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