Carl Friedrich Sommerkorn, b: 1800 - Fuerstensee, Prussia

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}

^{1776 Declaration of Independence}
^{1789 George Washington first president}
^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}

^{1735 Freedom of press established}
^{1740 Colony population = 1.5 million}
^{1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War}
^{1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion}
^{1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War}


			^{Gottfried Sommerkorn}^{b.1732 Pumptow, Prussia d.1775 Pumptow, Prussia}

		^{Christian Friedrich Sommerkorn}^{b.1774 Pumptow, Prussia d.1850 Fuerstensee, Prussia}	^{Anna Sophia Brunkow}^{b. d.}

^{August Wilhelm Sommerkorn}^{b.1826 Fuerstensee, Prussia d.1872 Minnesota}	^{Carl Friedrich Sommerkorn}^{b.1800 Fuerstensee, Prussia d.}		^{Ernst Moldenhauer}^{b.1733 Bernstein/Neum, Prussia d.1812 Bernstein/Neum, Prussia}

^{Carl Friedrich Sommerkorn}^{b.1829 Fuerstensee, Prussia d.}		^{Christine Moldenhauer}^{b.1774 Bernstein/Neum, Prussia d.1849 Fuerstensee, Prussia}	^{Elisabeth Wellmann}^{b.1738 d.1784 Bernstein/Neum, Prussia}

^{Christine Wilhelmine Sommerkorn}^{b.1834 Fuerstensee, Prussia d.}			^Johann Voss^{b.1743 Kloxin, Pommern, Prussia d.}

^{Ernestine Wilhelmine Sommerkorn}^{b.1837 Fuerstensee, Prussia d.1873 Portland, WI}		^Johann Voss^{b.1775 Pumptow, Prussia d.1835 Fuerstensee, Prussia}	^{Mrs. Johann Voss}^{b.1750 Kloxin, Pommern, Prussia d.}

	^{Dorothea Louise Voss}^{b.1809 Pumptow, Prussia d.}

		^Maria Deue^{b.1777 Wersin, Pommern, Prussia d.1844 Fuerstensee, Prussia}