My Great Grandfather by gillbrooks
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Very little was known of this part of my family until recently, thanks to my half brother doing some intensive detective work.
This is the first photo I've ever seen of my great grandfather, I have another also of my grandfather, and my father when he was 6 years old that I'll post shortly, along with the mystery of why so little is known.
The origins of our ancestors is still a little vague, at first it was thought he was German but now there seems some possiblity he may have been Swedish or from one of the other Scandinavian countries.
Comments (14)
dfsmetsfan
WOW!!! That is so cool!!! As a genealogist, photos like this are precious gems. How exciting for you to have found this (via your brother). I can't w to hear the story and see the other photos.
jwiest
Pretty cool and great find on the photos.
Petra-S
super old Photo!
Irish
Now this is really quite marvellous! I love looking at old photos and he certainly is a very impressive looking gentleman. It must be wonderful to see these photos Gill and to unrevell a mystery ~ looking forward to hearing more!
watchman2005
Striking portrait!! It is interesting what can turn up in a family tree. My Daughter is doing the same for our family. So apart from being related to a lot of blacksmiths she found out we are related to a first class cricketer who was also an alcoholic! On his day he was one of the best bowlers around but on match days he had to be escorted to make sure he stayed sober!!!
B_PEACOCK
I have a niece while in the military she got to use their computers to trace our family tree. It is 8 feet long by 5 feet wide .Dates back over 250 years of our family. It is cool to see who was in your family.But then some you dont want to know like my wife is related to Ma Barker and the Barker Boys LOL. That is a cool image Gill. Looking forward to see more and hear more about your family. Hope you have a wonderful christmas my friend
Syltermermaid
If the name has a von in it, it is definately German. There is in Germany something that is called: Adels-Register. Have a look in it. May be you have luck and find him there. The titel Count would be in German a Graf, so have a look for Graf Heinrich von Hassager. You should be able to find this Register online. Good luck!!!! Hugs Ute
magnumopus
That is so cool. I just took my daughter to the Ellis Island website and she saw the info on her paternal great grandfather.There was even a lithograph of the ship he sailed to America on. Happy holidays to you and yours!!
duester45
COOL! My ancestors were mainly farmers with an occasional Village Magistrate thrown in.
stolta
Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!
lwperkins
What a handsome fellow--and the best part is he resembles your rendered portrait in the cheekbones and nose! hehe! I hope you find out that he was as fascinating as he is handsome!
Laksmi
How cool is getting the pieces together and know about your roots!!! I hope you can dig this out all the way :-) Handsome GGfather you have!
Gor111
A wonderful portrait of your Grandfather! A fabulous capture!!!
Hawk23
Congratulations Countess :-)