This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ANSWERSPRO Surnames: STENDER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.ceeurope.germany.schleswig.general/3257.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THIS IS MY DIRECT LINE TOO. WILLIAM J. WAS BORN IN HAMBURG GERMANY. HIS LOVELY WIFE WAS CATHERINE THODY BORN IN 1866 IN HOLSTEIN GERMANY.HER PARENTS WERE MATILDA GROTHE AND MAGNUS THODE. HIS FATHER WAS MAGNUS J. STENDER BORN IN HAMBURG GERMANY. FOUND NOTHING ON HIS WIFE. MY GRANDFATHER WAS ONE OF THEIR SONS HARRY MAGNUS STENDER - BORN IN 1894 IN DURHAM CT. MOST OF THE BOYS WERE BORN HERE AND THE YOUNGER CHILDREN IN COLORADO WHERE WM. BOUGHT AND SOLD HORSES.HARRY LIVED IN TUNBRIDGE VT., CHELSEA VT. AND IN CT. - STRATFORD CT AND FAIRFIELD.HE PASSED IN 1971. I MET HIS SISTERS PHYLISS, AND FLORA.I DONT RECALL MEETING BROTHERS. EMMETT DIED A SUICIDE IN THE FAMILY TUNBRIDGE VT HOUSE. I HAVE TWP PHOTOS OF WM. WHO DIED IN 47, BUT HAD A STROKE YEARS BEFORE AND COULD NOT SPEAK. HE LOVED CARDS. CATHERINE DIED IN 1952 AT TUNBRIDGE. I LOVED ARLENE DODGE WHO HAD A LOVELY FARM IN S. ROYALTON VT. I THOUGHT HER MOTHER WAS MABEL BUT MAYBE IT WAS FLORA. I HAVE A YOUNG PHOTO OF MY HARRY AND MABEL AND YOUNG EMMETT.WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK WITH A RELATIVE.EXCHANGE INFO AND PHOTOS. BRAD FLINT STENDER. 203-557-0245. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.