Thank you for visiting Kathy's Family.  This site is devoted to making my family's past come alive. Please sign my guest book. Entries will be posted upon review. Family surnames are listed on the above menu. The following is a brief overview of these families.

The Allen family (Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and, South Dakota). Also, the Hankins family (New Jersey and South Dakota).

The Jensen family (Denmark and Minnesota).

The Kirschner family (Germany, Ohio and Wisconsin) who married into the Blumenschein family (Germany and Wisconsin) and the Hemrich family who founded a brewery in Seattle, Washington.

The Grinnell family (Rhode Island, New York, Minnesota, South Dakota) who married into the Whiting family (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, Minnesota), the Talcott family (Connecticut and Ohio) and the Hemstreet family (New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota).