Welcome to our family tree.  This project is a work in progress. Photos of living persons are not displayed to protect privacy. 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 early families were predominately Lutheran and 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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