While We Were Here

The genealogy of Joan Bellmann

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While We Were Here

The genealogy of Joan Bellmann

Family Tree ............................The Bellmann Family ............The Schmitt Family................Stories We Tell .......................

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Joan Rita

Schmit

FrederickSandrusSchmitt

b. 1896, PA

MaryNaomiMatthews

b. 1896, PA

MargarettaMatthews

b. 1896, PA

FrankO’Brian

b. 1896, PA

Rosemaryb. 1934

Francisb. 1934

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Met in Altoona High School (high school sweetherats)

GeorgeFrederickSchmitt

b. 1896, PA

AliceElizabethSandrus

b. 1876, PAd. Nov 1896

DellaFloraRosiaCarl

AmosHarry

Theodore

JosephLawrenceMatthews

b. 1896, PA

RoseEstelleMatthews

b. 1876, PAd. Nov 1896

GeorgeMichaelSchmitt

AnnaEliseBohn

JohnstonKPSandrus

EmmaKatherineUtley

LawrenceVincentMatthews

MaryFMcDermott

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DanielHMatthews

AnnaMarieMcFadden

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1988 1988

RudolphRobertBellmann

b. 1886, Paris

AdrienneAlexandrineKaplan

b. 1890, Paris

2 rue VeronAlforteville, Paris

France 94104

Met in Paris. Married in 1913 in Germany and went to the US immediately.

RobertTheodoreBellmann

b. 1848, Germany

ClaraKlopfer

b. 1859, Werden, Germany

FelixWilliamKaplan

b. 1853, 11ieme Paris, Franced. 1936, Dueben, Germany

JeanMarieConstrantin

b. 1850, St. Maurlured. 1910 Gourdant

GeorgeMichaelSchmitt

AnnaEliseBohn

JohnstonKPSandrus

EmmaKatherineUtley

ErnstOswaldKaplan

AnnaGrimm

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TBD

TBD

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BernardRobert

BellmannAlbertWilhelm

KarlOtto

Brothers:Charles

PaulWilliam

(died of Scarlet Fever at age 7)

Orphaned ag 16 and moved to Stuttgart, Germany

1988 1988

Stories We Tell

Joan Bellmann : On Getting Married

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Bernard-Bellmann

B. May 15 1942D. May 15, 1942

Bernard-Bellmann

B. May 15 1942D. May 15, 1942

Bernard Bellmann

Bernard spoke French in the house until schooling at age 5 because of Adrienne. Graduated Curtis High

School in 1932 and moved to Dresden, Garmany (1932). Enrolled and studied at Dresden Institute of Technol-

ogy from 1933-1942 in order to spend the family inheri-tance. Hitler would not allow the family money to leave Germany. Bernard could spend the money in Germany as long as it was for educational pruposes and you could

prove you were a family member.

Had to work shoveling coal on a ship to make enough to visit the United States.

AdrienneBellmann

B. May 15 1942D. May 15, 1942

From left to right: (1) 1930, Bernard (Age 16) and mother, Adrienne, on a shop to France to visit relatives.

From left to right: (1) 1930, Bernard (Age 16) and mother, Adrienne, on a shop to France to visit relatives.

Aunt Rosie, Frederick’s Aunt, visit Dayton, Ohio for Sylvia (Bellmann) Alsphaugh’s wedding in 1955.

RudolphBellmann

B. Jun 28, 1914D. Aug 5, 1988

Bernard-Bellmann

B. May 15 1942D. May 15, 1942

Sylvia Bellmann

B. May 15 1942D. May 15, 1942

Joan Bellmann : On Getting Married

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Joan Bellmann : On Getting Married

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