This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rsvpr Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.crecelius/51.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Cousin Jacob! Delighted to hear from you! The Jacob Crecelius who married Christena Lewis is NOT your direct ancestor. That one is a distant uncle of ours. YOUR Jacob Lewis Crecelius (1858-1934) was a son of George Crecelius & Elizabeth Keller (my great-grandparents). I believe Jacob was named after two uncles: Elizabeth's brother, Rev. Jacob Keller, and Jacob Louis Bottles, husband of Elizabeth's sister, Eliza Keller. Both of the older Jacobs served in the Civil War (on the Union side). Do you have access to my 1970 book, OUR COULTER CLAN & ALLIED FAMILIES? I know your great-grandmother Alcinda had a copy. I enjoyed corresponding with her in the 1970s. Your mother is listed on page 166. Page 147 shows an 1895 photo of your Jacob Lewis Crecelius, his wife Laura, and their first three children: Roy, Gertie, and Hiram the baby. Photos of Jake's father George are on pages 146 (with his bachelor brother Adam Crecelius, a Civil War veteran), page 147 (four generations of which he's the eldest), and 148 (the long-widowed George with five of his children: Will, Al, and Charles, Etta, and May). The Crecelius plot marker in Conrad Cemetery, Conrad, Iowa, is shown on page 148. A long 1970 letter from your great-grandmother Alcinda is on pages 165-166. In 2001, I updated the descendants of George & Elizabeth Keller Crecelius, but your grandfather Wally never answered my letters asking for an update of his branch. So whatever you can tell me about you and your siblings would be much appreciated. Your great-grandfather Hiram had a bachelor older brother, Roy Elsworth Crecelius (1891-1971); so being unmarried runs in the family (reference Uncle Adam Crecelius above)! Hiram's sister Gertie Crecelius never married either. Nor did Hiram's nephew, John Walter Whitlow. I've just listed your great-great-grandfather Jacob Lewis Crecelius on findagrave.com: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47251911 I do not know which of the cemeteries in Miller, SD, he rests in; so please let me know if I chose the wrong one! Thanks! >From Jacob's listing, you can click on links to his siblings, their parents and grandparents, etc. Maybe you would like to list your grandfather Wally on findagrave? It's free and easy. Send me your questions, and I will try to help. steven coulter 1058-56th st des moines, IA 50311-2246 515-255-1903 RSVPR@aol.com P.S. My home computer died last year and I haven't replaced it. I try to visit the public library to check my emails. But I also work 10-hour shifts on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so it will probably be Tuesday before I can get to a computer again to reply. Take care, and tell me about yourself! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.