wedding Mrs. Charles Pilotte of Kenwood Succumbed Suddenly to He...
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Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Degree Team of 1918

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The following story was published in the Lowell Sun on May 27, 1918: "The degree team of Court Blanch de Castile, Foresters Franco-Amer...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Jackie Pilot and Daddy

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This picture of Mom with Grandpa Pilot on the swing was taken in the backyard of a neighbor on Mendota St., Mansfield. Estimated time of pic...

Tip Toe To the Cellar

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One of the fun things about genealogy research is looking through boxes stored away for years and finding things you have never seen or have...
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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Visitors from New England

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Grandpa Joe Pilot visited us with these two relatives who had their picture taken in the backyard at Edgewood Rd. Mom thinks that the lady o...

Joe and Laura Pilot at the Mill

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Mom did some research on clothing to help date this photo as 1929, based on the cloche hat and the drape of the coat Laura Pilot is wearing....

Joseph Pilot and Laura Emond Wedding

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Joseph Pilot and Laura Emond were married at Middleton, CT on November 24, 1927. The people in the foreground of this wedding photo are fro...
Sunday, March 02, 2008

Pilotte Family Research

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Rootsweb.com has a section with family trees uploaded by both amateur and professional genealogists. The web site clearly states that there...
Sunday, February 03, 2008

Research Continues

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The first written draft of the Vogel Family History was rushed to the printer in time to distribute at our family Christmas Party. Most of i...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

The French Canadian Connection

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My mother, Jacquelyn Pilot Vogel, descends from hardy French Canadians who settled in North America on the shores of the wooded St Lawrence ...
Sunday, February 04, 2007

Massachusetts Bound

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I know that some of you were wondering if I gave up our family history research project...Not so. The easy research has been done and I hav...
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Friday, December 29, 2006

Four Generations 1978 and 2006

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Thanks to Joel and Lauren Vogel for giving me a copy of this picture. It was a four generation photo taken in 1978 of my dad, Robert Vogel; ...
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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Gilde Family in 1937

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This is a four generation photo of the Eichof/Gilde family descendants taken in 1937. They are standing from left: Nancy Hoff in the arms of...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Gilde Cousins in 2006

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A small gathering of Gilde Family descendants was held at Catherine Hallabrin's house in Ocotober, 2006. The author of this blog, Cliff ...

Elizabeth Eichof Schemine

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Elizabeth Eichof Schemine was the youngest of the three Eichof sisters who immigrated to Mansfield. Catherine and Theresia came to this cou...
Thursday, November 02, 2006

Gilde Children circa 1910

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Catherine Gilde Vogel with brother John Gilde during their early years in America. They arrived in Mansfield in 1907 when John was less than...
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Newly Wed Gildes in 1904

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Jacob and Catherine Eichof Gilde with Catherine Gilde Vogel in 1904. This photo was taken in Setschan, Hungary when Grandma Vogel was less t...
Sunday, October 01, 2006

Gilde Family 1922

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The Gilde Family are from left front row: Teresa Gilde Leitenberger, Jacob Gilde with Anne Gilde Skulski, Jacob Peter Gilde, Katherine Gilde...

Jacob Gilde

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The SS Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived in New York July 2, 1907 with six men traveling together from Setschan, Hungary. Jacob Gilde, 27, came to t...
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

Three Generation Photo 1944

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Photo of three generations of my family. Jacob Gilde, my great grandad; Bob Vogel, my father; and Catherine Gilde Vogel, my grandmother.

Vogel Cousins 1937

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First cousins Bob Vogel and Ed Vogel in June of 1937. Bob was nine and Ed is almost a year younger.
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Vogel Family in 1928

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The entire Vogel family as of 1928 is pictured in this studio portrait. They are front row from left: Mary Vogel Graf, Bob Mutsch, Wilma Fol...
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Michael Martin Vogel

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My great grandfather Michael Martin Vogel brought his family to Mansfield, Ohio from Temesvar, Austria-Hungary in 1905. Born in October 1857...
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Sunday, September 17, 2006

Leitenberger Gilde Wedding 1934

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The Mansfield News Journal carried a wedding announcement for Anthony Leitenberger to my grand-aunt Teresa Gilde Leitenberger. The couple wa...
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Thursday, September 07, 2006

Nick Eichof

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On his extensive website about the migration of the Danube Swabians, Dave Dreyer describes the link between villages in the Banat and cities...
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Monday, August 28, 2006

Remi and Adele Emond

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My Grandma Pilot’s parents were Remi Emond and Adele Emond. They were married September 25, 1877 in Riviere du Loup, Quebec, and according ...

Emond Family Photo

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Photograph of Remi and Adele Emond with their 11 children taken around 1900 at Lowell, Massachusetts. Front Row: Julia, Remi Emond, Laura, A...
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Saturday, August 26, 2006

Setschan

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At about the same time in history that the American colonies were struggling to free themselves from England and develop the frontier, anoth...
Thursday, August 24, 2006

Eichof Sisters

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My grandmother, Catherine Gilde Vogel, came to the United States with her mother in November 1907. Her mother, Catherine Eichof Gilde, was t...
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Maurice Pilotte Family

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My mother's side of the family came to the United States from Quebec, Canada. Maurice and Claudia Dionne Pilotte immigrated to the Unite...

Michael and Catherine Gilde Vogel

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My grandparents Michael and Catherine Gilde Vogel both came to the United States when they were children. Their families came from a part of...
Monday, August 21, 2006

Foreword

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This Vogel Family history traces the ancestors of my parents, Robert E Vogel and Jacquelyn Pilot Vogel, who were married at Mansfield, Ohio ...