For the roll call...my WEBSTER Co., folks are... F.(Friedrich? assumed) JUSTUS GUENTHER (Dec 03, 1833, Prussia - Feb 18, 1879, Ft Dodge IA.), m: Wilhelmine Henriette WEISS (Jan 5, 1838 Goldlauter, Suhl, Germany - Feb 4, 1917 Orange, CA) children: ***NOTE --first line shows name as it appears on St. Paul Lutheran Church (Ft. Dodge) records, second line as other sources listed them. (My line is marked with an *) * i. FRIEDRICH DANIEL LOUIS GUENTHER LOUIS DANIEL GUNTHER b: Jul 23, 1858, Chicago, IL m: Adolphina F. AMLING ii. Laura GUNTHER b: Mar 26, 1863 m: Frederick W. GRUMM iii. Ernestine Helene Louise GUENTHER Ernestina GUNTHER b: Apr 3, 1865 m: CRAEMER iv. Anna Wilhelmine Ferdinandina GUENTHER Anna GUNTHER b: Nov 14, 1871 m: TROEST v. Luise Emilie Katharina GUENTHER Louise GUNTHER b: Apr 12, 1874 m: DITTMAR vi. Clara Henriette Ottilie GUENTHER Clara Ottilie Henriette GUENTHER Clara GUNTHER b: Feb 26, 1878 m: LOESCHER vii. 4 other children (don’t know names) that died before 1896 GENERATION 2 LOUIS DANIEL GUNTHER Jul 23, 1858, Chicago, IL - Apr 7, 1934, Orange, CA Director of the Lutheran Children's Home, Ft Dodge IA (c1884-1904), m: Adolphine F. AMLING Apr 3, 1884, Maywood IL May 24, 1859, Maywood, Cook Co., IL - May 31, 1937, Orange, CA children i. Clara Henriette Ernestine GUENTHER Clara Henrietta GUNTHER Mar 22, 1885, Ft. Dodge - Apr 8, 1973, Orange CA m: Ernst J. BANDICK * ii. LOUIS GOTTFRIED JUSTUS GUENTHER LOUIS GODFREY GUNTHER Jul 21, 1886, Fort Dodge - Sep 21, 1973 Orange, CA m: Rose Katherine BRATTMILLER, iii. Oscar Ernst Albert GUENTHER Oscar E. GUNTHER Jan 4, 1889, Ft. Dodge - Jun 27, 1945, Orange, CA m: Dora Clara STRUCK iv. Emma Ottilie Clara GUENTHER Emma Ottelia GUNTHER Aug 8, 1892, Ft. Dodge - Feb 5, 1977, Anaheim, CA m: never married v. Elmer R. GUNTHER (adopted) R. Elmer GUNTHER May 30, 1901, Ft. Dodge - Nov 18, 1962, Orange, CA m: Agnes M. WELGE If any of these sound familiar, I would love info. ESPECIALLY any newspaper obits for FJ GUENTHER and births of children. I DO have copies of church records. Gary Speck GTUSA@aol.com