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Eminent Chinese Of The Ch’ing (Qing) Period (1943), Arthur W. Hummel
My grandfather, Dr. Arthur W. Hummel, edited the Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period biographical dictionary. This landmark book drew together scholars from all over the world to collaborate on this important work. The editor of the book Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period is my grandfather, Dr. Arthur W. Hummel. But he did not…
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What Does the Royal Title Baron Mean in Scotland?
I have a 5th Great Grandfather, Baron James Johnston who was a Baron in Scotland before this family lost his land and titles. If you have a Scottish Baron in your family history it is interesting to know a bit more about what the Royal title Baron means in Scotland,. In Scotland, the title of…
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Why Do So Many Swedish Last Names End in Son?
When you are doing Swedish genealogy you will quickly notice that so many last names end in “son.” It can make the Swedish genealogical research seem a bit confusing. Many Swedish last names have the ending of “son or “sson” as they are patronymic names. When doing your Swedish family history research, one of the…
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3 Things You Discover By Doing Your Family History
When you start on the journey to discover your family history, there are many wonderful things you can learn and discover through the discovery of your family and their history. By researching your family history, you can learn about new family members you did not know about. You will learn about the place where your…
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Johann Gottlieb Hummel, His Life and Story
One descendant we all have in common is Johann Gottlieb Hummel. According to his Probate Court Records, he went by Gottlieb Hummel, sometimes spelled Gottlob. He was born in Erdmannhausen, Württemberg, Germany in 1829. The city of Erdmannhausen is in the southwestern state of Germany in present day Baden-Württemberg. Part of the state of Baden-Württemberg borders on…
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Marie (Mary) Strecker Hummel, Her Life and Story
Marie (Mary) Magelena Strecker Hummel was a widow at the age of 40, having been married only 12 short years. At the time of Gottlieb’s death in 1868, they had three living children ages 7, 5 and 2 years old with an unborn son who would be born 7 months after his father’s death. Can you…
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Christian Gottlob Hummel, Son of Mary And Gottlieb
Mary and Gottlieb had a son named Christian Gottlob Hummel who died in Germany before they came to the United States. We found the records of their infant son Christian Hummel, as we were preparing for this family reunion. I had gone on Ancestry.com to look at some additional information and records and stubbled across the records of Christian…
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A Preacher, Artist, Doctor and Farmer
Gottlieb and Mary Hummel’s children all chose very different paths in life. One was a preacher, one was a doctor—who liked to boil up a corpse in his spare time—another an artist, while one chose to be a farmer. All traveled various paths, but all came from the same origin: the Hummel family. At this year’s Hummel…