Hello Lorelei,
My name is Tim R Suhrstedt used to be spelled Suehrstedt. For some reason my fam dropped the e and some point. So, my Father is Timothy Lee Suhrstedt his dad was John Timothy Suhrstedt and his Father was Carl Suhrstedt. It is interesting to see other Suhrstedts as it is not such a common name. We live in Oregon.
Carl had a butcher shop in San Fran during the earthquake and fire, moved from that mess to a Spanish land grant ranch called Reeds Ranch, turned down an offer to own part of it if he would stay on and work the ranch, said he would not take charity from anyone and moved to Denver Co. where my dad was born.