Welcome to our family tree.  This project is a work in progress. Names 
of living persons are usually not displayed to protect privacy. However names 
may briefly appear if we have had a specific request to show them. 
   
Updates, comments and corrections are always welcome.  We are in the process 
of adding sources to our website.
   
Marcia's family arrived from Pomerania, Luxembourg and Germany in the mid 
to late 1800's. Lines in her tree include Luedtke, Boettcher, Seegebarth, 
Pompe, Haack, Theisen and Kienitz. Many settled first in IL and WI before 
finding their way to Kossuth County, IA. The majority of these early settlers 
were farmers. The families were predominately Lutheran, although the 
Luxembourg families were Catholic.

Most of Al's family has been in America since the early 1700's.  These names
include Culbertson, Rouse, Miller, Fountain, and Bell.  The Culbertsons and 
Bells were Scotch Irish Protestants, settling in PA and OH before our branches 
of these families migrated to Iowa in the late 1800 and early 1900's. 

Rouse origins are thought to be German. The first verified ancestor was found 
in PA in the late 1700's. The Rouses belonged to the United Brethren Church. 
We have found no evidence to indicate they were members of the Pennsylvania Dutch 
Community. Family accounts do record very strict religious practices by the early 
Rouse generations in Pennsylvania and Iowa.

Al's Great Grandfather, Karl Ewodlt was the latest arrival to the US,  
entering through Ellis Island in 1904. The Ewoldt and Wiese families in his 
tree are both from the Schlesweig Holstein area of Germany, near the Baltic 
Sea.     

Culbertsons have made a mark in the history and early development 
of this country. Among their ranks are noted military officers, politicians, 
physicians, explorers, artists, musicians and members of the clergy.  There 
are too many lines and branches of this family to document on this website. We 
included Al's direct line, with a side step or two to include some extended 
lines of interest to our family. Old stories existed regarding family ties to 
the Culbertson Mansion in New Albany, Indiana, and to the western explorer 
Alexander Culbertson. With some digging, we were able to verify that Al's 
family and these people do share a common ancestor, Lt Colonel Robert 
Culbertson, of Culbertson's Row, PA - born in 1755. 

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