Surnames: EILERS HILMES KAHRHOFF DUING KONEN/KOPNEN JANSEN FRERKER Submitter: Tracy Lewis ([email protected]) Date: 12 May 2003 Following the family of Bernard Lawrence EILERS and hoping to hear from fellow researchers. Bernard Lawrence Eilers b. 1810 Lengerich, Hannover, died 1847 - 1849 either in St. Louis, MO or Clinton Co., IL. Married circa 1840 Anna Maria HILMES (1808 - before 1880)probably in Lengerich. Family emigrates circa 1847. Widow Anna Maria nee Hilmes marries Bernard Henry WALLER on 2 April 1849 at St. Boniface in Germantown. Children of Bernard and Anna: Anna Mary b. circa 1840 m. Gerhard KAHRHOFF John b. circa 1842,unknown after 1870 Christina b. Dec. 1843 m. Johann Gerhard DUING Frank (Franz Joseph) b. 3 March 1847, St. Louis m. Anna Adelheid KONEN/KOPNEN I have additional information on the families of the above children, hoping to make further connections.