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The Other Shoe Drops This new column will appear from time to time when material published in the Sounder prompts readers to respond with information that illumines mysteries and leads to genealogical searches in new places. The March 2009 Issue of the Sounder (vol. 23, no. 1) featured an article by Margaret Robe SUMMITT titled “A KOERTH Brick Wall.” It told of the saga of the KOERTH family from Prussia to America, the loss of a “valuable” pillowcase in New York harbor, the search for a death record for Anna Louise (NICKOLEY) KOERTH, the discovery of a marriage certificate for her daughter Anna Carolina (KOERTH) SPRENGLER, and a ninety-mile trek on foot to buy a heifer from a mystery relative, Mrs. GRUENING. On Tuesday, March 24, an email appeared in Margaret’s inbox from a previously unknown distant cousin, Christine NYHOLM. She had read the article in the online Sounder and found that it rang more than a few bells. A direct descendant of Mrs. KOERTH’s son Ludwig a.k.a. Louis, Christine knew that his sister, Louise, married Rudolph GRUENING and that the surname was later changed to GREENING. The SPRENGLER family sounded very like her California relatives known to her as the SPRINGLERs. Christine herself is descended from a branch of Ludwig’s family whose name was changed to KIRT in the lumber camps of northern Minnesota, where two brothers piloted a steamboat. She also provided a clue to a possible remarriage of Mrs. KOERTH—after age 80! To assist those looking for the KOERTH surname, and its innumerable variant spellings, the SIGS web page will soon include a clearing house of information. It will include a descendancy of Margaret’s earliest KOERTH ancestor and a data list of people surnamed KOERTH (and variant spellings) in the sources where they have been found. The editor encourages
readers to let her know when a Sounder article has inspired a
breakthrough. Send the information to sigs (at) alderwood.org with ATTN: Sounder Editor as the message header, and
it will appear in this column with supplementary material on the SIGS
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