Category: Moeri
Anna Moeri was Ruth Taylor’s mother and connects the Moeri branch to the Taylor branch. Ruth Taylor is John Carroll’s mother and connects the Taylor branch to the Carroll branch which is a main branch of my family tree.
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The Franks of Kirchenkirnberg
Kate Frank, my 4x great grandmother was born one hundred and eighty years ago this November 29th, in the year 1845 in Kirchenkirnberg, what is now a neighborhood of the town of Murrhardt, in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Her father, Gottlieb Frank was born in Kirchenkirnberg in 1802. Kirchenkirnberg was a part of…… Read more
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The Möri’s of Switzerland
The surname Moeri (or Möri) is common in the canton of Bern, Switzerland even today. The canton of Bern began as a city-state way back in 1191 and joined the Swiss Confederacy in 1353. It’s roots go even further back, with the earliest human settlements dated back to the Neolithic period (10,000 BC – 2200…… Read more
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Union of Patrick Carroll and Ruth Taylor
This week marks an interesting anniversary for my family. Some 110 years ago, around April 1st, 1915 my maternal grandfather’s parents were married. Well that’s the story anyway. We don’t have any proof of this. You see Patrick was already married. Let’s go back a bit, it’s an interesting story. Patrick Henry Carroll was born…… Read more