This is my first post to the Carstens list. In my ancestral line my surname
has been spelled Karstens, Karsten & Carstens. We have the line back to
Paul Johan Karstens who died in Eddelak in what is now the German province
of Schleswig Holstein.
1 Paul Johan Karstens b. _____ d. 1716 Eddelak, Holstein
2 Peter Karstens b. 2 Aug 1716 Marne, Holstein
m. Antje Hinrichs m. Marne, Holstein, Prussia
3 Johann Karstens b. 2 Dec 1725 Marne, Holstein, Prss d. 15 Apr 1793
Brunsbüttel, Holstein, Prss
m. Christine ("Stienke") Oelrichs m. 17 Oct 1759 Brunsbüttel,
Holstein, Prss b. 1733 prob.
Prussia d. 29 Apr 1794 Brunsbüttel, Holstein, Prss
4 Claus Karstens b. 20 May 1766 Brunsbüttel, Holstein, Prss d. 20
Jan 1829 Brunsbüttel, Holstein,
Prss
m. Anna Maria "Marike" Hausknech m. 13 Feb 1789 Brunsbüttel,
Holstein, Prss b. 18 Feb 1765
Brunsbüttel, Holstein, Prss
5 Peter Karstens b. 24 Apr 1798 Brunsbüttel, Holstein, Prss d. 18
Nov 1853 Eddelak, Holstein,
Prss
m. Antje Stüven m. 5 Aug 1826 Eddelak, Holstein, Prss b. 16 Jan
1804 Eddelak, Holstein, Prss
d. 18 Dec 1852 Eddelak, Holstein, Prss
6 Wilken Karstens b. 22 Jul 1838 Eddelak, Holstein, Prss d. 11
May 1914 Manning, Carroll Co, IA
m. Magdalena Moeller m. 26 Nov 1865 Eddelak, Holstein,
Prss b. 6 Aug 1843 Eddelak, Holstein,
Prss d. 4 Apr 1918 Manning, Carroll Co, IA
Note below those spelling the nams with a "C" insted of "K".
Peter Karstens:, b. 24 Apr 1798, Brunsbüttel, Holstein, Prss. He married
Antje Stüven:, m. 5 Aug 1826,
in Eddelak, Holstein, Prss, b. 16 Jan 1804, Eddelak, Holstein, Prss,
(daughter of Johann Stöofen: and
Margreth Rehder:) d. 18 Dec 1852, Eddelak, Holstein, Prss. Peter died 18
Nov 1853, Eddelak, Holstein,
Prss.
I. Johann Karstens:, b. 1826, Eddelak, Holstein, Prussia. He married
Catharina Wiekhorst:.
II. Peter Freiedrich Carstens:, b. 26 Sep 1830, Eddelak, Holstein,
Prussia. He married Catharina
Jons:, m. 24 Apr 1883, in Scott Co, Iowa, b. 1843, Prussia, d. 17
Jun 1899, Davenport, Scott Co,
Iowa. Peter died 15 Dec 1863, Davenport Tnp, Scott Co., IA, buried:
Oakdale Cem., Davenport., IA.
III. Margaretha Karstens:, b. 1835, Eddelak, Holstein, Prussia.
IV. Wilken Karstens:, b. 22 Jul 1838, Eddelak, Holstein, Prss. He married
Magdalena Moeller:, m. 26
Nov 1865, in Eddelak, Holstein, Prss, b. 6 Aug 1843, Eddelak,
Holstein, Prss, (daughter of Hans Möller:
and Margreth Verheiratete Paustian:) d. 4 Apr 1918, Manning, Carroll
Co, Iowa. Wilken died 11 May 1914,
Manning, Carroll Co, Iowa.
V. Anna Maria Carstens:, b. 1843, Eddelak, Holstein, Prss. She married
Peter Nicholas Struve:, m.
17 Dec 1866, in Davenport, Scott Co, Iowa, b. 28 Sep 1838,
Diekhusen, Holstein, Prussia, d. 4 May
1923, Davenport, Scott Co, Iowa. Anna died 25 Aug 1930, Davenport,
Scott Co. Iowa.
I would like to contact anyone who has information in this
Carstens/Karstens family line.
Mel Karsten
Cornelius, OR