{"id":2833,"date":"2015-05-14T17:53:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T22:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=2833"},"modified":"2016-03-10T12:36:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T17:36:29","slug":"sperl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/sperl\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My line of Sperls emigrated from Bavaria, Germany to the U.S. in the 1840&#8217;s. The Sperls married into the Tandrop family, the Blombergs, and then the LeBlonds.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Sperl (1788-1861) m. Mary Anna Emmer (1778-1857)<br \/>\n&#8230;Francesca Sperl (1820-1889) m. Ulrich Christian Tandrop (1819-1899)<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;Catherine Tandrop (1845-1937) m. 1863 Wilhelm Clement Theodor Blomberg (1829-1909)<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Anna Elinor Blomberg (1877-1963) m. 1904 Robert Arthur LeBlond (1866-1937)<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Katherine Elizabeth LeBlond (1910-2002) m. 1935 Bruce Straub Farquhar (1910-1973)<\/p>\n<h3>Biographies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list-pages-shortcode child-pages\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-2854\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/sperl\/francesca-sperl-1820-1889\/\">Francesca Sperl (1820-1889)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-2835\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/sperl\/michael-sperl-1788-1861\/\">Michael Sperl (1788-1861)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My line of Sperls emigrated from Bavaria, Germany to the U.S. in the 1840&#8217;s. 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