Category: Kunkel Family History

The Kunkel family in Australia or Bavaria

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 13: Sweets Lollies and Desserts

31 March, 2011

52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History: Week 13’s topic is Sweets. What was your favorite childhood candy or dessert? Have your tastes changed since then? This week’s topic intersects both my genealogy and my own personal history. As I grew up I was told that my maternal great-grandfather owned a chocolate factory. You can imagine … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 13: Sweets Lollies and Desserts

52 Weeks of Personal History & Genealogy -Week 12: Movies

24 March, 2011

This week’s topic in 52 weeks of personal history and genealogy is: Movies. Did (or do you still) see many movies? Describe your favorites. Where did you see these films? Is the theater still there, or is there something else in its place? I’d been looking forward to the Movies question but as it happens … More 52 Weeks of Personal History & Genealogy -Week 12: Movies

International Women’s Day – Ellen Gavin, Julia Kunkel and Johanna Gavan

8 March, 2011

  Today is the centenary of International Women’s Day and an appropriate day to honour our female ancestors. I have chosen to highlight the lives of my great-great-grandmother Ellen (Murphy) Gavin and great-grandmother Julia (Gavin) Kunkel as well as an unrelated friend.  Their lives were so much harder, and stoic, than ours and I thank … More International Women’s Day – Ellen Gavin, Julia Kunkel and Johanna Gavan

52 weeks of personal history & genealogy: Week 10: Disasters

7 March, 2011

We are now in Week 10 of Amy Coffin and Geneablogger’s 52 weeks of Personal history and genealogy. This week’s topic: Disasters. Did you experience any natural disasters in your lifetime? Tell us about them. If not, then discuss these events that happened to parents, grandparents or others in your family. With the 2011 events … More 52 weeks of personal history & genealogy: Week 10: Disasters

52 Weeks of personal history and genealogy: Week 9 Sounds – a reflection

3 March, 2011

Grandma calls me her bonnie wee bairn as I lie on the couch while she brushes my hair. The rise and fall of the silver hairbrush makes a clicking noise as soothing as the brushing itself. Afterwards we’ll share a treat. There’s a clunk as the lid rests back on its hinges. A heavy record … More 52 Weeks of personal history and genealogy: Week 9 Sounds – a reflection

Wordless Wednesday (not quite) -Brickwall photo

9 February, 2011

This photo definitely includes my grandfather, Denis Kunkel (second left, second back row) and was found as a backing board behind another picture. I have a theory it is be an extended family photo because of some of the poses and family resemblances-some look very like my father. Or it could be some local society -but … More Wordless Wednesday (not quite) -Brickwall photo

52 Weeks of Personal History & Genealogy: Week 6: TV & Radio

7 February, 2011

The topic for Week 6 is Radio & TV: What was your favorite radio or television show from your childhood? What was the program about and who was in it? http://www.geneabloggers.com/tag/52-weeks-of-personal-genealogy-history/ Well this week’s challenge certainly stretched my brain…probably because I didn’t read the question (you know, exam strategies 101)! So really just randomly picking … More 52 Weeks of Personal History & Genealogy: Week 6: TV & Radio

Writing family history -roadblock in Dorfprozelten

6 February, 2011

The biggest roadblock in writing my Kunkel-O’Brien family history in 2003 was trying to give my readers a flavour of the ancestral home village in Bavaria. I struggled with this stumbling block for weeks, but during a day’s creative writing class at the NT Writers’ Centre a lateral approach came to me. Instead of being … More Writing family history -roadblock in Dorfprozelten

52 Weeks of Personal History & Genealogy-Week 5 -Favourite Foods

3 February, 2011

Favourite Food Thinking about this topic I’ve realised how strong has been the influence of my mother’s grandparents –my great-grandfather was a confectioner and pastry cook and the family owned tea rooms in Charters Towers in the late 19th century and prior to that a confectionery business in Ipswich, Queensland. Judging on a few newspaper … More 52 Weeks of Personal History & Genealogy-Week 5 -Favourite Foods