The ninth instance of one of my mother’s relatives marrying one of my father’s relatives has been found! Rudolph Utlaut, my 2nd great grandfather and my mother’s ancestor, came to America with his parents and five siblings. His sister, Sophia, married Wilhelm Beckmann. Their son, Frederick Wilhelm, chose a Biesemeyer maiden – and a distant relative of my father’s – for his bride.

The good news, I suppose, is that I have found no evidence that Frederick Wilhelm and his wife Caroline were attending the same family reunions prior to getting hitched.

This list is growing:

1. Florence Schwartz (2nd cousin, 2x removed) married Edna Duesenberg (1st cousin, 2x removed)
2. Irene Rohlfing (3rd cousin,1x removed) married Herbert Biesemeyer (1st cousin, 2x removed)
3. Dwayne Kersten (2nd cousin, 1x removed) married Celeste Sprick (3rd cousin, 1x removed)
4. Patricia Kersten (2nd cousin, 1x removed) married Glenn Bolm (4th cousin)
5. Brenda Schroeder (3rd cousin) married Shane Bunge (4th cousin)
6. Nathan Chamness (2nd cousin, 5x removed) married Mary McCracken (2nd cousin, 6x removed and 2nd cousin, 5x removed)
7. Joseph Chamness (1st cousin, 6x removed) and Ruth McCracken (1st cousin, 7x removed)
8. Martha Pearl Vestal (1st cousin, 6x removed) and Robert McCracken (1st cousin, 7x removed)
9. Frederick Wilhelm Beckmann (1st cousin, 3x removed) and Caroline Charlotte Johanne Biesemeyer (2nd cousin, 3x removed)

Kenfolk: Both sides
Relations: Truckloads
Common ancestors: Yep