From Jim's father, back through South Central Missouri, then,
via Tennesee, N. Carolina, Pennsylvania, to Germany.
They came from Gross Gumpen, an area about twenty miles southeast of Darmstadt.
The oldest found so far is Hans TRAUTMANN, born abt. 1579.
He was married to Rosina REISIG.
JIM'S SCHLAPIA - SCHLAPPIG - SCHLAPPICH ROOTS
From Jim's mother to the SCHLAPIAs of Iowa, then,
via Michigan to Berks Co. Pennsylvania where
two SCHLAPPIG men settled having come over from the
Hesse area in Germany. From about 20 miles NW of Frankfurt.
The families in Germany were the SCHLAPPICHs
The oldest found here was Gottfried SCHLAPPICH, born 1625
and was married to Anna Maria OFFERMAN
NOTICE: I gratefully acknowledge the efforts of those before me who did great volumes of research and left it out there in webland for me to gather. Many thanks to all of them. Jim Robinson