Ameling (Updated 7/8/2016)
Ancestors of Patricia Ann Ameling
Andres (Uploaded 10/5/2021)
Ancestors of Mary Anna Andres Evans
Anfinson (Updated 7/8/2016)
Ancestors of Wayne Berdell Anfinson
Bachel (one of the earliest European families in St. Lucas, updated 7/8/2016)
Ancestors of Mary Rose Bachel
Backes (Updated 4/13/20)
Ancestors of Elaine Backes
Bakken (Uploaded 6/17/2012)
Hans Balk 9 Generations My Balk files, as updated 6/12/2020, represent one of the largest families in my database, and the full Hans Balk file is too large for this free website, so its broken up into smaller families. Please use the contact form on the Home page if you'd like a copy of the larger file (which is over 400 pages even without footnotes) and represents 13 generations.
Mathias Balk b. 1780 (Updated 6/13/2020)
Mathias Balk Sr. b. 1827 ((Updated 6/13/2020)
Johann Ulrich Balk, Sr. b. 1843 (Updated 6/13/2020)
Ancestors of Robert L. Balk
Barthelme (Updated 4/18/2020)
Ancestors of James P. Barthelme
Bauhaus (Uploaded 11/26/2021)
Ancestors of Catherine Ann Bauhaus
Baumler (Updated 4/19/2020)
Ancestors of Debra Colleen Baumler
Becker (Updated 4/26/2020)
Ancestors of Willis John Becker
Beckman (Updated 1/4/2024)
Beer (Updated 1/2/2024)
Ancestors of Robert Marvin Beer
Bengfort (Updated 1/4/2024)
Ancestors of Steven James Bengfort
Bernatz (Bernaz) (Uploaded 8/4/2013)
Berns (Uploaded 8/4/2013)
Berst (Uploaded 7/4/2012)
Birdsell (Uploaded 6/27/2012)
Blong (Updated 3/16/2018)
Ancestors of Eugene Joseph Blong
Joseph Bodensteiner - 8 Generations (Updated 8/4/2013 - without sources)
Johann Karl Bodensteiner (Updated 8/4/2013 - without sources)
My friend, Lorraine (Bodensteiner) Kuennen, who introduced me to and supported me in pursuing the joys of genealogy, died May 25, 2012. The families of St. Lucas and I miss her.
Lorraine Kuennen, age 82, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, May 25, 2012, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, MN.
Lorraine is survived by her husband: Kenneth Kuennen, Decorah, IA. One daughter: Kathleen (Kathy) Kuennen, Decorah, IA. One son: Paul Kuennen, Urbandale, IA. One brother: Linus Bodensteiner, Decorah, IA. Four sisters: Corrine Deeny, Waterville, MN; Alice Einck, Rochester, MN; Evelyn (Lawrence) Elsbernd, Calmar, IA; and Marion (Dennis) Heying, Hawkeye, IA. Three sisters-in-law: Ruth Bodensteiner, Waverly, IA, and Irene Roethler, WI, and Cathy (Robert) Balik, Kalamazoo, MI. One brother-in-law: Gene (Marvelene) Smith, Fort Atkinson, IA, along with several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her infant son: Jimmy on July 13, 1965. Her parents: Ben Bodensteiner in 1978 and Rose (Rausch) Bodensteiner in 1980. One sister: Elizabeth (Ben) Schaufenbuel in 1954. Two brothers: Arnold Bodensteiner in 2009 and Dennis Bodensteiner in 1958. Her father and mother-in-law: Albert & Minnie Kuennen. Two sisters-in-law: Rita Bodensteiner in 2010 and Arlene Smith in 1998. Three brothers-in-law: Donald Deeny, Louis Einck, and Marv Kuennen in 1997.
Lorraine is survived by her husband: Kenneth Kuennen, Decorah, IA. One daughter: Kathleen (Kathy) Kuennen, Decorah, IA. One son: Paul Kuennen, Urbandale, IA. One brother: Linus Bodensteiner, Decorah, IA. Four sisters: Corrine Deeny, Waterville, MN; Alice Einck, Rochester, MN; Evelyn (Lawrence) Elsbernd, Calmar, IA; and Marion (Dennis) Heying, Hawkeye, IA. Three sisters-in-law: Ruth Bodensteiner, Waverly, IA, and Irene Roethler, WI, and Cathy (Robert) Balik, Kalamazoo, MI. One brother-in-law: Gene (Marvelene) Smith, Fort Atkinson, IA, along with several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her infant son: Jimmy on July 13, 1965. Her parents: Ben Bodensteiner in 1978 and Rose (Rausch) Bodensteiner in 1980. One sister: Elizabeth (Ben) Schaufenbuel in 1954. Two brothers: Arnold Bodensteiner in 2009 and Dennis Bodensteiner in 1958. Her father and mother-in-law: Albert & Minnie Kuennen. Two sisters-in-law: Rita Bodensteiner in 2010 and Arlene Smith in 1998. Three brothers-in-law: Donald Deeny, Louis Einck, and Marv Kuennen in 1997.
Boeding (Updated 1/16//2023)
Ancestors of Eugene Arnold Boeding
Bohr (Updated 8/10/2013)
Bonfig (Updated 2/6/2015)
Photo is of Elizabeth Bouillon, b. 1819 in France, d. 1902 in Fort Atkinson, m. Jacques Untereiner 1846 in France.
Bouillon (Updated 8/10/2013)
Photo is of Anna (Bouska) Novak and Her Daughters
Bouska (Updated 3/31/2012 with all data from Bouska, 1670-2000 by Alberta Bouska & again 5/28/2012, with data from the 1940 census)
Boyer (Updated 4/19/2020)
Ancestors of Duane Adam Boyer
Boyle (Updated 11/29/2021)
Ancestors of Marie Ann Boyle
Breitsprecher (Uploaded 8/11/2013)
Brincks (Updated 2/6/2024)
Ancestors of Mitchell Lee Brincks
Brockamp (Updated 11/30/2021)
Brockman (Updated 6/14/2014)
Broghamer (Uploaded 8/11/2013)
Buchheit (Bucheit) (Without sources - updated 8/14/2013)
Bullerman (Updated 2/18/2024) The oldest Bullerman in this file, Anna Catherine, is my Third Great Grandmother, and the most recently deceased Bullerman, Kathryn, is my second cousin, twice removed. See how we are related in the two charts below.
Relationship Charts - Anna Catherine Bullerman & Kathryn M. Bullerman
Ancestors of Kathryn M. Bullerman
Busch (Updated 11/1/2020)
Ancestors of Larry Busch
Bushman (Buschman, updated 8/11/2013)
Cahill (Uploaded 8/11/2013)
Carey (Uploaded 8/11/2013)
Collins (Updated 2/20/2024)
Ancestors of Isabelle Mary Collins
Cornell (Updated 3/20/2024)
This ancestry file contains ancestors going back 60 generations, with the oldest known ancestor born in the year 68. This is the farthest I have traced any family from these three towns. The oldest known ancestor who bears the surname Cornell, was George, who was born in 1545 in Essex. |
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Cremer (Updated 3/5/2024)
Ancestors of Donald Cremer
Croatt (Updated 3/5/2024)
Ancestors of Evelyn Croatt
Deeney / Deeny (Updated 2/22/2024)
Ancestors of Marcella Anna Deeny
Dessel (Updated 10/6/2013)
Dietzenbach / Ditzenbach / Detzenbach (Updated 8/10/2016)
Ancestors of Cathryn P. Dietzenbach
Doerr (Dorr - updated 3/7/2024)
Ancestors of Wilma Rose Doerr
Drilling (Updated 3/7/2024)
Ancestors of Aniceta Margaret Drilling
Duclos (Updated 3/8/2024)