For the past several years, I’ve been working on a family history book of my maternal grandparents, Stanley “Spud” Davis and Marian Bohnsack. After my grandma died late last year, completing the book became a priority. I knew it was something she’d appreciate and completing it is my way of honoring her and my grandfather’s…
Category: Deininger
Discovering William Deininger Sr’s unknown daughter
Well, I was researching my family history and I discovered an unknown daughter of my 3rd great-grandfather, William Deininger Sr. He was my maternal grandmother’s great-grandfather. I was searching for Deininger information on FamilySearch.org – trying to figure out if there were any other Deiningers in the Jo Daviess county, Illinois, area between 1850-1900. Thought…
Biography: John Deininger
John Deininger was the brother of my great-great grandfather, William Deininger Jr. His biography appeared in Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois (1889, page 626-627. —————————————– JOHN DEININGER. A snug farm of seventy acres lying on section 28 in East Galena Township comprises the well-regulated homestead of the subject of…
Updated Descendant Reports
I updated reports for the descendants of Andreas “Anton” and Eva Barbara (Schick) DEININGER , Nicholas and Mary (Casper) BAUSMAN, Philip and Julia (Stoft) BAUSMAN, Johann J.H. and Henrietta (Koch) BOHNSACK, Levi and Mary (Smith) LIGHTCAP, Frank and Fannie (Hainey) STRELESKY, and Johann Jacob Dietrich and Catherine Maria Magdalena (Bohnhoff) WULFF. These reports are based…
Herbert Deininger Dies of Bullet Wound
Herbert Deininger was the oldest son of William and Louisa (Muegge) Deininger, and brother to my great-grandmother Minnie (Deininger) Bohnsack. In November 1911, he was accidentally shot by his three-year-old brother Willis and later died of his injury. Herbert is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Galena, Illinois. His death announcement provides details on the gun…
Willis Deininger Letter
In 1977, Willis J. Deininger wrote to his niece and my grandmother, Marian (Bohnsack) Davis, about their family. It’s funny, because I worked a long time to figure out Willis’ mom’s siblings. After I invested a lot of time and effort into the research, I found this note in one of my mom’s binders. It…
Death Announcement: Rosina (Heffner) Deininger
Death Announcement for Rosina (Heffner) Deininger, which was published in the Galena Daily Gazette on December 30, 1918. She was my ggg-grandmother. Rosina married William Deininger Sr in 1853 in Pennsylvania. They had five children: Barbara, John, Mary, William Jr, and Amelia. (William Jr is my gg-grandfather.) Transcription of obituary: Death Calls Aged Woman Mrs….
Obituary: Carrie (Deininger) Stienstra
Below is an obituary for Carrie (Deininger) Stienstra, daughter of John and Rosa (Berger) Deininger. Edward Deininger was her half-brother. The obituary was published in the Freeport Journal-Standard, Friday, 15 May 1964, page 6. Transcript of obituary: Mrs. Carrie Stienstra GALENA – Mrs. Cornelius (Carrie) Steinstra died Thursday afternoon in the hospital here. She was…
Obituary: Edgar Deininger
This is the obituary for Edgar Deininger, son of John and Mary (Nadig) Deininger. Originally published in the Freeport Journal-Standard, Friday, 27 Feb 1959, page 6. Edgar is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Galena, Illinois, with his wife and son. Transcription of obituary: Edgar Deininger GALENA – A lifelong resident of East Galena, Edgar A….
William Deininger Sr Biography
When I was visiting my grandmother in Galena, Illinois, one of the places we went was Greenwood Cemetery. We always visit her parents and grandparents in their eternal resting place. Grandma had mentioned several years ago that there were Deiningers buried in the older section of Greenwood, but she couldn’t remember where. Well, after visiting…
Obituary: Minnie (Deininger) Bohnsack
My mom recently lent me some binders filled with genealogical information. In them, I was excited to find my great-grandmother’s obituary. She was the wife of Leo Bohnsack and my mom’s grandmother. Minnie (Deininger) Bohnsack died before I was born, but my mom has always spoken very warmly of her. Mom said Minnie was the…
Forgotten History 