Remembering Our Ancestors: Johanna Agnes Clemens

Last Monday 68 years ago, our (2nd) great-grandmother Johanna von Hinten passed away in Minden, Germany.

Remembering Our Ancestors: Jupp Kappius

Today we remember my father Jupp, whose family relations were a closed book for us for a long time.

Our Own Dear John Ronald: Yours Ever, G.B.S.

"By 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead."

Remembering Our Ancestors: Anna von Hinten

It would have been our (great-)grandmother 105th birthday this week.

Our Own Dear John Ronald: Our Time

"I cordially dislike allegory (...). I much prefer history, true or feigned, with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of the reader."

Remembering Our Ancestors: Franz von Hinten

140 years ago yesterday, our great-grandfather (and 2nd great-grandfather) Franz von Hinten was born.

Remembering Our Ancestors: Sergeant Wade Ernest Mulford

Great-great-uncle Wade, Mattie Mulford's brother, died on this day in 1918 at the age of 28 and a day in the Battle of Château-Thierry.

Remembering Our Ancestors: Josef Lingemann

Today we remember my paternal great-grandfather, last seen alive on the West Front in late 1915.