Balentin (Valentine) ROTH b.1827 DEU d.1911 IL m. Katherine STAUFFEMBIEL b.1850 DEU d. 1904 IL 1. Louise ROTH b.1854 DEU d.1933 IA m. descendants through 1997 William SLATTERY b.1845 IL d.1921 KS 2. August ROTH b.1861 DEU d.1921 IL m. most descendants through 1997 Jesse MOORE . b.1884 IL d.1916 MS 3. Herman ROTH b.1863 DEU d.1931 CO m. descendants through 1997 Malinda LOGAN b.1869 KY d.1906 KS 4. Josephine ROTH b.1866 DEU m. 2nd & 3rd generation descendants Thomas GLEESEN b.1863 IL d.1912 IL 5. Mary ROTH b.1869 IL d.1934 IL m. most descendants through 1997 Charles WINHOLTZ b. 1866 IL d.1950 IL Balentin received permission to leave the Eichsfeld portions of the Muhlhuser district of Germany at Bickenriede in 1868. Booked passage aboard the North German Lloyd Steamship Weser, which departed Bremen, docking at the Port of New York on April 20th, 1868. Georg Franz Roth received permission to leave at the same time and booked passage aboard the same ship under the name Franz Roth, age 41. He listed wife Marie 35 and children Catherine 9, Albert 6, Ludwig 3 and Mathilde 10 months. I believe Balentin and Georg Franz may have been brothers. Any and all information appreciated! Dennis Roth Lincoln, Nebraska, USA