![Marti Fleetwood, Leo Leonard, Sally Redinger, Nancy Hurley while getting acquainted as cousins. Picture taken at the Genealogy Society of Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana Marti Fleetwood, Leo Leonard, Sally Redinger, Nancy Hurley](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HepDRkLv-GI/Vj7CTSF2PfI/AAAAAAAB6bc/L91fa-G7yWU/Hoskinson%252520Cousins%25252C%252520Sept%2525202015_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
About 1 1/2 years ago Leo found this website while searching for his Niehaus family. And there it was. He found his grandfather, John Hoskinson, in a Niehaus reunion photo. He emailed his sister across the country and they began the email conversation with me. While Leo was visiting Sally in eastern Indiana from his home in Washington State about two months ago they decided to make a trip to Indianapolis so that we could meet up. And we're so happy that they did. Our afternoon of sharing our heritage and becoming closer cousins was delightful. This photo above is, left to right: Martha "Marti" (Niehaus) Fleetwood (my sister), Leo Leonard, Sally (Leonard) Redinger and me, Nancy (Niehaus) Hurley. It was so nice to talk with them in person after sharing history and getting acquainted for a good while over the Internet. I think that our grandparents would have been pleased at us making this family tie.
Sally shared photos of their mother, Ruth, through the years. As well as other family photos that gave us a look inside all those years of our cousins' lives. I'm very glad to get to know more about our grand aunt's family. Below photos: 1. Mary Anna Niehaus Hoskinson; followed by 2. Ruth Hoskinson, Mary Anna's daughter, at about 16; and 3. Ruth Hoskinson Leonard later in life.
![Mary Anna (Niehaus) Hoskinson, daughter of Joseph and Gertrude (Wilmsen) Niehaus; mother of Ruth Hoskinson Leonard. Mary Anna (Niehaus) Hoskinson, about 28](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8AKKZXws7ns/Vj7CUVLK2aI/AAAAAAAB6ak/lVrAT0zD7e0/Hoskinson%252520%252528Niehaus%252529%25252C%252520Mary%252520Anna_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
![Ruth Hoskinson, 1911 - 1986, daughter of John and Mary Anna (Niehaus) Hoskinson, granddaughter of Joseph and Gertrude (Wilmsen) Niehaus Ruth Hoskinson, 1911 - 1986](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EjDMm1cZ5X4/Vj7CVsBQbZI/AAAAAAAB6a0/lHn9373fKBw/Hoskinson%25252C%252520Ruth_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
![Ruth Hoskinson Leonard, daughter of John and Mary Anna (Niehaus) Hoskinson; mother of Sally, Mary and Leo Leonard Ruth Hoskinson Leonard, daughter of John and Mary Anna (Niehaus) Hoskinson](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q_O9s-dKHY4/Vj7CW9OQ1LI/AAAAAAAB6bE/td6tLWlTC7c/Leonard%25252C%252520Ruth%252520Hoskinson_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Of course, we all plan to keep in touch now and have more visits. We hope that if there are others wondering about the families you find on this website, that you send a message. These living family ties are really the best kind!
To learn more about these Niehaus connections:
Joseph Niehaus, Our Rug Weaver
Gertrude Elizabeth Wilmsen Niehaus
Thanks for visiting Indiana Ties,
Nancy
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