Family tree for Johann Andreas Fries and (1st wife) Anna Catharina Hartmann, (2nd wife) Anna Margaretha Georg, of the Lutheran faith, a farmer from Kanau, Germany; arrived in Oranienbaum 4 July 1766; they arrived in Beideck (also known as Talovka) colony, Russia in 1767. In 1790 they moved to Stahl am Tarlyk colony, Russia.

John Nicholson was born in 1784 in Maryland. He was taken as an infant to North Carolina where he was orphaned and grew up using the name John Jester. He married Mary William in 1803 and over the next 21 years they had at least 8 children. Later they moved to Indiana and then Iowa. This material covers their descendants with each child's descendants found in a different volume. Descendants are found throughout the United States especially in the midwest. In...

"This paper is a historical and genealogical investigation of the Stahl family of Schlossberg and Flochberg, two towns located only a few hundred yards apart in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. The Stahls, like many families in Schlossberg and Flochberg, were members of a social group known in Western Europe as Jenische. The two main parts of this paper focus on the descendants of Jacob (Johannes Jacob) Stahl, who was a son Heinrich (Henricus) Stahl....

Alvah Colwell Stahl was born 18 February 1911 in Rochester, Indiana. His parents were Alvah C. Stahl and Sarah Marie Brady. His grandparents were Jacob Mann Stahl, Rebecca Colwell, Henry Brady and Mary McCann. Ancestors and relatives lived mainly in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Ireland.

Bernard Appelhans was born before 1664. He married Maria Barbara and they had three known sons. He died in 1707 in Bechtheim, Rheinhessen, Germany. Lists descendants and relatives as found in the Bechtheim church records.