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-ONLINE No. 1-

THE AMERICAN FAMILY OF FRIEDRICH LUDWIG JAHN
(Family Tree, Section of Ernest John Rohr)
- Jahn-Stammbaum der Familie Rohr/Chicago, Illinois / USA -

... just now (2001, June, the 1st) 
the youngest descendants of the American line of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was born! 
... click here !

 

Friedrich Ludwig
JAHN
Born: August 11, 1778 in Lanz (near Lenzen)
Died: October 15, 1852

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Helena Johanna Amalia
Kollhof
Born:  1778, Holldorf (near Neubrandenburg)
Married: August 30, 1814 in Neuenkirchen (Brandenburg)
Died:  September 8, 1823

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Arnold Siegfried JAHN
Born: August 13, 1815 - Berlin, Germany
Died: June 27, 1891- Chikago,Illinois/USA

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Dorothea Kummer
Born: 1824
Married: 1857
Died: 1880

Sieglinde JAHN
Born: 1816
Died:1819

Walter JAHN
Born: 1817
Died: 1819

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Arnold Siegfried JAHNs sons Hermann and Friedrich, married sisters Eliza and Meta Meyer.
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Arnold Siegfried JAHNs Söhne Hermann und Friedrich heiraten die Schwestern Eliza und Meta Meyer. . . .

Hermann Heinrich
JAHN
Born: Nov 18, 1861-Baltimore, Maryland/USA

Died: Sept 5, 1919-Steger, Illinois/USA

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Eliza Johanna
Meyer
Born: June 22, 1866 - Chicago
Married: 1895
Died: Sept 9, 1952 - Steger

 

Arnold JAHN

Born: 1858

Died: 1861

 

 

Friedrich Ludwig
JAHN
Born: Oct 24, 1864

Died: Jan 12, 1932

 

Helena Dorothea
JAHN

Born: March 15, 1866

Died:  ?

. While digging a well on the farm where they lived, natural gas filled the well and killed the father
H.H. JAHN and the two sons Frederich W. and Hermann H. JAHN, September 5th, 1919,  leaving the wife Eliza Johanna and the daughters Edith Kathleen, Eleanor and Aurora JAHN, alone.

The 3 graves in Chicago / Illinois                   


Während Brunnenbauarbeiten verunglückt Vater Herrmann Heinrich JAHN am 5.9.1919 mit seinen beiden Söhnen tödlich, und hinterließ seine Frau, sowie die 3 Töchter Edith Kathleen, Eleanor und Aurora JAHN.

Die 3 Grabstätten in Chikago, Illinois / USA >>>

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Edith Kathleen
JAHN
Born: Oct 15, 1899-Truxall, Illinois

Died: Febr 15, 1975-
Park Forest, South Illinois

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Ernest Georg
ROHR
Born: March 1 1997:
Married:  ?
Died: July 23, 1941

 

Eleanor
JAHN

Born:1896
Died:1963

 

Friederich Wilhelm
JAHN

Born: 1903
Died: 1919

 

Hermann Heinrich
JAHN

Born:  ?
Died: 1919

 

Aurora
JAHN

Born:1898
Died:1932

. Edith Kathleen JAHN is the grand mother of Mr. Ernest J. ROHR, who is travelling to Germany, just in time (from August, the 16th to 23rd, 1999)
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Edith Kathleen JAHN   ist die Grossmutter von Ernest J.Rohr (36), der erstmals in der Familiengeschichte eine Deutschlandreise unternimmt (16.-23.August 1999) .

Ernest Hermann
ROHR

Born: October 18, 1930 - Chicago Heights, Illinois

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Phyllis Joan
Rigoni

Born: Sept 9, 1933
Married: May 21, 1955

Clara   Rohr

Born: Jan 18, 1935


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Ernest Herman ROHR,
born October 18, 1930,
the father of Ernest John Rohr,
who is now (1999) on a historical trip to Germany.
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Ernest John
ROHR,
Sen.

Born: May 12, 1963

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Kelly Ann
Spies

Born:Aug 17, 1966
Married: May 16, 1987

Kenneth
Sobkowiak

Married: 1966

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Kathleen Rose Rohr

Born: 1958

        ... the youngest Grand-, Grand-, Grand-, Grand son of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn!!


2001 in South Holland

Ernest John Rohr Jr.
Born June 1st, 2001,  in Chicago
1:44 a.m. (1 month early ); 
6 lbs.11 oz.;
19 inches long.
... he looks just like his "vater"


2002 in Potsdam

  ... his father and mother are guests of Honour of the German Gymnastics Festival 
31st DEUTSCHES TURNFEST IN LEIPZIG 2002

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Ernest John ROHR, Sen.  born May 12, 1963
First time a descendant of the American line of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn was on a German tour 1999,
on the historical traces of his family in Germany.
The stations were:
rohr19
<<  German trip  of Family Rohr 2019


17 years after his first visit to Germany (2002) as an 11-month-old baby, Ernest visited John jun. again the land of his illustrious ancestor.
Together with his family, he was impressed by the Jahn Monument in Berlin's Hasenheide.
  Other stations were the birthplace, the gymnastics city of Leipzig and Jahn's grave in Freyburg.
   >> German Jahn Trip 2019
         >> Deutschlandtour der Jahn-Nachfahren

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