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my grandfather Simon … maybe I’ve learned something new

Posted on February 7, 2011 by gsghert01

Simon Ghertner’s World War I draft registration indicates his birth date was August 25, 1882. Leonard Ghertner, his son, had told me the name was originally spelled Gertner but was changed (perhaps at Ellis Island, NYC). Read this later post … Continue reading →

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Simon & Dora Ghertner’s questions answered and mysteries surface

Posted on February 4, 2011 by gsghert01

Question answered: Census records from 1920 indicate Simon emigrated from Romania in 1902. That same census indicates Dora emigrated from Russia in 1885, where she was allegedly born in 1885 Minor mystery: Simon Ghertner listed his birth date as August … Continue reading →

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Lynton Scharff lived where?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by gsghert01

In 1900,  three year old Lynton “Pappy” Scharff lived in Jennings, Louisiana with Esther and Eduard, his parents. In 1910, Lynton 13, and his father Eduard Scharff were boarders  in the home of Sigmund and Mabel  Brown in Matagorda, Texas; … Continue reading →

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