Many thanks to Bjorn and Karl for their efforts to help me put together my
father's family in Germany. I do have quite a bit of information on Carl
Pappe in the USA but had nothing on him in Germany until recent years.
I did get some information also from the IGI and from list members, however
I did not trust that this family was indeed my father's family because of
three discrepancies:
1-
The spelling of the surname Pappe/Pape
2-
The mother's name being Anna
Margaretha instead of Katherina/Katherine as noted on death
certificate of Carl.
3- The year of birth: some documents matched the 1844 birth year
but other documents showed 1850 and/or 1853.
I have a photograph of Carl that was taken in late 1894 or very early in
1895 and he sure does not look to be 50years old which if born in 1844 he would
be. My Grandmother and their 5 children are also in the photo. My father was
just 2years old and my aunt, Katherine Elizabeth was just an infant of a few
months being born in August 1894.
I have been searching now for about 3years and have not found a family that
would seem to have any more positive connections, therefor I am about to
declare that this family is in fact my family.
Now, on to the next search which would be the wife of Carl Friedrich Wilhelm
Pape. According to IGI she was: Christine Wilhelmine Eleonore Vogt from
Lerbeck: Her father was Johann Heinrich Vogt and mother Katharine Leonore
Kuhlmann. I would like to find out when she died and where she died. Also if she
came to USA with Carl. Carl married my Grandmother here in USA in April 1887or
8. So I feel that he had a family before he married my Grandmother. I would
like to find them and to know of any children of that marriage.
Can any one of you folks out there help me with this? Thanks to you if you
can and I will be very grateful to find out this information.
I tried to find "The Strahnm" at Google but did not get much. It was too
late for me to keep looking. Will try again soon.
Can you send me a copy of the Photo that was in the Lerbeck Chronicle of the
Strahnm? That would put the icing on the cake for me for sure.
Again my wholehearted thanks to everyone out there on this list that has
contributed information to my search.
God Bless you all.