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by Paul Zebe
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Paternal Ancestral Families | Maternal Ancestral Families | Family-Related Genealogy Links
Notable Cousins | Maps | Credits

Genealogy is my hobby and my passion. Television is ignored, novels go unread, I haven't been to a movie in years, and my social life is a shambles, all because of genealogy. The tool that I consult almost daily in my genealogy research is the Internet. The Internet today is a wonderful resource for genealogists. It's packed with seemingly endless information on myriads of families. Thousands on thousands of armchair genealogists are currently cruising the web, finding out all kinds of goodies about dear Aunt Edna and poor cousin Fred. Sadly, the Internet doesn't seem to have much good information on the families in which I'm particularly interested. I've created this web page to snare any passing cousins and wring all possible family information out of them before allowing them to go on their way. If you are one of those cousins, WELCOME! Please drop me a line. Tell me about yourself and what you know about our ancestors!


Paternal Ancestral Families

My paternal ancestral families include ZEBE, FREITAG, KLOSE, WEINITSCHKE, NEUGEBAUER, ABEL, WEIGMAN, and FELS from the former Kreis Grottkau in Oberschlesien (Upper Silesia), and AHRNT/AREND/ARENDS/ARNSS, BARKE, BENTIEN, EGGERS, FICKE, FUNCK, GÖSCHE, GOSSELCK, HARFFTS, HEIDEBEY, HOLST, HÖPFNER, JAHNCKE, KABEL, KAVEN (CAVEN), KOCK, KÖHLER, KOHT/KOTH, KOOPMANN/KAUFMANN, LÜTKE, MEYER, MÖLLER, MÖLLER/TRULSEN/TRUDEL, MUCHOW, OTTE/OTTO, OLLROGGE, PLATE, POELS/PÖHLS/PÖLITZ, PRÜSSE, RIECKHOFF, ROXIEN, ROBRANNE/ROBRADE/ROBRAHN/ROBRAN, SCHILD(T), SCHMITT, SIETZ, TURNAU, (VON DER) WETTERING, WIENHOLDT, and WISSEMANN from western and northern Mecklenburg, Lübeck, and eastern and southern Holstein, all in Germany.

In 2012, I published The Ancestors of Mathilde Maria Elisabeth EGGERS (1886-1929), a book detailing what I had learned about the ancestors of my paternal grandmother after 17 years of research.

In 2013, I published Genealogies of Three Families with Ties to the Former Kreis Grottkau in Oberschlesien [Upper Silesia], a book detailing what I had learned about the WEIGMAN, ABEL, and FREITAG ancestors and other kin of my paternal grandfather after 18 years of research.

In 2014, I published Our Danish (Etc.) Kin, a book detailing what I had learned about my PÖHLS cousins who moved from Germany to Copenhagen, Denmark, and their Danish, English, Norwegian, Spanish, and possibly Swedish descendants.

In 2015, I published Descendants of the WEINITSCHKE Family of Kreis Grottkau, Oberschlesien, a book detailing what I had learned about my WEINITSCHKE ancestors and other kin of my paternal grandfather after 19 years of research. Members of this family can be found today in Germany, Finland, and the USA.

The following table provides links to information on some of my paternal ancestral families. I have information on additional families, which I would be happy to share.


The Ancestors of Mathilde Marie Elisabeth EGGERS
(Information about the ancestors of my paternal grandmother)
An Eggers Family of Schleswig-Holstein
(Information about my Eggers kin)
The Robrahn Family of Northwestern Mecklenburg
(Information about my Robrahn kin)
A Koopmann Family of Northern Mecklenburg
(Information about my Koopmann kin)
The Abel Family of Gläsendorf, Kreis Grottkau, Silesia
(Information about my Abel kin)
The Weigman Family of Kühschmalz, Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia)
(Information about my Weigman kin)
The Weinitschke Family of Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia)
(Information about my Weinitschke kin)
The Freitag Family of Rogau, Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia)
(Information about my Freitag kin)
The Zebe Family of Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia)
(Information about my Zebe kin)
The Descendants of a Danish PÖHLS Family
(Information about my Danish kin)


Maternal Ancestral Families

My maternal ancestral families include CANOTE, MCMAHAN, SANDERS, WYATT, JONES, HAMPTON, MILES, SIMS, STEVENS, RUDD, RENNISON, HUFF, GWINN, DODSON, CREIGHTON, EVANS, COLEMAN, LEA, HAWKINS, HALL, IRWIN, JOHNS(T)ON, MULLENS, ADAMS, BOSTICK, NEW, GRIZZELL, FAMBROUGH, BOYD, ROSE, WALKER, PLEASANT, LEAKE, MASK, CHRISTIAN, HERNDON, WHITAKER, HARDWICK, DURHAM, JEFFERIES, NELMES, BROWNE, ROWLAND, and ARMSBY. These families are known to have lived in one or more of the following: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, as well as the county of Somerset and the former county of Cumberland in England.

In 2013, I published The CANOTE Chronicle, a book presenting what I had learned about the CANOTE family and its descendants during 18 years of family research.

My CANOTE ancestors intermarried with Rosannah HUNSE, Martha JONES, Dianah SANDERS, Elizabeth SANDERS (no relation to Dianah), and Eunice Verna MCMAHAN. The CANOTE Chronicle contains what little I know about Rosannah, Martha, and Dianah. For more on the family and descendants of my maternal ancestors, Isaac SANDERS and his wife Phoebe Jane WYATT, whose daughter Elizabeth was the second SANDERS woman, I encourage you to read "Isaac Sanders Family," compiled by Nora Toombs Yocum and available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and on microfilm at Family History Centers.

The following tables provide links to information on some of my maternal ancestral families. I have information on additional families, which I would be happy to share.


Overview of the Ancestors of Eunice Verna MCMAHAN
(Information on the ancestors of my maternal grandmother)
Details about Eunice Verna MCMAHAN
About her parents
Robert Freeland McMahan & Sarah Elizabeth Miles
About her grandparents
John Franklin McMahan & Mary Catherine Hampton
Rufus Green Miles & Sarah E. Sims
About her great grandparents
Thomas Wesley McMahan & Susan Huff
Abel G. Hampton & Sarah Rennison
Uriah Miles & Irena Rudd
Nathaniel Sims & Jenetta Stevens
About her 2-great grandparents
John McMahan & Susannah McMahan
Peter Huff & Elizabeth Gwinn
Hosea Hampton & Rachel Dodson
John Rennison & Jane Creighton
Jeremiah Rudd & Susannah Evans
Francis Sims & Ann Taylor
Robert Stephens & Frances
About her 3-great grandparents
John McMahan Jr.
Thomas McMahan & Diana Adams
Peter Huff & Elizabeth
Almon Gwinn & Newraney Mullins
Micajah Hampton & Anne
William Dodson & Winifred Johnson
John Rennison & Brigit Irwin
Fortunatus Creighton & Mary Hall
Hezekiah Rudd & Lucy Hawkins
Elisha Evans & Elizabeth Lea
John Sims & Mary
Edward Taylor & Judith Coleman
Peter Stephens & Barbara Willson
About her 4-great grandparents
James McMahan & Susannah Hildebrandt
Abraham Adams & Triphena/Perthany/Bethany
Bartlett Gwinn & Catherine Fambrough
David D. Mullins & Athaliah
John Hampton & Mary
Thomas Dodson (II) & Elizabeth Rose
Jeffrey Johnson (IV) & Rachel Walker
James Rudd & Mary
David Hawkins & Elizabeth
John Lea & Winnefred
James Coleman & Elizabeth Leake
Lewis Stephens & Mary Rittenhouse
Robert Willson & Garrala/Garnita/Geonita Hoge
About her 5-great grandparents
John McMahan & Agness
Thomas Fambrough
John Mullins & Susannah
Thomas Dodson (I) & Mary Durham
John Rose & Mary
Jeffrey Johnson (III) & Margaret
George Walker & Frances Hardwick
John Rudd & Avis Whitaker
James Lea & Ann
Samuel Coleman & Ann Mourning Christian
Walter Leake & Judith Mask
Peter Stephens & Maria Christina
Peter Rittenhouse & Anna
William Hoge & Barbara Hume
About her 6-great grandparents
William Mullins & Catherine
Charles Dodson Sr. & Ann
Thomas Durham & Dorothy
Jeffrey Johnson (II) & Elizabeh
Thomas Walker Jr. & Mary Jefferies
William Hardwick & Elizabeth Browne
John Coleman & Ann
Thomas Christian Jr. & Rebecca New
William Leake & Mary Bostick
John Mask & Elizabeth
Gabriel Stäffen & Barbara Bär
Garret Rittenhouse
About her 7-great grandparents
Jeffrey Johnson (I) & Anne
Thomas Walker Sr. & Elizabeth
Robert Jefferies & Alice Nelmes
James Hardwick & Anne Armsby
George Browne & Frances Rowland
Robert Coleman & Elizabeth Grizzell
Thomas Christian
Edmund New & Mary
Thomas Mask
Hans Cünradt Stäffen & Barbara Sigg
Willam Rittenhouse & Geertruid Peters
About her 8-great grandparents
John Johnson & Anne
Richard Nelmes & Ann
Thomas Hardwich
John Armsby & Ann
Richard New
Heinrich Stäffen & Verena Meier
Elias Sigg & Elsi Knöpfli
Claas Rittinghausen & Maria Hagerhoff
Peter Kersten & Claerken Everts
About her 9-great grandparents
Joseph Stäffen & Verena Huber
Chilian Meÿer & Elsi Vissman
Wilhelm im Hagerhof & Barbara
Descendants of John CANOTE and his wife Rosanna (nee HUNSE)
(Information about my Canote kin)
Descendants of Elisha EVANS and Betsy LEA of Caswell County, North Carolina
(Information about my Evans kin)
An ADAMS Family of Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky
(Information about my Adams kin)
A McMAHAN Family of Saline County, Missouri
(Information about some of my McMahan kin)
Early Timeline: The HAMPTON Family of Amelia and Halifax Counties, Virginia
(Information about some of my Hampton kin)


Family-Related Genealogy Links
-- Paternal --

Joachim's Familienseite
(The ancestors Joachim Eggers of Hamburg, a distant cousin)
Communities, Parishes and Registry Offices [Standesamt] of Kreis Grottkau, Schlesien (Silesia)
(Places in former Kreis Grottkau, the Protestant and Catholic parishes to which they belonged, and the Registry Offices that served them)
"Memories of Olbendorf" by Alfred Supply
(A charming ramble through Olbendorf, Kreis Strehlen, an ancestral village of the Zebe family translated by Paul Zebe)
Olbendorf: A Village Description According to Richard Matzel and Kurt Erber and summarized by the late Adolf Sternagel (Edited by Manfred Dloczik and Paul Zebe, and Translated by Paul Zebe)
(A translated description in English of Olbendorf as it was just before World War II)

-- Maternal --

Descendants of John McMAHAN, Jr.
(Information from Joanna Ashmun on one of my two McMAHAN ancestral lines)
Some Descendants of Christian and Rosina Schick and Their Allied Families
(Includes a list of the descendants of George Sheeks and his wife Elizabeth Canote, a daugther of my ancestors John and Rosanna Canote. Their house is now preserved at Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell, Indiana)
Peter Shirley
(Includes a list of descendants of Christian Shirley and his wife Roseanna Canote, a daughter of my ancestors John and Rosanna Canote.)
The Ancestors of Berry Towles Canote
(The Canote and Towles ancestors of my cousin Berry Canote)


Notable Cousins

Sam Bass, Outlaw
(A descendant of my many times great aunt, Elizabeth Canote, and her husband, George Sheeks)
Belle Starr, Outlaw
(A descendant of my many times great aunt, Rosanna Canote, and her husband, Christian Shirley)

Maps

1882 Map of Schleswig-Holstein
1882 Map of Mecklenburg
1882 Map of Prussia's province of Silesia
Map of Kreis Grottkau

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