Johann Podoll (1820-1899) was the son of Christian Friedrich Podoll and Johanna Louise Melling of Radwonke, Co. Kolmar, Grand Duchy of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia. He married Anna Caroline Podoll, the daughter of Mathias Podoll and Ewe Rosine Birkholz, at Samoczyn, Co. Kolmar, Province Posen (status changed after 1836) in 1844. They spent 21 years of married life at Radwonke, where he farmed hereditary land. They emigrated to the USA in 1865, landing at the Port of New York. After their arrival, they settled on 80 acres of land in Mecan Twp., Marquette Co., Wisconsin. They also held land in Green Lake and Adams Counties. They were the parents of twelve children. Includes several generations of ancestors and descendants of this and other Podoll families in USA and Europe.