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Welcome to Mullenweg.com, the web nexus for all things Mullenweg-related. Currently the technology and design is handled by Matt, and the genealogical data and daily maintenance by Charleen. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us. The highlight of the site is currently the wealth of genealogical information that Charleen has collected and diligently entered into the database. This amazing resource is now available to the world. The site is a testbed for experimentation, so check back often.

News

June 15, 2010 12:00 am — posted by Charleen #

Today is a big anniversary for us: the first Mullenwegs arrived in Texas 158 years ago! Johann and Hanne Mühlenweg stepped off the Bark Franziska with their young son, Carl Ludwig, and started a journey that is still going strong 5 generations later.
I often wonder what they must have thought as they were pulling into Galveston Bay, and seeing that busy port spreading out in front of them. What plans did they have? What hopes for the future? These are answers that we will likely never find, but I like looking at how far they've come, and wondering if they could have imagined all of this?
About ten years ago, I started off with part of a tree on my Mother's side, and a handful of names on my Father's side (all told, about 300 individuals) and took them to my brother. He built this beautiful site that you're on now, which has really allowed our tree to grow. I could never have imagined that we would grow to about 2,275 people on the Mullenweg/Billingslea side of the tree and 1,400 on the Hageney/Hill side. It's quite obvious that I haven't kept that growth up on the site, so I've gone back and started updating existing folks and adding new ones. If you've sent me (Charleen) or Matt information on an individual, or with a query on the same, please don't hesitate to send me a reminder. I'm getting there. It's going to be a while before I catch this whole site up with that rate of growth, so if you need some information immediately, it is best to email me for it.
Thank you for continuing on this journey with us - I can't wait to see what we find out before we hit our 160th year!

Yours,
Charleen Mullenweg
charleen(at)mullenweg(dot)com

March 22, 2010 9:51 pm — posted by Charleen #

Hi there - I have a lot of new news items to catch up on! I know I haven't posted here in forever, and I'll hope that you forgive my lack of communication, but these last few years (yes, years!) have been BUSY...
1. I'm going to graduate in a few months, so don't be surprised if activity really kicks up then.
2. Thank you's should really go out to Matt for fixing all my access issues again, both here and with the Mullenweg email. He really pulled me up by my bootstraps!
3. I've really been enjoying the Ancestry.com show, Who Do you Think You Are?, on NBC and that's gotten me to look at the tree in new and different ways.
4. The show has really drummed up interest in other ways, and the inquiries on this site have picked up from a steady one query every week (or so) to two to three queries every week. Please be patient with me! I'm slow to answer because I want to research your question, and I'm slow to research because I'm trying to keep my grades high. I know some of these queries are going back for years, I'm going to start systematically answering them. Please be aware, though, that someone is reading all of them and I'm just lacking the time to give them the time that they deserve. That will change soon.
5. Speaking of changes - we are aware that there are issues with some of the links within the site are acting up. Matt has been fixing them as they come up, and I am trying to learn to fix them. If you see one, please send an email to charleen(at)mullenweg(dot)com and I will handle it as soon as I can. Matt life is really hopping right now, and I don't want to load anything on his plate. Calling me is also acceptable, but I am just starting a new job, so I probably will not be answering my phone. Just leave a voice mail, and I'll get to work on the glitch as fast as I can.
6. Photos - Some of these scans are really starting to degrade, so I'm going to be working on getting new copies of the photos for the site. If you have photos that you think would be relevant, please send them in, or send me a link. If you've given me photos before, I'll probably be calling you in August or September about rescanning them.
7. More photos and documents news - I'm going to playing with this site a good deal to try and figure out adding documents and headstone photos. I've been traveling all over the state gathering headstone shots, and all over the archives gathering records, and I want to share them with you. Please remember that some of these photos are being used with their owner's permissions, so ask before you redistribute.
Thank you so much for all of you time and patience through all of this. I'm sure we all will be gearing up for the release of the 1940 census in 2012, as well as all the records that are being scanned in. I think we're going to have a great time!
Yours,
Charleen

June 30, 2006 12:00 am — posted by Charleen #

Well, folks, the site is working again, but we've got to work on some behind the scenes changes, so it's going to evolve slowly over the next few months.
In the meantime, please check out the new and improved gallery. Matt fixed it so that it wouldn't take forever to load anymore, and it looks gorgeous.
That's not nearly all the news, but that's all I'm going to type right now, since I'm really tired. Enjoy the new and improved site, and I hope it helps you in any research that you might have.
Yours, Charleen

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Birthdays and Birth Anniversaries this month

January 1, 1805 – Marie Unknown’s 215^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1745 – William Daniel’s 275^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1897 – John Miller’s 123^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1892 – Clyde Fugate’s 128^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1982 – Amanda D. Welch’s 38^th birthday
January 1, 1981 – Stephanie L. Booth’s 39^th birthday
January 1, 1849 – Wilhelmine Auguste Mühlenweg’s 171^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1902 – John W Billingslea’s 118^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1904 – James W Billingslea’s 116^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1912 – Nora K Billingslea’s 108^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1842 – Martha Elizabeth Billingslea’s 178^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1848 – Mary Billingslea’s 172^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1840 – James Alexander Billingslea’s 180^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1849 – Ella Billingslea’s 171^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1848 – Mary Samuella Shackleford Billingslea’s 172^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1854 – Samuel Winston Billingslea’s 166^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1814 – John Billingslea’s 206^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1820 – Francis Billingslea’s 200^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1747 – Elizabeth Skinner’s 273^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1905 – Myrtle Weinstien’s 115^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1795 – Ephraim Daniel’s 225^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1794 – Martha Brown’s 226^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1813 – Elmyra Sullivan’s 207^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1835 – John Kerwin’s 185^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1833 – Matthew Kerwin’s 187^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1828 – Robert Kerwin’s 192^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1861 – Robert Kerwin’s 159^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1833 – Andrew Kerwin’s 187^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1788 – William Daniel’s 232^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1910 – Ann Pulitzer’s 110^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1784 – Penelope Goodson’s 236^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1786 – TheoPholus Daniel’s 234^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1910 – Catherine C. Watrous’s 110^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1839 – Cornelia Watrous’s 181^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1902 – Lawrence Charles Watrous’s 118^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1786 – Elizabeth Daniel’s 234^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1888 – Harry Weinstien’s 132^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1823 – Frances Billingslea’s 197^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1826 – Sarah Billingslea’s 194^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1842 – Joseph Cook’s 178^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1818 – Louise Olive’s 202^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1917 – Wirth Edward Billingslea’s 103^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1808 – J W Stone’s 212^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1826 – Julia Stone’s 194^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1839 – Mary Ann Stone’s 181^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1840 – J W Stone’s 180^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1870 – Jon S Ogburn’s 150^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1872 – Mary L Ogburn’s 148^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1874 – Josiah L Ogburn’s 146^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1866 – Mammy Stokes’s 154^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1868 – Millie E Stokes’s 152^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1828 – James Harrison’s 192^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1832 – Cornelia Mothershed’s 188^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1867 – Bradford F Billingslea’s 153^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1869 – Theresa Billingslea’s 151^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1832 – Mary E Holiday’s 188^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1846 – Emma Stokes’s 174^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1844 – James L Stokes’s 176^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1832 – Mary B Billingslea’s 188^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1837 – William H Billingslea’s 183^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1839 – William F Stokes’s 181^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1839 – James Frank Weedin’s 181^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1862 – Martha Stokes’s 158^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1867 – Erin Stokes’s 153^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1888 – Clifford Knight’s 132^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1813 – Unknown Watts’s 207^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1805 – Mourning D Williams’s 215^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1800 – Elzabeth Carter’s 220^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1818 – Melissa Jane Morris’s 202^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1830 – Ann H Stokes’s 190^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1833 – William Nicholas Stokes’s 187^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1836 – Sara Frances Stokes’s 184^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1819 – Unknown Stokes’s 201^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1823 – Unknown Stokes’s 197^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1817 – Wallace Bennett’s 203^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1857 – Edward Wirt Exum’s 163^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1828 – Martha Caroline Thompson’s 192^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1872 – William T Sparks’s 148^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1870 – Joseph Eppinger’s 150^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1898 – Ben F. Bristow’s 122^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1924 – Marjorie Ann Bristow’s 96^th birthday
January 1, 1954 – Judy Lynn Brogdon’s 66^th birthday
January 1, 1926 – Leroy Brogdon’s 94^th birthday
January 1, 1818 – Hannah Chatfield’s 202^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1907 – Dorothy Childers’s 113^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1877 – Homer W. Childers’s 143^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1872 – Lennie Womack’s 148^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1836 – John Englesbee’s 184^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1800 – Mary Forest’s 220^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1846 – M. Dora Hendricks’s 174^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1850 – John W Wood’s 170^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1839 – Mary McDonald’s 181^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1821 – Nora Mullen’s 199^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1832 – Milton Lucas’s 188^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1891 – Ernest Sparks’s 129^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1878 – Johanna C. Hageney’s 142^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1870 – William H. Mullenweg’s 150^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1872 – Charles Barstow’s 148^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1804 – Jeremiah Canty’s 216^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1828 – Johanna Canty’s 192^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1835 – Mary Canty’s 185^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1832 – Timothy Canty’s 188^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1892 – Crawford Reynolds’s 128^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1851 – Mary Connell’s 169^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1828 – Sarah Crowther’s 192^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1889 – Hugh Cleveland Reynolds’s 131^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1884 – Maud A. Hill’s 136^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1811 – Milton Hill’s 209^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1833 – Leonardo Piazzioi’s 187^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1852 – Aaron Weinstien’s 168^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1893 – Mable Sparks’s 127^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1912 – Harry Michael Hageney’s 108^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1881 – Jack Hageney’s 139^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1880 – Kate Mullenweg’s 140^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1883 – Lillie T. Mullenweg’s 137^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1902 – E. L. Riggs’s 118^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1835 – Mary Canty’s 185^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1875 – Mary Josephine Canty’s 145^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1828 – Daniel B McDonald’s 192^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1817 – Peter Englesbee’s 203^rd birth anniversary
January 1, 1822 – James D Bilberry’s 198^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1790 – Anna Giles’s 230^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1848 – Walter B. Armitage’s 172^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1826 – Sara McDonald’s 194^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1832 – Timothy Canty’s 188^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1809 – William Englesbee’s 211^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1798 – Winifred Farrell’s 222^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1824 – Mary Elizabeth Norman’s 196^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1828 – Sarah Crowther’s 192^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1893 – Gertrude Unknown’s 127^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1899 – M. K. Riggs’s 121^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1879 – C. F. Mullenweg’s 141^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1868 – Emma Mullenweg’s 152^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1950 – Kathryn Sue Munn’s 70^th birthday
January 1, 1954 – Marsha Ann Munn’s 66^th birthday
January 1, 1947 – Mike Munn’s 73^rd birthday
January 1, 1832 – Louisa Ellen Womack’s 188^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1852 – Francisco Clesi’s 168^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1900 – Agnes W. Riggs’s 120^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1879 – James R. Riggs’s 141^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1927 – Birdie Ann Sojourner’s 93^rd birthday
January 1, 1830 – Loucenda McDonald’s 190^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1889 – Irma L. Unknown’s 131^st birth anniversary
January 1, 1850 – Ellen Ophelia McDonald’s 170^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1785 – Rachel Parmalee’s 235^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1834 – Elizabeth Burke’s 186^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1870 – Anna Canty’s 150^th birth anniversary
January 1, 1828 – Frances Rebecca Norman’s 192^nd birth anniversary
January 1, 1871 – Henrietta May Canty’s 149^th birth anniversary
January 2, 1894 – Emile Clesi’s 126^th birth anniversary
January 4, 1966 – Scott Francis Doyle’s 54^th birthday
January 4, 1894 – David Watts Billingslea’s 126^th birth anniversary
January 5, 1788 – Frances Marion Daniel’s 232^nd birth anniversary
January 6, 1824 – William H McDonald’s 196^th birth anniversary
January 6, 1864 – Virginia Stokes’s 156^th birth anniversary
January 6, 1888 – Nicholas Clesi’s 132^nd birth anniversary
January 6, 1942 – David Aaron Weinstien’s 78^th birthday
January 6, 1943 – Katherine Englisbee Hughes’s 77^th birthday
January 7, 1949 – Iris Margaret Hageney’s 71^st birthday
January 7, 1840 – Wiley Womack’s 180^th birth anniversary
January 8, 1898 – Camille Clesi’s 122^nd birth anniversary
January 10, 1919 – Jack Warner Raimond’s 101^st birth anniversary
January 11, 1984 – Matthew Charles Mullenweg’s 36^th birthday
January 11, 1965 – Jeffrey Charles Houin’s 55^th birthday
January 12, 1921 – Lillian Hoffstetter’s 99^th birthday
January 13, 1884 – Mary Ella Billingslea’s 136^th birth anniversary
January 14, 1862 – William David Reynolds’s 158^th birth anniversary
January 15, 1837 – David Francis Calloway Billingslea’s 183^rd birth anniversary
January 16, 1961 – Charles Harry Allan Davenport’s 59^th birthday
January 17, 1992 – Sadie Clare Houin’s 28^th birthday
January 18, 1878 – Infant Wood’s 142^nd birth anniversary
January 19, 1947 – Ellen Clare Hughes’s 73^rd birthday
January 19, 1844 – James Milton Hill’s 176^th birth anniversary
January 20, 1862 – Lucy E McDonald’s 158^th birth anniversary
January 22, 1910 – Philomene Clare Englisbee’s 110^th birth anniversary
January 23, 1932 – Doris Lee Martin’s 88^th birthday
January 23, 1867 – Willem B Norwood’s 153^rd birth anniversary
January 23, 1920 – Will Henry Mullenweg’s 100^th birth anniversary
January 24, 1907 – Mary Englesbee’s 113^rd birth anniversary
January 24, 1927 – Carlos Fred Lockler’s 93^rd birth anniversary
January 25, 1875 – Ella Lee Nutt’s 145^th birth anniversary
January 25, 1942 – Elaine Rita Siegal’s 78^th birthday
January 25, 1946 – Daniel Joseph Kubeczka’s 74^th birthday
January 26, 1896 – Hattie Luckett’s 124^th birth anniversary
January 27, 1907 – Alan Raymond Chambers’s 113^rd birth anniversary
January 28, 1866 – Anna Belle Watts’s 154^th birth anniversary
January 28, 1934 – Martin Leach-Cross Feldman’s 86^th birthday
January 29, 1815 – Johann Christoph Mühlenweg’s 205^th birth anniversary
January 29, 1912 – Sylvia Copeland’s 108^th birth anniversary
January 30, 1899 – Walter William Billingslea’s 121^st birth anniversary
January 30, 1960 – Harry Michael Hageney’s 60^th birthday
January 30, 1957 – Theresa Anne Canty’s 63^rd birthday
January 31, 1970 – Janette Marie Houin’s 50^th birthday
January 31, 1961 – Ronald Joseph Doyle’s 59^th birthday
January 31, 1924 – Johanna Margaret Hageney’s 96^th birthday
January 31, 1797 – Henry Britton McDonald’s 223^rd birth anniversary