About 150 years ago, an entrepreneur in Hannover decided to bring a load of
trade goods to Wisconsin. The enterprise was not sufficiently successful for
the entrepreneur to pay return fare for his employees, one of whom was a
FEHLIG, presumably from Harsum. So, they became accidental immigrants. In
America, Fehlig used the name FAHLEY.
In 1867, following his being on the losing side at the Battle of
Langensalsa, my great-grandfather, Capt. Conrad Theodore Fehlig, emigrated
to St. Louis. He maintained contact with his cousins in Wisconsin. Several
of the Fahleys came to St. Louis in 1904 for the World's Fair and stayed
with Great-Grandpa and his family. (I have his diary for that year.) Conrad
and his brother, Frank, began the Fehlig Brothers Box and Lumber Company,
which is still in the family. Early on, Frank sold his share to Conrad and
began a successful construction company.
Conrad's son, Clemens Fehlig, became a priest, and one of the Fahleys came
to St. Louis to be his housekeeper. Later, Fr. Fehlig's widowed mother,
Wilhelmine HEUMANN, from S�hlde, lived in the rectory.
Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks
Hi Bob:
I had a very good grade school friend Bob Fehlig. They lived on Kirkham near
Berry Rd. in Webster/Glendale. Large family - large house. We both went to
CBC. He'd be 58 years old.
Gary Stoltman
Did you know my brother-in-law, Paul Bokel, born Jun 1938, at CBC?
My Bob Fehlig, son of Paul (who died in 1999), married Mary Ann, is 59 and
has three offspring.
We buried Gene, the last of his uncles, in 2002. I visited gene in Arizona
in 2000.
Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks
Hi Bob:
<<Did you know my brother-in-law, Paul Bokel, born Jun 1938, at CBC?>>
No, Paul would have been a little bit ahead of me. My father was ' 34.
<<My Bob Fehlig, son of Paul (who died in 1999), married Mary Ann, is 59 and
has three offspring.>>
I don't remember his Dad well. Lost track of the redhead after CBC. Sure
sounds like it could be him. Lots of kids in the family. Seemed like there
was a Fehlig in every grade at Mary Queen of Peace. He was a truly funny
guy. I remember one night, while sleeping over, I got up to go to the
bathroom and made a wrong turn and tumbled all the way down the steps
leading to the kitchen. If you have his e-mail address, maybe you could
forward - I'm sure he'd remember my name.
This must be the 3rd or 4th coincidence between our families. If we're
around long enough, maybe we'll find that we are related!
Gary Stoltman
Mercerville, NJ