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A whole new "immigrant ancestor" and a whole new line of cousins? Could be. It's likely, but so far a link with Ulrich's line
is not documented. The new "family" consists of the descendants of Abraham Guendelsberger.
The following represents what is now known about Abraham and was contributed to the Gindlesperger Family History Association, Inc., by
John Guendelsberger, who refers to himself as an "honorary cousin" of the Gindlespergers.
"Abraham Guendelsberger came to the United States from Baden Baden, Germany in 1871 and settled in Sandusky, Ohio.
A book entitled "Sandusky: Then and Now," Ernest von Schulenburg (1889), indicates that Abraham Guendelsberger was born September 29, 1850, in Eschbach, District of Stauffen, Baden, and entered the military service on July 22, 1870 in the 5th Badish Infantry Regiment #113 in the French campaign. After battles at Strassburg, Etuis, Dijon, Pasque, St. Jean de Lome, he was furloughed on September 15, 1871, with a distinguished service award.
"Abraham immigrated to the United States in late 1871. His mother, Genofeva soon followed and joined Abraham in Sandusky,
Ohio. Her maiden name may have been Baumann.
We do not know whether Genofeva had any children other than Abraham. Nor do we know anything about Abraham's father. Genofeva's gravestone in Sandusky spells her name as Gundelsberger and indicates that she was born in 1827 and died in 1897. The census records for 1880 also record the name as "Gundelsberger."
"Abraham would have been about 21 years old when he immigrated. Census records for 1880 list his profession as carpenter.
As far as we can tell, Abraham was Roman Catholic. The family has been a part of the St. Mary's Catholic parish in Sandusky as far back as we can remember."
There are reasons to believe that Ulrich might not have been the only Gindlesperger in Europe at the time of his immigration so there
might be linkages to Abraham to be found in the archives of Europe.
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