Herman Henry Berndsen married Mary Winter April 30, 1878 in Damiansville, Clinton, IL. Herman was the father of Joseph, the father of Leora Petronilla Berndsen Becker. Herman Henry was the son of Herman Hendrik Berndsen of Melstrup, Ambt Aschendorf, Kon. Hannover and Maria Catherine Schüermann of Rutenbrok,Ambt Meppen, Kon. Hannover. Herman Hendrik was the brother of my husband's great great grandfather Lambert Heinrich Bernsen, (Berendsen) of Aschendorf, Niedersachsen, GER and Anna Margaret Bernsen of Aschendorf, wife of Albert Haar of Damiansville. Lambert's son Franz moved to Texas and Herman's son Frank Berndsen moved to Piqua County KS. Their family has a reunion every July in Wichita and we have joined them on several occasions. Anna Margaret Haar had one son, Bernard John Haar of Damiansville. She had another son, Francis Henry Lennerk, by a first marriage in Holland. Francis is listed in the 1850 census in Clinton County. The family apparently love the names of Frank and Henry.