Jerry Specht Family History -- Revised, June 2020


These webpages have documents and links pertaining to the ancestry of my father (Theodore R. Specht) and my mother (Dorothy Deissler Specht).

These documents are referenced in the family trees which I have entered in at familysearch.org . Those trees are the most complete and up-to-date. These are instructions: Using FamilySearch for searching Specht/Deissler ancestors.
But since FamilySearch requires the creation a (free) login, if you don't want to do that, you can go to rootsweb.com. This is my mother's rootsweb family tree . There's a problem with the display of my dad's rootweb tree, but you can see his father's (at Albert Victor Specht's tree ) and his mother's (at Amesta Agatha Murphy's tree ).

The Disappearance and Almost Certain Murder of Victor Deissler, Feb. 2, 1941, 10 pm - 11:30 pm . And Without any Trace (a complementary analysis, with additional facts and including a "fictional recreation of what could have transpired the night of February 2, 1941").
NEW, Jan 2, 2019: A 15-minute video of Jerry telling the Victor Deissler story. [Be sure to change to "Full screen" for best viewing] And a 23-minute audio of the conversation at 9342 following this video .

This website is organized like this:
* My father is Theodore Specht; my mother is Dorothy (Deissler) Specht. Information about myself and my family is under the Specht-Deissler link.
* Information about my mom is under the Deissler-Fisher link (since her parents were Victor Deissler and Helen Fisher).
* Information about my dad is under the Specht-Murphy link (since his parents were Albert Specht and Agatha Murphy).
* Etc.

Specht-Deissler (Jerry Specht, parents and siblings)

• Specht-Deissler Photographs
• Jerry Specht on His Family, especially His Brother, Bob
  
  

Deissler-Fisher (Dorothy Deissler and parents)

• Deissler-Fisher Photographs
• The Sharon Herald newspaper obituary of Dorothy Specht
• Words Spoken about Dorothy Specht at her Visitation and Funeral Mass - Feb. 15 and 16, 2008 - by Rosemary Koch and Jerry Specht
• Dorothy Deissler Specht on her Parents and Grandparents

Specht-Murphy (Theodore Specht and parents)

• Walter A. Specht Notes about Garrett, Elizabeth & Agatha Murphy; and Albert Specht (1977)
• Specht-Murphy Photographs
• The Sharon Herald newspaper obituary of Theodore Specht
• Words Spoken about Theodore Specht at his Visitation and Funeral Mass - Jan. 1 and 2, 2008 - by Gary Koch, Jim Specht, and Jerry Specht
• Ted Specht on his Parents and Grandparents

Specht-Felthouse (Albert Victor Specht and his ancestors)

• Biography of Johannes ("John") and Johanna Specht, and children
• Edward Specht bio (about half-way down the page)
• Obituary of Johanna (Baker) Specht
• Obituary of Edward Specht
• Photo: Edward Specht -- Louisa Felthouse Specht
• Letters from James Schmitt about Specht's Ferry 1 2a 2b

Murphy-Brown {Amesta Agatha Murphy (Mrs. Albert V. Specht) and her ancestors}

Original Materials:

• The Browns, by Mrs. Albert V. Specht (1937)
• The Stevens Family, by Mrs. Albert V. Specht (1937)
• Photograph of William Stevens (maternal grandfather of Elizabeth A. (Brown) Murphy
• Newspaper photo of Elizabeth A. (Brown) Murphy
• Letter from Elizabeth A. (Brown) Murphy to Signs of the Times newspaper (1896)
• Letter from Julia Stevens Brown to Elizabeth A. (Brown) Murphy (1912)
  
• The Murphys, by Mrs. Albert V. Specht (1937)
• Youthful Experiences, by Garrett Murphy (abt. 1892)
• Walter A. Specht note about Garrett Murphy (1965)
• Photograph of Garrett Murphy
• Letter from James R. Murphy, M.D. to Theodore R. Specht (12/1964)
• Letter from James R. Murphy, M.D. to Theodore R. Specht (01/1965)
  
  
• www.planetmurphy.org: Murphy/Morphew genealogy

Fisher-Kammerer

• George Fisher's ancestors

Fisher-Sweeney (Helen Fisher Deissler and her Sweeney ancestors)

• Descendants of John and Bridget Sweeney

Other Links:

• Evanston Specht Review, 1997-

Thanks to Gary Tharp, James R. Murphy, and the many others who gathered the information on the ancestry of J. Garrett Murphy which you see on ancestry.com. All of J. Garrett's ancestry in my tree was copied from the Gary Tharp tree.