This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thym, Ulricke, Sell, Hausdorfer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mEC.2ACE/442.2 Message Board Post: Hello! I think your German friend will be very happy to learn the following: 1. Carl August Caesar Thym was born in Prussia, and died in Prussia. He married Emilie Sophia Ulricke 1844 in Prussia. She was born July 20, 1809 in Prussia, and died April 26, 1877 in Manchester, Green Lake County, Wisconsin. Children of Carl Thym and Emilie Ulricke are: i. Richard Thym?. ii. Johannes Thym?. iii. Ottomar Robert Hermann "Otto" Thym. Generation No. 2 2. Ottomar Robert Hermann "Otto" Thym (Carl August Caesar1) was born March 9, 1847 in Stargard, Pommern, Preuben, Prussia; now Stargard Szczecinski, Szczecin (Settin County), Poland, and died November 15, 1926 in Manchester, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, 11:30 am. He married Anna Martha "Martha" Sell March 18, 1875 in Brandenburg, Preuben, Prussia, daughter of Gottfried/Gottlieb Sell and Wilhelmine Hausdorfer. She was born July 29, 1857 in Arnswalde, Brandenburg, Preuben, Prussia; now Choszczno, Szczecin (Settin County), Poland, and died May 14, 1933 in Manchester, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, 11 am. Children of Ottomar Thym and Anna Sell are: i. Ottomar Emil Friedrich "Otto" Thym, b. April 17, 1877, Markesan, Green Lake County, Wisconsin; d. May 5, 1962, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois. ii. Anna Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Thym, b. March 17, 1879; d. February 24, 1948. iii. Johannes Bernard "John" Thym, b. May 21, 1880; d. April 28, 1916. iv. Max Richard Thym, b. c. November 21, 1881, Manchester, Green Lake County, Wisconsin; d. January 19, 1883, Manchester, Green Lake County, Wisconsin. v. Friedrich Wilhelm Max "Wilhelm" Thym, b. October 29, 1883, Manchester, Wisconsin; d. April 15, 1951, home, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. vi. Ernst Waldemar "Waldemar" Thym, b. December 11, 1885; d. July 9, 1951. vii. Alfred Ernst Johannes Thym, b. December 20, 1888, Wisconsin; d. October 26, 1977, San Andreas, California. viii. Alma Francisca Thym, b. July 21, 1890, Wisconsin?; d. October 1991, Wisconsin?. ix. Martha Emilie Albertine Thym, b. May 30, 1892; d. September 24, 1971, Waupun Hospital, Waupun, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. x. Richard Gustav Adolph Thym, b. May 10, 1893; d. December 6, 1928. xi. Paul Gerhardt Thym, b. January 8, 1896; d. March 24, 1942, Dodgeville, Wisconsin?. xii. Maria Magalene "Lena" Thym, b. January 23, 1897; d. June 20, 1947; m. Harley Akre, 1927. xiii. Gustav Adolph Thym, b. August 6, 1901; d. December 24, 1954; m. Alma Platt. -------------------------------------------- I actually have "volume two" of Ottomar Robert Hermann "Otto" Thym's diary which runs from 1871 through 1917. Only parts of it have been translated so far, but it is very interesting for the level of detail of daily life Otto marked. It starts during his service in the Franco-Prussian War. The name of his father comes from his death certificate. The names of two of his supposed brothers have question marks above after their names because they are mentioned in his diary but I have not otherwise documented their existence. Please e-mail me at meredith9@aol.com.