Dear Donald,

This issue is following-up on features from
the February issue. Enjoy.

Letters to the Editor – Re: February Issue



Answers and Elaboration
by  Ray Jerrems and Donald Jerrems


I enjoyed reading this edition of the
Jerrems Journal.  I was just curious about the
photo at the end excuse my ignorance but I don’t
actually know who Laurel is.   (Ed: See
Laurel and Laurie’s Notice below.)

Does anyone know from what time period is
the photo?  I’ve got a historical/cultural
question for anyone who can answer it.  What
clothing is this man/women wearing (see
attachment).  It looks kind of like a
colourful priest. Cheers,
Ari

Ray’s Response: Laurel
thinks that the lady holding a baby in the
foreground could be her mother, which dates
the photo in the early 1930s if she is
holding one of her daughters. Laurel is 10
years older than me and remembers people
further back than me.  If she cannot place
them then I have no hope.

There is only one person left of the
generation prior to Laurel’s generation who
might be able help identify somebody in the
photo, being Doug’s mother (Ari’s
grandmother).

The people in the 1915 photo are from an old
South Australian arm of the family, so the
bearded men are very unlikely to be same
person.

Ray’s Note: Laurel is my
second cousin; we share a common great
grandfather Charles, one of the
family that migrated from Gainsborough to
Australia in the 1850s.

Editor’s Note: Laurie Gray and
Laurel (Jerrems) Gray will
celebrate their golden wedding on 14-4-07 at
the Uniting Church Hall Gerringong NSW 11.30
am to 5.pm. They are looking forward to
having about 60 of their immediate family
present plus quite a few friends.

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Another very interesting and exciting
newsletter!  I enjoyed it immensely.  Don’t
know how you find the time to do so much
research.  Thanks for including me on your
subscription list!  What a surprise to find
German ancestors also probing into similar
backgrounds. Keep up the good work.
Hugs, JennyJ 


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Regarding the Second Hand Coat in a
Baltimore Shop:

What devotion!  Very impressive tenacity
and interesting results.
About whether or not Dan bought
the garment, I don’t remember.  (I don’t
recall his ever mentioning even having
seen it!)  Why don’t you ask him?
Best regards,
Caty Jeanne (Dan’s Mom)

Editor: See story
below.

Second Hand Coat – The Rest of the Story


Where is it Now?
by Dan Jerrems, Baltimore USA


 

Dan is to provide the story and picture!
Here is what we have so far:

Oh, yes, I bought it. At the time (20 years
ago, now), it fit perfectly. Now it seems to
have become tighter for some reason I really
can’t figure out…

So it hangs in my closet, waiting until it
decides it is ready to fit my growing young
son, Daniel Lee Jerrems, II, now 9 years
old.

–Dan Jerrems

Letters to the Editor  (Baisingen above;
Vollmaringen below)

Our
German Connection
by Donald Jerrems

Donald,

Thanks a lot for the latest Jerrems newsletter
and your interesting letter on the Hoerber
pedigree which arrived by mail yesterday. Do you
still have contact with the Hoerbers?

So, we are connected through your grandmother
Rosalind Wollensak. I wonder what she looked
like. Do you happen to have a picture of her?

Vollmaringen and Baisingen are
“twin-villages” south-west of Stuttgart in
Germany. I have attached pictures.

Could you please mail me your Gainsborough
ancestor line starting with William George
Jerrems back to the beginning? Many thanks.

With best regards, Gregory

PS: Here are our Wollensak Lines:

Your Wollensak line:

7.Rosalind Wollensak (your
grandmother) 27.03.1882 (Chicago)
m. Donald Edwin Jerrems I
15.10.1885

6.John Florian Wollensak 06.09.1847 (Chicago)
m. Josephine Hoerber 11.07.1851

5.Florian (John) Wollensack 28.04.1813 in
Vollmaringen (Germany)
m. Philippina Waechter

4.Mauritius Wollensagg 24.09.1777 in
Vollmaringen (Germany, emigrated in 1832  with
wife and kids to Albany, NY) m. Agnes Fischer
21.01.1776 in Hailfingen (Germany)

3.Georgius Wollensagg 10.03.1745 in
Vollmaringen m. Regina Müßigmann 17.04.1747 in
Vollmaringen

2.Andreas Wollensackh 15.12.1689 in Baisingen
m. Elisabetha Kraus

1.Jerg Wollensackh b. ?, d.29.03.1713 in
Baisingen m. Catharina Gräffin

My Wollensak-line (My ancestor Conrad
W. was a brother of your Mauritius Wollensagg):

7.Anton Wollensak (my grandfather)

6.Georg Wollensack (grandfather) 30.08.1854
in Baisingen m. Josefine Küfer

5.Carl Wollensak 04.11.1816 in Vollmaringen
m. Katharina Bernhard

4.Conradus Wollensagg (brother of your
Maurice W.) 16.11.1773 in Vollmaringen
m. Maria Kienzle

3.Georgius Wollensagg 10.03.1745 in
Vollmaringen m. Regina Müßigmann

2.Andreas Wollensackh 15.12.1689 in Baisingen
m. Elisabetha Kraus

1.Jerg Wollensackh b. ?, d.29.03.1713 in
Baisingen m. Catharina Gräffin

Don’s Response: I have not
heard from Gerald Hoerber from British
Columbia, Canada since 1969. I am unable to
find a photograph of Rosalind in our family
archives. I sent Gregor a better copy of the
Jerrems tree starting with William George.

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