Dear List, I am researching the surnames SCHIED/SCHY and GEHRKE and would like to hear from anyone connected to the families. Jacob SCHIED and Wilhelmine Albertine Caroline GEHRKE were married: 1 June 1873 in Ipswich, Queensland. Wilhelmine's parents were Carl August Friedrich GEHRKE and Auguste Henriette PETERS Their children were 1.Frank Lucas SCHY Born: 1874 Ipswich. Married: Jane HUNT 23 March 1894 in Brisbane, Queensland. *2nd Wife: Leah Ann THOMAS Married: 1907 John Charles SCHY Born: 1876 Married: Caroline ROSSITER 18 June 1902 Harry John SCHY Born:1878 Married: Emily Ethel CHAPPELL 18 October 1899 Annie Emilie SCHY Born:1880 Married: William HAMILTON 31 October 1900 Elizabeth Kathleen SCHY Born: 1882 Married: Clarence Stanley Exeter DART 29 June 1910 Hannah Esther SCHY Born: 1884 Charles Chillingworth SCHY Born: 1886 Jacob married a second time to Susan COOKE in 1890 and they had two more children. Mary Jane SCHY Born: 1891 Married: Thomas DAVIS 19 December 1912 Joseph Jacob Albert SCHY Born: 1895 Married: Mary Ellen JASPER 30 May 1917 in Queensland. 2nd Wife: Florence Mabel SETCH Regards Jane Schy