Gertrud Stuell was my 13th g-grandmother. The lineage from Gertrude to my grandfather is as follows: 1. Gertrud Stuell; 2. Jost Stuell; 3. Ann Stuel Otterbach; 4. Herman Otterbach; 5. Anna Margreth Otterbach; 6. Johann Holtzclaw; 7. Henry Holtzclaw; 8. Henry Holtzclaw, Jr.; 9. James Henry Holtsclaw; 10. Margaret Holtsclaw; 11. John William Booth; 12. William Anderson Booth; 13. George Oval Booth. Gertrud and her husband Hans lived in Klafeld, Germany (near Siegen), Gertrud was originally from the village of Alchen. Hans was born circa 1530-35 and Gertrud's date of birth in unknown, only her death in 1590 is known since it was such a well-known event. Please read the following account that was published in the Germanna Foundation Newsletter Spring 2016. It details the known facts concerning Gertrud and her fate. ![]() To view the connection between Gertrude and the actor Neil Patrick Harris click here:
https://germanna.org/2016/02/23/neil-patrick-harris-learns-of-his-germanna-roots/ Sources: Germanna Foundation Newsletter Spring 2016 Germanna Record #5, Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegan Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750 by Dr. Benjamin C. Holtzclaw; published by The Germanna Foundation Website: https://germanna.org/
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