My great-grandparents, Nicholas (1847-1937)and Elizabeth (nee KALEN)(1858?-1923)SCHUMACHER farmed at Mallard and are buried at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery there.

Nick and Lizzie's children:
Lucy SCHUMACHER (1878?-1939) who married Nicholas LAUBENTHAL. Their offspring included HALSTEAD, WICHMAN, MARNACH, SCHEALLER, SCHNEIDER, NOLAN, OLSON, CARRIGAN, ADAMS, LANCASTER, GOEDERS, AND SMITH families;
Mary SCHUMACHER (1880-1968) who married Charles J. KUNZ (1881-1960). Their offspring included LEUER, HARM, MERGEN, FITZPATRICK, and MCMAHON families;
Anna SCHUMACHER (1887-1960) who married Cornelius GIRRES (1875/7-1944). Their offspring included CLARK, KLIEGL, and JOYNT families;
Joseph SCHUMACHER (1888-1964) who married Millie GALLAGHER (1890-1975). Their offspring included KEMPTON and YOCUM families;
Louis SCHUMACHER (1889-1943) who married Hazel DRAMAN (1894-1978). Their offspring included MOLACEK, WILLENBERG, WILSON, and SUSS families; and
Leonard SCHUMACHER, Sr. (1897-1947) who married Mary BRADLEY (1902-1977). Their offspring included OLSON, MEISSNER, WEINZETL, BURYANEK, SELIGA, O'CONNOR, and ZYLSTRA families.

I also have Palo Alto County relatives with roots in Emmetsburg and West Bend.

I am very new to this so please bear with me. My maiden name is Meissner and I am looking to find out about my great grandfather Carl Edward. All I know on him was he married a woman by the name of Merriam Tyler and had 6 children before disappering in the mid to late 30s. Possibly my faimly.?

Looking for information on
William Fitzpatrick: Iowa: Green County
His wife Ella Reagan
Son William Patrick Born October 1892
Daughter Mary
Had a ranch and then a restraunt
Migrated to Canada in 1903

My name is Rita Beyenhof. My maiden name was Goeders. Nick and Lucy are my Grandmothers parents. My Grandmother was Rose Laubenthal. She married John Goeders and later married Ed Smith.. I have a sister to my Grandmother still living. Her name is Eva Adams living in Emmetsburg. She had been married to a Carrigan.
E-mail me if you want. We'll see what we can dig up...Rita

Cousin Rita,

Its nice to get a response to a post from a genealogist I am actually related to.I'm a second cousin to the Goeder boys and the Smith children. You and I are second cousins, once removed.

I have all of these names in my family book. Nick and Lucy were my dad's uncle and aunt. Rose was his first-cousin. I am familiar with Eva, although I have not yet met her. My family had a reunion in Emmetsburg last year and I know some Girres and Laubenthals made a special appearance, but I am not sure if Eva was there.

This is a line of my family that needs filling out. I have her children's names, but not her grandchildren. I have many, many questions to ask you and look forward to corresponding with you. I do not have much on Rose or her husbands. I have her children's names, but not her grandchildren.

> My name is Rita Beyenhof. My maiden name was
> Goeders. Nick and Lucy are my Grandmothers parents. My
> Grandmother was Rose Laubenthal. She married John
> Goeders and later married Ed Smith.. I have a sister to my
> Grandmother still living. Her name is Eva Adams living in
> Emmetsburg. She had been married to a Carrigan.
>
> E-mail me if you want. We'll see what we can dig up...Rita

Saw your note. My father was a halstead. He lived in Emmetsburg most of his life. His father was Fred Halstead Sr. His mother was Ollie (webster). He had 3 brothers, Lyle, Archie, Clarence and four sisters lillian, louise, pearl, and evelyn. Clarissa was a twin of Clarence who died at twelve. Lyle and Archie lived all of their lives in Emmetsburg Lyle was a carpenter and Archie worked at the Texaco station for a lot of years. My dad ran a drive in restaurant in the 1950's and owned a bar called the wagon wheel.

Looking for McMann / McMahon in Palo Alto or Cerro Gordo Counties I know that at least one, Peter McMahon, stayed in the area. My GGGrandfather, Charles James McNally (b.1860) married Mary Ann McMahon (b.1848) November 25, 1877 in Mason City, Iowa. Mary Ann and Peter were sister and brother. I know of a few other McMahon's, but just started my McMahon search. CJ McNally is one of the sons of Myles and Mary McNally of Emmetsburg, Iowa, but he moved to Austin, Minnesota.
Thanks,
Shelly Tindal Alexander

I have family members going way back to the 1800's in Palo alto county starting with John L Steiner,Charley(charles) Kunz,Mary Schumacher