Garth Nerdin (1916-1991), son of James Halverson Nerdin (1875-1929) and Mary Electa Remington (1884-1979), was born in Salt Lake City Utah. He married Violet Leone Gray (1913-1997), daughter of Thomas Leo Gray (1889-1950) and Astrid Leonora Ahrens (1889-1929), in 1937. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Sweden, Norway and Utah.

Dietrich Johan and Margareth Elizabeth (1815-1888) Ahrens emigrated from Oldenburg, Germany in 1843 and settled in Fayette County, Texas. They had eight children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Texas.

Adolph Detlef Ahrens was born 6 August 1827 in Prussia. He emigrated in 1858 and settled in Scott County, Iowa. He married Catherine Wulf in 1869. He died in 1883 in Davenport, Iowa. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Iowa. Includes Dishinger, Koch, Thorson and related families.

Edwin Ahrens was born in 1831 in Oldenburg, Germany. He married Gesina Maria Kuehnemann (1833-1860) in 1859. They had one daughter. They emigrated in 1859 and settled in Wisconsin and then in Nebraska. He married Anna Loseke in 1863 in Columbus, Nebraska. They had ten children. He died in 1892.

Johann Gottlob Heinrich (1800-1882) married Anna Rosina Pfeiffer in Silesia, Prussia. The family immigrated via Hamburg to Adelaide, South Australia in 1838-1839, and settled land near Tanunda, South Australia in 1842. Descendants lived chiefly in South Australia.

Johan Gottlieb Lueck was born 27 September 1811 in Germany. He married Justine Pauline Eveline Krause in about 1840. They had four children. They emigrated in about 1862 and settled in Wisconsin. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Germany, Wisconsin and Illinois. Includes Ahrens, Albrecht, Dacheske, Draeger, Hauffe, Hebbe, Koehler, Lemster, Maik, Rasch, Ravn, Reimer, Siebenhaar, Spethman, Weideman, Zellmer and related families.

R.V. Ahrens, son of Henry Ahrens (1851-1924) and Emma Meckes, was born in 1880 in Watertown, Wisconsin. He married Annie E. Howell, daughter of Edward Howell and Elizabeth Felix, in 1906.

Chiefly a record of descendants and families related to Lathrop Woods. He was born 17 Jul 1813 in Madison County, New York. He married Levina Skiff ca. 1835. She was born 4 Jan 1815 in Chautauqua County, New York. They were the parents of seven children. She died 11 Sep 1881 in Erie County, Pennsylvania. He died 26 Dec 1899 in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and elsewhere. Ancestors include: Artemas...

Family group records of Irmgard Kraus Smith. The relationships of the families to each other or to the author is not known. Families are from Germany.

"Friedrich Hueftle [1860 - 1911] and Wilhelm Hueftle [1862 - 1925] left Germany in the summer of 1880 to avoid military conscription and to seek the opportunities afforded by the westward expansion of America. During the journey, they met Margaret Sanwald ... [who helped] them reach Varna, Illinois."--P. 6. and whose family helped them secure employment with the railroad. (Friedrich and Margaret were married 25 July 1911.) Later they relocated in...