The Ancestor and Photo Index has additional information and photos for some ancestors and places of interest that can't be found in the comprehensive Huthsteiner Family Registry or Knauth Family Registry documents.

Brown, Rhoda Francis

Birth: 1898

Parents: William T. Brown and Minnie; Both buried at Jeddo Cemetery, Ridge Rd, Medina, NY

Marriage: Ervin Frank Allen

Children: Eleanor Rhoda Allen

Death: Nov, 1966; Lyn Haven Cemetery, Lyndonville, NY

Family Tree: Allen Family Tree. Related through Jay Huthsteiner's 1st marriage to Roxanne Klatt.

Felseck, Antonio Knauth's vacation home in Bolton Landing on Lake George, NY

Felseck was the name given to an estate built by Antonio Knauth in 1896-1897 on Lake George, NY.  Felseck was a popular focal point for decades of vacations, weddings, birthdays and holiday events attended by Knauth relatives and friends.

Note from Susanne Barrymore : Fels is rock, and eck is corner, and for those who know the place, you will remember that the granite behind the house was cut to create more space, creating a "corner in the rock".  Percival's house next door, to the south of Felseck, was Waldeck - corner in the woods.

For more on Waldeck, go to 'W' on this page.

More Felseck references :

Pictures : Louis Huthsteiner Sr. and Charlotte Ursula Knauth - Wedding at Felseck - 1918

Felseck/High Point correspondence with Knauth family and friends

There are many references to Felseck in Uhlich-Knauth Letters

Historic pictures of Felseck

Recent pictures of Felseck (Courtesy of Peter Cossman - 2008)

Houseman, Luella

Birth: 1896; Yates, NY

Parents: Warren Houseman; b. 1872; d. 1934

Marriage: Carl Henry Klatt

Children: Arthur Rudolph

Death: Feb, 1942; Bates Cemetery, Ridge Rd, Medina, NY

Family Tree: Klatt Family Tree. Related through Jay Huthsteiner's 1st marriage to Roxanne Klatt.

Huthsteiner, Carl Jay  

Birth: Nov 17, 1921; 4 am. at Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, NY

Parents: Louis Huthsteiner Sr. and Charlotte Ursula Knauth 

Service: US Air Force, WW II

Marriage: Leah Robbins

Children: James Tilyou/Huthsteiner (Leah's son from 1st Marriage), Jay, Peter, Theodore, Bonnie

Schools : Grammar School, Hurley, NY; High School, Kingston, NY; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - BS Agriculture, 1948

Occupations: Agricultural Engineer, Social Services, Sales, Owner/Manager - Meat Products Store

Death: April 16, 1999, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Carl and his brothers were raised in Hurley, NY. on a mountain called 'The Eagle's Nest'.

He joined the US Air Force during WW II on Aug 22, 1942. Basic Training - Long Island and Miami; Aerial Photography - Lowrey Field, Colorado; May 1943 - Bomber Squadron Field Photo Lab - McDill Field, Tampa, FA; Signal Corp/Communications Scool - Michigan State; Fort Dix, NJ; Discharged Apr 6, 1945.

Carl went to college at Cornell, Ithaca NY, 1941-1942 before Air Force, 1946-1948 after Air Force.

Carl married Leah and initially lived in Eden NY. After children were born, he moved with the family to Albion, NY, (~1953) where children were raised. He initially worked for Hunt's Ketchup Company as an Agricultural Engineer (1953-1962). He left the company when the industry transitioned to 7 day continuous operations because his religious convictions conflicted with working on Sundays. Then he worked in a variety of occupations such as Social Services (1962-1969), Duffy Mott's Inc. and sales. After children grew up, Carl and Leah moved to West Palm Beach, FA (early 1970's). Carl bought and operated a Meat Products Store for a number of years and lived there with his wife, Leah, until he died.

Carl had an interest in family genealogy and conducted extensive research manually, without computers. After his death, Leah moved back to Albion, NY. to be closer to children and friends. Carl's extensive genealogy research was later passed on to his son, Ted, who eventually correlated all of his research documentation and created this web site to share with family in his memory.

Huthsteiner, Gustave (Gustoff) Jacob Sr.

Birth: April 17, 1844, Siegen, Westphalia, Prussia (Germany)

Parents: Georg Friedrich Eduard Huthsteiner and Marie Caroline Achenbach

1st Marriage: Pauline Carolyn Weber, m. Nov 26, 1864 in Cannelton, Perry, In., b. Oct 17, 1843, Luzern, Switzerland, d. Dec 25, 1883

Children: Alfred H. (died at age 9 mo.), Eugene, Ella P., Edward Gustav, Robert Edward, Alfred Jacob, Walter Furst, (all born in Cannelton, In.)

2nd Marriage: Louisa Ludwig, m. Aug 18, 1885, St Louis, MO., died after 1920

Children: Hans, Gustav, George, Louis Sr., Helen (all born in Tell City, In.)

Occupations: Gustave was 1st Head Cashier in a bank. He also held stock in the bank.

Death: Feb 1, 1902; Tell City, Perry, In. (Age 57)

Gustave migrated with his parents from Prussia to Cincinnati, OH., USA ~ 1862 and then proceeded to Tell City, IN., a couple years later where he married Pauline Carolyn Weber and resided around Tell City, Perry County, Indiana. After his 1st wife's death, Gustave had a 2nd marriage to Louise Ludwig and had 5 more children. After Gustave died, his son, Robert Edward Huthsteiner, moved his step-mother, Louise and her children to Schenectady, NY, where some of Robert's brothers had moved for employment opportunities with General Electric and American Automotive. Schenectady also offered a good college for the boys and a private school for Helen. This is how the Louise Ludwig Huthsteiner side of the family became Easterners in NY. Later, Robert Edward Huthsteiner, returned to Indiana.

Huthsteiner, Louis Sr.      

Birth: Oct 4, 1892; Tell City, IN.

Parents: Gustave Jacob Huthsteiner and Louise Ludwig

Marriage: Charlotte Ursula Knauth, m. 1918

Children: Louis, George, Carl

Schools: H.S. Schenectady, NY; Amherst College Class of 1914, LL. B., Columbia L.S., 1916; Columbia U., 1917; Chi Psi. B.S.  

Service: 2nd Lieut. and 1st Lieut. Inf., A.E.F.,

Occupations: General Electric Co., Schenectady; NY sales committee dept, investigating Lawyer Kingston, NY, Counselor, Home Mission, Woodsman

Death: Sep 17, 1969; Kingston NY; buried in Hurley NY

Louis' family resided on a mountain called 'The Eagles Nest' in the Catskill mountains, near Hurley, NY. In his mid life, Louis lost interest as a lawyer and dedicated his life to Christianity and Evangelism. He wrote an unpublished autobiography which included details of his grand father's migration from Prussia to the US. He also wrote of his childhood years, college years, army years, his conversion to a devoted to Christian and later experiences. Hope Stanton Lee and her husband Harold met Louis in his later years and became very dear friends and fellow Christians. Hope was inspired to write a photo illustrated biography of 'Brother Louis' detailing his later years when she knew him and his ventures as an evangelist. Her book was called 'Up the Mountain Road'. Her husband had a few bound copies published. Unfortunately the book was not archived with a major publishing company, so it is  not possible to have more of them published.

More info for Louis Huthsteiner, Sr. is on 'References' page.

Knauth, Antonio

Birth: Dec 2, 1855, Leipzig, Germany

Parents: Franz Theodor Knauth and Fanny Elizabeth Steyer

1st Marriage: Elizabeth Ribbius Peletier, m. 1884

Children: None from 1st marriage

2nd Marriage: Else Magdalene Uhlich (Grossmama Knauth), m. Nov 1893

Children: Ilse, Susanne Katherina, Berthold A., Charlotte Ursula, Johannes Peter
Occupation: Banker

Death: Dec 3, 1915, Bolton Landing, NY, at Felseck home

Notes: Refer to the Knauth Family Registry (on Knauth Family page) for more information.

Photos of Antonio Knauth, wife, children, relatives, residences and documents

Knauth, Franz Theodor

Birth: 1803, Leipzig, Saxony, Prussia, Germany

Parents: Carl Gottlab Knauth and Wilhelmina Rossmassler

1st Marriage: Adelheid Esche, m. 1842

Children: Johannes, Camilla, Fridolin, and infant that died same year born.

2nd Marriage: Fanny Elizabeth Steyer, m. 1850

Children: Percival, Selma, Manuel, Octavio, Antonio

Occupation: Banker and co-founder of Knauth, Nachod & Keuhne, a German-American banking house.

Death: 1874

Notes : Franz Theodor was born in Gohlis, a village outside the city walls of Leipzig, but not part of the much larger city of today and later went by the shortened name of Theodor Knauth.

Photos of Franz and wife, Fanny

Knauth, Manuel (and wife, children and relatives)

Birth: Mar 14, 1854, Germany

Parents: Franz Theodor Knauth and Fanny Elizabeth Steyer

Marriage: Berta Kropp

Children: Selma, Elizabeth, Helena
Occupation: Banker

Perkins, Marjorie (Perkins-Bell)

Birth: June 20, 1900; Homer, Geneva, NY

Parents: Adopted by Perkins (father) and Bell (mother)

Siblings: Sue

1st Marriage: Carl Robbins

Children: Katherine 'Kay', Leah, Carl Jr.

2nd Marriage: Harold Brown, b. Jan 1, 1893; d. Jul 1963

Occupation: Fishline Co.

Children: Clarence (from Harold Brown's 1st Marriage). Clarence had a son, Gary Brown, who married Samantha.

Death: 1971, Cortland, NY, Blodgett Mills Cemetery

Robbins, Carl Audley

Birth: 1895, Cortland, NY

Parents: Timothy Robbins and Leah Virginia Pendelton 

Marriage: Marjorie Bell Perkins, 1922, Cortland, NY

Children: Katherine 'Kay'; Leah, Carl Jr

Death: 1927, Cortland, NY

Robbins, Timothy                         

Marriage: Leah Virginia Pendelton                        

Children: Carl (m. Marjorie Bell Perkins, ch: Katherine & Leah),

Ross (ch: None of his own; Wife, Florence, had child from previous marriage),

Lee (m. Eva, ch: Robert, Carl Jr., Laura - injured at 3, wheel chair)

Death: 1938, Cemetery, Cortland, NY, died of Diabetes

Stahlknetch, Anna Wilhelmina 

Parents: Heinrich Stalknetch and Anna Wilhelmina Kuhn

Marriage: Gustav Hermann Uhlich

Children: Else Magdalene, Johannes, Thekla, Susanne Katherina, Franz Theodor

Uhlich, Gustav Hermann (and grand-children)

Marriage: Anna Wilhelmina Stahlknetch

Children: Else Magdalene, Johannes, Thekla, Susanne Katherina, Franz Theodor

Waldeck, Percival Knauth's vacation home in Bolton Landing on Lake George, NY

Unfortunately, there are no pictures of 'Waldeck' and few references to it in Knauth reference documents, with the exception of the following excerpts extracted from Percival Knauth Memoir, by Theodore W. Knauth, 1951.

With his family established in its city home, Percival's next problem was the summer. Shandaken in the Catskills was given a trial, and then Connecticut, but Bolton Landing on Lake George was the place that best fitted all the requirements. A summer was spent in Villa Mathilde, hard by the old Mohican House. That fall a piece of land was bought, where the road and the lake came together by Artist Brook, with a high sand-bank on which to build a house, and what had been a field around it, in which a second-growth of little pine-trees stood waist-high. Here, in 1892, "Waldeck" was built by Philip Sawyer, of the later famous firm of York & Sawyer. Antonio built its neighbor, "Felseck" a few years afterwards, and further forest land, the "Hinterland" was added, to form a vacation place that was ideal both for children and for grown-ups. Percival loved his wild woods the more because of his own childhood in civilized Europe, the swimming, and the rowing on the lake, and he also took up his riding again on the back roads among the hills. More even than 302 (the primary home that Percival also built - 302 76th St, NYC - illustration under 'K - Knauth, Percival'), "Waldeck" became the family home, planned commodiously from the start for a big family and visitors in plenty. The family migrations in the early summer, and the return in the fall, undertaken jointly with other families, enough to fill a Wagner Palace Car on the Delaware & Hudson, with space on the Albany Night Boat, were an event. With the family away, Percival lived comfortably enough in the deserted city house, and took his holiday in August, the high spot of which was the fireworks display on Mother's Birthday, August 12th. What a day that always was !

Percival died at his summer home, Waldeck, at Bolton Landing on Lake George, on July 17, 1900.