I have followed all of the names from the bible (Stoppel / Szepanek /
Gephart / Wilson) as far as I could and don't find a relation to my
family (Krueger / Kuhlow) from Mecklenburg who immigrated to
Detroit. It's possible they were just family friends but it's odd
to have an 8" x 10" photo of Albertina Stoppel in our collection.
Here is a copy of her picture.
For you German natives....could you tell me if the Breitenfield is any
where near E. Hanover? I also have family from that area (Klug)
"Breitenfeld" is found in following areas in Germany:
Breitenfeld in Saxony Anhalt.
Breitenfeld in Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Breitenfeld as part of the town Leipzig in Saxony.
Breitenfeld Saxony- Vogtland
I am almost positive that there are even more and thn there is the problem with the spelling.
Besides Breitenfeld there is also a place called Breitenfelde near Hamburg. And there are places called Breitfeld,too.
It's kind of tough to tell which one is the correct place.
Are there any German written papers with the Bible?
Have you looked through ancestry.com yet ?
Both names Stoppel / Szepanek are mentioned there (1920 Census etc)
Yes, I have looked at everything I could in Ancestry.com and also the
Mormon's website. I have found Albertina Szepanek and Olga
Szepanek in the 1910 census living in Lansing. That was two years
before Albertina died and before Olga married. That is where I am
getting their birth dates. However after that I don't find any
record of Olga H. Gephart (her married name). I do find an Olga H.
Wilson in a death record on Ancestry.com She called herself Olga
H. Wilson in the 1930's from handwritten notes I've found.
According to that death record Olga H. Wilson was born in 1893 and
died in May 1979 in Detroit. If I could find an obituary in the
archives of the Detroit Free Press then perhaps survivors would be
mentioned. I have looked online and the Detroit Free Press only
has records dating back to 1982. I wonder if I would find the
obituary going to a library and finding it on microfilm? I am in
Florida and don't know if all libraries would carry archives of the
Detroit Free Press.