Tammy Witt

Did you match the DNA hits on here, GEDMatch or My Heritage?

Viola Sahm was my Great Aunt. She and her three siblings (Darlys, Delmar and Donald) were born in South Dakota, but then they moved to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Viola eventually married Arthur Putman -- they lived in Wisconsin and had four daughters: Charolette, Linda, Mary and Sandra

I clicked on your link for Russell Sahm (I assume your grandfather?). He is from Pennsylvania area? There are a lot of Sahms in that area, but I have never found a connection to that area of the country in our family. We might have some DNA links, but it might not be through that route. My great-grandfather, William John Sahm, immigrated from Germany through Canada to South Dakota. His wife, Mary Schneider (aka Dillenschneider), was from Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

There are "complications" in our Sahm line.... maybe that's where the connection is? Specifically regarding my Great-Grandpa William Sahm. Prepare yourself... it gets complicated....

He had two other children in South Dakota before marrying my Great-Grandma. They each had different mothers (the mothers were sisters.... family name was Post). Child #1 was Lena Marie Sahm. She married someone named "Downs", then someone named "Schubloom". She had moved from South Dakota to Washington and passed away there in 2004. Child #2 was Mary P. Clark. She was also in South Dakota.... I do not yet have any details on her life, marriage, etc. Both the mothers of the children also have "Clark" briefly as last names. The theory is two guys (brothers?) may have offered to marry them as a reputation saver? I don't see either of them staying with anyone named Clark though.

These children were not known (or talked about) until I started our family tree. I don't believe the Post family wanted much to do with William Sahm (for multiple reasons) and they listed the children briefly as their step-daughters on the Census.

I am curious as to our family link. Maybe some of the above names might fit in somewhere? Or perhaps it might be a Sahm connection.

I went through gedMATCH and we share 12+cM of segments which is significant. My clan are descended from Andreas Sahm who left his siblings behind in Germany in 1752. William J. might be descended from those siblings. Do you know where in Germany?

I know that many PA Germans moved to Wisconsin along with the other German migration. We could be connected through those lines as well. I have deep paternal roots in PA for a German-surnamed American. Usually brothers and sisters spread out for better land and cheaper taxes. It is probably so for our connected ancestors. Right now the "Tree" doesn't know what to do with you and me. It cannot find a paper trail between us....yet. Maybe your grandparents are also of German or even Scottish descent.

I think we need to cast the net wider.

My Great-Grandfather, William John Sahm, was the son of Carl Sahm (1856 - 1935) and Edith Ida M. Franz (1859 - 1937).

William's siblings were Meta (Metie Marie) A. Sahm (Houy), Carl W. Sahm Jr., Paul G. Sahm, Anna Marie Wilhemina (Zerbel, Heath), Louise G. Sahm, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Sahm (Hanlon) and Edith (Ida) Bertha Sahm (Gunderson). I have information on all the siblings except for Louise... for which I only have a birth year 1899 and born in Germany. All the other children listed here came over from the Mecklenburg-West Pommerania area in Germany. They all traveled through Canada and crossed over into North Dakota.... most settling in South Dakota. Some eventually continued over into Wisconsin and Minnesota. Paul G. Sahm had TB during the voyage over and eventually passed away in North Dakota.

I have seen listings of Sahms in Pennsylvania area, but never found any direct links to them.

Looking on GEDmatch, I believe it reads that we have 7.1 cM.... which is 3rd cousin (?). So the connection is probably among the relatives back in Germany. I haven't expanded my tree back to Germany at this point.... only that Carl Sahm's father (also Carl) married someone with the last name Hasselmann.

If you find how we are connected, I would love to hear it.  :)

Hi! I don't recall a Roy, but there are a LOT of Witts in my family. This line mainly came from Germany through Canada... then settled in South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. Most of my extended family is still in Wisconsin.

What details do you have about him? I'm still expanding my tree (huge family).

I've noticed a lot of Witt listings on here are from Southern and Eastern state areas. I haven't found any connections to those at all (yet).

Turns out his name was Albert Leroy Witt. He was from Indiana and married my great aunt Rena, so he is not a blood relative but Id still like to expand the tree line, I know he was German There is definetly a lot of Witts out there, maybe ours will link up!

Hi! Sorry for the delay. I just found info for my G-G-grandfather (Fredrich Witte) on the Witt branch... and was able to add his brother (Henry Witte) and family/children that all came over from Germany. It looks like they came from Lippe Detmold, Germany. Both brothers and family settled in parts of Illinois. My G-Grandfather Fredrich (son of Fredrich), at one point, moved up to Northern Wisconsin. On that branch, the family has meandered around Wisconsin, back into Illinois and a few in Minnesota.

(They used "Witte" for a while after immigrating, then some of the children dropped the "E". Also, misspellings on Censuses, etc. have come up as "Whitte". And it's possible the initial language and writing barriers might have caused some to write their name as expected by others.)

Henry Witte's family seemed to stay in Illinois. Cook County (Chicago area), Rock Island and Stephenson County mainly. Stephenson and Rock Island Counties are both in Northwestern Illinois. But Cook County (Chicago area) is only about an hour from Gary, Indiana. So it is possible that Albert Leroy could be related. I haven't found that name yet, but I'm still working on the histories of both Fred (Witte-957) and Henry's (Witte-967) children. Even though I don't have a lot yet, I just added them on here if you want to see if anything matches your family.

WikiTree IDs: Fred is "Witte-957" and Henry is "Witte-967"

Let me know if you find anything or need any information. As you can see, I'm a bit slow at responses, but I will eventually  :)

Oh... what is your Great Aunt's maiden name? I can search my main tree and see if it comes up.

Thanks for the welcome! I don't currently have any questions, but I guarantee that I will in the future.  :) WikiTree seems quite detailed, but well organized. Hoping that information I have might help someone and perhaps I will gain some additions to mine.

Tammy