Meine deutschen Vorfahren

 (My German Ancestors)

Anna Begien, Jacob Nabstedt

Oma & Opa

Johanna Koenig & George Washington Cruys

Johanna with Estella Cruys

Meine einwandernden Vorfahren

(My Immigrant Ancestors)

Jacob Koenig & Catherina Nabstedt

Cruys Kinder

Carl & Estella Cruys

Estella with LeRoy, Carl & George

George, Carl, Estella & LeRoy

Estella Elize Catherine Cruys

Evamae, Vernon & Estella Rowe

Grammy & Grampy

Estella Cruys Rowe & Albert W. Gable

Grammy & Grampy's 50th anniversary: June, 1988

Generations

There was a boast within the Koenig/Cruys family that for at least three generations the eldest child was a girl and that despite how many children were born, she would be the only daughter. It actually made news in Davenport, IA and a photo was featured of my aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother.... ND

And now for four generations...

Evamae Rowe, Estella Cruys, Joanna Koenig & Catherina Nabstedt

All photos on this page are courtesy of Patricia Rowe.