This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gerwig, Herbig, Tileman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jh.2ADE/1248 Message Board Post: Hoping by posting this here to the message board, there may be someone who can help me understand the confusion incorporated into the marriage return of Alfred Herbig and his wife Sophia Gerwig. Sophia's father appears to have married the woman she lists as her mother after Sophia's birth - wondering if the young bride just failed to mention her birthmother's name and mentioned her father's second wife? Anyone have the 1860 census available? That might hold a bit of a key. Thanks for the help in advance. Rod Fleck Return of Marriage to County Clerk Full Name of Groom: Alfred Frederick Herbig Place of Residence: Aron, Stephenson, Illinois Occupation: Day Laborer Age next birthday: 25 years; Color White; Race European Place of Birth: Sundershausen Europe Father's Name: Charles Herbig Mother's Name: Minnie Shawacker Number of Groom's marriage: First Full name of Bride: Sophia Henrietta Gerwig Place of Residence: Bailyville Age next birthday: 19 years; Color White; Race European Father's Name: Charles Gerwig Mother's Name: Frederica Hichahen Number of Bride's marriage: First Married at Ferslon, Ogle, Illinois on the 17th of January 1878 Witness to the marriage was Lena Herbig [File No. 11-431 - Stephenson, Illinois] Marriage License, File No. 5-306, License issued to Charles Gerwig and Mrs. Frederaka Tileman both of Stephenson County. Returnof minister John Derge of Ogle County stated that he had married Charles Gerwig and Mrs. Fredereka Tileman on 15 Sep 1864.