Family Picture

In this photogragh,is Kathe von Brand (geb. Mannewitz) with my great-grandfather. my great aunt is sitting next to my Oma who is sitting with the doll. The other 2 unindefied persons are other relatives. One I do know is an aunt.

I have been researching more things. Still no luck on finding concrete links to the German families,

*Note, the man that I thought was my Great Grandfather is not him. My Oma said to me he is an Uncle. I found the death certificate of my great grandfather and he died in 1920, when my grandmother was only 3 and a half months old. It was a wonderful find to find the documentation but....now I wonder who he was.

I love Class photos for some reason. I love this one because my Oma is in here. She is in the second row, and she is the second child on the left. Gotta love the hat that the teacher is wearing. I do not see any boys in this class. It is the only class picture I have of my grandmother. It would be nice to know which school this is also, but I believe that might always be a mystery.

        The next picture is of my Grandfathers class. He is in the middle. I love his teachers look also. I was thinking I was told he was in high school there? But since the German learning stages of schooling are different, I am not quite sure where he was. Looks as if he is about 17 in the picture. But he was schooled in Bernburg, and studied in Berlin for his Doctorate which he had when he was married to my Grandmother.

Class Photo in Berlin 1926. perhaps 1927

A Class Photo with my Grandfather

Introducing my Great grandparents on my Grandfathers Side

Paul Stapf

This is Paul Stapf also. I guess in Germany, it is not the way to say Senior or Junior. I am unsure if there is any formality to this. I know that they lived in Bernburg. And that he did something at the soda factory maybe.I know my family lived with them after the war. I am thinking they moved there during the war.

Auguste Hedwig Stapf nee Nettling

My mother said that my Great Grandmother was mean. They only had one child that I am aware of, and that was my grandfather. I wish I knew their birthdays and death dates and also where they are buried. And if there are any other photographs. I have a couple pictures.Also being able to trace back more in terms of Geneology would be nice. The Nettling I did find was from the 1700's and was an artist. Coincidentally we have strong artistic abilities. My nephew is a tattoo artist and my aunt is very talented as well as my mother and myself. 

So my aunt remembers their address. Neinburger Strasse 11. Shame Google maps hasn't got Street view for Bernburg. My grandfather never saw them again after they left East Germany.  

A picture of my Oma with her sister Ulla and her mother Kathe. Ulla was married  to Ernest (Ernie) Brackertz. I know Ulla's birthday was January 7th and I think she was 7 years older than my Oma, which would mean she was possibly born in 1913. My great mothers birthday was sometime in November.  Have no idea how old she was when she had my grandmother. I believe I was told she died possible in 1964, maybe. Again just have clues but can't find out anything. 

I wonder if joining Ancestry.com , the international version would be better for finding more info. I have tried using the Google, German version and spelling as if it were the German version. Despite me not knowing how to speak or write German. I do have a small understanding of what I read. I would never be able to ask a question in the language or send an email. 

I think my great grandmother was a single child, but I don't really know..... I know she was born Mannowitz. Another rare last name. Can't find squat about it. My grandmother also spoke of the aunts she had. 

It was also said that Ulla was from a previous marriage. I wonder what her maiden name was if my Great grandmother had been married before.

My Great grandfather , Great grandmother pictured with Ulla perhaps in 1919. Kathe was pregnant with my grandmother in this picture.My great grand fathers name is Gustav Theoder Von Brand.