Tim Bode's Genealogy

Surnames of Ancestors

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David Allan Bode's Ancestors

Tim Bode's Father

Tim Bode's Paternal Grandparents

Name: Adeline Mary Tietgens
Born: October 29, 1908 in:
Married: September 2, 1930 in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Reinhold Ludwig Bode
Father: Henry Tietgens
Mother: May Yukness

Tim Bode's Paternal Great Grandparents

Name: Maria Wilhelmina Friedrich
Born: February 20, 1881 in: Waconia, MN
Married: July 18, 1900 in: Waconia, MN
Died: January 9, 1960 in: New Ulm, MN
Spouse: Henry Carl William (Wilhelm) Bode
Father: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich
Mother: Wilhelmina Kahler

Name: Henry Albert Tietgens
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Mary Juknies
Father: John Tietgens
Mother: Margaret Bolton

Name: Mary Juknies
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Henry Albert Tietgens
Father: ? Juknies
Step-father: Wilhelm (William) Oschwald
Mother: Henrietta Kaulitski

Tim Bode's Paternal Great Great Grandparents

Name: Maria Ernestine Stolt
Born: December 5, 1849 in: Sallentin, Prussia
Married: April 9, 1869 in: Courtland, MN
Died: in: Courtland, MN
Spouse: Ludwig (Louis) Friedrich Bode
Father: Christian Stolt
Mother: Dorothea Rengstorf

Name: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich
Born: May 10, 1839 in: Peterdorf, Schlesien, Germany
Married: 1868 in: Lennox Twp, Macomb County, Michigan
Died: September 22, 1911 in: Antelope, Montana
Spouse: Wilhelmina Kahler
Father: Gottlob Friedrich
Mother: Johanna Mattern

Name: Wilhelmina Kahler
Born: October 3, 1848 in: Mecklenburg, Germany
Married: 1868 in: Lennox Twp, Macomb County, Michigan
Died: April 1, 1924 in: Antelope, Montana
Spouse: Karl Wilhelm Friedrich
Father: Frederick Kahler
Mother: Fredericka Meyer

Name: John Ferdinand Tietgens
Born: in: Gluckstadt, Germany?
Married: in:
Died: in: Fargo, North Dakota
Spouse: Margaret Bolton
Father:
Mother:

Name: Margaret Bolton
Born: in: Kiel, Germany?
Married: in:
Died: in: Fargo, North Dakota
Spouse: John Tietgens
Father:
Mother:

Tim Bode's Paternal Third Great Grandparents

Name: Maria Stuenkel
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: Johann H. Stuenkel
Mother: Margareta (Stuenkel)

Name: Christian Stolt
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: ? Stolt
Mother:

Name: Dorothea Rengstorf
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: ? Rengstorf
Mother:

Name: Frederick Kahler
Born: May 19, 1812 in:
Married: in:
Died: July 14, 1894 in:
Spouse: Fredericka Meyer
Father: ? Kahler
Mother:

Name: Fredericka Meyer
Born: February 9, 1815 in:
Married: in:
Died: May 14, 1898 in:
Spouse:
Father:? Meyer
Mother:

Name: Gottlob Friedrich
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: ? Friedrich
Mother:

Name: Johanna Mattern
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: ? Mattern
Mother:

Tim Bode's Paternal Fourth Great Grandparents

Name: Catherine Marie Dor(othy?) Louise Buesing
Born: March 29, 1778 in: Empede, Hannover, Germany
Married: in:
Died: May 16, 1847 in: Empede, Hannover, Germany
Spouse: Johann Heinrich Friedrich Bode
Father: Johann Heinrich Buesing
Mother: Ilse Catherine Marie Bartling

Tim Bode's Paternal Fifth Great Grandparents

Evonne Carole Stender's Ancestors

Tim Bode's Mother

Tim Bode's Maternal Grandparents

Name: Elsa (Elsie) Herrmann
Born: December 17, 1913 in: Hamburg, MN
Married: April 15, 1936 in:
Died: December 1987 in:
Spouse: Edgar Stender
Father: Michael Carl Herrmann
Mother: Elizabeth Sterman

Tim Bode's Maternal Great Grandparents

Name: Johanna Pauline ("Pollie") Schrupp
Born: Tuesday, July 20, 1875 in: Camden Twp, Carver County, MN
Married: Wednesday, May 03, 1905 in: Carver County, MN?
Died: Tuesday, September 22, 1959 in: Waconia, Carver County, MN
Spouse: Emil Gottlieb Stender
Father: Jacob Wilhelm ("William") Schrupp
Mother: Caroline Frederike Schnerr

Name: Michael Carl Herrmann
Born: April 30, 1865 in: Benton Twp, MN (near Norwood, MN)
Married: August 25, 1892 in:
Died: August 10, 1925 in:
Spouse: Elizabeth Stermann
Father: Johann Michael Herrmann
Mother: Magdalena Barbara Rapp

Name: Elizabeth Stermann
Born: August 15, 1873 in: Carver County, Minnesota
Married: August 25, 1892 in:
Died: December 16, 1951 in:
Spouse: Michael Carl Herrmann
Father: Heinrich (Henry) Stermann
Mother: Katherine Heister

Tim Bode's Maternal Great Great Grandparents

Name: Ernstina/Ernestine Christine Harthun
Born: Friday, December 14, 1849 in: Schoeneck, West Prussia
Married: Thursday, June 07, 1866 in:
Died: Friday, April 26, 1918 in: Camden Twp, Carver County, MN; buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Young America, MN
Spouse: John August Stender
Father: Andreas Harthun
Mother: Florentine Paazke
Note: May have been marrried in 1867

Name: Jakob Wilhelm ("William") Schrupp
Born: Monday, January 14, 1833 in: Manubach, Germany
Married: Sunday, November 11, 1860 in: Theresa, Dodge County, WI
Died: Saturday, May 29, 1909 in: Young America, Carver County, MN; buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Young America, MN
Spouse: Caroline Frederike Schnerr
Father: Johann Andreas Schrupp III
Mother: Elisabeth Catharina Griebel
Note: Children: Andrew William, Heinrich Phillip, Friedericka ("Ricka"), Caroline, Johann F., Henrietta Elizabeth, Johann Georg, Johanna Pauline, John William Friedrich, Jacob Henry Schrupp, & Henry Christopher Emil

Name: Caroline Frederike Velte/Schnerr
Born: Saturday, March 20, 1841 in: Oelbronn, Germany
Married: Sunday, November 11, 1860 in: Theresa, WI
Died: Saturday, May 19, 1917 in: Young America, Carver County, MN; buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Young America, MN
Spouse: Jakob Wilhelm ("William") Schrupp
Father: Wilhelm Schnerr
Mother: Maria Friderica Velte
Note: Children: Andrew William, Heinrich Phillip, Friedericka ("Ricka"), Caroline, Johann F., Henrietta Elizabeth, Johann Georg, Johanna Pauline, John William Friedrich, Jacob Henry Schrupp, & Henry Christopher Emil SCHRUPP

Name: Johann Michael Herrmann
Born: July 31, 1825 in: Kuenselsau, Wuerttemburg, Germany
Married: May 11, 1852 in: Germany
Died: September 16, 1905 in:
Spouse: Magdalena Barbara Rapp
Father: ? Herrmann
Mother: ?

Name: Magdalena Barbara Rapp
Born: May 12, 1827 in: Germany
Married: May 11, 1852 in: Germany
Died: December 14, 1907 in:
Spouse: Johann Michael Herrmann
Father:
Mother:

Name: Heinrich (Henry) Stermann
Born: in: Baerl, Germany
Married: in: Baerl, Germany
Died: in: Carver County, Minnesota
Spouse: Katherine Heister
Father: Peter Stermann
Mother:

Name: Katherine Heister
Born: in: Germany
Married: in: Baerl, Germany
Died: in: Carver County, Minnesota
Spouse: Heinrich (Henry) Stermann
Father: ? Heister
Mother:

Tim Bode's Maternal Third Great Grandparents

Name: Maria Elisabeth Catharina Griebel
Born: Tuesday, February 11, 1806 in: Manubach, Germany or Theresa Twp, Dodge, WI
Married: Saturday, April 7, 1827 in: Manubach, Germany
Died: Wednesday, January 25, 1882 in: Theresa, Wisconsin
Spouse: Johann Andreas Schrupp III
Father: Franz Mathias Griebel
Mother: Maria Christina Fuelber
Note: Children: Marie Catharine, Jakob William, Heinrich Philipp, Franz Adam, Elisabeth Katharina SCHRUPP

Name: Wilhelm Schnerr
Born: Tuesday, March 8, 1803 in: Baden, Germany
Married: in:
Died: Sunday, November 21, 1886 in: Young America, Carver County, MN; buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery (row 7, grave 22/23)
Spouse: Maria Friderica Velte
Father:? Schnoer
Mother:
Note: Last name in Germany: Schnoer

Name: Maria Friderica (Friederike?) Velte
Born: Wednesday, September 16, 1818 in: Oelbronn, Germay
Married: in:
Died: Monday, September 25, 1899 in: Young America, Carver County, MN; buried in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery (row 7, grave 22/23)
Spouse: Wilhelm Schnerr
Father: Johann Jacob Velte
Mother: Christiane Margarethe Bohringerin
Note: 7th child; first immigrated to Wayne, WI (Washington County, then moved to Carver County, MN in 1868

Tim Bode's Maternal Fourth Great Grandparents

Name: Rosine Margarthe Fuelber
Born: Saturday, July 19, 1777 in: Manubach,E,R,Prussia
Married: Tuesday, September 12, 1797 in: Manubach,E,R,Prussia
Died: Tuesday, November 10, 1840 in: Manubach, Germany?
Spouse: Heinrich Jacob Schrupp
Father: Franz Adam Fuelber
Mother: Rosine Margarthe Fuelber

Name: Franz Mathais Griebel
Born: Tuesday, March 15, 1774 in:
Married: Monday, November 24, 1800 in:
Died: Friday, April 27, 1832 in:
Spouse: Maria Christina Fuelber
Father: Franz Heinrich Griebel
Mother: Catherina Margarthe Jung

Name: Maria Christina Fuelber
Born: Sunday, March 26, 1780 in:
Married: Monday, November 24, 1800 in:
Died: Thursday, February 27, 1823 in:
Spouse: Franz Mathais Griebel
Father: Johann Adam Fuelber
Mother: Catherina Elisabeth Seckler

Name: Johann Jacob Velte
Born: Friday, March 23, 1781 in: Oelbronn, Germany
Married: Wednesday, November 14, 1804 in:
Died: Wednesday, December 07, 1825 in: Oelbronn, Germany
Spouse: Christiane Margaretha Boehringer
Father: Johann Georg Velte
Mother: Rosina Catherine Hammerle

Name: Christiane Margaretha Boehringer
Born: Wednesday, February 5, 1783 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married: Wednesday, November 14, 1804 in:
Died: Sunday, March 21, 1830 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Johann Jacob Velte
Father: Christian Bohringer
Mother: Catharina Margaretha Hehl

Tim Bode's Maternal Fifth Great Grandparents

Name: Catherina Elisabeth Fuelber
Born: Monday, May 9, 1735 in:
Married: in:
Died: Tuesday, July 14, 1795 in: Manubach, Germany?
Spouse: Johann Jakob Schrupp
Father: Johann P Fuelber
Mother: Maria E Trapp

Name: Franz Adam Fuelber
Born: Tuesday, October 9, 1742 in:
Married: Tuesday, February 17, 1767 in:
Died: Saturday, January 21, 1832 in:
Spouse: Rosine Margarthe Fuelber
Father: Johann P Fuelber
Mother: Maria E Trapp

Name: Rosine Margarthe Fuelber
Born: Saturday, November 7, 1744 in:
Married: Tuesday, February 17, 1767 in:
Died: Saturday, December 27, 1788 in:
Spouse: Franz Adam Fuelber
Father: Johann M Fuelber
Mother: Maria Elisabeth Jung

Name: Franz Heinrich Griebel
Born: Tuesday, October 18, 1740 in:
Married: Tuesday, February 16, 1768 in:
Died: Saturday, April 25, 1789 in:
Spouse: Catherina Margarthe Jung
Father: Johann D Griebel
Mother: Christina M Fuelber

Name: Catherina Margarthe Jung
Born: Friday, October 1, 1745 in:
Married: Tuesday, February 16, 1768
Died: in:
Spouse: Franz Heinrich Griebel
Father:
Mother:

Name: Johann Adam Fuelber
Born: Saturday, June 20, 1739 in:
Married: Tuesday, February 5, 1765 in:
Died: Wednesday, December 28, 1803 in:
Spouse: Catherina Elisabeth Seckler
Father: Johann M Fuelber
Mother: Maria Elisabeth Jung

Name: Catherina Elisabeth Seckler
Born: Friday, May 24, 1748 in:
Married: Tuesday, February 05, 1765
Died: Wednesday, December 28, 1803 in:
Spouse: Johann Adam Fuelber
Father: Franz H Seckler
Mother: Catherina E Fuelber

Name: Johann Georg Velte
Born: Wednesday, May 20, 1739 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married: Tuesday, October 6, 1767 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Died: Tuesday, October 28, 1806 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Rosina Catherine Hammerle
Father: Jacob Johann (Hans) Velte
Mother: Barbara Fix

Name: Rosina Catherine Hammerle
Born: Tuesday, May 28, 1743 in: Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married: Tuesday, October 6, 1767 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Died: Wednesday, May 20, 1812 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Johann Georg Velte
Father: Conrad Hammerle
Mother: Maria Catharina Berchtold

Name: Christian Bohringer
Born: Monday, September 1, 1755 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married: Tuesday, November 27, 1781 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Died: Thursday, October 27, 1825 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Catharina Margaretha Hehl
Father: Johann Georg Bohringer
Mother: Anna Maria (Bohringer)

Name: Catharina Margaretha Hehl
Born: Tuesday, July 29, 1755 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married: Tuesday, November 27, 1781 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Died: Tuesday, December 11, 1792 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Christian Bohringer
Father: Johann Gottlieb Hehl
Mother: Regina Margaretha Neef

Tim Bode's Maternal Sixth Great Grandparents

Name: Anna E Henop
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Johann H Schrupp
Father:
Mother:

Name: John Philipp Fuelber
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Maria Elisabetha Trapp
Father:
Mother:
Note: Children include Catherina Elisabeth Fuelber & Franz Adam Fuelber

Name: Maria Elisabetha Trapp
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Johann Philipp Fuelber
Father:
Mother:
Note: Children include Catherina Elisabeth Fuelber & Franz Adam Fuelber

Name: Johann Mathes Fuelber
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Maria Elisabeth Jung
Father:
Mother:

Name: Maria Elisabeth Jung
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Johann Mathes Fuelber
Father:
Mother:
Note: Children include Rosine Margarthe, Johann Adam

Name: Franz H Seckler
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Catherina Elisabeth(a) Fuelber
Father:
Mother:

Name: Catherina Elisabeth(a) Fuelber
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Franz H Seckler
Father:
Mother:

Name: Jacob Johann (Hans) Velte
Born: Monday, October 25, 1706 in: Oelbronn, Germany
Married: Tuesday, February 21, 1730 in:
Died: Wednesday, August 26, 1772 in: Oelbronn, Germany
Spouse: Barbara Fix
Father: Theodorus Veltin
Mother: Margretha Berchtold

Name: Barbara Fix
Born: in:
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse: Hans Jacob Velte
Father:
Mother:

Name: Conrad Hammerle
Born: Thursday, July 3, 1704 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married: Tuesday, February 9, 1740 in:
Died: Monday, September 21, 1767 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Maria Catharina Berchtold
Father: Jeremias Hemmerle
Mother: Anna Maria Kissling

Name: Maria Catharina Berchtold
Born:  in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married: Tuesday, February 9, 1740 in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Conrad Hammerle
Father: ? Berchtold
Mother:

Name: Johann Georg Bohringer
Born:  in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married:  in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Anna Maria (Bohringer)
Father: ? Bohringer
Mother:

Name: Anna Maria (Bohringer)
Born: Monday, February 2, 1711 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married:  in:
Died: Friday, February 3, 1786 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Johann Georg Bohringer
Mother:

Name: Johann Gottlieb Hehl
Born: Monday, March 18, 1726 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married:  in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Regina Margaretha Neef
Father: Matthaus Hehl
Mother: Anna Maria Holderrieth

Name: Regina Margaretha Neef
Born: Thursday, June 27, 1726 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married:  in:
Died: Friday, February 7, 1806 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Johann Gottlieb Hehl
Father: Johannes Neef
Mother: Sabina (Neef)
 

Tim Bode's Maternal Seventh Great Grandparents

Name: (Anna) Marg(e)retha Berchtold
Born: ? in: Heidelberg, Germany?
Married: in: Heidelberg or Oelbronn, Germany?
Died: in: Oelbronn, Germany?
Spouse: Theodorus Veltin
Father:
Mother:

Name: Jeremias Hemmerle
Born: Saturday, February 19, 1661 in: Ulm, Germany
Married:  in:
Died: Saturday, March 31, 1742 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Anna Maria Kissling
Father: Anton Hemmerle
Mother: Sabina (Hemmerle)

Name: Anna Maria Kissling
Born: 1663 in:
Married:  in:
Died: Tuesday, February 18, 1738 in:
Spouse: Jeremias Hemmerle
Father: ? Kissling
Mother:

Name: Matthaus Hehl
Born:  in: Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married:  in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Anna Maria Holderrieth
Father: ? Hehl
Mother:

Name: Anna Maria Holderrieth
Born:  in: Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married:  in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Matthaus Hehl
Father: ? Holderrieth
Mother:

Name: Johannes Neef
Born: Sunday, March 12, 1702 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married:  in:
Died: Wednesday, March 04, 1778 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Sabina (Neef)
Father: Hans Jacob Neef
Mother: Maria Margaretha (Neef)

Name: Sabina (Neef)
Born:  in: Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married:  in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Johannes Neef
Father:
Mother:
 

Tim Bode's Maternal Eighth Great Grandparents

Name: Maria Margaretha (Velte/Vaeltin)
Born: 1632 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married: 1655 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany?
Died: in:
Spouse: Hans Martin Velte/Vaeltin
Father:
Mother:
Note: Is Margaretha a middle or last (maiden) name?

Name: Hans Conradt Berchtold
Born: Abt. 1645 in:
Married:  in:
Died: Tuesday, April 2, 1697 in: Oelbronn, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Spouse: Catherine (Berchtold)
Father: ? Berchtold
Mother:

Name: Catherine (Berchtold)
Born:  in:
Married:  in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Hans Conradt Berchtold
Father:
Mother:

Name: Anton Hemmerle
Born:  in:
Married:  in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Sabine (Hemmerle)
Father: ? Hemmerle
Mother:

Name: Sabina (Hemmerle)
Born:  in:
Married:  in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Anton Hemmerle
Father:
Mother:

Name: Hans Jacob Neef
Born:  in: Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married:  in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Maria Margaretha (Neef)
Father:
Mother:

Name: Maria Margaretha (Neef)
Born:  in: Wuerttemberg, Germany
Married:  in:
Died:  in:
Spouse: Hans Jacob Neef
Father:
Mother:
 
 

Descendents of David and Evonne (Stender) Bode

Name: Timothy Alan Bode
Born: May 24, 1961 in: St. Louis, MO
Married: August 6, 1983 in: Bloomington, MN
Died: in:
Spouse: Mary Ellen Cardelli
Father: David Allan Bode
Mother: Evonne Carole Stender

Name: Sarah Joy Bode
Born: May 8, 1985 in: Rochester, Michigan
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: Timothy Alan Bode
Mother: Mary Ellen Cardelli

Name: Josiah David Bode
Born: April 9, 1987 in: Rochester, MI
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: Timothy Alan Bode
Mother: Mary Ellen Cardelli

Name: Micah Philip Bode
Born: June 28, 1993 in: Rochester, MI
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: Timothy Alan Bode
Mother: Mary Ellen Cardelli

Name: Rebecca Carole Bode
Born: April 5, 1963 in: St. Louis, MO
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: David Allan Bode
Mother: Evonne Carole Stender

Name: Elizabeth Hope Bode
Born: June 18, 1966 in: Comox, British Columbia, Canada
Married: October 15, 1988 in: Maple Grove, MN
Married: 1996 in: California
Died: in:
Spouse: James Walters (deceased), Daniel Esch
Father: David Allan Bode
Mother: Evonne Carole Stender

Name: Daniel Esch
Born: in:
Married: 1996 in: California
Died: in:
Spouse: Elizabeth Hope Bode
Father:
Mother:

Name: Steven James Bode
Born: October 6, 1969 in: Cambridge, Minnesota
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: David Allan Bode
Mother: Evonne Carole Stender

Name: Isabel Adeline Esch
Born: August, 1997 in: Minnesota
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: Daniel Esch
Mother: Elizabeth Hope Bode

Name: Isaac Daniel Esch
Born: 1999 in: Minnesota
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: Daniel Esch
Mother: Elizabeth Hope Bode

Name: Alexandra Ellen Esch
Born: July 13, 2000 in: Minnesota
Married: in:
Died: in:
Spouse:
Father: Daniel Esch
Mother: Elizabeth Hope Bode

Wisdom for Generations (Quotes)

The arrogance of every generation is to think that the onward march of world history led to this peak that is its generation, and now it's going downhill.

- David Greenberger in Speak

When eating fruit, think of the person who planted the tree.

- Vietnamese proverb

Let us hope that we are all preceded in this world by a love story.

- Don Snyder, Of Time and Memory (Knopf)

Live your life in the manner that you would like your kids to live theirs.

- Michael Levine, Lessons at the Halfway Point (Celestial Arts)

Immigrants are heroes who made an adventure on our behalf.

- Garrison Keillor, in Newsweek

The stories that you tell about your past shape your future.

- Eric Ransdell, in Fast Company

If you don't know history, you don't know anything. You're a leaf that doesn't know it's part of a tree.

- Michael Crichton, Timeline (Knopf)

There is properly no history; only biography.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson