Chris;
My wife is descended from a Pahlman family that lived in Palatine, IL.
The earliest ancestor traced so far is John H Pahlman, born 1810 in Prussia, died 1874 in Palatine. These Pahlmans are mostly buried in Hillside Cemetery in Palatine.
It can get a little confusing, as there was another John Pahlman in the same area at the same time (I think he was John D Pahlman).
The line to my wife is as follows:
John H Pahlman married 1839 Mary A Rantze (1819-1906)
Herman D Pahlman (1841-1929) married 1874 Anna Rantzen (1852-1929)
Emma Caroline Pahlman (1875-1946) married 1895 Charles Fred Rennack (1874-1936)
Gladys Anna Rennack (1897-1944) married 1919 Paul Henry Pohlman (1894-1936)
Charlotte Anne Pohlman (1935-1990) married Carl Arthur Buehler (1936-living)
Capricia Anne Buehler (1963-living) married 1990 Bryan Roy Murphy (1959-living)
Those last two are my wife and me.
Does any of this seem to fit your line? I'd really like to compare notes, especially since I may have picked up some of the "other" Pahlmans back in the mid-1800's.
Bryan Murphy
Waterford, MI
e-mail:
MurphyBR@prodigy.net