The Wolf Family of Van Nuys, CA
| I have been researching my family as well as my husband's family. My maiden name is HartDorn.From what I understand from the family, we are the only family in the United States with that name. Until this past generation (my generation) all were born in Newark, New Jersey.From the information that I got on the internet, the family name traces back to 1750.All the men were named John from my father's line.Supposedly they came from Alsace-Lorraine, which is was a contested piece of real estate between France and Germany for many centuries. My mother's maiden name was Scherer.Her mother, Roslia Burger, and father, Joseph Scherer, both came from Germany.To my knowledge, there are no relatives still living in Germany.Both my grandmother and grandfather emmigrated in the 1890s.My grandmother lived in Brooklyn, New York before moving to New Jersey.My grandfather living in Michigan for a while after he immigrated and then went to live in Brooklyn, New York where he met my grandmother.Both my grandparents had numerous siblings that were brought over to the United States.My grandmother's maiden name was Burger.My grandmother came from Freiborg and my grandfather came from Baden-Baden. My husband's family name is Wolf.His father, Fred Wolf, was born in the United States as was his grandfather, John Wolf.His mother, Marie Peter, was born in Kassel, Germany and emmigrated in 1924.My husband's grandmother was his mother's aunt.She was the sister of my mother-in-law's father.My husband still has living relatives in Kassel, Germany as well as in Canada.His grandfather and father both were born in Newark, New Jersey. | The Wolf Family of Van Nuys, CA Updated September 5, 2000 |
Jacquelyn Florence Wolf | |