Puffer Genealogy
SOMMA, Ruth Louise
1966 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. SOMMA, Ruth Louise was born on 7 Nov 1966 (daughter of SOMMA, Joseph and Living); and died. Ruth married EVERHART, Wayne Glen in 1991 in Queens County, NY. Wayne was born on 10 Apr 1963; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- EVERHART, Rachel Elizabeth was born on 27 Mar 1995; and died.
- EVERHART, Matthew Glen was born on 22 Aug 1997; and died.
2. SOMMA, Joseph was born on 18 Sep 1933; died on 4 Aug 2021 in FL; was buried in Sarasota, FL. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
Notes:
Korean War Veteran, US Navy, DK2
FindaGrave:
GRID=230597131Joseph married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Living Children:
- 1. SOMMA, Ruth Louise was born on 7 Nov 1966; and died.
- SOMMA, Beth was born on 4 Apr 1970; and died.
- SOMMA, Stephen was born on 26 Nov 1971; and died.
Generation: 3
6. 
STENDER, Henry Detlef was born on 25 Aug 1908 in London, London, England (son of STENDER, Jochim Heinrich and HANSEN, Ida Caroline); died on 27 Jul 1988 in Toms River, NJ. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
- Immigration: 1925
- Arrival: 16 Nov 1925, Ellis Island, NY
- Residence: 1932, Glendale, NY
Notes:
A blacksmith for the NY City Sanitation Dept.
Arrival:
Onboard the ship "S.S. Albert Ballin", sailing from Hamburg, Germany on the 6th of November, 1925. Jochim was already in the US (Brooklyn) and went to Germany to bring his family to the US on this trip.Henry married ROLDERBECK, Fredericke on 15 May 1932 in Kings County, NY. Fredericke was born on 24 Feb 1917; died before 2017. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. ROLDERBECK, Fredericke was born on 24 Feb 1917; died before 2017. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 8
Children:
- 3. Living
- STENDER, Louise was born on 6 Feb 1940; and died.
Generation: 4
12. 
STENDER, Jochim Heinrich was born on 7 Oct 1879 in Rendsburg, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (son of BUTENSCHÖN, Jochim Heinrich and STENDER, Anna Marie Louise); died on 17 Sep 1928 in Brooklyn, NY. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 6
- Naturalization: 27 Nov 1923, Brooklyn, NY
- Arrival: 16 Nov 1925, New York, NY
Notes:
He was a barber and a hairdresser in England. He moved to England from Germany in 1904. He had plans to go to England before he met his wife. He was saved at Kurn am Rhine during an evangelistic meeting there. He also worked as a make-up man at local theaters. They met in Rendsburg when she wanted to learn English. He taught her while she was working as a house helper in his friends house. He moved to Wyk auf Fohr in 1909.
(Ed Note: DMC has some of his barber utensils)
FindaGrave:
GRID=258129625
Arrival:
Onboard the ship "S.S. Albert Ballin", sailing from Hamburg, Germany on the 6th of November, 1925. Jochim was already in the US (Brooklyn) and went to Germany to bring his family to the US on this trip.Jochim married HANSEN, Ida Caroline in 1905. Ida (daughter of HANSEN, Christian Heinrich and JURGENSEN, Melanie) was born on 29 Jun 1876 in Wyk auf Föhr, Kreis Nordfriesländ, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 5 Nov 1958 in Brooklyn, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. HANSEN, Ida Caroline was born on 29 Jun 1876 in Wyk auf Föhr, Kreis Nordfriesländ, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (daughter of HANSEN, Christian Heinrich and JURGENSEN, Melanie); died on 5 Nov 1958 in Brooklyn, NY. Other Events and Attributes:
- Departure: Hamburg, Germany
- _COLOR: 6
- Arrival: 16 Nov 1925, Ellis Island, NY
- Arrival: 3 Dec 1926, New York, NY; aboard the SS Deutschland, with children Wilhelmina, Anna, and Christian
- Residence: 1930, Brooklyn, NY; on Cornelia Street
- Arrival: 23 Sep 1936, NY
Notes:
She came to America on 8 Nov 1907, arriving in New York (Ellis Island) on Dec. 8th from Cuxhaven, Germany. She came on the ship SS Amerika.
She was 19 years old when she arrived. She was single, and listed her occupation as 'house maid'. She listed her last permanent residence as Wyk a Fohr. She had $10 in her pocket when she arrived. She was heading to Brooklyn, NY. She was 5' 4", fair complexion, light (blonde) hair and blue eyes. She listed her birth place as ???, Germany.
Her father is listed as Peter A. Hansen, in Wyk auf Fohr, Germany. ???? and her mother as Maria Hakaluzua (sp). Why the discrepancies with the family names???
FindaGrave:
GRID=258129609
Arrival:
Onboard the ship "S.S. Albert Ballin", sailing from Hamburg, Germany on the 6th of November, 1925. Jochim was already in the US (Brooklyn) and went to Germany to bring his family to the US on this trip.Children:
- STENDER, Milanny Luiese was born on 2 Jan 1906 in West Ham, Essex, London, England; died on 11 May 1996 in Sharon, CT; was buried in Sharon, CT.
- 6. STENDER, Henry Detlef was born on 25 Aug 1908 in London, London, England; died on 27 Jul 1988 in Toms River, NJ.
- STENDER, Riewert C. was born in 1909 in Germany; died in 1980 in Whiting, NJ; was buried in Whiting, NJ.
- STENDER, Wilhelmine Magdalene was born on 31 Oct 1911 in Wyk auf Föhr, Kreis Nordfriesländ, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 16 Jan 2007 in Flourtown, PA.
- STENDER, Anna Luise was born on 15 Jun 1913 in Wyk auf Föhr, Kreis Nordfriesländ, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 24 Mar 1968 in Boldixum, Kreis Nordfriesländ, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; was buried in Boldixum, Kreis Nordfriesländ, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- STENDER, Christian Heinrich was born on 20 Jan 1915 in Wyk auf Föhr, Kreis Nordfriesländ, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 18 Jan 2002 in NY.