April 2016

After four days of tedious research, I suspect Friedrich Wilhelm is my ancestor. It will take much longer to construct the evidence that is sparse. The street Esplanade is key. This French name ties into the Huguenot Exodus to Berlin. The village of Pankow is named after the small Panke river, a tributary of the Spree. The settlement…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Folks who met the Prescos sensed there was an air of nobility around us. For some reason we felt special, and others treated us such. On this site you will find the Stuttmeister Villa in the Pankow area of Berlin near, or in, Charlottenburg. It was a very exclusive area…

Alas a member of our family had a real chance be in a museum. Here is a e-mail written by my cousin Daryl Broderick-Bulkley. Rudolph Stuttmeister appears to be a recruiter for the German Colony in Chile. Stuttmeister appears be the name of the area later named Charlottenburg. Did the Stuttmeisters own and develop this…

I have long suspected Melba Charlotte told her only child her grandfather was a Prussian Colony Maker. This is why Victor raised us in his personal colony in the Oakland Hills, and why he told me he considered joining the German Army. “I joined the Merchant Marines, instead, so I wouldn’t have to shoot my…

Rosemary told her sons the Stuttmeisters were Teutonic Knights. Our mother may have confused them with the Templers, a movement that was banned by the Evangelical Church, that they were in good standing with. This is why their tomb is at the entrance of the Berlin cemetary that may have been created to accept the…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: The French Huguenot cemetery in Berlin lies next to the Dorthean cemetary where the Family Stuttmeisters are buried. However, there is some confusion. The Rosamond family sprang from the Huguenots. When Vicki Presco was asked if she wanted her mother buried next to her father, she exclaimed; “Heavens no! They…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: Belle Burch is of German Teutonic stock on her father’s side, and Dutch on her mothers. She is into her genealogy. She thought I was not and was lecturing me. I proposed marriage to her so her genetic material will know the honor of being recognized by a true aristocrat.…

Originally posted on Rosamond Press: This photo shows the man I believed to be William Oltman Stuttmeister with two women, who may be Alice and Bertha Stuttmeister, thus, this could be their brother, Victor Rudolph Stuttmeister, the brother of William O, who never got married as far as we can tell. Was he gay? Victor…

Every year tourists flock to San Francisco. New Yorkers used to flock to the Catskills in the summer. SFers used to go to Occidental and Camp Meeker for the summer months. I suggest citizens of the city named after Saint Francis, come to Sardinia for a Bohemian Be-in. Every year there will be a meeting…

  Not only have I found Sleeping Beauty Rosa, I have found her Kingdom in San Francisco! “After Victor Emmanuel became King of Sardinia he appointed Cipriani to be his first consul in San Francisco.” Cipriani’s home was brought around the Cape by my kindred, Carl Janke, whose daughter married William Stuttmeister. I believe my…