Thanks Larry, Conrad Biesterfeld (1814-1893) had 3 marriages? correct? The first wife is unknown, child is Conrad Biesterfeld (1840-1926); 2nd wife Mary Hattendorf (1819-1872) married 1850, 2 known children Heinrich (1851-1906) and Wilhelm (1853-1938); 3rd wife is Catharina Maria Sophia Hinze(1815-1890) married 1873. Do you find a pre 1850 burial of his first wife? So Conrad Biesterfeld (1840-1926) also had 3 wives? Sophia Hagen, Charlotte Schuette, and Charlotte Vette. Do you find Sophia Hagen Biesterfeld burial prior to 1862? FYI Catharina Maria Sophia Hinze was born 21 APR 1815 at Algesdorf #5 the daughter of Cord Heinrich Hinze and Ilsa Maria Soehle. She came to America in 1847 with her first husband Heinrich Conrad Christian Hasemann born 05 DEC 1810 at Beckedorf #31, Germany son of Conrad Christian Hasemann and Christine Eleonore Halfeld. They had 4 children: Johann Heinrich Conrad Hasemann (*20 SEP 1838); Heinrich Christian HENRY Hasemann (14 FEB 1841 - 1923 buried at St. John Lutheran Cemetery Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL married Catharina Maria Blume); Engel Maria Sophia Hasemann (*10 SEP 1844 - immigrated); and Ludwig August Gottlieb Hasemann (*29 NOV 1852 baptised at St. John Roselle, IL). Catharina Maria Sophia Hinze had two sisters who immigrated. Ilsa Maria Charlotte Hinze born 19 NOV 1804 in Algesdorf, widow of Johann Friedrich Meyer of Beckedorf. She came to America in 1856 with her 2 daughters Engel Maria Sophia Meyer born 09 JUL 1838, Engel Maria Sophia Dorothea Meyer born 08 JAN 1841 and a son Heinrich Conrad Meyer born 27 AUG 1843. I don't know where they ended up. Anna Sophia Hinze born 11 JUL 1807 at Algesdorf #5 married 29 JAN 1837 at Beckedorf, Germany to Hans Heinrich Christoph Gummer (20 FEB 1815 Beckedorf #24- 26 NOV 1890 Roselle, IL). This couple immigrated in 1848. Children: Engel Maria Sophia Gummer born 17 MAY 1839; Friedrich Wilhelm Gummer born 18 JAN 1844; Engel Dorothea Friederike Gummer 02 OCT 1846-1870(wife of Carl LOUIS Beisner); Friedrich Christoph Gummer born 20 APR 1851 Roselle, IL. I would appreciate any further information on these families. Thanks. Karen Rowe