Here is the information I have found on this family who eventually came to Stearns and Benton Counties in central Minnesota: Kolbert/Kolbet, Catherine Lichter b. 31 May, 1830 at Gilzem/Bitburg, Dist. of Trier, Germany; m. Anton Kolbert who was born 1 Nov. 1825 in Holstum/Bitburg, Dist. of Trier, Germany. He emigrated with his family to the USA in Oct. 1866 and they settled in Iowa; Anton probably died while in Iowa. Catherine d. probably in Mayhew Lake, Benton County, Minn., as she was living with her daughter Susan Goedert's family in 1910. Catherine was already 79 years of age. Catherine was living in Black Hawk County, Iowa in 1880. She was a widow. Living with her were her children: Leonard, Susan, and Katherine. Children of Anton Kolbert and Catherine Lichter: 1. Kolbert, Catherine b. 4 Oct. 1861 in Holsthum/Bitburg, Dist. of Trier, Germany; m. Bernard Martini and lived in Benton County, Minnesota; she d. 18 June 1951. Bernard Martini b. 31 March 1862; d. 4 March 1925; both are buried at Annunciation Catholic Cemetery in Mayhew Lake, Minnesota. 2. Kolbert, Leonard b. about 1863 in Holsthum/Bitburg, Dist. of Trier, Germany; He emigrated separately from his family, coming to the USA in 1877 from Mettendorf, Germany; he became a schoolteacher and taught at Mayhew Lake Twsp, Benton County, Minn. in 1910: In 1920 he was a schoolteacher in Luxemburg Twsp, Stearns County, Minn.; In 1930 he was retired and living with his sister, Catherine Martini, in Graham Twsp, Benton County, Minn. Leonard Kolbet apparently never married. 3. Kolbert, Susan b. 13 June 1866 in Holsthum, Germany; Goedert family history claims Susan was born in Luxembourg; see: John P. Goedert 4. Kolbert, Catharine (II) b. 13 June 1866 in Holstum, Germany; lived in Iowa in 1880; unsure whether she ever lived in Minnesota. [Note: this family had four other children who emigrated to America: Margaretha, b. 11 Nov. 1853; Stephan, b. 23 April 1858; Anna, b. 29 Sept. 1859; and Bernard, b. 8 June 1863. Also on this journey was Anton Kolbert's single sister, Margaretha Kolbert, b. 5 Feb. 1815.] Sources: 1. 1880 US Census, Iowa, Black Hawk County, Fox Twsp, Fam. 74, p 9. 2. 1900 US Census, Minnesota, Benton County, Graham Twsp, Fam. 58, p 3 [John P. Goedert family] 3. 1910 US Census, Minnesota, Benton County, Graham Twsp, Fam. 85, p 6A [John P. Goedert family] 4. 1910 US Census, Minnesota, Benton County, Mayhew Lake Twsp, Fam. 35, p 3B [Lenard Kolbet-boarder, School teacher] 5. 1920 US Census, Minnesota, Stearns County, Luxemburg Twsp, Fam. 38, p 3B [Leonard Kolbet-boarder, school teacher] 6. 1930 US Census, Minnesota, Benton County, Graham Twsp, Fam. 30, p 3A [Catherine Martini family] 7. Index to Gravestones of Stearns, Benton, and Sherburne Counties, Minn. 8. Mergen, Joseph, Amerikaauswanderung aud dem Kreis Bitburg im 19 Jahrhundert, Fam. 591.