KELLY; My dad grew up with some Dundee Haverkamps. I'll be getting some info on them and Otto Melahn for Chris (are you still out there Chris?). Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: Kelly Haverkampf <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Dundee Prussians > Chris, > > Dundee was (and still is to the best of my knowledge) heavily German - > Prussian, Neidersachsen and Bavarian. Many of the original settlers' names > were still big names in town when I left in 1970. Names include Bruhn, > Albrecht, Haertel, Holtz, Mueller or Miller, Nehls, Lemke, Schmidt, > etc. My g-g-grandfather Heinrich "Henry" Haverkampf was one of the > original village incorporators/trustees from what I can gather from the > Dundee history books. He emigrated from Stade, Hannover in 1864. Family > stories say there was a big division between the German Lutherans and > Methodists in the late 1800s - early 1900s, hence East Dundee and West > Dundee. (There were also a lot of Scots) A walk through the two major > cemeteries, East and West, seems to support this. Incidentally, my family > tree includes a Mehlan by marriage, as well as well as Wachser and > Witt (shirttails). > > At 03:17 PM 6/3/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Mary, > >Just curious: were Carl et al. from Pommern/Western Prussia? I ask because I > >have been researching several families in Dundee and Carpentersville, and it > >sure seems like it must have been a collection point for folks from Western > >Prussia. Many seemed to come from the Stralsund District. > > > >Anyone able to comment on my observation? I don't live in the area, and > >actually have never been able to travel there. During 1890-1920 or so were > >the Dundee and Carpentersville communities notably of German background? Or > >is that my imagination based on census records of those living near my > >relatives? > > > >Chris > > > >Researching: MELAHN, RAKOW, BARTELS, WASHER, SUND, WITT, DOSS, GRUEL >