tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63678506392291568642024-03-15T18:12:26.604-07:00GinisologyMy Place to Honor Our Ancestors, Memories, History and Our Lives.Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614538259404355973noreply@blogger.comBlogger345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367850639229156864.post-2941260116760356202023-07-21T08:00:00.015-07:002023-07-21T08:00:00.148-07:00Remembering My Beautiful Mom ~
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I say this every year, but it just doesn't feel like thirteen years ago, it feels like yesterday to me, still. </p><p>Mom's passing has affected me significantly. None of us expected it and it is still hard to believe she is not here with us. Life just hasn't been the same but I know she would want me to keep on keeping and that's what I try to do. I think of her everyday, feel her in little things that I do in my daily life. The older I get, I see her in me more and more and I am happy that I am very much like her in many ways. I miss her so much, more than words could ever express. </p><p>This photo of my mom is one of my very favorites of her. I believe (not 100%) that she is pregnant with me when this was taken. I remember her saying something about that when she gave me this photo. This framed photo sits on my counter in my kitchen next to her mom's (my Oma, Liselotte Haf née Kaiser ~ 1913 - 2010) recipe for one or our favorite Christmas cookies. I get to glance at it everyday and it always makes me smile. Love and miss you Mom ~ </p>Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614538259404355973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367850639229156864.post-47590765473239388972023-02-27T14:04:00.000-08:002023-02-27T14:04:24.364-08:00Remembering Opa Adalbert Haf on His Birthday Today ~<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6M8-SY8bJ_UT3ajadnWIQs4sWt2q7Pqy4Ft954feEhQkBI3zeVWcDqat8jUjJ_myjMMR2pZl1BBlcbNkb1WuEuab3wNFgyQ3oCI02PemNHckwQLq8PehFOJqLcrZX2WBfk9I3JwElQOZBLP1ucku2Frf1lOxLOWioDAOARUMe51Mmucrq2OnfbYi5kA/s3285/Haf%20Adalbert%20b1907%20page%20in%20memorial%20album.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3285" data-original-width="2556" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6M8-SY8bJ_UT3ajadnWIQs4sWt2q7Pqy4Ft954feEhQkBI3zeVWcDqat8jUjJ_myjMMR2pZl1BBlcbNkb1WuEuab3wNFgyQ3oCI02PemNHckwQLq8PehFOJqLcrZX2WBfk9I3JwElQOZBLP1ucku2Frf1lOxLOWioDAOARUMe51Mmucrq2OnfbYi5kA/s320/Haf%20Adalbert%20b1907%20page%20in%20memorial%20album.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65424605/adalbert-haf" target="_blank">Adalbert Haf</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">b. 27 February 1907 ~ Kempten, Allgau, Germany</p><p style="text-align: center;">d. 9 February 1968 ~ Augsburg, Germany</p>One Hundred and Sixteen years ago today, my maternal grandfather, Adalbert Haf, was born to Emilie née Schallhammer (1871 - 1944) and Adalbert Haf, (1868 - 1952), in Kempten, Allgau, Germany. <p></p><p>I was very close to my Opa, I would follow him around constantly according to my mom. He has been gone for a very long time ~ I still miss him very much. Happy Birthday Opa! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="446" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhDaMiliQ_d9G1LrYMzR1zBi0kiP7xNiE1J3a1eGx72sb3HHsTm3qpD29GFYC7BlAGq4_5pIhLckJxiTZuk-Uos2j9WKofMkKRjPioM3ZH3xWMdWmOGIcspa2gXDAK976GVmE5xpo1trbG-rqYhwDRoFh7737yeHwmJ5jYT1crv94o90PxY4xlrcecQ/w211-h134/CF%20flowers%20crimson%20roses_edited-1.png" width="211" /></div></div><p><br /></p>Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614538259404355973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367850639229156864.post-86082743857168481592023-01-05T12:00:00.001-08:002023-02-06T14:01:37.931-08:00 Birthday of Great~Aunt Virginia Probst née Ijames ~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccYHmOGdziZ-gieEIw6Uh3cWSw3To3yDdcCZ6cgKKE7QNQ3IH8moolyxndTdwOXoAbuymb4eR7wOKJ_EPM7XCVXd_or3CUBm-K6NLG6izPfPAzpjG4gSs2r5DZkUYR3CR1KkU1afk83N3o3yQTC3581xFkPXkEtyS9D66Cc1p4VDGK-TUbFfEi2TOPA/s1184/Great%20Aunt%20Virginia%20Eimes%20Probst_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="852" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccYHmOGdziZ-gieEIw6Uh3cWSw3To3yDdcCZ6cgKKE7QNQ3IH8moolyxndTdwOXoAbuymb4eR7wOKJ_EPM7XCVXd_or3CUBm-K6NLG6izPfPAzpjG4gSs2r5DZkUYR3CR1KkU1afk83N3o3yQTC3581xFkPXkEtyS9D66Cc1p4VDGK-TUbFfEi2TOPA/s320/Great%20Aunt%20Virginia%20Eimes%20Probst_0002.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Virginia 'Jenny' Lee Ijames</div><div style="text-align: center;">5 Jan 1895 ~ Daviess Co. Owensboro, Kentucky</div><div style="text-align: center;">24 Jun 1966 ~ Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky</div><div><br /></div><div>Today, we are remembering my paternal great-aunt Virginia 'Jenny' Probst née Ijames, on what would have been her 128th birthday. I never had the privilege of meeting her but I am honored to have been named after her and her niece, my aunt Virginia 'Ginnie' Eimes. We have a lot of "Virginia's" in our family. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div>Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614538259404355973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367850639229156864.post-19462728009143949152021-07-07T13:22:00.003-07:002022-09-01T14:13:44.613-07:00Wordless Wednesday ~ Franz Seraph Schallhammer <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XkxUJAPiyhw/YOYH7oa49uI/AAAAAAAAMEA/rXuXGh8kSEI9NMv8V23hdIjMxliOiWHlQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Franz%2BSeraph%2BSchallhammer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1265" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XkxUJAPiyhw/YOYH7oa49uI/AAAAAAAAMEA/rXuXGh8kSEI9NMv8V23hdIjMxliOiWHlQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Franz%2BSeraph%2BSchallhammer.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(78, 47, 0); padding: 10px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Franz Seraph Schallhammer</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">06 Sept 1864 ~ 10 Feb 1940</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pfronten, Ostallgau, Bavaria, Deutschland </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo credit: Cousin, Lars Kink</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Franz Seraph Schallhammer, is my maternal second great-uncle, brother to my great-grandmother, Emilie Haf née Schallhammer (1871-1944) and the son of Johann Schallhammer (1840-1903) and Maria Anna Hartmann (1840-1886). <div><br /></div><div>A big thank you to my cousin Lars in Germany, for sharing this photo of our uncle, it's so great putting a face to the name and researching our Haf/Schallhammer together. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614538259404355973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367850639229156864.post-76379738447750175672021-01-27T13:51:00.014-08:002021-01-28T14:55:23.394-08:001919 ~ Remembering Albert 'Fritz' Tabeling and Family ~<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFK9SQmRcIA/YBHP72iG6JI/AAAAAAAAL1E/RVC1Gn2ia-UtRqVdN7xFB-3vgO6lTwdaACLcBGAsYHQ/s600/Great%2BGrandparents%2BTabelings%2BLily%2BMae%2B%2526%2BAlbert.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="420" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFK9SQmRcIA/YBHP72iG6JI/AAAAAAAAL1E/RVC1Gn2ia-UtRqVdN7xFB-3vgO6lTwdaACLcBGAsYHQ/w224-h320/Great%2BGrandparents%2BTabelings%2BLily%2BMae%2B%2526%2BAlbert.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lillie Mae née Pate and Albert 'Fritz' Tabeling</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Be it remembered on this day, the 27th day of January 1919, my paternal great-grandfather, Albert 'Fritz' Tabeling, born 25 Sept 1870, Davies County, Owensboro, Kentucky, passed away in Cloverport, Kentucky from the 1918-1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic. <div><br /></div><div>Five days earlier on Jan 22, 1919, my great-grandmother, Lillie Mae née Pate, born 1879 (Albert's wife), passed away due to a miscarriage, complicated by the Spanish Flu . . . leaving my grandmother, Ines, aka Inez Tabeling, [1908-1983], and her five sisters, orphans. </div><div><br /></div><div>In June of 1919, their sister, Margaret 'Maggie' Tabeling, born 1903, died from Cerebral Meningitis. Typhoid Fever was listed on the death certificate as contributing to her death. The newspaper clipping below states, "Miss Tabeling Dies of Complications Caused From The Effects of Influenza", but wasn't listed on her death certificate. Maggie would have been 16 years old in September of 1919. </div><div><br /></div><div>My grandmother Ines and her sisters, Oletha [1902-1970], Josephine [1906-1962], Gladys [1910-1980] and Viola [1915-2003] were split up and lived with various family members. Oletha and Viola lived with their grandfather, Sylvanus 'Vaul' Pate [1852- 1939]. Gladys and my grandmother, Ines, lived with Mr. and Mrs. S.B. 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Albert and Lillie's twins, Morgan [1913-1913] and Mammie [1913-1913], both died of Cholera . . . they are buried together at the Campbellite Cemetery in Tarfork, Kentucky. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1DuJD7jDhw4/YBHQJd0M5bI/AAAAAAAAL1I/EUM_gHJXwJcT9cSbZTeoR3gHge_rKr-xQCLcBGAsYHQ/s805/1-Tabeling%2BFamily%2BGrave%2B2015%2BAug%2B13%2BCloverport%2BCemetery%2BKentucky_edited%2Bwith%2Btexture-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="805" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1DuJD7jDhw4/YBHQJd0M5bI/AAAAAAAAL1I/EUM_gHJXwJcT9cSbZTeoR3gHge_rKr-xQCLcBGAsYHQ/w363-h286/1-Tabeling%2BFamily%2BGrave%2B2015%2BAug%2B13%2BCloverport%2BCemetery%2BKentucky_edited%2Bwith%2Btexture-1.jpg" width="363" /></a></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Note</b>: The headstone in the photo above lists all of Albert Tabeling's family names. Never having a headstone or grave marker, my aunt Virginia [granddaughter to Albert] and her son, Jim, designed and paid for the headstone to have all their names honored in one place. Morgan and Mamie are buried at Campbellite Cemetery in Tarfork, Kentucky. Currently, there is no headstone or grave marker on their grave at Campbellite Cemetery. </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As we journey through our current pandemic, my thoughts frequently turn to my paternal great-grandparents and their children, the tragedies they went thru and the pain they endured ~ Rest in Peace my Tabeling family ~ </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614538259404355973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367850639229156864.post-20509277630470535092020-02-03T14:48:00.002-08:002022-10-27T14:35:46.085-07:001949 ~ Remembering Brook, Today ~ <br />
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Brookery Louise Elliott, would have been seventy-one years old today . . . she was born in 1949, in San Diego, California.<br />
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This is my maternal Oma, Liselotte Haf née Kaiser~Saule</div>
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born ~ 19 Dec 1913 in Zurich, Switzerland</div>
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Helmut Haf ~ 1940 ~ 1994 and Adalbert Haf ~1940 ~ 2004 </div>
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Richard D. Ijames died of asthma at his home on Walnut street at 5:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. He was one of the oldest citizens of Owensboro and resided here continuously for more than fifty years. Mr. Ijames was born near Gallatin, Sumner county, Tenn., September 15, 1829, and grew to manhood there. In 1851 he removed with his father to Owensboro, and shortly thereafter he was married to Miss Ellen Lovell.<br />
The deceased is survived by his wife and eight children, all of whom are grown. The funeral will be conducted from the home tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock and the remains will be interred in Elmwood.<br />
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Remembering my third cousin five times removed, John Ijams, a Captain in the War of 1812 and one of Baltimore's "Old Defenders," . . . son of Plummer Ijams II (1748-1795) and Jemima Welsh (1760-1789). Capt. John Ijams was born in Ijamsville, Frederick, Maryland on the 3rd of April in 1789 and passed away on the 31st of August in 1879 in Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, one hundred and thirty-nine years ago today.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">03 Apr 1789 ~ 31 Aug 1879</span></div>
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Plummer Ijams II, father of Capt. John Ijams and second cousin, six times removed to yours truly, a native of Maryland, moved to Frederick County and purchased a tract of land, "Paradise Grant" from the government which became, "Ijamsville." You can read a bit more →<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijamsville,_Maryland" target="_blank">here</a>← about my ancestors little town in Maryland.<br />
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<br />Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614538259404355973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367850639229156864.post-68594950120015404702018-06-18T12:27:00.001-07:002018-06-18T12:35:32.562-07:001900~ 1941 ~ Birthday of Cousin Edgar G. Sirles ~ <div style="text-align: center;">
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Remembering my first cousin, twice removed, Edgar G. Sirles (1900~1941) . . . son of James T. Sirles (1874~1930) and second great aunt to yours truly, Rosetta 'Rokie' nee Jarboe. Great-grandfather to my third cousin, once removed, Kerry (we connected via DNA) . . . on what would be his 118th birthday today. </div>
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Postcards From Germany Series ~ You can read the original story behind these postcards <a href="http://www.ginisology.com/2018/05/postcards-from-germany.html" target="_blank">here</a> ~<br />
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Augsburg die Stadt des Pyrs u. Reichsadler </div>
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One of the most rewarding gifts I have received from these letters and postcards is where they were sent to, the many addresses we lived at, postmarks with the dates . . . truly a genealogical treasure chest . . . I then created a timeline of our homes and all those places we have lived . . . love timelines and mapping where we have been.<br />
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1936 ca ~ Photo of my maternal grandfather, Adalbert Haf (front and center of photo) out mountain climbing with his friends. He loved mountain climbing in the Alps and loved the flower, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontopodium_nivale" target="_blank">Edelweiss</a>" aka, Leontopodium nivale. On a few of his mountain climbing trips to the Alps, Opa Adalbert picked several and mailed them to my mom, she preserved them and now I have them . . . I'm so lucky to be the keeper of these sweet treasures. </div>
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Opa passed away in 1968 and mom put one of the Edelweiss flowers (on the right) next to his photo in her magnetic memorial album . . . I have scanned the entire memorial album and now in the process of re-doing it into an archival safe photo album. </div>
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Adalbert Haf ~ maternal grandfather to yours truly ~</div>
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Emilie Schmidt née Haf ~ birthdate: unknown</div>
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Great Aunt and Godmother to, yours truly. </div>
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1971 . . . Mom standing in our living room modeling her new jacket ~ I love this photo of mom, she reminds me of Jackie Kennedy. The art piece hanging above the fireplace, was created by my ex-husband, Jim. </div>
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Breckinridge County, Cloverport, Kentucky</div>
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b 07 Jan 1903 ~ Breckinridge, Kentucky</div>
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d 19 Aug 1989 ~ Breckinridge, Kentucky</div>
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Percy was born, 114 years ago today. He was born to parents, Charlie and Susan Ida Tabeling née Ryan. </div>
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Percy H. Tabeling ~ 1st cousin, 2x removed of yours truly.</div>
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Kresgang Haf née Franziskus</div>
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b 07 Jan 1805 ~ Betzigau, Oberallgau, Bayern, Germany</div>
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d 24 Nov 1841 ~ Betzigau, Oberallgau, Bayern, Germany</div>
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Kresgang Haf ~ 3rd great grandmother to yours truly. </div>
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b 05 Jan 1895 ~ Daviess County, Owensboro, Kentucky</div>
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d 24 Jun 1966 ~ Jefferson County, Louisville, Kentucky</div>
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b 05 Jan 1905 ~ Breckindridge, Kentucky</div>
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d 27 Feb 1967 ~ Breckinridge, Kentucky</div>
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Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614538259404355973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367850639229156864.post-53986632970285736572016-10-03T16:20:00.000-07:002016-10-03T16:21:46.003-07:00Remembering My Uncles Birthday Today ~ <br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Today would have been my uncles Helmut and Adi's seventy-sixth birthday. I know they are celebrating with my mom, Oma and Opa in heaven . . . Happy Birthday to two very special uncles in my life who I miss so much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Me, with my twin uncles in Augsburg, Germany ~</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<br />Ginihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614538259404355973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367850639229156864.post-50565720530492068912016-07-21T06:00:00.000-07:002016-09-02T11:58:04.230-07:00In Loving Memory of Mom ~ <div style="text-align: center;">
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Elfriede Haf ~ Serafin </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Six years ago today, was a day that I didn't expect for a long time to come . . . especially since we had just lost my Oma, my mom's mom. It still doesn't seem like it's been six years since I lost my mom . . . my heart still feels that same ache and I miss her more than ever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do count my blessings everyday . . . I was blessed to have had such a wonderful, wise and loving mother and I have so many wonderful memories of a good life she made for us . . . thank you, mom . . . you live in my heart each and every day . . . we love and miss you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1913, <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70974064" target="_blank">Morgan Tabeling</a>, my paternal grand uncle, passed away from Cholera at only three months old . . . his twin sister, <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73648911" target="_blank">Mamie</a>, also passed away from Cholera, just nine days later. He is laid to rest in an unmarked grave at the Tarfork Cemetery in Breckinridge Co., Tarfork, KY.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Morgan's mother and father (<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73105474" target="_blank">my great-grandparents</a>), sister and infant sibling, have been buried in an unmarked grave for over 90 years, in the Cloverport Cemetery, in Cloverport, KY.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2015, my aunt and I discussed purchasing a headstone for the Tabeling family grave at the Cloverport Cemetery and including Mamie and her twin brother, Morgan's name even though they are both buried at the Tarfork Cemetery . . . Mamie and Morgan's name are now included and inscribed on this beautiful headstone that my cousin Jim, purchased in June of 2015, for the Tabeling family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In August of 2015, my family and I traveled to Kentucky to visit my aunt . . . we all took a trip to the Cloverport Cemetery to honor and have a little ceremony for the Tabeling family and their long overdue, headstone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rest in Peace little Morgan . . . Rest in Peace our Tabeling Family ~</span><br />
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On this day, six years ago, my maternal grandmother, <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53267532" target="_blank">Liselotte Haf née Kaiser-Saule</a>, (1913 ~ 2010), passed away peacefully in her sleep. Oma was 96 years old . . . she lived a long life.<br />
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Oma survived her city, Augsburg, being bombed and having to take her twin boys to a shelter while my mom was carted off to a farm outside the city for safety for several months. She raised three wonderful children and was there for my grandfather, <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65424605" target="_blank">Adalbert</a> (1907 ~ 1968) when he was shot in the shoulder while serving in the war.<br />
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How I wish I could sit and talk with her about all those experiences and learn more about her life . . . she is very missed but I know she is with my mom, <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55777110" target="_blank">Elfriede </a>(1933 ~ 2010) her twin sons, <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70690017" target="_blank">Helmut </a>(1940 ~ 1994) and <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70690186" target="_blank">Adi</a> (1940 ~ 2004), and my grandfather, doing what she did so well, taking care of her family . . . we love you Oma ~<br />
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Photo taken at my wedding reception on, Sept. 24, 1988, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Webb, my mother and father-in-law. My Oma was visiting from Augsburg, Germany, so we planned the wedding around her visit . . . what a blessing it was to have both Oma and my mom with me that day.<br />
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