{"id":468,"date":"2014-06-16T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=468"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:34:08","slug":"frances-thora-blomberg-1865-1915","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/blomberg\/frances-thora-blomberg-1865-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Thora Blomberg (1865-1915)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">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. Fanny married Walter Palm and belonged to the Cincinnati generation of the Blomberg family whose lives are preserved not only in family records but also in a remarkable collection of surviving photographs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-469\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-469 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1041.jpg\" alt=\"Fanny Thora Blomberg (1865-1915)\" width=\"226\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1041.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/1041-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fanny Thora Blomberg (1865-1915)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-470\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"boxer\" title=\"Frances Thora Blomberg and Walter Palm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frances_thora_fanny_blomberg_walter_palm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-470\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frances_thora_fanny_blomberg_walter_palm-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"Frances Thora Blomberg and Walter Palm\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frances_thora_fanny_blomberg_walter_palm-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frances_thora_fanny_blomberg_walter_palm-655x1024.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frances_thora_fanny_blomberg_walter_palm.jpg 1131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thought to be Frances Thora Blomberg and Walter Palm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Fanny married Walter Palm and belonged to the Cincinnati generation of the Blomberg family whose lives are preserved not only in family records but also in a remarkable&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9126,"parent":180,"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-468","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3viLY-7y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":180,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/blomberg\/","url_meta":{"origin":468,"position":0},"title":"Blomberg","author":"Karen","date":"May 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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