schoenli@ittral.UUCP (Dick Schoenling) (04/10/85)
One of the few advantages to having a name that is difficult
for most Americans to spell and/or pronounce is that when you
meet someone with the same name there is a 99% chance that
they are a relative.
However, last summer I met a man(Terry) in Cincinnati, Ohio
who was definitely a Schoenling, but completely denied being
related to anyone of the branches of my family. Having spent
the last 30 years believing that all American Schoenlings were
descended from Pete Phillip Schoenling(immigrated to U.S. in
1852) and Rosena Frei(immigrated with mother and sisters in
1854?) I was somewhat confused.
To my knowledge, the only Schoenling family members in the
world live in either metropolitan Cincinnati, Ohio, Raleigh, N.C.,
or Altamonte Springs, Florida. Is there another branch out there
that I don't know about(other than Terry's brach) ? I would
really appreciate it if anyone reading this would look in their
local telephone book and let me know if there are any Schoenling
names in it. I would especially like to know if any of my
German relatives survived the unpleasantness of the first half
of this century. Rumor has it they came from the Rhinefels
(Rhinefeltz?) area of what is now W. Germany.
Thanks in advance,
Dick Schoenling
decvax!ittvax!ittral
(P.S.- If anyone's curious, its pronounced "Shane-ling")