In a message dated 11/7/98 12:15:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << The only Maurer I know if is : Catharine Margaretha Maurer b.12 Oct 1838, m.Louis Kühner (Kuehner) at Monroe County in 1855, d.27 Feb 1900 . There were 10 Kuehner children. Both Catharine and Louis were German immigrants (Louis from the Rheinhessen area of the Rheinland-Pfalz). I don't know what other Maurers there were in the area, but if I find any I'll let you know. Peggy >> Peggy, My grandmother was Elizabeth Louise (Elsa) MAURER the daughter of Jacob MAURER and Catharine PURTLE of Red Bud, IL. She married William Joseph HARBAUGH, son of John Benjamin HARBAUGH and Elizabeth PARKER of Hecker, IL. The MAURER's of Red Bud had several children besides my grandmother: Joseph, Matilda (Tillie), Clara, Emma, Bertha, Barbara, and Estelle (Stella). Elizabeth Krakowiecki Augustine [email protected] San Diego