{"id":180,"date":"2014-05-22T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:32:23","slug":"blomberg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/blomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Blomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">The Blomberg family traced here has roots in Denmark and northern Germany, with family connections to Faaborg, Copenhagen, and Rendsburg before Wilhelm Clement Theodor Blomberg emigrated to the United States in 1860. He settled in Cincinnati, where he worked as an artist and fresco painter and raised a family with Catherine Tandrop. Their daughter Ella Blomberg LeBlond continues my direct line, linking the Blomberg family to the LeBlond and Farquhar branches of my family.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-259 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000.jpg\" alt=\"Blomberg Family Group Portrait\" width=\"336\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1000-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blomberg Family Group Portrait Photo at right: Anna Elinora Blomberg, Wilhelm Blomberg, Harry Blomberg, Cora Blomberg, Fannie Thora Blomberg, and Catherine Tandrop (seated).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>My Line<\/h2>\n<p>Jacob Wilhelm Blomberg, (1801-1853) m. Caroline Jensine Elizabeth Eckhaussen (d.1862)<br \/>\n&#8230;..Wilhelm Clement Theodor Blomberg (1829-1909) m. Catherine Tandrop (d.1937)<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Elinora Anna or Eleanor Anne &#8220;Ella&#8221; Blomberg (1877-1963) m. Robert Arthur LeBlond<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Katherine Elizabeth LeBlond m. Bruce Straub Farquhar<\/p>\n<h2>Biographies &amp; Info<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"list-pages-shortcode child-pages\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-271\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/blomberg\/anna-elinora-blomberg-1877-1963\/\">Anna Elinora Blomberg (1877-1963)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-468\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/blomberg\/frances-thora-blomberg-1865-1915\/\">Frances Thora Blomberg (1865-1915)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-261\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/blomberg\/jacob-wilhelm-blomberg-1801-1853\/\">Jacob Wilhelm Blomberg (1801-1853)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-475\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/blomberg\/the-blomberg-diary\/\">The Blomberg Diary<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-264\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/blomberg\/wilhelm-clement-theodor-blomberg-1829-1909\/\">Wilhelm Clement Theodor Blomberg (1829-1909)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-182\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/blomberg\/william-tandrop-blomberg\/\">William Tandrop Blomberg (1872-1945)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Blomberg Photo Gallery<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-180 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1663.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1663-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Blomberg and LeBlond Family Group Photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1663-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1663-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1663-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4632'>\n\t\t\t\tBlomberg and LeBlond Family Group Photo, 1917. Back row, left to right: Kate Blomberg, Will Blomberg, Edward Blomberg (son of Harry), Ella Blomberg LeBlond, Sarah Blomberg, Harry Blomberg, Robert LeBlond. Front row: Bob and Katherine LeBlond, Cora Blomberg Roden\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1045.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1045-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"1045 - Blomberg Family Photo, 1915\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1045-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1045-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1045-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4634'>\n\t\t\t\tBlomberg Family Photo, 1915. Standing, left to right: Fanny Thora Blomberg [Palm], Annie Tandrop, Sarah Parker Blomberg, Ella Blomberg [LeBlond], Kate Tandrop [Blomberg], Unknown, Mrs. Parker. Seated: Edward Palm, Walter Palm, Cora Blomberg [Roden], Harry Blomberg.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1037.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1037-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Harry Blomberg and his son Edward\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1037-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1037-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1037-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1037.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4748'>\n\t\t\t\tHarry Blomberg and his son Edward\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blomberg family traced here has roots in Denmark and northern Germany, with family connections to Faaborg, Copenhagen, and Rendsburg before Wilhelm Clement Theodor Blomberg emigrated to the United States in 1860. He settled in Cincinnati, where he worked as an artist and fresco painter and raised a family with Catherine Tandrop. Their daughter Ella&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9126,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-180","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3viLY-2U","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":468,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/blomberg\/frances-thora-blomberg-1865-1915\/","url_meta":{"origin":180,"position":0},"title":"Frances Thora Blomberg (1865-1915)","author":"Karen","date":"June 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Frances Thora \u201cFanny\u201d Blomberg (1865\u20131915) was the daughter of Wilhelm Clement Theodor Blomberg and Catherine Tandrop and the older sister of Ella Blomberg LeBlond, my direct ancestor. 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