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My Bohemian background

Philip Mann Posted on June 22, 2022 by ManncoJune 22, 2022

My 2x great grandmother Maria Anna Wolf (nee Fleischmann) was born the daughter of Augustin Fleischmann and Maria Anna Rössler of Schwartzbrunn in Gablonz county on 23 May 1834. In her application for naturalisation, Anna Wolf declared that she was … Continue reading →

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4 generations of my female ancestors

Philip Mann Posted on June 22, 2022 by ManncoJune 22, 2022

A magnificent photo showing my mother Louise Elsa Kuchel as a small girl, her mother Marie Kuchel (nee Nicksch), my great grandmother Nicksch (nee Wolf) and my 2xgreat grandmother Wolf (nee Fleischmann). Thank you Diana Mann..

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How researching DNA matches’ trees can give you a history lesson

Philip Mann Posted on May 31, 2022 by ManncoMay 31, 2022

I have had a good morning researching. A new distant DNA match matched only one of my daughter’s matches for which there had previously been no matches. However, the match had put up a tree. A few familiar surnames, but … Continue reading →

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Leeds Method – a means of separating DNA matches into grandparent lines

Philip Mann Posted on May 10, 2022 by ManncoMay 11, 2022

The Leeds Method is very valuable in sorting out grandparent lines from DNA matches. Unfortunately, one of my lines has no matches with whom I share 90-400 cM. Thankfully, a brother has tested and he does have one of that … Continue reading →

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Ancestry ethnicity estimates – which parent gave me more German?

Philip Mann Posted on May 10, 2022 by ManncoMay 10, 2022

Ancestry.com has recently updated its ethnicity estimates and split the estimates between your parents so that you can determine where a particular ethnicity has come from. Unfortunately, in my case, it may not be very helpful as my parents came … Continue reading →

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I am the second generation born in Australia

Philip Mann Posted on April 25, 2022 by ManncoApril 25, 2022

Did you know my grandmother, Juliane Christiane Mann (nee Riedel) was born in Prussia? She was born on 14 September 1860 in Niebusch in Schlesien (in German) or Niwiska in Silesia (in Polish) to Johann August Riedel and his wife, … Continue reading →

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My father’s story

Philip Mann Posted on April 19, 2022 by ManncoApril 19, 2022

My ­­­father died 40 years ago today on 19 April 1982. Arthur Theodore Mann was born on 13 October 1903 at a property owned by Johann Gottlieb Jaensch near Murray Bridge, South Australia, near the “old granite rock”, which he … Continue reading →

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My mother’s story

Philip Mann Posted on October 13, 2021 by ManncoOctober 13, 2021

My Mum died 40 years ago on 12 October 1981. Louise Elsa Kuchel (known as “Elsie”) was born on 15 December 1909 in Murray Bridge. She was the oldest of 4 children of Otto Kuchel and his wife, Marie (nee … Continue reading →

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Is there a connection to Swarowsky?

Philip Mann Posted on March 15, 2021 by ManncoMarch 15, 2021

According to my 2xgreat grandmother, Maria Anna Fleischmann’s baptismal registration, my 3xgreat grandmother, Maria Anna Rößler was the daughter of Joseph Rößler, Cottager, in Oberschwarzbrunn (Horní Černá Studnice) Nro. 47 and Theresia née Swarowsky from Brande (Žďár near Tanvald) N. … Continue reading →

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Is Silbernagel a missing link?

Philip Mann Posted on March 14, 2021 by ManncoMarch 14, 2021

I have so far been unsuccessful in tracing the parents of my great grandfather Johann Christian Mann or the father of his wife, my great grandmother, Johanne Louise Bradtke. Descendants of these unknown people could be as close as 3rd … Continue reading →

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