Pulskamp News

Family History, News, and Plans for the World Wide Gathering of the Pulskamps August 1-3, 2008

FBI Investigation of a Pulskamp

Posted on March 12, 2008 - Filed Under Family history | Leave a Comment

Poking around on the Internet, I found a report on an FBI investigation of a Pulskamp. Imagine my surprise! I was even more surprised to find out it was not one of my immediate family. Now calm down. The young man involved was completely exhonorated and may not have even known he was under investigation. […]

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Leo Pulskamp Photos

Posted on February 27, 2008 - Filed Under Family history | 2 Comments

Leo and Roberta Pulskamp, of Grand Rapids, MN, sent me some lovely photos from their family history along with their registration for the World Wide Gathering of the Pulskamps. One photo shows the wedding of Leo’s parents, Jacob Gerhard Pulskamp and Bertha Antoinette Mueller. They were married on November 10, 1915 at St. Rose of […]

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Mary Klei Pulskamp Photo

Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under Family history | Leave a Comment

In the 1925 memorial booklet for the 75th anniversary of St. Paul Church, the various parish groups are listed. Among the groups is the St. Paula Married Ladies Society. This group posed for a photo and Mary Pulskamp is listed as the society’s treasurer. She is shown in the back row of the photo, second […]

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St. Paul Anniversary

Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under Family history | Leave a Comment

Among the books that my Mom has put into my custody is a booklet created in 1925 to celebrate the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the building of the Church of St. Paul, Twelfth and Spring Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the parish my grandfather, Henry John Pulskamp, grew up in. It seems that someone, perhaps my […]

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Vas You Ever In Zinzinnati?

Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under Family history | Leave a Comment

As my Mom is cleaning out the museum room (It’s like a walk-in attic; a large unfinished room upstairs in her house where boxes of stuff have been stored for years) she has given me a variety of old books, which I will report on occasionally. This is one of those books. Given to my […]

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Winter at the Old Homestead

Posted on January 21, 2008 - Filed Under Family history, Pulskamps Today | 1 Comment

Cousin Melvin Pulskamp, with help from his son Aaron, sent some great photos of St. Mary-on-the-Rock, where the earliest American Pulskamps worshipped and are buried, and the old homestead. Mel is, evidently, an excellent photographer! You can find the photos in the Pulskamp Photo Gallery, or download the  Microsoft PowerPoint presentation by clicking on the […]

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Ken Pulskamp, Family History

Posted on January 16, 2008 - Filed Under Family history, Pulskamps Today | 2 Comments

Ken Pulskamp, city manager for Santa Clarita, California, is featured in a story that you can find at KTHS Radio AM 1220. I have not heard from Ken directly, but will try again to connect with him. He is my fourth cousin, descended from the oldest son. It seems that he attended school in San […]

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Christmas at Grandma’s

Posted on January 8, 2008 - Filed Under Family history, Pulskamps Today | Leave a Comment

Each Christmas everyone in our extended family (including those we’ve “adopted”) tries their best to make it over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house. It is always a fantastic and chaotic party! There is always lots of food and even more great friends and family to visit with. There’s always some new […]

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Epiphany Traditions

Posted on January 3, 2008 - Filed Under Family history, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Epiphany has been our family’s favorite celebration for about twenty years now. Every year, on January 6th, we invite all our friends and relatives to our house to celebrate the 12th night of Christmas. We eat too much and laugh a lot. Everyone is invited to bring a gift for a poor homeless child in […]

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Same Old House

Posted on December 3, 2007 - Filed Under Family history, World Wide Gathering of the Pulskamps | Leave a Comment

Here’s an image from Microsoft Maps showing the same old house that Mary Klei Pulskamp lived in. She died in 1947 or ’48. I also found a copy of her last will and testament and a letter my grandfather, Henry John, wrote to his sister regarding the will. All very interesting stuff.

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