From the Probstei in Germany to the Prairies of America

Ancestry is traced to Hinrich Stoltenberg of Bendfeld, Germany who married Elsche Wiese of Schonberg, Germany in 1678. One descendant, Hans Hinrich Stoltenberg (1808-1874), married Antje Paustian (1811-1902) in 1836. They immigrated to Iowa in 1870 and in 1874 moved to Dodge County, Nebraska. Descendants lived in Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, and elsewhere.