This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1063 Message Board Post: Looking for, my G-Grandmother, Etta's father. Etta's mother, Rachel Marie Mehlen, called Mary, immigrated from Bergen, Norway to Chicago, Cook Co., IL around 1850 at the age of 16. She worked as a servant girl. She married a Johnson and had one child, Etta/Ettie on Oct. 2, 1861. By the 1860 census Mary was without her husband and pregnant with Etta. She moved to Winona, Winona Co., MN and remarried to a August F. Giese in 1863. August adopted Etta and he and Mary went on to have a son, William. Because of the Chicago fire I can find no official records, i.e. Census, Marriage or Birth. So, I'm looking for any and all info pertaining to this Johnson. His full name and vitals. His line. Did he die during their short time together? If he died, was it an accident, illness, old age? Or did they divorce? Did he have another wife/wives and children? I'm counting on someone wanting to know what happened to cousin Etta. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Info or leads to info. :-) Thanks, Liz