My Trails into the Past

Elizabeth M. Gleeson (Aunt Glee) 1865 - 1942 Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past

    Albert M. Hork was born  10 Aug 1853 in Oberhundem, Westfalen [Germany] and died 26 May 1912 in Beaverton, Washington Co, Oregon.  He is buried at the St. Mary of the Valley Cemetery, Convent cemetery of Sisters of St. Mary's.      As you can see from the photo, the birth date is incorrect.  This is not the original tombstone.  The cemetery was moved to its current location several decades ago when the convent began leasing the land for commercial use.    Albert is the brother of my great-grandfather, Johan Anton Hork.  Albert served in many parishes in Nebraska and Missouri. Copyright © 2011 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past

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

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 Schneidemühl, 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 ...

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