Good Morning all, I took the weekend off and what a surprise I got this morning when I got my mail.... Like a Macoupin County Reunion <G>. And I don' like to be left out, so here we go. My BEIER/BEYER family started in Staunton with the arrival of my great grandfather, Herman BEIER in 1892 from Saxony, Germany (the son of Gustav Beier and Carolini W. Schmidt). In 1883, little Martha Rosa REINHOLD came to Staunton with her parents, Fredrich Wilhelm REINHOLD and Therese HAMANN, also from Saxony, Germany. They were also the parents of Emil, Hedwig (Hattie), Selma, and 3 names unknown born in Germany, and not known if these 3 came to the US. Hermann BEIER married Martha Rosa REINHOLD in 1894 and they were the parents of Kurt, Dorothy, Emil, Frieda, Alma, Herman, Walter, and Curt, most of whom stayed in the Staunton area. On the other tree branch, we have great grandpa Arnold FREY and his wife, Lena (Evelyn) BERNARD who moved to Macoupin County from Laurel County, Kentucky ca 1910, first living in Girard and then moving to Staunton. Several other siblings of Arnold's siblings moved to Macoupin County, including brother Alfred and his wife Maria SCHOTT who, along with 2 of their 4 children, were killed in 1925 when their automobile was hit by a train. Arnold and Lena were the parents of Bertha Marie (M. Samuel Robertson, died at very young age), Marshall ( m. Eugenie Theory, lived in Staunton), Henry (m. - one of my favorite people in the whole world - Jessie Campbell and lived in Staunton) and Carl ( m. 1. Nellie Unknown and 2. Dorothy Campbell and lived in Staunton, Boone County, Illinois and Vandalia, Illinois). Several of Lena BERNARD's siblings and mother ended up in Macoupin County (Girard). Lena's mother and stepfather were Mary Catherine (Molly) JUSTICE and Goffried GLUR and came to Girard in 1911. There children were: Bertha (M. Edward Whalen), Rose (M. Steve Koniak), Elsie (M. James Albert Hardin) and Virgil (m. Marguerite Talkington). And last (but by no means least), William ROBERTSON, a widower, came to Macoupin County in 1908 from his homeland of Scotland. His brother James came over in 1906 and it is believed that a brother Samuel arrived with William. They lived in Benld. In 1911, William's mother and possibly his brother Peter, arrived Macoupin County with William's 2 young sons, Samuel age approximately 6 and James, ca 5. Samuel eventually married the eldest child of Arnold FREY and Lena BERNARD, Bertha. Sammy was boss at Little Dog coal mine for many years. Now somehow all of these people ended up in Macoupin county and SURPRISE! - - - yours truly. <G> hoping to hear from anyone with any information.... Pam