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Today's #grandma recording: "You don't really like to speak about your wedding, right"? - What? - "You don't really like to speak about your wedding, right?." - What? - "You don't really like to speak about your wedding, right?." - "Was not that nice. Was not that nice."

Then she told me, that when they were in the church (she wasn't even sure anymore, which church it was), she saw the Kohleklau character https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohlenklau and that she was so scared.

#genealogy #trauma

Ultimately, I asked #grandma, if she knew anything about the predecessor of the current war memorial in #Hinterzarten, in order to figure out, why her designated father Augustin #Steurenthaler is still missing on it, although he went missing during it. But all she remembered was that there were naked men on it and that it was quickly removed after the war.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hinterzarten_war_memorial

#WW1 #genealogy

Today, I completed transcribing the second half of the #grandma recording, I had started last week and while at it, I managed to complete the remaining two recordings from that 10th of October 2021 as well. There was another round of picking on poor aunt Sophie #Steurenthaler who cried for months about losing her husband to the war. Grandma was still upset on her, when Sophie passed away some 35 years later, she wouldn't even visit her corpse.

In the next recording, I asked her about her view on the events started by her uncle Joseph #Steurenthaler, that ultimately led to the murderer of #Polish forced laborer Stefan Kozłowski in 1941 (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kozłowski-397)

#genealogy #ww2 #Zwangsarbeiter #ZwangsarbeiterInnen

Today's #grandma recording from October 2021 I couldn't transcribe in one round. I is 28:44 long and I had to stop after 20 minutes and over 160 bulleted lines of notes.

It mainly revolved around the mandatory social year, grandma did at her aunt Sophie #Steurenthaler ( https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steurenthaler-54 ), who lost her husband to the war in that time. She was crying all day for months, which made grandma furious. She promised herself, that she would never be like this. And she said, she wasn't, when her own husband passed away about 20 years later.

After she left from Sophie, since that one didn't have work for her anymore, she managed to work for an evacuated orphanage in her neighborhood. She had huge fights with her dad about it, since she made 1 Mark an hour, while he only received 38 Pfennig with working in the forest for the state. I found it funny, that this story popped up this close to #InternationalWomensDay, where #GenderPayGap is one of the central topics usually.

#WomensDay #Genealogy

#Grandma also mentioned her foster-child introducing her to a waitress with the rare name #Steurenthaler (grandma's maiden name) in a restaurant in #Hamburg in the 1970s(?). Unfortunately, I've still not been able to establish contact to Steurenthalers there nor to find the actual connection to them. It might have been https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steurenthaler-11, but I don't know a lot about her due to privacy laws.

#genealogy

Wise cooking by Amparo Moliner

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Now also done with this week's #grandma recording: Among others, she told the sad story of the chocolate Easter bunny, she had received from her godfather Edwin #Steurenthaler. She never had seen such a beautiful Easter bunny before, so she wanted to keep it and left it in the room on the table. At one point, the poor bunny had a huge hole in the belly, because it had been standing in the sun for a long time. Grandma cried a lot.

#genealogy #chocolate #Easter

One of this week's quite belated #grandma recordings mentioned her father Ludwig #Steurenthaler https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steurenthaler-2, who reportedly as a kid "didn't know neither Christmas nor cake". He always got upset, when his wife's family would bake #Christmas #cookies ... but he ate them anyway. At one point, he devoured a whole bag of them. He threw up from it and was sick for most of the holidays.

#genealogy

In one of today's #grandma recordings, she told me about her memory of being a 4 year old being taken by her grandma to visit her other grandfather Joseph #Steurenthaler https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steurenthaler-4: He gave her a 1 Reichsmark coin as a gift, which her grandma told him was being too much (for the kid). My grandma, being worried about having to give it back, swiftly replied: "no, it's not!"

#genealogy

Today's #grandma recording mentioned her brother Ludwig #Steurenthaler and how he regularly was sent to get the neighbor's horse - at the age of three. He wasn't afraid at all of the huge animal, while grandma, his nine years older sister was and couldn't be sent for the job. At the same age, he was also already #skiing. People explained it with the fact, that he almost was born while his mother was on #ski.

Only one record from the year 2020 left.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steurenthaler-50

#genealogy #horses

Transcribed the first of the last three #grandma recordings for 2020. A big part was about her father. As a soldier in #WW1, he was stationed in #Alsace/#Elsass at/near Château de Landskron. He kept hearing the bell of nearby Mariastein Abbey in Canton #Solothurn in #Switzerland. He wanted to go there after the war. Grandma was convinced that he got married there. He didn't. But I've found a previously unknown wedding of another #Steurenthaler couple when asking them to check.

#genealogy

In today's #grandma recording, I told her about Josef #Steurenthaler from the #Gummersbach area and how I can't connect him to her and her father's Steurenthaler family. What a coincidence, that I found his origin some weeks ago and created his profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steurenthaler-184 during this weekend's #April2025ConnectAThon. I also created profiles for 26 descendants and their spouses, which had received from another researcher back then in 2019.
#WikiTree #Genealogy

Today's #grandma recording mentioned Albert #Steurenthaler, who used to pick on grandma's aunt, for only having one child. "If that one dies, you won't have anyone", he said, bragging with his six (or five?) children. Then #WorldWarII came and five of his children died. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steurenthaler-82 #genealogy

Yesterday, I called a town hall because of a story about a pub/inn #grandma had told me. I was looking for a place that was owned by a #Steurenthaler family. The woman told me about privacy rights, but I said I'm only looking for a local history buff. She gave me a number. He knew all inns and their history, but no hit. Still was a pleasant talk. I also managed to do some emails in the morning and some paperwork in the evening (leftovers from weekend).
#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings #Genealogy

Today's #grandma recording told the story of a woman, who came from the #Hamburg area to Black Forest during the war (maybe to #Heuweiler). There she married somebody named #Steurenthaler, which also was grandma's maiden name. The man, who used to be grandma's foster kid, introduced the two women to each other. She was a waitress in Hamburg back then. Maybe she is identical to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steurenthaler-11, of whom I so far only know a death date and a short clip on YouTube.
#genealogy

Still in March 2019, #grandma talked about how her father Ludwig #Steurenthaler https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steurenthaler-2 learned to be a charcoal burner and later a sawyer in the sawmill of his brother. There used to be a former charcoal burning site (kiln) in the neighborhood, where her mother used to go and fill a sack of #flower soil, after removing the grass layer. She also talked about some relatives in a neighboring village, which I still didn't manage to figure out or connect. #genealogy

in one of today's #grandma recordings, which was the last one of February 2019, she suggested that we visit Gotthardhof in #Staufen together, from where - according to family lore - one could see 12 or 15 church towers. Unfortunately, the pandemic, but also my priorities prevented this, until it was too late. At least she was there with my mum before already. Her great-great grandfather Johann #Steurenthaler had bought the property and his widow later sold it. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Gotthardhof
#genealogy

The #grandma recording today told how her father Ludwig #Steurenthaler and her uncle Paul #Wehrle took care that Ludwig's four siblings, who were single and never did an apprenticeship, were given the former mill building of their parents' house to live there. Ludwig worked a whole winter in there, to turn the house, that had been uninhabited for a long time, into a place, they could actually live in. #genealogy

Today's belated #grandma recordings had her talk about two relatives, that she had never met, but she kept hearing her family talk about them. I was able to track down both of them: Peter #Steurenthaler (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Steurenthaler-107 ), a cousin of her father, who was musician (like his son, who was killed in WW1) and Rebekka #Hercher, who emigrated to the US as a nun in the 19th century (no profile so far, maybe during #January2025ConnectAThon )
#genealogy

My #baby #nephew is here again 😍
Here's a photo of of my #family #loves - #Mom & nephew, Raven ❤

#baby #WaterTiger #AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #Chinese #BiracialBaby #MixedRace #CuteBaby #FamilyPhoto #ILoveMyFamily #MyLittleBuddy #Cuteness #SweetChild #BabyBoy #Grandma #Grandson #FirstGrandchild #precious #ILoveMyNephew #FleetingMoments #CapturingMemories

#Cooking Yay. Strike 1 for the #memory. Ist time ever I have recreated the #Christmas #Chicken #Soup I grew up with thanks to #Grandma #Hobbis #Birmingam #KingsHeath #Wulverhamtun #Wolverhampton and my mom J. #Palk. Indeed the #Mitachondria is #Strong in me #Tonight 💖 🙏🏽 xx#Palky