Family History

Father’s Side:

My great grandparents moved to the U.S. from Germany. Their original surname was Von-Horn but they dropped the “Von” to americanize it.

At one point in time, when my great grandpa was younger he was a professional boxer.

During the Great Depression my great grandparents owned a supermarket, so they were very lucky and did not have to struggle with rationing or finding food to eat. Later in his life, my great grandfather worked on processing the chocolate chips that you find in ice cream.

Everyone on my fathers side were devout catholics. They never missed a mass. This transitioned to my family and I grew up going to catholic school.

Mother’s Side:

My great grandparents moved to the U.S. from Russia, but they told everyone they came from Romania. Throughout my grandparent’s and my mothers childhood’s they thought they were Romanian. We only recently found out they were Russian.

Once my great grandparents moved to America, my great grandfather started driving semi trucks and my grandfather followed in his footsteps. Both my great-grandmother and my grandmother were housewives.

My great grandparents, grandparents, and mother were all Lutheran, but my mother became catholic when she married my father and that is the religion my family practiced growing up.