I am searching for information on my Greatgrand parents, Martin BORCHARDT and Johannah Dorothea Wilhemina GILDEMEISTER from GREIFENBERG, GERMANY. They settles in ROME, JEFFERSON COUNTY, WI abt. 1865. Martin died 1883 and Johannah 1924. Johannah remarried to Carl Moots in 1886. Martin and Johannah had ten (10) children, two (2) of which died in Germany. The following children all born to them in WI: Charles BORCHARDT Amiela BORCHARDT Anne BORCHARDT Fredeckei BORCHARDT William BORCHARDT Herman BORCHARDT Augusta Johannah W. BORCHARDT, b. 1872, d. 1941, m. Marcus NICHOLS who d. 1924 Children of Augusta & Marcus were: Richard William NICHOLS, b. 1890 WI, d. 1914 MT, m. Florence WATERS Johannah Henrietta NICHOLS, b. 1894 WI, d. 1923 IL, m. Clarence ROSS Anna Lydia NICHOLS, b. 1896 WI, d. 1962 WI, m. Peter MENGSOL Marcus Charles NICHOLS, b. 1898 WI, d. 1945 WI Arthur Albert NICHOLS, b. 1899 WI, d. 1977 WI, m. Augusta KATZHER Clara Hilda NICHOLS, b. 1902 WI, d. 1996 CA, m. Arthur A. PYLE (my parents) John Alvan NICHOLS, b. 1905 WI, d. 1981 CA, m. Dorthy UNKNOWN Fred NICHOLS, b. 1907 WI, d. 1970 CA Henry Lyle NICHOLS, b. 1910 WI Harold Harvey NICHOLS, b. 1914 WI, d. 1944 ENGLAND (never married) Norman Herman NICHOLS, b. 1913 WI, d. 1999 WI (never married) Earl NICHOLS, b. 1916 WI, d. 1978 CA Any information on any of the BORCHARDTS or NICHOLS would be greatly appreciated. Joyce Ross - e-mail: Chaddaross:aol.com