William Otto Joachim Ullrich
My grandfather, William Otto Joachim Ullrich, was a complicated man. Even his name was complicated. I never met him because he died of pneumonia at the young age of 43. …
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September 12, 2021
Contains information on the Joachim family. It also has information on the Joachim line which took the name Ullrich.
Turmoil in the Joachim Homeland
Despite an impressive number of documents tracing our Joachim ancestors, Ancestry does not dignify my DNA with any “German” blood. The closest the DNA records identify is “Northwestern Europe”. Perhaps…
September 12, 2019
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
All Because of a Broken Arm
Johann Conrad Joachim was a medical doctor, married and the father of five children. He was my 2nd great grandfather. He and his family emigrated to the United States in…
July 1, 2019
Otto, Louisa and Gustave
Names Are Not Always What They Seem
Imagine learning late in life that your surname is not actually your surname. My Dad always wondered about his last name, Ullrich, because the facts just did not add up. …
May 20, 2019