Biographies of our Paternal Family History

"Honor your own stories and tell them too...they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are."Genealogy of Thompson, Russell, Penman, Stoddart, Goodman, Brown, Carl, Hensel, Guise, Workman, Romberger, Updegrove, Reisch, Culp, Schneck, Batdorf, Steiner, Welker, Messerschmidt, Peters, DeHart, Swartz, Koval, Wert, Faber, Shoop, Wertz, Row, Rudy, Frantz, Gieseman, Duncan, Westphals, Kelling, Koppelmann, McCloud, Searfoss, Kankle, Layman, Klein, Raymond, Roush, Overlander, Warner, Gipe, Drust, Anderson, Arnold, Bordner, Emerich, Gaugler, Kelly, Shaffer, Keefer, Arnold(2), Bucher, Mantz, Livezly, Culin, Kent, Roberts, et al from Southcentral England, Southeast Scotland, Ireland, East Finland, Central Sweden, South & Northeast Germany, and Northcentral Switzerland emigrated to Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, and Louisiana.