#39: Multiples: Johann Phillip Kräher

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks (2021-09)

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is a series of weekly prompts to get you to think about an ancestor and share something about them. The weekly prompt is provided by www.amyjohnsoncrow.com. The prompt for the week of February 28 is "Multiples." Some may remember that I covered this prompt in 2020 with the Multiple being the Original Olsen Twins - Clifford and Ludvig Olsen.  For 2021, this prompt appears the week that I'm focusing on my Gillen family line.  So let me introduce you to Johann Phillip Kräher who had multiple marriages.  

#30 - German-American Day 2020

German-American Day 2020

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October 6 as German-American Day to celebrate and honor the 300th anniversary of German immigration and culture to the United States.  Presidents since then have continued to make proclamations to observe German-American Day.

For German-American Day 2020, I would like to highlight my German Ancestors on my Gillen family line which is through my grandmother Anna Marie Gillen Summers.  My grandmother is ⅞^ths German and ⅛^th Swiss.  But today, we are going to look briefly at her German heritage.