Biographies of Our Paternal Family History

If you don’t recount your family history, it will be lost. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are. Biographies of our Paternal Family History includes Thompson, Russell, Penman, Stoddart, Goodman, Brown, Carl, Hensel, Guise, Workman, Romberger, Updegrove, Reisch, Culp, Schneck, Batdorf, Steiner, Welker, Messerschmidt, Peters, DeHart, Swartz, Koval, Wert, Faber, Shoop, Wertz, Row, Rudy, Frantz, Gieseman, Duncan, Westphals, Kelling, Koppelmann, McCloud, Searfoss, Kankle, Layman, Klein, Raymond, Roush, Overlander, Warner, Gipe, Drust, Anderson, Arnold, Bordner, Emerich, Gaugler, Kelly, Shaffer, Keefer, Arnold, Bucher, Mantz, Livezly, Culin, Kent, Roberts, et. al, from South- central England, Southeast Scotland, Ireland, East Finland, Central Sweden, South and Northeast Germany, and Northcentral Switzerland emigrated to Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, and Louisiana. Honor your own stories and tell them too…they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are.