My gr-gr-grandfather's sister, Anna Maria "Emma" Schmitz married Peter Busch, probably in Lorain County, Ohio about 1870. I think Peter must have been born about 1848, somewhere in Prussia. And I think his father was John Busch who appears in the 1870 and 1880 census living in Russia Township, Lorain County, Ohio, living with his son-in-law and daughter, Michael and Emma Emmerich. Does anyone know more about this family? Where did they come from in Prussia? Schmitzes came from Illerich and probably also from Landkern. There is a younger John "Bush" (age 24) living in Amherst Township, Lorain County in 1870. Judging from the census record, he and his wife Catherine were married in Prussia before they came to America and must have come about 1866. There is also a Nicholas Smith, age 18 and born in Ohio, in the household. I'm trying to figure out how and if this Nicholas is related to my Schmitz family. Thanks for any insight or suggestions, Jeanne