Hi Rita & Mike,
I am glad that we have been able to get connected!
I thought that since our double common ancestors are Franz Joseph THRAEN and his wife Josephine WAND.
As you know Franz & Josephine left Woodbine, Jo Daviess, Illinois in 1886 for Westphalia, Shelby, Iowa. My line stayed in Woodbine & Elizabeth, Jo Daviess, Illinois until 1943 when my Grandmother Anna Marie THRAEN CLARK moved to Culver City, Los Angeles, California with her husband Ernest Ardress CLARK and their only child Virgil Eugene "Gene" CLARK . It looks like between the 3 of us we shall be able to fill in the leaves on the branches!
Here is some information on Franz's oldest brother; Wilhelm THRAEN SR. who is my 2GGrandfather; and their parents and siblings.
Josef THRAEN bn 21 feb 1808 Prussia
dd 28 Oct 1875
md Elizabeth RHODE
bn 06 Sep 1808 Holungen, Prussia
dd 02 Aug 1846
Their children;
Wilhelm THRAEN SR. bn 05 Oct 1833 " "
dd 22 May 1911 Elizabeth, JD, IL
md Anna Dorothea GOLDHAGEN
21 Sep 1864
******** my 2GGrandparents*********
Maria Anna THRAEN bn 1835 Holungen, Prussia
dd 1890 Germany
md Ignatz WAND
8 Feb 1857
Josefa THRAEN bn 10 Mar 1837 Holungen, Prussia
dd 1912 Germany
md Christian WAND
23 Dec 1861 Prussia, Germany
Franz Joseph THRAEN bn 17 Dec 1838 Holungen Prussia
dd 01 Jul 1899 , Shelby, Iowa
md Josephine WAND
0 7 Jul 1863
**** Rita, Mike & Desiree's double connection******
Christef THRAEN bn 19 Nov 1840 Holungen, Prussia
dd unknown
md Dorothy BEYKIRCH
Father Anton THRAEN bn 17 Jan 1843 Holungen, Prussia
dd 18 Dec 1902 Germany
Heinrich THRAEN bn 14 Mar 1845 Holugen, Prussia
dd 04 Dec 1908
md 07 Jan 1874
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Wilhelm & Dorothea GOLDHAGEN THRAEN SR' S children;
Josephine bn 1866 Galena, Jo Daviess, IL
dd buried in Woodbine Cemetery
William John THRAEN JR bn 09 Oct 1867 Woodbine,IL
dd Jul 1930 Elizabeth, IL
md Mary WAND
27 May 1903
*******my line************
Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" THRAEN bn 11 feb 1871 Woodbine
dd 31 May 1928
md Ronald BOCKER
Albert John THRAEN bn 23 May 1875 Woodbine, IL
dd 1956 Elizabeth
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Looking forward to connecting up with other family members
Desiree