Wilhelm Galka Descendants — Hacken & Galka Families

DESCENDANTS OF WILHELM GALKA, 1878-1965

Wilhelm Galka --> Maria Altmann (née Galka) --> Charlotte Hanf (née Altmann) --> children --> etc.

Charlotte Hanf

Charlotte Hanf, seen her with her husband Dieter at the Wolfgangsee in Austria, is the granddaughter of Wilhelm Galka.

Wilhelm & Maria Galka Grandchildren

Nearly a century and a half after their births, Wilhelm Galka's and Maria Galka's descendants still look up to them. From left: Dieter and Charlotte Hanf; Volker Scheffler; Gerlinde Hlavac.

In the Alps, 2006

During a family reunion, from left: Charlotte Hanf, granddaughter of Wilhelm Galka; Robert ("Bob") Hacken, grandson of Carolina Galka; and Volker Scheffler, grandson of Maria Galka .

Five Second Cousins

At Bad Ischl in Austria (2006), from left: Bob Hacken, Gerlinde Hlavac, Volker Scheffler, Charlotte Hanf and Dick Hacken.

Hiking on Zwölferhorn Mountain

Above St. Gilgen in the Salzkammergut Lake District of Austria, from left: Marianne Siegmund, wife of Dick Hacken; Gerlinde Hlavac; Elke Scheffler and Volker Scheffler; Charlotte Hanf; Justine ("Kitsie") Hacken, wife of Bob Hacken; and Bob Hacken..

Under the Cross on Zwölferhorn Mountain

From left: Kitsie and Bob Hacken; Volker Scheffler; and Charlotte Hanf.

On Zwölferhorn Mountain

With Germany in the background, from left to right: Bob Hacken, Dieter Hanf, Pepi Hlavac, Dick Hacken, Volker Scheffler, Marianne Siegmund, Charlotte Hanf, Elke Scheffler, and Kitsie Hacken.

Lake Hallstatt, Austria

Top row from left: Bob and Kitsie Hacken; Elke Scheffler; Seated from left: Marianne Siegmund and Dick Hacken; Charlotte Hanf; Gerlinde Hlavac; Volker Scheffler; Pepi Hlavac, husband of Gerlinde.

Partial Family Reunion in Essen, Germany

Gentlemen, left to right: Dieter Hanf, Dick Hacken, Volker Scheffler. Ladies: Charlotte Hanf, Renate Mandel (née Scheffler) and her daughter Andrea Mosch (née Mandel), a great-granddaughter of Maria Galka.

Auf Wiedersehen at Kassel Train Station

From left: Volker Scheffler; Charlotte Hanf; Dick Hacken, Elke Scheffler, Dieter Hanf.

At the Lutherhaus in Eisenach, Germany

From left: Elke and Volker Scheffler; Juliana (née Hacken), great-granddaughter of Carolina Galka; Dieter and Charlotte Hanf.

Ciao for Now from Salzburg

From left: Elke Scheffler, Pepi and Gerlinde Hlavac (somewhat obscured by flying scarves), Charlotte Hanf, Volker Scheffler, Dieter Hanf.

Maria Galka Altmann

The daughter of Wilhelm Galka, Maria Galka Altmann, was the mother of Charlotte Altmann Hanf and Elisabeth Altmann Gehlhaus.

Wilhelm Galka --> Maria Altmann (née Galka) --> Elisabeth Gehlhaus (née Altmann) --> Susanne --> etc.

Elisabeth (Liesl) Altmann Gehlhaus, 1934-1992

Liesl (lwith husband Klaus and daughter Susanne) was the daughter of Maria Galka Altmann and Kurt Altmann and the sister of Charlotte Altmann Hanf. Thus she was also a granddaughter of Wilhelm Galka. This picture was taken in 1978.

Liesl Altmann Gehlhaus

Liesl with her daughter Susanne during the Christmas season, 1978. She passed away due to cancer in 1992.

Maria Galka Altmann

The daughter of Wilhelm and Emma Galka, Maria Galka Altmann was the mother of Charlotte Altmann Hanf and Elisabeth Altmann Gehlhaus.

A brother of Carolina and Maria named Wilhelm Galka is the ancestral forefather of relatives in and near Essen, Germany
(with surnames like Altmann, Hanf, Monyezi, Kriegs).

Wilhelm Galka was:

Brother of Carolina Galka Hachen
Brother of Maria Galka
Husband of Emma Jakowski Galka
Father of Maria Galka Altmann

Grandfather of:
Charlotte Altmann Hanf
Elisabeth Altmann Gehlhaus

Learn more about Elbing (now Elblag, Poland), earlier home of the Galka and Scheffler families.

GALKA FAMILY TREE

First page tells of Maria & Friedrich Scheffler offspring (Ella, Bruno, Gertrud, Hilda, Erich), of which only Bruno and Hilda had children.
Second page tells of Wilhelm Galka and other relatives.