Welcome to
www.fenske-johansen.com
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This site is designed and maintained by Lynn Johansen.
The content is a combined effort of mother and daughter, but the daughter,
Mrs. Linda Lou Johansen-Trenhaile is the true heart and inspiration for this site.
In an attempt to find out more about who we are and where we came from and with very little information, Linda has put in hours of research and answered lots of questions and opened up even more mysteries! We have found how our relatives had changed the spelling of their names, and even completely changed them in order to become more Americanized.
When Linda started, about all I could tell her was that my grandfather, Walter Otto Fenske left Germany to come to the US for a better life. I had been told that he was related to the Fenske Brothers who had a furniture company and that there had been some sort of a rift in the family, but that was about all that I knew.
I also knew that my grandmother, Elsie Haas-Lippold had a half-sister but that was about the extent of it.
A couple of years ago I received a great family history from my cousin Tor Arild Halvorsen in Norway so I was able to fill in the Johansen side of the family.
Linda has also done some digging into the Sineni's - her father's family. Anna Gilson-Sineni's roots go back before the American Revolution. Click on the link to the Gilson page for Linda's latest contribution. Great work, Linda!
We also need to acknowledge Tracey Lynn Avis, daughter and sister. Yes, Tracey, we will get the actual "tree" printed up soon!
You are welcome to share any information that you may have about any of the people on this site, and if you need more information, PLEASE let us know! We are happy to help you too!
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Families on this website:
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Avis
Barthen
Bell
Buchholz
Blood
Carter
Collins
Concialdi
Cornwall
Cornwell
Curry
Czech
Dahlgren
Fenske
Freetley
Gill
Gilson
Goll
Greco
Grossman
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Haas
Hale
Hart
Hoehamer
Hong
Hopkins
Hoyt
Johansen
Kale
Klumka
Knight
Koplin
Kvistad
Larsen
Lemcke
Lindsay
Linebaugh
Lippold
Longley
Luttrell
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Massmann
Mathias
McAdow
Mjoen
Munger
Nieglos
Niehing
Oakes
Oates
Parrish
Parsons
Prignano
Purcell
Quandt
Rice
Rupp
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Santellano
Saunders
Scheff
Schlieske
Schultz
Schulz
Schwanback
Shattuck
Sineni
Stahl
Striggow
Tarbell
Trenhaile
True
VanNevel
Walters
Wiegman
Wisher
Zanchelli
Zarkadas
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Dear Ancestor
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
Author Unknown
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“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance,
bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors.”
—Joseph Story
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since July 7, 2008.
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Photos copyright L. Johansen, L. Trenhaile & T. Avis 2008
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For the safety and protection of the families, I will not list the names of children under the age of 18, nor will I post any photos less than 20 years old. If you wish your information to be edited or removed, please contact us.
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