One of the fun things that has been uncovered in our family history search is the WWI Footlocker from Otto Mauser. Otto is the brother of my Great Grandfather Ben Mauser. This footlocker was really a treasure of information. It included Otto’s full uniform and most of the supplies and literature he received during hisContinue reading “Otto Mauser WWI Service”
Category Archives: Deuel County Nebraska
Otto Mauser Home
As I mentioned in a prior post, Cory and I will at some point move into the home that my Great Grand Uncle Otto Mauser built that has been in the family it’s entire existence. One of the fun things about small town newspapers is that EVERYTHING is in the paper. We know from theContinue reading “Otto Mauser Home”
Otto Mauser and Duane Earl Pope
I’ve spent a lot of time lately working on details of Otto Mauser’s life. He is my Great Grand Uncle and a brother to my Grand Grandfather Ben Mauser. As we start our planning to move into the home that Otto built, it’s been fun to reflect on a few of the things in hisContinue reading “Otto Mauser and Duane Earl Pope”
Mauser Family Tree from Germany
If you have been following this blog for a while you may know that I have been working to get a copy of a big family tree (almost 4 ft X 4 ft) that traces the family back several generations in Germany. Partially to see how it matches the research we have already done andContinue reading “Mauser Family Tree from Germany”
The Things we Save
Over Christmas I gathered a few things from my grandparents safe (with permission of course), and as we went through the contents it is just so interesting what people choose to save throughout time. In the safe there were cancelled checked going back to the 1960’s, a fair bit of random paperwork that I’m notContinue reading “The Things we Save”
Century Farm Awards
We had an exciting moment in August at the Deuel County Fair. All the paperwork was filled out with Aksarben, and the Mauser family was awarded the Pioneer Farm Family. That means that a member of the family has lived on the same property for 100 years (or more). In this case we were ableContinue reading “Century Farm Awards”
US Presidents in Big Springs
As I was reading a book on Harry Truman, 33rd President of the United States, I realized that on his 1948 Whistlestop Train tour he simply had to have go through my home town of Big Springs, NE. This link (https://archive.org/details/55304HarryTrumanFootage) has some images from his tour in June of 1848 with pictures from Kearney,Continue reading “US Presidents in Big Springs”
Nebraska Century Farm / Pioneer Award
I started work on this last year to see if our family qualified for the Aksarben Pioneer Award that recognizes farm families that have held the same ground in the family for 100 years or 150 years. After a quick stop at the county courthouse in Deuel County it looks like the Mauser family hasContinue reading “Nebraska Century Farm / Pioneer Award”
Baseball!
Sometimes family history is a bit random in what I’m looking at and why. For whatever reason, when I was at the library picking up books for our Christmas travels, I was browsing the non-fiction and saw a book on Mickey Mantle. I’ve never really been a huge baseball fan, but I knew that DadContinue reading “Baseball!”
North Platte Canteen – WWII
When we look at the WWII era, it seems like the primary focus is on the servicemen, their sacrifices and military records. That is all fascinating information and worth searching, but sometimes the ladies at home have their own interesting stories. I just finished reading “Once Upon a Town” by Bob Green discussing what theContinue reading “North Platte Canteen – WWII”
Cory and Nicole Family History 