Hello, because I make some updates before I publish my genealogical information on a special webspage I searched again for Mathias Stutz and found him at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2394807 Perhaps we have a member who knows Nancy Smith. Seems Mathias Stutz settled also in the Ste Genevieve County. The daughter Barbara married Andrew Hogenmiller. - Wendelin On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:44:17 +0200 "Wendelin Irslinger" wrote: > Hello John (Samson), > > just realized that we have the same Feißt ancestors from Diersburg. > > I read in the newspaper that your ancestors were Karl Samson and > Josephine Feist (from Diersburg). > > My Feißt ancestor was Michael (his daughter Martha married Viktor > Spitzmüller), brother of Josephine. Another sister Magdalena > emigrated also to America in 1852 with husband Mathias Stutz and > children from Hofweier. I am wondering if Josephine and Magdalena > (and their families) emigrated together. > > Wendelin