Ulrich Engel of Basil, Switzerland, immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1754 where he settled and raised a family of six children. Descendants live throughout the United States.

This family emigrated from Germany to the United States about 1770.

Hugh M. Steckman was born 20 August 1906 in Antis Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania. His parents were George O. Steckman and Jane Elizabeth Lungen. Ancestors and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania.

Richard M. Bielby (1860-1943) was born at Markam, Ontario, Canada. He married Jennie White (1867-1947) in 1888. They had ten children, 1889-1911, all born a Lake City, Michigan. Includes Engel, Cavanagh, Lydic and Wilson families.

The Otto name originated in Europe. The earliest Otto ancestor found was Carl C. Otto, who was born in Pomerania, Prussia in 1816. He migrated to the United States with his wife and youngest child. He settled in Wisconsin and then moved to Iowa where he spent the rest of his life.

Johann Adam Engel, son of Johannes Engel and Susanna Reichel, was born in 1714 in Platten bei Komtau, Sudetenland. He married Susanna Schott in 1739. They had two daughters. He married Anna Maria Raab in 1755 in Bernau. They had a son. He died in 1758 in Rodenau.

This book is about the Grumbachers, a German Baptist Brethren farm family, and how the Grumbacher property came into the possession of the Frick family. Johannes "Hans" Grumbacher arrived at Philadelphia, Pa. from Europe in 1733 and bought land in Coventry Twp., Chester Co., Pa. in 1734. He died in 1744. He had two wives and seven children. Some children stayed in Coventry Twp., others moved in the 1760's to the Pipe Creek area of Frederick (now Carroll)...