Johann Bernard Middeke, b: 1742 -

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}

^{1789 George Washington first president}
^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}

^{1740 Colony population = 1.5 million}
^{1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War}
^{1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion}
^{1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War}
^{1776 Declaration of Independence}


		^{Alousius Wachmann}^b.1770 d.

	^{Johann Henrich Aloysius Determann}^{b.1803 Recke, Westfalen, Prussen d.}

		^{Anna Determann}^{b. d.}

^{Maria Veronica Determann}^{b.1833 Recke, Prussen d.1913 Cincinnati, Ohio}			^{Johann Bernard Middeke}^b.1742 d.

		^{Johann Hermann Middeke}^{b.1770 Recke, Prussen d.1815 Steinbeck, Pruss}	^{Anna Catharina Sterman}^b.1745 d.

	^{Anna Catharina Witte}^{b.1802 Recke, Prussen d.1874 Sunderbauer, Germany}

		^{Anna Euphemia Catrina Engel Vorberg}^{b.1766 Recke, Prussen d.1833 Steinbeck, Prussen}