Kies Family Line

Earliest Y-Chromosome ancestor (paternal clan)

• Carol "Casey" Kies - Jesup, IA
• Nicholas Kies - Kehlen, Luxemburg, b. 1807 and his son, Peter, b. 1842, to Iowa in 1857 via Sheboygan, WI
• Petrus Kies - Kehlen, LUX - b. 1768
• Peter Kies - Luxemburg - b. c. 1710
• Johann Jacob Kiess - Pleiningen to Schegen vs Remich, LUX d. 1762 -
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen,_Luxembourg (Schengen is the far SE corner of LUX where France, Germany, and LUX meet)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remich (Remich is a few miles north of Schengen, both on the west bank of the Moselle River)
    • In 1687 the Remich' town fortifications were demolished by the army of Louis XIV.
• Georg Kiess - Moehringen, Neckerkreis/Biberach, Wurttemberg, b. 1633 - there is a Moehringen in Unlingen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlingen which is along the Danube River in the northwest part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biberach_(district) just a few miles from Riedlingen
• Conrad Kiess - Moehringen, Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, b. 1601 - one of the parts of Stuttgart is also called Moehringen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart-M%C3%B6hringen (district just to the west of Pleiningen)
• Johannes Kies - Pleiningen, Stuttgart, Wurttemberg - m. 1600, d. 1628 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plieningen
• Konrad Kiess - Moehringen, Neckerkreis, Wurttemberg, b. 1556 - ? https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Neckarkreis vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
• Hans Kiess B: c. 1530 Moehringen (?), Riedlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, D: 1592 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riedlingen village on the Danube River
  • In 1525, 2,000 farmers gathered in Unlingen as it became one of the starting points of the German Peasants' War.

Wurttemberg-Luxembourg Map - https://goo.gl/maps/Ahn9BifHAaFfXThG6

• Riedlingen/Unlingen to Pleiningen/Moehringen/Stuttgart = 1 1/2 hr drive, ~85 km, 52 mi
• Pleiningen/Moehringen/Stuttgart to Remich/Schengen, LUX = 3 1/4 hr drive, ~285 km, 177 mi
• Remich/Schengen to Kehlen, LUX = 35 min drive, ~50 km, 30 mi

Germany

• Baden-Wurttemberg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg (modern state)
• Wurttemberg (Swabia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrttemberg (old territory, includes Biberach and Stuttgart)
• Duchy of Wurttemberg (1485-~1806) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg
• Map of Roman Limes - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Limes2.png
  • Riedlingen area would be between Mengen and Emerkingen on the Roman line along the Danube east of Tutlingen
  • Pleiningen/Moehringen/Stuttgart is around Esslingen/Grinario (Koengen) - north of Tutlingen, east of Baded-Baden, east-southeast of Pforszeim along the Neckar River

Rivers

• Moselle River goes by Schengen and Remich Luxembourg, a "left-bank" tributary of the Rhine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moselle
• Neckar River goes through Stuttgart, a "right-bank" tributary of the Rhine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neckar
• Danube River passes Riedlingen and Unlingen, Biberach - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube

So 1530-c. 1700 in Wurttemberg, Bavaria (at least 270 yrs). Then c. 1700-1857 in Luxembourg (about 150 yrs). Then 1857-present in Iowa/Wisconsin (over 150 yrs).