Carol, I can't seem to connect any of my Thies information to what you provided. Here is some miscellaneous Thies family information in Bremer Co., IA. (If you or list need sources, let me know). Karen Rowe Friedrich WILHELM Thies born 27 SEP 1868 where? parents?; died 18 OCT 1927 buried at St. Paul Lutheran, Readlyn, Bremer Co., IA; married 1896 to Wilhelmine Charlotte MARIA Engelking (1872-1947) daughter of John Engelking and Wilhelmine Katz. Heinrich HENRY Thies born 30 MAR 1817 where? parents? died 09 APR 1900 buried at St. Paul Cemetery, Leroy Twp., Bremer Co., IA married Helena Applehoff. Children: Maria Thies born about 1849, Friedrich FRED Thies born 05 NOV 1850 Germany, died 02 FEB 1936 buried at St. Peter UCC Cemetery, Tripoli, Bremer Co., IA married Wilhelmine (SURNAME Hax?) (1848-1930). Friedrich Thies born 29 SEP 1818 Lippe-Detmold; died 24 SEP 1873 buried at Warren Ev. Cemetery, Waverly, IA; married Elisabeth R. Schild (05 MAY 1830 - 05 MAY 1873). Children: Heinrich HENRY A. Thies born 09 FEB 1855, Edward J. Thies born 08 APR 1864 (Belle Plain, Benton Co., IA). Hermann Thies born 1866 Germany (1871 immigration) died 1948 buried St. Paul Lutheran, Readlyn, IA; married 1903 Sophia Richmann. Wilhelm Thies 1854-1872 buried at St. Paul Artesian Cemetery, Warren, Bremer Co., IA married Caroline Christine Hoppenworth. -------------------- Other Maria Sophia Thies from Germany died MAR 1871; married 22 JUN 1856 at Coopers Grove, Cook Co., IL to Johann Heinrich Munstermann 10 NOV 1827-14 DEC 1872 (children settled at Iroquois Co., IL). Wilhelm Thies born 1834 at Steimbke, Germany married 30 MAY 1856 at First St. Paul Lutheran, Chicago to Elisabetha Appelhof (born 24 FEB 1835). Caroline Thies, wife of Hermann Hue had 3 children: Friedrich Carl Ludwig Louis C. Hue born 07 MAY 1877, Agnes Hue born 07 OCT 1880, Caroline Margaretha Hue born 18 DEC 1886 (all born at Bremer or Black Hawk Co., IA). Charter Members, *LONG GROVE (1866), Cross Congregation, Yorkville, Kendall Co., IL* */Lutheran Trail: A History of the Synodical Conference Lutheran Churches in Northern Illinois/ by Louis J. Schwartzkopf, published in 1950 by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO.* Ahrens, Ernest Ahrens, Henry Behrens, Friedrich Duhse, Fred Freise, William Hage, August Hage, Friedrich Hotop, Henry Kollmann, Christ. Kollmann, William Siebert, Charles Thanepohn, William Wilkening, August Wilkening, Henry Wollenweber, William *Schaumburg Cook Co., IL 1928 Register of Electors First Election District lists a Gertrude Pinne of Itasca.*