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Re: Pearl Grunkemyer Burwell, Nebraska

1_lavonnet — 2012-01-15 03:58:15Z

Hi, I am the oldest granddaughter of Ferd. I am pretty sure that he and his brother Art started the Burwell Livestock market. My parents were Cecil and Irma Shafer Butts. Both my sisters have passed. Madelon Petersen & Janice Craven & my little brother Herky (Leonard Dale). Grampa Butts' mother lived with them for a while when I was in high school. They had moved to town by then. We called her Ma. I'm pretty sure her name was Martha. I remember hearing how her husband died trying to jump off the train down by the Goodenow's place. I even have the article from the paper somewhere. LaVonne

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

janetcook20071 — 2011-11-21 00:50:01Z

My grandfather was August Grunkemeier.. I think the one
you mentioned. My son, David, has a four-year-old named
after him: David August Grunkemeier.

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

janetcook20071 — 2011-11-21 00:49:52Z

My grandfather was August Grunkemeier.. I think the one
you mentioned. My son, David, has a four-year-old named
after him: David August Grunkemeier.

Carl Grunkemeyer

jsprls9 — 2011-02-08 02:10:34Z

I am looking for any information on Carl Grunkemeyer b. 1887, 1920 Census had him in Garfield NE. He married an Alice Jenkins. They are my children's Great-Great Grandparents on my husbands side. My mother-in-law (a Grunkemeyer) is also very curious to find out about her family as well. She grew up in Colorado, but knows that Carl was from NE. Wondering if this is the same Carl related to Marly Grunkemeyer.

Re: Pearl Grunkemyer Burwell, Nebraska

whitehartforge — 2009-02-26 20:44:09Z

Dear Sir,
My Husband and I are blacksmiths who own and operate an ornamental Ironworks in Portland, Oregon. We own a piece of forging equipment known as a Little Giant Hammer, a tool used for forging. We recently discovered that our Little Giant hammer was first purchased by a Mr. Grunkemeyer of Burwell Nebraska back in 1920. The hammer was a wedding gift to us, and an invaluable item in our shop, in use every day. When we had the spring break(the original) My husband called the parts dealer who has all the original records from the company, and he told us who had owned it so long ago. We are also thrilled to know the name of the smith who first purchased this tool. It was bought for us by my parents near Ainsley Neb.
We are both curious if you have found any Grunkemeyers who were blacksmiths in Burwell? Both my husband and I are German Americans, and find this pretty neat!
Thank you for your time,
Sincerely, Heidi and Dan Klug

Re: grunkemeir, grunkemeyer, grinkemeyer

MargieHDatz — 2008-11-11 22:01:33Z

Thank you. Now I know that meyer is the preferred ending for my family's name since they came from Hanover.
Any other places that I can learn more about German surnames?

Re: grunkemeir, grunkemeyer, grinkemeyer

konniq1 — 2008-03-05 21:19:51Z

The surname "Grünkemeyer" has two syllables: "Grünke" (Umlaut: two dots over the u, in English: ue) and "Meyer". There is Grünke in different versions like Greunke, Grönke, Gröne etc. It is the derivation of "green". Meyer is not a americanized form of Meier. It gives the name in Germany in different forms like Mayer, Maier (Bavaria); Meier, Meyer (Westphalia, Hanover) etc. Originally the Meyer was the representative of the nobleman; in order to manage his estate (Farm, Forest). Later also an lessee of a farm, land or forest.

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

DenverPayne — 2007-11-22 17:50:04Z

I have MSN Messenger and Hotmail.Both are DenverPayne@hotmail.com,also I have a My Space ppage where i have a lot of my family pictures posted http://www.myspace.com/runaway59.Im so happy to hear fom you today.Happy Thanksgiving.

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

llcnme — 2007-11-22 17:41:56Z

Kristi, if you have yahoo messenger or msn messenger I can add you to my list until your move is made. Aunt Nikki

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

DenverPayne — 2007-11-22 16:58:41Z

Aunt Nikki...Oh my gosh,I am thrilled.Yes,we have much to talk about. I am in the process of moving (I just bought a new house) so I dont have my phone hooked up yet.E-mail will have to do for now.But I should have my phone in by December 1st and I will send you my number. To finally have found someone who knew my father well,is a miracle.Cant wait to hear from you again.Thank You. Kristi

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

DenverPayne — 2007-11-22 16:58:34Z

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

llcnme — 2007-11-22 16:49:40Z

Kristi, I was on internet this morning at 3 a.m. winding down from my day of work checking e-mail and seen your message. I am so excited to have found you. We have so much to talk about. I will send you an e-mail at your e-mail address as well as this post. Please let me know that you recieved this message. Sincerely, Aunt Nikki

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

DenverPayne — 2007-11-22 06:38:04Z

I am so happy to hear from you.It looks like a year since you posted.Hope you check back in.Im so dissapointed I never got a chance to speak with my father before his passing. I never would have known,but I wrote him a letter and my half brothers wife phoned me to tell me he had died the year before.Would love any inforation about my father and his family.You can contact me at DenverPayne@hotmail.com.By the way I have a 2 sons and 2 daughters,3 Grandsons and a Grandaughter.

Re: Pearl Grunkemyer Burwell, Nebraska

metaltatorchip — 2007-04-04 04:21:08Z

oh one other thing in this link
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:IInsZIR_AvUJ:www.rootsw...

carl was refered to as bump grunkemyer. the jack and jill grocery store that was built later in 1967? is still here in town. it was richard banks and grunkemeyer in the cornerstone. it is now an affiliated foods grocery store. they were known for their meats. it also appears that carl did auctioneering.....

Re: Pearl Grunkemyer Burwell, Nebraska

metaltatorchip — 2007-04-04 04:15:09Z

hi my name is martin butts. i am from burwell. james martin was my grand father.(flournoy) was refered to as ferd. my fathers name was james leo. grunkemyer and butts (my grand father) were at one point in real estate. they called themselves "the land men"
here is one link
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:1XtVL2OhmRgJ:www.rootsw...
the reason i know what they went by for name is a small scrap of paper i found last year by accident that was almost ready to blow away in the old buggy shed.
here is a link i found just now.
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:mS9iF8EJAtYJ:prairieblu...
if i am not mistaken it would be martha angeline witham.......for her maiden name.
here is a link listing her in valley county
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:1XtVL2OhmRgJ:www.rootsw...

my mother is the expert on the family. she was a piskorski that married a butts.
if u wud like perhaps i cud get my mom to talk to you and i could also see if there was anything else i cud add. let me know.... martin
oh btw there was also leonard butts another brother.

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

2006-11-10 16:12:11Z

Krisit,
I have been trying to find you and haveing no luck, so hope at some point you check back into this web-site or hopefully someone on here might know something about how to get ahold of you. Your Dad is my Brother and your Grandmother my Mother. If you get this please get ahold of me as i have much i can help you with.
Sincerely,
Nikki

Re: grunkemeir, grunkemeyer, grinkemeyer

MargieHDatz — 2006-10-23 21:06:44Z

where is the family from? My family with the grunkemeyer/grinkemeyer, etc name is from Franklin County Indiana. My g-grandmother was Anna Grunkemeyer and had a brother by the name of Joseph with a father named John and grandfather of Henry. Take a look at the Rootsweb site for Franklin County. It has censuses for various decades. Its census index of 1870 has the family mispelled with a K. Let me know if this family sounds like yours. I have a handwritten copy of a obituary of Mary, wife of John.
On a side, still trying to find out the relationship between John and a Theodore Grunkemeyer. Also was this name originally with a German umlaut? Could explain the different spellings in English since the German sound is different from sounds in English

Re: GRUNKEMEIER

2006-10-07 04:10:55Z

Please update your email address, kristap40@aol.com does not work. My mother, Nikki Clark (Grunkemeyer) would really love to hear from you. She is Marlys sister!

Re: GRUNKEMEIER

2006-09-22 02:37:40Z

Kristi,
Iam Marly's sister Nikki . Would like to hear from you. Hope you are still checking this site. would love to hear from anyone from the Grunkemeyer family. My mother and Marly's mother would be the one you have been told you look like.

Re: Grunkemeyer

2006-09-21 23:27:36Z

To all Grunkemeyer ancestors: Marly Grunkemeyer is my brother. He passed away in 1996. I am anxious to hear from some of my ancestors. i would like to hear from Charlotte. Njkkj

Re: Grunkemeier

2005-06-03 00:48:48Z

Hello Uwe,

I believe we spoke before. Could you contact me at my email so we can chat a little about the family?

Thanks,
David

Re: Pearl Grunkemyer Burwell, Nebraska

2005-06-03 00:45:27Z

Hey Pearl,

Can't answer your question, but you and I are related. I have done a fair amount of genealogy research and the Grunkemeyer's in Nebraska are an isolated family. My Grandfather, Morris Grunkemeier was born in Burwell. He is the son of August Grunkemeyer who lived there with family after moving from Germany at a young age with parents and other siblings. Do you have any details of the family line? Stories? Perhaps were could swap?

Pearl Grunkemyer Burwell, Nebraska

2004-11-11 15:54:13Z

Looking for the descendants of Martha Angeline Butts and her children :
James, Flournoy and Arthur Butts
Pearl Grunkemyer

Re: grunkemeir, grunkemeyer, grinkemeyer

CarolynCerven — 2004-09-15 17:53:50Z

There were Grunkemeyer's in Franklin County IN in the 1850's on. A sister of my gr grandfather, Maria Anna Walch, married a Bernard Grunkemeyer in 1889 in Haymond, Franklin, IN and she died in 1898. Haven't been able to locate him though.

grunkemeir, grunkemeyer, grinkemeyer

lewjr245 — 2004-06-25 13:51:50Z

my mothers maiden name is grinkemeyer, her name joann ida, her fathers name is joseph edward, his father john henry and his fathers was henry grinkemeyer or grunkemeyer. trying to find any family history info..not much info on her family.

Re: Grunkemeier

gruenkemeier — 2004-06-16 11:18:36Z

Hi there !

By coincedence I found your message on this board here and found it very interesting to see that also people in the US are having the same name as I have.

My grandpa, Heinrich Wilhelm Gruenkemeier ( but written with the Umlaut "u" ) came from a small town in the mentioned area. The town is called Hilter.

Please contact me to see what else matches.

best regards

Uwe Grünkemeier, Kaarst, Germany

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

janetcook2000 — 2003-06-09 17:09:56Z

There must be someone in Nebraska who remembers why
the spelling of the name was changed and by whom. I
was under the impression it was by my Grandpa, Herman,
but not by all his brothers. Janet Grunkemeier Cook

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

2002-05-01 04:37:35Z

Yes, my family exactly. My great grandfather was August also..., and I havea picture of all of them including their mother.

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

2001-09-17 02:58:35Z

Im sort of the family secret I guess,but my father was Marly Grunkemeyer. I found out that he passed away a few years ago, as did my half brother. I am interested in finding out a little more family history,especially my fathers mother. Ive been told by people who knew her that I look just like her.A friend of the family told me she was part Indian,and that my grandfather was German.Any help out there?

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

2001-09-17 01:01:42Z

Yes, the family (ours) and yours I think, had Carl, Fred, Bill, August (my great grandfather), Herman, Frieda, Minnie, Christina, Lizzie, Lena.

Do you have any records of these names?

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

2001-09-16 14:21:15Z

My grandfather Bill was from Burwell also and our family has from what I can tell has always spelt it with eyer.

Re: Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

2001-08-30 00:34:08Z

It is true that the Burwell Grunkemeyer's are eyer, BUT, so are (were) we. The story passed in our family is that EVERYONE was eier, then some changed to eyer. Do you have any passed stories or knowledges? My grandfather WAS from Burwell, too.

Grunkemeyer

2001-01-10 17:03:48Z

Thanks for help.I dont know how Marguerite and I might have been related,My fathers name was Marly Grunkemeyer,from what I understand he died a few years ago.Thanks for the reply

Grunkemeyers of Burwell, NE

2001-01-10 16:41:38Z

The Burwell Grunkemeyers spelled their name with a "y." I graduated high school with Marguerite and new several of the brothers. Death records for 2-3 are on the website below.

http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi?surname=grunk...=

Grunkemeier

2000-10-08 12:18:56Z

I too have been looking for info. I am part of the West Coast Grunkemeier's. Family name originates from Westerkappeln, and Osnabruck area in Westphalia region of northern Germany. The name, roughly translated, means watcher by the side of a field. It is an old farming name. My lineage is from Hermann Henrich Grunkemeier, who settled in Burwell, NE, 1870's. There are a lot of Grunkemeier/eyer's from NE. There is a Grunkemeier who is from the states, now living in Germany, a third cousin of mine I found out, who is tracing our lineage in Germany, where the records are supposed to be really good. I have been interested in finding a family crest or something, and have called about 20 Grunkemeier's in Germany (my wife speaks German), but nobody seems to think one exists. Well, this is about what I know. Hope it helps, cuz!

GRUNKEMEIER

2000-04-01 23:25:08Z

LOOKING FOR ANY INFO AT ALL ON THIS NAME.MY FATHERS NAME WAS MARLEY,DIED IN FLA.BELIEVE MOST OF RELATIVES WERE FROM NE.