Searching for: Andrew Eckert b. April 12, 1874 in Danzig, Russia, m. January 21, 1898 somewhere in U.S.A. to Katherine Bertsch b. February 15, 1877 in ?, Russia. Andrew immigrated into U.S.A. at age 11 (between Apr. 13, 1885 & Apr. 11, 1886) with a brother & the Paul PUDWILL family. The Pudwills were a family of 13 & left behind brothers & sisters. Due to an occurrence of Small Pox detected with one (or more) of the passengers on the ship, they were detained in quarantine for 2 weeks upon arrival at Ellis Island, NY (?). Andrew lived with the Pudwill family until Jan. 21, 1898, & was considered one of their own. Andrew & Katherine started out on a homestead near Ashley, ND. Searching for: Jakob Moser b. May 24, 1773 in Altweilen, Nassau, Hungary, m. ? date in ? place to Christina Seeffren, b. October 01, 1774 in Kroffelbach, Pfalz, Germany. Their children: Jakob Moser, b. September 10, 1795 in Altweilen, Nassau, Hungary, d. 1878 in Freudental, Odessa, Ukrane, South Russia, m. ? date in ? place to Gertrude Zechmeister, b. ? date in ? place, d. ? date in ? place; Johann Justinus Moser, b. 1798 in Altweilen, Nassau, Hungary, d. ? date in ? place, m. ? date in ? place to Margsbeth Simon, b. ? date in ? place, d. ? date in ? place; Christian Moser, b. 1799 in Altweilen, Nassau, Hungary, d. February 1883 in Freudental, Odessa, Ukrane, South Russia, m. ? date in ? place to Sophia Hemmrich, b. ? date in ? place, d. ? date in ? place; Christina Moser, b. February 22, 1801 in Altweilen, Nassau, Hungary, d. February 1883 in Freudental, Russia, m. ? date in ? place to Johannes Krauss b. ? date in ? place, d. ? date in ? place; Johann Phillip Moser, Sr., b. 1804 in Altweilen, Nassau, Hungary, d. 1853 in Freudental, Odessa, Ukrane, South Russia m. ? date in ? place to Catharina Elizabeth Walter, b. March 28, 1809 in Freudental, Russia, d. July 14, 1848 in Freudental, Russia; Ludwig Moser b. June 30, 1805 in Altweilen, Nassau, Hungary, d. August 30, 1874 in Freudental, Odessa, Ukrane, South Russia, m. ? date in ? place to Regina Schutz, b. ? date in ? place, d. ? date in ? place. Johann Phillip Moser, Sr. & Catharina Elizabeth Walter had these children: Elisabeth Margaretha Moser, b. 1834 in Hoffnungstal, South Russia, d. ? date in ? place, m. September 19, 1852 in ? place to Phillip Heinrich Hemmerich, b. ? date in ? place, d. ? date in ? place; Christina Elisabeth Moser b. October 15, 1834 in ? place, d. ? date in ? place, m. ?; Catharina Margaritha Moser, b. February 28, 1837 in ? place, d. 1843 in Freudental, Russia, m. ?; Carl Friedrich Moser b. October 09, 1838 in ? place, d. 1841 in ? place, m. ?; Heinrich Christian Moser b. February 12, 1841 in Freudental, Russia, d. ? date in ? place, m. ?; Johann Jacob Moser, b. February 18, 1845 in ? place, d. ? date in ? place, m. ?; Johann Phillip Moser, Jr., b. September 03, 1847 in Seebach, Fruedental, Russia, d. January 20, 1932 in Pettibone, Kidder Co., ND U.S.A., m. May 25, 1870 in ? place to Christine Christman, b. April 07, 1853 in Freudental, Russia, d. May 07, 1936 in ND U.S.A. Johann Phillip Moser, Jr. & Christine Christman are buried in a German Lutheran Church cemetery 8 mi. N. of Pettibone, ND U.S.A., had 17 children & are the Great Grandparents of my wife, Mary Jean (Eckert) Caldwell. Any assistance offered to learning more about any of these relatives will be much appreciated. I'm definitely no expert at genealogy. :-) Dave drcaldwell@cablerocket.com