You are like a Christmas present that we are not allowed to open till AFTER Christmas. I too, am researching the names SKOV/SCOW/SKOW/etc. AND JORGENSEN/JOHNSON in Jackson Co. but have put all of my research away and promised everyone no gene. till after the last child leaves for home. the time frames fit but mine were in Sabula. oh I can't wait to go digging after Christmas. and I don't mean in the snow!!! Have a very merry Christmas Esther Tripp ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 9:45 AM Subject: [IAJACKSO] SKAU in Magnoketa (Maguoketa, Jackson county?) > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: SKAU, SCHOU, SKOV, WIBORG, VIBORG, MIKKELSEN, JØRGENSEN > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/1237 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for Jørgen (Jorgen, Joergen) Nissen SKAU, born 18. jan. 1804 in Bjerning, Haderslev, Denmark, married 11. aug. 1827 to Anne Dorthea Jensdatter WIBORG (VIBORG) born 27. aug. 1809 In Tyrstrup, Denmark (d.: 24. apr. 1859). They had 14 children (1828 - 1850). His father was Nis LAUESEN and his mother Catharina Marie CHRISTENSDATTER. Her father was Jens Hansen WIBORG (VIBORG) and her mother Maren Erichsdatter JØRGENSEN. > His second wife was Kirsten MIKKELSEN (b. ? in Jægerup (?), Denmark, d.: after 1872 in USA) and they got 7 children, the first 4 born in Denmark, the rest in America. They immigrated to America before 1872. I have a letter dated 5. march 1872 to his daughter (my grand grand mother). The letter is written in a town called Magnoketa. I think it is Maqoketa in Jackson County in Iowa. They bought a house in Magnoketa (1871?) for 800 $ and they had 6 lodgers (Kirstens father: Jørgen MIKKELSEN from Jægerup (Jaegerup), Denmark). > There might be different spellings of SKAU, like Skov, Schou, Schau, Schouw. It means forest, The family name SKAU relates to the southern part of Jutland, near the border to Germany, and sometimes part of Germany. > I would like to correspond with anyone interested in exchanging information about this family. > > Sven SKAU > > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > For a complete listing of Internet genealogy mailing lists, check: > http://users.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html > >