Family tree
A fan chart of the Records line descending from Philip Records (b. 1751) at the centre, each generation fanning outward. Hover a wedge for the full name and dates. This tree will be replaced with a more complete one as it becomes available; every person on record — 309 in all, including married-in families — is listed in the name index below.
Full name index (A–Z, 309 people)
- Wanda
- Sarah Ann Adams (1812–1889)
- Adele Beck (1891–1971)
- Alma Catherine Beck (1895–1960)
- Georg Beck
- Luella Beck (1898)
- William Beck (1866–1951)
- Anica Bodiroga (1885–1927)
- Bowers (1808)
- Bowers (1835–1840)
- Christian Bowers (1840)
- Jonathan B Bowers (1820–1854)
- Leah Bowers (1815–1880)
- Leonard Bowers (1815)
- Linville Bowers (1830–1870)
- Martha A Bowers (1814–1896)
- Rebecca Bowers (1828–1893)
- Sarah Bowers (1838–1850)
- Thomas Bowers (1839)
- William Nave Bowers (1787–1850)
- William Nave Bowers, (1813)
- Allen Burlin Callaway (1867–1940)
- Carroll Cecil Callaway (1869–1930)
- Clarissa Ada Callaway (1825–1894)
- David Callaway (1831–1898)
- Eliza Elizabeth Callaway (1862–1885)
- Elizabeth Dixie Callaway (1865–1925)
- Emma Lou Callaway (1852–1915)
- Florence Mae Bea Callaway (1892–1995)
- Frances Mary Callaway (1873–1943)
- James Baird Callaway (1821–1900)
- Laura Jane Callaway (1850–1914)
- Leah A. Callaway (1841–1842)
- Louisa R. Callaway (1829–1888)
- Martha Ann Callaway (1849–1911)
- Mary Eleanor Callaway (1838–1919)
- Mary Ellen Callaway (1855–1918)
- Mckenzie John Callaway (1829–1905)
- Ned Hunter Callaway (1890–1950)
- Nehemiah Henry Callaway (1833–1907)
- Sarah Ann Callaway (1823–1900)
- Silas L Callaway (1836–1837)
- Virginia Belle Callaway (1858–1875)
- William Callaway (1799–1857)
- William Richard Callaway (1826–1897)
- William Samuel Callaway (1861–1861)
- Clarrissa Sue Calloway (1871–1941)
- Frances Ione Calloway (1906–1998)
- James G Calloway (1848–1913)
- Lillian Leah Calloway (1862–1939)
- Cruse Johann Carstens (1730)
- Wiepke Carstens (1730)
- Abigail Jane Cecil (1832–1885)
- Burlington Cecil (1845–1917)
- James Granville Cecil (1836–1892)
- James Granville Cecil (1803–1881)
- Jemima Minerva Cecil (1797–1879)
- John Berlin Cecil (1815)
- John Richardson Cecil (1834–1905)
- Juliet Cecil (1795–1860)
- Linnie Cecil (1809–1855)
- Logan J. Cecil (1840–1920)
- Louisa Cecil (1817–1888)
- Mary Louisa Cecil (1812–1880)
- Nancy Cecil (1800–1864)
- Rufus Cecil (1810)
- Samuel Stewart Cecil (1805–1894)
- Samuel White Cecil (1769–1824)
- William Cecil (1838–1840)
- William Carroll Cecil (1847–1938)
- William S Cecil (1813–1869)
- William S. Cecil (1809–1896)
- Zachariah White Cecil (1793–1870)
- Minnie L Christianson (1884–1919)
- Irene Melvina Frederick (1845–1891)
- Catharina Frey (1824)
- Mary Violet Glodt (1893–1986)
- Bradley Gundlach
- Calvin Gundlach
- Chad Gundlach
- Piper Gundlach
- Fred August Hansen (1877–1950)
- Hendricks (1921–1921)
- Anne Hendricks
- Freeman Orvil Hendricks (1898–1996)
- Glenn Leonard Hendricks (1928–2001)
- Herbert H Hendricks (1930)
- Joan Elaine Hendricks (1958)
- John Michael Hendricks
- John Orvil Hendricks (1926–1993)
- Karen Lynn Hendricks
- Amanda Pearl Herman
- Ada Ellen Hunter (1866–1963)
- Commodore Hunter (1818)
- Hiram Hunter (1811–1826)
- Ida D. Hunter (1864–1879)
- Ira Hunter (1809–1890)
- Ira Madison Hunter (1860–1919)
- Ira Madison Hunter (1860–1919)
- Irene Hunter (1842)
- Isabella Hunter (1813)
- John Perry Hunter (1872–1928)
- Joseph Hunter (1807–1885)
- Joseph Clymer Hunter (1840–1933)
- Joseph Frederick G. Hunter (1875–1924)
- Linville Hunter (1817–1898)
- Louisa Hunter (1820–1860)
- Mary Caroline Hunter (1823–1900)
- Miriam Hunter (1803)
- Perry Hunter (1814–1890)
- Priscilla Hunter (1805)
- W Lynn Hunter (1877–1900)
- Mary Ingram (1771–1854)
- Joseph Jager Hunter (1779–1869)
- Margaretha Jessen
- Dwight Johnson
- Brynn Kelly
- Dennis Kelly
- Gus Kelly
- James Kelly
- James Thomas Kelly (1950)
- Matthew Kelly (1984)
- Meagan Nicole Kelly Kelly (1980)
- Sheryl G. Kelly
- Terrance Kelly
- Annie Kerkes (1927–2008)
- Darinka Kerkes (1915–1915)
- Mary Kerkes (1917–2003)
- Milan Kerkes (1886–1939)
- Mitchell Kerkes (1918–2002)
- Nicholas Kerkes (1919–1945)
- Sara Kerkes (1922–2024)
- Stoja Stella Fay Kerkes (1916–1935)
- Thomas Kerkes (1913–1944)
- Gertrude Sophia Krager (1911–1987)
- Frances Ann Lamb (1927–2025)
- John Henry Lamb (1894–1967)
- John Henry Lamb Jr. (1925–1962)
- Katherine Linville (1791–1847)
- Sarah Linville (1784–1828)
- Arthur Edward Lorenzen (1907–1967)
- Claus Reimers Lorenzen (1796–1856)
- Dorothy Margaret Lorenzen (1924–2007)
- Emily Ann Lorenzen (1909–1926)
- Florence Lorenzen (1914)
- Gustave Lorenzen (1872–1922)
- Hans Reimer Lorenzen (1858–1927)
- Helen Barbara Lorenzen (1910–2006)
- Helen L Lorenzen (1928)
- Herman Carl Lorenzen (1898–1990)
- Ida May Lorenzen (1898)
- Johann Braker "John" Lorenzen (1828–1889)
- John Henry Lorenzen (1862–1919)
- John Henry "Johnnie" Lorenzen (1895–1973)
- Katarina M Lorenzen (1863)
- Leona D Lorenzen (1900–1986)
- Leonard F Lorenzen (1900–1979)
- Margaret J Lorenzen (1922)
- Maria Catharina Lorenzen (1809–1838)
- Rhetta May Lorenzen (1925)
- Robert Lee Lorenzen (1926–2002)
- Sophia Lorenzen
- Telsche Friederika Rhode Lorenzen (1866–1953)
- Vernon John Lorenzen (1905–1948)
- William F. "Willie" Lorenzen (1896–1971)
- Earl M (Mack) McAlister
- Martha Grace McAlister (1914–2012)
- Nancy Agnes McCandless (1756–1831)
- Catherine Wilhelmina Meyer (1876)
- Bertha Dora Milne (1898–1954)
- Dorothea Christina Moller (1813–1886)
- Nancy R Mondloh (Kelly) (1954)
- "Nancy" Agnes Moreland (1756)
- Mary Sophia Nelsen (1909–1979)
- Adolph August Paulsen (1903–1971)
- Anna Catarina Paulsen (1779–1831)
- Anna Dorthea Paulsen (1878–1923)
- Anna Maria Paulsen (1876–1946)
- Arthur Paulsen (1911)
- Claus Paulsen (1808–1856)
- Claus Frederick Paulsen (1875–1950)
- Edward Paulsen (1919)
- George Eddie Paulsen (1913–1969)
- Henry G Paulsen (1911–2003)
- Herman Henry Paulsen (1900–1985)
- Hilda Wilimena Paulsen (1907–1985)
- John Fred Paulsen (1901–1988)
- Jurgen Paulsen (1776–1840)
- Lillian Paulsen (1905)
- Loraine Paulsen (1917)
- Louise Minnie Paulsen (1897–1963)
- Martha Amanda Paulsen (1912–1992)
- Peter Ferdinand Paulsen (1872–1932)
- Roland Claus Paulsen (1906–1961)
- Rose Edna Paulsen (1907–2002)
- Sophia Isabella Paulsen (1879–1969)
- William Peter Paulsen (1905–1977)
- Anna Marie Paulson (1916–2002)
- Claus Hinrich Paulson (1842–1890)
- John W Paulson (1885)
- Margretha "Maggie" Paulson (1871–1933)
- Peter Frederick Paulson (1914–1990)
- Inga Sophie Petersen (1849–1931)
- Susan Gilkey "Susie" Pool (1877–1946)
- Leah Ralph (1799–1857)
- Paula Ransom
- James Elliot Record (1812–1872)
- Nancy Jane Record (1816–1858)
- William Record (1809–1876)
- Alexander Records (1805–1877)
- Annabelle Ann Records (1911–2000)
- Benjamin Records (1778–1847)
- Benjamin Records (1810–1843)
- Benjamin A "Ben" Records (1860–1913)
- Bryan Records
- Charles Raymond Records (1899–1950)
- Charles Winfred Records (1869–1937)
- Daniel Bryan Records (1984)
- Della Susie Records (1903)
- Earl William Records (1945–2020)
- Edith Records
- Elizabeth Records (1776–1850)
- Emily Milessa Records (1872–1968)
- Ethel M. Records
- Evelyn Frances Records (2012)
- Franklin Records (1863–1863)
- Heidi Records
- Ida Ella Records (1867–1948)
- James Michael Records (1980)
- Jeffrey Alan Records (1982)
- John Alexander Records (1858–1942)
- John Chambers Records (1832–1908)
- John Joseph Records (1901–1978)
- Josiah Records (1819–1823)
- Kimberly Records
- Lyle Records
- Lynn Ray Records (1947–1991)
- Margaret Records (1780–1852)
- Mark Vernon Records
- Martha Jean Records (1950–1951)
- Max Francis Records (1905–1977)
- Morris William Records (1913–1913)
- Nancy Records (1777–1795)
- Olivia Records
- Philip Records (1751)
- Phillip Records (1802–1865)
- Robert A Records (1911)
- Roger Alan Records (1957)
- Roger Gilkey Records (1910–1956)
- Roy Edwin Records (1875–1945)
- Sarah Ann Records (1857–1935)
- Susie Records
- Vern Francis Records (1944–2014)
- William McCandless Records (1864–1933)
- Hans Reier (1795)
- Margaretha Reier (1799–1847)
- Telsche Reiher (1789)
- Wiebcke Reiher (1791–1793)
- Wiebcke Reiher (1797–1798)
- Höbcke Reiter (1784)
- Hans Reyer (1761)
- Wiebke Reyer (1772)
- Hanß Reÿer (1734–1812)
- Höpke Reÿer (1739–1803)
- Lillian Richardson (1811–1856)
- Emily Roberts (1836–1899)
- Sarah Brent Roberts
- William Roberts
- Alvina Anna Roehlk (1899–1978)
- Anna Emelia Roehlk (1859–1908)
- Arnold Jacob Roehlk (1920–1988)
- Bertha Roehlk (1867)
- Edith B Roehlk (1907–1998)
- Edward J Roehlk (1906–1981)
- Helen C Roehlk (1901–1982)
- Herman Roehlk (1865–1937)
- Jochim Roehlk (1831–1901)
- Mary Anna Roehlk (?–1956)
- Paul David Roehlk (1953–1987)
- Robert Roehlk (1915–1991)
- Alescius Junge Rohde (1852)
- Anna Catharina Rohde (1861–1933)
- Detlef Rohde (1822)
- Detlef Rohde (1752–1829)
- Hans Friedrich Lex Johannsen Rohde (1824–1908)
- Hans Junge Rohde (1792–1851)
- Hans Junge Rohde (1839–1920)
- Henry Rohde (1832–1847)
- Johann Hinrich Rohde (1854)
- Margarethe Maria Helene Rohde (1857)
- Peter Wilhelm Rohde (1836–1890)
- Wiebke Kathriena Rohde (1832–1914)
- Margaretha Rohwer (1878–1947)
- Edward Claus Rusch (1902–1965)
- Elsie Sophia Alvina Rusch (1902–1976)
- Harold Rusch (1905–1905)
- John Ferdinand Rusch (1876–1946)
- Lillian Emily Rusch (1906–1998)
- Walter John Rusch (1907–1989)
- Cecelia Ann Schwarz (1905–2004)
- JIm Shattuck
- Katie Shaw
- Wiebke Stuhr (1830–1910)
- Frank Vertrees
- Matthew Carl Vertrees
- John C "Jake" Walker
- Karry Walker
- Kenneth Walker
- Ryan Walker
Timeline
Key moments in the family’s journey west, drawn from the Ken Records history and family records.
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1627–1647
Arrival in America
The Records family immigrates to America (Virginia), likely Huguenots or Calvinists fleeing religious persecution in Europe. The name is an Americanized form of the original German name.
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1751
Phillip Records born
Phillip Records — the fifth generation in America but the first genealogically authenticated — is born. He slowly migrates west across Pennsylvania to Crawford County.
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1836
John Chambers Records heads west
At age 3, John Chambers (“Chame”) Records begins his journey west from Crawford County, PA. The family builds a river boat and floats the Ohio River by day, tying up at night, settling southeast of Columbus, Indiana.
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1861
On to Minnesota
With grown sons and their families, the Records move again to Vermillion County, Minnesota. Chame is mustered into the Civil War in August 1862.
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1901
Twenty-four came west
Old Chame Records and his four married sons ride the rail west out of Kirkhoven, Minnesota — twenty-four Records bound for the Walla Walla Valley, six-week-old Gladys the youngest on the ride.
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1902
Settling Freewater–Umapine
The family gives up fertile Vermillion County to settle in the Freewater–Vincent (Umapine) area of Oregon — adventurers who, like the pioneers before them, “came to see the Elephant.”
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~1980
Gladys Records Rominger’s genealogy
Before her death in 1980, Aunt Gladys Records Rominger publishes a lengthy Genealogy of the Records Family, the backbone of what we know.
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~1992
Ken Records writes it down
Ken Records, of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, writes down the family’s early settlement history — the document preserved on this page.
The Records Family — Ken Records’ history
“Their Early Settlement in the Freewater–Umapine Locality in 1902.” Furnished by Ken Records, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, written about 1992.
Download the full document (PDF)
“My family were Minnesota farmers (actually Pennsylvania Dutch), who picked up their families and personal belongings, their horses and cattle, gave up their long-held friendships… to settle here in the Freewater-Vincent (Umapine) area in 1902. Ninety years hence it is impossible to comprehend what motivated their migration to our ‘Valley’ other than to say they, like all the previous Pioneers, were adventurers — they came to see the Elephant.”
— Ken Records, ca. 1992
The full seven-page history traces the family from their arrival in America (Virginia, 1627–1647) through Phillip Records (b. 1751), John Chambers Records floating the Ohio River in 1836, and the family’s arrival in the Walla Walla Valley. Read it all in the PDF above.
Documents & photos
The family
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Susan “Susie” Pool (1877–1946) and Charles Winfred “Charlie” Records (1869–1937) — Max’s parents. Handwritten on the mount: “Susie & Charlie Records.” -
Charles Winfred Records (1869–1937), Max’s father, in 1925. The back of the print is annotated “C. W. Records 1925.” -
Gladys Emily Records Rominger (1902–1980), who compiled the Genealogy of the Records Family before her death — the backbone of what we know. -
Max Records with his young nephew, Roger Michael Records (1941–2019) — son of Max’s brother Roger Gilkey Records. -
Roger Gilkey Records (1910–1956), Max’s brother, in his high-school yearbook — “Entered from Umapine.”
Homesteads
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The residence of Charles Records — “Alfalfa Farm. Breeder of Percheron Horses.” From an early Freewater–Umapine county book. -
The residence of William Records — “Alfalfa, Stock, and Fruit Farm. Pure-Bred Holstein Cattle. Pure-Bred Hampshire Hogs. Breeder of Percheron Horses.”
Records Lane, Umapine
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The “Records Ln” sign on the old Umapine road. The green sign marks the crossroad — not the original Records Lane itself, which was the old family driveway. -
Records Lane and the Umapine farmland the family worked. -
AI compositeAn AI-generated composite blending the two photographs to show a more accurate angle of the lane. Not an original photograph. -
AI compositeA second AI-generated composite of the same scene. Not an original photograph.
Family grave sites
Resting places recorded for the family’s earlier generations.
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John Chambers Records (1832–1908)
Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, WA
Plot 69-4-1 · Memorial ID 100952430 -
Charles W. Records (1869–1937)
Milton-Freewater IOOF Cemetery, Milton-Freewater, OR
Plot N-2 · Memorial ID 131973061 -
Max Records (1905–1977)
Milton-Freewater IOOF Cemetery, Milton-Freewater, OR
Memorial ID 13496462 -
Vern F. Records (1944–2014)
Milton-Freewater IOOF Cemetery, Milton-Freewater, OR
Memorial ID 142975589 -
Lynn R. Records (1947–1991)
Milton-Freewater IOOF Cemetery, Milton-Freewater, OR
Plot N-2 · Memorial ID 131973148
In memoriam — Roger Michael Records
1941–2019 · son of Roger Gilkey Records and Ethel, nephew of Max — the little boy in the farmyard photo above.
Roger Michael Records, 77, of Kent Washington, had an appointment with his creator the morning of June 3, 2019, and he arrived right on time.
Roger was born Sept 7,1941 in Kennewick Washington to Roger and Ethel Records. He graduated from Kennewick High School in 1959. He attended Whitworth College in Spokane Wa, where he met his future wife, Carol. They both worked in the college dining hall, where Roger noticed the girl with the cute smile. He said he was never quite the same!
Roger finally summoned the courage to propose and they were married August 11, 1963 following his graduation from Whitworth with a BA in math. Later he received his MS in chemistry from Seattle University.
He taught high school for 20 years mostly in Federal Way. He won the Science Teacher of the Year award for the state of Washington, and Outstanding Chemistry Teacher from the American Chemical Society. He loved being a teacher.
To do his best for his family, Roger felt the necessity to make a career change and landed at the Boeing Company where he worked in computing and specialized in artificial intelligence. He was selected as an Associate Technical Fellow in recognition for his research in computing.
Roger's greatest interest was teaching the Bible. He received Christ as Savior and Lord following High School graduation and had a life long desire to be God's man and to serve him faithfully. He did just that, teaching Sunday School, participating in leadership at church and serving as a Teaching Leader in Bible Study Fellowship for 11 years.
After retirement, and much to his family's delight, he picked up a few hobbies. He was fascinated with marbles and erector sets and was an avid collector of both. He never met a banana cream pie that he didn't like.
He adored his wife to his very last day and was loved and admired by all who had the pleasure of knowing him. He was humble, gentle and kind. He will be missed.
Roger is survived by his wife of 55 years, Carol Records, his children Andrew and Laurie and son-in-law Bill McIntosh, his brother and sister-in-law George and Sandy, nephew Jeff & wife Belinda, brother-in law Darrel Eyestone, and more friends than can be counted.