Hello Frank, In my cousin's Kunkel database, there is one Katharine SCHOBORG b May 1865, in Germany; she married Christopher Kunkel (b Marshall Co IA 1863-d Marshall Co IA 1931). They married in Nobles Co MN. We have no parents for Katharine, but Christopher's parents were Killian KUNKEL b 1831 in Rothenbach, Hesse GER d 1901 Marshall Co IA & Elizabeth EHMER b 1831 Bavaria d 1907 Marshall Co IA. They married in Miami Co IN. Just thought it might help to know a different spelling of a similar name. janet THE KUNKEL KUNKLE CONKLE GUNKEL 'SPINDLE' NEWSLETTER PO BOX 4001, COVINA CA 91723-0401 Monday, March 1, 2004, 8:25:16 AM, you wrote: FJ> My g.g.grandfather was Henry S.(?) Shober, b. abt.1810 in FJ> Hesse Darmstadt; his wife, Elizabeth (maiden name unknown), b. FJ> abt. 1826 in Hesse Kassel (sp?). FJ> They immigrated (year unk) to the Lake County area of FJ> Illinois where they had at least 8 children, one of whom was my FJ> g.grandfather, Frank Shober, b. abt. 1856 in Illinois. FJ> Does anyone have any information about the Shober family from FJ> Hesse? Any help is appreciated - Thank You! FJ> Frank Johnson -- Best regards, Janet mailto:kunkel@futurepkg.com

Just for future reference: There is no Sh or sh in German. Everything which is spelled like that in English is in fact Sch or sch. So the family name here would be "Schober". Heinz