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Anna Effenberger

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Gassmann Family, columbus, ohio

Posted: 6 Jul 2000 10:31AM GMT
Edited: 2 Mar 2002 11:09AM GMT
Richard,
Thank you so much for the info. My mom will be so excited when I tell her. I will also contact Wm. Sharkey.
When my grandfather, Alfred Stephen Gassmann was a boy, he and his parents moved from Columbus ohio to Myton,Utah. His father worked for the railroad as a blacksmith on what is the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. Myton is south of White Rocks.
The family came to San Antonio, Texas in 1917 via the Army. Alfred was stationed at Ft. Sam Houston and his parents followed. Al was a member of the US Army Band and was stationed in France during WW1. When he came home, he came back to SA,Tx and became a Captain in the San Antonio Fire Dept. He was killed in the line of duty when my mom was only 8 years old. This is really all we know and very little about his parents. Al did tell his wife that he remembered little caskets as a boy.
Al had alot of Ute Indian memoribilia, incl. a real indian chief head dress with baby eagle feathers,that my grandmother kept. Recently, the huge collection was donated by all of us grandchildren in his memory to the Witte Museum in San Antonio. the curator wanted infor of the family and it was upsetting to have to tell the curator that I don't know much about my grandfather or his parents, except their names.
my e-mail is SWT81Deb@aol.com
Address: 5502 Timberhurst, San Antonio, Tx 78250.
Thank you so much for your help, I did not think i was ever going to get anywhere with this. Again many thanks!
Debbie
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Wayne Johnston 19 Dec 1999 6:55AM GMT 
Richard Miesse 27 Jan 2000 3:47AM GMT 
SWT81Deb 5 Jul 2000 10:12PM GMT 
Richard Miesse 6 Jul 2000 6:16AM GMT 
SWT81Deb 6 Jul 2000 4:31PM GMT 
Dorothy Hendrix 31 Jan 2000 5:47PM GMT 
Dorothy Wahl 13 Feb 2000 5:49PM GMT 
Betty Jean Rutledge 18 Jun 2000 8:27AM GMT 
Betty Jean Rutledge 20 Jun 2000 3:30PM GMT 
Dorothy Wahl 20 Jun 2000 3:44PM GMT 
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