Greeting! I am researching the surname DREBENSTEDT in Des Moines and Lee Counties. My ggg-grandfather Joachim Christian Drebenstedt came to the US ~ 1870-71 from Prussia/Germany with his wife Mary (Maria?Marie?) and their 4 children:Friedrich 12, Dora 10, William 8 and John 4. They later had Mary b~1872 and Louisa b~1874. I am descended from Friedrich. He married Anna Maria Magdalena Koenig in 1885 in Burlington. They had the following children: Joachim Friedrich Wilhelm b 21 jul 1886, married Estella McVey Else Maria Helene b 25 Sep 1888, married John Stolba Wilhelm Andreas b 27 Apr 1891, d 17 jul 1903 Charles Eduard b 4 Nov 1893 Anna Maria b Sep 1896, d 22 May 1990, Married 1. Hermann Smith 2. John E. Cummings (6 Mar 1940) Arthur Albrecht b 11 Feb 1899, mayor of Burlington Oscar Heinrich b 5 Jun 1901 Hermann Milton b 16 Oct 1903, d 24 Aug 1905 I would love to find a connection with another person on this list :o) Sincerely, Tina McCain-McGarry Research Interests: McVey, Lillard, Guseman, Mitts/Metts/Metz