----- Original Message ----- From: <mona_houser@juno.com> To: <ILFORD-L-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: WOLLE - RIECKMANN -- Kankakee Co., IL > Hi, > > In 1867 my ggrandparents, Heinrich Christoph RIECKMANN and his wife > Elisabeth nee WOLLE emigrated from Hanover to the US and settled in > Kankakee Co., near Grant's Park. According to emigration records in > Germany, there were several other WOLLEs who emigrated also, Johann > Heinrich, Wilhelm Heinrich, and Heinrich, in 1865 and in 1867. They > were all destined for the Chicago area, which I assume could have > extended as far as Kankakee Co. > > They were Lutherans. > > Later, in the 1880s, the Rieckmanns bought land in Nebraska and then > homesteaded some additional land. > > Does anyone else have connections to these names? > > Mona > Mona_Houser@juno.com >