Looking for info on my mother's father's family. He was Joseph Holzlein born 1896 in Brooklyn, NY. He married Maude Mingram Holzlein. His father, Philipp Hoelzlein born 1861 came from Germany. He married Bertha Stark (also from Germany)in 1893. Have not been able to find any info going back to Germany.
Joseph had a sister, Elsie Holzlein Gardner. My mom was Dorothy Holzlein Larberg born 1924. She had a sister Gladys. My mom remembered visiting my father's cousin in New Jersey when she was a child. They would ride the train over from Brooklyn. Would have been probably late 20's, early 30's. She played with a boy there who had down's syndrome. So far we have been unable to connect our Holzleins with the New Jersey Holzleins.
My family is now discovered to have come over from Germany as Hoelzlein. The "e" was dropped around the time my mother Dorothy was born.