Two emails in one day, and that my friends is how genealogy is done.
You see after getting that reply to my post the fire was sparked once again and
my thirst for answers returned. I scrounged the Internet for possible matches
to my Joseph Maeder of Rochester, NY; not much was to be found, but there was
another person looking for the same Joseph Maeder as me. It is such a rush
putting yourself out there asking for help from possible relatives. I love it,
they hold imaginary family secrets for me and a hope that I may know more.
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But I digress; I left my last blog post (and I am going off memory as I
have no internet connection so bare with me) I talked of my awakening from my genealogy coma. I had received a reply to a post I had made on the Ancestry
message boards of Surnames. I inquired about the last name Maeder. As I have
mentioned my Great Grandmother on my paternal side was Luella Maeder and I have
up until recently hit a major brick wall with her. I have been able to find
nothing but questions about her. I found her on the 1900, 1905, and 1910 census
listed as living with her Grandfather James Dunn(e). But nothing about her
parents.
George replied to my post saying that his (again going on memory..) Great
Uncle Joseph Maeder had a daughter Luella Maeder. My Great Grandmother! George
said how he knew my Great Grandfather, Dick Wurzer. He said how he used to
deliver charcoal to his family in the winter.
In all my searches I have never come across a Dick Wurzer so my interest is
highly peeked. And even more so because my fathers middle name is Richard and
so I have been told that he was named after a Grandfather, but like I said I
have never come across a Richard yet.
Tonight I emailed George back questioning who Dick Wurzer was. My thoughts
are that he could possibly be my Great Great Grandfather. I am a young-in when
it comes to genealogy, not many people my age care. But I do. I will be 25
this coming May. Anyroad, I am excited to hear back from him, he could hold so
much family history to share with me. I would love to be able to call my dad
and say, Hey I know who you are named after! How awesome.
You would think I would be able to ask my Dads parents, but they can't
remember.
So George is my hope. I would love to know if he knows more about Luella or
Albert too.
There is a lot of hope in my heart tonight, and for that I am thankful. I
don't have much right now, so this means a lot to me.
Nikki