This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RUHMANN, GROTTENDICK, BUHRKUHL, BERGMANN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5g.2ADI/150 Message Board Post: Looking for direct family ties, JOHN RUHMANN was born 1851 in IL, and died March 26, 1909 in See notes for obit.. He married MARY D BUHRKUHL May 12, 1885. She was born 1864, and died 1924 Children:Children of JOHN RUHMANN and MARY BUHRKUHL are: ARNOLD JOSEPH LOUIS RUHMANN, b. July 15, 1891, St. Louis, MO; d. February 15, 1968, Missouri.ALBERT RUHMANN, m. MARY.HILDA RUHMANN, m. KOSTER.JOHN RUHMANN.jr.MABEL LOUISE RUHMANN, b. November 06, 1904; d. March 16, 1984. IGrottendick's in my family that imigrated from near Hanover to Minnesota.. then moved south to Venedy Township--Washington county, Illinois. Key names are Wilhelm L. Franz GROTTENDICK Born:October 26, 1865---- Died:November 11, 1951. Wilhelm married Wilhelmina Elisabeth BERGMANN b. September 29, 1871 d.July 14, 1959 a Wilhelm's parentsr believed to be George & Caroline Grottendick from Hanover to Minnesota; George Born 1835 and Caroline born 1840 in Prussia. Interested in sharing ? THX