I'm sure that all families have at least one notable person whom everyone talks about, whether they are famous outside of the family or memorable for another reason. Amongst my mother's side of our family, my "cousin seven times removed" — Philip Marsteller — is the major notable, having been a personal friend of George Washington and … Continue reading My Family, My Life: The Marstellers (Part 3)
Genealogy
My Family, My Life: The Marstellers (Part Two)
Much of a family's history is tied up in places as much as in people. Both sides of my own family reach back to locations in Germany. My father's side left the home country only in the early part of the twentieth century (and there is family lore that puts portions of it in the midst of the … Continue reading My Family, My Life: The Marstellers (Part Two)
My Family, My Life: The Marstellers (Part One)
When one begins to delve into family history, many interesting stories begin to emerge. My own family is no different. In this first entry in a planned series of genealogically-inspired articles, I will introduce one branch of my family tree which I can currently trace back seven generations and ultimately has a connection to the first … Continue reading My Family, My Life: The Marstellers (Part One)
Mark Joseph Jochim 