Dear List, I received this email recently... __________________ July 2002 Dear Karen, I am spending a week in Benson Minnesota and happend into the antique store where I found a framed marriage certficate for Friedrich Wil G Biesterfeld and Maria Engel Watermann of Crete Will Co Ill 8 Feb 1891 Are you interested in this item? In my excitement I forgot to check the price, Sorry. Duffy. __________________ I have the ancestry of this family in my research but no descendent contact to forward this email. If anyone is interested in this item please contact me. Below is a family group sheet of the immigrant parents of Friedrich Biesterfeld of Crete, IL FYI. Karen S. Rowe karen@karensgen.com Family Group Sheet Husband: Friedrich Heinrich Biesterfeld Born: 23 JUL 1840 in: Lyhren #14, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 26 JUL 1840 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: 21 MAY 1917 in: Crete, Will Co., IL Buried: in: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL Father: Heinrich Christoph Biesterfeld Mother: Ilsa Maria Justine Wilh. Eleonore Rust Illinois State Marriage Index, Illinois State Genealogical Society CD Rom 1997 - ??? Johann Christoff Biesterfeld marries Engel Maria D. Bassermann 05 NOV 1865 in Will County, IL. Wife: Engel Maria Battermann Married: BEF 1865 in: Born: 25 SEP 1829 in: Kl. Hegesdorf, Schaumburg, Germany Baptized: 27 SEP 1829 in: Apelern, Kreis Schaumburg, Germany Died: 23 AUG 1903 in: Crete, Will Co., IL Buried: in: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL Father: Johann Heinrich Battermann Mother: Sophia Dorothea Bekedorf Emigrated in 1865 per death record. Schaumburg Auswanderer #3300: Biesterfeld, Engel Marie, Kleinhegesdorf, Tochter des Strohdachdeckers Johann Heinrich Battermann u der Sophie Dorothea geb Beckedorf, verh., nach Amerika, vor 1872 (Kb. Apelern Tote Kleinhegesdorf 1872 S. 45).....(under 1865 category in S.A.) Known Children: M Child 1 Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Biesterfeld Born: 30 JAN 1866 in: Crete, Will Co., IL Baptized: 04 MAR 1866 in: Trinity Luth. Ch., Crete, Will Co., IL Died: 12 JUL 1932 in: Hancock, Stevens Co., MN Buried: in: Spouse: Engel Maria Watermann Married: 08 FEB 1891 in: Trinity Luth. Ch., Crete, Will Co., IL M Child 2 Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Biesterfeld Born: 25 AUG 1868 in: Washington Twp., Will Co., IL Baptized: in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL Died: 18 MAR 1940 in: Crete, Will Co., IL Buried: in: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL Occupation: Farmer/Road Supervisor Spouse: Sophia MARIA Carolina Rinne Married: 07 NOV 1897 in: Trinity Luth. Ch., Crete, Will Co., IL 1920 Census: Crete Twp., Will Co., IL. Census states Henry was born in Indiana. F Child 3 Engel Maria SOPHIA Biesterfeld Born: 16 AUG 1871 in: Washington Twp., Will Co., IL Baptized: in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL Died: 25 AUG 1926 in: Hancock, Stevens Co., MN Buried: in: Spouse: Wilhelm Sennholtz Married: 13 NOV 1892 in: Trinity Luth. Ch., Crete, Will Co., IL Sources Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Death Records. Schaumburg Auswanderer 1820-1914, by Heinrich Rieckenberg, Rinteln, Germany. Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Baptism Records. Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Marriage Records. 1920 Census: Crete Twp., Will Co., IL. St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Baptism Records. Cemetery Listing, WTTC, South Suburban Gen Soc Quarterly, Vol. 11:3 1981 Crete Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL Illinois State Marriage Index, Illinois State Genealogical Society CD Rom 1997