While reading in a quarterly published by the Nebraska Gen. Soc., Vol. 1, #1 p. 34, I came across this article that might be of help to someone on this list. It is not a surname I am researching personally, so have no further information. Nancy Giles John GUTHALS; He was born in Marx, Oestfriesland, Germany, 6 Mar 1835. He spent his early days in his native clime. At the age of 24, Jul. 1859, he set sail for America. He located in St. Clair Co., Illinois. On 18 Nov of the following year, he married Mrs. Anteke Guthals, and in 1869 they came to Nebraska, locating on the farm two miles northeast of Talmage [Otoe county. In Oct 1880 Mrs. Guthals died. He was again married, Apr 1883, to Mrs. Louisa Glassmeyer. They resided on the farm until 1903 when they moved to town. He was one who contributed a large sum of toward the building of the new Lutheran church and is a member of the directorate of the church. He now owns 365 acres of land in this community, 60 acres in Thayer Co., and a half section in western Texas. He is the father of seven living children, four boys and three girls. He also has many grandchildren.