Sue Sieve genealogy tree

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My family originated in Scotland, England and Germany.

I’m a first generation immigrant Scot (my Mom emigrated in 1919) and a second generation immigrant German (Grandpa Al Sieve emigrated from Germany around 1892). Throw in an English maternal grandfather (Edward Howard) and some Scandinavian genes and that’s about it. Pretty much all northern Europe/British Isles.

Our ancestors were all humble folk—-no royalty or wealthy landowners we! These included a baker, a farmer, a church bell-ringer, and a gardener. These immigrants, for the most part, followed other family members to America during a huge migration from Europe in the second half of the 19th century. For various reasons, both of our ancestry lines ended up in Cincinnati.

I have visited most of the places in the UK and Germany where our relatives originated. Edinburgh area and Dundee were home to my Mom’s family. The Sieve farm in Lohne, Germany, where my grandfather Al was born, still stands. His mother, Wilhelmina, was from a little town nearby called Dinklage. My great-grandfather, Ewald Beusterien, hailed from Anklam, Germany, near Poland. My mother’s maternal ancestors came down from the Shetland Islands, primarily from the most northern island of Unst. I loved the stark beauty and the wonderful bird life there. My Mom’s father, Ted Howard was from Purleigh, in Essex, which is still a very small village in SE England.