Category: Schilcher Family
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Irish Immigrants in New York City
This is a continuation of the SCHILCHER story. To revisit the SCHILCHER history, please see our story The Bavarian Bootmaker and His Wives. Paul Schilcher and Sadie McAleer In 1901, Paul SCHILCHER married Sarah Veronica “Sadie” MCALEER, in Wilton. Sadie was born in New York City in late 1879, the youngest child of Catharine KELLEY and…
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The Bavarian Bootmaker and His Wives
Joseph SCHILCHER was born in Stoffen, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, May 29, 1821. His parents were Mathias SCHILCHER and Agatha DIETRICH. Landsberg am Lech is a small town in what is now Southwest Germany and this part of the world was experiencing a democratic uprising during Joseph’s early years. Visitberlin.com describes small scale uprisings by…
Gathering Roots 