This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hulsebus, Poetker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/3.1 Message Board Post: Johann (John) Rudolf Hulsebus was born in Leer, Ostfriestland, Germany Feb.4, 1841. His wife, Caroline Maria Poetker, was born Oct.29, 1849 in Iowa. They had Peter, William, Etta, Deddelina, and Bernard. Johann's parents were Peter Hulsebus and Ettje Budde. Caroline's parents were William and Elizabeth (Eliza) Poetker. John's brother, Enno Hulsebus and Caroline's sister, Maria Poetker, married and were my great-great-grandparents. I've got loads of information on this family from a Hulsebus family history printed by another relative quite a few years ago.