Mysteries in the Hartman Genealogy

Unsolved Mysteries

Nesset/Storhaugen Line

Nothing here is really a mystery, but ...

I would just like to make contact with the descendents of Hans Iversen Kleven and his wife Berthe Olsdtr. Storhaugen. Many of them lived in Black River Falls, Wisconsin but I never knew about them when I was a child.

Hagen/Langsethagen/Alfsonhaugen Line

No real mystery here either, however ...

I would like to know if the Langsethagens and Alfsonhaugens who live still live in the Lillehammer area of Norway are relatives. The second cousins that I know of in Norway do not have those surnames.

Kress/Moeller Line

I have lots of questions concerning the Kress line. Such as:

Is my Kress line related to the von Kressenstein family? (Kress Family History, compiled, written and published by Karl Friedrich von Frank zu Döfering. "The genealogical material concerning the American line of the Kress family was contributed by Charles Rhoads Roberts". Vienna, Austria, 1930. 770 p.) One branch of that Kress line settled in Pennsylvania in the 1700s.

Is my Kress line related to the Kress family in Ohio?

To the Kress family in upstate New York?

To the Kress family of San Antonio?

What happened to Anna Januaria Kress (born in 1848)? She arrived in Galveston on the Brig Weser in 1869 and in listed as a 'domestic servant' in the Thomas Schwab household, New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas in the 1870 census. But then she disappears. Did she return to Germany? I can find no death record for her in New Braunsfels.

Did some of Sebastian Kress's sons settle in the U.S. (And which Sebastian Kress? The one born in 1786 or his nephew who was born in 1813?)

Did some of Urban Kress's (1845-1907) descendents settle in the U.S.?

Is it possible to trace a name as common as Moeller in Germany?

Hartman/Fey Line

Lots of questions here as well.

Has anyone seen a photograph of Jacques (Jacob) Hartmann I (1817-1894)?

When did Jacques (Jacob) Hartmann I make his first trip to the United States?

Did he have a 'second family' in the U.S. while sending money back to his first family in Roppeviller?

I did find out that we are related to the Fey family of Pennsylvania through both our Fey line and through our Bichler (Buechler) line.

Where are all of our Heckel relatives from New York state? Christine Fey Hartmann's grandfather was named Frederic Heckel and he was reported to have had a total of 25 children (I've found 19 so far) by two (successive) wives. Some of them were said to have settled in the New York and New Jersey area. I believe that one son was the Michael Heckel (1825/26-1884) who was enumerated in Lockport, Niagra County, New York in the 1850 census, along with his wife Margaret Fégelé.

How does Sister M. Gudiella Heckel (School Sisters of Notre Dame) fit in? She was mentioned in a letter from Sister M. Spes Hartman, who said that Sr. Gudiella taught French in a girls' college in Maryland (probably the College of Notre Dame of Maryland) and lived to be 99 years old. She died 'on September 17', but I don’t know the year. Her birthday was December 24. I would appreciate any information about her.

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Nesset/Storhaugen Line	Nothing here is really a mystery, but ... I would just like to make contact with the descendents of Hans Iversen Kleven and his wife Berthe Olsdtr. Storhaugen. Many of them lived in Black River Falls, Wisconsin but I never knew about them when I was a child.
Hagen/Langsethagen/Alfsonhaugen Line	No real mystery here either, however ... I would like to know if the Langsethagens and Alfsonhaugens who live still live in the Lillehammer area of Norway are relatives. The second cousins that I know of in Norway do not have those surnames.
Kress/Moeller Line	I have lots of questions concerning the Kress line. Such as: Is my Kress line related to the von Kressenstein family? (*Kress Family History*, compiled, written and published by Karl Friedrich von Frank zu Döfering. "The genealogical material concerning the American line of the Kress family was contributed by Charles Rhoads Roberts". Vienna, Austria, 1930. 770 p.) One branch of that Kress line settled in Pennsylvania in the 1700s. Is my Kress line related to the Kress family in Ohio? To the Kress family in upstate New York? To the Kress family of San Antonio? What happened to Anna Januaria Kress (born in 1848)? She arrived in Galveston on the Brig Weser in 1869 and in listed as a 'domestic servant' in the Thomas Schwab household, New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas in the 1870 census. But then she disappears. Did she return to Germany? I can find no death record for her in New Braunsfels. Did some of Sebastian Kress's sons settle in the U.S. (And which Sebastian Kress? The one born in 1786 or his nephew who was born in 1813?) Did some of Urban Kress's (1845-1907) descendents settle in the U.S.? Is it possible to trace a name as common as Moeller in Germany?
Hartman/Fey Line	Lots of questions here as well. Has anyone seen a photograph of Jacques (Jacob) Hartmann I (1817-1894)? When did Jacques (Jacob) Hartmann I make his first trip to the United States? Did he have a 'second family' in the U.S. while sending money back to his first family in Roppeviller? I did find out that we are related to the Fey family of Pennsylvania through both our Fey line and through our Bichler (Buechler) line. Where are all of our Heckel relatives from New York state? Christine Fey Hartmann's grandfather was named Frederic Heckel and he was reported to have had a total of 25 children (I've found 19 so far) by two (successive) wives. Some of them were said to have settled in the New York and New Jersey area. I believe that one son was the Michael Heckel (1825/26-1884) who was enumerated in Lockport, Niagra County, New York in the 1850 census, along with his wife Margaret Fégelé. How does Sister M. Gudiella Heckel (School Sisters of Notre Dame) fit in? She was mentioned in a letter from Sister M. Spes Hartman, who said that Sr. Gudiella taught French in a girls' college in Maryland (probably the College of Notre Dame of Maryland) and lived to be 99 years old. She died 'on September 17', but I don’t know the year. Her birthday was December 24. I would appreciate any information about her.