We are presenting our research that includes 15 generations of family members beginning about 1525. Ancestors come from Ireland, England, Scotland, Germany, Sweden, France and parts of Africa not yet identified, to Australia, Canada, Santo Domingue [now Haiti] and the United States of New Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, New York, Montana, Ohio, Louisiana, Arizona and California. Some ancestors were already settled on this continent for untold generations. Known family names include: Anders,Anderson, Aubin/Oben/Oubeine/Robin, Bayles, Boy, Brockmeyer, Brown, Buckley, Campbell, Chambers, Clarke, Crowley, Cummins, Davis, DeMille, Douglas, Evans/Ivans, Fralick, Fürst, Garrety, Goy/Goe/Goij, Herkenhoff, Holson, Howard, Hund, Jadwin, Johnson/Johnston/Johnstone/Jonsson, Jones, Kassel, Locket, Malmgren, Mercier, Metz, Meyer Zu Mecklendorf, Murphy, Müller, Nantais, Nelson/Nilsson, O'Day, Packer, Plogmann, Pötter, Rice, Rietbrock, Riordan, Robertson-Howard, Skillicorne, Smith, Spellmeyer/Spellmeier/Spellmire, Vennemann/Vermunann, Warner, Wilson, White and Yarsdotter. We are looking for information on CATARINA LIESBETH PÖTTER in Hagen, Osnabrück, Hannover, Germany [about 1770-?]; MARIE MAGDRE du CHANCE born in either France or Haiti before 1770, died in New Orleans after 1820; JOSEPHINE AUBIN/NANTAIS [Cap François, Santo Domingue & New Orlean, LA 1794-1862]; JEAN DOMINIQUE MERCIER [St. Surin, Bordeaux, France & New Orleans, LA about 1790-1834]; [JEANNE] ELISABETH GOY [Port-au-Prince, St. Domingue & New Orleans, LA about 1790-1835]; CATHARINA ELISABETH HERKENHOFF [1803-1878] in Gellenbeck, Osnabrück, Hannover, Germany & Crescentville, Ohio; FREDRICH VENNEMANN [1811-1879] & ROSALIE MÜLLER [1819-1879] in Quakenbrück, Osnabrück, Hannover, Germany; AUGUSTA MARIA NILSSON [Sweden 1856; Nebraska 1879; Houston, Tx 1900; Los Angeles, CA 1904]; JAMES JOHNSTON & ELLEN SMITH [born in IRELAND 1833, emigrated to BELLEVILLE, Ontario, Canada]; HANNAH first wife of JOHN JADWIN, mother in 1680 of Joseph in MD; JOSEPH CAMPBELL, who came to Virginia from Scotland by 1799; ELIZABETH DOUGLAS in Virginia & Ohio about 1770-1830; JOHN DAVIS [PA? & KY 1748-1828]; TIMOTHY FRALICK [1825-1886] in Canada, Michigan, Indiana & New York; MARIA DEMILLE [of the Missasaugua people, Canada 1825-1864]; OBEDIAH DAVIS [Franklin CO, OH, 1813-1873]; JAMES O'DAY [Delaware 1782-Franklin Co, OH 1861] ; FREDRICK KASSEL & AMALIE WILHELMINE BOY [Germany 1870-1920]. We welcome information & images and would be happy share and to correspond about our mutual relatives.

• 1311 St. Charles Avenue~New Orleans, Louisiana (30 KB)
  This is the home that Uncle Joseph Anselme Mercier and the 7 Vennemann and 6 deBuys cousins lived in from the 1890s through about 1912. All are listed at this address in the 1900 federal census. [photo from the collection of Edward Anselm deBuys]
• Caroline Metz about 1885 (95 KB)
  This photograph was taken at the Marceau Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio. It shows Carrie as a young woman before her marriage to Timothy Allen Riordan in 1889. Caroline was one of 10 children of Pancratius "Barney" Metz. Her oldest brother and sister, Catherine & Daniel, were the children of Julia Strattz. The remaining 8 were the children of Barney's second wife (Catharina) Elisabeth Spellmire and were: Mary, Anna, Edward, Caroline, William, Elizabeth, Blanche & Alice. Carrie & Lizzie married brothers, Timothy Allen & Michael James Riordan. Their sisters Alice & Blanche, as well as their mother, came to live with the Riordans in Flag Staff, Arizona Territory in the 1890s. Eventually sisters, Anna & Blanche, became Madames of the Sacred Heart. William's wife was named "Mary" and they lived in Boulder, Colorado until the 1920s.
• The Bernards & Malmgrens at the beach about 1925 (30 KB)
  Helen Vennemann, her sisters and their de Buys cousins moved to Los Angeles in the early 1900s from New Orleans, Louisiana. Carl Malmgren and his sisters, who had been born in Nebraska and lived in Houston, Texas also moved to Los Angeles about 1904. Here L-R: Letitia Vennemann Bernard, Mildred Bernard, Maurice Joseph Bernard, Helen Augusta Malmgren, Helen Vennemann Malmgren, Carl Malmgren & John Henry [Jack] Malmgren pose for posterity!
• Elizabeth Metz about 1885 (47 KB)
  This photo, and the matching one of Elizabeth's sister Caroline were taken at the same studio in Cincinnati before the Metz sister's marriages to the Riordan brothers, Michael James and Timothy Allen. Both couples were married at the Church of the Holy Family on Price Hill in Cincinnati. Tim & Carrie in 1889 and Lizzie and Mike in 1892.
• Mary Chambers as a bride (9 KB)
  Mary Chambers married John Henry Malmgren in Los Angeles, California November 22, 1947. She is shown here in the wedding dress that she and her two sisters, Helen, & Rita all wore. Their dress is currently on display at the Riordan State Historic Park in Flagstaff, Arizona.
• Believed to be Timothy Riordan 1817-1910 (60 KB)
  This tintype was found among the effects from the home & office of Timothy Allen Riordan in Flagstaff, Arizona. It is believed to be of his father Timothy. Timothy, Sr. was one of 12 children born to Dennis Riordan and Ellen Murphy in Fonnought, Donoughmore, Cork, Ireland. The family was turned out of their home in about 1845 and emigrated to Bradford, England from whence at least three of the brothers: Timothy, William Denis & Patrick, as well as sister Mary, emigrated to America. They settled first in New York and finally in Chicago. Their children spread out across the continent and were known to be in Arizona, Colorado, California, Oregon.
• Mary Riordan & Robert Leonard Chambers about 1963 (16 KB)
  Mary Riordan was born in Flagstaff, Arizona Territory - June 15, 1890. Robert Leonard Chambers was born - January 19, 1892 in Los Angeles, California. They were married August 2, 1916 in Flagstaff, Arizona. They had 3 daughters and one son. They are shown here in the 1960s at the stone gate of the Riordan house in Flagstaff. Nana died July 31, 1971 in Los Angeles, California and Grandpa died July 6, 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona.
• Believed to be Mary White 1820-1883 (32 KB)
  This photo card was found among the effects of T.A. Riordan. It was taken in Chicago and believed to be his mother, Mary White, who was born in county Louth, Ireland where she buried her first husband, Peter Toner and their daughter. She married Timothy Riordan in Chicago in 1855. they were the parents of Patrick, Timothy Allen, Thomas, and Michael James.
• MYSTERY PHOTO #6 - Which CAMPBELL in the 1800s? (12 KB)
  According to Jo Sutton Weedon, this photo was identified by Winifred Campbell Sutton [1884-1974] as Joseph A. Campbell [1825-1907] & Melinda Ireland Campbell [1836-1887]. The problem is that she identified a photo of the bearded man alone as "my father Samuel Campbell [1849-1888]" which has to be wrong because Samuel died at age 39 and this man looks at least 70 or better. She was only 4 when her father died and this was written much later. "Joseph and Melinda Campbell" may be her father Samuel Campbell and her mother, Lydia Moore [1851-1913]. Her mother lived a long time. Her father may have had a white beard and she just thought that was he. We will never know unless someone else has a picture of Joseph Campbell. They lived in Ohio & Iowa. WE WOULD LOVE TO SOLVE THIS MYSTERY. [Photo from the collection of Jo Sutton Weedon - weedonj@juno.com]
• Henry Malmgren, 1857-1912 (57 KB)
  Was born in Revinge, Malmöhus, Sweden in 1857, the youngest son of Jon Martensson Malmgren & Bengta Trulsdotter Nilsson. He emigrated to the US with three of his brothers: Johann, Franz Otto & Olaf Fredrick, in 1878. He married Augusta Maria Nelson in Howard County, Nebraska on May 21, 1879. He was in the business of making real estate loans in Nebraska for a time and practiced law in Houston, Texas.
• Helen, Timothy & Dennis Matthew Riordan - 1907 (91 KB)
  Timothy Riordan [1817-1910] was the 5th of 12 known children of Dennis Riordan & Ellen Murphy. He and his siblings were all born in a cottage in Fonnought, Donoughmore, Cork, Ireland, between about 1810-1832. The family was turned off their land in about 1845 and emigrated to Bradford, England where conditions for the Irish immigrants were crowded and life was hard. After Timothy & his wife Alice Knowles had buried two babies in Bradford, they emigrated to America about 1848 and it was there in Troy, New York that their children Dennis Matthew & Helen were born. Although another son, John, died on their way through the Great Lakes to Chicago, and Alice died giving birth to their son Willie, Dennis Matthew and Helen lived long and productive lives. Matt died in 1928, at the age of 80, and Helen in 1945, at the age of 95. Matt was the father of Helene, Marie & Elizabeth. His sister Helen married William Dennison Ketchum and was the mother of Alice, George, Frank, Helen, Gertrude, Florence, Jane, Eunice & Raymond. This photo was taken in D.M.'s apartment in New York when he was about 60 years of age and his father was about 90.
• Eulalie Bertha Vennemann Gilly & Children cir.1907 (112 KB)
  Eulalie is shown here with her sons Herman and Clarence and her infant daughter Mae Anne. Eulalie and her children were born in New Orleans, Louisiana. They migrated to California around the time that this photo was taken. Eulalie lived to be exactly 98 years and 3 months, outliving all 7 of her siblings. She actually died 100 years after the death of her eldest sister.
• Chicago in the 1880s, Mystery Photo #7 (90 KB)
  This photo is one of two that were taken at the Ahlborn Studios, 335 West Madison Street in Chicago in the 1880s. The Riordan brothers: William D. [1815-1892], Timothy [1817-1910] & Francis [1830-1894] all came to Chicago from County Cork, Ireland in the 1850s. There were many cousins & in-laws that also arrived in Chicago in the late 1800s. We are lucky enough to have several photo cards that were taken in Chicago, probably in the 1880s, from the effects of Timothy's son, Timothy Allen [1858-1946]. We have identified several as Timothy & his wife Mary White. We have 4 cards that are of young women who could easily be Irish and are probably relatives of these Riordan brothers. Some possibilities are: daughters of Michael White [Bessie or Anna]; descendents of Patrick White; Peacock in-laws of the Riordans; Buckley cousins; daughters of the 3 brothers, granddaughters with the surname of Doremus, Stone or Ketchum. We also have cards from the Hartley Studio & J.S. LeBeau Studio. We would love identify this beautiful young women.
• Anna Malmgren about 1900 (44 KB)
  Was born in Nebraska on October 19, 1884. She was one of 4 children of Augusta Nelson and Henry Malmgren who lived to adulthood. Anna and her family moved from Nebraska to Houston, Texas in the late 1800s, where Anna trained as a teacher. The family then move to California about 1904. She married Wilfred James McCray June 27, 1905 and was the mother of Bessie, Anna Mae and Emma Lee.
• Some of the Children of Timothy Riordan[1817-1910] (70 KB)
  Michael James [1865-1930], Helen Riordan Ketchum [1850-1945], Dennis Matthew [1848-1928], & Timothy Allen [1858-1946], born in New York and Chicago. The brothers were in the lumber business in Flagstaff, Arizona.
• Chicago in the 1880s-Mystery Photo #8[Young Woman] (65 KB)
  This photo is one of two that were taken at the Ahlborn Studios, 335 West Madison Street in Chicago in the 1880s. The Riordan brothers: William D. [1815-1892], Timothy [1817-1910] & Francis [1830-1894] all came to Chicago from County Cork, Ireland in the 1850s. There were many cousins & in-laws that also arrived in Chicago in the late 1800s. We are lucky enough to have several photo cards that were taken in Chicago, probably in the 1880s, from the effects of Timothy's son, Timothy Allen [1858-1946]. We have identified several as Timothy & his wife Mary White. We have 4 cards that are of young women who could easily be Irish and are probably relatives of these Riordan brothers. Some possibilities are: daughters of Michael White [Bessie or Anna]; descendents of Patrick White; Peacock in-laws of the Riordans; Buckley cousins; daughters of the 3 brothers, granddaughters with the surname of Doremus, Stone or Ketchum. We also have cards from the Hartley Studio & J.S. LeBeau Studio. We would love identify this beautiful young women.
• Edward W. Chambers about 1920 (68 KB)
  From Robert L. Chambers' 1974 Memoir: "My father used to tell me of the tales that happened to him in his younger days, I remember one particular one when he was a baby in his mother's arms riding in on the Chicago Northwestern train from Waukegan to Chicago. The conductor, who was a friend of my father's mother, asked her why she was taking her baby into Chicago and she said, naturally to shop. He said to her. "Mrs. Chambers get off the train at the next atop. A bubonic plague has hit Chicago, babies are dying right and left, and you will sound the baby's death knell if you go any farther." So she got off the train at the next stop, turned around and went back. This conductor was the original Mr. Armour who afterwards founded the Armour Packing Company, and in his later years like all the big shots of Chicago, used to spend the winter at either the Green or the Raymond Hotel in Pasadena, and every time he would run into dad or mother he would brag over the fact that if it had not been for him, my father would not have been alive."
• John S. Campbell [1799-1872] (44 KB)
  John was born in what is now West Virginia. He was the son of Joseph Campbell who is said to have emigrated from Scotland in the late 1700s. John S. Campbell married three times: Mary Ann Brown in Ohio, Mary Ulm, and finally Eliza Ulm in Indiana. He was the father of 15, including John Acton Campbell, who died in Butler, Indiana; Hannah Catherine Campbell Dickerhoof, born in Ohio in 1830; and Mary Ann Campbell Pollard Young, who died in Van Wert, Ohio in 1915. This photo was in a box of memorabilia from Mrs. Lois Longworth of Lima, Ohio. Mrs. Longworth was the grandaughter-in-law of Mrs. Fern Longworth, who herself was the granddaughter of Mary Ann Campbell Pollard Young. [from the collection of Alan Brent Campbell, Sr.]
• Young Woman in Chicago, 1880s - Mystery Photo #9 (33 KB)
  This photo is from the Hartley Studio, taken in Chicago in the 1880s. The Riordan brothers: William D. [1815-1892], Timothy [1817-1910] & Francis [1830-1894] all came to Chicago from County Cork, Ireland in the 1850s. There were many cousins & in-laws that also arrived in Chicago in the late 1800s. We are lucky enough to have several photo cards that were taken in Chicago, probably in the 1880s, from the effects of Timothy's son, Timothy Allen [1858-1946]. We have identified several as Timothy & his wife Mary White. We have 4 cards that are of young women who could easily be Irish and are probably relatives of these Riordan brothers. Some possibilities are: daughters of Michael White [Bessie or Anna]; descendents of Patrick White; Peacock in-laws of the Riordans; Buckley cousins; daughters of the 3 brothers, granddaughters with the surname of Doremus, Stone or Ketchum. We also have cards from the Ahlborn Studios, 335 West Madison Street & J.S. LeBeau Studio. We would love identify this beautiful young women.
• Doris Aileen Fralick about 1916 (58 KB)
  Doris was born in Dekalb County, Indiana in 1891. She was the second daughter of Irene May Campbell and Thomas Colburn Fralick. She married John Newton Davis in 1916 and was the mother of Robert Bernard and John Allen. John Newton was killed in an industrial accident in 1925. Doris worked as a secretary for the FBI in Chicago during the 1930s & 1940s. She married Andrew J. Pask [Paszezak] in 1941 and died in Pacific Grove, California in 1989 just one month before her 99th birthday. Doris had a terrific memory, especially for favorite meals she had eaten and beauty parlors she had visited.
• Andrew Jadwin [1802-1873] (55 KB)
  Andrew was the husband of Mary Ann Packer and the father of Sarah, John, Jemima, Rebecca, Ann Elizabeth and Mary Adelaide. This photo appears in a book entitled "Jadwin" which was compiled by Howard Jadwin (born in 1914) of Burleson texas. The original photo was obtained from a granddaughter of Jemima Jadwin. [from the collection of Alan Brent Campbell, Sr.]
• The Kassel sisters in Hamburg, Germany about 1935 (64 KB)
  L-R Erna, Hertha, Martha, an unidentified woman, Frieda Kassel and Erna's husband Wilhelm Lehn enjoy posing during this family reunion when Hertha returned to Hamburg from the US for a family visit between the wars. A fifth sister, Bertha had died tragically on the Atlantic Ocean a few years earlier. The five sisters were the daughters of Amalie Wilhelmine Boy and Fredrich Kassel.
• Hertha Kassel about 1935 (31 KB)
  Hertha was an actress in Hamburg, Germany when she met Charlie Howard in 1917. Their first child, Margot, was born there. There are family stories of Charlie using whole wheelbarrow loads full of money to purchase simple things at that difficult time. In 1923 they returned to the US, where Charlie had been born in 1880. Their second child, Fredrick, was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. Hertha was able to return to see her family in Germany for a last time before WW II began. It was the last time that she would see many of them.
• Some Children of William deBuys & Nathalie Mercier (87 KB)
  William deBuys & Nathalie Mercier had at least 8 children: Eulalie (Laloll), Maximilien, Lucine, Joseph, Adele, Anselme, Gaspard & Marie. Adele, Lucy & Lallol are shown here, perhaps with with one of their brothers. Or, could this be their cousin-in-law Wharton Mouney? This photo was taken about 1915. The De Buys children were all born in New Orleans. They lived at 107 Orleans Street as children. The sisters lived in Los Angeles together from about 1910. Their brother, Maximilien, had died in New Orleans as an infant in 1876. Joseph also died as a child. Gaspard died in 1924. Anselme died in 1926. Laloll died in 1949, Lucy in 1966, Adele in 1970 and Marie in 1971. Anselme married Nell Todd. They had at least two children, Edward "Bud" & Nell Marie. Nell Marie De Buys Watson died in 1948. Gaspard was the father of Lucille, Marcelle and William.
• Mary Ann Jones & Walter Robertson Howard in 1874 (40 KB)
  Walter and Mary Ann were married in Brixton, Surry, England on August 5, 1874. They were the parents of 3 children: May, Frederica, and Charles Edwin, who was born in Ft. Scott, Kansas.
• Sons of John William Davis & Annetta Holson c.1915 (49 KB)
  John William [1855-1935] & Annetta Holson [1859-1938] were both born in Ohio, married in Madison County August 27th 1879, and were the parents of John Newton [1880-1925], Charles Alfred [1887-1976] & Alvin Glenn Davis [1883-1978] who were all born in Madison County, Ohio and lived in Ohio and Illinois.
• Young woman in 1880s, Chicago - Mystery Photo #10 (51 KB)
  This photo is from the J.S. LeBeau Studio, taken in Chicago in the 1880s. The Riordan brothers: William D. [1815-1892], Timothy [1817-1910] & Francis [1830-1894] all came to Chicago from County Cork, Ireland in the 1850s. There were many cousins & in-laws that also arrived in Chicago in the late 1800s. We are lucky enough to have several photo cards that were taken in Chicago, probably in the 1880s, from the effects of Timothy's son, Timothy Allen [1858-1946]. We have identified several as Timothy & his wife Mary White. We have 4 cards that are of young women who could easily be Irish and are probably relatives of these Riordan brothers. Some possibilities are: daughters of Michael White [Bessie or Anna]; descendents of Patrick White; Peacock in-laws of the Riordans; Buckley cousins; daughters of the 3 brothers; or granddaughters with the surname of Doremus, Stone or Ketchum. We also have cards from the Ahlborn Studios, 335 West Madison Street & Hartley Studio. We would love identify this beautiful young women.
• Young woman from 1880s Cincinnati-Mystery Photo#11 (71 KB)
  This photo from the 1880s is one of two taken at the Landy Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was found in the personal effects of Timothy Allen Riordan [1858-1946] and is probably a relative of his wife, Caroline Metz [1865-1943]. We have many photos of Caroline and her sister Elizabeth. There were other sisters, Anna, Blanche & Alice. This may be of one of them. It could also be a Spellmeier/Spellmeyer/Spellmire cousin, a Babbitt cousin or a Verkamp cousin. We would love to identify this lovely young woman.
• MaryA.Jadwin[1842-1882]&JohnA.Campbell[1836-1905] (39 KB)
  John Acton & Mary Adelaide lived in Butler, Indiana and were the parents of: Irene May, Mervale Florian, Orla Ivan, Romaine Claire, Emlin Vern, Arvilla Blanche & Charles Wilber, born between 1863-1877. John & his second wife Catherine Grace Champion were the parents of Stella Grace and Florence Elinor. This photo was originally received from Geraldine Campbell Miller. It is a reproduction of a tin-type. Geraldine was the daughter of Romaine Claire Campbell. [from the collection of Alan Brent Campbell, Sr.]
• Cincinnati Belle in the 1880s - Mystery Photo #12 (60 KB)
  This photo from the 1880s is one of two taken at the Landy Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was found in the personal effects of Timothy Allen Riordan [1858-1946] and is probably a relative of his wife, Caroline Metz [1865-1943]. We have many photos of Caroline and her sister Elizabeth. There were other sisters, Anna, Blanche & Alice. This may be of one of them. It could also be a Spellmeier/Spellmeyer/Spellmire cousin, a Babbitt cousin or a Verkamp cousin. We would love to identify this lovely young woman.
• First Annual Family Reunion ~ August 4, 2001 (65 KB)
  Descendents of: John Newton Davis + Doris Ailene Fralick, Charles Edwin Robertson Howard + Marie Hertha Kassel, Henrik Malmgren + Augusta Maria Nelson, James Johnston + Ellen Smith, Barney Metz + Elisabeth Spellmire, Timothy Riordan + Mary White gathered for a Family Picnic in California. Joining together for the event were: Al Bushman, Alison Stern, Andrew Jopson, April Hughes, Barbara Knauf O'Neill, Ben Smith, Bob Davis, Bob Warren, Bob O'Neill, Bob Riordan, Brian Davis, Caroline Malmgren Davis, Charlie Davis, Charlie Smith, Chloe Smith, Dan McPherson, Dan Riordan Smith, Don Kramer, Fred Smith, Gavin Smith, Heather Stern, Helen McPherson Pollock, Helen Hughes, Helen Malmgren, Holly Smith, Jan Zehrung Smith, Jason Villarin, Jeanette Kramer, Jim Dennis, Joan Hughes, Jonathan Schaffer, Josie Dutdut Jopson, Kevin Gogin, Lauren Davis, Linda Riordan Burke, Lucy Davis Stern, Madeleine Riordan Smith, Margot Howard Davis, Mary Lyons Pollock, Mary Syde Hughes, Mike Stern, Pat O'Neill Bushmann, Phillip Jopson, Robbie Warren, Robin Currier Kramer, Ryan Warren, Sarah McPherson Gogin, Suzanne McPherson Warren, Tim Jopson, Tom Pollock, III, Tom Pollock, IV, Vicky Malmgren Mello & Will Jopson. Of the 55+ people present each of us had the opportunity to be introduced to between 26-42 'cousins' that we had never met before. We are already planning the 2002 event and would love to include even more of our 'cousins'. We are hoping to have more descendents of Dominique Mercier + Eulalie Goy, Gerard Rietbrock Spellmeyer + Catarina Herkenhoff, Joseph Campbell + Elizabeth Douglas, Timothy Fralick + Maria deMille, and Timothy Riordan & Alice Knowles. If you think you may be descended from any of the ancestors mentioned on this page and you would like to be included, please contact Caroline Malmgren Davis -caroline@cruzio.com- for the details.
• Thomas Colburn Fralick & Irene May Campbell 1890 (41 KB)
  Thomas was born on Scugog Island, Ontario, Canada to Timothy Fralick and Maria DeMille on October 9, 1859. He died in Chicago, Illinois on February 1, 1945. Thomas married Irene May Campbell on October 10, 1882 in Butler, Indiana. Irene was born in Butler on July 6, 1863 to John Acton Campbell and Mary Adelaide Jadwin. She died in Chicago on February 3, 1946. Thomas & Irene were the parents of Cecile, Doris, Norma, Hallie & Beryl.
• Celebrating Mary Chambers Malmgren's 80th Birthday (96 KB)
  On December 25, 2001 the family gathered on the shore of Poipu Beach, Kaua'i: Back Row, L-R: Carl Malmgren, Carol Murphy Malmgren, Ray Desrocher, Heather Davis Desrocher, Emma Desrocher, Caroline Malmgren Davis [holding Emma], Jonathan Schaffer, Sarah Royce-Malmgren, Katrina Royce-Malmgren Peter Malmgren, Louie Schaffer. Front Row, L-R: Helen Malmgren, Autumn, Davis, Lauren Davis, Mary Chambers Malmgren, Ann Malmgren Schaffer, Vicky Malmgren Mello, Brian Davis, Ashley Schaffer & Bob Davis.
• The Riordans of Flag Staff,Arizona Territory-1892 (60 KB)
  Timothy Allen Riordan reclines in the center of this picture, surrounded by some of his family and friends. Others include, on the far left, TA's wife Caroline Metz next to her mother [Catharina] Elisabeth Spellmeyer. TA's & Carrie's young daughter Mary sits behind her father. On the far right is Tim's brother Michael James Riordan next to his wife Elizabeth Metz [sister of Caroline]. The Fred W. Sisson Family is probably also pictured.Recently, Kathy Farretta, of the Riordan State Historic Park in Flagstaff, AZ has suggested "at the back of the group, standing up, is Matt Riordan. The young woman below Elisabeth Spellmire Metz is Alice Metz. Baby Mary Riordan Chambers is sitting on Timothy Riordan Sr's lap. I agree with you that the Sissons may be in the photo because I think the handsome guy at the far left is F.W. Sisson."
• Four Generations of Women - December 25, 2001 (79 KB)
  Celebrating Mary Chambers Malmgren's 80th birthday are: Mary, Caroline Malmgren Davis, Heather Davis Desrocher and Emma Caroline Desrocher.
• Robertson Haward Coat of Arms (165 KB)
  From William Vergo, Chester Herald, college of Arms, "the Arms displayed in the first and fourth quarters of the shield together with the first Crest are identical with those duly granted by Letters Patent bearing date the 25th May 1612 to Samuel Haward of the Isle of Hartye in the county of Kent, by William Segar, Garter King of Arms. Samuel is said to be the son of William Haward and grandson of Stephen Haward, and the Coat blazoned: Arms: Or a bull's head cabossed between three mullets sable. Crest: An arm vested sable cuffed or holding in the hand proper a human heart gulse, wilst the Arms depicted in the second and third quarters of the shield together with the second Crest and the chained man device is the very ancient Coat of the Robertsons of Straun or Strown in county Perth, Scotland. . . registered in the records of Lyon King of Arms in Scotland in 1672 and is blazoned: Arms: Gules three wolves heads erased argent armed and langued azure: lying on a compartment under the Arms a wind man chained. Crest: a dexter and hand erect holding a regal crown all proper. . .the motto in the scroll pendent from the armorial cartouche, namely VIRTUTIS GLORIA MERCES (Glory is the reward for valour) is that long used by the aforementioned Robertson family and the fact that the Crests of both Haward and Robertson are included above the shield in the achievement would suggest that double name of Robertson-Haward.
• Mary Riordan about 1915 (18 KB)
  Mary Riordan was born in Flag Staff, Arizona Territory in 1890. She was the daughter of Timothy Allen Riordan and Caroline Metz. TA and his brothers were the owners and operators of the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company. Although Mary, like many young ladies of her time, was sent to school to such far away places as Menlo Park, California; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Paris, France and Rome, Italy. She always longed for her mountain home and left it as little as possible in her later years. Mary died in 1971.
• A Picture is Worth . . .Part of a Mystery solved. (53 KB)
  Finding long lost Family: These 3 photos were among those kept by Olaf Fredrik Malmgren, and by eventually his family & descendents, for over 120 years. Originally O. Fred would have known who each of these babies were. By the late 20th century his descendents only wished that they had been identified in some way. Then in July of 2001, one of his granddaughters recognized one of the baby pictures on this very website. The baby with the hat was identified here with the heading 1885 Carl Henry Malmgren [born in Nebraska]. She had found the another branch of the Malmgren family. They had not known of each other's whereabouts since the 1920s. Many excited emails later our family is richer with knowledge that we have been able to share with each other thanks to this discovery. Now we only hope to identify the photos of the other two babies. They were most probably children of the 4 Malmgren brothers who immigrated to America in the 1870, or perhaps of their 7 Swedish siblings who stayed behind in Malmo. The search continues. [Photo from the collection of Alice Malmgren Heisel]
• Amalie Wilhemine Boy about 1918 (21 KB)
  The information that we have on Amalie is incomplete. We know that she lived in Hamburg, Germany from the 1890s to the 1930s. She was married to Fredrich Kassel and together they were the parents of five daughters and one son, born between 1893 and 1901. When her daughter, Marie Hertha, was asked by HER daughter where her mother came from, she only replied, "From the East." We are searching for information on the origins of her surname and details of her family and early life.
• Chambers of SanDiego+LosAngeles+San Francisco-1897 (44 KB)
  Edward Chambers [1865-1927] and Marion [Mary Ann] Johnston [1867-1911], married December 23, 1884 in Pueblo, Colorado, are shown here with their children Edward, Robert and Helen. Edward, Sr. was a vice-president of the Santa Fe Railroad, and also served as the US director of transportation during the First World War.
• The Chambers-Johnston Family~1903 Yosemite Valley (110 KB)
  L-R: Edward Chambers, Walter Paul Chambers, Marion Johnston Chambers, unknown, Helen Chambers, unknown, Horace Edward Chambers, Robert Leonard Chambers. (from Robert Leonard Chambers' family album)
• Hertha Kassell & Charlie Howard about 1920 (66 KB)
  Charles Edwin Robertson Howard was born in Ft. Scott, Kansas in 1880, the son of English parents. In the early 1900s he went to live in Germany with his sister May, who had married Antonio von Riedemann and lived on a large estate. He lived a life of luxury for a time and met Hertha Kassel, who was on the stage in Hamburg, Germany. They married just after the war. His sister disapproved of the relationship and cut herself off from Charlie and his new family. Charlie brought his wife and daughter back to the US, where he had been born and supported his family for the rest of his life as a manual laborer during the depression.
• Original Sculpture by John H. Malmgren 1920-2000 (277 KB)
  This "death mask" was made by Jack in about 1946. (from the collection of Mary Chambers Malmgren)
• A B Demill: Why did Lucelia Have his photo? (60 KB)
  This photo was found in the family bible begun by Lucelia Fralick Stewart and treasured by her great granddaughter. It is printed on thin paper and apparently from a newspaper. Lucelia was the daughter of Timothy Fralick & Maria Demill(e). We have never had much information about Maria. A family researcher, in recent years, passed on that she was "of the Missasaugua people" and we have never had much more than that. ================ Recent information received from another Demill research, Laurie Demill Watley, has already cleared up SOME of the mystery. ============== Laurie writes," A. B. Demille was Alfred Bryon (or possibly Byron) Demille. He was born July 10, 1831, in North Port, Sophiasburg, Prince Edward Co., Ontario. (If you look on a modern map of Ontario, Canada, North Port is near the present location of Belleville, Ontario, which is mid-way between Kingston and Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario.) A. B. Demille was a preacher. He was educated at Victoria College in Cobourg, Ontario as a Methodist Minister. He founded and was president of the Demille Ladies' College in Oshawa, Ontario. He married M. Lucillia Hurd of Raglan, Ontario (also near present day Belleville) Aug. 1854 in Picton, Prince Edward Co., Ontario." Thanks to Laurie for this great information. ===================== Now if we could only figure out HOW he might have been related to Maria & her family it would be an exciting breakthrough. [Photo from the collection of Carol Johnson Plessinger]
• Gilly & Bernard Children @ the Beach about 1915 (110 KB)
  Back row: Herman [1903-1985], Clarence [1905-1972] & Mae Anne [1907-1995] Gilly, the children of Walter Hipolite Gilly & Eulalie Berthe Vennemann. Front row: Helen Mae[1906-1958], Maurice Joseph, Jr. [Pedo] [1908-1957], Joseph Anselme [Tiny] [1909-1984] & Mildred [1912-1989] Bernard, the children of Maurice Joseph Bernard & Marie Josepha Laetitia Vennemann.
• John Allen Davis 1919-1969 (50 KB)
  What is in a name? When the second son of Doris Aileen Fralick and John Newton Davis was born, his mother called him "John Eugene" and told the doctor, "We're naming him after you." The family thought nothing more of this for many years. The boy's first name was the same as his father's and his father was a staunch support of Eugene V. Debs, which accounted for his middle name. Doris and the rest of the family always called the little boy "Gene" throughout his childhood. Many years later, Gene applied for a passport and needed his birth certificate. He was quite surprised to find that all those years ago the doctor had filled it out with the name, "John Allen." He decided that since he had never liked being called "Gene" he'd keep his new found name, and ever after he refused to answer to the name of "Gene."
• Eulalie Mercier about 1875 (1 KB)
  Eulalie was the daughter of Dominique Mercier & Eulalie Goy. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana about 1850. She married Hermann Vennemann about 1870 and was the mother of at least 8 children. Family lore has it that she 'died in childbirth.' Her last child, Marguerite, was born in November of 1884. A "Mrs. N. Vennomon, age:34" was buried in D. Mercier's plot in St. Louis #3 Cemetery in New Orleans, LA on December 16, 1884. ============================ As to Eulalie's origins: The New Orleans City Directory from 1822 lists a widow "Mimi Goy" at 7 Peace Street. Could this be Eulalie's mother? The 1841 New Orleans City Directory lists a Mlle. Goy, milliner & dressmaker, at 84 Main Street. Could this be Eulalie? The first record that we have of her as Dominique Mercier's wife is in 1843 as the mother of Françoise Mercier. =========================== Although family legend has held that Dominique was born in France, a copy of his death certificate of August 19, 1876 identifies him as a native of New Orleans, age 63 [which makes his birth year about 1813]. Birth certificates, from 1843-1851, of the children of Eulalie Goy and Dominique Mercier identify both Dominique & Eulalie as "free persons of color" who are natives of Louisiana. ======================== The Sacramental Registers of the Archdiocese of New Orleans have records for both Dominique Mercier & Eulalie Goy. Vol. 11, page 303, list Dominique as the son of Jean Mercier & Josephine Aubin. His birth date is given as April 21, 1814 and he was baptized in St. Louis Cathedral on August 14, 1815. His sponsors were: Dominique Ga_?_, & his grandmother, Marie Magdre du Chance. His mother is identified as a native of Cap François, St. Domingue [Haiti] & his father of St. Surin, Bordeaux, France. The same sacramental registers list Eulalie Goy [sponsors: Bernard Lafosse & Eulalie Rocheblave] as the daughter of Elisabeth Goy. They also list another daughter of Elisabeth's, Martha Pauline Goe. [sponsors: Paul Prudent Audier & Martha Roup]. =========================== Various other baptismal records of the children of Jean Mercier & Josephine [variously spelled Aubin, Oubeine, Robin & Nantais] list: Marie Françoise [sponsors: Marie Virginie Tasbon & Jacques Ajaud], Elisabeth [sponsors: Elisabeth Lecam & Thomas Touchet], Marie Josephine [sponsors: Julien Dunjon & Marie Cabaville] & Victoire Joseph [sponsor: Dyonisis Leon] most of the sponsors were listed as natives of St. Domingue. ===================== Another interesting note is that in the 1822 New Orleans City Directory, Jean Thiac [of Thiac, Maignan & Durand, blacksmiths] is listed at 167 Levee bel. Champs Elysees. Jean's residence address is listed as 6 Peace, either directly next door, or directly across the street from the widow Mimi Goy. The name Thiac [Theac] appears again in relation to the Mercier family. November 29, 1891 John H. Theac, aged 31, is buried in Dominique Mercier's plot in St. Louis #3 Cemetery. The National Archives lists a Jean Ulysse Thiac [colored, male] born June 1, 1850 to Marie Mercier & Jean Ulysse Thiac, volume 10, page 292. ============================== It appears that the John Theac who is buried in D. Mercier's plot in St. Louis #3, may be the son of Jean Thiac and one of the sisters of Dominique Mercier. [Photo from the collection of Carol Theis Baarts]
• Hermann Vennemann about 1875 (91 KB)
  Hermann was born in Quakenbrück, Osnabrück, Hannover, Germany in 1845. He was the son of Fredrich Vennemann [1811-1879] & Rosalie Müller [1819-1879] who were also born in Quakenbrück. Hermann emigrated to New Orleans, Louisiana. [We have recently learned that Hermann was married to Katharina Liebert June 6, 1864 in New Orleans and that they had a son, George, who was born November 30, 1866 & died August 5, 1899 in New Orleans. WE WOULD LOVE TO FIND DESCENDENTS OF GEORGE'S DAUGHTER LILLIAN.] Herman married Eulalie Goy December 21, 1872. They were the parents of at least 8 children and lived at No. 242 ½ Esplanade and at No. 468 Royal Street in the City. City records indicate that during the 1870s Hermann was a clerk for D. Mercier. Hermann died in 1895 and was buried in St. Louis Cemetery #3 on December 30, 1895. Other residence addresses for Hermann in the late 1800s include: 214 Orleans St.; 128 N. Rampart; 458 Ursulines; 301 Dauphine; & 2624 Ursuline, all in New Orleans. [Photo from the collection of Carol Theis Baarts]
• Eulalie Mercier+Hermann Vennemann's Family-ca.1886 (41 KB)
  Their oldest daughter Adele died at the age of 2 years in 1875, and is not pictured. The remaining children are: L-R, Letitia, Helen [in white], Jeanne, Fredrich [in white], Nathalie, Marguerite [in white] and Eulalie [standing]. By this time their mother Eulalie had died and children were living on with Mercier & deBuys relatives.[Photo from the collection of Carol Theis Baarts]
• Helen Patronella Vennemann ~ June 20, 1917 (89 KB)
  Helen posing her in her wedding dress on the occasion of her marriage to Carl Henry Malmgren. Helen was born September 19, 1883 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the seventh of eight children of Eulalie Mercier and Hermann Vennemann. She was the mother of Helen Augusta Malmgren and John Henry Malmgren and Grandmére to 11. She died in Los Angeles, California - November 13, 1969 at 86 years of age. [photo from the collection of Emma Lee Malmgren McCray O'Neill]
• Archbishop Patrick William Riordan-June 6, 1908 (20 KB)
  This photo was taken in Menlo Park, California. William Patrick Riordan was Born August 27, 1841 in Chatham, Canada. He was Ordained a Catholic priest on June 10, 1865 at age 24. He became Archbishop of San Francisco, CA on December 21, 1884 and died on December 27, 1914 at 73 years of age. Timothy Riordan, son of Patrick Riordan & Ellen Murphy dictated a length biographical narrative about 1908, in which he stated: "Archbishop Riordan is a relative of ours. His father Matt Riordan (who was a ship carpenter) used to come to see me on Taylor St. He claimed we were second cousins." [Photo from the collection of Patricia Ketchum Foley Gorsline]
• Jack & Mary Malmgren, Maui, HI - January 2000 (58 KB)
  The Malmgren Family Meeting on Maui, January 2000 was our wonderful final family get together with Daddy before his death in Sedona, Arizona on March 27, 2000.
• Dennis Matthew Riordan & Young Girl - year unknown (19 KB)
  Dennis Matthew Riordan had three daughters and at least 5 grand daughters. In comparing D.M.'s age in this photo with others whose years we know, it appears that this photo was taken about 1915. His granddaughters were: Helenita, Muriel & Alicia Kenealy [b. 1909]; Mary Alice Palmer [b. 1917]; there was also a daughter, born to his Daughter Elizabeth Riordan Whitener before 1915, whose name we do not know. We wonder about the identity of this sweet little girl. [Photo from the collection of Patricia Ketchum Foley Gorsline]
• Heather Diane Davis & Raymond Joseph Desrocher (28 KB)
  Married June 28, 1998 on a hilltop in Soquel, CA overlooking the Pacific Ocean and surrounded by loving family and friends. It was a beautiful day!
• Dennis Matthew Riordan - Washington D.C. 1915 (21 KB)
  The narrative pasted to the back of this photo reads: Taken on the Occasion of the National Encampment and Parade of the Grand Army of the Republic at Washington, D.C. September 27th to October 2nd 1915, in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the close of the Civil War. The parade this year took place on September 29th. I have promised to be at the next fifty-year anniversary Parade if I am in the East. D.M. Riordan. [Photo from the collection of Patricia Ketchum Foley Gorsline]
• July 7th 2002 ~ 2nd Annual Family Reunion (145 KB)
  This year's event was held in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California. We had almost 60 people and a "wonderful time was had by all." Family members traveled from as far as Costa Rica and New York city to be with us. Present for the fun were: Lynn Ewing Fogelman, Mark Fogelman, Lisa Fogelman, Melissa Fogelman, Joan Hughes, Mary Syde Hughes, Helen Hughes, April Hughes, Helen Chambers McPherson, Ed McPherson, Suzanne McPherson Warren, Bob Warren, Robbie Warren, Ryan Warren, Helen McPherson Pollock, Tom Pollock III, Heidi Pollock,, Tom Pollock IV, Mary Lyons Pollock, Tara Pollock, Tim McPherson, Gilda McPherson, Jacquelina McPherson, Carolina McPherson, Bob McPherson, Susan Mulhardt McPherson, Dan McPherson, Kevin Gaugin, Sara Gaugin McPherson , Mary Chambers Malmgren, Bob Davis, Margot Howard Davis, Caroline Malmgren Davis, Heather Davis Desrocher, Emma Desrocher, Autumn Davis, Lauren Davis, Brian Davis, Ann Malmgren Schaffer, Louie Schaffer, Jonathan Schaffer, Ashley Schaffer, Vicky Malmgren Mello, Helen Malmgren, Rita Chambers Gannon, Tim Gannon, Eileen Gannon, Angela Villarin Groff, David Groff, Alexis Groff, Jessica Groff, Jason Villarin, Bill Gannon, Ray Gannon, Matt Gannon. THE 2003 EVENT IS BEING PLANNED FOR JULY 5TH IN WATSONVILLE. CA. CONTACT US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING.
• Brian and Robert Bernard Davis (32 KB)
  Celebrating Brian's 11th birthday, October 2,1999
• Celebrating Grandmére's 75th Birthday (101 KB)
  Although Grandmére would have never told us WHICH birthday we were celebrating on September 19, 1958, we now know [or do we?] that it was her 75th. There were several things that Grandmére told us a lady never does: tell her age, or show her elbows or knees. While she was telling our parents that, "The ch'rin must be tired or hungry," she was chastising us that, "It's gonna end wrong!" And one final predicton, "It's all down hill after 16!" The aunts & cousins are: Back row: Suzanne McPherson, Robin Wigger, Helen Malmgren Wigger, Helen Chambers McPherson, Helen McPherson holding Peter Malmgren Next Row: Caroline Malmgren, Mary Joyce Wigger, Tim McPherson Second Row: Ann Malmgren, Karen Wigger, Bob McPherson Front Row: Helen Malmgren, Susan Wigger, Clem Wigger, Danny McPherson, Vicky Malmgren
• The Davis & Moran Wedding ~ August 2, 2002 (41 KB)
  Autumn & Christopher were married in the Carmel Mission on a sunny Californa day. They were honored to be surrounded by loving family and friends who had traveled from around the world celebrate.
• Celebrating Jack Malmgren's Life - April 1, 2000 (67 KB)
  Autumn, Bob, Caroline & Brian Davis; Ray Desrocher[tall]& Heather Davis Desrocher; Lauren Davis [in yellow]; Helen [in blue], Pete[tall], Vicky & Mary Malmgren [in white]; Louie, Ashley [holding yellow rose], Jonathan [tall]& Ann Schaffer; Sarah, Katrina & Robert Royce-Malmgren; Carl [dark glasses]& Carol Malmgren; Mark [in grey]& Erin Bernson at the Riordan House, Kinlichi Knoll in Flagstaff, AZ on April Fool's Day 2000 in the snowstorm that accompanied us while we buried Jack Malmgren's ashes.
• Marguerite Vennemann & Mildred Bernard about 1925 (52 KB)
  Margie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1884, the youngest child of Eulalie Mercier and Hermann Vennemann. She and her sisters and de Buys, Bernard and Gilly cousins all came to California in the early 1900s. Here Margie is shown with her niece Mildred Bernard, youngest daughter of Margie's sister Letitia with Maurice Joseph Bernard. Mildred [1912-1989] married William Stark and they were the parents of Margaret Ann. Margaret Ann married Mark Shurtleff. We are looking for Shurtleff cousins!
• Grandmothers & Great Grandmothers ~ July, 2002 (80 KB)
  The Grandmothers: Eileen Gannon, Helen McPherson Pollock, Caroline Malmgren Davis The Granddaughters: Jessica Groff, Alexis Groff, Emma Desrocher & Tara Pollock The Greats: Rita Chambers Gannon, Mary Chambers Malmgren & Helen Chambers McPherson
• Guys & Ties - March 31, 2000 (42 KB)
  The sons, sons-in-law, grandsons & grand-son-in-law of John Henry Malmgren [1920-2000]: L-R Robert Royce-Malmgren, Ray Desrocher, Louie Schaffer, Bob Davis, Brian Davis, Carl Malmgren, Mark Bernson, Peter Malmgren - all wearing ties from Grandfather's collection.
• Jack Malmgren - June 4, 1995 (72 KB)
  Sitting in the sun, one of his favorite things to do, wearing his trademark tie, holding his famous "duck" cane and making a wry comment to the photographer, Jack is the proud grandfather at his first grandchild's College graduation.
• Nathalie Vennemann Mathé - "Auntie" (67 KB)
  Nathalie was the matriarch of her family, even though she and her husband Joseph Arthur "Jack" Mathé never had any children. She could always be identified in photos because of her ramrod straight posture. She was simply called "Auntie" by all of her nieces and nephews down through the generations. She firmly believed that "the ugliest part of a woman's body is the backs of her elbows and knees."
• MAP-Meyer zu Mecklendorf, Pötter& Plogmann-Germany (1 KB)
  I have been hunting for information on my 5g grandmother, Catarina Liesbeth Meyer zu Mecklendorf, for several years. All that I knew of her was her name & that she & Johann Herman Pötter had a daughter, Catarina Liesbeth Pötter, who [according to my great uncle MJ Riordan, in 1916] "was baptized in the parish church in Hagen, [Osnabrück,] Hannover, Germany May 12, 1770." After her we also have information on her daughter, Catharina Elisabeth Herkenhoff, also baptized in that church March 2, 1803, as was her husband, Gerard Heinrich Rietbrock on April 29, 1795 & his mother, Catharina Maria Plogmann. Recently, Anke Waldmann, very kind & generous genealogist, whom I met on-line, provided me with this map of the area in the Germany where the Meyer zu Mecklendorf , Pötter & Plogmann families lived [note the red arrows]. She also sent me the following explanation of how they may have taken their surnames. "Meyer originally was not a name but a profession. Charlemagne conquered the area around Osnabrück about 780 AD. A Meyer was something between mayor, judge and policeman. As payment for doing this job the Meyer got a farm the "Meyerhof" (Meyer-farm). This term is still known in the German language. At first these farms could not be bequeathed from father to son but that changed over the centuries. Simultaneously the Meyer lost his importance as official. But the name of the farms stayed and the people were called after the name of the farms they lived on, Meyer became a name. There happened to be quite a few Meyer farms . . . so the people separated these families by adding something to the name. Sometimes they added something in front of the name like "Deitemeyer", but most of the time they added something behind the name. Normally this addition was the name of the town the Meyers lived in. . . of course every Meyer who has an addition to his name is proud of it for it separates his family from the uncountable amount of Meyers. According to the language the people used the "zu" sometimes was "to". "Zu" is High German while "to" is Low German. So this proves that Low German is much more related to English than the High German that we speak nowadays. . .I once was told that Meyers written with "y" lived in catholic areas and Meier with "i" come from Lutheran. First only the family of the owner of the "Meyerhof" was named with the addition. The siblings who left the farm where just called Meyer. That is the reason why there are so many Meyers existing in Germany. This habit changed during the 19th century. Emigrants didn't used their addition after reaching their destination so that is the reason why there are no "Meyer zu …" in the USA. Of course this makes family research difficult. "
• Edward Campbell & Carl Henry Malmgren about 1923 (62 KB)
  Edward was a Presbyterian Minister whose wife, Ellen Malmgren was well known for the elaborate plays that she staged for the church. Here Edward and Ellen's brother Carl enjoy a moment of fun with some of her props. WHO IS THE DARLING CHILD NEXT TO CARL? A phototgraph recently [May, 2002]shared by the great granddaughter of Edward, Donna Campbell, allows the identification of the location of this picture. It was taken in front of the Campbell beach house "Vishnue" at Sunset Beach near Santa Monica, California. [photo from the collection of Emma Lee Malmgren McCray O'Neill]
• C.Elisabeth Spellmeyer,Mary Riordan& Caroline Metz (58 KB)
  Catharina Elisabeth Spellmire was born in Germany in 1829 and came to America with her family as a young child. They settled in Ohio. She moved to Flag Staff, Arizona Territory in the 1890s to join her two daughters, Caroline & Elizabeth Metz and their husbands, Timothy Allen Riordan and Michael James Riordan and their families. She is shown her about 1902 with her daughter Carrie and her grand daughter, Mary Riordan.
• Celine Baer about 1888 (19 KB)
  Celine was born in France in 1860. Her father was born in France & her mother in Prussia. We believe that she married Dennis Matthew about 1878. They were very active in Flagstaff social life during the time that she lived there. She was baptized as A Roman Catholic in France as an adult in 1893 and took the 'baptismal name" of Mary Alice in honor of her husband's "two mothers." Celine died, while still a relatively young woman, in 1915.
• Henry Malmgren+Augusta Nelson & grandchildren-1910 (107 KB)
  Henry is holding Anna Mae and Bessie McCray while Augusta looks on. These are the only two of his 7 grandchildren that were born before Henry died in 1912. Subsequent grandchildren were: Emma Lee McCray, Eleanor Campbell, Helen Augusta Malmgren, John Henry Malmgren and Edward Campbell. [photo from the collection of Emma Lee Malmgren McCray O'Neill]
• Caroline Metz & daughters, Mary & Anna Riordan (46 KB)
  Caroline Metz was the mother of Mary Riordan and Anna Riordan. They are shown here in about 1906 on a family outing, perhaps to Oak Creek for a picnic.
• The George Henry Spellmire Family about 1930 (32 KB)
  George Henry was one of 26+ grandchildren of Gerard Heinrich Rietbrock. Gerhard, who was among the troops that supported the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, emigrated from Hagen, Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany in 1836 and settled in Ohio. Shown in the photo from left to right in the back row are: Thomas L. Spellmire, Blanche Grannan, Joseph Stubbington, Vivian Spellmire, Blanche Coyle, GEORGE HENRY, Blanche Spellmire, Benjamin Gieseke, Mary Bell Peters & Aubrey Spellmire. Front Row: Kenneth A. Spellmire, Bruce Stubbington, Robert Spellmire, Mary Alice Spellmire, George Ray Gieseke & Josephine Gieseke. Gerhard Heinrich Rietbrock had adopted the name of Spellmeyer. Family lore attributes this to various reasons, it may have been the name of an earlier wife's estate. By the grandchildren's generation the family was also living in Arizona, Washington & California. Some of Gerhard's other grandchildren were: David Babbitt, George G. Babbitt, C. J. Babbitt, Edward J. Babbitt, Caroline Metz, Elizabeth Metz, John C. Spellmire, Loretta Spellmire, Alphonse Spellmeyer, Vincent Spellmire, Eleanor Spellmire & Stanley Spellmire. [Photo from the collection of Kenneth Andrew Spellmire]
• A Wedding ~ Davises & Desrochers ~ June 28, 1998 (33 KB)
  L-R Sitting: Bonnie Kelly, Helen Malmgren, Peggy Kelly, Bonnie Kelly Desrocher, Heather Davis Desrocher, Caroline Malmgren Davis, Ann Malmgren Schaffer, Ashley Schaffer. Standing L-R: Autumn Davis, Sarah Royce-Malmgren, Carol Murphy Malmgren, Carl Malmgren, Erin Bernson, Vicky Malmgren Mello, Jonathan Schaffer, Megan Kelly, Peter Malmgren [hidden] Ed Kelly, Raymond Desrocher, Jr., Raymond Desrocher, Sr., Ryan Kelly, Bob Davis, Kelly Desrocher, Patrick Kelly, Dennis Kelly, Louie Schaffer, Jonathan Desrocher, Lauren Davis.
• The Edward Campbell Family about 1919 (26 KB)
  Edward Campbell [1891-1972] is shown with his second wife Ellen Malmgren [1889-1981]. The girl between them is Jean Campbell, Edward's daughter, who was born about 1912.The baby is Ellen and Edward's daughter Eleanora, who was born in 1918 and died in 1925. Ellen and Edward also had a son, Edward, born in the early 1920s. The family lived in Inglewood, California in the 1920s and 1930s, where Edward was a Presbyterian minister. The last known residence of Ellen and Edward was Melrose, MA. Thanks To the photos and information displayed on this page, WE HAVE BEEN RECONNECTED WITH THE DESCENDENTS OF ELLEN MALMGREN & EDWARD CAMPBELL! [Photo from the collection of Emma Lee Malmgren McCray O'Neill]
• Mothers' Day 2000-some Davises & Malmgrens (62 KB)
  L-R Charlie Davis, Autumn Davis, Margot Howard Davis, Caroline Malmgren Davis, Brian Davis, Mary Chambers Malmgren & Heather Davis Desrocher on the hill overlooking Seascape Beach in California.
• Fredrich Vennemann, II (60 KB)
  Fredrich was the only son of Eulalie Mercier & Hermann Vennemann. He was the darling of his sisters which may not have been the best thing for his character development. He was born about 1882 and died before 1920. [Photo from the collection of Helen Vennemann Malmgren]
• Dennis Matthew Riordan about 1888 (16 KB)
  DM was born in Troy, New York in 1848, the son of Irish Immigrant parents, Timothy Riordan [1817-1910] and Alice Knowles [1819-1852]. He lived the American immigrant Adventure, travelling with his parent through the Great Lakes to Chicago in 1852. He served in the Civil War as a teenager; he traveled the young country as a mining engineer, an Indian Agent to the Navajo and the owner of a lumber mill in Flag Staff, Arizona Territory. He was the father of three daughters: Helene, Marie & Elizabeth. He is believed to have had a son who died in infancy. We are searching for his descendents. Surnames may include: Kenealy, Traunweiser, Connell, Palmer & Whitener.
• Michael James Riordan about 1892 (18 KB)
  MJ was the youngest son of Timothy Riordan [1817-1910] and Mary White [1820-1883]. He studied to become a Jesuit priest as a young man, but suffered from Tuberculosis and was sent to recover in the mountain air of Flag Staff, Arizona, where his brothers were running a lumber mill.
• John Henry Malmgren about 1923 (13 KB)
  John Henry Malmgren was born December 8, 1920, the second child of Carl Henry Malmgren and Helen P. Vennemann.
• Helen P. Vennemann as a young woman (17 KB)
  Helen is shown here in a photograph taken at the Revoire Studio, 829 Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she and her family lived in the 1800s.
• Helen Augusta Malmgren about 1922 with father,Carl (12 KB)
  Helen Augusta Malmgren was born June 18, 1919. She is shown here with her father Carl Henry Malmgren around 1922. Helen married Robert Wigger. They had 5 children. Helen died on Thanksgiving night, November 25, 1994 in Connecticut.
• Joseph Anselme Mercier about 1895 (95 KB)
  "Uncle" was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of at least 6 children of Eulalie Goy and Dominique Mercier. Although he never married, family legend has it that he cared for 13 of his nieces and nephews. His two sisters, Eulalie Mercier Vennemann and Marie Nathalie Mercier deBuys both died in the 1880s, leaving 7 Vennemann children and 6 deBuys children between the ages of 1 year and 11 years old. It is beleived that the children all went to live with "Uncle Mercier" at 1311 Saint Charles. There are many family stories of their time together there. This family group is listed in the 1900 US census. However, the New Orleans City Directories from the late 1800s & early 1900s list his address as "New York City." We are currently seeking information about his actual residence during this time. (Photo from the collection of Carol Theis Baarts)
• Ellen Malmgren @the San Fancisco Exhibition-1903 (45 KB)
  Ellen Malmgren was the youngest daughter of Henry and Anna Augusta. She was born in Nebraska in 1889 and died in Melrose, MA in 1981. She married Edward Campbell and lived in Inglewood, CA. They were the parents of Eleanora and Edward. Edward, Sr. was also the father of Jean. this photograph was taken at the 1903 San Francisco Exhibition where Ellen was one of the cast at the Swedish Pavillion. [photo from the Wigger Family album]
• Mary Chambers about 1924 (9 KB)
  Mary Chambers was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma - December 25, 1921, the second daughter of Mary Riordan and Robert Leonard Chambers.
• Letitia Vennemann Bernard about 1905 (73 KB)
  Born September 1, 1878 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• John Henry Malmgren about 1942 (7 KB)
  Jack is shown here in his uniform. This photograph was probably taken soon after he graduated from OCS in 1942.
• 1885 Vennemann & deBuys cousins (39 KB)
  Back Row L-R: Nathalie Vennemann, Eulalie (Laloll) deBuys & Eulalie Vennemann. Front row: Letitia Vennemann, Jeanne Vennemann & Lucine deBuys. (photo from the collection of Carol Theis Baarts)
• Carl Henry Malmgren about 1920 (42 KB)
  Carl was born in 1885. He married Helen Vennemann in 1917 and died in 1929. This photograph was taken about 1920, the year their son Jack was born. It is the photograph that sat on his wife's dresser for the rest of her life.
• MYSTERY PHOTO #1 IN CALIFORNIA (54 KB)
  The women are L-R: Adele de Buys, Helen Vennemann & Lucine de Buys in about 1918, at either Santa Monica or Long Beach, California. The children are the mystery. In the back, the girl on the right is probably Helen Mae Bernard. The boy on the left may be her brother, Maurice Joseph [Pedo]. The two curly headed children may be: Lucille, Marcelle, William, Nell Marie or Edward de Buys. WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW.
• The Students@Saint Gregory's School-June 2, 1927 (194 KB)
  This was the last year that St. Gregory's school was held in this home at 830 South Norton Avenue, which was located between Pico and Wilshire Boulevards in Los Angeles, California. The following year a new school building was opened. Helen Malmgren is standing second from the right in the second row, Jack Malmgren is the sixth from the left the in the same row, and Helen Chambers is sixth from the right in the third row. WHO ARE ALL THE OTHERS? [photo from the Wigger Family album]
• MYSTERY PHOTO #2 IN NEW ORLEANS? (48 KB)
  We know that the man in this photo is Fredrich Vennemann in about 1915, brother of Nathalie, Letitia, Eulalie, Jeanne, Helen & Marguerite. We are not sure of the woman's identity. COULD THIS BE A SISTER, OR A COUSIN? WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW!
• Augusta Maria Nelson, 1856-1918 (61 KB)
  Augusta was born in Sweden in 1856. She emigrated to the US sometime before 1880. She married Henry Malmgren in Howard County, Nebraska, May 21, 1879. she was 23 and Henry was 21 years of age. Augusta's father's name is listed as J. Nelson and although her mother's name is listed as "unknown" it may have been Fürst, since that was a middle name for two of her daughters.
• MYSTERY PHOTO #3 1920 IN LOS ANGELES (82 KB)
  This photo was taken at 1044 Westchester Street in Los Angeles in 1920. The baby is Helen Augusta Malmgren and her mother Helen P. Vennemann is holding her left hand. Margie Vennemann is holding her right hand. The woman to the left of Helen appears to be the mother of the other two girls. WHO ARE THESE OTHER WOMEN?
• MYSTERY PHOTO #4 NEW ORLEANS or BILOXI? about 1905 (70 KB)
  We know that the woman in white is Eulalie Vennemann Gilly. Jeanne Vennemann Mouney is on the far right. (Could the fact that her husband Wharton Mouney was manager of the hat department at Godchaux have anything to do with her amazing hat?) Nathalie Venneman Mathé is standing second from the right. The short woman, second from the left, has tentatively been identified as Marie Berthe "Min" Mathé, sister of Arthur Joseph "Jack" Mathé, who was the photographer of this picture. The man in the middle is currently unidentified. COULD HE BE ANSELME deBUYS?
• MYSTERY PHOTO #5 Gilly Children & ? about 1915 (58 KB)
  On the far left Mae Anne Gilly stands in front of her brother Herman. Their brother Clarence is on the far right. The two girls with long curls and the boy appear to be siblings. They are not their Bernard cousins and appear too old to be either their Malmgren or de Buys cousins. Nor are they the children of the Esnard family who came to California from New Orleans. WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THEIR IDENTITY.
• Marcelle, Nell Marie & Lucille deBuys about 1928 (59 KB)
  Marcelle & Lucille were the children of Gaspard deBuys and Rachelle Williams. they were born in New Orleans. Nell Marie was the daughter of Anselme deBuys [Gaspard's brother] and Nell Todd. [Photo from the collection of Edward Anselm deBuys]
• 1885 Carl Henry Malmgren (25 KB)
  Carl was the third child and only son of Henry Malmgren and Augusta Maria Nelson, both immigrants from Sweden. Carl was born in Nebraska, as were his three sisters.

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