Congrats to Adam & Amber Hanson!

Congratulations to our cousin, Adam Hanson, and his wife, Amber, of Laurens, IA on the announcement of their upcoming fifth child, who is due in December! Baby Hanson will be the child of Adam Hanson, grandchild of Craig Hanson, great grandchild of Karla Hanson, 2xgreat grandchild of Carl Schafer, 3xgreat grandchild of Lizzie (Schmidt) Schafer, 4xgreat […]

Photo: Adam and Lizzie Raub and their kids

Check out this great photograph of some of our cousins on the Raub side of the family from the Dysart, Iowa area!   (From left to right) Lois Louise (Raub) Woodworth (1904-1974); Pauline Mary (Raub) Casbon (1917-2006); Adam Raub (1877-1957); Frank W. Raub (1913-1995); Elizabeth K. “Lizzie” (Wetzstein) Raub (1884-1960); LaVanche Gertrude (Raub) Elliott (1906-1971). […]

The Real Reason the Schmidts Went to West Bend, Iowa

The Schmidts of West Bend, Iowa will dominate the record-breaking 2016 Schmidt Reunion in Spencer, Iowa. Yet, of all the places that the Schmidt immigrants from Machtlos, Germany could have settled in, why did they choose West Bend, Iowa? Hessian Troops in British Pay in the US War of Independence, by C. Ziegler, 1799 (Wikimedia commons) The […]