Finding Your Roots

By this time, William and Katharina had five other children who ranged in age from 2 to 10 years old. Right? - Okay. So what do you think their family life is like? It's a lot of little kids to take care of, right? Yes. - Yeah. He's a baker. - He's a baker. There's a lot of mouths to feed. Older lady. -

Henry

Let's see what happens. Could you please turn the page. Now, we're jumping forward roughly seven years from the birth record we just saw to the 1860 Federal Census for Ithaca, Wisconsin. Oh my God. -

Henry

Would you please read the transcribed section. William, William! All right. William Lunenschloss, 42, farmer, (chuckles) hmm, place of birth, Prussia Eliza, 24. Francis, six, place of birth Wisconsin, Charles, oh no, three, place at birth, Wisconsin. Eliza, seven months, place of birth, Wisconsin. So you realize what has happened in the intervening seven years. Did he just leave her and marry someone else? -

Henry

(Chuckles) Bingo. That's your third great-grandfather, William. Living in Wisconsin, in another country, with your own biological third great-grandmother, Elizabeth. Listed here as Eliza. Um-hum. And that six year old boy, is your great, great grandfather Francis. Frank. You got it. Oh! Wow. ( ding) (Dramatic Silence)