What I believe is a minor correction for you... My Varnum line was in Monroe County, Illinois. In "New Design", not "New Desire". It began, I believe, as a religious community. Happily, Harlene Soper Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Schmidt" <bjschmidt18@bresnan.net> To: <ILPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [ILPERRY] BALLHEIMER, SCHMIDT, HOTH, JOHANINGMEIER > Schmidt's from Randolph County and Sophie Schmidt that married Wilhelm Schutte > and lived in Monroe (New Desire), and later Perry County. > > > On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 05:41:22 -0800 (PST) > MARSHA CLARK <mkclark313@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> These families also lived in Monroe County and/or Randolph County IL for a >>while. Still seeking immigration information. Johaningmeier (uncertain of >>spelling) was from St. Louis...or so believed; married Augusta Hoth. Schmidt >>ancestor was Christian Schmidt--had son Henry. >> >> Marsha Clark >> >> >> ==== ILPERRY Mailing List ==== >> Perry County Message Board hosted by Ancestry.com >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.perry >> > > Researching: Banks, McHale, Garloch (Garlock), Schmidt, Fritz, Heider, > Penningroth, Humbke (Humke, Humpke), Herderhorst, Look, Hornberger, Schrieber, > Schutte, Jonsson (Johnson), Svensson (Swanson), Persson (Peterson, Petersson) > > > ==== ILPERRY Mailing List ==== > Perry County Message Board hosted by Ancestry.com > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.perry > >

Was this a german lutheran community. My husband's gggrandparents and gggrandparents are Schmidt's that settled in Red Bud, Illinois On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:40:25 -0800 "Jim & Harlene Brown" <jrbrown@pacifier.com> wrote: > What I believe is a minor correction for you... My Varnum line was in Monroe >County, Illinois. In "New Design", not "New Desire". It began, I believe, >as a religious community. > > Happily, > Harlene Soper Brown > > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Betty Schmidt" <bjschmidt18@bresnan.net> > To: <ILPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 4:24 PM > Subject: Re: [ILPERRY] BALLHEIMER, SCHMIDT, HOTH, JOHANINGMEIER > > >> Schmidt's from Randolph County and Sophie Schmidt that married Wilhelm >>Schutte >> and lived in Monroe (New Desire), and later Perry County. >> >> >> On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 05:41:22 -0800 (PST) >> MARSHA CLARK <mkclark313@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> These families also lived in Monroe County and/or Randolph County IL for a >>>while. Still seeking immigration information. Johaningmeier (uncertain of >>>spelling) was from St. Louis...or so believed; married Augusta Hoth. Schmidt >>>ancestor was Christian Schmidt--had son Henry. >>> >>> Marsha Clark >>> >>> >>> ==== ILPERRY Mailing List ==== >>> Perry County Message Board hosted by Ancestry.com >>> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.perry >>> >> >> Researching: Banks, McHale, Garloch (Garlock), Schmidt, Fritz, Heider, >> Penningroth, Humbke (Humke, Humpke), Herderhorst, Look, Hornberger, >>Schrieber, >> Schutte, Jonsson (Johnson), Svensson (Swanson), Persson (Peterson, >>Petersson) >> >> >> ==== ILPERRY Mailing List ==== >> Perry County Message Board hosted by Ancestry.com >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.perry >> >> > > > ==== ILPERRY Mailing List ==== > Perry County web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilperry/ > Researching: Banks, McHale, Garloch (Garlock), Schmidt, Fritz, Heider, Penningroth, Humbke (Humke, Humpke), Herderhorst, Look, Hornberger, Schrieber, Schutte, Jonsson (Johnson), Svensson (Swanson), Persson (Peterson, Petersson)