German Heritage
Venture into our array of blog pieces dedicated to digging deep into German family history, establishing ties between generations in Germany and the United States, and launching into exploring German family history research.
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A History of The Kingdom of Württemberg – Germany
The Hummel Family is originally from present-day Baden- Württemberg, Germany. This area of Germany is the former Kingdom of Württemberg. The Kingdom of Württemberg existed from 1805 to 1918. The Kingdom had four different Kings. Though the Kingdom of Württemberg is now part of present-day Germany, during its existence, the alliances of the Kingdom changed.…
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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…