Now I must get back to my “phenomenon about married life”. My mother, Mary Catherine (Mamie) Determann Gnadinger, 1881 – 1959, was very close to all of her family and as a result, all of her children were too. I am not taking anything away from my Pop’s family who were very dependable and “German” but … Continue reading
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The Beginnings of the Gnadinger Family in Louisville, KY
The Gnadinger Family, in Louisville, Kentucky, began with my Grandparents, Edward C. Gnaedinger, who was born on Jan. 2, 1843 and died on Jan. 20, 1882 and Catherine Gehrig Gnaedinger who was born on Nov. 7, 1847 and died on Jan. 30, 1903. Edward and Catherine were married on November 17, 1864 in Jefferson County, Kentucky … Continue reading
Memoirs: General Statement
I have to thank many persons for their encouragement, in my 79th year of life, for me to buy and use the computer and its’ Word program to begin to write, what I call, my Memoirs. I have two persons at the top of this list. Anthony Edward Gnadinger Tony Gnadinger traveled many times between … Continue reading
Wahlwies, Baden, Germany, 1757
Gnadinger Park
Frank & Mary C. Gnadinger, City of Louisville, Dedicated Park At the corner of Reutlinger & Ellison Ave. Gnadinger Park was dedicated on April 7, 1977. Those in attendance included the Mayor of Louisville, Dr. Harvey Sloane, Alderman Steve Magree and Mr. Creighton Mershon. The Gnadinger Family was represented by Bernard, Carl, Stanley, Mary Catherine and Norbert Gnadinger. … Continue reading
Gnädinger
adj (barmherzig) merciful; (herablassend) gracious; (strafe) lenient; (freundlich) kind.* When searching old records and documents for your surname, the suggested approach is to list every possible spelling and misspelling that you can think of; mispronounce it in every way that you can think of and spell it according to the mispronunciations. Then mispronounce the … Continue reading
Gnadinger Narrative 