Hi Laurie, I'm not sure if I sent you this family information. Here we have a Heinrich Katze born OCT 1842 also but from Niedernholz, Germany. (I will recheck his DOB). Can you tell me your source of place of birth for the Heinrich Katz born 28 OCT 1842 in Kl. Holtensen, Germany who married Sophie Koelling at Schaumburg, IL in 1848? Karen karen@karensgen.com Family Group Sheet Husband: FRIEDRICH Conrad Katze Born: 17 JAN 1814 in: Beckedorf #37, Schaumburg, Germany 1 Baptized: 23 JAN 1814 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 2 Died: 01 NOV 1898 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 3 Buried: in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 4 Father: Heinrich CHRISTOPH Katze Mother: Engel Maria Oetting Had twin born dead. Possible Schaumburg Auswanderer #225: Katze, Johan Friedrich Conrad, Beckedorf, Reiseziel unbekannt, 16.5.1838 (Wochenbl. 1838 S. 145). Wife: Wilhelmine SOPHIA Charlotta Wilharm Married: 30 MAY 1838 in: Godehardi Church of Beckedorf, Germany 5 Born: 11 JAN 1815 in: Niedernholz #13, Sch.-Lippe, Germany 5 Baptized: 16 JAN 1815 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 6 Died: 27 JUN 1880 in: 4 Buried: in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 7 Father: Toennies Wilharm Mother: Sophia Eleonore Boedecker Beecher cemetery reading states DOB as 04 JAN 1816. M Child 1 Heinrich Christoph Katze Born: 20 NOV 1838 in: Niedernholz #13, Sch.-Lippe, Germany Baptized: 24 NOV 1838 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 6 Died: in: Buried: in: F Child 2 Engel Dorothea Sophia Katze Born: 01 JUL 1840 in: Niedernholz #13, Sch.-Lippe, Germany Baptized: 05 JUL 1840 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 6 Died: in: Buried: in: M Child 3 Heinrich Toennies Katze Born: __ ___ 1842 in: Niedernholz, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany Baptized: __ OCT 1842 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 6 Died: in: Buried: in: M Child 4 Heinrich FRIEDRICH Wilhelm Katze Born: 06 JUN 1846 in: Niedernholz #12, Sch.-Lippe, Germany 8 Baptized: __ JUN 1846 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 6 Died: AFT 1878 in: Buried: in: Spouse: Louise Justine Falke Married: 28 APR 1867 in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 9 M Child 5 Hans Heinrich Wilhelm Katze Born: 17 NOV 1848 in: Niedernholz #13, Sch.-Lippe, Germany Baptized: __ NOV 1848 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 6 Died: AFT 1862 in: America 8 Buried: in: M Child 6 Friedrich CHRISTOPH Katze Born: 30 JUL 1852 in: Niedernholz #13, Sch.-Lippe, Germany 8 Baptized: __ ___ 1852 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 6 Died: 17 JUL 1913 in: Buried: in: St. Peter Lutheran Cem., Pawnee Co., NE Spouse: Doretta (SURNAME) Married: in: Cemetery in South Fort Township, Pawnee Co., NE. M Child 7 Friedrich Wilhelm Katze Born: 03 MAR 1855 in: Niedernholz #13, Sch.-Lippe, Germany 8 Baptized: __ ___ 1855 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 6 Died: AFT 1869 in: America Buried: in: M Child 8 Johann Heinrich Katze Born: 02 NOV 1857 in: Niedernholz #13, Sch.-Lippe, Germany Baptized: 08 NOV 1857 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 6 Died: 18 MAR 1858 in: 7 Buried: in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL F Child 9 Anna Engel Sophia Katze Born: __ JUN 1860 in: Will Co., IL 10 Baptized: in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL Died: in: Buried: in: F Child 10 Engel Maria Katze Born: 20 MAR 1862 in: Will Co., IL Baptized: __ MAR 1862 in: Eagle Lake St. Johns, Beecher Will Co IL 10 Died: in: Buried: in: 1 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Confirmation Records. 2 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Baptism Records. 3 Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL Death Records. 4 Beecher Cemetery Readings, Will Co., IL Compiled by W.L. Eilrich, Sept. 1992. 5 Godehardi Church, Beckedorf, Schaumburg, Germany Proclamation Records. 6 Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany church BAPTISM records. 7 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Death Records. 8 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co. IL Confirmation Records. 9 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Marriage Records. 10 St. Johns Luth. Church Eagle Lake, Beecher, Will Co., IL Baptism Records.