Johan Jacob Gillig born 12 Oct 1840 in Russia; mar (2) Margaret Eliza Linker b 16 Feb 1853 in Russia; mar 25 Dec 1875 in Russia. Immigrated to US in 1886 or 1887 with five of their children. May have lived in Chicago for a time before moving to Kansas. They lived in either Grime or Friedenfeld allegedly near Saratov. Any ideas about discovering their parents and where the family originally came from in Germany? Darnell Dingle -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1416 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

I am assuming that Johann Jacob Gillig born 12 Oct 1840 is the son of Heinrich Philipp Gillig because Johann Jacob, age 9, is listed in the 1850 census of Grimm as a grandchild of an unnamed son. Heinrich Philipp is listed in the 1834 census of Grimm as a son of Johann Peter Gillig born c1782 in Grimm but he is not found in the 1850 census. Johann Peter had three sons; the other two are still living in the 1850/57 census with their families. It is logical to assume that Heinrich Philipp died before 1850. Perhaps someone else has another theory. Johann Jacob Gillig is my second cousin 3x removed, so I am interested in this family. Dona On 2/3/2011 8:26 PM, Darnell Dingle wrote: > Johan Jacob Gillig born 12 Oct 1840 in Russia; mar (2) Margaret Eliza Linker b 16 Feb 1853 in Russia; mar 25 Dec 1875 in Russia. Immigrated to US in 1886 or 1887 with five of their children. May have lived in Chicago for a time before moving to Kansas. They lived in either Grime or Friedenfeld allegedly near Saratov. > Any ideas about discovering their parents and where the family originally came from in Germany? > Darnell Dingle >