Frank C. Shipman - Yearbook University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1941

 

 

Frank C. Shipman & Delbert E. Shipman

The saddest part of doing family research is looking for those members who have died for our country. My great aunt lost her first husband, Capt Frank C. Shipman, during WWII.  He was killed in action during the Salerno Landing and the battle for Monte Cassino, ranked as one of the finest feats of arms carried out by any soldiers during the war. In return they sustained losses of about 80%. Frank was among the losses and is buried there in Italy. I hope to someday learn which cemetery he is buried in. Shortly after they were married he shipped out.  Her first husband's bother, PFC Delbert Eugene Shipman, also died during WWII. The Shipman family lost two sons. I have just begun to search for information on Frank and I am coming accross information on Delbert at the same time.  My heart breaks for my great aunt. While they are not directly related to me I feel a strong urge to tell their story as I uncover it. I don't wish for them to be forgotten in time. I want to be the storyteller for them too. The first step was to build a memorial for the both of them on Find A Grave and add them to my tree on Ancestry.com. They will continue to grow as I find more information along my journey to tell the story of those that have preceeded us. Love and Hugs to my great aunt who is still with us.

Frank: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77115437

Delbert:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=223392&GRid=77116277&


These are still a work in progress.

Margarite Rose (Blish) Mallette Rash

My Great Grandmother Margarite Rose (Blish) Mallette Rash.

A month before my mother died, she finally got to see what her grandmother on her father's side looked liked.

Katherine Elizabeth (Vogel) Blum & Jacob Weigandt

My Great Grandfather and his second wife (sister to his first wife)

1946, Lincoln Nebr

Jacob Vogel (1894 - 1977)

Katherine Elizabeth (Vogel) Blum Weigandt (1896-1967)

[Katherine married Jacob after the death of Mary, her sister, and after she had divorced her first husband, Johann "George" Blum, for adultry]

Katherine Ruth (Graham) & Albert Weigandt 1947

My Grandparents

1947, Lincoln Nebr

Katherine Ruth Graham (1921-1990)

Albert Weigandt (1916 - 1957)

Cullimore

Our Cullimore line stems from the Cullimores of Portsmouth/Portsea, Hampshire, England. The family tree starts with three brothers that came to America. It is believed that two traveled on the same ship and a younger brother came at a later date based on his marriage information in Portsea. I found a clue earlier today that may help me further research this limb of our tree in England. Not an easy task since Cullimore is as common as Smith is here in the United States, but not all that common in 1700s Portsea. I have found a George Cullimore, also working in the dockyards as my relative William and his brother John did. Can this be their father? To further investigate this I will need to pay for a researcher at the National Archives in Portsmouth. Keep your fingers crossed and say a few prayers!

 

With the help of his dad, Jacob, my grandfather built this house in Lincoln, Nebraska. The family lived in the basement while the upper half was being finished.

Elvira "Grace" Graham Roberts - Mother at 71?

It seems that a person, or several persons, have posted on various websites and Ancestry.com that Elvira and Felix had a daughter, Rosanne Roberts, born Sept 1934, died Sept 1934 and is buried in Ridge Mill, Custer, Oklahoma, Sept 1934. I find this hard to believe as that would put Felix at about 77 years of age and Elvira at about 71. She was 41 when she gave birth to Norva B. Roberts. He lived 1904-1958.

The Vogels

The Vogels approximately 1911.

Front, L-R: Mary Vogel, Maria Buxman Vogel (wife to Henry Vogel), Henry Vogel, Jr on lap, Amelia Vogel (daughter to Maria and Henry Vogel), Jacob Vogel, Charlotte Vogel, Pauline Vogel on lap.

Back, L-R: Anna Katherine Vogel, Henry Vogel, Katerina "Katie" Vogel, Amalia "Molie" Vogel, Katherine Vogel. [There is one Vogel child missing from the picture, Charlotte Vogel and it is not known why at this time why she was not in the picture as she was alive when it was taken.]

My Great Great Grandmother Charlotte Sommer Vogel, approximately 1911. On Charlotte's lap is Pauline Vogel (b. 1908), youngest child of Jacob and Charlotte Vogel.

Jacob Vogel (1858 - 1918)

My Great Great Grandfather Jacob Vogel, approximately 1911. 

Katherine Vogel Blum Weigandt (1896-1967)

Katherine Vogel Blum Weigandt, approximately 1911. After visiting her family in Lincoln, Nebr, Katherine returned home to her first husband to find another woman's earring in her bed. She divorced Johann "George" Blum in Aug 1922. When her sister, Mary Vogel Weigandt, died, Katherine married Jacob Weigandt and lovingly raised my grandfather and great aunt. They never had children of their own, but there was a great love between Jacob and Katherine and they lived a happy life together.

Mary Vogel Weigandt (1898-1922)

This is a picture of my Great Grandmother Mary Vogel Weigandt. This is from a photo shortly after the family arrived in the US from Russia. It is estimated to be 1910.

"We Are The Chosen" by Della M. Cumming -

“My feelings are in each family we are called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again. To tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. We have been called as it were by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors you have a wonderful family, you would be proud of us? How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say. It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who I am and why I do the things I do? It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up. Their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation. It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are them and they are us. So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation, to answer the call and take their place in the long line of family storytellers. That is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and put flesh on the bones.”