Posted on: Biographies of Van Arsdale & Related Families Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/VanArsdaleBios/119 Surname: Van Ausdole-Van Osdel Family ------------------------- Hi! I'm looking for any family members out there. Here is the first relative in America that I know of. Godfrey Van Ausdole, born about 1738, of Dutch descent. His son was Peter was born in W.Pennsylvania in 1763. Peter's son Jacob was born in 1788 in Pleasureville, Kentucky. Jacob's son born in 1810 was named Abraham Lincoln Van Osdel. He became a Doctor. His son, Abraham Lincoln Van Osdel,Junior, born on May 28,1845 in Kentucky, was my greatgrandfather. And his son Samuel Folsom Van Osdel born on Jan. 18,1849 in Kentucky was my grandfather. Abraham Lincoln Junior's son Lewis Argus, born June 5, 1879, in South Dakota was my mother Gladys Evelyn Van Osdel's father and my grandfather. She was born Oct.31,1904 in South Dakota. Samuel Folsom was my father Wynn Abram Van Osdel's father and my grandfather. My father was born Feb.12,1892 in Nebraska. I was born March 7, 1940 in Los Angeles,CA. Some members of the Van Osdel family spell their names differently. Please let me know if you are related to me. Thanks!