Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_B5678A8B-58D3-4029-AD9C-F210CBFA2C75" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.2 \(3112\)) Subject: Re: Small world of genealogy X-Universally-Unique-Identifier: BA2743E9-A50E-46B6-A3F0-557AEC14779B From: james d schembs Bcc: Monika Schoembs , anne wendel In-Reply-To: <154f4ebb3d1-34c4-5348@webprd-a28.mail.aol.com> Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 18:20:05 -0700 Message-Id: X-Smtp-Server: DF2AC16B-44D1-4213-94CD-EE18481CA3EB References: <556E1830-66BA-43DD-AD86-CDFD91ACA687@icloud.com> <154f4ebb3d1-34c4-5348@webprd-a28.mail.aol.com> To: patgiov@aol.com --Apple-Mail=_B5678A8B-58D3-4029-AD9C-F210CBFA2C75 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mack, I am very sorry to hear your news. Genealogy is a pastime which = catches some of us and from which we derive much pleasure and challenge. = I am glad she enjoyed it greatly. Is there anyone in your family who = has picked it up from Patricia or who might have her family tree back to = Otto? Jim James D. Schembs 480-905-8821 602-432-1978 cell > On May 27, 2016, at 6:12 PM, patgiov@aol.com wrote: >=20 > Thanks for remembering Patricia O'Hara Giovanni. > I do remember her mentioning Otto Christensen. > She had help at the Family History Center in Santa Clara and did trace = her family back to him! > Unfortunately Patricia passed away on 9/7/2009, after a long illness = with Heart Failure. However, she was interested in genealogy till the = end. > Again, thank you for remembering her! > Mack Giovanni.=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: james d schembs > To: PatGiov > Cc: Monika Schoembs ; anne wendel = > Sent: Fri, May 27, 2016 4:41 pm > Subject: Small world of genealogy >=20 > Pat, this is interesting. You and I had contact 10-15 years ago. I = still have your name and email address in my contact list. I think I = somehow stumbled into you when I was researching Johann Georg Sch=C3=B6mbs= , Hahnheim, who I thought might have emigrated to Brazil in the mid-19th = Century. I think we concluded at the time that we were not related. >=20 > Regardless, a few weeks ago one of my Deutsch cousins, Monika Schoembs = sent me a Link to a Christensen Tree which you apparently posted on = RootsWeb nine years ago. Otto Christensen (*1841 Denmark). Otto = married Margaretha James, who is definitely in our Tree. Your name = sounded familiar and, sure enough, I found you in my Contacts. >=20 > Are you related to these Christensens, however you want to spell it? >=20 > >=20 >=20 > Looking forward to hearing from you after all these years. Hopefully = your email address is still good. >=20 > jim >=20 >=20 >=20 > James D. Schembs > 480-905-8821 > 602-432-1978 cell >=20 --Apple-Mail=_B5678A8B-58D3-4029-AD9C-F210CBFA2C75 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Mack, I am very sorry to hear your news. Genealogy is a = pastime which catches some of us and from which we derive much pleasure = and challenge. I am glad she enjoyed it greatly. Is there = anyone in your family who has picked it up from Patricia or who might = have her family tree back to Otto?

Jim

James D. Schembs

480-905-8821

602-432-1978 cell

On May 27, 2016, at 6:12 PM, patgiov@aol.com wrote:

Thanks for = remembering Patricia O'Hara Giovanni.
I do remember her mentioning Otto Christensen.
She had help at the Family History Center in Santa Clara and did trace = her family back to him!
Unfortunately Patricia passed away on 9/7/2009, after a long illness = with Heart Failure. However, she was interested in genealogy till = the end.
Again, thank you for remembering her!
Mack Giovanni.

-----Original Message-----
From: james d schembs <jimschembs@icloud.com>
To: PatGiov <PatGiov@aol.com>
Cc: Monika Schoembs <schoembsm@gmail.com>; anne wendel <annewendel@verizon.net>
Sent: Fri, May 27, 2016 4:41 pm
Subject: Small world of genealogy

Pat, this is interesting. You and I had contact = 10-15 years ago. I still have your name and email address in my = contact list. I think I somehow stumbled into you when I was = researching Johann Georg Sch=C3=B6mbs, Hahnheim, who I thought might have emigrated to Brazil in = the mid-19th Century. I think we concluded at the time that we = were not related.

Regardless, a few weeks ago one of my Deutsch cousins, = Monika Schoembs sent me a Link to a Christensen Tree which you = apparently posted on RootsWeb nine years ago. Otto Christensen = (*1841 Denmark). Otto married Margaretha James, who is definitely = in our Tree. Your name sounded familiar and, sure enough, I found = you in my Contacts.

Are you related to these Christensens, however you want = to spell it?

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Looking forward to hearing from you after all these = years. Hopefully your email address is still good.

jim

James D. Schembs

480-905-8821

602-432-1978 cell

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