SURNAMES: WURSTER, CARSTENS, LINNEMAN I am looking for any information on the family of Balthaser Wurster, who was born in either 1814 or 1817 in Bavaria and died in West Point, Lee County, IA, in 1879. He was a cooper by trade. He married three times and had the following children: Anna b. 1840, OH m. ?? Whitlad, 1858 Elisabeth b. 1843, Lee Co., IA m. Charles Kinkel, 1863 Marie, aka Maria, Mary b. 1846, IL m. Ernst Linneman, 1866 Wilhelmina Catherina b. 1847 , IL d. 1863 Christina, aka Christine b. 1850, Lee Co., IA m. Alexander W. Carstens, 1879 Charles William twin b. 1853, Lee Co., IA d. 1876 Frederika twin b. 1853, Lee Co., IA m. Julius Bauer, 1897 First wife: ????; second wife: Elisabeth Roth; third wife: Catherine ? I am especially anxious to discover the identity of Balthaser's first wife, from whom I believe I am descended, and the descendants of children Anna Whitlad, Marie Linneman, and Christine Carstens. Any and all help very much appreciated. Sharon Dyrkacz Oak Ridge, NC