Dear Mary,
With that last bit of info you were able to send, we have hit the jackpot. When Nichlas Keiderling & his wife Barbara c. Eimer came to this country, they brought 4 boys with them. Charles (Carl], Henry [Heinrich], Martin & Adam. They did settle in N.J. & then had Catherine & Nicklas there. Martin & his wife later went to Iowa taking Nick with them & so the Iowa family started. Charles went to Iowa first & married Emma J. Denny & they also started their family The original Nichlas & Barbara came on the ship, Elise, in 1854 & the ship log tells they were headed for Wisc. but they didn't get any further then N.J (my home state] there is no way to tell why they settled there, tired of traveling, sickness, etc. My e-mail is
boopty@eazy.net. Helen