.As I sit here listening to the sound of the ocean I can't help remembering that my family, like millions of other families sailed from their native land to a new land with the hope of finding freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the possibility of a better life for their children and grandchildren and so much more. I can only imagine the struggles and challenges they endured on their voyages to the United States of America. By creating the web sites and homepages and posting our family history online; we are all honoring our family members who made the choice to cross the oceans, to come to a strange land, with no idea of what to expect. We honor their names as we search further and further back in time to find the dates of birth, the parents names, etc. in an effort to put together our family tree. My family lineage goes back to Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, England and Holland. I'm proud to be an American, yet I'm equally proud to have the heritage of Irish, English, Dutch and German. |
The following surnames are direct lineage to me. Schmaltz/Schmalz Brodbeck Schultz Knoph Eustice Parker Waugh Walton White Bulman Stobbart Reed Bergman Turk Dutcher Copeland Vernon Hazard Peterson Chamberlain |
These are the surnames that are related to me through marriages, aunts and uncles and cousins thru the generations. |
Tilley Cook Stankus Muska Swayze Vanderson Updyke Strope Tibbits Nathans Stankevicze Robson Freik/Freek/Freak Reed Rutherford Graham Roxby Williams Memory Goodspeed Robertson McDonald McCracken Chase Courtright Sauter Simmen Diehl Bird Hetherington |
My Schmalz/Schmaltz family has been traced back to the year 1834 in Switzerland, with the birth of my gg-grandfather, Gottlieb (nicknamed Levi) Schmalz. My Brodbeck family has been traced back to the very early 1800's with the birth of my ggg-grandfather, John (Johann) Brodbeck. My Schultz family has been traced back to the year 1846 in Germany, with the birth of my gg-grandfather, Gustave Schultz. My Parker family has been traced back to the year 1813 in County Durham, England, with the birth of my ggg-grandfather, James Parker. My Waugh family has been traced back to the year 1750 in County Durham, England, with the birth of my ggggg-grandfather, Robert Waugh. My Eustice family has been traced back to the year abt. 1804 in Cornwall, England with the birth of my ggg-grandfather, John Eustice. My Bergman family has been traced back to the year 1876 in New York State with the birth of my g-grandfather, Richard Kimball Bergman. My Turk family has been traced back to the year 1786 in Westerlo, Albany Co., New York, with the birth of my ggg-grandfather, Jacob Turk. My Dutcher family has been traced back to the year 1858 in New York State, with the birth of my gg-grandmother, Rose E. Dutcher. Her father is shown on her death certificate as James Dutcher. |
.Just as the butterfly is always in motion, so are we in the continuing effort of research for our family history. |
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There has been extensive research done on all of the surnames listed above. Some of the research has been done by distant family member's that I have made a family connection with, most of whom I've not had the pleasure of meeting, yet. Other information has been handed down thru the generations in my family and I've done extensive research, also. |
Very special thanks to my mom, my aunts and cousins who have been so supportive in my endeavor to research all of my family surnames. |
A very special thank you to a lady I've never met in person, and a distant cousin I didn't know I had until a few months ago. She has become a friend and had it not been for her efforts and research, I'd still be hitting the brick walls on my Parker and Waugh family in England and in Pennsylvania. Thank you, Cathy. |
My fathers family surnames - direct Lineage SCHMALTZ/SCHMALZ - Switzerland & Germany originally BRODBECK - Switzerland originally KNOPH - Germany originally SCHULTZ - Germany originally EUSTICE - England & Ireland originally PARKER - England originally WAUGH - England originally WALTON - England originally WHITE - England originally BULMAN - England originally STOBBART - England originally REED - England originally |
My mothers family surnames - direct lineage BERGMAN - Germany originally TURK - 1700's in NY State & Illinois DUTCHER - early 1800's in NY State CHAMBERLAIN - 1700's in NY State PETERSON - 1700's in NY State & Illinois |
This page was last updated on: October 29, 2001
