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The following are family names and historic locations that can be found in our family tree, 2 generations from Gary:

Theisen
Wisconsin: Milwaukee in Milwaukee County and New Franken in Brown County.
Michigan: Detroit, Wayne County and Nathan; Holmes Township & Nadeau Township, Menominee County.
Germany (Prussia): Niederadenau and Reifferscheid in Adenau, Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz.

Rohleder
Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County.
Germany (Prussia): Friedrichshof, Arnswalde, Brandenburg.

Wilson
Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County; Madison, Dane County; Prairie Du Chien, Crawford County.
New York: Glen Cove, Queens County; Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk County .

Coulson
South Dakota: Hetland & Baker, Kingsbury County; Bryant, Hamlin County.
Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County.
England: South Carlton, Lincolnshire.

Other surnames, going back 10 generations from Gary.

Thru the Theisen (Theissen, Theißen ) line. Most are from the Adenau (Verbandsgemeinde or collective municipality), Ahrweiler (Kreisstadt or district), Rheinland-Pfalz (state) area of Prussia:
Alleman, Bonner, Broch, Daub, DeTemple, Dostert, Fichter, Fisher, Gonches, Gross, Haubert, Hermes, Hoffmann, Keuler, Kinzinger, Kirst, Klein, Kleutsch (Kleitsch, Kleitz), Köhler, Kohn, Kraemer, Krings, Kurtz, Lissing, Lorig, Meckel (Mackel) Meyers (Mayer), Mueller, Pitzen, Rach, Recker, Rinck (Ring), Sauvage, Schleich, Schram, Schuttler (Schuetteler), Simonis, Stein, Stodden, Walds, Weber, Weißen, Wiesel, Zeimet

Thru the Rohleder (Rawhide) line. Most are from Eastern Prussia, Pomerania, Arnswalde Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:
Albrecht, Barenthin, Buch, Erasmus (Hoffert, adopted) Gerstmann, Haack, Hoen, Holz, Klemp, Klotzig, Koepke, Lüdemann, Mundt, Nüske (Nüsske), Pagels, Piehl, Rittgarn, Runge, Schröder (Schroeder), Schumacher, Tagnatz, Tennert, Wittmeyer

Thru the Wilson line. Most are early colonial America settlers from England, Ireland, Netherlands Denmark and Prussia:
Cashow (Cassou, Cossart, Kershaw), Cernel, Clark, Corson, Cosijn, Cronin (Cronan), Denissen (Dinnissen), Dorlant, Duyts, Fontine, Gerrits, Gildersleeve, Hardenberg (Hartenbergh), Hegeman, Hirsch, Kuhn, Lewis, Lott, Mersereau, Moriarty, O'Brien, Onderdonk, Paalding (Palding, Paulding), Remsen, Sage, Smith, Snedeker, Symonsen, Timmers, Turner, Wittmann, Vandenberg (van den Berg), van den Elsen (van den Elzen), van den Heuvel, Vanderlinden, Van Nostrand, Voss

Thru the Coulson line. Most are from England, Norway and early colonial America settlers:
Ablewhite, Amundsdatter, Armstrong, Asterby, Bendtsdatter, Benton, Botilsrud, Breum, Capps, Chamberlain, Clarke, Covel, Danielsen, Delano, Dyer, Fotherington, Gage, Garner, Gerdon, Gulbrandsdatter, Hall, Hermansen, Hornbeck, Hunter, Ingamels, Jeppesdatter, Johnson, Kenney, Kongsgården (Kongsgård), Larsdatter, Larsen, Lewis, Lockwood, Newton, Nickerson, Nielsen, Olsdtr (Olsdatter), Onsdatter, Ouve, Pedersen, Polexfen, Qvigstad, Rasmusdatter, Reiley, Røed, Rogers, Rød, Rønåsen, Sebjornsen (Sebjornsdatter), Senter (Center), Setne, Sinderson, Singerland (Slingerland), Squire, Sterling, Story, Svensen, Torbensen, Tørrisdatter, van den Bergh, Vold, Weeks (Weekes, Wyckes), Williams

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Lucretia (Senter) Weeks (23 February 1779 in New Hampshire - 7 December 1871 in Westfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania)
Who really were her parents? Most believe David Senter (son of Col. Joseph Senter, Rev. War) and Susan Chamberlain (daughter of Lt. Ebenezer Chamberlain, Rev. War) where her parents, however, as of 20 March 2026, there is no known publicly available source (primary or secondary) to confirm this.

Wilhelmina 'Maria' (van den Elsen / Elzen) Denissen (17 July 1814 in Boekel, North Brabant, Netherlands - likely between 7 May 1848 and 11 May 1848 possibly in Buffalo, NY).
Where did she really die? Supposedly, she died in or near Buffalo while traveling with her husband Nicolaas and 7 children as part of approximately 350 Dutch Catholic immigrants on their way to the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin. However, as of 20 March 2026, there is no known publicly available record to confirm her place of death and/or burial.

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