Dierk Stoetzel

I was born in 1970 in Eslohe/Sauerland, where I grew up and attended school till 1986. In 1987/88 I spent a year in Vancouver, WA and attended Evergreen High School as an exchange student.

Dierk in the Highlands, Scotland

I studied Archeology of the Roman provinces in Köln, where I live most of the year. Now I am examining the structure and chronology of the western suburban settlement of the Roman city of Cologne as a PhD thesis.

My parents on my sister´s wedding

My dad in his favourite role

My sister Tanja and her husband Dominik on their Wedding

My hobbies are running, skiing and emigration-research. I like to travel very much, especially to places where there is wilderness and where hardly any humans cross my way.

The research on the emigrants of my home area began with a bunch of letters I was given about two years ago. The series of letters was so fascinating, that I began to look for more information and soon I got in touch with Bill Kamradt, Indianapolis, IN who provided so many information on his wife`s ancestors from the Sauerland in Detroit that I couldn´t help it. Also K.-J. Lauber with his regional family-databank was a great help from the beginning.
 

My ancestors are from the Siegerland, Sauerland, and Münsterland. To give you an idea who I am, and what I am here are my 16 greatgreatgrandparents:

1.  Johannes Baptist Stötzel, Nenkersdorf, Siegerland
2.  Catharina Steiner, Eiserfeld, Siegerland
3.  Caspar Ferdinand Peitz, Eslohe, Sauerland
4.  Maria Anna Eickhoff, Eslohe, Sauerland
5.  Franz Egon Böhmer, Eslohe, Sauerland
6.  Maria Elisabeth Dünnebacke, Niedermarpe, Sauerland
7.  Bernhard Bunne, Oelde, Münsterland
8.  Theresia Elisabeth Westhoff, Ostenfelde, Münsterland
9.  Wilhelm Schüßler, In der Lenne, Sauerland
10.Anna Maria Sophia Bellinger, Schmallenberg, Sauerland
11.Franz Josef Püttmann, Oberberndorf, Sauerland
12.Maria Catharina Mönig, Schmallenberg, Sauerland
13.Johannes Georg Brinkmann, Winterberg, Sauerland
14.Maria Theresia Fresen, Winterberg, Sauerland
15.Franz Anton Wahle, Winterberg, Sauerland
16.Anna Maria Elisabeth Kramer, Winterberg, Sauerland

Dierk in Sarmizegetusa Regia, Romania