Genealogists are often writing letters to solve family mysteries. Sometimes, things turn out wonderfully with new answers. Other time, there isn’t even a response. In 1973, Shirley Stiehm Albrecht started one of those quests. Looking for family history from back in Germany. I don’t know if Shirley received more letters or information, but she did […]
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Stiehms in Early Wisconsin
William and Anna (Ton) Stiehm where natives of Wattenburg, Germany. They came to the United States in 1852 and settled on a farm of 40 acres in Jefferson County. It was necessary to cut down the standing timber in order to make room for the log cabin, so thickly was the ground covered with a […]
Read MoreStiehms, Johnson Creek and Campfire Girls
Doug Becker came across this interesting 1927 cover addressed to Mary Stiehm. There was no letter in it. It also is a good example of an advertising cover from 1927 for Fred Mansfield Co. of Johnson Creek. Thought you would like to see a bit of family history and Johnson Creek History. I was not […]
Read MoreHeinrich Stiehm Home
One of the highlights of the walking tour of Johnson Creek at the 2007 reunion was the visit to the home of Lloyd Schultz. The home (above, in Johnson Creek) may once have been owned by Henry (Heinrich) Stiehm, Wilhelm’s grandson. Lloyd Schultz owns the home and is very knowledgeable about the home. But no […]
Read MoreCemeteries can Provide Answers . . . and Questions
With the family deciding to restore the headstones of Friedrich and Wilhelmine Stiehm, the importance of headstones as a genealogical record is documented. A website, Find-A-Grave, provides an opportunity to search over 22 million cemetery records in search of, or in honor of, your ancestors. The site provides pictures of many of the headstones. As […]
Read MorePondering a Plot in the Old Crik
By E. Richard StiehmFebruary 21, 2009 Wisconsin State Journal On the first day of my pediatric residency in New York, my Ivy League roommate asked me where I was from. When I told him “Wisconsin,” he pondered that and asked, “So your father must be a gentleman of the soil?””No,” I said, “My father wasn’t […]
Read MoreNebraska’s First Tie to the Big 10
Dr E.R. Stiehm sent me the following links to articles about our family member — Jumbo Stiehm. In the email accompaying the links, the author says:“The second article confirms two things about Nebraska: 1] we’re smart [more academic all-americans than any other school 2] we’re cheap……… your uncle’s request for a $750 pay raise astounded […]
Read MoreStiehms put Noodles in the Geese and Watertown on the Map
The Watertown High School athletic teams are know as the Goslings. Why? The choice was not a random one. For over 60 years ending about 1970, Watertown was known as a purveyor of noodled geese. Some may be familiar with foie gras, hand feed and fattened goose liver. Noodling is a similar process. “Noodling geese is […]
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compiled by Ken Sajdak
Read MorePatrick Stiehm’s 23andMe Report
Patrick Stiehm, of the Minnesota Stiehms and 5th Great Grandson of Carl Stiehm, had his DNA anayzed by 23andMe. He graciously shared the report, (below) Karen Stiehm Malone told us how Stiehm family DNA fits into a global DNA sampling research project of the National Geographic and IBM that collects and analyzes DNA from people […]
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