This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NISSEN, JOHANNSEN, WILCOX, WILLCOX, GLENN, WIER, HUFF Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Qk.2ADI/2078 Message Board Post: Interested in exchanging information on the following Clinton area families: 1. Jens JOHANNSEN was born on 6 May 1855 in Germany. He died on 30 Oct 1929 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois. Jens immigrated on 20 May 1887 to New York, New York?. He was naturalized on 28 Oct 1892 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. He was counted in a census in 1900 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa. Jens married Catherine NISSEN daughter of R NISSEN and Ida Marie in Jun 1879. Catherine was born on 13 Oct 1855 in Germany. She died on 22 Jun 1929. She was buried in Sterling, Illinois. They had the following children: 2 M i. Rudolph JOHANNSEN . + 3 F ii. Edith M JOHANNSEN was born on 9 Oct 1881. She died on 23 Jan 1951. + 4 F iii. Marie Sophia JOHANNSEN was born on 26 Oct 1883. She died on 25 Nov 1966. She was counted in a census in 1900 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa USA. Marie married (1) Ora Glenn WILLCOX son of Wellington Ross WILLCOX and Elizabeth Irene GLENN on 2 Jan 1904 in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa USA. Ora was born on 30 Mar 1882 in Salem, Richardson, Nebraska USA. He died on 6 May 1953 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa. He was buried on 8 May 1953 in Elmwood Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa. + 5 F iv. Sophia JOHANNSEN was born on 26 May 1885/1886. She died in 1926. + 6 M v. Nicholas August JOHANNSEN was born on 22 Mar 1890. He died on 16 Dec 1964. 7 M vi. Fred JOHANNSEN was born on 28 Feb 1894 in Clinton, Iowa. He died on 12 Sep 1944 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He was buried on 15 Sep 1944 in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois. 8 M vii. Jens JOHANNSEN was born in Jan 1897 in Clinton, Iowa. He died on 19 Jul 1978 in Clinton, Iowa. He was buried on 20 Jul 1978 in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois USA. publication unknown, Obituary of Jens Johannsen, "JENS JOHANNSEN SERVICES HELD Private funeral sevices were held Thursday for Jens Johannsen, 81, who died Wednesday morning at Mercy Hospital, Clinton. Rev. Harley Stauffer, pastor of the West Sterling Mennonite Church officiated and burial was in Riverside Cemetery. He was born Han. 30, 1897 in Clinton, Iowa the son of Jens and Catherine Nissen Johannsen. He resided in Sterling many years. Survivors include several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Melvin-Schilling Funeral Home.". Any information on the above, appreciated.