Tag Archives: KENNEDY

Barbara (GENGEL) HAAS (1816-1899): Gave Birth on the Voyage to America – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 27)

Posted on 27 January 2015 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

My great-great grandmother Barbara (GENGEL) HAAS was born on 15 February 1816,1 which happens to be my birthday (although not the same year), likely in Württemberg, Germany. Barbara was my mother’s daddy’s maternal grandmother. She died in 1899, four and a … Continue reading →

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Barbara Ellen (HAAS) WILSON – First American Birth – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 13)

Posted on 6 November 2014 by Elizabeth Wilson Ballard

Barbara Ellen HAAS, my great grandmother, was born in August 1854, in Pennsylvania, probably in Philadelphia. Her family, consisting of her parents and six older siblings had emigrated from Sulzbach, Freudenstadt, Württemberg, Germany in 1851. Her brother Henry was born … Continue reading →

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