I’d been looking for the elusive Tamme Focken Tammen for quite some time. Born in 1856 in Velde, Ostfriesland, Germany, he was the youngest son of Focke Focken Tammen (1803 Buhren/Remels–1872 Velde) and his third wife Tjede Willms Aden (1815 Velde–1883 Velde).  Tamme’s oldest half-sister was Tjode Anna Focken (Tammen) Goldenstein, born in Buhren in […]

A name like Tamme Tammen should be fairly unusual and it is. However, there were several of them living in the United States at about the same point in time. Despite the unusual nature of their name, they are not all related. The one who is my focus is the one who was born in […]