My father's maternal grandparents, Mary Burger Beckman and Bernard Beckman

April 9, 1907 Wedding Portrait of Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt. Attended by Maime Beckman Boeckenstedt (sister of the bride) and John "Pinoak" Boeckenstedt, brother of the groom. Usher is Charles Beckman.

Another image of Bernard and Mary Burger Beckman's family. Mary came to the US from Germany as a little girl, but her family lost everything in the Chicago fire. Back row, r to l: Mayme, Charles, Agnes, Ralph, Albert, Emma. Front row: Nellie, Rose, Mary, Bernard, Bernard, Jr,. Elsie

A close up of my grandparents' wedding celebration, April 9, 1907. Far left is Mary Burger Beckman, my great-grandmother. The front row (l to r) is then my Grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, my grandmother, Agnes Beckman Boeckenstedt, my grandmother's sister Maime Beckman, unidentified girl, John "Pinoak" Boeckenstedt(Anton's brother),my great great grandmother Anna Marie Wiechmann Boeckenstedt , unidentified man, and my great grandfather Clemens Boeckenstedt, b. 1934 in Steinfeld, Germany.

Clemens and Mary Boeckenstedt

The party assembled at the wedding reception of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt (also see zoomed grab of image). April 9, 1907.

Bernard Beckman (back row, right) is the father of my paternal grandmother (or my great-grandfather). He is pictured here with his siblings, Frank and Clem and (front row, r to l) Joe, Therese Tegler, and George.

Clemens Boeckenstedt, b. 1838 in Steinfeld Germany (center) is my paternal grandfather's father, or my great grandfather. He is pictured here with his brothers, from l to right: Frank, Henry, Arnold, and Anton.

Christopher and Catherine Koopmann, my Great-Great-Grandparents, and the grandparents of my maternal Grandfather, John Koopmann.

Bernard Beckman Family. The Beckmans are my Great-Grandparents and the parents of my paternal grandmother.

The first of my ancestors to come to the US: Franz Heinrich and Elizabeth (Meyer) Boeckenstedt (sometimes spelled Böckstett, Böckenstedt or Böckerstette or any other number of ways!) He was born in 1800 and she in 1805; they came to the US in 1848 with five children.

The wedding picture of my paternal grandparents, Agnes Beckman and Anton Boeckenstedt

Another image of my paternal grandmother's family. Agnes Beckman Boeckenstedt is in the back row, second from left.

My paternal grandfather, Anton Boeckenstedt, is shown here, second from left. His brother, John (aka Pinoak) is second from right, but we can't identify any of the others, or what the occasion might have been.

Clemens Boeckenstedt Family. Clemens is my great-grandfather, born in Germany and emmigrated to the US in 1848 with his parents, sister, and four brothers. My Grandfather Anton is in the front row, far left.

This is a portrait of Katherine Osterhaus Koopmann, my maternal grandmother's family, probably taken about 1908-09. Other than my great-grandparents Henry and Charlotte Foerster Osterhaus, the only two we are certain about are the two on the far left: Kate Osterhaus Koopmann (dob January 3, 1880) and her brother Mathias (February 15, 1899). Best guesses: Back Row: Kate, Henry (September 18, 1881), Elizabeth (October 17, 1886), Emma (May 7, 1894)(with bow in hair), Frank (September 15, 1884), Therese (February 15, 1889), & Anna (July 10, 1891). Front Row: Matt, Joseph (May 6, 1901), Great Grandpa Henry (March 9, 1851), Al (January 7, 1907)in front, Martha (October 9, 1902), Great Grandma Charlotte (February 9, 1860), Agatha (April 14, 1897), & Clara (September 27, 1895).

A closeup of the Böckenstedt Family window in St. Boniface Church, New Vienna, IA.

A photo of the portrait in the Böckenstedt family room of the New Vienna Historical Society