This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHRIMPF, MCMULLEN, HAMMAN, MILLER, ROENIKE, ROENNIGKE, WOELNER, REIFSCHNEIDER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xg.2ADI/2586 Message Board Post: Hello! Looking for any connection to this family. They moved to SANGAMON COUNTY, IL after 1861. I found them in the 1870 and 1880 census but nothing else. In the 1870 census my gggrandfather is spelled Martha instead of Mathew. Boy, can those census takers spell! 1870 census Gardner Twp, SPRINGFIELD P.O., SANGAMON County, IL Martha (MATHEW) SHRIMPF 38 M W Farmer $18500 $900 Wuerttemburg MARY 39 F W Wuerttemburg JACOB 17 M W OH CATHARINE 15 F W OH JOHN 13 M W OH SARAH 12 F W OH MARY 11 F W OH CLARA 9 F W OH Family moves to IL 1861-1864 MELIA 6 F W IL (This should read AMELIA) WILLIAM 3 M W IL HENRY 1 M W IL 1880 Census BALL Twp, SANGAMON County, IL pg 17 Enum dist #199 SHRIMFFS MATHEW M W 48 farmer Wertenburg Margret (?) F W 51 (?) keephouse Wertenburg JOHN M W 23 farmer OH MARY F W 20 servant OH AMELIA F W 14 at home OH (? IL) WILLIAM M W 13 at home IL CLARA F W 12 (first Clara died?)IL HENRY M W 10 at home IL TRACY M W 6 at home IL I am the GGrandaughter of Amelia. She married JOHN DAVID MCMULLEN in Jewell County, KS in 1886 Would love to hear from anyone with info Robin Landgren [email protected]