Book Description

A history of the families related to Mark Wilson Stuhlfaut, the son of Mary Ann Lorenzen and Willard Jacob Carl Stuhlfaut. Mark married Patricia Ball in 1993 and had three sons, Joshua West, Adam West and Nicholas West Stuhlfaut. The Stuhlfaut family came from Mussbach, Pfalz, Germany. Jacob Stuhlfauth (1855-1918) immigrated to Chicago, Illinois ca. 1878. Other paternal and maternal ancestors also came from England, France, Germany, Ireland, Prussia (Poland), Scotland, Switzerland and Wales. Comprehensive pedigree charts and family stories show all related family lines, some dating back to the 1400-1500's. Some were Mayflower immigrants, Huguenot refugees, and others who settled in Barbados, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the 1600-1700's. During the 1800's, some emigrated to Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Later descendants also lived in California, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Certain family lines are linked to President William Howard Taft, President George Bush, and H.R.H. Diana, Princess of Wales.