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Wordless Wednesday -- My Three Aunts

My dad's sisters -- June, Lorene, & Virginia Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past

Tombstone Tuesday -- Julia Ann (Sievert) Hork

Julia Ann Sievert was born 31 Oct 1854 in Joliet, Will Co, Illinois [1] , the second child of eleven known children of Vincent Sievert and Susana Raduntz.  Her parents came from SchneidemĂ¼hl, Posen, Prussia [2] which today is in Poland. Riverview Cemetery, Hamilton, MT Julia married Johan Anton Hork in Joliet on 6 June 1872 [3] .  They had ten children, the youngest, William Cyril Hork, my grandfather. John was a tailor and the family moved often when he searched for work.  Finally the family settled in Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana. [4]  John and Julia were separated and John died in Sheraton, Wyoming in 1906. Julia Ann (Sievert) Hork with granddaughter & daughter -in-law, Anne (Sullivan) Hork Julia continued living in Hamilton until her death 4 Aug 1928. [5]  I know she did some traveling as I have a photo of Julia holding my grandfather's first child in California.   Julia was buried in Riverview Cemetery in Hamilton, Montana. [6]

New Blog--First Post

I have decided to begin a new blog so I can write about any of my genealogical adventures, besides the research I'm doing with my grandmother's family on  Mam-ma's Southern Family .  I am also researching German, Swedish, and Mid-West locales for such families as my Dad's  Hork, Sievert, Sullivan, Gleeson , &  Tierney  (from Westfalia, Germany and Co Tipperary & Cork) and my husband's  Gorrell, Davey, Wollenweber, Shotts,  (from England & Germany) and  Nilsen & Lundquist  (from Sweden). I plan to write about the research struggles and successes along with images of my finds.  I will always cite my sources.  I want to do this as professionally as I can so that others can follow my research.  Please, if anyone is researching any of the names above, let me know.  I look forward to sharing the adventure with you. Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past