Glenn & Barbara (Kemmerich) Halliday of Salem, OR

Below are the surnames I am researching. In parentheses are the regions where these families are known to have lived.

I will be happy to share my research with any who are interested.

ARENS (Reil, Mosel Valley, Germany)
ARNS(Reil, Mosel Valley, Germany)
AVERY (Clinton County, Indiana)
BERGER (Cologne, Germany area)
BUTZEN (Chicago, Illinois;
Reil, Mosel Valley, Germany area)
CLEMEONS (Reil, Mosel Valley, Germany)
FOLLETT (Nevada, Michigan, New York)
FRENCH (Ohio)
GIFFEN (West Virginia, Virginia, Scotland)
GOETTSCH (California, Iowa, Schleswig-Holstein,Germany)
HALLIDAY (Washington state, Idaho,
Clinton County, Indiana, Warren Co., Ohio)
HARROP (Washington state, Ohio)
HINST (Idaho, California,
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
HOMMERDING (Illinois,Indiana, Michigan,Wisconsin,Germany near Luxembourg)
JOHNS (Chicago, IL)
JUNGBLUT (Chicago,IL and Germany)
KEMMERICH (Washington State, Iowa, Cologne, Germany area)
MARLING (West Virginia, Virginia)
OEFFLING (Chicago, IL)
REMBOLD (Cologne, Germany area)
SAGLE (Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia)
SIMONTON (Indiana, Ohio)
STEVENS (Washington state, Wisconsin, New York)
STREUSSER (Illinois, Germany)
TAYLOR (Washington state, Wisconsin, New York)
TERRIL
(Washington State, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, New Jersey)
URBAIN (Illinois)
VERHAAG (Chicago, IL)
VON PRESSENTIN
(Washington state, Mecklenberg-Vorpommern state of Germany, South Africa, Brazil)

Family Photos

• Rainer Arns Wine Cellar (36 KB)
  Rainer Arns standing by huge wine barrel in one of the oldest parts of his wine cellar. At Rainer Arns & Son Winery, Reil, Germany
• August Kemmerich, 1883, Seattle, WA Territory (23 KB)
  A formal photo of August Kemmerich, taken before he went east to Chicago and came back to his ranch in Birdsview, WA Territory, with a new bride--Barbara Hommerding. They were married at St. Michaels Church in Chicago on April 1, 1884.
• Mosel River and vineyards of Reil, Germany (36 KB)
  This photo was taken from our guest room at the Richard Arns' "gasthaus" in Reil, Germany. Richard and his father, Rainer Arns, are the current proprietors of a winery dating back to the time of the Romans!
• Marian Butzen Hommerding , Mt. Angel, Oregon 1911 (24 KB)
  My great-grandmother, who came to Chicago from Reil, Germany in 1853. "Grandma Hommerding" came out from Chicago a few months before her daughter, Barbara, died in childbirth, and she remained with August Kemmerich and his children for the rest of her life. She passed away on March 25, 1912 at the age of 78.
• August Kemmerich's Barn, ca. 1890 (31 KB)
  August kept dairy cattle on his ranch at Birdsview and housed them in this barn. To understand the size of this structure, look at the milk can, just to the left of the barn doors. In front of the barn is a timber scales and a roller for compacting gravel roads.
• Frederick Hinst & Magdalena Goettsch Family 1897 (35 KB)
  L-R,front: Charles(?),Frederick, Annie, Magdalena, Albert Rear: Dora, Henry, Peter and Mary Photo probably taken at their home in Cornwall, ID
• The August Kemmerich Family, ca. 1890 (49 KB)
  After 7 years of marriage, August and Barbara Kemmerich had 3 children. L-R: Anna (b. 9-2-1888), father August, Mary (b.2-14-1885), mother Barbara and Joseph (b.10-14-1886). Formal photo taken at Birdsview ranch by W.F. Robertson.
• Goettsch Farm Museum, Schoenberg, Germany (31 KB)
  Relatives of Magdalena Goettsch Hinst once owned this farm in Schoenberg, Germany (near Kiel). It is now the historical museum of Schoenberg.
• Front of Kemmerich ranch house, Birdsview, WA (38 KB)
  August built this ranch house with the help of his uncle, Augustus Kemmerich. When the house was completed in 1883, Augustus and his wife moved to Mt. Vernon, WA and in April, 1884, August brought his bride, Barbara Hommerding back to this house and his homestead in the Skagit River Valley wilderness.
• "Anna Amerika" Goettsch about 1901 (25 KB)
  Anna Goettsch was the aunt of Magdalena Goettsch Hinst. About 1893 she came to the USA from Schoenberg, Germany and lived with various relatives in Iowa, California and Idaho. She returned to Schoenberg in 1901, where she was known as "Anna Amerika." Very few emigrants ever returned to Germany! Letters from Anna, or about her estate led me to find living Goettsch relatives in Schoenberg in 2003.
• August Kemmerich Family, Birdsview, WA 7-5-1902 (28 KB)
  This photo was taken one year before Barbara H. Kemmerich died in childbirth. Her ninth child, Alphonse, survived. Photo probably taken by an itinerant photographer, at the family ranch in Birdsview, WA. L-R: Rear, Mary, Joseph, John and Anna. Front, August, holding Mark, Julius, Barbara, Kathryn. Standing in front: Clara.
• Rainer Arns & Son Winery, Reil, Germany (55 KB)
  Like the other wineries in Reil, the lower level of this building is devoted to winemaking, while Rainer Arns and his wife, Hannelöre, live on the upper floor.
• Butzen Cousins in Reil, Germany (40 KB)
  L-R: Rainer Arns, his wife, Hannelöre, and Barbara Halliday at the Arns home in Reil, Germany. Both Reiner and Hannelöre share common Butzen ancestors with the USA descendants of Walter Butzen.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• InterneTree: Barbara Marlene Halliday


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Clas Göttsch


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Karl VIII Julius Otto Von Pressentin


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Hommerdings from Nusbaum, Germany


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Butzens from Reil, Germany

Related Links

• My personal website, --contains Family History and Genealogy