Joannes DominicusGebel

The principal focus of this file is the family of my paternal grandfather Clement Augustus Behra (1907-1990), whose father and maternal grandmother were both born in France, the former in Alsace and the latter in Lorraine. The other three quarters of my ancestry is also included, though much less exhaustively.

The information presented here has been gathered over the course of 50+ years of research.  Many people have helped and encouraged me during that time, starting with my parents and brother.  I am very grateful to them and to all the others who have generously assisted me along the way, among them my great-great-aunt Marjorie Burlingame Haymaker Fessenden; my great-uncles Clarence Behra and Wayne Christensen; William H. Kohlwey; Jeane Bitterly; Nicole Friedmann née Golly; André Ganter; Marie-Thérèse Kachler née Bommer; Paul Naegel; Paul Luttenbacher; Patrice Tschirret.  Much of the work would have been impossible without the records made available on microfilm by the Genealogical Society of Utah through the Family History Library, and more recently those available online from various departmental and municipal archives across France.

If you find errors or omissions in this file, please let me know.

I am always happy to meet new cousins, even if only by e-mail, and I am happy to share what I know with relatives.