German Political Unrest Leads to Schimmer Emigration

Family lore states that the patriarch of our Schimmer family was murdered by the precursor of the Gestapo. As the Gestapo wasn't formed until 1933, almost 100 years after Joseph Matteus Schimmer's death, I have a difficult time accepting that as fact. Following both the American Revolution and the French Revolution, Germany in the 1800s [...]

Elizabeth Meier

Today's post is about my great great grandmother, Maria Elizabeth Meier. She is very near and dear to my heart. Elizabeth, as she was known, once lived in the old family home I grew up in, and she also passed away there. I'm also very blessed to have a compilation of the Meier's family history [...]