This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YEG.2ACIB/222.1 Message Board Post: Hi, This is my husbands line. My husbands grandfather was Herman Brinker, the brother of Fred.They of course moved to Peoria ,Illinois. The father of Fred is Frederick or Fredrick Christian Brinker. He lived with Herman until he died in Forrest, Il. How are you connected? Lollie