tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57394127368825128972024-03-13T10:25:44.519-05:00Volga German HeritageOur Family Tree, Genealogy Touching 11 Generations, With History, Photographs, and MoreMyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-11959409951270038272015-06-09T17:35:00.002-05:002015-06-09T17:35:51.081-05:00World War II Letters Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Many readers have expressed how great Uncle Felix's manuscript The Villa Verde Trail is. With the help of my sister we have added a new page sharing his letters home and family pictures.This presents a whole different side in how Felix kept the war and his war related challenges away from family. He also repeatedly mentions how import letters from home were to him. If you haven't read it, go back and read his manuscript <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/our-war-hero.html">The Villa Verde Trail</a> first then go to World War II <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/world-war-ii-letters-more.html">Letters Home</a> for this hero's more personal side. You will never forget this reading experience.</span>MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-17168083277365861382015-05-31T14:01:00.004-05:002015-05-31T14:01:55.400-05:00World War II Philippines<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I'm honored to post my Uncle Felix Herrman's manuscript from 1975 on a page dedicated to his work. He notes his manuscript as, "An unaltered eyewitness account of one of many similar battles fought in the Second World War. This one in the Philippines, on the island of Luzon, in 1945." For his service he receive the Bronze Medal and other awards. The manuscript is posted in full as he wrote it with the exception of added some titles and pictures for reference. Please click for more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Please enjoy this important document as part of the Herrman side of my family heritage. Also, come back soon as I continue to post his letters home and the many photographs we have of Felix and family.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I also want to put a call out to my many cousins; it you have and old family photographs you would like included in our heritage please get a hold of my sister Sylvia or myself. We would love to share our amazing heritage with all. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click here for the manuscript; <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/our-war-hero.html">The Villa Verde Trail</a>.</span><br />
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MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-21682113305212928932015-05-15T19:53:00.002-05:002015-05-15T19:53:41.852-05:00New Page for Weber Family Stories <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Frank and Elizabeth Weber were my Great Grandparents on my mothers side, they came to the United States at age 16 and 14 on the same ship. It seemed they bonded a relationship on that journey that lead to marriage 9 years later and a very full and bountiful life. Their story and other Weber family stories will be presented on the <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/weber-family-stories.html">Weber Family Story</a> page. Please check it out. </span>MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-86889074700701359592015-05-04T19:13:00.000-05:002015-05-05T15:52:01.144-05:00Immigration to the United States<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Immigration to the United States for the Volga German families was a very difficult time. Please check out the link to a page dedicated to the time frame when the Basgall family immigrated to the states. For the Basgall's it was the families of 3 brothers that made the trip. However, two of the brothers had passed away in Russia before the families were underway. The family leadership would have came from the remaining brother John Basgall. Well; that's all I'm going to give you for now, so click this link to check it out, <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/basgall-family-imigration-years.html">Immigration to the United States</a>. </span>MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-48259545922565336902015-04-28T17:12:00.000-05:002015-04-29T20:19:26.177-05:00Chapter 4 Jann Baptist Pasqual Legacy<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Chapter 4 of the Jann Baptist Pasqual (Basgall) Legacy has been posted. Read the historic account of this grand story teller as he traveled from war torn Europe in 1793, after the 7 Years War. Learn how he and many other European decedents accepted Catherine the Great's offer to go to the Volga River area of Russia and start a new life. Learn what his trip would have been like as he traveled to this new land. Learn about his Russia maiden, that together formed the oldest generation of the Basgall Heritage. Click here for the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/the-first-generation-basgall.html">John Baptist Pasqual Basgall Legacy</a> link.</span>MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-37669590954218771562015-04-22T17:36:00.002-05:002015-04-23T15:52:18.239-05:00Uncle Felix Herrman – World War II Hero<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uncle Felix Herrman</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was the younger brother to by mother Frances Herrman</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Growing up I
often heard the family talking about the troubles Felix was having with health
issues, but never really understand what they were saying. They never came out and discussed it directly. At that time, no one talked about the affect war had on young men, it was considered taboo.</span><br />
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several months after his death, when my sister shared a manuscript of
his involvement in World War II, South Pacific, that I actually learned the events that shaped this
quiet gentle man. Once I started reading, I was hooked and spent the night going through it. He was a combat harden war hero, at a very young age and not a word was every spoken about what he did for his country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Uncle Felix and my
mother were part of a large family that grew up on a farm in Western Kansas.
They were 2 miles east and 3 miles north of the small town of Liebenthal,
Kansas. Felix was the 2cd youngest in the family with; Harry, Louise, Hilda, Lorene, Isbella, Joann, Frances and Jerome. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I doubt that Felix
was able to travel much further than Lacrosse (County Seat) to the south or
Hayes to the north. Especially, up to the time he went off to war. It's safe
to say, this would have been a journey beyond anything he could have dreamed. Imagine what this farm boy from Rush County Kansas was thinking, as he went off to war, at the young age of 19?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I think he was
called to the war by draft but haven’t been able to verify that. How wide would his eyes have been as he went through this
horrifying experience?</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> How scared must he have been with men young and old dying all around him? This is his
account of the battles he experienced as a rifleman in the 32 Division Ground
Infantry. Experiences that would come back to haunt him for the remainder of his life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Over the next few
weeks I will be working hard to share his story, just as he wrote it. We also
have letters he sent back to his mother and a few photographs of his war days we will add on at the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It is with great
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MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-37568030994851800102015-04-21T19:56:00.003-05:002015-04-22T17:40:23.797-05:00Finding a Great Great Grandmother<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a difficult find and one that almost didn't happen. It was on our third trip to Holy Cross Cemetery that my sister and I found this very special marker. We originally figured she had a wooden marker and her actual site marker was lost forever, until it all fell into place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The stone is marked "Mother, Lissie Urban, Daughter of Fisher". That is my Great Great Grandmother Elizabeth Basgall. Daughter of Johannas Fischer Born 1806. Elizabeth was Born in 1835 in Rothammel, Russia. She married Joseph Basgall in 1854 in Rothammel. However, just before it was time to leave Russia, Joseph passed away, March 24, 1876. Elizabeth took her 3 sons and 2 daughters and continued on the journey to the United States with Brother In-Law John Basgall. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This is <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/cematery-sites.html">Lissie Fisher Basgall's</a> marker and most fittingly it is labeled "Mother". At the time of her death she was the wife of George Urban. Using her former Basgall name would not be appropriate, so they did something special, just for her. She never had children with George. Her kids left us just enough to find her resting site. They also, acknowledged just how special "Mother". It was as if they new someday we would come looking. Come back soon as we share the full store of her families immigration to the states. </span>MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-26923560256405074782015-04-19T14:24:00.003-05:002015-04-21T18:47:10.977-05:00St. Mary's Parish Loretto Kansas<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">St. Mary's Parish of Loretto Kansas was established in 1912. It's kind of an unusual story for a parish because of how it came about. Originally the members of St. Mary's Parish were from Holy Cross Parish. However, when the elders of that parish got together and changed the name of the town from Holy Cross to Pfeifer, as their village in Russia was, the proud members that came from Kamenka & Rothammel, Saratov, Volga, Russia were put out. Click below for more!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> As a result the feud went on for awhile. Finally the bitter debate came to a head with the building a new church. The cost and overwhelming size of the church became the last straw. The Rothammel and Kamenka group had to go all the way to the Pope for permission to creation a new Parish. I'm pretty sure he didn't get the whole scoop. Need more? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The new St. Mary's Church in Loretto, Kansas was named after the immigrants church back in Kamenka. Loretto was known for their marching band and baseball in the early 1900's. The church in Loretto was very similar to pictures of churches in the small villages of Russia where the immigrants traveled from. Check out the attach link to get a great <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jackiej/sets/72157622561129200">Picture View of St Mary's Parish</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Every once in while you have an awesome find when doing genealogy. For me it happen one afternoon while I was working to take down the original church rectory from St. Mary's Parish. Hidden in the back walls, most likely fell behind the wall, was the original St. Mary's Parish Record Book. This awesome gem of a find is being posted on the <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/loretto-kansas-st-marys.html">St. Mary's Page</a> of this blog to share with all of you that may be looking for ancestry that originate in Loretto, Kansas. Also, you may want to check out the page on Cemetery Sites. We will be added as much as we can work into the blog. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Good luck on your search for ancestors!</span>MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-55726567362369587762015-04-15T18:42:00.001-05:002015-04-28T16:44:33.902-05:00Chapter 3 Jann Baptist Basgall<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chapter 3 is out on the Basgall Stories Page. This chapter depicts the meeting between Jann and Stepanida, his future Russian Bride. When I got my DNA analysis back from Ancestry.Com you could clearly see the portion that she represents in me. It's awesome to have that kind of linkage back to specific ancestors. I'll share more on this later. For now you need to click the link to <span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>John Baptist Pasqual Basgall Legacy</u></span>. Enjoy! </span>MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-79212780319571192382015-04-13T18:55:00.001-05:002015-04-13T18:55:28.755-05:00Cemetery Sites<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--pl-MI234ic/VSxTgPgAG_I/AAAAAAAABfE/0R9AyAg444U/s1600/Lorenco%2BHerrman%2BStone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--pl-MI234ic/VSxTgPgAG_I/AAAAAAAABfE/0R9AyAg444U/s1600/Lorenco%2BHerrman%2BStone.jpg" height="200" width="150" /></a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Cemetery Sites can provide a lot of information about your ancestors. However, they can be very hard to find. My sister and I went out one weekend to find as many ancestor's cemetery sites as we could. The weekend trip took us to 8 cemetery's and our find was amazing. We were surprised at the number of Great Great and Great Great Great Grandparents we found. Even though the family tree showed they journeyed to the the states it didn't register until we took the trip and actually visited with them. Well, not really with them but with their sites. Over the next few weeks we'll be posting our photographs to share with you. Check out the link to <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/cematery-sites.html">Cemetery Sites Page</a>.</span>MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-1979648961277594872015-04-12T20:42:00.000-05:002015-04-12T20:42:13.064-05:00Jann Baptist Pasqual (Basgall)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chapter 2 of the Historical Account of Jann Baptist Pasqual (Basgall) life has been posted on the Basgall Stories Page. Check out how Jann would have traveled from central Europe to his new world and romance in Russia.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Link to <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/the-first-generation-basgall.html#Chapter 2">Chapter 2 - Jann Baptist Pasqual (Basgall) - Leaves Europe</a> for the next stage of this remarkable mans life. </span>MyCarbBusterJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08273444372075425862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739412736882512897.post-46167207541231301122015-04-05T19:37:00.002-05:002015-04-21T16:15:49.841-05:00Frances Basgall (Herrman)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every family tree needs to have a tribute to Mom. Following is my tribute to my Mother. A mother is always there for you. She is someone you can lean on when times get rough. Please help me pay tribute to my mother <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/herrman.html">Frances Basgall Herrman</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The Basgall bloodline is very unique. It’s unique because it starts with the union
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Together by invitation of Catherine the Great
they traveled to the wilderness of the Volga River Region of Russia and started
an Ancestry that is now 11 generations and growing. This union of a French man and a Soviet woman
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Immigration that started to Russia around 1765 and 100 years latter expanded to
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> As we work together to document the Legacy of Jean Baptist Pasqual
(Basgall) and Stephanida Ivanova I hope we can share how a French man and
Russian women became entangled in Volga German Heritage. May this Web Page become the gathering place
for Basgall’s from around the world? Chapter 1 is now on the <a href="http://www.volgagermanheritage.com/p/the-first-generation-basgall.html">Basgall Page</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> This is a very special day for me. Not only
am I turning 59 years young today </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I’m also kicking off this new blog site to
share information that my sister and I have compiled over the years. Ever since
my folks passed away I had a need to understand my ancestry. It’s been a great
adventure that starts in Europe, around the time of the 7 Years War, in the mid
1700’s. From there, our clan traveled to the Volga River Region of Russia for
another 100 years before making the immigration journey to the United States
around 1870. We found cousins in Argentina, Siberia and parts of Europe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Just image the courage it took for these
families to travel across nations. They first traveled from the despair of post
war times in Europe to uncertainty of new lands and broken promises in Russia.
Then, the adventure of a new land and difficulties brought on with language
barriers and lack of resources they experienced coming to the United States.
Close family left behind in Russia were lost to persecution, death and
seclusion in Siberia. It’s amazing what the Volga German Immigrants endured for
future generations, I am so thankful for being a descendant of theirs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> I hope you come back often as we share the
Volga German Heritage that is built around 7 generations of families. We will
be presenting their; stories, communities, traditions and the methods we used
to gather our information. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> This work builds on the countless efforts of
people before us that researched and assembled their notes just as we are
taking on today. There are many groups and societies compiling and sharing
their work on the Volga German Heritage. We will do everything we can to link
you to these sites. We hope they can provide valuable information as you learn
more about this great group of people. Hopefully,
this site will also be a source of information as you continue your genealogy research
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> Doing the math, seven generations come out
to researching 128 family names. Most of which we have already complied for you
and will be sharing soon. That’s 7 Generations of Grandparents. I hope we found
one of them ties us together as distant cousins. We will start by presenting
the pedigree information that brings our family trees together. Much of this is
available on line, checking out ship records and census & church records
from around the world. We will also share our visits to cemeteries as we try to
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hope, if you are visiting this site, it’s because we are cousins and share the
same amazing Volga German Heritage. If so, please drop us a comment once in a
while so we can compare notes, stories and pictures of our proud and determined
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