Direct Line Ancestors

The information below begins
the line of ancestry through
my parents, Thomas Michael
Carroll & Jean Marguerite
Behm, and my grandparents,
Michael Francis Carroll &
Katherine Agnes Gibbons, and
John Henry Behm & Emma
Josephine Kirchner.

The pedigree charts of their
ancestors and descendants can be
viewed by choosing the family name
from the menu or by clicking on the
linked surnames in each pedigree.
My mother, Jean Marguerite BEHM is the daughter of John Henry
BEHM, born in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, and Emma Josephine
KIRCHNER, born in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio.  John and
Emma raised their nine children in Cleveland, Ohio.

John's father, Albert BEHM /
BOEHM, was a brickmaker in Tiffin.
 His wife, Maria Catherine
LUDWIG, was the daughter of Jacob
Karl LUDWIG and Mary Anna
SCHWAB, granddaughter of Jacob
LUDWIG and Anna Maria
MAIS.  The family had lived in the towns
of Buchel, Alflen and Gevenich in the Rheinland province of
Germany.  Mary Anna SCHWAB's father was Wilhelm Jacob
SCHWAB, son of Jacob Christopher SCHWAB and Anna Maria
SCHMITZ, who was the daughter of Jacob SCHMITZ and Maria
Gertrude
LENTZEN.  Maria Gertrude was the daughter of Peter
and Anna Catherine LENTZEN.  Mary Anna's mother was Anna
BRAUNS, daughter of Joanny
BRAUNS and Anna Maria KEFSELER.

Emma's father was John Bernard
KIRCHNER, a blacksmith in
Seneca and Sandusky Counties, Ohio. Emma's mother, Barbara
FLORIAN, was the daughter of Joseph FLORIAN and Anne Barbara
SCHLAUDER of Mertzwiller, Alsace, France. Joseph was the son of
Franciscus Joseph FLORIAN and Anne Marie
MONNO, grandson of
Johan George Wolfgang FLORIAN and Juliene
KRAFT. Johan was
the son of Wolfgang FLORIAN and Margaretha
VIX, and Juliene
was the daughter of Joseph KRAFT and Catherine
BOEHR.

Anne Barbara
SCHLAUDER was the daughter of Jean SCHLAUDER
and Barbara
EIGELDINGER, granddaughter of Hans/Jean
SCHLAUDER and his wife, Catherine VIX.  Hans was the son of
Martin SCHLAUDER and Eva
LINDACKER, while Catherine was the
daughter of Hans
VIX and Margaretha MULLER.

Barbara EIGELDINGER was the daughter of Antoine
EIGELDINGER
and his wife, Odile
WACK.  Odile's parents were Pierre WACK and
Anne Marie
BRUDER.  



My father, Thomas Michael CARROLL, was the son of Michael
Francis
CARROLL, born in Drumbaun, Curry East, County Sligo,
Ireland, and Katherine Agnes
GIBBONS, born in the Derryveeny,
Tourmakeady area of County Mayo, Ireland.


Michael CARROLL was the son of John CARROLL and Catherine
MOFFETT.  John was the son of Patrick CARROLL and Beezy
KILROY
.  John's first wife was Ann McGUIRE. Michael lived in
Bishop Auckland, Durham, England, for several years, then
immigrated to Philadelphia before settling in Cleveland, Ohio.

Katherine GIBBONS was the daughter of Patrick GIBBONS and
Mary
LALLY. Patrick was the son of Luke GIBBONS and Katherine,
whose maiden name was also GIBBONS. Mary LALLY was the
daughter of Thomas LALLY and his wife, Sarah, granddaughter of
Edward LALLY, and great-granddaughter of Matthew LALLY.