Contemplating a theme or name for our UHLMAN Family
Home Page , I decided on what seems to be an appropriate centerpiece, a wooden
table. Johannes Ulmann, our earliest known
ancestor, is listed as a "Tischmacher" or table maker
in the church files at Beringen, Switzerland. Ten generations later, I as
a direct descendent, also made a table during a period in my life when woodworking
was my favored hobby. My father, brother, uncle, cousin, all chose carpentry
as a profession, as were many of the Uhlmans listed in our genealogy. Others
were loggers and woodsmen. Thus many of our Uhlman families' lives have centered
around "wood", in one way or another.