Collage of My Second Great-Grandmother, Anna

Collage of My Second Great-Grandmother, Anna, originally uploaded by confections.

I imagine that I am at an intimate tea party and she is next to me at the table.

She has the answers to many questions I have about my family tree and
lovingly shares those secrets.

Over tea and tidbits and across five generations, understanding and
clarity are gained, tears follow laughter, and joy reigns.

I long to have that conversation over tea.

Oil Portrait of Anna Altmeyer, One of My Second Great-Grandmothers

Oil Portrait of Anna Altmeyer, One of My Second Great-Grandmothers, originally uploaded by confections.

Anna Altmeyer was born on 9 July 1844 in Michelbach, Saarland, Germany, and died on 18 October 1889 in Mifflin, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Nicholas Altmeyer and Catharine Baecker.

She arrived in New York City at the age of ten with her parents and three brothers and three sisters on 4 August 1854. The ship "Marcia C. Day" had sailed from Le Havre, France.

She married at the age of seventeen on 18 January 1862. This portrait dates from approximately 1865 when she was twenty-one years of age.

She was my paternal grandfather's maternal grandmother. My cousin Ron generously shared this image with me.