Below is the line of descent of the Kattus Family in America. Bold text indicates direct ancestors. Numbers indicate generations in order from the earliest (known) to the latest. Same number indicates either siblings or cousins of the same generation. Underlined text indicates a link to more information about that individual, or other miscellaneous records.
The direct ancestor will always be listed last in the list of children, even though chronologically (by date of birth) they may be out of order.
*At some point, a "t" was added to the name after they arrived in the U.S. This was a common occurance among immigrants at this time.
1-Francisci Katus married Annea Mariae Stoltz
Children: (7, all born in the village of Kandel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
2-Margaretha Kattus (c. Sept 25, 1825, d.?)
2-Magdalena Kattus (c. April 8, 1827, d.?)
2-Anna Maria Kattus (c. May 12, 1831, d.?)
2-Catherina Kattus (c. Oct 6, 1832, d.?)
2-Ferdinand Kattus (c. Sept 23, 1834, d. Oct 22, 1907, Cincinnati, Oh) married (1857)
+(1st wife) Bernardina Schweitzer (b. 1835, d. April 22, 1874)
Children: (6)
3-Johann Kattus (b. April 11, 1855, d. Feb 27, 1882)
3-Jacob Kattus (b. Jan 1, 1857, d. July 12, 1884)
3-Mary Kattus (b. 1864, d. Dec. 1895)
3-Frank Kattus (b. Dec 13, 1868, d. Sept. 27, 1896)
3-Charles "Karl" Kattus (b. Dec 1868, d. Nov 3, 1902)
3-Katherine Christine (b. Nov 28, 1872, d. March 17, 1946)
+(2nd wife) Gertrude Gutjahr (b. Dec 27, 1846, d. Jul 17, 1905)
Children (1)
3-Ferdinand John Kattus (b. Mar 20, 1880, d. Apr 15, 1945)
2-Franz (Frank) Kattus (c. 1824, d. March 27, 1879, Cincinnati, Oh)
2-Valentine Kattus (c. Feb 10, 1829, d. Dec 17, 1889, Cincinnati, Oh) married (Nov 28, 1852, Hamilton Cnty, Oh),
+(1st) Katharina "Catherin" Schweitzer (b. Nov 22, 1836, Wurttemberg, Germany, d. July 1866, Cincinnati, Oh)
Children: (6 with 1st wife, all born in Cincinnati, Oh)
3-Carolina Kattus (b. abt. 1853)
3-Joseph Kattus (b. Nov 30, 1854, d. April 11, 1936)
+Anna Marie Butcha (b. May 13, 1856, d. Feb 16, 1937)
Children: (1)
4-Michael Joseph Kattus (b. 1876, d. Feb 11, 1955) married (November 18, 1896)
+Emma Yaeger (b. 1878, d. Aug 7, 1955)
Children: (2)
5-Alma Amelia Kattus (b. May 23, 1896, d. June 4, 1978) married (June 7, 1921)
+Urban Brichler
5-(Dr) Joseph H. Kattus (b. Oct 1, 1897, d. May 31, 1960)
+Mary Ellen Kennedy (b. July 7, 1910, d. May 24, 1970)
Children: (2)
6-Joseph Henry Kattus (b. Dec 11, 1946)
6-Michael James Kattus (b. July 26, 1940) married (June 19, 1961)
+Nancy M Pape
Children: (1)
7-John Eric Kattus (b. March 4, 1963)
+Lisa
Children (3)
8-Tucker, Justin, Josh
3-Mary Kattus (b. March 30, 1858, d. Nov 12, 1909, Cincinnati, Oh) married (November 9, 1887)
+Henry George Wissel
4-Joseph Wissel (b. Sept 5, 1888, d. Sept 5, 1888)
4-Henry Adam Wissel (b. July 31, 1889, d.?)
4-Matilda Elizabeth Wissel (b. Dec 16, 1890, d.?)
4-Valentine Wissel (b. April 16, 1892, d. 1944)
4-Amelia Wissel (b. June 1, 1893, d.?)
4-Anna Mary Wissel (b. Aug 30, 1895, d. Feb 6, 1897)
4-Adolph Walter Wissel (b. Sept 12, 1896, d. Oct. 2, 1918 – cause of death – Flu epidemic)
3-Louise Kattus (b. abt. 1862)
3-Charles Kattus (b. abt. 1864, d. May 5, 1936, Cincinnati, Oh – occupation – butcher) married (May 5, 1885)
+Mary Hohmann
4-Helen Kattus
4-Carl Kattus (b. Feb 11, 1895)
4-Norma Kattus (b. April 11, 1905)
4-Maire Kattus
4-Charles F. Kattus (b. Jan 31, 1895, d. March 31, 1930)
4-Valentine Kattus (b. Feb 28, 1888, d. March 1974)
4-Anna Kattus (b. March 19, 1891, d. April 18, 1979) married (Jan 25, 1911)
+Emil Edwin Lagaly
Children: (3)
5-Edwin Charles Lagaly (b. May 21, 1913, d. June 7, 1977) married (Sept 19, 1940)
+Mercedes Millerhaus
Children: (6)
6-Thomas Charles Lagaly (b. Aug 11, 1941) married (Nov 22, 1962)
+Anne Lee Green
Children: (6)
7-Thomas Charles Lagaly (b. July 20, 1963) married (June 29, 1987)
+Debra M. Soete
7-Michael Lagaly (b. July 15, 1964)
7-Daniel Lagaly (b. Oct 21, 1965)
7-Jennifer Lagaly (b. Feb 17, 1971)
7-Elizaabeth Lagaly (b. Feb 17, 1971)
7-Jeff Lagaly (b. Sept 19, 1976)
6-Linda Ann Lagaly (b. Nov 19, 1942) married (Oct 3, 1964)
+Robert Ryan
Children: (2)
7-Erin Ryan (b. May 6, 1969 – adopted child)
7-Sean Ryan (b. June 27, 1972 – adopted child)
6-Janis Mary Lagaly (b. Nov 9, 1945) married (July 4, 1964)
+Milton Wetterick
Children: (5)
7-Sherry Lynn Wetterick (b. Dec 28, 1965)
7-Mark Todd Wetterick (b. June 21, 1967)
7-Michelle Lee Wetterick (b. July 8, 1968)
7-Scott Andrew Wetterick (b. Aug 31, 1969)
7-Brett Melton Wetterick (b. Aug 9, 1973)
6-Diane Jean Lagaly (June 30, 1948) married (May 25, 1968)
+Elmer Busch
Children: (4)
7-Deborah Busch (b. Feb 17, 1969)
7-Christopher Busch (b. Oct 1, 1970)
7-Brian Bush (b. Oct 9, 1972)
7-Kevin Busch (b. Feb 26, 1979
6-Donald Edwin Lagaly (b. March 7, 1952) married (June 14, 1971)
+Patricia Record
Children: (1)
7-Lisa Lagaly (b. June 29, 1971)
6-Ronald Joseph Lagaly (b. March 7, 1952) married (Oct 1978)
+Robin Rezos
Children: (1)
7-Stacey Lagaly (June 30, 1984)
5-Virgil Ralph Lagaly (b. Sept 16, 1915, d. March 23, 1999) married (June 18, 1949)
+Marion Margaret Brinker
Children: (2)
6-Ida Ann Lagaly (b Oct 11, 1954 -adopted child)
6-Francis Edwin Lagaly (b Oct 11, 1954 – adopted child)
5-Roy D. Lagaly (b. Feb 5, 1922, d. Feb 1997) married (June 6, 1926)
+Virginia Squeri
Children: (2)
6-Laura Ann Lagaly (b. July 5, 1962 – adopted child)
6-Lance Roy Lagaly (b. Dec 20, 1965) married (Feb 26, 1994)
+Michelle Helmers
Children: (2)
7-Olivia Marie Lagaly (b. June 29, 1995)
7-Emily Lagaly
3-Frank Kattus (b. Jan 21, 1862, d. June 8, 1933, Cincinnati, Oh)
+Amelia Brum (b. 1860, Alsace-Lorraine, France, d. Aug 26, 1938, Cincinnati, Oh)
Children: (6, all born in Cincinnati, Oh)
4-Albert Adolph Kattus (b. July 4, 1892, d. Feb 26, 1964, Cin. Oh)
+Matilda Gerlin
Children: (3)
5-Dr. Albert A. Kattus, Jr. (b. 1916, Cincinnati, Oh, d. March 8, 1996, El Cajon, Ca)
+Mary Clare (b. Aug 11, 1921, NY, NY, d. Dec. 17, 2014, San Diego, Ca)
5-James Robert Kattus (b. 1922)
5-Carol Kattus (b. 1920 Cincinnati, Oh, d. Jan 20, 2013, Cincinnati, Oh) married
+George C. Young
Children: (2)
6-Karen Young Desserich
+Russ Desserich
Children: (2)
7-Kurt Desserich
+Leah
Children:
7-Christian Desserich
+Tracy
Children: (5)
8-Hudson, Lila, Noah, Zoe and Colin
6-Marc R. Young
4-Joseph Kattus (b. Jan 23, 1886, d. April 2, 1886, Cincinnati, Oh)
4-Alma M. Kattus (b. Feb 12, 1889, d. Oct 2, 1962, Cincinnati, Oh)
4-Amelia Kattus (b. Dec 4, 1881, d. Sept 14, 1944, Cincinnati, Oh)
4-Frank Kattus Jr. (b. Nov 25, 1888, d. April 5, 1905, Cincinnati, Oh)
4-Valentine (Val) Kattus (b. Dec 26, 1883, d. Nov 29, 1957) married (June 14, 1905)
+Nettie Cause (d. July 21, 1975)
4-Erwin Jacob Kattus (b. Nov 12, 1897, d. Nov 19, 1978, Cincinnati, Oh) married (Sept 29, 1939)
Children (2):
5-Marjorie Ellen Kattus (b. Feb 24, 1942, Cin. Oh, d. Sept 20, 1991, Cin. Oh.)
+George Ruege
Children: (2)
6-Michael Ruege (b. Dec 30, 1972, Cin. Oh.)
Children: (1)
7-Brandon Ruege
6-Mary Ruege (b. May 11, 1982, Cin, Oh.)
Children: (1)
7-Grace Dugger
+Landen Peters
Children: (1)
8-Wesley Scott Peters
5-Christine Anne Kattus (b. Nov 5, 1951 Cin. Oh., d. June 25, 2018, Cin. Oh.) married (Sept 6, 1974)
+David Bolten (b. Sept. 25, 1951, Cincinnati, Oh)
Children: (2)
6-Aaron Bolten (b. April 5, 1979, Louisville, Ky)
+Jennifer Rose
6-Sarah Lynne Bolten (b. March 19, 1982, Delaware, Oh) married (May 17, 2014)
+Jonathan Kearns
Children: (1)
7-Capriana Christine Kearns (b. June 3, 2016, Raleigh, NC)