I used ancestry. com to make a family tree.family tree made
Kaufmann family, Schomer family, Griener Family, and Petsche family all came from Germany.
Wilke, Engelhardt, Schmidt, Lembke, Bnte, Kress, Mueller, Ortman all came from Germany.
Wolverton and Cowen families came from England.
Some of the Cowens also came from Ireland.
My great great grandma Gladys Meinerva Churchill was a cousin to Sir Winston Churchill the Prime Minister of England during World War 2.
Margaretha (Kress) Bente came from bavaria, Germany when she was 5. They landed in New Orleanes in 1855.
I think that it is cool and fascinating to see how far back my ancestors came.
Sources of pics
http://franceshunter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/port-of-new-orleans-engraved-by-d-g-thompson.jpg
http://lisasaline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/churchilldm0302_468x5421.jpg
Comments
Good!