Category Archives: Bloodlines

Urbanus Lentilus
Born: Rome (?)
Died: Württemberg [now Germany]

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Petrus Lentilus

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Wilhelm Lentilus

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Petrus Lentilus

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Michael Gmelin
Born: c1510, Weilheim an der Teck, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: October 6, 1576, Weilheim an der Teck, Württemberg [now Germany]
Occupation: schoolmaster, teacher
Spouse: Margaretha Nägelin
Born: 1514, Weilheim an der Teck, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: February 8, 1568, Weilheim an der Teck, Württemberg [now Germany]
Married: 1539, Weilheim an der Teck, Württemberg [now Germany]
Children: 11

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Johann Wilhelm Gmelin
Born: November 6, 1541, Weilheim an der Teck, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: October 6, 1576, Gärtringen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Occupation: priest, schoolmaster
Spouse: Magdalena Rieger
Born: 1540, Bad Cannstatt, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: December 11, 1580, Gärtringen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Married: February 13, 1565, Gärtringen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Children: 12

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Johann Wilhelm Gmelin
Born: October 10, 1573, Gärtringen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: November 1, 1635, Böblingen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Occupation: priest, schoolmaster
Spouse: Judith Karg
Born: May 1, 1576, Hirsau, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: June 1, 1619, Bebenhausen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Married: January 9, 1600, Calw, Württemberg [now Germany]
Children: 10

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Samuel Gmelin
Born: February 28, 1611, Bebenhausen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: May 7, 1676, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Occupation: unknown
Spouse: Katherina Hogel
Born: 1615, Beuren, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: 1652, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Married: April 23, 1639, location unknown
Children: 7

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Johann Georg Gmelin
Born: September 10, 1652, Sondelfingen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: March 7, 1705, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Occupation: physician
Spouse: Anna Sabina Sattler
Born: February 24, 1660, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: September 29, 1720, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Married: November 30, 1684, Pfalz, Bayern [now Germany]
Children: 9

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Wilhelm Gottfried Gmelin
Born: December 7, 1695, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: February 27, 1760, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Occupation: physician
Spouse: Juliane Charlotte Megerlin
Born: January 6, 1718, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: unknown
Married: July 8, 1738, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Children: 9

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Christoph Friedrich Wilhelm Gmelin
Born: April 25, 1744, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: September 29, 1809, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Occupation: minister
Spouse: Margaretha Rosina Werner
Born: November 28, 1748, Grossglattbach, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: November 5, 1799, Grossglattbach, Württemberg [now Germany]
Married: September 1, 1772, Stuttgart, Württemberg [now Germany]
Children: 11

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Christian Friedrich Gottlob Gmelin
Born: February 22, 1778, Neuweiler, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: May 5, 1860, Winnenthal, Württemberg [now Germany]
Occupation: bookkeeper, caretaker of orphanage
Spouse: Franziska Heinrike Friederika Christiana Braun
Born: January 22, 1780, Ludwigsburg, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: February 23, 1866, Winnenthal, Württemberg [now Germany]
Married: June 9, 1805, Ludwigsburg, Württemberg [now Germany]
Children: 7

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Paul Heinrich Karl “Karl” Gmelin
Born: January 5, 1811, Ludwigsburg, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: January 23, 1865, Pfullingen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Occupation: merchant, businessman
Spouse: Christiane Luise Keppler
Born: September 22, 1805, Pfullingen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: June 2, 1867, Pfullingen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Marriage: date unknown
Children: Ludwig Friedrich Emil (1836), Christian Ludwig Gottlieb Karl (1837), Gustav Adolf Wilhelm (1839), Friedrich Ludwig Albert (1840), Heinrich Paul Albert (1841), two additional unidentified children

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Heinrich Paul Albert “Albert” Gmelin
Born: April 16, 1842, Pfullingen, Württemberg [now Germany]
Died: January 31, 1903, New York, New York
Occupation: bookbinder
Spouse #1: Maria Magdalena Kummer
Born: November 22, 1843, Herblingen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Died: August 8, 1894, New York, New York
Married: April 23, 1870, New York, New York
Children: Ludwig (1870), Elise (1873), Adolph (1875), Albert (1877), Elise (1880)
Spouse #2: Henriette Friederike Uhe
Born: November 15, 1851, Lippe, Germany
Died: unknown
Married: January 10, 1895
Children: none

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Adolph Gmelin
Born: September 2, 1875, New York, New York
Died: March 19, 1943, Long Island City, New York
Occupation: tinsmith (building)
Spouse: Emilie Othilda “Tillie” Trzcinski
Surname changed to Schinsky (c1880)
Born: May 2, 1877, New York, New York
Died: December 13, 1954, Bronx, New York
Children: Robert Howard (1905), Antoinette Beatrice (1908)

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Antoinette Beatrice Gmelin
Born: November 21, 1908, Bronx, New York
Died: December 12, 1992, Tampa, Florida
Occupation: none
Spouse: Leander Leonard Matthews, Jr.
Born: December 25, 1900, Robinson Township, Pennsylvania
Died: January 15, 1983, Riverhead, New York
Occupation: crane operator; stationary engineer
Married: September 9, 1928, Astoria, New York
Child: Marilyn Lois Matthews (1935)

Jacob von Trzcinski
Born: c1788, Posen, Prussia [now Poznan, Poland] (?)
Died: 1870-1880 (?)
Occupation: unknown
Spouse: Catharina Kossowska
Born: c1813, Posen, Prussia [now Poznan, Poland] (?)
Died: before 1870
Married: July 6, 1838, Św.Marcin, Posen, Prussia [now Poznan, Poland]
Known children: Josef (1839)

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Josef von Trzcinski
Surname changed to Schinsky (c1880)
Born: February 1839, near Bromberg, Posen, Prussia [now Bydgoszcz, Poland]
Died: November 18, 1909, New York, NY
Occupation: varnisher
Spouse: Emelie Brüggemann
Born: December 6, 1842, Naumburg, Thüringen, Saxony [now Germany]
Died: April 15, 1925, Long Island City, New York
Married: c1864
Children: Joseph (1867), Emil Robert Wilhelm (1868), eight unidentified children (1869-1874), Anna (1875), Bertha (1876), Emilie Othilda (1877), Albert F. (1880), Oscar (1885), unidentified child (1886-1894), Mary (c1895)

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Emilie Othilda “Tillie” Trzcinski
Surname changed to Schinsky (c1880)
Born: May 2, 1877, New York, New York
Died: December 13, 1954, Bronx, New York
Occupation: none
Spouse: Adolph Gmelin
Born: September 2, 1875, New York, New York
Died: March 19, 1943, Long Island City, New York
Occupation: tinsmith (building)
Children: Robert Howard (1905), Antoinette Beatrice (1908)

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Antoinette Beatrice Gmelin
Born: November 21, 1908, Bronx, New York
Died: December 12, 1992, Tampa, Florida
Occupation: none
Spouse: Leander Leonard Matthews, Jr.
Born: December 25, 1900, Robinson Township, Pennsylvania
Died: January 15, 1983, Riverhead, New York
Occupation: crane operator; stationary engineer
Married: September 9, 1928, Astoria, New York
Child: Marilyn Lois Matthews (1935)

John Matthews
Born: c1820, England
Died: 1870-1880, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (?)
Occupation: coal miner
Spouse: Lavina ____
Born: c1831, Pennsylvania
Died: after 1906, Homestead, Pennsylvania (?)
Married: c1850, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (?)
Known children: Nancy (c1850), Leander Leonard (1858), Henrietta (1862), Hannah J. (1864), William P. (1867)

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Leander Leonard Matthews
Born: June 13, 1858, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
Died: July 5, 1926, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
Occupation: telegraph operator; clerk, coal company
Spouse #1: unknown
Spouse #2: Sadie M. Walters
Born: March 4, 1866, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Died: 1889-1898
Married: September 21, 1887, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Child: Royal Edison (1889)
Spouse #3: Lisette Dorthea “Sadie” Datz
Born: September 1, 1862, Anspach, Hessen-Nassau
Died: April 19, 1942, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Married: August 21, 1898, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Children: Emma Rebecca (1899), Leander Leonard (1900), Margaret (1904)

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Leander Leonard Matthews, Jr.
Born: December 25, 1900, Robinson Township, Pennsylvania
Died: January 15, 1983, Riverhead, New York
Occupation: crane operator; stationary engineer
Spouse: Antoinette Beatrice Gmelin
Born: November 21, 1908, Bronx, New York
Died: December 12, 1992, Tampa, Florida
Married: September 9, 1928, Astoria, New York
Child: Marilyn Lois Matthews (1935)

Lars ____ [Riis]
Born: ?, Bornholm, Denmark
Died: ?, Bornholm, Denmark (?)
Occupation: unknown
Spouse: unknown
Known children: Hans (1758-1838)

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Hans Larsen (Riis)
Born: about March 1758, Bornholm, Denmark
Died: January 31, 1838, Østerlars, Bornholm, Denmark
Occupation: soldier, farmer
Spouse: Karen Jørgensdatter
Born: c1763
Died: before 1813
Married: date unknown
Children: Jørgen (1796-1859), Jens (1798-1859)

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Jens Hansen [Riis]
Born: 1798, Klemensker, Bornholm, Denmark
Died: May 9, 1859, Klemensker, Bornholm, Denmark
Occupation: farmer
Spouse: Ane Margrethe Thomasdatter
Born: about December 1804, Rø, Bornholm, Denmark
Died: between 1870-1880
Married: March 24, 1822, Rø, Bornholm, Denmark
Known children: Hans (1823), Karen Kirstine (1833), Jørgen Peter (1834), Maria Kirstine (1837), Hans Thomias (1840), Marcus Peter (1844), Caroline Christine (1848)

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Hans Thomias Jensen [Riis]
Born: June 9, 1840, Rø, Bornholm, Denmark
Died: October 23, 1913, Mæby, Bornholm, Denmark
Occupation: mason
Spouse: Christine Margrethe Andersen
Born: November 9, 1849, Nyker, Bornholm, Denmark
Died: July 12, 1906, Mæby, Bornholm, Denmark
Married: May 9, 1868, Nyker, Bornholm, Denmark
Children: Andreas Jensen (1869), Jens Hansen (1871), Hans Christian (1877), Caroline Margrethe (1881), Anne Marie Christine (1884)

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Hans Christian Riis
Born: February 1, 1877, Nyker, Bornholm, Denmark
Died: May 24, 1959, Brentwood, New York
Occupation: carpenter, builder, millwork shop owner
Spouse: Helene Andersen
Born: April 14, 1872, Idestrup, Maribo, Denmark
Died: August 18, 1848, Roosevelt, New York
Married: September 12, 1900, New York, New York
Children: Hans Alfred Andersen (1902), Thorvald Christian (1904), stillborn girl (1905), Kenneth Peter (1911), Helene E. (1914)

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Thorvald Christian Riis
Born: February 12, 1904, Morris Park, New York
Died: July 16, 1976, East Meadow, New York
Occupation: architect
Spouse: Ida May Adams
Born: April 28, 1904, Quogue, New York
Died: September 3, 1999, Palm Harbor, Florida
Married: June 26, 1925, Queens Village, New York
Children: Robert Thorvald (1926), Warren Adams (1928), Elizabeth Jane (1930)