Family History

Seeing my great-grandfather's statue and the occasion of the Saville Family Reunion in North Dakota this past weekend (which we weren't able to attend), has inspired me to do some research online. The only information I found on the Quigley statue was something that said it was hand carved in France. Whether my great-grandfather was in France when he carved it or whether the website was in error, I'm not sure. I know that he came from Koblenz, Germany, and that he was in Paris for a while.

Here is more of his work on the Cook County Courthouse.
Love and Law:
Peace and Wisdom:

I'm not sure where this one is located:

My grandmother wrote in one of her letters that he sculpted "Falstaff" at Gambrinus Brewing Company in Columbus, OH. I think this is probably it:

My grandmother also wrote that he did some work on the Scottish Rite Temple in Indianapolis, the Allen County Courthouse in Fort Wayne, IN, something at the Bartlett Ranch, Vermejo Park, New Mexico, and either the Capitol Building or the University in Madison, WI.
I also decided to look up to see if I could find any information about any of my ancestors at Ellis Island. They have a free website where you can look up info. I didn't find anything on Peter Toneman or William Tessar, but I did find that my dad's father, Ernest Saville, came on the RMS Teutonic in 1894 when he was 17 years old. This is the ship:

I also found a picture of couple taken on the deck of the Teutonic the same year that my grandfather came, but I couldn't download it. It was interesting to think that my grandfather may have been on the ship at the same time the picture was taken.

What a great way to spend a rainy Saturday morning!